Tour de France 2021 – Stage 16 [FULL STAGE]

July 13, 2021

Tour de France 2021 – Stage 16 – El Pas de la Casa – Saint-Gaudens : 169 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.

Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed the biggest win of his career on stage 16 of the Tour de France, celebrating a Pyrenean breakaway triumph after riding solo for 35 kilometres.

The Austrian champion was an aggressive presence in a break that only formed around the halfway mark, first bridging from a chase group to a leading trio on the Col de la Core before going solo on the Col de Portet d’Aspet.

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) rode clear from the chase group on the Portet d’Aspet and were just 20 seconds in arrears at the summit. However, that doubled on the wet and treacherous descent, where Fabio Casartelli lost his life on the 1995 Tour but where there were thankfully no crashes on Tuesday.

Konrad still had plenty to do as the road flattened out in the final 20km, not least the Côte d’Aspret-Sarrat, the fourth climb of the day and a sting in the tail at 8.4 per cent over 800 metres.

Gaudu, who’d slotted back into a larger chase group, launched another acceleration there but it was in vain and Konrad safely negotiated the final few wet kilometres to raise his arms in Saint Gaudens.

Colbrelli got the better of Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) in the sprint for second place, neither taking top honours but both making inroads on green jersey Mark Cavendish in the points classification.

Despite a frantic and fluid first half of the stage, it turned into a quiet day for the general classification contenders, although it did spark back into life on that short final climb. As Simon Geschke looked to set up his Cofidis teammate Guillaume Martin, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) accelerated away and almost inadvertently split the bunch, taking 15 riders away with him.

All the overall contenders were present and correct, but still the Belgian champion, with Jonas Vingegaard tucked in the wheel, drove it all the way to the line, where the GC riders sprinted home for the minor placings more than 12 minutes after Konrad had arrived.

Even yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar, whose UAE Emirates teammates had overcome a tricky start to impose a relaxed tempo for most of the day, launched a full-spirited sprint alongside Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), despite enjoying an overall lead of more than five minutes.

“This is my first win in the WorldTour and it’s in the biggest race in the world. I’m really speechless,” Konrad said. “This victory is for my family, my friends, all my believers and also for Bora-Hansgrohe, who have always believed in me. To win a stage in the champion’s jersey makes me really proud.

“I was already in three breakaways here and was waiting until the finale, which was always not the best decision. When Mohoric won, he went really early and when Mollema won, he went really early, so I said to myself ‘if I get in this situation again, I will be that guy’. I gave it a try and I’m happy it worked out.”

How it unfolded

The stage stopped before it started, with the riders negotiating a pause to proceedings at the end of the neutral zone in order to take off layers. The start village was positioned up the top of the mountain at 2,000 metres’ altitude and the neutralized roll-out was essentially a 19-kilometre descent, with all the riders wrapped up against the single-digit temperatures. Once they’d stopped and taken off their warmers, the stage was waved underway and road continued downhill.

It was another fast and frantic start, with the race not properly settling into a pattern until the intermediate sprint in Vic d’Oust at the half-way mark. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was a solo early attacker, getting a gap and holding it all the way to the first of the day’s four climbs, the category-2 Col de Port – 11.4km at 5.1 per cent.

The front of the bunch had been fluid and active, with a couple of small groups enjoying brief stints off the front, but the attacks intensified on the climb. Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) attacked and was joined by Asgreen’s teammate Mattia Cattaneo, and they made it across to form a leading trio 43m from the top.

Behind, the accelerations were non-stop, and Pogačar was active, even shutting some gaps himself. A nine-man chase group went clear on the upper slopes but their lead was wiped out over the top of the climb, as the peloton crested 35 seconds behind the lead trio and three minutes ahead of a gruppetto that contained Mark Cavendish and the other sprinters.

The subsequent descent was wet and treacherous, with Asgreen riding onto the grass verge and nearly crashing at one point. Chris Juul-Jensen (Teamm BikeExchange), who’d been in that nine-man attack, continued to push hard down the descent, and his efforts saw the leaders brought back and the bunch back together, although it was heavily strung out.

With 100km to go, they were spat out into the valley, where the strung out bunch began to split. Three of Pogačar’s teammates – Vegard Stake Laengen, Rafal Majka, and Mikkel Bjerg were caught out, along with Richie Porte and Dylan van Baarle from Ineos.

There was an extended stretch in the valley ahead of the intermediate sprint, which drew out Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious). They briefly sparked a six-man move, before joining in another counter-attack once another lead group had form. That lead group was a trio of Juul-Jensen, Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies), and Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) and they reached the intermediate sprint with a lead of several seconds as Bakelants claimed maximum points ahead of Doubey and Juul-Jensen.

Half a minute later, Matthews outsprinted Colbrelli to take the next best haul, crossing the line in a group with Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën), Pierre-Luc Périchon (Cofidis), Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), and Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels). That chase group soon swelled to 11 after Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), and Alex Aranburu (Astana) escaped the bunch ahead of the sprint.

The peloton itself eased on the run-in to that sprint, allowed the group of riders dropped in the split to rejoin, as the gap to the leaders grew out.

With 81km to go, the second climb of the day began, the Col de la Core – 13.1km at 6.6 per cent. The leading trio established an advantage of 45 seconds before Konrad decided to take matters into his own hands by attacking solo and bridging across 3.5km from the top. The Austrian champion set about pushing on, causing Juul-Jensen to be dropped 2km from the summit. Further down the road, Gaudu took responsibility and his pace split the group, with Bonnamour, Colbrelli, and Skujins the ones able to follow at first, before Périchon, Aranburu, Rota, and Matthews came back.

Back in the bunch, UAE had numbers again and set Stake Laengen to work as they finally imposed control on proceedings and the gap grew to seven minutes,. However, about half-way up, EF Education-Nippo took over, riding for second-placed Urán.

At the summit, Konrad led the new leading trio over the top, ahead of Bakelants and Doubey, with the leading chasers at just 10 seconds. The peloton followed at 6:50, and the gruppetto, which had regained contact ahead of the climb before falling away again, at 9:20.

On the descent, the chase group reformed, with the exception of Cosnefroy, and chased the leading trio through the valley at 35 seconds. With 39km to go, the front three hit the last major climb, the category-2 Col de Portet d’Aspet (5.4km at 7.1 per cent) with a lead of 25 seconds, while the peloton had slipped to 9:15.

After a kilometre or so, Konrad appeared unhappy with the pace and decided to attack, quickly moving clear. Bakelants dug in as Doubey drifted back to the chase group, where Juul-Jensen was dropped. When Konrad’s lead reached the minute-mark, Gaudu had no choice but to hit out and raise the tempo. Only Bonnamour and Colbrelli were able to follow the Frenchman as they eased past Bakelants, but then Bonnamour lost contact. Colbrelli clung to Gaudu’s wheel as his green jersey rival Matthews tried to limit the damage behind.

Konrad crested the Ported d’Aspet alone, but his lead had been slashed as Gaudu and Colbrelli followed at 25 seconds. Another 20 seconds behind was a chase group with Matthews, Skujins, Bonnamour, Bakelants, and Rota. Back in the peloton, UAE led the way with a relaxed tempo as the gap grew to 12 minutes by the summit, where Wout van Aert appeared to lead Jonas Vingegaard downhill.

The subsequent descent, where Fabio Casartelli lost his life during the 1995 Tour, was made even more treacherous by the rain, and Colbrelli was distanced by Gaudu, although both lose ground to Konrad. As the road flattened out with 23km to go, the Austrian had 40 seconds in hand, with Colbrelli and Gaudu not far in front of the chase group that had swelled to seven after Périchon and Aranburu rejoined on the descent. Those groups came together with 15km to go, by which point Konrad had a one-minute lead.

With 7.5km to go, Konrad hit the Côte d’Aspret-Sarrat, the final climb of the day and a sting in the tail at 8.4 per cent over 800 metres. He had a lead of 1:13 and only lost 13 seconds as he grinded up in the big ring while Gaudu attacked from behind. Skujins tried to drive it over the top but the chase group reformed for the run-in, where it soon became apparent they’d be scrapping for the minor placings.

As Konrad ticked off the wet final few kilometres, Périchon jumped from the chase group but was swamped on the line and was just pipped for the podium places by Colbrelli and Matthews.

When the bunch hit the final kicker, it suddenly came to life, with Simon Geschke setting up Cofidis teammate Guillaume Martin before Van Aert came up with an ostentatious move that took him clear of the rest. He almost couldn’t believe it, but when he looked around it turned out he’d forced a split. There were 16 riders in the move, but none of the riders in the top 10 on GC missed it. Still, Van Aert, with Vingegaard in the wheel, drove it all the way to the line, even if the real battles will come with the major two summit finishes on Wednesday and Thursday.

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

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