Tour de France 2020 – Stage 09 [LAST 20 KM]

September 6, 2020

Tour de France 2020 – Stage 9 – Pau – Laruns : 154 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.

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) took the race leader’s yellow jersey in Laruns after another aggressive day of racing in the Pyrenees shook up the overall classification at the 2020 Tour de France.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won the stage, beating Roglic and Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) in a close sprint finish, with Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) finishing in the same time.

Hirschi bravely attacked alone early on the Col de la Hourcère, 80km from the finish, but was cruelly caught just 1.6km from the line. He kicked off the sprint but was passed by Pogacar and Roglic in the final metres.

The leaders distanced Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) near the summit of the Col de Marie Blanque when Pogacar attacked on the double-digit gradients and only Bernal, Roglic and Landa could go with him. Yates was caught by a Movistar-powered chase group on the descent but finished 54 seconds down, slipping to eighth overall.

As the riders travel to the French coast for the first rest day on Monday, Roglic leads Bernal by 21 seconds, with Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) third at 28 seconds, the Frenchman limiting his losses on the Col de Marie Blanque along with Bauke Mollema and Richie (Trek-Segafredo), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling) and Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic).

Pogacar moved up to seventh thanks to the stage winner’s ten-second time bonus and is now at 44 seconds and very much an overall contender. Pogacar put his hands on his head after winning the stage, shocked and overjoyed to have won his first Tour de France stage at just 21.

“It’s really crazy – after that hard day to win the stage. It’s really incredible.

“Thanks to my teammates, they did a really good job all day. I’m really happy to pull that victory.

“I wanted to gain as much time as I could in GC, but in the last 800 metres I knew the stage win was worth 10 seconds. I was focusing for the sprint and I just went full gas.”

Pogacar is the second Slovenian rider to win in Laruns after Roglic won in 2018. The two are rivals but seem to have struck a pact to work together, despite almost crashing when they touched wheels at the summit of the Col de Marie Blanque.

“Primoz is really good – he’s won before, he’ll win more. I hope we can do together great things,” Pogacar said.

“I’m really happy overall so far. Sure, one stage there was a little mistake but actually we take two stages so it’s really good so far.”

Roglic pulled on the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey for the first time in his career but kept his cool.

“It’s beautiful – it’s the first time that I’ve had it,” Roglic said of the crisp and clean yellow jersey on his shoulders.

“Everyone dreams about it, when you start being a rider, to wear it. So I’m super happy, also for the guys because they did an amazing job. It’s also for them.

“I thought I would also win today but chapeau for Tadej. Something can always be better but it’s not every day that you get the yellow jersey.”

Roglic shrugged off any pressure and extra responsibility as race leader after just 9 of the 21 stages.

“It wasn’t really much different until now. I think we race with the mission to try to win it in Paris. We just need to maintain focus and do our best every day,” he said.

Roglic’s defence of the yellow jersey and the second week of the Tour de France begins on Tuesday with a flat stage on the exposed roads of the La Rochelle marshlands.

It is followed by stages across central France to Poitiers and a mountain finish in the Massif Central on the Puy Mary before a stage to Lyon and then the final week in the Alps and that stage 20 time trial to La Planches des Belles Filles in the Vosges.

How it unfolded

The Tour de France peloton remembered the late Nicolas Portal at the start in Pau, with the Ineos Grenadiers on the front with his family to remember their former directeur sportif who tragically died of a heart attack in March, aged just 40.

The weather was also grey and melancholic but there was a real sense the 153km stage would spark more attacks and a further shake-up of the overall classification. The stage also offered hope to the attackers, who were ready to shake off their fatigue and roll the dice yet again before the first rest day on Monday.

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) was tucked in behind the race director’s car during the long neutralised sector and was one of the first to attack. However, the rolling roads south of Pau inspired others and saw a super-fast first hour, with Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb), Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2r La Mondiale) also trying their hands early on.

Cosnefroy was first to the top of the early categorised climb to take the points, while Hirschi overcooked a damp descent but kept his bike up and on the road.

After a fast 30km of racing, even Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) tried his hand but there would be no freedom for the Frenchman to strut his stuff with an average speed of 47km/h for the first hour.

Meanwhile, Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) went out of the back early and was unable to hold the pace. The broom wagon hovered behind him and he eventually threw in the towel with 80km to go. The Italian underwent surgery and had a stent placed in his iliac artery last year and has struggled to return to his previous Grand Tour level but his loss leaves UAE Team Emirates without a key rider to help Pogacar.

As the Col de la Hourcère neared with 100km to go and 50km covered, other teams and other tactics emerged.

Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) shadowed each other as they tried to place riders in the attacks for later in the stage. Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers) and Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) made similar attacks but the peloton closed them all down.

Stefan Küng and David Gaudu were up front for Groupama-FDJ when the 8.8 per cent gradient of the Col de la Hourcère began to hurt. Soon after Thibaut Pinot tried to make sense of his Tour by helping his teammates. He did what he could to ensure Sébastien Reichenbach and David Gaudu were in the selection.

However, Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) was even stronger and surged away alone with 90km to go as Jumbo-Visma took control of the peloton rather than Adam Yates’ Mitchelton-Scott team.

A chase group formed behind Hirschi, with Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe), Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates), Reichenbach, Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Daniel Martínez (EF Pro Cycling), Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers) and Omar Fraile (Astana) working together and offering their teams different tactical options and ideas.

Hirschi led the race over the top of the mist-covered summit of the Col de la Hourcère and dived down the other side to push out his advantage. With 60km to go and back in the valley roads, he led the chasers by 3:15, with the peloton at 4:20.

Hirschi and the chasers rolled through the intermediate sprint point with 54km to go, with Trentin and Felix Großschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) fighting for the minor points. Van Aert led the peloton across the line in 11th place to take five points. He’s only 27 points down on Peter Sagan now and so his green jersey challenge is still a possibility. However, his role remains that of a talented domestique and he worked hard again for Roglic to close the gap to the leaders.

Col de Marie Blanque

Hirschi crested 3rd category Col d’Ichere with a lead of 4:15 on the peloton but was showing fatigue. He started the Col de Marie Blanque, taking a gel and a slightly ‘sticky’ bottle from the team car to ease the pain. Behind Jumbo-Visma led the chase and brought the gap to two minutes.

As the steep gradients of the Col de Marie Blanque began to hurt, the first cracks emerged in the GC group. Van Aert moved off the front after another huge effort. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) had already cracked and would go on to lose over four minutes and any chance of overall victory this year.

With 20km to go and as the double-digit gradients began, Pogacar attacked to blow the GC group apart and reveal who was in the red.

Adam Yates was alone and exposed. He struggled as he tried to limit any losses, while other riders went out the back. Up front, Tom Dumoulin helped Roglic close the gap to Pogacar, and Bernal and Mikel Landa were also there. Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic), Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) were a little further back.

Pogacar tried two further attacks and even Bernal had a dig but they reached the summit of the Col de Marie Blanque together as a quartet with Landa and Roglic.

Hirschi passed the summit 20 seconds ahead of them to take the eight bonus seconds. Pogacar tried to surge to take second place and five seconds but Roglic came past him to snatch the precious seconds. The two crossed paths and touched wheels but Pogcar quickly apologized and accepted his error.

The descent was fast and Hirschi took huge risks but the Roglic group could soon see him and hunted him down. The six-rider Guillaume Martin chase group could also see them but failed to close the gap in a late pursuit.

Inside the final kilometre, Roglic led the group to try and gain as much time as possible as Pogacar waited for the sprint. Hirschi bravely tried to come from behind but went a little early, setting up Pogacar for his victory.

With Roglic in yellow it was a historic day for Slovenian cycling, with the feeling there is a lot more to come from the pair in the two weeks left to race.

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

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