Tour de France 2019 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

July 14, 2019

Tour de France 2019 – Stage 9 – Saint-Etienne – Brioude : 170,5 km

When the route of the 2019 Tour de France was unveiled at the Palais des Congrès in Paris back in October, it was billed as ‘the highest’ for a number of years, with the 2000-metre altitude barrier to be broken on no fewer than seven occasions. Now, after the loss of Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin to crashes and injury, and with question marks over the form of 2018 champion Geraint Thomas, it is being talked of as ‘the most open’ in recent memory. That may well, of course, prove to be folly, but the absence of the four-time winner and, to a lesser extent, last year’s Giro d’Italia and Tour de France runner-up, would seem to open doors – not just to higher spots on the general classification, but also to a less predictable style of racing. Such has been the holy grail for race director Christian Prudhomme, who has made no secret of his desire to break the stranglehold of Team Sky, about to embark on their first Tour as Team Ineos. The abundantly-resourced British squad have won six of the past seven Tours with a style that Prudhomme has referred to as ‘catenaccio’ – an Italian footballing term meaning a rigid and stifling defensive structure.

Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) claimed victory on stage 9 of the Tour de France after a cool, calm and collected performance that culminated in a two-man sprint against Tiesj Benoot (Soudal-Lotto). The two broke away from a large escape group that had built up a lead over the peloton, with Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Merida), also from the breakaway, coming in third a few seconds later.

Impey made several important moves in the stage finale, the first of which came when he accelerated away from a chase group in order to bridge up to Benoot and Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb) on the final climb. When Benoot then attacked in the closing stages on a small rise, the South African was immediately on the Lotto-Soudal rider’s wheel, as Roche began to falter.

The two leaders built up a 15 second lead as they raced towards the finish, with Impey doing the majority of the work. Clearly the faster of the two, the Mitchelton-Scott rider was intent making sure that several sprinters remained out of contention, and he even moved to the front inside the final kilometer. There was a token effort from Benoot in the sprint but he quickly faded when the two-time Tour Down Under winner kicked for the line. The win marked South Africa’s first stage win in 12 years.

“It’s pretty much for me, from the Tour de France perspective, it’s something that I was really missing. It’s the seventh time I’m riding the Tour de France and have been in a number of breakaways, to finally nail it today – it’s a dream come true. I really don’t have any words,” Impey said at the finish.

“It was a stage I’d kind of marked for a breakaway. Yesterday, also obviously, but unfortunately the break went away straightaway. Today we were pretty active – Luke and them were active in the start. I just kind of found the lucky move. I didn’t have to do too much to get in there. We all worked really well together. I just believed in myself. Played it quite smart there in the end, I think. I knew I had to get to Tiesj and them on the final climb.

“I’ve been imagining that emotion on the finish line for a long time, so it’s fantastic to win at this level. The last Tour de France stage victory for South Africa I think was Robbie Hunter in 2007. It’s been a long time between drinks – to win on Bastille Day, that’s fantastic. That’s a magic memory.

“This is a dream come true. Something I’ve really wanted to do. It’s so difficult at this level. When the stars all line up, I can’t be any prouder. It’s fantastic. I know South Africa will be cheering and my family, too, they’ve supported me all the way through this.”

The early 15-man breakaway formed early in the race and held a 10-minute lead much of the day. The gap ballooned up to 14 minutes near the end. Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) put in a strong effort to get away on the approach to the final climb, but was caught by Benoot and Roche on the lower slopes. When Impey made contact with the leaders it was clear that the win would be come from those riders.

Back in the main field there was an attack by home-favourite Romain Bardet on Bastille Day but the Frenchman was marked by Team Ineos. Overnight leader Julian Alaphillipe retained his yellow jersey for another day.

How it unfolded

Stage 9 of the Tour de France started with a bang as fireworks saw off the peloton and Frenchman in yellow on Bastille Day.

Yoan Offredo (Wanty-Gobert), who is ill and straggled in nearly half an hour down yesterday, continued his bad luck by crashing into some road furniture in the neutral section. He gamely got back on his bike, hoping to survive until Tuesday’s rest day.

Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) was the first to make a serious break attempt, but was pulled back.

Another crash had a more serious outcome. Alessandro De Marchi (CCC), who featured in the stage 8 break group, crashed early on, and was taken to hospital with facial injuries.

After yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quickstep) made a brief break attempt, Edvald Boasson Hagen made a more successful move. A large group formed and took off down the road.

The group consisted of Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Oliver Naesen (AG2R-La Mondiale), Ivan Garcia Cortina and Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-Merida), Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma), Simon Clarke (EF Education First), Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Nicolas Roche (Sunweb), Jesus Herrada (Cofidis), Tiejs Benoot (Lotto-Soudal), Romain Sicard (Total Direct Energie), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) and Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa-Samsic).

Marc Soler (Movistar) made the late decision to join the group, as did Rui Costa (UAE Emirates). Roughly 35km into the the stage, Soler caught the group. Rui Costa made it to within 25 seconds but then started losing ground before giving up his effort and starting the long wait for the peloton – at that point already over nine minutes back.

The highest GC ranked rider in the group was Roche, at 23 minutes down, allowing Deceuninck-Quickstep the luxury of taking it easy on the day as the gap moved out to 10:30.

The cat 3 Cote des Guillaumanches fater 108km saw the first cracks form in the large break group. It all came back together, but the trend continued. With 41km to go, Pöstlberger attacked, and slowly built up a lead over his former companions, while the peloton was now 11 minutes back.

The 14 riders in the now-chase group seemed reluctant to chase, but finally put on an organised effort when the gap hit 30 seconds, with some 33km to go.

It was to no avail, though, as Pöstlberger moved away. Behind them all – way behind – the peloton hit the 13-minute-down mark.

With about 23km to go, the chase group split roughly in half in its effort to finally reel in the Austrian. Roche, Soler, Stuyven, Impey, Benoot, Tratnik and Naesen were able to make good time with a smaller group and moved up on Pöstlberger. The gap to the peloton was by now over 14 minutes.

The final hurdle of the day was the cat. 3 Cote de Saint-Just, which topped out only 13 km from the finish line. The seven chasers’ work paid off and they caught Pöstlberger with 15.2km to go. Roche, who had done much of the lead work, again moved to the front, while Pöstlberger dropped off the back, as did Soler.

Roche and Benoot took off together, with Tratnik in pursuit, nearly catching them just before the top, but failing to hook up. Impey was more successful, after a strong pull to move up, and the trio went over the top together.

Benoot made a move with 8.2km to go, with Impey going with him and Roche was unable to answer. Benoot was left floundering for answer a few kilometers later when Impey opened his sprint.

Results :
1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 4:03:12
2 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
3 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:10
4 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
7 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:21
8 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:50
9 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First
10 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:02:42
11 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits
12 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:02:46
13 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:26
14 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:07:24
15 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
16 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 0:16:25
17 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
19 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
20 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
21 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
22 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
24 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
25 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
26 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
27 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
29 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
30 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
31 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos
32 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos
33 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos
34 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert
35 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
36 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
37 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
38 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
39 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
40 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
41 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos
43 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
44 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
46 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First
47 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First
48 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos
49 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
50 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
51 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos
52 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data
53 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
54 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First
55 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida
56 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie
57 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
58 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
59 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
60 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
61 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
63 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
64 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
65 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma
66 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
68 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates
69 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
70 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
71 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
73 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team
74 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:52
75 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
76 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
77 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:03
78 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
79 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
80 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
81 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team
82 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
83 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
84 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis Solutions Credits
85 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
86 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert
87 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
88 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
89 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
90 Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
91 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data
92 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
93 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
94 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
95 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
96 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
97 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
99 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
100 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
101 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
102 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
103 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
104 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
105 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
106 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
107 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
108 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
109 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
110 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
111 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
112 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
113 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
114 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
115 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
116 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
117 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First
118 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
119 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic
120 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
121 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
122 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
123 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits
124 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
125 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
126 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
127 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team
128 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First
129 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos
130 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
131 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
132 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
133 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
134 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
135 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
136 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
137 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:21:22
138 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
139 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
140 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
141 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert
142 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
143 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
144 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma
145 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
146 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First
147 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data
148 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
149 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data
150 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
151 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
152 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
153 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
154 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team
155 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
156 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos
157 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
158 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
159 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
160 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team
161 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
162 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
163 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
164 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
165 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
166 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie
167 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
168 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
169 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
170 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
171 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team

General Classification after Stage 9 :
1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 38:37:36
2 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:23
3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:53
4 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:10
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:01:12
6 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos 0:01:16
7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:27
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 0:01:38
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:42
10 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:45
11 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:46
12 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:47
13 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:02
14 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:04
15 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:06
16 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:09
17 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:15
18 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:19
19 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:45
20 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:46
21 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:54
22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:18
23 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:20
24 Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:03:26
25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Dimension Data 0:03:28
26 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:48
27 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:03:50
28 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:07:01
29 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:21
30 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:08:56
31 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:12
32 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:10:20
33 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:07
34 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 0:13:27
35 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:38
36 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:14:25
37 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:15:23
38 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 0:15:32
39 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:05
40 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:11
41 Sergio Henao (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:19:08
42 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:20:50
43 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:22:38
44 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:06
45 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:23:10
46 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos 0:23:46
47 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:24:00
48 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:24:22
49 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:25:04
50 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:25:10
51 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:26:08
52 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:26:21
53 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:26:40
54 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:49
55 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:27:01
56 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:28:32
57 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:29:07
58 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:31:32
59 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 0:31:47
60 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:32:08
61 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:32:37
62 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos 0:32:41
63 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Ineos 0:32:44
64 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:33:13
65 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:33:28
66 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:34:21
67 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 0:35:08
68 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First 0:35:30
69 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:36:20
70 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:36:33
71 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:36:49
72 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:37
73 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:37:52
74 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:38:38
75 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:39:06
76 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:39:22
77 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:39:24
78 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data 0:43:27
79 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:31
80 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:46:48
81 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos 0:47:43
82 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:47:51
83 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:51:57
84 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:52:47
85 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:52:51
86 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:55:02
87 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:55:14
88 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:55:24
89 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:56:21
90 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:57:13
91 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:57:20
92 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:57:24
93 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:57:37
94 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:57:53
95 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:58:13
96 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:58:50
97 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:59:00
98 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:59:21
99 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:59:29
100 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:59:33
101 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:00:03
102 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team 1:00:26
103 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:00:32
104 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 1:01:32
105 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 1:02:04
106 Amael Moinard (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:03:30
107 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:03:47
108 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 1:04:26
109 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
110 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:05:14
111 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:06:34
112 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 1:07:24
113 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:07:39
114 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:08:23
115 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:08:30
116 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:09:21
117 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 1:09:51
118 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:10:24
119 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:10:39
120 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:10:54
121 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 1:14:43
122 Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 1:14:45
123 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 1:14:56
124 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
125 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 1:15:43
126 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:15:48
127 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 1:16:12
128 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 1:16:43
129 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:17:12
130 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team 1:18:10
131 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:19:19
132 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:19:56
133 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:20:12
134 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 1:20:51
135 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:20:56
136 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 1:21:03
137 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos 1:21:12
138 Lars Bak (Den) Dimension Data 1:21:24
139 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 1:21:34
140 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:21:36
141 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 1:21:46
142 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:21:48
143 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:22:15
144 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 1:22:27
145 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:22:34
146 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 1:22:56
147 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 1:23:09
148 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First 1:23:23
149 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 1:23:42
150 André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic 1:23:51
151 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:23:59
152 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 1:24:22
153 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:24:36
154 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 1:25:03
155 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 1:25:59
156 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 1:26:11
157 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 1:26:48
158 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 1:26:53
159 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 1:27:32
160 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 1:28:05
161 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:28:53
162 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:29:27
163 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:29:28
164 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:30:02
165 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:30:17
166 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First 1:30:44
167 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:31:02
168 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 1:31:05
169 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 1:31:16
170 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 1:33:28
171 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 1:43:39