Tour de France 2017 – Stage 02 [LAST 20 KM]

July 02, 2017

Tour de France 2017 – Stage 2 – Düsseldorf – Liège : 203,5 km

The 2017 Tour de France will be the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The race will begin with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf on 1 July, and conclude with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July 2017. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams will enter the race.

Marcel Kittel(Quick-Step Floors) claimed his 10th career Tour de France victory on Sunday, powering his way to first over the finish line in Liège with a late surge from behind. Arnaud Démare (FDJ) was second and André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) third, with Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) an impressive fourth after his recent illness.

Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas finished safely in the peloton to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey but a ten-second stage winner’s time bonus moved Kittel to third overall at six seconds and so within reach of yellow.

Bora-Hansgrohe opened the sprint, with Peter Sagan in the wind too early, and the world champion faded back to finish 10th. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) also tried to lead from the front but only offered Kittel a perfect lead out. Kittel became the first rider to win a Tour de France sprint on a bike equipped with disc-brakes.

“I’m super-relieved became in reality, I honestly don’t care how many stages I win, it’s about moments, and if have to finish with 10 wins or whatever amount, still be very proud,” Kittel said.

“It’s a very special win for us, because Dusseldorf’s in Germany, and when we saw all the number of fans there, it made us very proud of this victory, it’s a chance I’ve had.

“I felt I had the right moment and went for it, full gas,” he said before being asked about his chances of taking the yellow jersey now he is only six seconds down on Thomas thanks to the 10-second stage winner’s time bonus.

“We’ll see, tomorrow’s not so easy, it’ll be a bit like stage two last year. We’ll see what we can do. We’ve got Gilbert and Matteo Trentin too for that,” Kittel said.

The stage was marked by a long breakaway that lasted over 200 kilometres in often heavy rain.

Taylor Phinney (Cannondale-Drapac), Thomas Boudat (Direct Energie), Laurent Pichon (Fortuneo-Oscaro) and Yoann Offredo (Wanty-Gobert) never had a large lead but at one point it looked as if the last two survivors of the move, Phinney and Offredo, might stay away to the finish. They were caught with one kilometre left to race. Phinney, making his Tour de France debut, took maximum points at the two small climbs of the day to move into the climber’s polka dot jersey.

With about 30 kilometres left to race there was a large crash in the peloton, with much of Team Sky hitting the pavement, including Chris Froome. Other riders, including Richie Porte (BMC), and Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) also crashed. Froome and Bardet had to chase back, with Froome also dropping back again for a bike change. His battered teammates brought him back up both times so he could finish in the main peloton and so not lose any time.

How it unfolded

On the heels of a rainy opening time trial in Dusseldorf, rain was once again the theme of the day on Sunday as it was wet most of the long stage 2.

The peloton was two riders down at the start as both Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) suffered serious injuries in crashes on stage 1. Luke Durbridge (Orica-Scott), who hurt his ankle during the time trial, took to the start of stage 2 but subsequently had to abandon.

After a 10-minute ride through Düsseldorf, the peloton stopped for a small ceremony complete with national anthems and ribbon cutting. An addition 10-15 minutes brought them to the sharp start.

When the flag finally dropped Boudat, Pichon, Offredo and Phinney got away almost immediately.

Phinney seemed to have rediscovered his best form and appears to be completely recovered from his accident in the 2014 US road championships. The first climb of this year’s Tour de France came only 6.5 kilometres after the start, and Phinney made sure to grab the maximum points at the cat. 4 Côte de Grafenberg.

The foursome stayed away, but they were kept on a short line by the sprinters’ teams and their maximum gap never went much beyond 3:30. The rain started as the riders headed southwest out of Düsseldorf. The first sprint came in Mönchengladbach, and once again Phinney jumped to take the points, but Boudat came around to claim the honours.

Just over two minutes back, the sprinters’ teams formed up to bring their stars into position, as points were on offer to the first 15 across the line. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) won the battle, followed by Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) and Michael Matthews (Sunweb).

From there, the stage moved down to Jülich, home of SRM, and through Aachen, before moving into Belgium. The rain continued and gap bobbled between one and three minutes.

The mass crash hit the field at traffic islands on a curve. A dozen or so riders went down, including favourites Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale). A number of Katusha and Cofidis riders were also involved.

A Team Sky-led chase group grew larger and larger and chased back up to the peloton with determination. In the peloton, there was much looking around as to who was where. With about 24 kilometres to go, the chasers caught up with the field again and once again the sprinters’ teams were gathering at the front. Froome had to drop back for a bike change, but was again brought up by his teammates.

Perhaps thanks to the crash, the four escapees were able to tackle the day’s final fourth-category climb alone. It was a close call, but Phinney once again took the points and would pull on the polka-dot jersey in Liège.

That left Phinney in the lead and he decided to take off on his own, with some 20 km to go. Offredo joined him two kilometres later to try and surprise the peloton. However the sprinters weren’t about to let their first chance slip away. Lotto Soudal led the chase, with Bora-Hansgrohe right behind, and Quick Step Floors train moving in for a turn.

The gap dropped rapidly over the final five kilometres, and with a kilometre and a half to go, the field had the leading duo in sight. The catch was made with just over one kilometre left. It was time for a high-speed, hectic sprint.

Bora-Hansgrohe led the way with Sagan moving toward the front for the sprint but he was in the wind a few hundred metres before the line and so did not immediately take up his sprint.

Colbrelli produced a strong surge and then André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) hit the front but Kittel powered his way forward on their right. He came off Colbrelli’s wheel at the right moment and used his huge strength to pull away and cross the line with enough of a gap to have time to raise his arms in celebration. He then burst into tears of joy as he sat on the road and realised what he had achieved.

Results :
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 4:37:06
2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
3 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
5 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
6 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
10 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
11 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
12 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
13 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
14 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
15 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
16 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
17 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
18 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
20 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
21 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
22 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
23 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
24 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
25 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
26 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
27 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
29 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
30 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott
31 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
32 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
33 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
34 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
36 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
38 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
39 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
40 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
41 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
42 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
43 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
44 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott
45 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
46 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
47 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
48 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
50 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
51 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
52 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
53 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
54 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
55 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
56 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
57 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
58 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
59 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott
60 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
61 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
62 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
63 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott
64 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
65 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
66 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ
67 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott
68 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
69 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
70 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
71 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
72 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
73 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
74 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
75 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
76 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
77 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
80 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
81 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
82 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
83 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
84 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
85 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
86 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
87 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
88 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
89 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
91 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
93 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors
95 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
96 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
97 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
98 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky
99 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
100 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team
101 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
102 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
103 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
104 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
105 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
106 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
107 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
108 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
109 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
110 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
111 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
112 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
113 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
114 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
115 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
116 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
117 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
118 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
119 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb
120 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott
121 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
122 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
123 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
124 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
125 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
126 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
127 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
128 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
129 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
130 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
131 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
132 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
133 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
134 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
135 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
136 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
137 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
138 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
139 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
140 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
141 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
142 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
143 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida
144 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida
145 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
146 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
147 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
148 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
149 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
150 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
151 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
152 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
153 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
154 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
155 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
156 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
157 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
158 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
159 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
160 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
161 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
162 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:26
163 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:51
164 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ 0:00:53
165 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:00
166 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
167 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
168 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
169 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb
170 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
171 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
172 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:23
173 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 0:01:31
174 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
175 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
176 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 0:01:46
177 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:02:49
178 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
179 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:05:12
180 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:47
181 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
182 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
183 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
184 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:46
185 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
186 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
187 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
188 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
189 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
190 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
191 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:49
192 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:09:53
193 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:13:55
194 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:15:26
195 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 4:53:10
2 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:05
3 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:00:07
5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:10
6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:12
7 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:15
8 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:00:16
10 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
11 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:17
12 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
13 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 0:00:19
14 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:20
15 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
16 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
17 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
18 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:29
19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:30
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:31
21 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:32
22 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
23 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:33
24 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:34
25 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:36
26 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:00:37
27 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
28 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:39
29 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
30 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:40
31 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
32 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:41
34 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
35 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
36 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
37 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
38 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:00:43
39 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
40 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
41 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:45
42 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:46
43 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:47
44 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:48
46 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
47 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
48 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
49 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:49
50 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
51 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors
52 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
53 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
54 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:50
55 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
56 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:51
57 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:52
58 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
59 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
60 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:53
61 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
62 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:54
63 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
64 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
65 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
66 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:55
67 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
68 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:56
69 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
70 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
71 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott
72 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:00:59
73 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
74 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
75 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
76 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:00
77 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
78 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
79 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:01:01
80 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:02
81 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
82 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
83 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:03
84 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
85 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott 0:01:04
86 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
87 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
88 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:05
89 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:06
90 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
91 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:08
92 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
93 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:09
94 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
95 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
96 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:01:10
97 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida
98 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
99 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
100 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:11
101 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
102 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:12
103 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
104 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
105 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 0:01:13
106 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida
107 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
108 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
109 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:14
110 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
111 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
112 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:15
113 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:16
114 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
115 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
116 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
117 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:17
118 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:18
119 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:20
120 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
121 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
122 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:21
123 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:23
124 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:24
125 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:01:25
126 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
127 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:27
128 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
129 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:29
130 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
131 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
132 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
133 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:32
134 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:36
135 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:37
136 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
137 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:41
138 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:42
139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
140 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:43
141 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
142 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
143 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
144 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:01:45
145 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
146 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:46
147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
148 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:47
149 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
150 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ 0:01:48
151 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:50
153 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:51
154 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:54
155 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
156 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:55
157 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:57
158 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
159 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:58
160 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:12
161 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
162 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:13
163 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
164 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 0:02:16
165 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 0:02:17
166 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
167 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
168 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:02:20
169 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:23
170 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:26
171 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:31
172 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ 0:02:33
173 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:50
174 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:51
175 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:02:59
176 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:03
177 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 0:03:06
178 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:05:52
179 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:31
180 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
181 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:06:51
182 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:07:07
183 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:07:15
184 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:09:54
185 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:10:13
186 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:47
187 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:10:49
188 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:02
189 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:06
190 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:11:09
191 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:11:15
192 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:11:16
193 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:15:45
194 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 0:16:02
195 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:16:46