Tour de France 2021 – Stage 06 [LAST 10 KM]

July 1, 2021

Tour de France 2021 – Stage 6 – Tours – Châteauroux : 160,4 km

The 2021 Tour de France is almost upon us with the Grand Départ set for June 26, and 21 mouth-watering stages to look forward to as the race takes in Brittany, two individual time trials, a double assault on Mont Ventoux and the customary finish on the Champs Élysées in Paris on July 18. The 108th edition of the race will see defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) aim to defend his crown against Primoz Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and a host of other yellow jersey contenders over what is an intriguing and multi-layered route profile. After a mountain-heavy Tour de France in 2020, race organisers have opted for a more traditional and classic affair this time around, with the race reverting to hosting two long individual time trials for the first time since 2013.

Mark Cavendish’s extraordinary comeback continued as he won his second bunch sprint of this year’s Tour de France on stage six at Châteauroux.

The Manxman stormed past the Alpecin-Fenix duo of Jasper Philipsen and Tim Merlier to take the win ahead of Philipsen in second, while Nacer Bouhanni (Arkea-Samsic) finished third.

The victory is Cavendish’s 50th in Grand Tours, and brings him to just two wins away from Eddy Merckx Tour de France record of 34.

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) finished safely in the peloton to retain the yellow jersey, and he again played a key part in the lead-out at the finish. He instigated a lead-out train on the opposite side of the road from where Deceuninck-QuickStep had formed theirs, and the two trains competed side by side as the line approached.

Merlier took over for Alpecin-Fenix with Philipsen on his wheel, prompting Cavendish to surf onto their wheel from his lead-out Michael Mørkøv.

Both Philipsen and Merlier sprinted for the line, but Cavendish proved quicker than both and had the presence of mind to place his hands onto his head in an apparent reference to how he celebrated his victory here in Châteauroux 13 years ago, in 2008.

In fact, this is the third Tour stage Cavendish has won in Châteauroux, having also done so in 2011, and in the post-race interview, he compared the different approaches to the finish.

“It seems like every time we finish here it’s been a different line. In 2008 it was uphill a bit, and I think it was further down the road. In 2011, it was still uphill a bit but it was short from the finish. Here, it was kind of downhill/flat.

“It’s been ten years since I last won here. It’s pretty special.”

Once again he had his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates to thank, who took control of the peloton 2km from the finish with Julian Alaphilippe, and later Davide Ballerini and Michael Mørkøv completing the lead-out.

“We were talking about what to do in the final because there are so many strong sprint teams here all wanting to go for the front. So to take it on is a big ask, you always get swamped at the finish.

“As usual it was the other team that shared the work with us, Alpecin-Fenix, who came with the strongest team in the end. The wind was coming from the right, and Michael [Mørkøv] left the left-hand side for me to go, but I wanted just a split second longer in the wheels before I went. So I had to switch trains and go from there.

“But I’m so happy with that. You see the guys, you see how much they work all day. The world champion Julian Alaphilippe just burying himself in the last kilometre, that’s so special.”

The victory will inevitably prompt interest in Cavendish potentially beating Eddy Merckx’s Tour de France record of 34 stage wins, a record that had for several years looked like an impossible feat for Cavendish to achieve, but now looks increasingly attainable.

Cavendish remains reluctant to talk about that, however, batting back allusions to the record asked in the post-race interview by joking: “Don’t say the name, don’t say the name!”

“I’m not thinking about anything. Again, I just won a stage of the Tour de France. If that was my first stage or if that was my 32nd stage, I’d just won a stage of the Tour. That’s what people work their whole lives for. I’m very, very happy, that’s all I’ve got to say. If I’m good enough to win 50 more, I’m good enough to win 50 more. If I’m good enough never to win again here, so be it.”

How it unfolded

Stage 6 got underway in pleasant conditions, with no hint of any rainfall that partially affected yesterday’s time trial.

After Deceuninck-QuickStep immediately shut down to the first attempted breakaway of the day featuring a couple of Lotto-Soudal and AG2R Citroën riders each, an eight-man group made up of a surprisingly high calibre of riders got a gap over the peloton.

Rather than the usual assortment of obscure names from small wildcard teams, this group contained classics stars Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën) and Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep), multiple Tour stage winners Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) and Søren Kragh Andersen (DSM), plus Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo), Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert) and Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Fenix).

Another strange thing about this break was how many of the top sprinters’ teams were represented in it, leaving Groupama-FDJ and Arkéa-Samsic to try and prevent it going clear on behalf of their sprinters Arnaud Démare and Nacer Bouhanni respectively, with some help from Qhubeka-NextHash, who apparently weren’t happy with having missed the break.

Although initially posing a real danger by riding together, the break soon lost its cohesion. Asgreen was left to single-handedly drag half of the group back when the break split in two, and upon regaining contact several riders refused to take their turns, meaning their advantage slipped from what had been almost a minute to barely a few seconds.

Van Avermaet was still very keen, however, and attacked alone away from the rest just as they were about to be caught from the bunch.

From the bunch, Roger Kluge (Lotto-Soudal) then attacked in pursuit of Van Avermaet, spending several kilometres in no-man’s land before joining the Belgian, a combination the bunch was happy with as they sat up and stopped chasing.

So the definitive break of the day was formed after 40km of racing, after which the stage settled down into the familiar pattern, with the leading pair out front and Alpecin-Fenix and Deceuninck-QuickStep setting a steady pace in the peloton.

The gap remained steady throughout the day, mostly staying above one minute and never exceeding two minutes, as the peloton kept the leading duo well within their sight.

With just two riders in the break, there were plenty of points in the green jersey classification for the sprinters to contest at the day’s intermediate sprint, 56km from the finish. It was a messy affair, with Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) wagging his finger at someone despite winning the sprint for third, and Cavendish’s Deceuninck-QuickStep lead-out man Michael Mørkøv veering across the road to prevent Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) from a clear run-in, and thus taking fourth-place in the sprint ahead of Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates), Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) and Cavendish in a blanket finish.

The acceleration in the build-up to that sprint brought the gap to the break down to under one minute, and the peloton could see them on the long, straight roads leading towards the finish at Châteauroux, that might have seen crosswinds wreak havoc had conditions not been as calm as they were today.

The peloton delayed making the catch, wary perhaps of encouraging counter-attacks, and with 10km to go the gap was still 40 seconds.

That left the peloton with work to do in the final kilometres, and Van Avermaet and Kluge still evidently had energy left in reserve as they managed to retain an advantage.

Thankfully there was none of the carnage that characterised the first bunch sprint of the Tour three days ago, with Arnaud Démare’s Groupama-FDJ lead-out man Jacopo Guarnieri the only faller in the finale.

The catch was made 2.5km from the finish, soon after which Deceuninck-QuickStep took control with their three-man lead out to deliver Cavendish to yet another Tour stage victory.

Results :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:17:36
2 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
4 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
6 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
7 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
8 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
10 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
11 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
12 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
13 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash
14 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
15 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
16 Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
17 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
18 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
19 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
20 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
21 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
22 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
23 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
24 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
25 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
26 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
27 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
28 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
29 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM
30 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
31 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
32 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM
34 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
35 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
36 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Qhubeka-NextHash
37 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix
38 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
39 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
40 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal
41 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
42 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
43 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies
44 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
45 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
46 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
47 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies
48 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
49 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
50 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
51 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
52 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
53 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
55 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
56 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
57 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
58 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies
59 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
60 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
61 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
62 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
63 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
64 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash
65 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash
66 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
67 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
68 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange
69 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
72 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
73 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
74 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
75 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
76 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
77 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
78 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo
79 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
80 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
81 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
82 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
83 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo
84 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
85 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
86 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo
87 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
88 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
89 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
90 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
91 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
92 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
93 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
94 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech
95 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
96 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
97 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
98 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
99 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
100 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
101 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
102 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
103 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
104 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
105 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
106 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
107 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
108 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
109 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
110 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies
111 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
112 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
113 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo
114 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Qhubeka-NextHash
115 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
116 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
117 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies
118 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
119 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation
120 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
121 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
122 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
123 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
124 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00:22
125 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:24
126 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
127 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:40
128 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:46
129 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:52
130 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
131 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
132 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:03
133 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:01:06
134 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:07
135 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
136 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
137 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
138 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
139 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
140 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
141 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
142 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
143 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
144 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:13
145 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:51
146 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
147 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka-NextHash
148 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
149 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
150 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis
151 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
152 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
153 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
154 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
155 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
156 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka-NextHash
157 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
158 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
159 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
160 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
161 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
162 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
163 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
164 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
165 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
166 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
167 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash
168 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
169 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
170 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
171 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
172 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
173 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 0:01:56
174 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:13
175 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:30
176 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:42
177 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:04:24

General Classification after Stage 6 :
1 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 20:09:17
2 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:08
3 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:30
4 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:48
5 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:21
6 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:01:28
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:29
8 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:43
9 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:44
10 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:48
11 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:49
12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:54
13 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:56
14 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:58
15 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:08
16 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:16
17 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:35
18 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:02:45
19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:55
20 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:03:06
21 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:03:24
22 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
23 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:03:38
24 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:03:55
25 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:03:58
26 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:03:59
27 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:04:23
28 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:29
29 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:31
30 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:04:39
31 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 0:04:47
32 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:04:56
33 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:04:59
34 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:05:17
35 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:05:20
36 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:22
37 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:05:24
38 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:05:25
39 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:05:40
40 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:46
41 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:06:28
42 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM 0:06:33
43 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
44 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:06:35
45 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:06:37
46 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:07:17
47 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:21
48 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:07:25
49 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:07:57
50 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:07
51 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:08:17
52 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:08:42
53 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:08:53
54 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:09:00
55 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:09:32
56 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:10:07
57 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:13
58 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:21
59 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:10:32
60 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:10:39
61 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:11:07
62 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:11:24
63 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:11:34
64 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
65 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:11:47
66 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:49
67 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:11:52
68 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:12:01
69 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 0:12:30
70 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:12:38
71 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:12:40
72 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:12:46
73 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:53
74 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:12:54
75 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:13:00
76 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:10
77 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:13:27
78 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies
79 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:13:30
80 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:13:33
81 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 0:14:04
82 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:11
83 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:14:18
84 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:14:28
85 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies 0:14:38
86 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:14:53
87 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:15:40
88 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:15:47
89 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
90 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:52
91 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:16:04
92 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:16:05
93 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix 0:16:26
94 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:16:32
95 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:16:34
96 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:16:44
97 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:17:10
98 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:17:12
99 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:18
100 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:17:37
101 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:18:06
102 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:18:13
103 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:24
104 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 0:18:32
105 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:34
106 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:51
107 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:58
108 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:19:15
109 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:19:27
110 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:19:38
111 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:19:51
112 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:19:58
113 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:20:12
114 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:17
115 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:20:20
116 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:20:35
117 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash
118 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:21:07
119 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 0:21:51
120 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:22:20
121 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:22:27
122 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:22:42
123 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:22:43
124 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:22:47
125 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:23:01
126 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:22
127 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:23:42
128 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:23:55
129 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:23:58
130 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:24:03
131 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:24:06
132 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:24:10
133 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:24:39
134 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:24:52
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