Paris-Nice 2019 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

March 15, 2019

Paris-Nice 2019 – Stage 6 – Peynier – Brignoles : 176,5 km

The format of Paris-Nice has often been tweaked over the years, but the fundamental characteristics of the event remain in place. The eight-day trek from the hinterland of Paris to the Côte d’Azur is replete with hidden pitfalls and always prone to the vagaries of March weather. Vigilance is a quality required by any potential winner. The summit finish atop the Col de Turini on the penultimate stage and the 25km time trial around Barbentane on stage 5 appear to be the pivotal days in this year’s race, and will certainly bring definition to the general classification, but the brutal truth is that Paris-Nice can be lost on any given day.

He had it, he had it, but then he lost it: Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ), head down and a clean pair of wheels with just metres before the finish line, heaved a sigh of disappointment as Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) lunged through on his right and snatched the Paris-Nice stage 6 victory out from under him. Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) was third.

Groupama-FDJ had seemingly timed their well-honed lead-out perfectly, launching Demare with just 150m to go. But into a brisk headwind, Bennett, who followed wheels and even had to stop pedalling as he encountered traffic as the sprint wound up, was able to use the draft of a fading Trentin to slingshot past Demare at the line.

Just 40 riders contested the sprint after a quick succession of short climbs and several crashes splintered the peloton in the final 40km. Even Bennett said he didn’t think he was going to make it for the sprint on the second to last climb.

“I came around, and the guys were doing a fantastic job in the final. Actually, in the last 5km, my legs were really good so I knew I didn’t have to panic with regards to positioning, just follow my teammates as best as possible.

“I thought the gap nearly closed on me in the final, but it opened again and I was able to kick really hard. I was really happy and I just want to thank the team again.

“I’ve been working really hard this winter with my first target being Milan-San Remo, so everything’s on track.”

Race leader Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) hoped to enjoy an easy day before the big mountain stages on the weekend but instead had to battle through crosswinds and aggressive moves by Astana to deliver Luis Leon Sanchez to the bonus sprints.

Ion Izagirre successfully led Sanchez out for the first intermediate sprint bonus and tried to go again in the second sprint with 4km to go. Kwiatkowski smartly marked that move and powered past to pad his lead.

Kwiatkowski now leads Paris-Nice by teammate Egan Bernal by 18 seconds, with Sanchez third at 22 seconds.

“That was a really hectic stage. Straight from the start, there were some attacks in the crosswinds, and the bunch was really nervous throughout the whole stage. Then of course when you’ve got riders like Matteo Trentin and all the strong sprinters in the race, they want to dig deep in the climbs and drop the other ones,” the race leader said.

“We had some really technical descents, and the bunch was splitting all over the place and there were plenty of crashes.

“I was hoping for an easier day, in terms of even sprinting in the bonuses. (Sanchez) went crazy for those three seconds, but I was trying to stay on his wheel on the last one and I was able to out-sprint him for those three seconds. So I’m happy for another three seconds, but tomorrow it will be way harder to gain or lose those seconds.”

Stage 7 of Paris-Nice, the queen stage, covers 181.5km from Nice with five categorized ascents on the way to the final ascent of the Col de Turini, a category 1 climb that’s 14.9km long and has an average 7.3 per cent grade.

“It’s going to be a big challenge for me to defend the title, but we are really motivated, together with Egan (Bernal) and having both of us in the front of the race it’s going to be nice to play.”

How it unfolded

The warm weather continued to welcome the peloton in the south of France, with 176.5km from Peynier to Brignoles, but much to the peloton’s chagrin, the wind was back.

Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) kicked off the attacking in the first kilometre, and he was soon joined by Ivan Garcia (Bahrain-Merida), Alex Kirsch (Trek-Segafredo), Laurent Pichon (Arkea-Samsic) and Mauro Finetto (Delko-Marseille-Provence) to form the day’s main breakaway.

It was a cheeky move by Calmejane, the move’s highest-placed rider, only 2:15 behind race leader Michal Kwiatkowski, so Team Sky kept the gap at a manageable level, but the peloton, buffeted by strong crosswinds in the early kilometres, began to fracture.

The scrambling to get back on terms with the front of the bunch meant that the leaders’ gap was at only a minute. Garcia sat up, and finally, Calmejane relented and allowed the remaining three riders to soldier on without as much fear from the bunch.

With no real threat up the road, the peloton reformed and eased up slightly, allowing the trio to gain more time since Kirsch was the best-placed at 15:32.

A crash at the midpoint of the race took down Quentin Pacher (Vital Concept) and Lawson Craddock (EF Education First). Fran Ventoso (CCC Team) also went down and was forced to abandon the race.

The nerves in the bunch resulted in an uptick in pace, with the escapees holding just one minute and falling on the peloton with 70km to go.

By the time they reached the Côte de la Sainte-Baume, the day’s first classified climb – a 5km, 5 per cent category 2 ascent – the trio were within arm’s reach of the peloton.

Deceuninck-Quickstep led on the sinuous descent, slashing the trio’s advantage and eventually mowing them down with 48.5km, two more short climbs and two intermediate sprints left to go. The time bonuses were clearly of interest for Bob Jungels, sitting fifth at 57 seconds.

The Côte de Mazaugues, a short, sharp category 3 climb, split the peloton in intense crosswinds, with the points leader Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) heading out the back and mountains leader Thomas de Gendt (Lotto Soudal) saving his legs for another day’s assault on the polka dot jersey.

Rather than Jungels, it was Luis Leon Sanchez who was led out for the first sprint by Astana teammate Ion Izagirre. Sitting 24 seconds down at the start of the day, Sanchez whittled three seconds off that gap with the sprint bonus before going back to the peloton. Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) picked up the final bonus second.

Team Sky’s Luke Rowe led the peloton over the Côte de Sainte-Philomène with 15km to go as the bunch resigned themselves to a bunch sprint but a crash from Rafael Valls (Movistar) and Jan Bakelants (Sunweb) caused a split in the peloton.

The injection of adrenaline upped the pace, with Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) forced to scramble to get back into the front group.

With Arnaud Demare making it back to the front, Groupama-FDJ began battling with Deceuninck-Quickstep for control of the pace-setting. With an uphill gambler’s sprint coming with just 4km to go, Sanchez leapt to the front again with Izagirre but was closely marked by Kwiatkowski himself, who powered past to steal the three-second bonus.

Behind, there was another crash with Tao Geoghegan Hart (Sky) being caught up with Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) before Groupama-FDJ once more took control of the lead-out.

It looked like a perfect set-up for Demare, but he hit out just a bit too early, and a patient Bennett, tucked tight on his wheel, exploded past the Frenchman just before the line to snatch the stage victory.

Results :
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:12:35
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
6 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Direct Energie
7 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
8 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
10 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
11 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
12 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
13 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
14 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
15 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
16 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe
17 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
19 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida
20 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
21 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
22 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
25 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
26 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
28 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
29 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
30 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep
31 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
32 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
35 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma
36 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
37 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
38 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
39 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
40 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
41 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
42 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:20
43 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:22
44 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:35
45 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates
46 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:42
47 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
48 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
49 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
50 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:52
51 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:03
52 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:11
53 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
54 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:15
55 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Sky 0:02:28
56 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:02:34
57 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:08
58 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
59 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:28
60 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:41
61 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
62 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
63 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
64 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
66 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
67 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
68 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
69 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
70 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
71 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
72 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Team
73 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
74 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
75 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
76 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
77 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
78 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First
79 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
80 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
81 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
82 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First
83 Victor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Team
84 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
85 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
86 Ivan Sosa (Col) Team Sky
87 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
88 Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
89 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) CCC Team
91 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
92 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
93 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
94 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic
95 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
96 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
97 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
98 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
99 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma
100 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
101 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
102 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
103 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:07:57
104 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
105 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
107 Patrick Müller (Swi) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
108 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
109 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
110 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
111 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
112 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie
113 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First
114 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First
115 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First
116 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
117 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Team Sunweb
118 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:10:36
119 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb
120 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:38
121 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
122 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team
123 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
124 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data
125 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
126 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
127 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
128 Bram Welten (Ned) Arkéa Samsic
129 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team
130 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
131 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie
132 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team
133 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
134 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team
135 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
136 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Direct Energie
137 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
138 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
139 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
140 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
141 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
142 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 21:35:36
2 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:00:18
3 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:22
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:00
5 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:04
7 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:08
8 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:17
9 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:21
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:24
11 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 0:01:38
12 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:39
13 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:42
14 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:54
15 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:55
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:01
17 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:09
18 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:18
19 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:26
20 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:58
21 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:18
22 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:06:22
23 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:59
24 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:35
25 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 0:08:49
26 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:11:52
27 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:12:30
28 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:12:36
29 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:13:02
30 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:26
31 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First 0:13:46
32 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:49
33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:53
34 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:50
35 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:16:02
36 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:05
37 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:22
38 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:32
39 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 0:17:08
40 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:17:16
41 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:17:38
42 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:01
43 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:02
44 Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Team 0:18:17
45 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:19:36
46 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Direct Energie 0:19:53
47 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:20:22
48 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:36
49 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:21:01
50 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:16
51 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:21:33
52 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:36
53 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:22:15
54 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
55 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:22:35
56 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:22:58
57 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:23:16
58 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Sky 0:23:18
59 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:23:23
60 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:23:27
61 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 0:23:29
62 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:23:32
63 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:23:38
64 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:23:44
65 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:23:50
66 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:24:05
67 Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:24:13
68 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) CCC Team 0:24:59
69 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:25:03
70 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:25:21
71 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:25:50
72 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:26:06
73 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:17
74 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:26:50
75 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:27:31
76 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:28:22
77 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:28:33
78 Ivan Sosa (Col) Team Sky 0:28:39
79 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:28:44
80 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:28:45
81 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:28:49
82 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:29:06
83 Patrick Müller (Swi) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:29:30
84 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:29:35
85 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:30:01
86 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:30:14
87 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic 0:30:21
88 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:30:36
89 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:30:38
90 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:30:43
91 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:31:09
92 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Team Sunweb
93 Victor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Team 0:31:16
94 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:31:18
95 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:31:31
96 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:31:45
97 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:32:02
98 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:32:20
99 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:32:40
100 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:32:42
101 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First 0:32:44
102 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team 0:33:20
103 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:33:48
104 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:34:02
105 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:34:03
106 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:34:04
107 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:34:17
108 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:34:32
109 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:34:37
110 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:35:07
111 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:35:31
112 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie 0:35:37
113 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:35:46
114 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:36:25
115 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 0:36:39
116 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:37:35
117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:37:39
118 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:37:46
119 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:37:47
120 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:38:15
121 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:38:16
122 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:38:24
123 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 0:38:34
124 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:39:31
125 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:39:53
126 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:39:54
127 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:40:26
128 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:40:27
129 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:43:23
130 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:43:29
131 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:43:55
132 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:45:10
133 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:45:45
134 Bram Welten (Ned) Arkéa Samsic 0:48:11
135 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:48:58
136 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 0:49:16
137 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team 0:49:42
138 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First 0:50:09
139 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:50:41
140 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:52:07
141 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:52:28
142 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:57:50