Tour de France 2020 – Stage 15 [FULL STAGE]

September 13, 2020

Tour de France 2020 – Stage 15 – Lyon – Grand Colombier : 174,5 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.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) claimed his second stage victory of the Tour de France, finishing just ahead of yellow jersey Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) atop the Grand Colombier, on a day when Egan Bernal’s hopes of repeating his 2019 triumph evaporated.

Jumbo-Visma dominated the final stage of the second week, performing something of a team time trial up the fearsome 17.4km summit finish in the Jura mountains, a collective display that would rank alongside Ineos Grenadiers’ greatest hits from the past decade.

Ineos themselves were left in a sorry state as Bernal found himself in trouble some 13.3km from the top of the Grand Colombier and dragged himself across the line more than seven minutes in arrears, falling out of the top 10. The defending champion shook his head in desperation as he lost contact while the pace was still being set by Milan-San Remo champion Wout van Aert, who, almost sadistically, went on to trail him all the way to the finish.

Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) and Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) also lost more than three minutes as a group of 12, a quarter of whom were Jumbo-Visma riders, survived into the final kilometre. Barring a brief attack from Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) with 7km to go, the only real accelerations came in sight of the bonus seconds at the line.

Pogacar once again showcased his finishing kick with just over 100 metres to go and Roglic, while able to react, had to settle for second place, his overall lead falling by four seconds to 40 seconds due to the bonuses. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), who split the lead group of 12 with an acceleration inside 350m, took third place at five seconds.

Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) was fourth at eight seconds, before Enric Mas (Movistar) finished with Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma), Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) and, three seconds back, Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling). Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain McLaren) were next at 24 seconds, while Tom Dumoulin, who led from 7km to go until 600m to go, was the last finisher from that lead group at 34 seconds.

“Jumbo just set the pace really high all day and made it a really difficult stage. In the end, I was waiting for a sprint. I’m so happy to win again,” Pogacar said.

“I think Jumbo was really prepared for today. From my point of view, there was no sense to attack. I don’t know what happened [to Bernal] but Jumbo did a really hard pace today and some riders paid for it. For the moment [Roglic] seems unstoppable but today Bernal cracked and maybe another day I will crack or Roglic. We don’t know in a three-week stage race.”

Ahead of Monday’s rest day and the Alps in the final week, the stage, which featured two first-category climbs – Montée de la Selle de Fromentel (11.1km at 8.1 per cent) and Col de la Biche (6.9km at 8.9 per cent) – ahead of the big summit finish, significantly altered the complexion of the race.

Bernal is out of the running and the battle for the yellow jersey is looking more and more like a tale of two Slovenians. Roglic is still in command, with a strikingly strong team around him, but Pogacar once again showed he has the form and tenacity to challenge in the final week.

No one else is within a minute of Roglic, with Uran now third at 1:34 and Lopez fourth at 1:45. Yates, Porte, and Landa are all still in the fight at just over two minutes, while Mas moves up to eighth at 3:15 at the expense of Quintana, whose hopes are also over at five minutes. Dumoulin now rounds out the top 10 as Martin slips to 11th at 6:45.

How it unfolded

With almost 100km of flat roads ahead of the trio of mountains, the start of the stage was all about the battle to form a breakaway, and it was quite the battle. It took more than 30km of non-stop action off the front of the bunch for something to finally stick, but not before Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) had to abandon the race after crashing twice, the first time when he was trying to form a break and Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-QuickStep) cut across him.

Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) was clearly keen to get up the road and he finally succeeded when he found eight men for company in the CCC duo of Simon Geschke and Matteo Trentin, plus Kévin Ledanois (Arkéa-Samsic), Jesús Herrada (Cofidis), Marco Marcato (UAE Team Emirates), Niccolo’ Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie), and Michael Gogl (NTT Pro Cycling). Jungels attempted to counter but was unable to get across, while a brief chase from Mitchelton-Scott, who’d missed the boat, threatened the break’s chances but the elastic soon snapped and they managed to carve out a lead of five minutes.

The first flashpoint came at the intermediate sprint in Le Bouchage, where Sam Bennett and Peter Sagan once again duked it out for the green jersey. Sagan had actually attacked to try and distance the points classification leader and break away earlier in the stage, with Bennett quick to mark him, and the pair were left to battle for the remaining points after the successful break had taken the first eight places, led by Trentin. Sagan sent Lukas Postlberger on the attack to take points away but Bennett had a full lead-out for the sprint and took the maximum remaining haul of seven points, while Sagan crossed behind Michael Morkov and settled for five points.

Jumbo-Visma were keen to set a strong tempo on the approach to the mountainous finale, and it was four-time time trial world champion Tony Martin who pulled the bunch all the way to the first climb, the Montée de la Selle de Fromentel, by which point, with 75km to go, the gap to the break was 4:30.

Selle de Fromentel

The first-category Montée de la Selle de Fromentel measured 11.1km in length, with an average gradient of 8.1 per cent, and the fearsome nature of the climb was evident in both groups. In the break, Trentin set the pace on the lower slopes before pulling off half-way up, setting up Geschke for an attack. Rolland was quick to respond, and Herrada soon made it three. While Marcato, Trentin, Ledanois, and Bonifazio were definitively dropped, Gogl tried to claw his way back, weaving across the road on the steepest gradients and refusing to let the leaders out of his sights. Herrada was first to the top, claiming the maximum 10 mountains classification points

Back in the bunch, Martin continued his efforts on the lower slopes before Robert Gesink and then Van Aert started to pull. Damage was already being done, as not just sprinters were dropped, but the likes of Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) Luke Rowe, Pavel Sivakov (both Ineos), Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott), Tejay van Garderen (EF Pro Cycling).

UAE Team Emirates took over from Jumbo-Visma towards the top, and put Ineos in more difficulty, with Richard Carapaz – who’d crashed earlier – and Andrey Amador losing contact. Jonathan Castroviejo and Dylan van Baarle were dangling but managed to stay in touch over the top, while there were already worrying signs for Bernal, who crested the climb towards the back of the yellow jersey group, which only contained around 40 riders.

Col de la Biche

A short descent separated the Montée de la Selle de Fromentel from the Col de la Biche (6.9km at 8.9 per cent), which Gogl used not only to drag his way back to the front of the race, but also attack. The Austrian flew down the descent and hit the second climb with a lead of 45 seconds over Herrada, Rolland, and Geschke, and 3:15 over the yellow jersey group, where Gesink was back on the front of a six-man Jumbo-Visma train.

Gogl looked stronger than he did on the previous ascent and held his own as Geschke and Herrada suffered behind. Rolland sensed it and attacked them half-way up, making his way over to Gogl 2.1km from the summit. He then attacked in the final 500m, leading alone over the top to take the 10 KOM points and move to fourth in the mountains classification. Gogl followed over the top at 15 seconds, while Herrada, who found a second wind, stayed in contention too.

In the yellow jersey group, Jumbo-Visma maintained their grip all the way up, with Van Aert trading turns with Gesink on the second half of the climb. The pace didn’t see as much damage as the previous climb but Pavel Sivakov (Ineos) and Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) did lose contact. The group of 35 riders crested the Col de la Biche two minutes down on Rolland.

A 15km descent made way for a short stretch in the valley ahead of the fearsome final 17.4km climb up the Grand Colombier, Both Gogl and Herrada briefly managed to get back to Rolland, but they barely made contact before Gogl used his descending skills to once again forge clear, while Herrada seemed to struggle and slipped further back, eventually all the way back to the bunch. Rolland linked back up with Gogl in the valley and the pair hit the Grand Colombier with a lead of 1:30 over the yellow jersey group.

Grand Colombier

There are four ways up the Grand Colombier, which was making its debut as a summmit finish in the Tour, but this stage, like the Tour de l’Ain last month, tackled it from Culoz, taking on the striking lacets (hairpins) section that were seen in the 2016 Tour, before continuing on to the summit at 1500 metres.

Rolland stayed with Gogl for the opening two kilometres before leaving him behind, as, back in the yellow jersey group, Gesink moved aside and left Van Aert to set a stiff tempo on the early slopes. Guillaume Martin had suffered a mechanical in the valley but, with the help of Herrada, got back into the main group.

Van Aert’s pace was such that both Bernal and Quintana found themselves in difficulty, while Rolland was caught 13km from the summit. On the lacets, Bernal shook his head as he lost contact, with Kwiatkowski and Castroviejo dropping to try and limit the damage. Quintana was with them, as they drifted to 20 seconds back with 12.5km to go, and then 55 seconds with 11.5km to go. At that point, Quintana, with Warren Barguil dropping back for him, left the Ineos riders and tried to claw back a bit of ground.

Van Aert’s remarkable turn continued as the group thinned massively, with mostly non-GC riders losing contact, although Guillaume Martin was dangling precariously off the back. With 10km to go, Van Aert was still on the front, as four Jumbo riders led the yellow jersey group, which was down to just 20 riders.

Van Aert finally pulled over with 8.8km to go, leaving George Bennett on the front and a trail of destruction in his wake. Bernal was already at 1:45 and Quintana at 1:25, while Martin definitively lost contact and drifted further back. The Jumbo-Visma train continued until 7km to go, whereupon Adam Yates provided the first real disruption with an audacious attack. Bennett’s pace had clearly waned and the New Zealander was soon struggling off back of the group as Tom Dumoulin took it up ahead of Roglic and Sepp Kuss.

Dumoulin clawed Yates back with 5.8km to go, at which point 12 riders remained: Dumoulin, Roglic, Kuss, Pogacar, Yates, Porte, Mas, Valverde, Landa, Lopez, Uran, Bilbao. There was now 2:15 to Quintana and 3:15 to Bernal, who was almost being trolled by Van Aert, who climbed in his wheel.

Dumoulin led that same group over a plateau and all the way into the barriers in the final 2.5km, and it became clear the only attacks would come for bonus seconds in sight of the line. Dumoulin took it all the way to 600m to go, at which point Roglic attacked. Pogacar responded, as Kuss then accelerated and moved to the front. The next acceleration came from Porte with 350m to go. Roglic was immediately in contact, followed by Pogacar and Lopez. Those four opened a gap on the rest as Porte kicked again with 150m to go, but Pogacar then made his decisive acceleration. Roglic tried to go with it, but had to bow to his countryman, who is also now his biggest threat.

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

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