Tour de France 2019 – Stage 15 [LAST 10 KM]

July 21, 2019

Tour de France 2019 – Stage 15 – Limoux – Foix : 185 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.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) won his second stage of the Tour de France, triumphing once again from the break on the summit finish of Prat d’Albis. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) was once again the strongest of the GC contenders, taking second ahead of Mikel Landa (Movistar) and gaining precious time on each of his rivals.

While Yates won from the day’s early break, chasing down Simon Geschke (CCC Team) on the day’s penultimate climb before going solo on the climb to the finish, it was Pinot who stole the headline with his relentless attacking on the slopes of Prat d’Albis.

Pinot launched 6km from the line, dropping all but Egan Bernal (Team Ineos), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), though the trio couldn’t hold his pace for long.

He powered on alone to the finish, picking up Landa along the way for an eventual time gain of 1:16 on Alaphilippe, who finally collapsed as the climb went on. Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) went on the attack late on to make smaller gains on the Frenchman.

“It was my weather, a stage as I like it,” said Pinot after the finish. “I had good sensations and I knew that the final was flat so I could put myself in the red in the steep part. I wasn’t taking too many risks. I took time on everyone again, that’s the main thing.

“We must continue now – we’re moving up the ranking and the toughest stages are coming. When you have good legs, you have to enjoy them.

“This was the tactic put in place this morning and it worked well. We can be satisfied. I have David [Gaudu] with me and he did a good job again. I picked up Rudy [Molard] and Seb [Reichenbach]. We showed we are a solid and attacking team. It paid off and it’s great when it works!”

For Yates, it’s another stage win to add to his growing Grand Tour collection, now seven in total. His victories, along with Daryl Impey’s on stage 9, have saved the race for a Mitchelton-Scott team built around Adam Yates’ now long-dead GC ambitions.

“I’m very proud of what I did today,” said Simon Yates after the stage. “It was an extremely hard day, really from the start to the finish. I raced the way I like to, try to be aggressive, and I managed to pull it off. I’m really happy.

“Today was the other day that I would have had a chance, so nothing really changed for me. I was just taking it with both hands. I’m very tired now, that one took a lot of effort. There are some more chances, we’ll see what it holds.”

Alaphilippe remains in yellow, though his advantage over Thomas in second is now reduced to 1:35 as the peloton head for the second rest day of the race. Thomas, Kruijswijk, Pinot, Bernal and Buchmann in sixth are separated by only 39 seconds, setting up a fascinating final week of the race.

How it unfolded

The second summit finish in as many days, stage 15 of the Tour de France would provide another chance for the GC contenders to battle it out in the Pyrenees. Four classified climbs dotted the stage. First up was the Col de Montségur (6.8km at 6 per cent) after 60km, then the first-cat Port de Lers (11.4km at 7 per cent) after 120km.

Two first-category climbs came in the day’s final 50km – the steep and narrow Mur de Péguère (9.3km at 7.9 per cent), which topped out 38km from the line, and the summit finish at Prat d’Albis (11.8km at 6.9 per cent).

From the start, there was a huge, non-stop battle for the break. It seemed as though half of the peloton tried to get away at one point or another, as names such as De Gendt, Oss, Caruso and various CCC and Katusha riders tried to break away on multiple occasions.

The action continued all the way to the first climb of the day, over 50 kilometres into the day. With 47 kilometres covered in the first hour, it was the second-category Col de Montségur which finally saw the break of the day established.

Astana, Bahrain-Merida, Trek-Segafredo and Movistar each enjoyed three men in the 28-man move, while Groupama-FDJ, AG2R La Mondiale, Team Sunweb got two riders apiece out front.

Notable names in the break included Yates, Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Omar Fraile, Alexey Lutsenko, Pello Bilbao (all Astana), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), Bauke Mollema, Giulio Ciccone (both Trek-Segafredo), Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), Michael Woods (EF Education First), Jesús Herrada (Cofidis) and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Back in the peloton, Deceuninck-QuickStep put their lead-out train to work on unfamiliar terrain, with Maxi Richeze and Michael Mørkøv leading the way as the break moved three minutes clear.

On the descent, an eight-man chase group made it across to the leaders, with Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale) and two men from Cofidis meaning seven teams had three riders each in the move. Only QuickStep, Lotto and Ineos had no riders in the break.

The break split up in a big way on the Port de Lers, with Nibali, Mollema and Zakarin among the riders falling out of contention while 16 men formed a lead. Back in the peloton, Enric Mas (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was surprisingly dropped despite sprinter Elia Viviani still being able to work up front.

Quintana, who had struggled on the climb, made it to the leaders at the top of Lers. He joined Bardet, Gallopin, Reichenbach, Molard, Roche, Kämna, Fraile, Bilbao, Lutsenko, Soler, Amador, Ciccone, Bernard, Yates, Woods, Dan Martin, Guillaume Martin, Geschke, Herrada and Kreuziger in the lead.

At the base of the Mur de Péguère, the peloton, still led by Deceuninck-QuickStep, was 3:45 down on the break. Geschke went on the attack midway up, while Viviani finally dropped back.

On the climb’s steepest slopes, both the peloton and break blew up with Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) among the casualties as Mikel Landa (Movistar) attacked. Jumbo-Visma controlled the peloton, whittling it down to 16 riders, including three of their own.

Yates left the break behind to catch Geschke over the top, while a group consisting of Quintana, Bardet, Lutsenko and Reichenbach chased. Landa crested the top 25 seconds ahead of the GC group, which lay 2:35 down on the leaders.

Bardet chastised his break mates on the descent for lack of work as Geschke and Yates sped away. They would be caught by the remains of the break as they hit the valley. Meanwhile, Landa, who had Soler and Amador for company, made time too, eking out a minute on the downhill.

Landa caught Quintana 9km from the finish, but the Colombian offered little help as Landa pushed on with the two Simons 1:30 up the road. Three minutes further back, Jumbo-Visma took it up on the front of the GC group.

Yates made his bid for glory 8.5km from the line, and it would prove a fruitful one, with Geschke not able to follow, and Landa only able to close within a minute for much of the climb. Back in the peloton, Groupama-FDJ took control as David Gaudu and Pinot pushed the pace.

Pinot burst away, 6km from the finish, with only Bernal, Alaphilippe and Buchmann able to follow. The Frenchman kept pushing on, standing on the pedals as he repeatedly tried to ride everyone off his wheel. Alaphilippe was the first to pop, a kilometre later, while Buchmann and Bernal dropped soon after. Pinot later linked up with teammates from the break, Reichenbach and Molard, the team’s morning plans working to perfection.

With 3.5km to race, Alaphilippe was caught by the Thomas-Kruijswijk-Porte group, forced to work on the front as nobody wanted to pull him along. Further up the road, Pinot was still flying, homing in on Landa, while Kämna was putting in a superb ride to stick with Bernal and Buchmann.

Alaphilippe, fully spent, was put further into trouble when Kruijswijk launched 2.5km from the finish, going again with Thomas 1.5km out to leave the Frenchman behind for good. The pair, along with world champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) would put 27 seconds into Alaphilippe at the finish.

Up the road though, it was Pinot’s stage despite him not winning it. With 18 seconds gained on Bernal and Buchmann, 49 on Thomas and Kruijswijk, and 1:16 on Alaphilippe, it was another day to savour for the man who is stamping his authority as the strongest climber of the race.

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

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