Tour de France 2018 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

July 15, 2018

Tour de France 2018 – Stage 9 – Arras Citadelle – Roubaix : 156,5 km

The 2018 Tour de France is the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s three Grand Tours. The 3,351 km (2,082 mi) race started from Noirmoutier-en-l’Île, in the Vendée department, on 7 July and will finish with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris, on 29 July. A total of 176 riders across 22 teams are participating in the 21-stage race. The Tour is the shortest of the millennium and will be the fifth time a tour has set out from the Vendée department.

John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) won stage 9 of the Tour de France in Roubaix, outsprinting yellow jersey Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) and Yves Lampaert (Quick Step Floors) after a tough day over the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix.

The win marks the end of Degenkolb’s long road back to the big stage after he and five other Giant-Alpecin riders were hospitalised after a training camp accident in Spain in January 2016. The riders were hit by an driver on the wrong side of the road, with Degenkolb almost losing a finger as a result.

A crash-heavy day ended with Degenkolb, Van Avermaet and Lampaert escaping on the Camphin-en-Pévèle sector, 17km from the line. In the peloton, there was no answer to the trio of specialists going up the road, though Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) did try a move later on.

While the Slovak would end up taking fifth behind Philippe Gilbert (Quick Step Floors), up front it was a cagey affair, with no real attempts to launch a race-winning attack before the line. With an advantage of a minute heading into the final five kilometres, they could afford to play tactics, too. Come the sprint though, neither man could overhaul Degenkolb, who led the group for the final kilometre before leading them over the line.

Degenkolb, enjoying his first WorldTour win since the final stage of the 2015 Vuelta a España, was clearly emotional and struggling for words in the post-race interview.

“Pure happiness,” he responded when asked about his feelings. “Really, I was chasing this victory for so long and it’s really hard to describe.

“It was a really hard fight the whole day. It’s a victory of the team — we really had a plan to stay out of trouble all the time and it worked out really well. It was unbelievable.”

The 29-year-old German then went on to talk about his comeback, dedicating the victory to a close friend who passed away during the winter.

“This is a very big victory, and I’ve been through a lot of things in the past,” he said. “It was such a hard time and I’m so happy to dedicate this victory to one of my best friends — he passed away last winter and this was really something for him.

“Everybody said I’m done and that after this accident I will never come back and I said ‘no I’m not done — I have to make at least one really big victory for this guy. His name is Jörg — he was my second father and it was a horrible accident. It was a huge loss and I’m so happy to get this victory now for him.”

“There’s no way to make it more dramatic, more nice, more fantastic. I’m totally overwhelmed.”

The majority of the GC contenders came in (relatively) intact, 27 seconds after Degenkolb. Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) endured a horrendous day of punctures of bike changes before finishing 7 seconds down alongside Mikel Landa (Movistar), who crashed late on. Rigoberto Urán (Education First-Drapac) came off worse, losing 1:28 after a crash, while Richie Porte (BMC) abandoned the Tour early on after crashing.

Greg Van Avermaet’s efforts may not have come with a stage victory, but going into the rest day he extends his GC lead to 43 seconds over Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas. The other jerseys remain in the same hands too, with Peter Sagan extending his points classification lead.

How it happened

Last included in 2015, the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix made a reappearance at the Tour de France for stage nine, which ran 156.5km between Arras and Roubaix. A total of 21.7km of cobbles featured, — eight kilometres more than 2015 — including some of the toughest sectors from Paris-Roubaix such as Auchy à Bersée and Mons-en-Pévèle.

It was all go from the beginning of the day, with the break forming and a GC contender crashing out of the race. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Lilian Calmejane, Jérôme Cousin, Damien Gaudin (all Direct Energie), Antwan Tolhoek (LottoNL-Jumbo), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Omar Fraile (Astana), Chad Haga (Team Sunweb), Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) were the men out front.

Meanwhile, Porte left the race on stage 9 for the second year in a row. The Australian crashed before the race reached the cobbles, and abandoned clutching his right collarbone.

Crashes and mechanical problems were, unsurprisingly, a major theme of the day. Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) suffered a puncture and changed bikes twice, later suffering another mechanical in the midst of the cobbled sectors. Michael Valgren (Astana), Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo), Egan Bernal (Team Sky) and Niki Terpstra (Quick Step Floors) were among those to hit the deck before the riders reached the major cobbled sectors.

A large crash in the middle of the peloton 67km out at sector 12, Warlaing à Brillon, saw the peloton split, with Sky driving the pace afterwards. Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) and Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) were among those caught on the wrong side of the split, while Movistar enjoyed having much of their team in the lead group.

There was a regrouping before sector 9 at Auchy à Bersée with 50km to go though. The longest — perhaps the hardest — sector of the day saw Bardet get in mechanical trouble once again, falling a minute behind, while Van Avermaet put in a testing attack towards the end of the sector.

The next sector — number 8 — was the famous Mons-en-Pévèle, or at least 900 metres of it. Team Sky crashed en masse heading into it, with Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas falling and dropping from the peloton briefly.

Still around 30 seconds behind the peloton, Bardet plugged away with lieutenant and Paris-Roubaix runner-up Silvan Dillier by his side. Meanwhile, the unexpected leaders of main group were Movistar, with six riders, including their trio of GC men, at the front of the race.

But the breakaway, or at least the remains of it, were still up front. With 37km to go, Janse van Rensburg and Gaudin left the rest behind to strike for glory. With just a 40-second gap though, their chances of staying away until Roubaix didn’t look great.

The crashes kept coming too, with Michał Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) going down on Pont-Thibault à Ennevelin with 35km to go, and Mikel Landa (Movistar) falling while drinking 32km out. On the exit of sector 5 at Templeuve, Gilbert and Edward Theuns (Team Sunweb) and became the latest men to fall.

Unseen for much of the day, Urán turned up on the television cameras with 30km to go, having clearly crashed at some point and lagging over a minute behind the peloton with teammate Sep Vanmarcke for company.

At 19km from the finish, the break was over, and soon afterwards Van Avermaet added three seconds to his GC lead at the bonus sprint, with Dan Martin taking a two-second bonus. The penultimate sector of the day at Camphin-en-Pévèle saw Lampaert attack, taking Degenkolb and Van Avermaet with him.

Back down the road, Urán and a cadre of teammates toiled almost two minutes down, while Landa, again with a handful of teammates, was chasing at 1:20 from the head of the race. The lead trio enjoyed a 40-second lead heading into the final 10km, with just the Willems à Hem sector to go.

It would be decided in Roubaix for the leaders though, as they passed that sector without any attacks. Now a minute back, the peloton was quiet too, save for Bardet stopping with his third puncture of the race.

Sagan left the peloton behind 3km from the finish, with Gilbert, Jasper Stuvyen (Trek-Segafredo) and Bob Jungels (Quick Step Floors) going too. Though with the leaders so far ahead, it was an attack more with the green jersey points in mind.

After a cat-and-mouse final kilometre, Degenkolb led out the sprint from the front, with Lampaert lying in third wheel. It would end in that order too, with his two rivals offering nothing to counter Degenkolb and his emotional return to the big time.

Results :
1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 3:24:26
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:19
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
7 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
8 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:27
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
10 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
11 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
12 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
13 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
15 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
17 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
21 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
22 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
24 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
25 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
26 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
27 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
28 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
29 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
30 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
31 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
32 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
33 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
35 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:34
36 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
38 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:00:36
39 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:38
40 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
41 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
42 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
43 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
44 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:42
45 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
46 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
47 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
48 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:47
49 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:48
50 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:55
51 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:02
52 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:12
53 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
54 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:23
55 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
56 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:30
57 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:50
58 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:55
59 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
60 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
61 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
62 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
63 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
65 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
66 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
67 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
68 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
69 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
70 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
71 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
72 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:12
73 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:26
74 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:03:23
75 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:04:15
76 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
77 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
78 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:05:11
79 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
80 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:05:42
81 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:47
82 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
83 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
84 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
85 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
86 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
87 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
88 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
89 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
90 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:52
91 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:57
92 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:06:01
93 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
94 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
95 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:06:03
96 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:06:17
97 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:07:57
98 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:31
99 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:10:18
100 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:26
101 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
102 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
103 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:11:03
104 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:24
105 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
106 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
107 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
108 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
109 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
110 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:16:04
111 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors
112 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
113 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
114 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
115 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
116 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
117 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
118 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
119 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
120 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
121 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky
122 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
123 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:09
124 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
125 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
126 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
127 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
128 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
129 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
130 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
131 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
132 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
133 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
134 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
135 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
137 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
138 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
139 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
140 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
141 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
142 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
143 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
144 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
145 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
146 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
147 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
148 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
149 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
150 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
151 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
152 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
153 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
154 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
155 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie
156 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
157 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
158 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
159 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
160 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
161 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
162 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
163 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:16:23
164 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:28
165 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:51
166 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
167 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
DNS Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin

General Classification after Stage 9 :
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 36:07:17
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:43
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:44
4 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:50
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:31
6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:32
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:33
8 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:42
9 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
10 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:01:43
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:48
13 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:57
14 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:58
15 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:03
16 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:06
17 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:32
18 Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:02:37
19 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:42
20 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:48
21 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:50
22 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:53
23 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:08
24 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:22
25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:04:21
26 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:04:41
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:04:42
28 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:05:01
29 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:05:12
30 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:06:05
31 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
32 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:06:39
33 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:06:54
34 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:07:00
35 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:08:22
36 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:08:43
37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:53
38 Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:09:06
39 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:20
40 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:21
41 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:31
42 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:09:37
43 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:10:19
44 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:11:09
45 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:16
46 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:00
47 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:13
48 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:13:50
49 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:13:59
50 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:25
51 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:14:58
52 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:33
53 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:44
54 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:15:47
55 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:16:16
56 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:17:19
57 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:17:50
58 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:17:52
59 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:14
60 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:31
61 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:20
62 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:20:19
63 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:23
64 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:20:29
65 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:20:38
66 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:20:46
67 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:21:03
68 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:21:17
69 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:22
70 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
71 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:33
72 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:21:50
73 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:05
74 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:22:12
75 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:22:54
76 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:23:06
77 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:23:20
78 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:24:01
79 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:24:10
80 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie 0:24:11
81 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:24:21
82 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:24:47
83 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:24:48
84 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:25:02
85 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:25:04
86 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:18
87 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:26:31
88 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:36
89 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:38
90 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:26:47
91 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:52
92 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:27:06
93 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:27:20
94 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:27:36
95 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:28:05
96 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:28:08
97 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:28:16
98 Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:28:19
99 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:28:21
100 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:28:32
101 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:29:11
102 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:29:14
103 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:29:18
104 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:29:37
105 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:30:08
106 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:30:17
107 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:30:24
108 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:30:35
109 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:30:47
110 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:31:22
111 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:32:24
112 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:32:25
113 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:32:30
114 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:32:40
115 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:32:43
116 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:33:01
117 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:34:50
118 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:35:31
119 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:35:36
120 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:35:52
121 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:35:53
122 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:36:04
123 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:15
124 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 0:36:24
125 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:48
126 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:36:50
127 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:37:03
128 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:37:24
129 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:37:26
130 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:37:40
131 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:38:15
132 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 0:38:42
133 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:39:01
134 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:40:05
135 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:40:33
136 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:41:09
137 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:41:20
138 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:41:37
139 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:41:57
140 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:42:07
141 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:42:54
142 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:43:19
143 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:43:43
144 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 0:43:50
145 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:43:53
146 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:45:03
147 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 0:45:13
148 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:45:55
149 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin 0:47:01
150 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:47:08
151 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:48:20
152 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky 0:48:38
153 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:49:33
154 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:49:44
155 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:50:17
156 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:50:21
157 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:52:31
158 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:52:58
159 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:53:14
160 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:54:40
161 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:55:51
162 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:57:06
163 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:57:12
164 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:58:05
165 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:59:58
166 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 1:02:29
167 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:20:01