Paris-Nice 2022 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

March 8, 2022

Paris-Nice 2022 – Stage 3 – Vierzon – Dun-le-Palestel : 190,8 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.

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) delivered a powerful acceleration to win stage 3 of Paris-Nice, beating Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) to the line in a reduced bunch sprint in Dun-le-Palestel.

Behind them, yellow jersey Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) crashed in the finishing straight, but the Frenchman remounted to complete the stage and retain the overall lead, one second ahead of Van Aert and nine ahead of their teammate Primož Roglič.

After the category 3 climb of the Côte de Le Peyroux had shaken several established sprinters loose, including stage 2 winner Fabio Jakobsen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Van Aert looked the obvious candidate for victory here, but he was unable to match Pedersen’s power on the rise to the line.

Pedersen sprinted from the front thanks to a long lead-out from teammate Jasper Stuyven. He still had a lot left to do after the Milan-San Remo champion swung off, but he produced an imposing sprint to burn Van Aert off his wheel within sight of the line. Coquard came around Van Aert in the final metres, but by that point, the former world champion was already raising his arms to celebrate his third victory of the season.

“Of course, I knew the finish, we did it one lap earlier,” Pedersen joked of his victory on the finishing circuit in Dun-le-Palestel. “No, we looked into it yesterday. We missed out on yesterday’s stage with a bit of bad luck, with [Alex] Kirsch having a puncture and me losing the chain. We wanted to make up for it today and the boys did a fantastic job the whole day to make it as easy as possible for me. A perfect lead-out from Alex and Jasper and then a good sprint in the end. So it was a pretty good day.”

Laporte was prominent at the head of the front group in the closing kilometres as Jumbo-Visma looked to ensure a sprint for Van Aert, and he keeps yellow despite the late scare he endured when he touched wheels with Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ) in the final 200m and hit the ground.

“I was just putting my head down and sprinting, so I hope everyone is OK if there was a crash,” said Pedersen.

Laporte was handed the same time as the rest of the front group, but his advantage shrank all the same, as Van Aert picked up four bonus seconds for placing third and Roglič picked up two seconds thanks to his vigilance at the second intermediate sprint with 18km remaining.

Roglič will be expected to divest Laporte of yellow in Wednesday’s short individual time trial to Montluçon, though Van Aert, too, might be in the reckoning.

The flagging overall challenge of Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), meanwhile, ended definitively when he was distanced on the Côte de Le Peyroux. The American had already suffered a severe setback when he lost 1:29 as the peloton splintered into echelons on Monday, though he will hope his fine early-season form can help him to retrieve something from the Race to the Sun in the days ahead.

How it unfolded
After crosswinds had buffeted the Paris-Nice peloton the previous afternoon, the conditions were mercifully more calm on the road from Vierzon to Dun-le-Palestel on stage 3. When Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Owain Doull (EF Education-EasyPost) and Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels-KTM) escaped in the opening kilometres, the bunch was happy to grant them leeway, and they quickly amassed a lead of five minutes in the flat opening hour of racing.

That status quo remained largely in place even as the terrain grew more rugged, with De Gendt leading over the category 3 climbs of the Côte de Eguzon and the Côte de Crozant, but their advantage began to contract more rapidly as the race crossed the finish line for the first time with 44km to go.

A new phase of the race began when Søren Kragh Andersen (DSM) attacked with 30km remaining, as the road climbed ahead of the ascent of the Côte de Le Peyroux. Although the Dane was soon brought to heel, the forcing of Jumbo-Visma and Cofidis served to whittle down the peloton, with sprinters Fabio Jakobsen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) among those distanced with 25km to go.

Rather more surprisingly, Brandon McNulty also lost contact with the peloton here, his GC ambitions effectively over. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), who lost 10 minutes when he crashed on stage 2, lasted a little longer, but he was distanced amid the flurry of attacks over the other side.

Part of that aggression was inspired by the uphill intermediate sprint with 18km to go, and Pierre Latour took advantage of a lead-out from TotalEnergies teammates Mathieu Burgaudeau to pick up 3 bonus seconds, while Roglič stole a march on Adam Yates et al by snaring second place.

On the rolling run-in to Dun-le-Palestel, Andersen made a second attempt to forge clear, but his offensive was doomed by the pursuit of Movistar, who were working on behalf of Ivan Garcia Cortina.

Laporte, meanwhile, was prominent in trying to ensure a reduced bunch sprint for his teammate Van Aert, but it was Trek-Segafredo who would ultimately pilot Pedersen to victory.

“It’s my first WorldTour win in a long time,” said Pedersen. Despite his turn of speed here, he confirmed afterward that he would not ride Milan-San Remo, preferring to focus on the cobbled Classics tha follow. “It’s really nice to start out well and it’s showing a good direction for the Classics, which are coming up in a few weeks.”

Results :
1 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 4:23:29
2 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
3 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
4 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
5 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
6 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
7 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
8 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
10 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
11 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
12 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
13 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
14 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
15 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
16 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech
17 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
18 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
19 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
20 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
21 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
23 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
24 Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco
25 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic
26 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
27 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
29 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
30 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
31 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
32 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
33 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-EasyPost
34 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team
35 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
36 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
37 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
38 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
39 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
40 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
41 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies
42 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
43 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
44 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
45 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team
46 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
47 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
48 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
49 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
50 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco
51 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
52 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis
53 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
54 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
55 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates
56 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
57 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
58 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM
59 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix
60 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
61 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM
62 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Israel-Premier Tech
63 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
64 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
65 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
66 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
67 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
68 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
69 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
70 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
71 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
72 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
73 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
74 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
75 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
76 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
77 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
78 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-EasyPost
79 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic
80 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
81 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
82 Jordi Warlop (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
83 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
84 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
85 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
86 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix
87 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
88 Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
89 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:01:14
90 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:01:16
91 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:30
92 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:01:31
93 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma
94 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:22
95 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:03:10
96 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
97 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:04:29
98 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis 0:05:46
99 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
100 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
101 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
102 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
103 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
104 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:08:07
105 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:58
106 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 0:10:01
107 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:13
108 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
109 Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:15
110 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
111 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma
112 Luke Durbridge (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
113 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
114 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
115 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
116 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
117 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
118 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) EF Education-EasyPost
119 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates
120 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
121 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
122 James Piccoli (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
123 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo
124 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
125 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
126 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
127 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
128 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
129 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
130 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
131 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
132 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
133 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
134 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
135 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
136 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
137 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
138 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
139 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies
140 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
141 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
142 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:11:22
143 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:14:30
144 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
145 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
146 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:16:35
DNF Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
DNF Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
DNS Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma 11:34:44
2 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:01
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:09
4 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:29
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:33
6 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
7 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:38
8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:39
9 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
10 Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team
12 Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic
13 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
14 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
15 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
16 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
17 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
18 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
19 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
20 Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco
21 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:53
22 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
23 Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco
24 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-EasyPost
25 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:03
26 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
27 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:01:13
28 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic 0:01:17
29 Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
30 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
31 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team
32 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis
33 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
34 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:01:31
35 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel-Premier Tech 0:01:39
36 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:02:07
37 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:08
38 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
39 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
40 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
41 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
42 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
43 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:02:16
44 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:19
45 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:21
46 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
47 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:22
48 João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:32
49 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
50 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:02:36
51 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM 0:02:59
52 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
53 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
54 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
55 Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic 0:03:34
56 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:03:44
57 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:03:50
58 Jordi Warlop (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:04:00
59 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-EasyPost
60 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:04:34
61 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:43
62 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team 0:05:18
63 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:05:40
64 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:06:58
65 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:03
66 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:22
67 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
68 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies
69 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
70 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
71 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
72 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
73 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
74 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:36
75 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
76 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:33
77 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:08:53
78 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:09:04
79 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
80 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
81 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
82 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
83 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
84 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:09:46
85 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:09:55
86 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:10:00
87 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Israel-Premier Tech
88 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis 0:10:15
89 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:10:20
90 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:11:28
91 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
92 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:07
93 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:12:19
94 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:12:44
95 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:12:51
96 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:19
97 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:13:23
98 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:13:33
99 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:13:36
100 Victor Koretzky (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:13:41
101 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
102 Luke Durbridge (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:14:14
103 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
104 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies
105 Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:14:52
106 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
107 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:15:22
108 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:15:46
109 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:16:05
110 Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
111 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:16:10
112 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:17:11
113 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:17:14
114 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
115 Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:18:13
116 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:18:18
117 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:18:44
118 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:20:44
119 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) EF Education-EasyPost 0:20:58
120 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team
121 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
122 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:21:01
123 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:47
124 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:43
125 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:22:44
126 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:22
127 James Piccoli (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
128 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 0:23:34
129 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 0:23:47
130 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:24:47
131 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:24:56
132 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
133 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:25:01
134 Alexys Brunel (Fra) UAE Team Emirates
135 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
136 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
137 Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:26:49
138 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:27:17
139 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:20
140 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
141 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
142 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates 0:27:25
143 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
144 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:28:03
145 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:28:16
146 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:29:32