Tour de France 2017 – Stage 08 [LAST 25 KM]

July 08, 2017

Tour de France 2017 – Stage 8 – Dole – Station des Rousses : 187,5 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.

Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) claimed his first Tour de France stage win in stage 8, surviving out of a large breakaway on a blazing fast mountain stage. Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) gave chase but could not manage to close the gap, and came in second place 37 seconds later. Guillaume Martin of Wanty Groupe-Gobert led the peloton across at 50 seconds.

“It’s incredible. Since the start of the Tour we’ve been at the front, but I never thought it would lead to a success like this,” Calmejane. “I’m a rider who likes to animate the race, and I said to my teammates I wanted to try something today. They did such great work today, they allowed me to realise my dream, of winning a stage at the Tour.

“I never imagined such a scenario. I thought that when we went to seven in the break we might have a chance of contesting the stage, but to win solo like that, it’s incredible.”

A large group of some 50 riders formed about halfway through a stage that averaged a painful 47kph over the first 90 minutes. The lead peloton splintered and reformed, going through multiple transformations until the 24-year-old Calmejane moved into a six-man splinter group near the top of the day’s second climb.

That same group took on the closing climb, but fell apart. With some 18km left on the day, and the mountaintop coming in 7km, Calmejane took off on his own. Only Gesink was able to follow but was never able to get close.

It was the second Grand Tour victory for Calmejane, who won a stage at the 2016 Vuelta a Espana. This season he has won the overall titles at the Settimana International Coppi e Bartali, Etoile de Besseges, and the Circuit de la Sarthe, as well as the mountains classification at Paris-Nice.

“From kilometre-zero right until the finish it was full gas,” Calmejane said. “At the end there it was a mental battle, you couldn’t let your head go. More than legs, it was about the head today.”

With all of the talk of Team Sky giving up the maillot jaune to a non-threatening rider, Chris Froome’s teammates apparently were not satisfied with the level of threat of Dimension Data’s Serge Pauwels (at 2:00), who was poised to claim the race lead had the gap grown large enough.

“I went all in to take yellow but Sky didn’t want it to happen. We didn’t get a big gap. It was very hard to get in the breakaway. I gave a lot but without reward,” a dejected Pauwels said.

Instead, Sky kept the pace high, discouraging any rivals from attacking. There was a brief move from Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) who tried to challenge for the white jersey held by Simon Yates (Orica-Scott), and a dig from Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors), but it was a stalemate in the end.

Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas remain atop the standings, separated by 12 seconds, with Fabio Aru (Astana) in third at 14 seconds.

The win atop the final cat. 1 climb, the Cote de la Combe de Laisa – Les Mounes, was enough to give Calmejane the KOM jersey. Kittel, who finished way back in the grupetto, picked up points at the intermediate sprint to build up his green jersey lead, while Simon Yates remained best young rider.

Arnaud Demare, the other French stage winner at this year’s Tour, was ill and fell back very early. Two teammates were with him to try and bring him in within the time limit. The French champion eventually finished 180th in the last grupetto.

How it unfolded

High temperatures and sunshine accompanied the peloton as it took its foray into the Jura mountains. It was to be a day for a break group, with the possibility of staying away to the end.

The stage indeed got off to the predicted fast start but the breakaway had trouble forming. Many tried and none was successful. Everyone wanted to get away but no one wanted to let anyone else go – stalemate.

The first excitement of the day came with the intermediate sprint. With the race going up into the mountains for the weekend, this was the sprinter’s sole chance, and it turned into a showdown between the top names. Quick-Step Floors set up the new green jersey, Marcel Kittel, but his German rival, Andre Greipel, from rival Belgian team Lotto Soudal, beat him to the line for once, with Michael Matthews (Sunweb) a close third.

Missing from the sprint was the Frenchman Demare, who had fallen back earlier as soon as the road started going up. His gap built up rapidly, with the possibility of missing the time limit already becoming an issue.

From there the fight to establish a break group continued, and it was finally resolved in an unexpected way. After some 70 km, there was basically a split in the field, with about 50 riders in a front group – and all the favourites and jersey wearers behind.

Every team had at least one rider in the lead group, so no one felt the need to give serious chase. Team Sky stayed at the front of the yellow jersey group, happy to set a slower pace.

Such a large group was destined not to stay together, and soon 13 riders made their own break: Greg Van Avermaet, Michael Schar (BMC), Jan Bakelants, Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale), Koen De Kort (Trek-Segafredo), Michael Valgren (Astana), Jens Keukeleire (Orica-Scott), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Laurens ten Dam (Sunweb), Calmejane (Direct Energie), and Alberto Bettiol (Cannondale-Drapac).

With 95 km to go, the first group had about a minute over their chasers, with the Froome group at 3:37, and the Demare “stragglers” group already 12 minutes down. The first ranked climb had still to make an appearance.

Burghardt, Barguil and Trentin moved up to join the lead group, and about five km before the first mountain ranking, Barguil jumped again. Pauwels joined him in the lead, and they headed to the mountaintop. The Frenchman took the two points, with Pauwels claiming the remaining one point.

Things came back together on the descent, more or less. At any rate, more riders moved up to the head group, new groups formed and dissolved and with about 51 km to go, on the way up the cat. 2 Cote de Viry, the lead groups all joined up forces again, two and a half minutes ahead of the peloton.

Only moments later four riders jumped – Van Avermaet, Pauwels, Barguil and Bakelants. Gesink, Calmejane and Talansky gave chase. Gesink caught the leaders first but it was once again Barguil who claimed the mountain points. The peloton came over at 2:20.

Team Sky had a few close calls on the descent. Froome missed a curve and went onto the verge, losing a bit of time, but catching up again. Geraint Thomas crashed but got back up too.

The new lead group consisted of Barguil, Gesink, Van Avermaet, Pauwels, Bakelants, Nicolas Roche, Calmejane, and Clarke. With 40 km, and a cat. 1 climb to come, they had 40 seconds on their nearest chasers and three minutes on the peloton.

Astana’s Valgren jumped from the chasers, hoping to catch the lead group, finally making his way to them.

With 25 km to go, Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) had managed to pull the field back up to 1:30 behind the leaders. Many of those in the break group had by then been caught.

The final climb of the day was approaching, the cat. 1 Cote de la Combe de Laisa – Les Mounes (1202 m)11.7 km, 6.4 per cent. There was no mountaintop finish, though. There was in fact even more climbing after the ranking was taken, a saw-edge 11.5km to the finish line.

Barguil led the way up the climb,1:16 ahead of the field. The weaker climbers dropped from the nine-man lead group. As the long climb went on it was soon only Roche, Pauwels, Gesink and Calmejane at the front.

With less than 18 km to go, Calmejane jumped from the group, with only Roche able to give chase, but in vain as the young Frenchman pulled away. Roche fell back and Gesink moved up in chase.

Calmejane made his way up the final kilometers of the fan-lined road to claim the points. Gesink came in some 10-15 seconds later. Valgren had by now dropped back to the peloton, which was still nearly 1:30 behind.

Calmejane flew along after winning the ranking and the KOM jersey, the stage win beckoning to him, with Gesink in pursuit. He nearly stopped with 5 km to go though, with cramps, and while he continued, it was with obvious difficulty. Soon things went well again but Gesink had gained time.

The cramps didn’t reappear and Calmejane was up out of the saddle, grinning, going into the final km. He had plenty of time to celebrate his first Tour stage win, with Gesink crossing the line some 30 seconds later. And the peloton was not far behind, with Guillaume Martin of Wanty Groupe Gobert taking third.

“I wanted to win but someone was better,” Gesink said. “I tried to smash through to the front, dropped Pauwels and Roche, but at 50m I blew. He cramped but my legs weren’t much better.”

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

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