Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

March 09, 2018

Paris-Nice 2018 – Stage 6 – Sisteron – Vence : 198 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.

Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) surprised with a hard-fought solo victory during stage 6 of Paris-Nice on the climb in Vence. Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) finished second in the chase ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors).

Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), raced in for fourth place, and kept his lead in the overall classification after a challenging finale that saw Wout Poels (Team Sky) crash and lose his runner-up placing. Alaphilippe moved into second place overall, now 22 seconds behind Sanchez while Marc Soler (Movistar) is third at 26 seconds.

It was only the second win of Molard’s career, but a prestigious one ahead of some big names.

“It’s fantastic, Groupama-FDJ’s second victory Paris-Nice, and my first WorldTour victory,” Molard said, adding he had some extra motivation and knowledge. “I live in Antibes nearby, I knew the final climb – I’ve done it a dozen times – and when the route for Paris-Nice was revealed in the winter I was delighted to see stage finish like that, one that’s well suited to me. I was on a good day, it’s fantastic.”

The stinging climb of the Côte de la Colle sur Loup could have been a launching pad for victory, and AG2R La Mondiale’s Alexis Vuillermoz gave it a go, but Team Sky’s Sergio Henao chased him back. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) attacked over the top and set a blistering pace on the descent, but was unable to stay away.

“I knew that on the Côte de la Colle sur Loup I had to follow the wheels but not give it everything. I saw Vuillermoz was doing a lot but I decided to sit there without making any huge accelerations as I knew it would come down to later on,” Molard revealed. “I felt good and knew that if I waited for a sprint I’d lose. I attacked a couple of times but the last one was the good one.”

Sanchez hangs on, Poels abandons

Luis Leon Sanchez’s hopes of clinging onto the overall lead in Paris-Nice received a significant boost this afternoon, when the Spaniard survived a series of sharp accelerations on the final climb to Vence, and then saw race favourite Wout Poels crash out on a high speed descent.

As Molard slipped ahead of the final selection of 16 riders on roads the 28 year old knows well from training, to take the fourth French stage win of the week, Poels was being transported to hospital in St Laurent du Var, with a broken collarbone, cuts to his left knee and chest trauma.

The Dutchman’s crash leaves Team Sky with yet more problems. Not only was Poels expected to challenge for the race lead in the weekend’s back to back mountain stages, he was also slated to ride as key support — and possible substitute leader — to Chris Froome in the year’s first Grand Tour, the Giro d’Italia.

“The guys went down a pretty steep descent and the race was full on,” said Team Sky’s sports director Gabriel Rasch. “I’m not sure what happened but Wout couldn’t make the corner and hit the barriers.”

With two stages remaining, including tomorrow’s summit finish to Valdeblore La Colmiane, Sanchez’s main rivals — Julian Alaphilippe, of Quick Step, Marc Soler of Movistar and Tim Wellens or Lotto Soudal — are running out of road on which to attack the Spaniard and to break down his Astana team’s solid defence.

With Poels out of the race, Team Sky will now throw their weight behind defending Paris-Nice champion Sergio Henao. “Sergio looked good,” Rasch said. “He had to pay for some of the work he was doing in the last four kilometres but he looked strong. We’ll go all in for him now.”

Chaos out of the gate

The 198-kilometre sixth stage of Paris-Nice left Sisteron under clear blue skies as it headed south through the Alpes-Maritimes towards Vence, overlooking the Cote d’Azur.

Not for the first time, there were some non-starters, further depleting the sprinters, with misfiring fast men, John Degenkolb and Nacer Bouhanni, both heading home due to illness.

A fast start was also marked by a bizarre incident after only 25 kilometres when the whole peloton took a rare wrong turn and found themselves mixing with the traffic on open roads.

Soon afterwards as the race got back on course, a six-man break, containing Lars Bak (Lotto Soudal), Amael Moinard (Fortuneo-Samsic), Paul Martens (LottoNL-Jumbo), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), Thomas Scully (EF-Drapac) and Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie) moved up the road.

They were joined by another seven riders, Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), stage five escapee, Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Carlos Barbero (Movistar), Dylan Teuns (BMC), stage one winner, Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Bert Van Lerberghe (Cofidis).

In a fast first hour, and despite going off course, the peloton clocked 46 kilometres of racing and the high speed took its toll on the breakaway on the steady drags towards Saint-Andre-les-Alpes, where the break fragmented as BMC’s Dylan Teuns, best placed in the overall standings, dropped out of the move.

The ever-reliable breakaway specialist Thomas de Gendt — who else? — pushed on and led over the climb of the Col de Luens and the Col Bas, but with 50 kilometres still to race the group had dwindled to just four riders, De Gendt, Greilleir, Moinard and Scully.

But by the time the race reached the Cote de Gourdon with Mitchelton Scott chasing hard, the break’s lead was down to half a minute. Although race leader Sanchez was dropped due to a puncture, as was Dan Martin (UAE), the Spaniard was soon back in the bunch as the peloton finally closed down the break with 22 kilometres to race.

From there on, it was all about positioning and on the steep tight bends of the Cote de la Colle sur Loup, Simon Yates played his hand, moving ahead with Alaphilipp and Poels as Sanchez slipped back a little.

It was Yates’ flying descent on a bad surface that drew out Poels and led to the Dutchman’s high-speed crash as the leaders rejoined a main road. With Poels prone, Yates pressed on with Tim Wellens, but a regrouping of the major favourites in the final kilometres allowed Molard to slip away as the group entered the final kilometre.

The Frenchman’s acceleration, allied to a moment’s hesitancy among the favourites, took him clear to the biggest win of a career, in which his only other success had been a stage in the Tour of Limousin.

Molard’s win, hot on the heels of Jerome Cousin’s mugging of Nils Pollit on the road to Sisteron, is further evidence of a French renaissance.

“Every year I progress,” Molard, based in nearby Antibes, said. “I started the season with a good foundation and this win confirms that.

“French cycling is now at a high level, you can see that in the results here and in the Grand Tours,” he said. “I don’t have any specific explanation but we are on the right track and the race isn’t over yet. I hope French riders shine right through to Sunday.”

With four stage wins out of six, not since 1989 has the home nation enjoyed such a successful Paris-Nice. The dream scenarios now for the hosts is for Alaphilippe to seize the day and become the first French rider since Laurent Jalabert, 21 years ago, to win the ‘Course au Soleil.’

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

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