Tour de France 2017 – Stage 16 [FULL STAGE]

July 18, 2017

Tour de France 2017 – Stage 16 – Le Puy-en-Velay – Romans sur Isere : 165 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.

Michael Matthews (Sunweb) took a well-deserved win on stage 16 of the Tour de France, edging out Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) and John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) in a reduced bunch sprint in Romans-sur-Isère. The win marked Matthews second stage of the race and saw him claw back 50 points on Marcel Kittel (QuickStep Floors) in the green jersey competition.

The stage was marked by the constant threat of crosswinds but the lead group only split inside the final 15 kilometres with Team Sky putting the hammer down. Their surge in pace put Daniel Martin (Quick-Step Floors), Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) and Louis Meintjes (UAE Emirates) to the sword. Martin and Meintjes both lost thirty seconds on the yellow jersey group, while Contador conceded well over a minute to see his top 10 chances take a further hit. Chris Froome had a relatively calm day and leads the race by 18 seconds from Fabio Aru (Astana) and Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) in third, a further five seconds adrift.

Rigoberto Urán remains in fourth with Mikel Landa back up to fifth after Martin missed the key split. The Irishman now sits seventh, 2:03 off yellow with Meintjes one place further down the standings, a full six minutes down on Froome.

The stage, however, belonged to Matthews and his Sunweb team who served up one of the best examples of teamwork and sacrifice witnessed at this year’s Tour de France. Their masterpiece began early as they dictated the race in the early stages – seeing off Kittel on the first climb of the day before neutralising early breaks and positioning Matthews in the first group. The Australian pulled back 20 points by winning the intermediate sprint with KOM leader Warren Barguil instrumental in pulling the peloton along.

When the lead group eventually did split in the frantic crosswinds Sunweb kept their numbers near the front with Matthews gunning for his second win in less than a week. With Kittel dispatched with early in the stage and Nacer Bouhanni’s (Cofidis) reserves depleted after a long chase, the Australian had to be happy to be facing fewer rivals, but Degenkolb, Boasson Hagen and André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) would be no pushovers, especially given that all three are still searching for their first stage wins this year.

In the technical finale Matthews was brought to the front by Nikias Ardnt, just as Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet began to lead out with 300 metres to go. The BMC rider’s tactics were clear – hit the front through the tight corners and hold out for as long as possible – but with Boasson Hagen, Matthews, and Degenkolb all hovering it was always going to be a tough ask.

The leading sprinters simply used Van Avermaet as their final marker, kicking past him with the line in sight, as Boasson Hagen went left and Degenkolb and Matthews opted for the other side. Degenkolb cut a frustrated figure as he came over the finish, gesturing that Matthews – who took his place on Sunweb – had deviated his line in the sprint. Matthews took the win as Boasson Hagen passed Degenkolb in the closing metres to take second place.

Matthews, who left Orica-Scott to focus on days like today now has two wins to his 2017 Tour palmares, and with the lead to Kittel cut to just 29, even greater reward could lie ahead.

How it unfolded

After Monday’s rest day one would have been forgiven for thinking that all the hot air had been used up in Dave Brailsford’s four letter rant but the forecast at Le Puy-en-Velay warned of severe cross winds as the peloton embarked on the 165km to Romans-sur-Isère.

The weather conditions provided a chance for team directors to break out their highlighters and scribble frantic notes on their Tour road books as they attempted to warn their riders of the dangers that lay ahead.

However, it was the riders and not the weather that made the race inside the opening few kilometres of the stage. Lotto Soudal’s Thomas De Gendt made his customary assault in the early kilometres with Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) among a small pocket of riders joining the Belgian.

The peloton were in no mood to allow a group to move clear and Sunweb’s intent became clear as the rode began to climb. They posted men on the front in a bid to test Kittel on the first fourth-category climb, with Matthews himself jumping away. Kittel held the Australian once but when Sunweb put the hammer down for a second time the Green jersey was forced to relent, and he duly switched tactics in a bid to limit his losses.

As the descent began, Kittel and a clutch of sprinters were at 29 seconds, as a volley of QuickStep riders nursed the German towards what they thought would be quick return to the lead group.

However half a minute quickly doubled, and doubled again, before QuickStep – perhaps the team best equipped for crosswinds – realised that their GC leader Martin was isolated up front with just two men. It was a move they would pay for later in the stage.

If Kittel was having a bad day it was even worse for George Bennett, who started the day with genuine hopes of finishing inside the top 10 come Paris. However, hampered by sickness, he was forced out of the race.

Meanwhile, Nacer Bouhanni had no intentions of throwing in the towel. The Frenchman, disgusted that he had missed the split, called back teammates, and surged off the front in a bid to close down the peloton. He flew out of the Kittel group as if there were just 500 metres to go but made the improbable juncture with over 50 kilometres left to race.

Crosswinds

After Matthews picked up 20 points at the intermediate sprint all eyes turned back to the crosswinds. The key sectors were to come with around 37 kilometres remaining and the tension was palpable as riders dragged their GC candidates to the front and rubbed shoulders with their rivals.

Sky were well positioned and had numbers, only missing Luke Rowe from the early cut, while Bardet, Urán and even Nairo Quintana (Movistar) had strong supporting casts. Martin, with only two men, looked vulnerable, as did Trek’s Alberto Contador, who despite an attack from his team at one point, never looked comfortable as he searched for the best place to position himself.

With 15 kilometres to go it looked as though the worst sectors had been navigated safely enough but as the bunch rounded a corner Team Sky put the hammer down. The first acceleration almost caught out Astana’s Fabio Aru, who sprinted like his life depended on it, as fractures in the field began to show. As Team Sky turned the screw further splits appeared. Bardet made it by the skin of his teeth but Martin, Meintjes and Contador were left stranded with the maillot jaune, Sunweb and Movistar all the willing to keep the pace high.

When Movistar’s Daniele Bennati jumped off the front with 2000 metres to go it looked as though Matthews and the surviving sprinters would be thwarted but Barguil made one last push, with Dimension Data also keen to play a part. Sometimes though, you get what you deserve in cycling and in Romans-sur-Isère Matthews and Sunweb were rewarded with the spoils their daylong efforts warranted.

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

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