Tour de France 2021 – Stage 09 [FULL STAGE]

July 4, 2021

Tour de France 2021 – Stage 9 – Cluses – Tignes : 144,9 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.

Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) took the biggest win of his career to date at the summit finish of Tignes on stage 9 of the Tour de France, soloing almost the whole length of the 21-kilometre climb to take a win from the breakaway.

He won a battle with Colombian duo Sergio Higuita (EF Education-Nippo) and new mountains classification leader Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) on the Montée des Tignes, flirting with virtual maillot jaune at various points before securing victory after another grim and wet day of racing in the Alps.

The Australian now leapfrogs up to second overall, 2:01 down on Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who once again extended his advantage over his fellow general classification riders.

Pogačar responded to an attack from Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) at the four-kilometre mark – just as O’Connor was crossing the line – leaving the fragmented general classification group in the dust once again having dominated stage 8 to Le Grand-Bornand.

Deceuninck-QuickStep climber Mattia Cattaneo took second place on the stage, the Italian finishing a distant 5:07 down on O’Connor, while his compatriot, sprinter Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious), rounded out the podium after a very impressive ride in the mountains, finishing 5:34 down at the line.

Pogačar was unsurprisingly the first GC rider home at 6:02 down on O’Connor. His finishing effort saw him add 32 seconds to his advantage over Carapaz, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Enric Mas (Movistar) and Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo).

The new general classification sees Pogačar lead third-placed Urán by 5:18, while Vingegaard lies fourth at 5:32 and Carapaz lies fifth at 5:33.

How it unfolded

Stage 9 of the Tour de France saw the peloton tackle another Alpine test and with it the first summit finish of the race. It was another short mountain stage at 145 kilometres, but the day would pack in 4,500 metres of climbing – even more than the brutal stage 8 – with five categorised climbs including the first hors catégorie test of the race and two first-category mountains.

After a flat start out of Cluses, the second-category Côte de Domancy (2.5km at 9.4 per cent) provided the first test of the day, before the early intermediate sprint and the first-category Col des Saisies (9.4km at 6.2 per cent) after 49 kilometres.

Following a descent into the valley, the toughest test of the day followed, with the HC-rated Col du Pré (12.6km at 7.7 per cent) and the second-category Cormet de Roselend (5.7km at 6.5 per cent) coming before the 100-kilometre mark. That one-two – last seen at the Critérium du Dauphiné – would precede a long descent to Bourg-Saint-Maurice in the valley before the mammoth climb to the finish at Tignes (21km at 5.6 per cent), with a flat 1.9km in the town concluding the day’s racing.

As with Saturday’s stage 9, the day was marked by awful weather conditions, with low-hanging cloud on the passes and rain pouring from start to finish. That didn’t dissuade riders from attempting to get away from the peloton into the break in the early stages of the day, though, with multiple riders trying to make the break right from the gun.

Former race favourite Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and former yellow jersey holder Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) were not among the peloton, however, with the Slovenian choosing to focus on upcoming goals after losing 35 minutes on stage 8, while the Dutchman is set to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Attacks from world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) marked the Côte de Domancy, though as with Saturday, the Bahrain Victorious and Team BikeExchange squads of Sonny Colbrelli and Michael Matthews were keen to keep things together for the intermediate sprint.

They got their wish, despite more attackers trying their luck in the interim, with Colbrelli coming around the outside of a borderline-legal Matthews sprint to take the 20 points. The result saw Matthews move to just 38 points behind green jersey holder Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep), however.

Colbrelli pushed on alone afterwards, but it wasn’t until the Col des Saisies when the real breakaway candidates made their moves. Quintana jumped at the start of the climb with Woods quickly making it across to him.

That break only swelled on the climb as polka dot jersey Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) attacked on the front for the second day in the row. 20 others got off the front, too, but the climbers came to the fore as the gradient bit, with Woods, Quintana, Higuita, Lucas Hamilton (Team BikeExchange) and Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) pursuing the Dutchman.

Back in the peloton, UAE Team Emirates were massed on the front in aid of their leader Pogačar, while a larger group including Matthews, Colbrelli, Cattaneo, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana-Premier Tech) chased the break.

By that point, the chase group was a minute down, while the peloton was taking it easier at six minutes. Quintana took the points over the Saisies after catching Poels, with the Dutchman then left behind by the Colombian, Woods, Higuita, Hamilton and O’Connor on the lower slopes of the next climb, the Col du Pré.

Poels did make it back but was dropped – along with Hamilton – further up the climb along, while Quintana jumped away a kilometre from the top in search of more mountain points. Crossing the summit, he had 10 seconds on his breakmates, 1:50 on Poels, 2:30 on the chasers, and 7:30 on the peloton with 63 kilometres to run.

The attack saw Quintana move into virtual polka dots, bringing him to 44 points to Woods’ 41 and Poels’ 39. It was Higuita and O’Connor who came back to him on the short descent, though, with the trio tackling the Cormet de Roselend despite a brief Higuita foray off the front.

The leaders enjoyed a lead of 8:15 on the peloton as they crested the top of the climb with 50 kilometres to go, putting O’Connor in virtual yellow by a handful of seconds as Quintana beat Higuita to the line to add another five points to his KOM haul.

A 19-kilometre descent followed, with Woods, Poels and the larger chase group a distant 2:50 behind. Higuita was easily the quickest man on the way down, putting a gap into Quintana as O’Connor dropped off the rear of the trio.

The two Colombians joined up at the bottom of the descent – 30 kilometres out – while O’Connor trailed 40 seconds behind. Back in the peloton it was a relatively drama-free descent, with UAE controlling things for Pogačar with four men. He lost Brandon McNulty near the bottom, though, as the American slipped off road down into a grass ditch.

Montée des Tignes

After 10 kilometres in the valley, the riders hit the final climb, with O’Connor having worked his way back to Higuita and Quintana and worked his way further into virtual yellow with the peloton nine minutes behind.

Just a kilometre into the climb, the leaders were reduced to two as Quintana dropped away having been battling in the break for two stages in a row. Back in the peloton, Pogačar enjoyed the company of Mikkel Bjerg, Davide Formolo, Rui Costa and Rafał Majka as he stripped off his rain jersey ready for action with 20 kilometres to go.

The pacemaking by the UAE quintet reduced the break’s advantage in quick time on the early slopes, with Bjerg’s monstrous day on the front coming to an end with the gap down to 7:20. The chasing riders still remained smack bang in between the two groups, with sprinter Colbrelli still hanging in there with the likes of Cattaneo and Guillaume Martin four mountain passes into the stage.

O’Connor, at that point with yellow out of reach, changed tack to strike for stage victory 17 kilometres from the line, dropping Higuita with 15 kilometres of the climb left to run. The Australian flew away from the EF rider, putting 50 seconds into him in just a kilometre of riding.

There would be no way back for the Colombian, though, with race debutant O’Connor only putting time into him as he rode towards the mid-climb reprieve of Tignes and 2.5 kilometres of flat road. By the time he reached the ski resort, he was 2:20 up on Higuita, who was falling back towards Quintana.

By the seven-kilometre to go mark, O’Connor was flirting with virtual yellow again, at eight minutes up on the peloton, while back in the 12-man ‘peloton’ Ineos Grenadiers took over the work with Jonathan Castroviejo and Geraint Thomas. Higuita, meanwhile, was caught by the chasers as Cattaneo pushed on past Quintana, too.

Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) were first to drop from the GC group – who were around five kilometres out as O’Connor hit the final three. He crested the climb alone and could enjoy the final two-kilometre run to his stage victory.

At the four-kilometre banner, Carapaz opened up with an attack, drawing out Pogačar, who then jumped away on his own. Once again, nobody could follow the 22-year-old as the GC group splintered behind.

Carapaz joined up with Urán, Mas, and Vingegaard on the run to the line, solidifying a clear second group of GC favourites behind the runaway leader. Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) was next on the road, shedding a further 13 seconds to Pogačar, while the likes of David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech), who were best of the rest at over 1:30 behind Pogačar.

Results :
1 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 4:26:43
2 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:07
3 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:05:34
4 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:05:36
5 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:06:02
6 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
7 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:34
8 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
9 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo
11 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:06:38
12 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 0:06:47
13 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
14 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:32
15 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:36
16 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
17 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:07:59
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:09:41
20 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:10:23
21 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
22 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
23 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
24 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
25 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:11:15
26 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:50
27 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
28 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:54
29 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:13:17
30 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:14:21
31 Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:27
32 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:15:33
33 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
34 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
35 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:12
36 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:49
37 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
38 Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:21:14
39 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
40 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:23:10
41 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
42 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
43 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo
44 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:25:27
45 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
46 Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:25:55
47 Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix
48 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
49 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
50 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
51 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
52 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech
53 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:27:12
54 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
55 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
56 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 0:28:09
57 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
58 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:28:25
59 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:29:22
60 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:30:27
61 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
62 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:31:37
63 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
64 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) TotalEnergies
65 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
66 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
67 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM
68 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
69 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
70 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Qhubeka-NextHash
71 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
72 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
73 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
74 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
75 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
76 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
77 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
78 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
79 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
80 Simon Clarke (Aus) Qhubeka-NextHash
81 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
82 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
83 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
84 Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
85 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
86 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
87 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
88 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
89 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
90 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
91 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka-NextHash
92 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
93 Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal
94 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
95 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
96 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
97 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
98 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
99 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
100 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
101 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
102 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
103 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
104 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange
105 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
106 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
107 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
108 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic
109 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
110 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
111 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
112 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
113 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
114 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
115 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
116 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis
117 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
118 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
119 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
120 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
121 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange
122 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
123 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
124 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
125 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
126 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
127 Jonas Koch (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
128 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:32:21
129 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM
130 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
131 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
132 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
133 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
134 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies
135 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash
136 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
137 Sean Bennett (USA) Qhubeka-NextHash
138 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
139 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
140 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:33:06
141 Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:33:21
142 Michael Gogl (Aut) Qhubeka-NextHash
143 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:33:54
144 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:34:11
145 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
146 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:34:13
147 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
148 Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
149 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
150 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM 0:34:39
151 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:35:03
152 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
153 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:35:33
154 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
155 Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies
156 Jeremy Cabot (Fra) TotalEnergies
157 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:35:43
158 Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:35:49
159 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
160 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
161 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:36:28
162 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Qhubeka-NextHash 0:37:15
163 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis
164 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
165 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
DNS Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
HD Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
HD Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
HD Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
HD Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
HD Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
HD Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
HD Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Qhubeka-NextHash

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