Tour de France 2019 – Stage 16 [LAST 30 KM]

July 23, 2019

Tour de France 2019 – Stage 16 – Nimes – Nimes : 177 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.

Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) came from behind to take his second stage victory of the 2019 Tour de France, beating Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) in a high-speed sprint in Nîmes.

Deceuninck-QuickStep took control of the sprint in the final 500 metres just before a late roundabout, giving Viviani a clean run to the line. Ewan was further back but not concerned and clearly confident of his sprinting ability. He opted to start his sprint early, anticipating Groenewegen and Alexander Kristoff to come up alongside Viviani. The Italian had the best line along the barriers but Ewan had more speed in his aero tuck and came down the middle of the road to win by half a bike length.

Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) enjoyed a relatively quiet but hot day in the French canicule, where temperatures went up to 38°C. He finished safely in the peloton in 20th place and retained his race leader’s yellow jersey. Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) were not so lucky. The Welshman crashed mid-stage suffering a bloody knee after his gears jammed, while the Dane went down later on and was forced to abandon the Tour de France.

“The final kilometres I was scared to crash,” Alaphilippe admitted. “There was a lot of crashes and I never want to crash, but especially when you are the leader of the race. I tried to take care in all the corners. In the end, we didn’t win with Elia but it was a good day.”

“Today was a really warm day on the bike but it’s the same for everybody and you have to deal with it. For me, I put ice on my neck all day and I tried to drink a lot and not forget to eat.”

Ewan admitted he had suffered during the stage but had some personal motivation to win. His win means he is the only sprinter to so far have won two stages in this year’s Tour de France. The final sprint opportunity is expected to be on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday.

“To be honest I felt so bad today during the day. I think the heat really got to me. But I have extra motivation today because my wife and daughter are here. I’m so happy I could win for them. I said before it’s a dream to be here, and it was such a big dream to win one stage. Now I’ve won two, I can’t believe it,” Ewan said proudly, going to explain the sprint.

“I had Jasper (De Buyst) on the front with Dylan (Groenewegen) on the wheel with one kilometre to go. Quickstep came past and I lost a few more positions than I wanted to. But I looked at this finish at the start of the day and played all the scenarios in my head. One of the scenarios was if I was too far back. I think if you watch, I lay off the wheel and really take a run at it and start sprinting before the rest of the guys. It worked.

How it happened

The riders lined up in the shade of centre of Nîmes, keen to stay cool in the high temperatures and scorching sun of the French summer heatwave.

Teams had prepared extra feeds, loaded extra bidons in team cars and lots of ice packs in preparation for the 177km loop north of Nîmes and used all of them during the stage. The largely flat profile meant it would surely be a day for sprinters but everyone suffered in the heat.

The Tour’s last visit to Nîmes was in 2014, when Alexander Kristoff took the spoils in a sprint. The enduring image of that day was of a distraught Jack Bauer slumped against a barrier after the finish. The New Zealander was on the offensive for 222km but was caught and passed by the sprinters in the finishing straight.

Despite the heat, there were more adventurers this time and Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale) and Stephane Rossetto (Cofidis) jumped away as soon as race director Christian Prudhomme dropped the flag and stage officially began. They were soon joined by Lukasz Wiśniowski (CCC Team), Paul Ourselin (Total Direct Energie) and Lars Bak (Dimension Data) to create the break of the day.

Their lead edged up to 1:35 as the thermometer hit 39°C. That slowed the pace of the break and the peloton, with UAE Team Emirates, Lotto-Soudal and Jumbo-Visma riding tempo and leading the chase as their teammates constantly dropped back for bidons and ice. It was interesting that yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe and his Deceuninck-QuickStep team were not stationed at the very front, leaving the chase up to the other sprint teams, with Viviani suggesting they have done enough during this year’s Tour to enjoy a day off.

In the shadow of the mighty Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct, the tempo stayed steady but riders had little time to enjoy the views down the gorge.

The quiet of the French afternoon was broken with 131km to race when Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) crashed in the peloton during a right-hand bend. The Welshman was the only rider to come down and later explained his gears jammed. He quickly got a bike change and began to chase before returning to the team car for treatment on a bloody left knee. This was Thomas’ third crash of the Tour, following his fall on the opening stage in Brussels and another incident on the road to Saint-Etienne on stage 8.

The intermediate sprint came after 65km with Elia Viviani winning the dash for sixth place behind the five breakaways and ahead of Michael Morkov, Sonny Colbrelli and an only half-bothered Sagan. The Bora-Hansgrohe leader seemed content to keep his points tally ticking over without expending unnecessary energy in the heat.

With 100 kilometres remaining, the five escapees led the peloton by 1:25 and the status quo remained as the riders passed through the feed zone, the stunning city of Arles and began to turn south into a slight headwind. The speed in the peloton rose gradually, as did the fear of stronger crosswinds, echelons, and attacks in the peloton. The lead of the break fell to below a minute as Tony Martin did long turns on the front for Jumbo-Visma.

The roads were exposed with 33km to go and the pace lifted to 50kph but there was not quite enough wind to spark echelons or splits in the peloton. However, the tension was palpable.

Jakob Fuglsang was the first victim of the nervousness when he crashed with several other riders in the shadows of the trees with 26km to go. He got up but was clearly in pain, with his left wrist his biggest worry. His teammates tried to encourage him to carry on but a race doctor did not agree and accompanied him to an ambulance. Fuglsang had fought back from a nasty stage 1 crash and was ninth overall but his Tour de France was suddenly over.

The break of the day refused to give in on the stunning country roads and gorges, the five working together in the hope the peloton would let the elastic snap in the heat. However, the gap came in the back of the peloton on the late climbs, with even Enric Mas (Deceuninck-QuickStep) dropped.

Roman Kreuziger (Dimension Data) suffered a late mechanical and took a bike from a teammate but would lose a minute, with Nairo Quintana Movistar also finishing in the same time. However, the abandon of Fuglsang meant he moved up to 12th overall.

The peloton finally caught the break with just 2.5km to go and it was sprint time. No one sprinter has dominated this year and everyone fancied their chances but the headwind finish made it difficult. Ewan got it right to take his second victory.

After Monday’s rest day and Tuesday’s flat stage, the Tour de France heads east to Gap on Wednesday and into the Alps for the decisive mountain stages. Stage 17 is exactly 200km long, with the late Col de la Sentinelle (5.2km at 5.4 per cent) the only real climb of the day. The high mountains come on Thursday with stage 18 over the Col de Vars, the Col d’Izoard and the Col du Galibier.

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

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