Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 3 [LAST 30 KM]

March 06, 2018

Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 3 – Bourges – Châtel-Guyon : 210 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.

Jonathan Hivert (Direct Energie) claimed victory on stage 3 of Paris-Nice as Luis León Sánchez (Astana) moved into the overall lead.

The Frenchman, who won both stages and the overall at the Tour du Haut Var last month, comfortably sprinted away from Sánchez and Remy di Gregorio (Delko Marseille Provence) after the trio had gone clear over the top of a late category 3 climb.

“After the last climb when I knew we would be a trio I was sure I would be involved in the mix at the end,” Hivert said. “I didn’t know what would happen though. I knew that we would have to play cat and mouse and when we came to the finish that was when I was able to strike.

“I wasn’t very happy in the stage 1 finish so this definitely makes up for it,” Hivert said. “I had an injury and then a surgery and then I’ve come back and it’s all going really well. I’m really happy with how it’s going.”

The peloton split to pieces on the lower slops of the climb and, despite a regrouping on the descent, they were only able to roll across the line in Châtel-Guyon some 39 seconds in arrears.

Démare led the bunch home for fourth place but surrendered his yellow jersey to Sánchez, who now leads the race by half a minute.

“I had a good start to the season, and wanted to do well here at Paris-Nice,” Hivert said. “I didn’t do well the first day in the rain, and I wasn’t very happy, so I tried to redress that today. It’s great for Direct Energie to have at least one stage win, and we’ll carry on to the end of the week.”

For the third day in a row Paris-Nice served up a stage that was hard to predict. It was the longest of the race, at 210 kilometres, and no one knew quite what impact the Côte de Charbonnières, topping out 20km shy of the line, would have on proceedings.

Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) was the chief aggressor and left the peloton in pieces, but came away with nothing to show for his efforts. He passed the KOM banner in pole position, with Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) for company, but the road continued to rise for another 2.5km to the second intermediate sprint point, during which time the chasing group of 20 was able to come back.

A couple of attacks came and went and, just after the sprint banner, Di Gregorio tried his luck and was joined by Sánchez Hivert. The fast, swooping descent, combined with a lack of a concerted chase – which Sánchez’s teammates did their upmost to disrupt – saw them open a lead of 40 seconds. That also allowed dropped riders such as Démare, Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Woet Poels (Team Sky), who’d punctured, to re-enter the fray as the chase groups joined back together.

As the road kicked up again in the final 2km, however, it was clear victory would be played out amongst the leading three, and the tactical complexion favoured Hivert. Di Gregorio knew the only way he could win was to attack, and Hivert knew that Sánchez, with the yellow jersey in his sights, would have to close him down. Sitting on Sánchez’s wheel all the way to the last few hundred metres, there was little surprise or response when Hivert struck out and claimed the biggest victory of his career.

“I didn’t calculate anything at all. When I saw we were in a little group like that after the climb, I thought it might be too well organised behind, that it might be better to wait,” Hivert said.

“I often wait for the finish because I’m quick, but I tried to follow the guys who went, and then in the last couple of kilometres I played off the other two. I almost had it in my head before the line that I was going to win but I still needed to do it.”

How it unfolded

The clouds gathered over Bourges once more on Tuesday morning, but with a 210-kilometre trip due south – the longest stage here – the ‘Race to the Sun’ would take a big step towards its final destination.

After a block headwind deterred attacks yesterday, this time it didn’t take long for a breakaway to form. In there were Jay Thomson (Dimension Data), Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie) and Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Delko Marseille Provence) and they quickly opened up a lead of seven minutes over the peloton.

FDJ hit the front of the peloton to keep things under control but only at the half-way stage did the gap start to come down. Before that, Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb) abandoned with knee pain while fellow sprinter Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) also left the race.

While Thomson had taken maximum points at the first intermediate sprint, Grellier struck out on the back-to-back category-3 climbs in the second half of the parcours to move level on points in the KOM standings with Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Samsic).

Such was Grellier’s eagerness, he opened up a big gap on his two companions and decided to go it alone. The gap came tumbling down, though, over the next 35 kilometres and he was caught by the advancing peloton just shy of the entry to the 35km finishing circuit.

The circuit gave the riders a chance to preview the uphill final couple of kilometres, though Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) was already out of the picture, reportedly suffering with illness.

The climb started soon after the finish line and it wasn’t long before sprinters were losing contact as Astana and Quick-Step drove the pace. Poels suffered an untimely mechanical and, after a wheel change from a teammate, he and Sky were forced onto the back foot, though they kept Sergio Henao in the front group.

After a huge turn from Dries Devenyns, Alaphilippe made his move. At first only Wellens could follow, and he seemed to have trouble just holding the Frenchman’s wheel. The group thinned to 20 riders, with Démare and Trentin dropped. Fuglsang attacked next and latched onto Wellens and Alaphilippe at the KOM point but the sting was taken out of the move when Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) and Ion Izaguirre (Bahrain-Merida) made it over.

On the ensuing false flat, Fuglsang attacked and, after he was reeled in by Mitchelton-Scott’s Roman Kreuziger, Sánchez went next for Astana when Di Gregorio attacked. Hivert, breaking out of his comfort zone, joined for the ride and all the circumstances played in his favour.

“I feel brand new right now,” said the 32-year-old. “I had operations on both knees not long ago. I always had niggles but now everything’s going well and I hope I can still do nice things.”

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

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