La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 20 [HIGHLIGHTS]

September 4, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 20 – Sanxenxo – Mos. Castro de Herville : 202,2 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?

Clement Champoussin (AG2R Citroen) claimed the biggest victory of his career on a dramatic penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España, which saw Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) tumble off the overall podium and storm out of the race entirely.

Champoussin was part of a large breakaway that built a lead of 11 minutes on an increasingly hilly day in Galicia, but it wasn’t as simple as that. The main escape was actually caught ahead of the final category-2 climb, as race leader Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Enric Mas (Movistar), Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) hit out, having sailed clear of a group containing Lopez and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) earlier in the stage.

That quartet caught the break’s last survivor, Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates) with 4km to go, but a game of cat and mouse ensued, and they stalled to a point that Champoussin suddenly joined the group and shot straight out the front of it with 1,500 metres to go. The Frenchman used a downhill dip to gain 20 seconds and, despite all his efforts in the day’s break, managed to survive the final kick to the line and bring home his first Grand Tour stage victory.

Roglič launched another uphill sprint for second place at six seconds, with Yates taking third place as he finished a couple of seconds later alongside Mas. Haig, who had been dangling on the climb, finished fourth at 12 seconds but was, in a way, the day’s big winner, as he moved onto the overall podium behind Roglič and Mas.

That was because of Lopez’s nightmare afternoon, which destroyed Movistar’s hopes of having two riders on the final podium but gave them plenty of material for the next instalment of their Netflix series. It all started when Ineos Grenadiers ripped the race to pieces as the five categorised climbs began in the second half of the 202km route from Sanxeno to Mos. On the hardest one, the category-1 Alto de Mougás, Yates created a selection of a dozen riders some 60km out, which was shortly followed by a brace of Bernal attacks. López was actually alive to the second one but, when Yates counter-punched, he sat back as Mas went over to it with Roglič and Haig, plus Haig’s teammate Gino Mader. The gap yawned before Lopez realised no one else had an interest in chasing, with Bernal happy to risk losing the white jersey to Mader in favour of Yates, who was aiming for the stage win but was himself moving towards the podium.

The gap was 35 seconds at the top of the climb and it ballooned on the pedalling descent, reaching three minutes by the time they hit sea level in Baiona. At that point, Lopez dramatically called off the chase, sitting up and letting the podium sail away into the distance. He soon found reinforcements from behind and managed to peg the damage at 4:30 heading towards the last two climbs, but rumours soon started to fly that he had stopped and climbed off his bike. Video footage emerged of him talking on his phone and getting into a team car, with staff and teammates reportedly pleading with him to continue. The subsequent events were shrouded in mystery but Lopez did not finish the stage.

Meanwhile, riders were fighting to win the stage. Gibbons, who’d attacked the break on the descent of the Mougas, clung on impressively over the cat-2 Alto de Prado and again found more room on the descent. The rest of the breakaway were caught just ahead of the final cat-2 climb of Castro de Herville, as the first GC group continued its charge, now powered by Mark Padun, who’d dropped back from that breakaway to help the Haig cause.

Yates lit things up on the climb itself, quickly forming a quartet with Roglic, Mas, and Haig, but he was never able to get away. They had pretty much caught Gibbons at the top of the steep section half-way up, but stalled and allowed the South African to spin away and find 20 seconds again. The patter continued all the way to the top. Whenever they accelerated, that quartet moved far quicker than anyone else, but they also slowed to a near-standstill on several occasions. Mikel Bizkarra (Eusktal-Euskadi) repeatedly tried to profit from the inaction, but in the end, in another late twist to a dramatic day, it was Champoussin who suddenly appeared in the final 1500 metres.

In the blink of an eye he was gone, and that was that.

Roglic collected his fourth runner-up placing of this Vuelta but calmly dealt with a potentially treacherous penultimate stage to move to within 33.8 kilometres of a third Vuelta title. Thanks to a small time gap and the bonus seconds, he actually increased his lead over Mas to 2:38 ahead of Sunday’s time trial, with Haig now in third at 4:48. Yates moved up from sixth to fourth, a minute behind Haig, leapfrogging his teammate Bernal, who handed the white jersey over to Mader, now fifth at 8:14.

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

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