Paris-Nice 2021 – Stage 1 [LAST 10 KM]

March 7, 2021

Paris-Nice 2021 – Stage 1 – Saint-Cyr-l’École – Saint-Cyr-l’École : 166 km

The 79th edition of Paris-Nice gets under way this Sunday, March 7, with the eight-day “Race to the Sun” featuring a host of top-quality GC contenders including world number one Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) and defending champion Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). The lineup of sprinters is equally impressive, led by Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and 2019 World Champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo). The race’s opening days have gained a reputation for frantic and thrilling racing, triggered by the likelihood of strong winds on undulating roads in the department of Yvelines, to the west of Paris.

Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won the opening stage of Paris-Nice with a ferocious sprint finish.

The Irishman continued his winning streak having claimed a brace of stage wins at the UAE Tour to come out on top in a bunch sprint again, beating Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).

All the GC favourites finished in the bunch, apart from Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers), who abandoned after crashing earlier in the stage.

Bennett becomes the first Irishman since Stephen Roche in 1990 to wear the overall leader’s jersey at Paris-Nice, and he paid tribute to his Deceuninck-QuickStep team’s efforts in the finale.

“The guys did a fantastic job again. We were a little boxed in for the last 15km, and the nature of the sprint here, with the straight roads, meant it was chaotic,” Bennett said.

“The narrowing in the last 500m made it very, very tricky. We planned to get myself into position, and the boys delivered me on a wheel, rather than do a full-lead out. The guys did a great job. Michael [Mørkøv] again was just so calm. You never see him stress, and he always seems to get me there.”

After skilfully surfing wheels to follow Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Bennett found himself in the perfect position to pass the German in the finale and win by over a bike length.

Groupama-FDJ led for most of the final few kilometres, attempting to lead out their sprinter Démare. The Frenchman was unable to hold off Bennett’s acceleration in the finishing straight, however. Démare had opened his own effort earlier than Bennett and had also bumped shoulders with Trek-Segafredo’s lead-out man Jasper Stuyven.

The result means it’s first blood to Bennett over Démare in the pair’s first meeting of the season, having been the two most impressive sprinters of 2020.

How it unfolded

The opening stage of this year’s ‘Race to the Sun’ took place in mild conditions and blue skies, with no threat of the strong winds that wreaked havoc at the beginning of last year’s race.

The route took the riders on two long laps starting and finishing in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Cyr-l’École and featured only four category three climbs.

A bunch sprint always looked likely, and there was little enthusiasm among the riders to get into the breakaway. Fabien Doubey (Total Direct Energies) went on the attack, but was joined by no other rider, leaving him in the unenviable situation of having to spend most of the day alone out in front.

The absence of any other riders in the break did mean that there were a few bonus seconds and points in the green jersey classification at the first intermediate sprint, which Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) and Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) took advantage of.

Doubey gained a maximum lead of over five minutes, but saw his gap come down when Groupama-FDJ and Trek-Segafredo aided Deceuninck-QuickStep’s indomitable Tim Declercq in setting the pace in the peloton.

The relaxed, uneventful atmosphere was briefly interrupted at 64km to go when Oliver Naesen (AG2R-Citroen) and Laurens De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers) came down in a crash towards the front of the bunch, but both appeared unharmed.

As the gap to the sole leader dipped to below one minute for the first time, Lotto Soudal woke the race up with a two-man attack from Philippe Gilbert and Stefano Oldani at 54km. Joined by Anthony Perez (Cofidis) and Chris Lawless (Total Direct Energie), they caught Doubey to form a new leading group, which was reduced to four when Lawless was dropped soon afterwards.

With this new group out in front, and the riders turning into some exposed roads, the tempo increased in the peloton with GC teams like Ineos Grenadiers joining the sprinters’ teams, pegging the leaders at around 30 seconds.

Amid the increased tension, there were more crashes, with Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) the most high-profile victim. The two-time former winner initially remounted his bike and struggled on for a while before eventually abandoning the race.

Back out in front, Doubey – happy having sealed the overall lead in the mountains classification – dropped back into the peloton, which was now just 20 seconds behind. The remaining three riders did not last much longer, and the catch was made with 26.5km still to ride.

Lotto Soudal were not done yet, however, as their rider Kobe Goossens launched off the front a few minutes later. He dangled off the front for a little while, before being swallowed up 17.5km from the finish.

There was more action in the bunch as the second intermediate sprint approached, as Tiesj Benoot (DSM), was second overall last year, accelerated in search of bonus seconds. Matthews rode past him to take the maximum, but Benoot gained a couple by finishing second.

Things did not calm down after the sprint, as Pierre Latour (Total Direct Energie) attacked immediately afterwards, taking six riders with him. Luis Leon Sanchez and, surprisingly, GC contender Alexander Vlasov set off in pursuit, but the bunch brought back both them and the seven leaders with 11km to go.

More control was exercised in the peloton as the sprinters’ teams began preparing for their lead-outs. Trek-Segafredo were especially impressive, forming a long train that led for several kilometres, until Groupama-FDJ took control with 1.5km to go.

There was another crash in the final kilometre, but the top sprinters were left unscathed and able to compete for the sprint, won by the explosive Sam Bennett.

The sprinters should have another chance to contest for a stage win tomorrow, which features a pan flat parcours finishing in Amilly.

Results :
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:51:38
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
3 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
4 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
6 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
7 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
8 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
9 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
10 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
11 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
12 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal
13 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
14 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
15 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
16 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
17 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
18 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
19 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
20 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
21 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
22 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
23 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
24 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
25 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
26 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
27 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
28 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
29 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
30 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
31 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
32 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
33 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
34 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
35 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
36 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
37 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
38 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
39 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
40 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
41 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
42 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
43 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
44 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
45 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
46 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
47 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
48 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
49 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
50 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
53 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
54 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
56 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
57 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
58 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
59 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
60 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
61 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
62 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
63 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
64 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
65 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
66 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
67 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation
68 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie
69 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
70 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
72 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
73 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie
74 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
75 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
76 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
77 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
78 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
79 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
80 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
81 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
82 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
83 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
84 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
85 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
86 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
88 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
89 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos
90 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
91 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
92 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange
93 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
94 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation
95 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
96 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
97 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
98 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM
99 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
100 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie
101 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal
102 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
103 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
104 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
105 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
106 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
107 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
108 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
109 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
110 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
111 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
112 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
113 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
114 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie
115 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team
116 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
117 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
118 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
119 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo
120 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
121 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
122 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange
123 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
124 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
125 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
126 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
127 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM
128 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
129 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis
130 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
131 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
132 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
133 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
134 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
135 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
136 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
137 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
138 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
139 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
140 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:43
141 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
142 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
143 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos
144 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:17
145 Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
146 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:23
147 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
148 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
149 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:42
150 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
151 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:06:54
152 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie
153 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo
154 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:30
155 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
156 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
157 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:08:38
158 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:08:42
159 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Total Direct Energie 0:14:00
160 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:51:28
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:04
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:05
4 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:06
5 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM 0:00:08
6 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:09
7 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
8 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:10
9 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
10 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
11 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
12 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
13 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
14 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
15 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
16 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal
17 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
18 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
19 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
20 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
21 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
22 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
23 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
24 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
25 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
26 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
27 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
28 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
29 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
30 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
31 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
32 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
33 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
34 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
35 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
36 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
37 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
38 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
39 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
40 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
42 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
43 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
44 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
45 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
46 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
47 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
48 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
49 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
50 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
51 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
53 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
54 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
56 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
57 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
58 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
59 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
60 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
61 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
62 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
63 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
64 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
65 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
66 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
67 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation
68 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie
69 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
70 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
72 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
73 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie
74 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
75 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
76 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
77 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
78 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
79 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
80 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
81 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
82 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
83 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
84 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
85 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
86 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
88 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
89 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos
90 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
91 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
92 Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange
93 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
94 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation
95 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
96 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
97 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
98 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM
99 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
100 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Energie
101 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal
102 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
103 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
104 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
105 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
106 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
107 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
108 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
109 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
110 Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
111 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
112 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
113 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
114 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie
115 Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team
116 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
117 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
118 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
119 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo
120 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
121 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
122 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange
123 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
124 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
125 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
126 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
127 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM
128 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
129 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis
130 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
131 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
132 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
133 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
134 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
135 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
136 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
137 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
138 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
139 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
140 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
141 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos
142 Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
143 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
144 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
145 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
146 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:53
147 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
148 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:27
149 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:33
150 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:52
151 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:07:01
152 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:07:04
153 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo
154 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:40
155 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
156 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
157 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:08:48
158 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:08:52
159 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Total Direct Energie 0:14:10
160 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic