Paris-Nice 2022 – Stage 1 [LAST 10 KM]

March 6, 2022

Paris-Nice 2022 – Stage 1 – Mantes-la-Ville – Mantes-la-Ville : 159,8 km

Before the globalisation of the cycling calendar, Paris-Nice marked the beginning of a new cycling season and the start of a long. As it usually falls in early March, the race also marks a symbolic shift from winter to spring. This seasonal transition is what characterises the week-long stage race and why many nickname it ‘The Race to the Sun’. Since its first edition in 1933, Paris-Nice has been regarded as one of the most prestigious stage races on the annual cycling calendar. In fact, outside of the Tour it’s probably the biggest multi-day race in France and one of the events that home riders spend their whole careers trying to win. The format and flavour of the race has chopped and changed over its 89-year history, but for the most part it has followed a tried and tested formula of seven road stages and one – often decisive – individual time trial. Wind-battered stages through France’s central hinterland characterise the first half of the race and give the Classics specialists and hardy rouleurs a chance to shine. The mountains then start to rear their heads as the race skirts Provence and heads ever closer to the finish in Nice. It’s then on the final stage, in the capital of the French Riviera, where the race routinely draws to a dramatic close.

Jumbo-Visma lit up Paris-Nice from the very first stage, with Christophe Laporte, Wout van Aert and Primož Roglič attacking on the final climb and team time trialling to the finish, where they celebrated a famous 1-2-3.

New signing Laporte, who blew the bunch to pieces on the short late climb, was ushered through to claim the stage victory as a reward for his efforts, while his more decorated teammates raised their arms just behind.

Despite many predictions of a bunch finishers, the pure sprinters were dropped on the climb and the Jumbo-Visma trio ended up finishing 20 seconds clear of anyone else.

Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) attacked late on to place fourth at 20 seconds, with the first main bunch finishing two seconds later and riders coming home in dribs and drabs after that. Most of Roglič’s rivals were in the main group but defending champion Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) lost closer to 40 seconds.

After the threat of crosswinds fizzled out earlier on the 160km route starting and finishing in Mantes-la-Ville, the stage seemed to be heading for a bunch sprint, especially after a calm first ascent of the Côte de Breuil-Bois-Robert on the finishing circuit. However, on the approach to the second ascent of the 1.2km, 6 per cent climb, Jumbo lit things up through an exposed section of road.

First, Rohan Dennis and Mike Teunissen accelerated in the crosswind section and started to split the bunch, with Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) and Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) among those taken out of the picture. Nathan Van Hooydonck then took over and went full-gas onto the climb, where the already-stretched bunch started to explode.

Laporte then took it up and the damage went up another level. With Van Aert and Roglič in his wheel, the only other rider able to follow was Zdenek Stybar for QuickStep-AlphaVinyl whose leader Fabio Jakobsen was being distanced from the second group along with his fellow sprinters. Before long, Stybar himself had to relent, leaving Laporte, Van Aert, and Roglič to head over the top in an extraordinary team trio.

Six kilometres separated them from the finish, with a headwind section on the flat followed by a dip downhill and then the final run through town. The three of them went all-in and turned relentlessly all the way to the line, while the damage was so great that the main bunch behind lacked numbers and any really ability to chase cohesively.

As they entered the home straight with 20 seconds in hand, the only question mark was who they’d pick for the stage win. With bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 seconds on the line for the top three, Roglič could have helped himself to an even greater head start over his GC rivals, but the domestique was granted his time in the spotlight.

“I have to thank the team. They told me in the final kilometre that it was for me, so it’s really a nice gift for me,” Laporte said.

“I’ve won my first Paris-Nice stage and I’m in the yellow jersey. If someone had told me that at the start of the day I wouldn’t have believed it. To go to the finish with three, it’s incredible. The work we’ve done has paid off.”

Laporte takes the first yellow jersey of the 2022 Paris-Nice as the overall leader, with Roglič second overall at four seconds and Van Aert third at six seconds. Roglič, who was in the driving seat at last year’s race until crashes ruined his hopes on the final day, takes a significant head-start before the crucial stages even begin.

After bonus seconds were factored in, he’s 29 seconds ahead of Latour and 32 seconds ahead of most of the other favourites like Adam Yates (Ineos), Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), and Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic).

Schachmann suffered and now trails Roglic by 42 seconds, with Bora-Hansgrohe possibly set to hand leadership over to Aleksandr Vlasov, who finished in the main group.

How it unfolded
The 160km opening stage didn’t start in Paris and took the riders no closer to Nice, with a circular route starting and finishing in Mantes-la-Ville. The terrain was largely flat but for the late double ascent of the category-3 Côte de Beuil-Bois-Robert (1.2km at 6 per cent), making it hard to call between the sprinters and the attackers.

The day started out in calm fashion with a two-man breakaway consisting of Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal) and Aimé De Gendt (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert). Holmes helped himself to maximum mountains points at the early pair of cat-3 climbs to take the polka-dot jersey for stage 2, but it was quickly apparent there was no hope of them getting anything more out of the day.

Inside the final 100km, the bunch started to accelerate. There was a mild wind coming from the north east, and the roads were opening out. A big acceleration then wiped out the remaining gap and saw the race come back together some 73km from the finish.

What ensued was a long period of tension without any real fireworks. The major teams jostled for position at the front and the speed was high as everyone remained on high alert, but the wind wasn’t really strong enough to split the field into echelons.

Just inside the 50km-to-go mark, there was a change of direction as the route turned almost 180 degrees and tracked north back to Mantes-la-Ville. At that point, the riders felt the headwind and a nature break was called, with a sudden détente ensuing.

A few riders took the opportunity to launch a fresh breakaway, with Frederik Frison (Lotto Soudal) going clear and gaining company in Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels) and Yevgeny Fedorov (Astana Qazaqstan). They opened a lead of 1:15 as they rode towards the finish town and took on the Côte de Beuil-Bois-Robert for the first time with 30km to go.

The peloton made their way up in calm fashion, with no indication of the carnage that was to come. However, Jumbo-Visma took it up on the descent, continued through the finish line with 17km to go, and then lit the touch paper on the second approach to the climb, which was open to the wind from the left.

Rohan Dennis and Mike Teunissen lifted the pace and it was clearly a serious move as Van Aert was already in second wheel, and Roglič in third. The pair strung out the bunch and clipped a group off the back – including Colbrelli and Hayter – before Van Hooydonck took over ahead of the climb. The Dutchman gave it another huge push as the road kicked up, but it was Laporte’s subsequent effort that exploded the group beyond anyone’s wildest predictions.

It was amazing enough to see them go away as a quartet with Stybar but soon even he couldn’t follow, and it turned into a three-man Jumbo team time trial. They all went all-in over the top, turning consistently to drive home their advantage. An organised chase might have scuppered them, but there were no teams with big numbers and, more importantly, no sprinters left to work for.

After the descent, the trio hit 20 seconds and from there it was a case of who wins, and how much time Roglič gains. After a final pull, the Slovenian made way for Laporte in the last 100 metres. The Frenchman patted his leader on the back and the three of them rose from their saddles in unison to celebrate an extraordinary victory that will live long in the memory.

Results :
1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma 3:48:38
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
3 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
4 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:19
5 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:22
6 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
7 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
9 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
10 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
12 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
13 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
14 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM
15 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
16 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
18 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
19 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
20 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
21 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
22 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
23 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
24 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
25 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
26 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
27 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
29 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis
30 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
31 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team
32 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
33 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
34 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
35 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
36 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
37 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
38 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
39 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
40 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates
41 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic
42 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
43 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
44 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
45 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
46 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
47 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
48 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies
49 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
50 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
51 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco
52 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
53 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
54 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:36
55 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
56 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
57 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
58 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
59 Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco
60 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
61 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
62 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
63 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-EasyPost
64 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Israel-Premier Tech
65 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech 0:00:44
66 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:46
67 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
68 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
69 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:00:56
70 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:22
71 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:01:35
72 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:38
73 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic 0:01:48
74 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:04
75 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
76 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
77 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
78 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
79 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
81 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
82 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM
83 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
84 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
85 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
86 Jordi Warlop (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
87 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech
88 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
89 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
90 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
91 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
92 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
93 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-EasyPost
94 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
95 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
97 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
98 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
99 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies
100 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
101 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco
102 Luke Durbridge (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
103 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
104 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
105 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
106 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
107 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
108 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:43
109 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) EF Education-EasyPost
110 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
111 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
112 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis
113 James Piccoli (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
114 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
115 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
116 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
117 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:32
118 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
119 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
120 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:05:19
121 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
122 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:06:32
123 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:06:41
124 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
125 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
126 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
127 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
128 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
129 Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
130 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
131 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo
132 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
133 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
134 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
135 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
136 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
137 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
138 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
139 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:46
140 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
141 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
142 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
143 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
144 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
145 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
146 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
147 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
148 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
149 Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates
150 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
151 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
152 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:08:53
153 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel-Premier Tech 0:10:24
DNF Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma 3:48:28
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:04
3 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:06
4 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:29
5 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:32
6 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
7 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
9 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
10 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
12 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
13 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
14 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM
15 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
16 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
18 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
19 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
20 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
21 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
22 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
23 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
24 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
25 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team
26 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
27 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
29 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis
30 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
31 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team
32 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
33 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
34 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
35 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
36 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
37 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
38 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
39 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
40 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates
41 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic
42 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
43 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
44 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
45 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
46 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
47 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
48 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies
49 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
50 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
51 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco
52 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
53 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
54 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:46
55 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
56 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
57 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
58 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
59 Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco
60 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
61 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
62 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
63 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-EasyPost
64 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Israel-Premier Tech
65 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech 0:00:54
66 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:56
67 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
68 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
69 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:01:06
70 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:32
71 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:01:45
72 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:48
73 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic 0:01:58
74 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:02:08
75 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:14
76 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
77 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
78 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
80 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
81 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
82 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
83 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM
84 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
85 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
86 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
87 Jordi Warlop (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
88 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech
89 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies
90 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
91 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
92 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
93 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-EasyPost
94 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
95 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
97 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
98 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
99 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies
100 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
101 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco
102 Luke Durbridge (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
103 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
104 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
105 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
106 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
107 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
108 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:53
109 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) EF Education-EasyPost
110 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
111 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
112 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis
113 James Piccoli (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
114 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
115 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
116 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
117 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:03:39
118 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:42
119 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
120 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:05:29
121 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
122 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:06:42
123 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:48
124 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:06:51
125 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
126 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
127 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
128 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
129 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
130 Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
131 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
132 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo
133 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
134 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
135 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
136 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
137 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
138 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
139 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:56
140 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
141 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
142 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
143 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
144 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
145 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
146 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
147 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
148 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
149 Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates
150 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
151 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
152 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:09:03
153 Rudy Barbier (Fra) Israel-Premier Tech 0:10:34