Route d’Occitanie 2020 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

August 3, 2020

Route d’Occitanie 2020 – Stage 3 – Saint-Gaudens – Col de Beyrède : 163,5 km

Racing returns to France on Saturday with the start of the four-day Route d’Occitanie, which features a host of Tour de France hopefuls – notably defending champion Egan Bernal and four-time winner Chris Froome, both of Team Ineos, and a trio of French favourites in the shape of Thibaut Pinot (Gropupama-FDJ), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and road race national champion Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic). What was for many years the Route du Sud – a race that stuck extremely close to the Pyrenees – the Route d’Occitanie (pronounced ‘Oxy’ rather than ‘Ocky’) now covers a huge swathe of terrain across southern France, including much of the ground that once featured in the much-missed GP de Midi Libre. Its format, however, remains essentially the same as it was under its Route du Sud guise, with two relatively straightforward stages to begin with, a tough stage in the mountains on day three that’s very likely to decide the overall winner, and a sprinter-friendly finale to finish.

Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) put down a significant marker on the road to his Tour de France defence with a victory on the Queen stage of the La Route d’Occitanie. The defending champion claimed stage 3 and the race lead on the final climb of the Col de Beyrède on a stage that had earlier included the Port de Balès and the Col de Peyresoude.

As a GC contest, the four-day La Route d’Occitanie was always likely to boil down to a fight on the Col de Beyrède, a Pyrenean climb of ferociously steep steps that’s a close neighbour to the Col d’Aspin. With the Port de Balès and the Peyresourde preceding the Beyrède, it was, everyone insisted, a full-on mountain test, an ideal day for riders targeting the Tour de France to measure themselves against each other.

It produced a show of all-round strength from Team Ineos, Tour de France champion Egan Bernal winning the stage after each of his six teammates had played a key part in eroding the threat to the Colombian.

Coming onto the final 11km ascent, Jonathan Castroviejo began the sorting process on the initial steep ramps. In the easier middle section, Chris Froome showed that he’s getting back to his best with a devastating show of pace-making.

Then, as the climb kicked up into sections of 17%, Tao Geoghegan-Hart maintained the momentum, leaving Pavel Sivakov to set up Bernal for the finale. Coming into the final kilometre, the Colombian kicked clear on his own for his first victory of the season, his Russian teammate celebrating too as he finished second, with Astana’s Aleksandr Vlasov taking third and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) fourth.

“I’m extremely happy with the victory,” said Bernal, just after he’d been presented with the leader’s jersey. “We’ve worked really hard for this, to be in good form, but despite that when you win it does come as a bit of a surprise. The team did a perfect job. The fact that I managed to show that we had an edge makes me very happy thinking ahead to the Tour de France. I think we really deserved the win today.”

How it unfolded

The stage began with a group of eight riders on the attack: Benoît Cosnefroy (Ag2r la Mondiale), Harold Tejada (Astana), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Georg Zimmermann (CCC Team), Matthieu Ladagnous (Groupama-FDJ), Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie), Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Julien Trarieux (Nippo-Delko). Their gap quickly reached more than 3 minutes before Ineos riders gathered at the front of the peloton and began to move it along more swiftly, allowing them little leeway for the rest of the day.

As the bunch closed in on the final climb, Bernard made a last effort to go it alone, but the Trek rider fell victim to the Ineos steam roller, just as their main GC rivals were about to do.

“We had a plan with Egan. We didn’t want to gamble too much. We hoped and believed that we had the strongest rider in the field and we played to his strength. Our plan was simply to make it really hard towards the end and launch Egan,” explained Ineos DS Gabriel Rasch.

“It’s our first race with some of the Tour team together and our first real test against some of the other very best climbers in the world, so it was definitely a good day.”

Sivakov, who grew up near the start town of Saint Gaudens, had ridden the Beyrède three times before the race and knew it would be a hard test. “We didn’t make any mistakes, the steam roller was going all day. Once the break had gone clear and we got to the Port de Balès, we started to ride quite hard. On the Peyresourde, the guys did an incredible job and then we finished the job on the final climb. It was superb,” said the Russian.

“Coming onto the final climb, Castro started off, then Froomey took over on the more rolling section in the middle and he went so hard he put a lot of the other guys in the red. Tao did a great job on the first part of the steep section to the summit and then I did my bit on the front to set up Egan for an attack. It was exactly how we planned it this morning. The fact that we performed so well together is good to see given what lies ahead.”

Results :
1 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos 4:36:44
2 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:10
3 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:00:17
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:31
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:05
6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:09
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:11
8 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:01:18
9 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:39
10 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
11 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:01:55
12 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 0:01:59
13 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:05
14 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
15 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:16
16 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:02:23
17 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren
18 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Simone Petilli (Ita) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:02:38
20 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
21 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:42
22 Fausto Masnada (Ita) CCC Team 0:02:45
23 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:06
24 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:03:10
25 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
26 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:28
27 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:56
28 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:03:59
29 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:04
30 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos 0:04:43
31 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
32 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:05:05
33 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:11
34 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos
35 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:05:17
36 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
37 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:05:33
38 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:06:14
39 Erik Bergröm (Swe) Bike Aid 0:06:29
40 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Kern Pharma
41 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:06:33
42 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:07:00
43 Romain Combaud (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
44 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana Pro Team
45 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
46 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:07:12
47 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:07:42
48 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:07:52
49 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:52
50 Scott Davies (GBr) Bahrain McLaren
51 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
52 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
53 Alexander Evans (Aus) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:09:39
54 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:09:53
55 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:10:41
56 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Team Ineos 0:12:32
57 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team
58 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
59 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team
60 José Gonçalves (Por) Nippo Delko Provence
61 Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Pro Team
62 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert
63 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz de Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
65 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:13:04
66 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:13:39
67 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:55
68 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:16:45
69 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
70 Andrey Amador (CRc) Team Ineos
71 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team 0:17:14
72 Nick Van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Readynez 0:18:50
73 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:19:24
74 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:21:27
75 Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Bike Aid
76 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
77 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
78 Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Kern Pharma
79 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie
80 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
81 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid
82 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
83 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bahrain McLaren
84 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
85 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
86 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
87 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Kern Pharma
88 William Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
89 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez
90 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Circus-Wanty Gobert
91 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
92 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
93 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 0:22:26
94 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
96 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:24:18
97 Frederik Backaert (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
98 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert
99 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:27:45
100 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:30:22
101 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 0:31:56
102 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team
103 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:34:23
104 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
105 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
106 Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
107 Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis
108 Piotr Havik (Ned) Riwal Readynez
109 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole
111 Martin Bouzas Rey (Spa) Kern Pharma
112 Sergio Nestor Araiz Michel (Spa) Kern Pharma
113 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Nippo Delko Provence
114 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
115 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
116 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
117 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
118 Louis Louvet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
119 Christoffer Lisson (Den) Riwal Readynez
120 Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Blr) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
122 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
123 Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
124 Kevin Reza (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
125 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
126 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
127 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
128 Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Riwal Readynez
129 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
130 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93
131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis
132 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis
133 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
134 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
135 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
136 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Marco Benfatto (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
DNF Lucas Carensen (Ger) Bike Aid
DNF Jesse De Rooij (Ned) Bike Aid
DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
DNF Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain McLaren
DNF Andreas Lorentz Kron (Den) Riwal Readynez

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos 13:33:57
2 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:14
3 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:00:23
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:41
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:15
6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:19
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:21
8 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:01:28
9 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 0:01:49
10 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
11 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:02:05
12 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 0:02:09
13 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:02:15
14 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
15 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:26
16 Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:33
17 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
18 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren
19 Simone Petilli (Ita) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:02:48
20 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
21 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:52
22 Fausto Masnada (Ita) CCC Team 0:02:55
23 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:16
24 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:03:20
25 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
26 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:38
27 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:06
28 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:04:09
29 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:14
30 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:04:53
31 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:05:15
32 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos 0:05:21
33 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:05:27
34 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
35 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:05:43
36 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:06:24
37 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:06:39
38 Erik Bergröm (Swe) Bike Aid
39 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:06:43
40 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:07:10
41 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
42 Romain Combaud (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
43 Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez (Col) Astana Pro Team
44 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:17
45 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:07:52
46 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:08:02
47 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:02
48 Scott Davies (GBr) Bahrain McLaren 0:09:22
49 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:10:03
50 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Ineos 0:10:04
51 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:10:51
52 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team 0:12:39
53 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:41
54 José Gonçalves (Por) Nippo Delko Provence 0:12:42
55 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
56 Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Pro Team
57 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert
58 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team
59 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:12:58
60 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Team Ineos 0:13:25
61 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:13:38
62 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:15:48
63 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:55
64 Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team 0:17:24
65 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:17:34
66 Andrey Amador (CRc) Team Ineos 0:17:38
67 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos
68 Nick Van der Lijke (Ned) Riwal Readynez 0:19:00
69 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 0:19:32
70 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez 0:21:33
71 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:21:37
72 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
73 Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Kern Pharma
74 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
75 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
76 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
77 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Kern Pharma
78 Frederik Dombrowski (Ger) Bike Aid
79 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid
80 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bahrain McLaren
81 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
82 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
83 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 0:22:22
84 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:22:36
85 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:23:24
86 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:25:11
87 Alexander Evans (Aus) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:25:12
88 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz de Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:26:56
89 Frederik Backaert (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:27:17
90 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:27:55
91 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:31:25
92 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:31:49
93 Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team 0:32:02
94 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:32:09
95 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:32:32
96 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
97 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:32:45
98 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:34:27
99 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 0:34:29
100 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:34:32
101 Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:34:33
102 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
103 Piotr Havik (Ned) Riwal Readynez
104 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
105 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:34:49
106 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:38:35
107 Christoffer Lisson (Den) Riwal Readynez
108 William Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:51
109 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:38:59
110 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:39:44
111 Martin Bouzas Rey (Spa) Kern Pharma
112 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis 0:41:48
113 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:43:57
114 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Nippo Delko Provence 0:44:45
115 Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
116 Louis Louvet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
117 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
118 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis 0:45:55
119 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid 0:47:29
120 Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Riwal Readynez 0:47:56
121 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
122 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:48:31
123 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Circus-Wanty Gobert 0:48:32
124 Sergio Nestor Araiz Michel (Spa) Kern Pharma 0:48:47
125 Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Blr) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:51:27
126 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:51:47
127 Kevin Reza (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 0:53:50
128 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 0:54:44
129 Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis 0:54:45
130 Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
131 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis 0:58:45
132 Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 1:01:27
133 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:01:40
134 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team 1:04:28
135 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93 1:04:38
136 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Natura4ever-Roubaix-Lille Metropole 1:04:39