La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 12 [FULL STAGE]

August 26, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 12 – Jaén – Córdoba : 175 km

As the final Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España is seen by many as a last chance saloon for those riders who have failed to hit their seasonal objectives. In reality the race is much more than that, often surpassing the other two three-week races in terms of action and edge-of-your-seat entertainment. This is a race with the steepest summit finishes in professional cycling, the anything-can-happen transitional stages, the unlikeliest breakaway victories and the most fiercely fought GC battles seen anywhere on the racing calendar. If you ever thought the Vuelta was inferior, think again. This year’s route is typical of La Vuelta, with mountainous stages in the Spanish Pyrenees and rugged Basque Country peppered throughout the race. Can the defending champion, take a third successive title and score a historic hattrick? Or will we see a new victor emerge?

Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo) claimed his second stage win of the Vuelta a España, triumphing in a reduced bunch sprint on a thrilling stage 12 in Córdoba.

The pair of climbs in the final 60km were always likely to set up an exciting run-in to Cordóba, and the 40-rider bunch only came back together with a kilometre to go after a late attack from Romain Bardet (DSM), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix) and Sergio Henao (Qhubeka-NextHash).

BikeExchange had helped reel in the four-man group on the flat final 10km, and UAE Team Emirates had worked all day, but Michael Matthews and Matteo Trentin were both left empty-handed as EF stole the show late on.

Jens Keukeleire stole a march and created a gap as he led Cort out, with Andrea Bagioli (Deceuninck-QuickStep) sprinting from the Dane’s wheel and nearly pipping him at the line.

Matthews, who had suddenly been placed on the back foot after a full-team lead-out, had to settle for third, and Trentin, whose team had done even more work, for fourth.

Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) finished safely in the reduced peloton to retain the overall lead of the race, with Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) both present and correct despite crashing on the penultimate climb.

The 175km stage had started out in frantic fashion with another big battle for the breakaway, this time taking the best part of 100km for an eight-rider escape to go clear. As UAE controlled the pace for most of the day, and BikeExchange surfaced late on after getting numbers over the final category-2 climb, Cort and his teammates took more of a back seat but surfaced when it mattered most.

After receiving the perfect lead-out from Keukeleire, Cort produced a strong sprint to hold off Bagioli, which was doubly impressive considering his breakaway efforts the previous afternoon, where he was caught agonisingly close to the line after almost repeating his stage 6 triumph.

“We talked about it with the team that we wouldn’t do the big bunch sprint. But when the group was reduced the team wants to support me in these types of stages. They whole team did a great job and I was able to sit back and relax in the first hours when people were fighting for the breakaway,” Cort said.

“Even though I felt the legs a little from yesterday, I managed to get over the two climbs and in the end, Jens did a very amazing job delivering me perfectly for the sprint. There were some very good guys – Matthews and Trentin – but we wanted to give it a try and I’m super happy to take this win.”

How it unfolded

The second week has seen increased interest in the breakaways and stage 12 took things up a notch, with the bunch still as one nearly 100km from the start line back in Jaen.

The largely downhill opening 30 kilometres made for a fast start where it was difficult to get away. Stan Dewulf (AG2R-Citroën Team), Diego Rubio (Burgos-BH) and Bert-Jan Lindeman (Team Qhubeka NextHash) did manage to clip off and gain 25 seconds but they were were brought back at the 40-kilometre mark. There was more undulating terrain in the next 20km but still nothing succeeded in sticking.

That was until the 95km-to-go mark, where the trio of Miguel

Iturria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Sebastian Berwick (Israel Start-Up Nation), and Sander Armee (Qhubeka-NextHash) went clear. It wasn’t case closed for a little while, though, as five riders set off in pursuit: Dewulf, Jetse Bol (Burgos-bH), Julen Amezqueta (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Maxim van Gils (Lotto Soudal) and Chad Haga (Team DSM). With 84km to go, the catch was made, and the eight-man breakaway was finally established.

After such a big fight to get into the break, it soon became apparent it would be a futile effort, as UAE quickly hit the front of the bunch en masse and pegged the gap at just over a minute.

With 68km to go, the race headed through the finish line for the first of three times, with two separate loops awaiting – the first taking them over the category-3 Alto de San Jerónimo and the second over the Alto del 14 per cent.

Dewulf led them through the intermediate sprint just beyond the line and they hit the firs climb with a lead of just over a minute, and held it most of the way up as the peloton rode a steady tempo. Despite this, Haga was called back from the break by DSM, who sensed it was a futile effort.

After the early kilometres, the gradient eased and the climb flattened out almost completely, which is where UAE raised the pace and Roglič suffered his crash. A rider slid out near the front of the bunch, sending several riders from Jumbo-Visma off the right-hand side of the road, along with Yates and two of his teammates.

Roglič got up quickly and chased with four teammates, although they had to make a big effort as UAE turned up the pressure, leaving them with several groups of riders to work their way through. They made contact just before the summit, with Yates only rejoining on the descent.

Up in the break, Iturria attacked at the top to claim maximum mountains points and he continued his effort all the way downhill, only to be caught on the flat just before the second passage of the finish line. By the time the breakaway crossed the line with 31km to go, their advantage was down to just 30 seconds as UAE continued their charge. The group then fragmented on the approach to the Alto del 14%, and almost as soon as they hit the first slopes there was only Van Gils left out front.

The rest of the break were soon caught but Van Gils hung onto a 30-second lead as UAE set only a steady tempo on the early slopes, before Bahrain Victorious and Movistar took it up. When Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural) kicked off the attacks from the bunch 4km from the top, however, that spelled the end for Van Gils.

Lastra himself was quickly reeled in but soon Ciccone was on the move with Vine. Bardet sensed an opportunity and went after them, while Henao made an even later effort to make it four. They opened a lead of 25 seconds as UAE had to take a back seat when Trentin lost contact near the top, along with Matthews and Cort.

Bardet led the quartet over the top and they maintained their advantage on the 10km descent before working together on the flat run-in. The sprinters all regained contact early on the descent and Trentin even went off the front for a while as he forced the issue.

The Italian was briefly clear with Ion Izaguirre (Astana-PremierTech) but they settled back into the reduced bunch when BikeExchange, who’d got seven riders over the climb, set about leading the chase.

It came down to the wire, with the front four collaborating well. They had 35 seconds with 7.5km to go, 23 seconds with 5km to go, and 12 seconds with 2.5km to go. BikeExchange and UAE had to burn through all their matches, and even after they appeared to have made the catch on a roundabout with 1.3km to go, Vine made them sweat with a final acceleration that took him to within 800 metres.

Luka Mezgec made the final push to close the gap for Matthews but they were soon put on the back foot when Keukeleire, who was behind Matthews and Trentin, sensed an opportunity. He propelled Cort through with speed, and Bagioli, who was already on the wheel, was the only rider who managed to get on terms. Matthews and Trentin were left with a gap to close and from that moment their task was too hard. It became a drag race between Cort and Bagioli and despite the Italian putting up a strong fight, it was Cort who celebrated his second success of this Vuelta.

Results :
1 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 3:44:21
2 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
4 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
5 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal
6 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
7 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
10 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
11 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
13 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
14 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
15 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
16 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
17 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
18 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
19 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
20 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
21 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
22 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
23 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
24 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
25 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
26 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
27 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
28 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
29 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
30 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
31 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
32 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
33 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
34 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
35 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
36 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
37 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash
38 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
39 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
40 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:09
41 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:00:12
42 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:14
43 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
44 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:00:16
45 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
46 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:00:20
47 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
48 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:32
49 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:37
50 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:00:43
51 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:08
52 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:01:50
53 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:02:55
54 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:01
55 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:15
56 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:18
57 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
58 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
60 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:21
61 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:13
62 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:05:50
63 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:06:31
64 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
65 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:06:57
66 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
67 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
68 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
69 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
70 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:01
71 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
72 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
73 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:12
74 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
75 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
76 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
77 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
78 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
79 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
80 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
81 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
82 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
83 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
84 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
85 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
86 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
87 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
88 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
89 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
90 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
91 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
92 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo
93 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
94 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
95 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
96 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:05
97 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
98 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
99 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
100 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
101 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
102 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
103 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
104 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
105 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:08
106 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:14:33
107 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
108 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
109 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
110 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
111 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
112 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
113 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo
114 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
115 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
116 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
117 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
118 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
119 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
120 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
121 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange
122 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
123 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
125 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
126 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
127 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash
128 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
129 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
130 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
131 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix
133 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:14:43
134 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:10
135 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH
136 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
137 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
138 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
139 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
140 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
141 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
142 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
143 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe
145 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
146 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
147 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
148 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
149 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
150 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
151 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
152 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
153 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
154 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
155 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
156 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 0:17:23
157 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:10
158 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious
159 Connor Brown (NZl) Qhubeka NextHash
160 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
161 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
162 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
163 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
164 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
165 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
166 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
167 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix

General Classification after Stage 12 :
1 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 45:33:18
2 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:58
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:56
4 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:31
5 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:28
6 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:03:55
7 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:46
8 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:57
9 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:05:03
10 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:38
11 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:06:08
12 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:20
13 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:06:54
14 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:11
15 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:15
16 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:35
17 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:13:18
18 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:15:33
19 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:16:55
20 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:21:58
21 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:25:20
22 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:26:14
23 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:38
24 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:32:29
25 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:33:23
26 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:35:37
27 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:36:22
28 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:36:57
29 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:37:27
30 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:37:38
31 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:38:11
32 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:43:53
33 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:44:45
34 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:45:12
35 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash 0:46:14
36 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:46:54
37 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:48:01
38 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:48:08
39 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:49:06
40 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:49:39
41 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:49:42
42 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:51:21
43 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:52:30
44 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:52:31
45 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:53:16
46 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:53:47
47 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:54:23
48 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:54:52
49 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:55:29
50 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 0:58:14
51 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:59:42
52 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 1:00:20
53 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:00:21
54 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:01:08
55 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 1:01:53
56 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 1:04:30
57 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:06:10
58 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 1:06:43
59 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 1:07:55
60 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:08:18
61 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 1:11:23
62 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 1:13:07
63 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 1:13:13
64 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:15:22
65 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 1:15:25
66 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 1:15:44
67 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:16:08
68 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 1:16:15
69 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 1:17:21
70 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:18:28
71 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 1:21:58
72 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:22:46
73 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:23:01
74 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 1:23:03
75 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:24:33
76 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:24:34
77 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 1:24:48
78 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 1:26:36
79 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:26:38
80 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 1:26:41
81 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 1:28:07
82 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:28:11
83 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:28:38
84 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 1:29:58
85 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:30:11
86 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:31:08
87 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 1:31:28
88 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 1:31:46
89 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 1:31:59
90 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 1:32:09
91 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:32:36
92 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 1:32:45
93 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 1:33:04
94 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:33:48
95 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:34:11
96 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:34:22
97 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 1:35:45
98 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 1:36:57
99 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo 1:37:03
100 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 1:38:02
101 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 1:38:17
102 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 1:40:17
103 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:41:15
104 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 1:41:32
105 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 1:41:50
106 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 1:42:02
107 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:43:21
108 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 1:43:26
109 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:44:04
110 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:44:14
111 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 1:45:43
112 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:46:56
113 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:47:55
114 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:48:51
115 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 1:51:03
116 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 1:52:21
117 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:52:32
118 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:54:18
119 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:54:25
120 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:54:26
121 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 1:54:45
122 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:54:47
123 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 1:55:24
124 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis 1:55:45
125 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:56:02
126 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 1:56:11
127 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:56:17
128 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 1:56:29
129 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 1:56:34
130 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:56:47
131 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:58:12
132 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 1:59:09
133 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:59:14
134 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:59:21
135 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2:00:07
136 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 2:01:12
137 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 2:01:25
138 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 2:02:17
139 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 2:02:19
140 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 2:03:07
141 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash 2:04:32
142 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 2:05:42
143 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 2:07:54
144 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation 2:08:20
145 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 2:08:39
146 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 2:09:01
147 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 2:09:17
148 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 2:09:18
149 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 2:09:43
150 Connor Brown (NZl) Qhubeka NextHash 2:11:17
151 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
152 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 2:13:06
153 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 2:14:04
154 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:14:06
155 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo 2:14:28
156 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH 2:14:51
157 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 2:15:37
158 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM 2:16:26
159 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 2:16:44
160 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 2:18:19
161 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:21:18
162 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo 2:22:26
163 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:24:07
164 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:24:18
165 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 2:27:45
166 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:28:49
167 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 2:30:09