Paris-Nice 2021 – Stage 2 [FULL RACE]

March 8, 2021

Paris-Nice 2021 – Stage 2 – Oinville-sur-Montcient – Amilly : 188 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.

Cees Bol (Team DSM) sprinted to the second WorldTour win of his career on stage 2 of Paris-Nice, outpacing Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) to the line in Amilly after a nervous and crash-affected run to the line.

Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) rounded out the podium in third, also taking over the race lead having collected five bonus seconds during the day and a further four on the line. Stage 1 winner Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) finished in fifth place.

Bol’s charge to victory came from a group of fewer than 20 riders after a crash in the peloton held up a number of riders a kilometre from the finish. DSM were safe up front, leading the way along with a group of the big-name sprinters, before Jasper Stuyven led out Pedersen in the final 600 metres.

Bol moved up to fourth in line behind the duo and Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) into the final straight and had already started sprinting when Pedersen hit the wind at 150 metres to go. In that final charge to the line, the Dane had no answer to the sheer power of the 25-year-old Dutchman as Bol blasted past to throw his arms up on the line.

“It’s the best feeling,” Bol said after the finish. “I had a bit of a struggle at the start of the season and wasn’t good before now. We kept believing and today, with superb help from my teammates we smashed it.

“We went well thru the last corner. I was close to being boxed in but Nils [Eekhoff] recognised the moment and kept the door open for me. Then I was in a good wheel. The guys from Trek-Segafredo did a strong lead-out but I started my sprint in the right moment and had enough power to make it to the line.

“It’s a good boost to the confidence, especially after a rough start. Yesterday we didn’t do well now today we showed we can do it as a team. It gives confidence for the sprint stages and the other days where we have a chance with the other guys.”

Matthews now leads the race by four seconds ahead of Pedersen, who made up the six-second gap to Bennett with his second podium finish of the race. Bennett lies third overall, also four seconds down, ahead of Tuesday’s stage 3 – a 14.4-kilometre time trial in Gien.

How it unfolded

The second stage of Paris-Nice saw the peloton take on a flat and featureless 188 kilometres through central France, passing west of Paris en route from Oinville-sur-Montcient to Amilly. Just one third category climb featured, coming 72 kilometres into the stage, with two intermediate sprints offering a handful of points and bonus seconds along the way, too.

While it was practically guaranteed to be another day for the sprinters to contest, with a strong chance of wind affecting the race, that didn’t stop two men from venturing out front in the early stages of the day. Sander Armée (Qhubeka Assos) and Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) were the men in question, getting away after 20 kilometres of racing.

The pair, who never had much of a shot at staying away to the finish, nevertheless built up their lead to four minutes inside the first hour of racing as Deceuninck-QuickStep went to work at the head of the peloton with their man Sam Bennett in the race lead and favourite to win again later on.

It was a quiet start to the stage, with the first two hours passing at a slow 38kph, well behind the predicted time schedule for the day’s action. However, it wasn’t long before the peloton sprang into action as Trek-Segafredo pushed the pace after hitting a section of road with the wind blowing across it 105 kilometres out.

The move caught some by surprise, with the peloton splitting in the wind as the breakaway was brought back even earlier than predicted – before the 100-kilometre mark. The two pelotons weren’t separate for long, either, coming back together ahead of the day’s first intermediate sprint at Pussay.

There, it was Matthews who was first across the line, taking three points and three seconds to move within two seconds of Bennett’s overall lead. With the peloton continuing to push forward on the exposed roads in the flatlands of Île-de-France, Deceuninck-QuickStep were the next team to make a move, driving hard to create more splits at the 72-kilometre mark.

Several groups were spat out the back after the effort of the Belgian squad, with Jumbo-Visma’s Steven Kruijswijk, AG2R Citroën, and EF Education-Nippo among those caught out. Once again, though, the splits would not be lasting as the peloton was all back together within 15 kilometres of the initial push.

The race then settled down once more, with the peloton spread across the road as they passed the 50-kilometre mark. A series of teams, including Ineos Grenadiers, Jumbo-Visma, Team BikeExchange, and Israel Start-Up Nation were present up front with little incentive to push hard or go on the attack given the weakened wind.

After a period of calm, the peloton sped up again for the second intermediate sprint, which came at Bellegarde, 34 kilometres from the finish. Once again, Matthews was up there, taking another two seconds, while André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation) was first across the line.

Immediately after the sprint, the peloton squeezed into the one-lane, bollard-lined streets of the town, unsurprisingly provoking a crash in the group. Jérémy Lecroq (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) went down, but it was George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) who came off worst. The New Zealand road champion looked dazed as he stumbled and took off his cracked helmet in the aftermath but was back on his bike within two minutes of going down after what looked like a quick check from the team staff.

Bennett chased alone for the following 15 kilometres, chatting to his team car along the way, before making it back to the dawdling peloton with 18 kilometres left of the stage. In the meantime, Alexis Vuillermoz (Total Direct Énergie) had also crashed but was forced to abandon with an apparent arm injury.

With no break to catch and little wind to affect proceedings, the final run-in was all about sprinter’s teams getting into position and GC riders staying safe ahead of an inevitable sprint finish. Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar) and Daniel Arroyave (EF Education-Nippo) hit the deck with 10 kilometres to go after a touch of wheels, with the Spanish squad sending riders back help the Austrian return to the peloton before the finish.

At the four-kilometre mark, the peloton burst into life once more as Trek-Segafredo moved up to take control at the head of the peloton with Groupama-FDJ and Bora-Hansgrohe lining up close behind. Positioning in the final two kilometres would be potentially decisive, with two hairpin bends featuring, the latter inside the final 500 metres.

Michael Mørkøv piloted Sam Bennett into position up front while Team DSM moved up under the flamme rouge for Bol. Further back in the peloton, a crash took out Bora-Hansgrohe duo Michael Schwarzmann and Jordi Meeus, as well as Matteo Pelucchi (Qhubeka Assos) and Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates). With the quartet near the front when they hit the deck, the accident spelt the end of the race for much of the peloton – Groupama-FDJ’s Arnaud Démare was among the riders navigating his way around the outside, his plans for the sprint finish in tatters.

Out front, Team DSM were ahead of the carnage along with many of the top sprinters at the race. While Trek-Segafredo took over at the front ahead of the tight final turn, Bol still had the power advantage over Pedersen and Coquard and made it show as he charged past in the closing 150 metres to claim DSM’s first win of the season.

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

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