Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 1 [LAST 15 KM]

March 04, 2018

Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 1 – Chatou – Meudon : 135 km

The 2018 Paris–Nice is a road cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place between 4 and 11 March 2018 in France. It will be the 76th edition of the Paris–Nice and the sixth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.

Arnaud Démare (FDJ) claimed victory in the opening stage of Paris-Nice over the unlikeliest of sprint rivals, the Basque climber Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), in one of the closest photo finishes likely to be seen this season.

The Frenchman, who won the opening stage last year and the opening road stage two years ago, made it a hat trick as he edged out Izagirre on the narrow cobbled drag to the line.

Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) narrowly beat Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) in what was itself a photo finish for third place. Mike Teunissen (Sunweb) and Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors), fifth and sixth, were the other riders in the mix, with the rest of the riders from the fragmented bunch coming in at least two seconds back.

The French champion earned a 10 second time bonus, and leads Izagirre in the general classification by four seconds over the Basque rider, with Laporte at six seconds.

From a general classification perspective, the big loser was Tejay van Garderen (BMC), who abandoned the race shortly after a crash with 30 kilometres remaining. Warren Barguil, in his first WorldTour outing with Fortuneo-Samsic, lost 34 seconds, while Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Ilnur Zakarin were both caught up in a late crash and lost 1:38 and 5:14, respectively. Meanwhile Alaphilippe and Wellens stole two seconds on the rest of the overall contenders.

The two-kilometre final climb in Meudon made for an intriguing battle between punchier riders like Alaphilippe and Izagirre, and the more versatile sprinters like Démare.

Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R La Mondiale) was the only rider to attack on the climb, going clear on the steeper early slopes before slowly being dragged back on the steady and straight rise to the line.

Démare was the first to open up, going early, but Izagirre quickly surged into the lead. The Frenchman, however, slowly but surely set about dragging him back with a draining, almost slow-motion, sprint for the line. It looked like Izagirre had managed to hold on but Démare had just enough road to work with and threw for the line before keeling over sinking to the floor in exhaustion.

While he was recovering, the race jury were reviewing the photo finish and by the time they’d made their decision Démare had sufficient air in the lungs to let out a roar and celebrate with his team. Not only is it the Frenchman’s first victory of the season, it’s also the first win for the rebranded Groupama-FDJ team, with that new sponsorship deal coming into force today.

“I thought I was second. I wasn’t expecting it so when they told me I’d won it was an explosion of joy. I was sure I was second. I threw my bike more in despair than anything,” said Démare.

“At the end you’re not lucid at all, so when they told me I’d won it was extraordinary. It’s my first win, and to do it like that… it burned, it burned, but I never gave up. I’m super happy to win in front of my fan club and my family who are here. It’s perfect.”

How it unfolded

Paris-Nice is known as the ‘race to the sun’, taking the peloton from the rain-swept north of France to the balmier south on the cusp of spring, and the 2018 edition duly started out in miserable conditions.

Rain fell steadily throughout the day on the outskirts of Paris, where a 134.5km route linked Chatou and Meudon, barely 10km apart as the crow flies.

The riders were fully decked out in rain capes, leg warmers and shoe covers, and there was little fight to get into the day’s breakaway. The three riders that did fancy it were Pierre Rolland (EF-Drapac), Jurgen Roelandts (BMC), and Pierre-Luc Périchon.

They built a lead of a few minutes but Groupama-FDJ and Quick-Step Floors controlled the peloton and kept them on a pretty tight leash.

The parcours was largely flat and the stage was more of a preamble ahead of the explosive finale. There were two other category 3 climbs on the menu, both in the second half, and Périchon attacked on both occasions to earn maximum points and the king of the mountains jersey for Monday.

An increase of pace from Mitchelton-Scott with just over 30km remaining sparked a brief period of tension, and that’s when Van Garderen’s hopes came to an end. The American hit the deck with four others after a touch of wheels and, though he remounted, he was soon climbing into his team car.

Things calmed down in the ensuing kilometres and the peloton let the break dangle out front until 14 kilometres to go before gearing up for the approach to the climb. Mitchelton-Scott and Astana looked interested as FDJ and Quick-Step drifted back, but it was Lotto Soudal who dominated, Andre Greipel putting in plenty of turns on the front.

The riders swung onto the banks of the Seine with 5 kilometres to go and there was another, bigger, crash in the middle of the bunch. The race went on as the now fragmented group hit the climb, but they’d stay bunched together most of the way up, with Vuillermoz the only one minded to roll the dice.

On the narrower cobbled finishing straight Démare lit up the sprint from range – a tactic that backfired last week at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. As well as overhauling Izagirre, he had to worry about Wellens charging up on the left. In the end, with Wellens running out of road and Izagirre finding just too much of it, he turned out to have judged it perfectly.

Results :
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:07:39
2 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
3 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
4 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:02
8 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
10 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
11 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
14 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
15 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
16 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
17 Dan Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
18 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
20 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
21 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
22 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
23 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
24 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
25 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
26 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
27 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
29 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
31 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
32 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
34 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
35 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
36 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
37 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:11
38 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:18
39 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
40 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:20
41 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:23
42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
43 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:27
44 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:28
45 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
46 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
47 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:31
48 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:00:34
49 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
50 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
51 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
52 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:39
54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:00:41
55 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
57 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:53
58 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:55
59 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:59
60 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
61 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
62 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
63 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:06
64 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
66 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:17
67 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:19
68 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
69 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
70 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:01:26
71 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
72 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:28
73 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
74 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:01:30
75 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:32
76 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:33
77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
78 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:36
79 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:38
80 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
81 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
83 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
85 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
86 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
88 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
89 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
90 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
91 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
92 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:49
93 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:21
94 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
95 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:02:48
96 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
97 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
99 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
100 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
101 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
102 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
103 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
104 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
105 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
106 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
107 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
108 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
109 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
110 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
111 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
112 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
113 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
114 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
115 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
116 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
117 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
118 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
119 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
120 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
121 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
122 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
123 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
124 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
125 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
126 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
127 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
128 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:24
129 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
130 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
131 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
132 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
133 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
134 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
135 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
136 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:03:40
137 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:46
138 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:01
139 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:04:08
140 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
141 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
142 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:04:11
143 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:04:36
144 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:05
145 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:14
146 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:22
147 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:05:33
148 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:05:35
149 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors 0:06:05
150 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:13
151 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
152 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:06:15
153 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:33
DNF Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3:07:29
2 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:04
3 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:06
4 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
7 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:12
8 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
10 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
11 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
14 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
15 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
16 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
17 Dan Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
18 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
20 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
21 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
22 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
23 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
24 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
25 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
26 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
27 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
29 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
31 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
32 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
34 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
35 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
36 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
37 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:21
38 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:28
39 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
40 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:30
41 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:33
42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
43 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:37
44 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:38
45 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
46 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
47 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:41
48 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:00:44
49 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
50 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
51 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
52 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:49
54 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:00:51
55 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
56 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
57 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:03
58 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:05
59 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:09
60 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
61 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
62 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
63 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:16
64 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
66 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:27
67 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:29
68 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
69 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
70 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:01:36
71 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
72 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:38
73 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
74 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:01:40
75 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:42
76 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:43
77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
78 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:46
79 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:48
80 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
81 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
83 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
85 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
86 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
88 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
89 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
90 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
91 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
92 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:59
93 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:31
94 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
95 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:52
96 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:54
97 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:02:58
98 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
99 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
100 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
101 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
102 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
103 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
104 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
105 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
106 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
107 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
108 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
109 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
110 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
111 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
112 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
113 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
114 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
115 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
116 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
117 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
118 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
119 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
120 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
121 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
122 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
123 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
124 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
125 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
126 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
127 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
128 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:34
129 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
130 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
131 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
132 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
133 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
134 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
135 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
136 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:03:48
137 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:56
138 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:11
139 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:04:18
140 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
141 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
142 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:04:21
143 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:04:46
144 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:15
145 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:24
146 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:32
147 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:05:43
148 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:05:45
149 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors 0:06:15
150 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:23
151 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
152 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:06:25
153 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:43