Tour de France 2020 – Stage 18 [LAST 15 KM]

September 17, 2020

Tour de France 2020 – Stage 18 – Meribel – La Roche-sur-Foron : 168 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.

Michal Kwiatkowski won stage 17 of the Tour de France in La Roche-sur-Foron after spending the last 60km off the front in the company of his Ineos teammate Richard Carapaz on the race’s final day in the Alps.

The pair had an unassailable lead by the time they navigated the gravel atop the Plateau des Glières with 30km remaining, and they were able to sit up and savour their exploit in the finishing straight, where Kwiatkowski eased across the line ahead of his companion.

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won the sprint for third – and the remaining 4-second time bonus – after he led the yellow jersey group home at 1:51, and his effort helped to ensure that Primoz Roglic maintains his 57-second lead over Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) atop the overall standings with just three days remaining.

“It was two hard days in a row, yesterday and also today. Again the team did a great job – I was there, so one day less,” said Roglic, who downplayed the idea that the race was all but decided.

“After the time trial there will be a decision known of the rankings but also tomorrow is another day to be really focused. It’s far from being really safe.”

Roglic and Pogacar had been the main drivers in the elite group that formed on the hors categorie Montée du Plateau des Glières and the tricky gravel section over the top, where third-placed Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana), an improving Enric Mas (Movistar) and the ever-impressive Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) were also present.

“Roglic and I were both happy that nothing happened in the gravel because there was a possibility to puncture,” Pogacar said.

Perhaps still smarting from the way he fell flat after his team had laid down foundations on his behalf on the Col de la Loze 24 hours earlier, Mikel Landa (Bahrain-McLaren) was the principal aggressor among the GC contenders on the final mountain stage, attacking with purpose at the foot of the Montée du Plateau des Glières, while the group of favourites fragmented behind.

Although Landa was caught by the yellow jersey group on the gravel, his effort was not in vain, as he moves up to 5th overall after Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling) were both distanced on the climb and crossed the line almost three minutes down on their podium rivals.

“It was our last opportunity,” Landa said.

“We had our team up toward the front but it’s a shame that we couldn’t do any better because Jumbo-Visma’s pace was too high.”

Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) remains in fourth place after finishing alongside Roglic et al, though he endured a scare when he punctured on the gravel section, but he was able to chase back on in the company of Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) over the final, uncategorised ascent of the Col des Fleuries.

Van Aert, whose pace-making had whittled down the yellow jersey group to its bare bones on the Glières, also summoned up the strength to chase back on and he still had enough left to mop up the final bonus seconds.

“Primoz is pretty fast but it was safer to go for Wout, so I did a small lead-out into the finish for Wout,” said Dumoulin. “That guy can do anything – sprints, climbing, whatever you ask from him.”

Ineos

Up until Sunday, Ineos would have expected to have been engaged in the battle for yellow at this point of the Tour, but instead they had men minutes up the road in pursuit of stage victory. Kwiatkowski and Carapaz were the last survivors of the day’s early break, which formed ahead of the first climb, the Cormet de Roseland. 32 riders were in the initial move, but only five remained over the top of the Col des Saisies, where the Ineos duo had Marc Hirschi (Sunweb), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren) for company. Hirschi’s crash on the descent changed the complexion of the stage.

The Swiss rider had appeared to be the dangerman, and though he made a spirited lone pursuit, he would never get back on terms. Edet, meanwhile, was distanced on the Col des Aravis, while Bilbao lost contact with Carapaz and Kwiatkowski on the Montée du Plateau des Glières, though he provided some robust support for his teammate Landa near the summit of the ascent.

There were shades of Saunier Duval on Hautacam in 2008 or Mapei at Paris-Roubaix in 1996 as Kwiatkowski and Carapaz made their way to the finish, and there was never any prospect of the pair sprinting it out for victory. Each man could argue he deserved the victory.

Kwiatkowski has been a selfless part of Sky’s operation for many years, while Carapaz, a late addition to the Tour team, has been on the offensive for the past three days and done more than anyone to help retrieve something from a disappointing race.

In the end, length of tenure ensured that Kwiatkowski got the nod, though Carapaz has the consolation of taking possession of the polka dot jersey. “That was some day. I can’t describe how grateful I am to the whole team and to Richard,” Kwiatkowski said.

“It was an incredible day for us, and I will never forget that. I’ve had some nice moments in cycling but that was something new. I had goose bumps for the last kilometres because I knew that the gap was so big that we would make it.”

How it unfolded

The final mountain stage of the Tour doubled as the final opportunity for many riders and teams to salvage a tangible reward from their race, and there was a wave of early attackers once the peloton left the start in Méribel.

A group of 32 riders escaped in the opening kilometres, but the would-be stage winners knew they would have cede the floor initially to Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), as they continued their debate over the final destination of the green jersey at the intermediate sprint.

The sprint was in Aime, at the base of La Plagne, which was perhaps a good omen for the Irishman – 1987 and all that – and he duly beat Matteo Trentin (CCC) and Sagan to the line to extend his advantage to 52 points.

Once the road began to climb on the Cormet de Roseland, the front group duly splintered, while there were frissons, too, in the main peloton, as Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-McLaren) attacked to bridge up to the break, while Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) made a speculative effort that was shut down swiftly by Jumbo-Visma. At the very back of the race, meanwhile, an ailing André Greipel (Israel Start-Up) abandoned, while the hostile terrain saw Caleb Ewan and Lotto Soudal teammates Roger Kluge and Frederik Frison already settling into a stage-long battle against elimination.

Out in front, Hirschi outsprinted Carapaz for the king of the mountains points atop the Cormet de Roseland and that duo pressed on together on the descent, while the rest of the break shattered behind them. When the dust settled at the other side, they were joined by three more riders – Kwiatkowski, Edet and Bilbao.

Hirschi picked up maximum points on the category 3 Côte de la Route des Villes and again on the category 1 Col des Saisies, where Carapaz made inventive use of a roundabout to try to outsmart the Swiss rider in the sprint.

At that point, the five leaders had 7 minutes in hand on the peloton and looked destined to dispute the stage honours, while Hirschi seemed set to claim the king of the mountains title, but his race would change in an instant on the descent, when his wheels slipped from under him on a left-hand bend. Although Hirschi remounted and gave chase, the Ineos duo up front weren’t minded to wait for a man living such a moment of form, and he was forced into a lone and ultimately forlorn pursuit on the following Col des Aravis.

“He took that corner way too fast. When I saw that I went on my brakes,” said Kwiatkowski, though there was no question of waiting for him. “He wasn’t keen to work before so we just wanted to do our own race and not look behind.”

Edet was distanced from the break on the Aravis, while Carapaz, Kwiatkowski and Bilbao pressed on ahead, with the Ecuadorian now in the box seat for the polka-dot jersey after leading over the summit. Hirschi came over the top a little over a minute down, a group of chasers including Caruso followed at five minutes, while the Jumbo-Visma-led peloton was 8:30 behind as the race reached the final 50km.

As anticipated, the podium contenders held their fire until the Plateau des Glières, with Landa making a game effort to break the Jumbo-Visma hegemony. Before the race settled over the Cormet de Roseland, there had been indications that the Dutch squad might be more vulnerable than in days past, but, not for the first time, Van Aert filled in the gaps on the final climb. His pace-making not only kept Landa’s lead pegged inside half a minute, it also saw climbers of the quality of like Yates, Uran and Martin jettisoned out the back.

“Wout van Aert was once again incredible,” Dumoulin said. “He kept Landa on quite a close distance and in the back a lot of GC riders were already dropping.”

Over the top, meanwhile, Roglic could again rely on Kuss. With three days and one crucial time trial to go, Pogacar remains at arm’s length.

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

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