Tour de France 2019 – Stage 18 [FULL STAGE]

July 25, 2019

Tour de France 2019 – Stage 18 – Embrun – Valloire : 208 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.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) claimed victory on stage 18 of the Tour de France after he soloed clear of the day’s early break on the Col du Galibier, but not for the first time on this race, the day’s drama centred on Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), who retained his yellow jersey following a breathless descent into Valloire.

Alaphilippe was distanced by his direct rivals near the summit of the Galibier, but he scrambled down the other side to recoup his 20-second deficit and keep a hold of the maillot jaune. Just two days from Paris, Alaphilippe remains on course for a most improbable overall victory, though Egan Bernal (Ineos) reaffirmed his credentials on the first of three consecutive Alpine stages by gaining more than half a minute on the yellow jersey to move up to second place overall.

Bernal accelerated forcefully a little over three kilometres from the summit of the Galibier and quickly established a sizeable advantage over the yellow jersey group. At this rarefied altitude, the Colombian looked rather more at ease than most and when his lead yawned out towards 45 seconds, it appeared as though he might be placing a down payment on final overall victory.

Bernal’s gains might even have been greater had his teammate Geraint Thomas not launched an acceleration of his own closer to the top that had the collateral effect of slicing his initial advantage to half a minute or so. When Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) took over the reins in the yellow jersey group in the final kilometre, his forcing proved too much for Alaphilippe, who was shaken loose on the last ramps before the summit.

It briefly looked as though Alaphilippe’s unexpected adventure in yellow might be coming to an abrupt halt, but the Frenchman was unfazed, throwing himself wholeheartedly into the descent. He caught Pinot, Thomas, Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mikel Landa (Movistar) and Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) with 8km remaining and even defiantly tried to distance them on the last hairpin bends before the road flattened out in the finale.

“I took a lot of risks on the descent. I think it was impossible to go faster but I absolutely wanted to save my jersey,” Alaphilippe said afterwards.

Up ahead, Quintana had long since sealed stage victory, 1:35 ahead of a battling Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and 2:28 up on Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), while the lone Bernal was gamely picking his way through the remnants of the early break as he looked to maintain his advantage over his podium rivals.

Bernal came home 8th on the stage, 4:46 down on his fellow countryman Quintana, but 32 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group. That performance was enough to lift him to second place overall, 1:30 down on Alaphilippe, with Thomas a further 5 seconds down in third. Kruisjijk and Pinot drop to 4th and 5th overall, respectively, still 1:47 and 1:50 behind Alaphilippe, while Buchmann remains in 6th place at 2:14.

“I felt good and I’m happy that, in the end, we’ve gained time on Julian Alaphilippe. That was our number one goal,” Bernal said afterwards. “G [Geraint Thomas] told me to attack and make that jump and he said that then he’d try. We’re a team and everything we do is because the directeur sportif in the car tells us to do it.”

In the Pyrenees, all the momentum had looked to be with Pinot, but the Frenchman acknowledged that he had suffered on the first instalment of the Alpine tripleheader. “I wasn’t on a good day,” Pinot said. “I tried to follow the best. I didn’t manage to go with Egan Bernal who was very strong. Geraint Thomas did a big attack too, but I was able to get back on at the top of the Galibier. Now we’ve got two summit finishes where more things should happen and where above all I hope I have better sensations.”

Bernal and Thomas’ accelerations on the upper reaches of the Galibier that put Alaphilippe into difficulty will give Ineos optimism that they can finally unseat the Frenchman on the summit finishes to come. Alaphilippe, for his part, will be buoyed by the fact that Thursday’s stage was the longer and more demanding than the two Alpine days ahead. This most unpredictable of Tours remains as delicately balanced as it ever was.

“I gave everything and I’m still in yellow, so I can be satisfied. I didn’t feel too bad until the attacks from Bernal and Thomas. That’s what changed things, but I hung in there,” Alaphilippe said. “I lost a bit of time to Bernal but it could have been a lot worse.”

How it unfolded

The furore surrounding the exclusion of Tony Martin and Luke Rowe dominated conversation at the start in Embrun, but the polemic was soon put to one side following a rapid start to proceedings once the flag dropped, with a wide variety of riders eager to infiltrate the day’s early break – some with dreams of stage honours, others with obligations to their team leaders, and plenty more just trying to get a head start on the time cut.

The front of the race was still in its nip and tuck phase when Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) led over the category 3 Côte des Demoiselles Coiffées but a sizeable break eventually forged clear ahead of the day’s first major obstacle, the 2,109m-high Col de Vars. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was the highest placed of their number on general classification, with 33 other riders aboard the move, including Dylan Van Baarle (Ineos), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Merida), Michael Woods (EF Education First), Adam Yates, (Mitchelton-Scott) and Greg Van Avermaet (CCC).

That group already had five minutes in hand over the peloton on the lower slopes of the Vars, and they extended that advantage to some 7:30 by the summit, where Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) outsprinted Bardet to the king of the mountains points.

Over the other side, Van Avermaet and Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) slipped away from the break and this duo would face into the hors categorie Col d’Izoard with a buffer of more than a minute on their erstwhile companions. Back in the yellow jersey group, meanwhile, George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) endured a scare when he crashed on the descent but he swiftly remounted and rejoined his teammate Kruijswijk’s side. The unfortunate New Zealander would crash again on the descent of the Galibier, but has declared himself fit to line out again on Friday morning.

The fearsome Izoard saw both races within a race ignite. Up front, Bernard shed Van Avermaet and reached the haunting Casse Desert alone, but as the gradient stiffened, Quintana, Adam Yates and Romain Bardet began to force the issue in the fragmenting chasing group. They made contact with Bernard within sight of the summit, and Caruso led over the top. Down the other side, Caruso, Bardet and Bernard were joined by Yates, Quintana, Michael Woods (EF Education First), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) and Lennard Kämna (Sunweb), now with a lead of 5 minutes over the yellow jersey group.

By then, the group of favourites had been whittled down considerably after Marc Soler hit the front on the Izoard on behalf of Mikel Landa. The Catalan’s stint of sustained pace-setting saw Julian Alaphilippe shorn of all his teammates bar Enric Mas, while Ineos lost Michal Kwiatkowski and Gianni Moscon, and Thibaut Pinot lost his key lieutenant David Gaudu. Although the French youngster got back on before the Galibier, he was unable to perform his by-now habitual cameo on behalf of his leader.

Movistar had appeared to be teeing up Landa for an acceleration, but the anticipated onslaught never came. Instead, the Spanish squad relented in the valley ahead of the Galibier, as if suddenly remembering that Quintana was bounding up the overall rankings thanks to the break’s hefty lead over the yellow jersey group. By day’s end, Quintana had moved up to 7th at 3:54, while Landa is a minute further back in 8th.

Ineos took up the reins on the long, two-part final ascent, which brought the race up the Col du Lautaret before turning onto the Galibier itself, with Jonathan Castroviejo setting the tempo before Van Baarle dropped back from the break to take over. Their combined efforts whittled the yellow jersey group down to a dozen or so riders, but made little inroads into the break’s advantage.

Quintana found himself with Adam Yates, Romain Bardet, Damiano Caruso, Alexey Lutsenko and Michael Woods for company after the Lauteret had whittled down the front group significantly before the Galibier proper. After Lutsenko kicked with 26km to go, Quintana responded with a stinging acceleration of his own. With 7km of climbing to go, Quintana opened a decisive gap.

After a subdued Tour, he was, for a day at least, something like himself again. By the summit, he was 1:43 clear of Bardet, and he retained most of that buffer on the 19km drop into Valloire to put a different slant on a trying race. Bardet had the consolation of moving into the polka dot jersey as he, too, bids to salvage something from a disappointing Tour.

“This stage was one for the pure climbers, for the real climbers in the bunch, and I was present. I was ready for it. It’s a beautiful win, and on a stage like this, with this type of profile, it makes me emotional,” Quintana said.

Since his debut in 2013, Quintana has laboured in the hope of becoming the first Colombian winner of the Tour. That honour might yet fall to his fellow countryman Bernal, who produced his best display of the race to date on the mighty Galibier, but for Ineos – and others – Alaphilippe is still proving a strikingly tough out.

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

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