Tour de France 2020 – Stage 04 [LAST 5 KM]

September 1, 2020

Tour de France 2020 – Stage 4 – Sisteron – Orcières-Merlette : 160,5 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.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) allayed doubts over his fitness at Orcières-Merlette, claiming victory on the first summit finish of the Tour de France as Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) kept hold of the yellow jersey.

Roglic, who had to abandon the Criterium du Dauphine two weeks ago after a heavy crash, produced a strong acceleration in the final 150 metres of the climb after his teammate, the Milan-San Remo champion Wout Van Aert, had set the pace for much of the upper section of the final climb.

Fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) was not far off in second place, while Alaphilippe looked to be on terms but had to settle for fifth, behind Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) after fading in the final metres.

The Frenchman missed out on bonus seconds but remains in yellow, with Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) finishing 10th. Yates remains second overall at four seconds but Roglic, who helped himself to 10 bonus seconds for the win, is now third at seven seconds.

“I’m coming back, eh,” Roglic said. “We can see that I can race and every day I feel a little better. It’s nice to be able to ride again. I already got proof that I was ready for the start. Now we need to continue the whole team with a good job.

“It’s the news I have to accept,” he said of Alaphilippe keeping yellow. “I don’t really care. It’s a nice day, we stayed safe and we won, so even better. Let’s continue like that.”

The 160.5km stage contained four minor climbs but the first-category ascent to Orcières-Merlette, 7.1km long at a steady average gradient of 6.7 per cent), was hotly anticipated, given the rarity of major summit finishes this early in the Tour. In the end, the climb didn’t produce anything spectacle like when Luis Ocana put eight minutes into Eddy Merckx here in 1971, as the general classification contenders largely looked to make sure they were present and correct in the first true test of the Tour.

Fifteen other riders were awarded the same time as Roglic at the line, providing the first real clues as to who might challenge over the coming weeks, and who’s already looking shaky. On the latter, the prospect of Richard Carapaz adding another option for Ineos Grenadiers took a knock as the Giro d’Italia champion lost 28 seconds, along with the EF duo of Dani Martinez and Sergio Higuita, although EF’s third leader Rigoberto Uran did finish in the front group. Movistar’s two leaders, Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde lost nine seconds and 21 seconds, respectively, while Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) – another with fitness doubts after a Dauphine crash – also lost nine seconds.

Egan Bernal was solid enough in sixth place on an explosive climb that was always going to favour the likes of Roglic, although there were cracks in Jumbo-Visma’s multi-leader strategy as Tom Dumoulin, despite finishing in the lead group, seemed unhappy with his performance. Bonus seconds moved Pogacar and Martin into fourth and fifth overall, while Bernal in sixth leads a group of 10 riders at 17 seconds from Roglic.

The Tour continues on Wednesday with a dangerous stage 5 and a tricky punchy finale into Privas, while another summit finish awaits on Thursday at Mont Aigoual ahead of the mountainous weekend in the Pyrenees to finish the opening week.

How it unfolded

For the second day in a row, a small breakaway formed almost as soon as Christian Prudhomme had waved the start flag from the sunroof of the race director’s car. There was a brief counter-attack that was swiftly snuffed out by Jumbo-Visma, but otherwise, six riders went clear with a minimum of fuss, and no others tempted to join them, despite the mountainous terrain on the menu.

Israel Start-Up Nation were keen on the escape, putting Nils Politt up there with Krists Neilands, and they were joined by Tiesj Benoot (Sunweb), Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept), Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R La Mondiale), and Mathieu Burgaudeau (Total Direct Energie).

Vuillermoz was the chief threat to Alaphilippe’s yellow jersey, starting the day 3:53 down, and Deceuninck-QuickStep kept them on a short leash all day, their lead never rising above the four-minute mark.

The first real piece of action came at the intermediate sprint in Veynes after 51.5km. Politt led the break across but back in the bunch the green jersey contenders came to the fore, with Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) taking the maximum remaining points after a strong lead-out. The Irishman moved level on points with Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), who crossed five places further back, but the green jersey would stay with the Slovak due to his superior position on GC.

It was soon time for the first climb of the day, the category 3 Col du Festre (7.6km at 5.3 per cent), where Pacher attacked at the top to take the maximum two mountains classification points. However, it was the descent where a more concerted attack was made, this time by Politt, who hung out for 15 largely downhill kilometres before being joined by his former companions ahead of the second climb of the day, the category 4 Côte de Corps (2.2km at 6.3 per cent). Pacher was unthreatened for the sole KOM point, while Deceuninck-QuickStep led the peloton – which had fractured briefly on the previous descent and left Pogacar with a short chase – over the top 2:30 in arrears.

The break briefly split after the climb, with Vuillermoz, Politt, and Pacher going clear before Benoot exchanged words with Vuillermoz once they were back together. The road titled uphill ahead of the category 3 Côte de l’Aullagnier with just under 40km to go, with Pacher once again taking maximum points. The road continued as a false flat for 7km before a drop down towards the penultimate climb, the category 3 Côte de Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (2.8km at 6.8 per cent). On the descent, the breakaway dropped to five members as Tiesj Benoot misjudged a left-hand bend and crashed into and over a guardrail, snapping his bike in two but fortunately still able to ride a new one, albeit back in the peloton. Things had already intensified back there on the climb and false flat, and QuickStep proceeded to tear downhill with the gap down to 1:45 with 25km to go.

Politt had been in front of Benoot on the descent and proceeded to once again carve out of an advantage before being caught and quickly dropped when they hit the Saint-Leger-les-Melezes. Instead of Pacher, it was Neilands who attacked near the top – not for the KOM points but as a bid for freedom and a shot at the stage win. He carved out a lead of 25 seconds as Pacher and Vuillermoz gave chase, with Burgaudeau dropped.

Kasper Asgreen set a strong tempo on the approach to the final climb, catching Pacher and Vuillermoz with just under 10km to go, whereupon Jumbo-Visma took the reins. Neilands dangled out a couple of kilometres longer but was swallowed up just as the final climb began with 7.1km to go.

The final climb

Jumbo-Visma looked to set the tempo on the lower slopes but Alaphilippe quickly ordered Dries Devenyns and Bob Jungels to the front. Devenyns’ turn did damage to Jumbo-Visma’s numerical advantage, before Jungels took it up with 5.5km to go. The first attack came from Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) with 4.4km to go, the Frenchman sensing the need to put pressure on a bunch that still contained some 50 riders. Yates’ teammate Mikel Nieve came to the front and snuffed out Rolland’s attack with 3.9km to go.

Nieve continued to set the pace before Van Aert took over with 3.3km to go, Alaphilippe tucked in behind Ineos’ Michal Kwiatkowski and Jonathan Castroviejo. It was a waiting game as Van Aert led all the way to 1.5km to go, as Jumbo-Visma climbers like George Bennett and Robert Gesink fell away. Kwiatkowski then found himself on the front before Sepp Kuss came forward to up the pace, Roglic now in his wheel in second place, just ahead of Bernal, whose Ineos back-up rider Richard Carapaz was dropped.

Kuss led Roglic into the final kilometre, grimacing to take him as far as possible. Guillaume Martin then attacked with 500m to go, with Roglic clawing his way across and Alaphilippe sitting in the wheel. With 200m to go, Martin went again, but Roglic opened up for the line and got a convincing gap as Pogacar and Alaphilippe also sprinted for the line. Alaphilippe appeared to fade in the dying metres and was pipped by Martin and Quintana, but there was nothing to disprove suspicions he might once again carry the maillot jaune deep into this race.

However, it was Roglic who delivered the most resounding statement of intent and, after being surrounded by so much doubt ahead of the race, reinforced his favourite status, although this was just the first encounter of many to come in the battle for yellow.

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

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