Tour de France 2020 – Stage 05 [FULL STAGE]

September 2, 2020

Tour de France 2020 – Stage 5 – Gap – Privas : 183 km

The world has changed dramatically since the route of the 2020 Tour de France was unveiled last October. The 3,470-kilometre route remains the same, but the global COVID-19 pandemic means that it will be a Tour de France like no other. The race dates have changed from July to late August/September, and the riders’ preparation and teams’ selections have changed, leaving everyone fresh, on form and hungrier then ever to win during the short but intense rescheduled season. Everyone on the race will have to respect strict medical protocols to limit the risk of the COVID-19 virus emerging in the peloton and possibly stopping the whole race, but there is a real sense that the riders will race as if there’s no tomorrow. The number of COVID-19 cases in France has grown enormously in recent weeks, and could keep increasing over the next few weeks as the Tour de France rolls through the country, but organisers ASO, governing body the UCI, the French government and even the sponsor-dependent teams and riders seem convinced that the show must go on. It is ultimately their risk. If the race manages to reach Paris with a limited number of cases in the ‘race bubble’, the sport will have pulled off a high-stakes, calculated gamble. If something happens along the route and the race has to be cancelled, the damage to the sport could be irreparable.

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was given his chance to contest a Tour de France sprint in Privas instead of riding for team leader Primož Roglič, and the Belgian stepped up to win, coming off Cees Bol’s lead-out wheel to beat some of best sprinters in the sport.

Following a quiet stage, with no breakaway of the day, the final 20km were fast and furious into a strong head wind. The Ineos Grenadiers team tried to split the peloton with nine kilometres to go as road furniture narrowed the road but every team fought to keep their overall contenders and sprinters well placed up front.

Bol had a perfect lead-out from five Sunweb teammates in the final two kilometres but simply couldn’t hold off Van Aert in the finishing straight, despite having the best line along the barriers. Both riders threw their bikes at the line but Van Aert won it and raised his arms in celebration.

Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) finishing third and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) fourth, with the other sprinters left frustrated and further back. Bennett’s only minor consolation was taking the green jersey from Sagan to become the first Irish rider to lead a classification at the Tour de France since Sean Kelly in 1989.

Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) finished 16th, safely in the peloton but was stunned to be told post-stage that he had been penalised 20 seconds for an illegal feed from a road-side soigneur with 17km to go. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) was hastily called to the podium and awarded the yellow jersey.

UCI regulations state that ‘unauthorised feeding’ in the final 20km of a stage carries both a 200 Swiss franc fine and a 20-second time penalty per offence. Feeding from the roadside is considered dangerous due to the high speeds in the final part of races.

The 20-second time penalty meant Alaphilippe dropped to 16th place on the general classification, 16 seconds behind Yates.

Van Aert has now won Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo, the Belgian time trial championships and two sprints in the rescheduled season, here at the Tour and another at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

On Tuesday he was working as a mountain domestique for Roglič, now he has taken a second consecutive stage for Jumbo-Visma.

“I knew it was a stage that suited me and I’m just so happy I got the opportunity from the team to go for it. If you have one shot and you can finish it off, it’s even more sweet,” he said.

Everyone in the peloton wanted to be on the Team Sunweb lead-out but Van Aert made sure he was there.

“I think it was quite important to keep a good position early on because it was hard uphill,” he explained.

“I managed to be behind Sunweb who did a good lead-out. Then I launched my sprint from the moment I saw Bol going in front of me. it was quite tight but I was also on the outside so I think it was maybe just half a wheel or something, but it was enough.”

How it unfolded

The 183km stage took the peloton east from Gap in the Haute-Alpes to the Rhône valley and then into the rolling roads of the Ardeche for the finish in Privas.

It was a true transition stage before the mountain finish at Mont Aigoual on Thursday, with a breakaway expected to take off early before the sprinters’ teams took over and brought them to heel.

However, when race director Christian Prudhomme waved a flag from the roof of his red car after the neutralized roll out, Bora-Hansgrohe and Deceuninck-QuickStep sat at the front but there was no immediate attack for them to chase.

Perhaps for a number of factors, including the intermediate sprint after 47km, fear of crosswinds in the final, thought for Thursday’s important stage and perhaps even a desire to show who is in charge, the race never came alive, with the riders happy to hold a truce and roll along. They didn’t go especially slow, eventually covering the stage at 42km/h, but there were just no real attacks.

The intermediate sprint came after 47km in L’Epine but did little to ignite the race.

The sprinters fought for the points and Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won with his hands on the tops of his brake levers, indicating a lack of true intensity. Peter Sagan was only fourth and so the Irishman took the lead in the virtual green jersey classification, from the Slovakian.

With Sagan clearly not at his best, his rivals seem to sense they have a chance of beating him in every sprint and even for the green jersey in Paris.

Following the sprint the pace dropped again as the riders eased. The fears of the hectic, high-speed finish was clearly on their minds, with going in a futile breakaway not even inspiring the lesser teams.

Deceuninck-QuickStep and Bora-Hansgrohe controlled the peloton for much of the middle part of the stage as the road descended gradually, winding via stunning gorges and lavender fields. After two hours the average speed was a steady 41.58km/h.

The fourth category Col de Serre Colon (4.1km at 3.7%) after 130km failed to ignite the race, with Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R La Mondiale) edging clear to sweep up the single point for the polka-dot mountains classification.

Fortunately the descent, the narrow country roads and the fear for the finale, did then sparked some frissons of action. Bahrain McLaren, Jumbo-Visma, Movistar, Bora and NTT Pro Cycling began to gather at the front with less than 50km to race. It was finally race on.

Wout Poels (Bahrain McLaren) was seen at the back, suffering due to bruised lungs and a broken rib. With the speeds up to around 50km/h, he was briefly cruelly cast away but did manage to make it back and limit his losses.

With 35km to go, Groupama-FDJ hit the front, protecting Pinot so as not to get caught in any echelons like at Albi a year ago. This time the dangerous section was before Montelimar with 40km to go.

The peloton was packed across the road ready for an attack, an echelon or a crash but again, nothing much happened. The wind was more headwind than cross wind and so blunted any idea of attacking.

The nervousness did spark one crash, with the USA’s Sepp Kuss going down. However, he was OK and was soon up and chasing back into the peloton. Soon after Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) also suffered a rear puncture but thanks to using caliper brakes, he received a rapid rear wheel change and chased back on.

After passing through Montelimar and back into the hills, the headwind kept the peloton together, with teams lining up in formation, rubbing shoulders with their rivals.

Cosnefroy was first to the top of the Côte de Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès with only 16km to go, but by then Alaphilippe had mistakenly taken that costly late bidon and everyone else was focused on the rapidly approaching, highly technical and rising sprint finish.

Results :
1 Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 04:21:22
2 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
6 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
8 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
9 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
10 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation
11 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling
12 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
13 Casper Phillip Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb
14 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
15 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
16 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep
17 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
18 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
19 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team
20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
21 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
22 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
23 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
24 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
25 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
26 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
27 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
28 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
29 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
30 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
31 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
33 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling
34 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
35 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
36 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis
37 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
38 Matteo Trentin (Ita) CCC Team
39 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
40 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
42 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain McLaren
43 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
44 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
45 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
46 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
47 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
48 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
49 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
50 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
51 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Pro Cycling
52 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling
53 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
54 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
55 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
56 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale
57 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
58 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling
59 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
60 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling
61 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
62 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) EF Pro Cycling
63 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain McLaren
64 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
65 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep
66 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
67 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
68 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
69 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb
70 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
71 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
72 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:00:17
73 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:00:30
74 Kevin Reza (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:00:30
75 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling 00:00:35
76 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:00:35
77 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 00:00:46
78 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:01:05
79 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:01:07
80 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:01:09
81 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:01:09
82 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:01:09
83 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 00:01:09
84 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 00:01:13
85 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 00:01:13
86 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) NTT Pro Cycling 00:01:13
87 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:01:16
88 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:01:25
89 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:01:25
90 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Pro Cycling 00:01:25
91 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:01:30
92 Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 00:01:43
93 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:01:49
94 Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:01:58
95 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:02:01
96 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:02:01
97 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 00:02:01
98 Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling 00:02:08
99 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:02:33
100 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:02:33
101 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:02:33
102 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 00:02:45
103 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:03:06
104 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team Sunweb 00:03:06
105 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) NTT Pro Cycling 00:03:11
106 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 00:03:11
107 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale 00:03:29
108 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:03:29
109 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:03:29
110 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:03:29
111 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 00:03:29
112 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 00:03:29
113 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:03:29
114 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 00:03:34
115 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 00:03:34
116 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:03:49
117 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:03:49
118 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:04:07
119 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 00:04:07
120 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain McLaren 00:04:07
121 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:04:50
122 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 00:04:50
123 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:04:50
124 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:04:50
125 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:04:50
126 Nils Politt (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:04:50
127 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:04:50
128 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:04:50
129 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 00:04:50
130 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:04:50
131 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:04:50
132 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:04:50
133 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:04:50
134 Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:04:50
135 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:04:50
136 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:04:50
137 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:04:50
138 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 00:04:50
139 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:04:50
140 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:04:50
141 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 00:04:50
142 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 00:04:50
143 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:04:50
144 Samuel Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:04:50
145 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:04:50
146 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:04:50
147 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:04:50
148 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) CCC Team 00:04:50
149 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:04:50
150 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:04:50
151 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:04:50
152 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 00:04:50
153 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:04:50
154 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:04:50
155 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:04:50
156 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 00:04:50
157 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:04:50
158 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:04:50
159 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:04:50
160 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling 00:04:50
161 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:04:50
162 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Team 00:04:50
163 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:04:50
164 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:04:50
165 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 00:04:50
166 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis 00:04:50
167 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 00:04:50
168 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 00:07:04
169 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 00:07:04
170 Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Pro Team 00:07:04
171 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:09:05
172 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 00:09:05

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 22:28:30
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:03
3 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 00:00:07
4 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 00:00:09
5 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 00:00:13
6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:00:13
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:00:13
8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 00:00:13
9 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team 00:00:13
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:00:13
11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:00:13
12 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 00:00:13
13 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:00:13
14 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling 00:00:13
15 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 00:00:13
16 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:00:16
17 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:00:22
18 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:22
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:00:34
20 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 00:00:41
21 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Pro Cycling 00:00:41
22 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 00:00:41
23 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:01:10
24 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:01:10
25 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 00:02:19
26 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 00:02:40
27 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling 00:02:42
28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 00:03:17
29 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:03:35
30 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:03:37
31 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:03:51
32 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 00:04:04
33 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 00:04:10
34 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) EF Pro Cycling 00:04:17
35 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:05:24
36 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:05:35
37 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:05:50
38 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 00:06:13
39 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:06:14
40 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:06:18
41 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:07:36
42 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:07:39
43 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:07:42
44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 00:07:45
45 Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:08:00
46 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:09:21
47 Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:09:33
48 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 00:10:26
49 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 00:12:30
50 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) CCC Team 00:12:48
51 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 00:12:54
52 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 00:14:07
53 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 00:14:19
54 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:14:29
55 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Pro Cycling 00:14:32
56 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:14:41
57 Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Pro Team 00:15:02
58 Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:15:54
59 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:16:16
60 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:17:04
61 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:17:15
62 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 00:17:40
63 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 00:17:44
64 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:18:03
65 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 00:18:57
66 Winner Anacona (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:19:07
67 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:19:19
68 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 00:20:52
69 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:21:15
70 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:21:55
71 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:22:02
72 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling 00:22:52
73 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:23:42
74 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 00:24:02
75 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 00:24:54
76 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team 00:25:15
77 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:25:22
78 Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team 00:25:35
79 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:25:46
80 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:25:55
81 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:25:58
82 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:26:11
83 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:27:23
84 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 00:27:25
85 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling 00:29:52
86 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 00:30:44
87 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 00:31:02
88 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 00:31:55
89 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 00:33:17
90 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain McLaren 00:33:24
91 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling 00:33:47
92 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:33:59
93 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:34:05
94 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team 00:34:05
95 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:34:05
96 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling 00:34:40
97 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:35:13
98 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R la Mondiale 00:35:25
99 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:35:25
100 Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling 00:35:44
101 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:35:54
102 Michael Gogl (Aut) NTT Pro Cycling 00:36:02
103 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:36:06
104 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:36:44
105 Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:36:45
106 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team 00:36:51
107 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:36:52
108 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:36:58
109 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 00:37:02
110 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team Sunweb 00:37:11
111 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:37:58
112 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain McLaren 00:38:12
113 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 00:39:11
114 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 00:39:36
115 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 00:39:37
116 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:39:47
117 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:41:01
118 Matteo Trentin (Ita) CCC Team 00:41:06
119 Nils Politt (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:41:29
120 Casper Phillip Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb 00:41:34
121 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:41:45
122 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Team 00:41:51
123 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:42:27
124 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:42:59
125 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:43:03
126 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) NTT Pro Cycling 00:44:27
127 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis 00:44:31
128 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:44:35
129 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:46:17
130 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:46:53
131 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:47:06
132 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 00:47:14
133 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:48:04
134 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale 00:48:10
135 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:48:29
136 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:48:39
137 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling 00:48:44
138 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:49:19
139 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling 00:49:32
140 Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:49:37
141 Kevin Reza (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:49:49
142 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 00:49:53
143 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept 00:49:55
144 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 00:49:56
145 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:50:03
146 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:50:04
147 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:50:08
148 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:50:34
149 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) NTT Pro Cycling 00:50:49
150 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:50:52
151 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 00:50:57
152 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis 00:51:04
153 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 00:51:54
154 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:52:25
155 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:52:36
156 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain McLaren 00:52:46
157 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:54:09
158 Samuel Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:54:09
159 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:55:58
160 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:56:19
161 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:56:26
162 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 00:56:43
163 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:56:59
164 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:56:59
165 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:56:59
166 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep 00:57:19
167 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 00:58:11
168 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 00:58:26
169 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 01:01:32
170 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:05:52
171 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 01:10:24
172 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 01:11:44