Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 2 [LAST 25 KM]

March 05, 2018

Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 2 – Orsonville – Vierzon : 187,5 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.

Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) continued his strong start to the 2018 season as he landed stage 2 of Paris-Nice in a bunch finish in Vierzon. The Dutchman picked his way through a chaotic finale and then delivered a powerful finishing effort to claim the win ahead of Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors), while André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) took third.

Groenewegen showed considerable patience as Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) went from distance on the slightly rising finishing straight, and then produced a ferocious acceleration to overhaul the Irishman. Viviani and Greipel both closed in the final 50 metres, but they simply ran out of road against Groenewegen.

“I’m feeling very good, but the team is also very strong,” said Groenewegen. “They did a very good job in the final. There was a small climb in the end but I survived and I was able to sprint for the win.”

Though well marshalled by his Groupama-FDJ team and Ramon Sinkeldam in particular, yellow jersey Arnaud Démare could only manage 5th on the stage behind Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb). The Frenchman did, however, extend his overall lead to 7 seconds over Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) after picking up three bonus seconds at the first intermediate sprint.

The stage was a rather slow-burning affair as a headwind proved an impediment to early attackers and ensured the race reached Vierzon some way behind the slowest predicted schedule, though the finale was not without incident.

Of particular note was the form of Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors), who underscored his GC ambitions by sneaking off the front to pick up a bonus second at the second intermediate sprint with 15km remaining, having already collected two bonus seconds earlier in the stage.

The sprinters’ teams stalked the day’s escapees Manuele Boaro (Bahrain-Merida) and Tiago Machado (Katusha-Alpecin) through the closing stages, with Lotto Soudal and LottoNL-Jumbo prominent, and the break was eventually snuffed out with 4km to go.

No one team had been able to control affairs on the run-in, with a pair of roundabouts sowing some confusion, though Viviani’s Quick-Step team looked to have gained the upper hand when they surged to the front inside the opening two kilometres. They continued to lead under the flammge rouge, but a mix-up on the final corner effectively derailed their train. Alaphilippe found himself marooned in a group of three off the front – too far from home to sprint for the win, and too far clear of Viviani to be of any help in the finishing straight.

A rather muddled bunch sprint ensued, with many sprinters forced to improvise. Démare perhaps had the strongest supporting cast around him, but he lacked the sparkle that had carried him to victory on stage 1. Viviani continued his remarkably consistent start to the season, though he will surely rue the way his Quick-Step team surrendered the box seat in the final kilometre.

Groenewegen, meanwhile, made no mistake in the final kilometre. His LottoNL-Jumbo team – Lars Boom in particular – had been to the fore in chasing down the break, and his put the finishing touches to their work with a well-timed sprint.

“The stage was very easy but the final was very hard. But we were again in good position in the last corner, I sprinted and won,” Groenewegen said with considerable understatement.

A split in the finishing straight briefly threatened to alter the complexion of the general classification, but the commissaires quickly revised the time, meaning that none of the overall contenders conceded ground. Démare holds yellow, seven seconds ahead of Gorka Izagirre and eight up on Christophe Laporte (Cofidis), while Alaphilippe’s bonus seconds have bumped him up to 4th overall, 10 seconds down.

How it unfolded

A block headwind as the peloton rolled away from the start in Orsonville meant that there was a most sedate opening to proceedings on Monday. After a brace of tentative early attacks came to nothing, the bunch remained huddled in phalanx formation for the opening two hours or so, ambling along at a speed just north of 32kph.

The gentle early pace was of little benefit to Rui Costa (UAE-Team Emirates), who climbed off after 20 kilometres due to the effects of a knee injury sustained in his crash on stage 1. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team), another faller on the fraught opening day, was a non-starter.

As the peloton pedalled along dry roads and in gently rising temperatures – the worst of the recent frigid weather in Europe has mercifully passed – the lone frisson came at the intermediate sprint in Patay after 64 kilometres, where overall leader Démare claimed three bonus seconds, but Alaphilippe signalled his GC ambitions by taking second place and two seconds for himself.

With 90 kilometres remaining, the race finally shook itself blearily into action, as Boaro, Machado, Olivier Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Anthony Delaplace (Fortuneo-Samsic) and Boom formed the day’s first break.

Powered by De Gendt, the sextet built up a buffer 40 seconds or so, but with Katusha-Alpecin and Cofidis driving the pace in the peloton, a tight rein was kept on their advantage. Within 15 kilometres, the move had effectively been brought to heel, but just as the peloton was breathing down upon them, Boaro and Machado kicked once again, and a lull in proceedings behind allowed this duo to establish a stable lead at the front of the race.

Working smoothly together, Boaro and Machado stretched the gap out to a maximum of three minutes with 40 kilometres remaining, before Groupama-FDJ, Lotto Soudal and LottoNL-Jumbo began to make inroads into their advantage. A bunch sprint was inevitable, and Groenewegen seized the opportunity when it presented itself.

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

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 7:58:57
2 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:07
3 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:08
4 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:10
5 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:13
6 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:15
8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
9 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
10 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
11 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
12 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
13 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
14 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
15 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
16 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
17 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
18 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
20 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
21 Dan Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
22 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
25 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
26 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
28 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
29 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
30 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
31 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team
32 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
33 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
34 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
35 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
36 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:24
37 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:31
38 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
39 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:33
40 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:34
41 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:36
42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
43 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:39
44 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:41
45 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
46 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:44
47 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:47
48 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
49 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
50 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
51 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:52
52 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:00:54
53 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
54 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
55 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:06
56 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:08
57 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:12
58 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
59 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
60 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
61 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:16
62 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:19
63 Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
64 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:01:32
66 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
67 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:39
68 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
69 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
70 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:01:43
71 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:45
72 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:46
73 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:48
74 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:49
75 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:51
76 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
77 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
78 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
79 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
80 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
81 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
82 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
83 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
85 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
86 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:02
87 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:28
88 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:30
89 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:02:34
91 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:37
92 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:47
93 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:55
94 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:57
95 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:03:01
96 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
97 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
98 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
99 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
100 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
101 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
102 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
103 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
104 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
105 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
106 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
107 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
108 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
109 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
110 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
111 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
112 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:03:27
113 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:37
114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
115 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
116 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
117 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:03:45
118 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:47
119 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:03:51
120 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:59
121 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
122 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:02
123 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
124 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
125 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:04:08
126 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:10
127 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:14
128 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:04:29
129 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:04:34
130 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:04:41
131 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:46
132 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:47
133 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 0:05:07
134 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
135 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
136 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
137 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:18
138 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:05:19
139 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:05:25
140 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:27
141 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:05:33
142 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:35
143 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:05:46
144 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:05:48
145 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:00
146 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:06:10
147 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:06:28
148 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors 0:07:04
149 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 0:07:33
150 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:08:19
151 Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:08:52
152 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:25