Tour de Romandie 2021 – Stage 4 [LAST 5 KM]

May 1, 2021

Tour de Romandie 2021 – Stage 4 – Sion – Thyon 2000 : 161,3 km

With the Spring Classics now done and dusted, it’s time to head to the Swiss Alps for the Tour de Romandie and one last stage-racing hurrah before the Grand Tour season officially begins. This year’s route features a record-breaking 12,500m of climbing as well as two individual time trials, making it a perfect warm-up for those riders targeting the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tour de Romandie is back and will take place just a week before the first Grand Tour of the season – the Giro d’Italia – is set to start. To mark the Tour de Romandie’s return to the calendar, its organisers have concocted a grueling route with over 12,500m of climbing spread across six days of racing. Considering two of these six days are individual time trials, we’re in for some incredibly hilly days in the saddle.

Michael Woods claimed victory on a dramatic queen stage of the Tour de Romandie, as Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) crashes in the final 50 metres of the final climb to squander the overall lead.

The Ineos rider lost control of his bike as the pair sprinted for the line at Thyon 2000, his hand slipping from his handlebar as he rose from the saddle.

As he crumpled to the floor, Woods celebrated and Ben O’Connor nipped past for second place, with Thomas picking himself up to finish third at 21 seconds.

With Marc Soler (Movistar) dropped and finishing ninth at 53 seconds, Thomas had appeared set to inherit the leader’s yellow jersey but the crash leaves him second overall at 11 seconds.

He’ll be expected to recoup that time in Sunday’s final time trial but it was a sour note to end what had been a fine display on the wet and foggy 20km final climb.

Thomas’ bizarre crash was the final twist in a tumultuous day of racing in yet more miserable conditions. The stage had already been moved forward two hours to avoid the forecasted snow, and the descent from the penultimate climb of Suen – itself a category-1 ascent – was neutralized mid-race due to the thick fog and wet conditions.

There was potential controversy as the seven-man breakaway were led down at a faster rate and gained more than a minute before the race was opened up again. Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo), who started the day just 59 seconds down, saw hopes of the stage win and an unlikely yellow jersey but his brave effort ended when his legs emptied just under 5km from the summit of the final climb.

In the end, the neutralization made no difference to the overall complexion of the race, as Woods attacked from the thinning GC group and flew clear. Thomas initially stayed with Soler and his teammate Richie Porte – third overall – but attacked with just over 3km to go and made his way past earlier attackers Lucas Hamilton (BikeExchange), Fausto Masnada (Deceuninck-QuickStep), and O’Connor on his way over to Woods.

Thomas then drove the pace for the final two kilometres, looking to maximize his GC gains, as Woods managed to hold the wheel. Going into the final 200 metres, Woods started to open for the stage win but Thomas managed to move back alongside. Woods kicked again, at which point Thomas rose from the saddle, but his right hand suddenly slipped from the hoods, his front wheel turned and slipped on the wet surface, and he crumpled to the floor.Woods punched the air as O’Connor came past before a grimacing Thomas dragged himself to the line.

Woods now leads the Tour de Romandie by 11 seconds from Thomas, with O’Connor third at 21 seconds. Soler slips to fourth at 33 seconds, with Porte rounding out the top five at 36 seconds.

How it unfolded

The 161km stage started out with an early category-3 climb at Chamoson, where Joel Suter (Swiss Cycling) extended his lead in the mountains classification on the climb where he’d collected so many points on stage 1.

However, by the day’s end, the jersey would slip from his shoulders as one of his main rivals in the classification, Kobe Goossens (Lotto Soudal) slipped into the day’s breakaway. Swiss Cycling had Simon Pellaud in the move, who mopped up many of the points on the subsequent climbs, but that didn’t stop Goossens from collecting enough to take the jersey.

Goossens had a teammate in the seven-man break in Matthew Holmes, and the other four representatives were Cort, Josef Cerny (Deceuninck-QuickStep) Simone Petilli (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) and Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Israel Start-Up Nation).

They built a lead of six minutes over the second climb of the day, the 13km category-1 ascent to Anzères, where Pellaud took maximum points but Goossens helped himself to the next best haul. The descent was followed by the short category-3 climb at Lens, where the same situation played out.

After another descent, there were some 40km on two loops of a valley road around the start town of Sion, where the time gaps remained stable. Cort won the first intermediate sprint to gain not only points but also a time bonus to reduce his virtual overall deficit to 56 seconds.

With just over 50km to go, the stage intensified, with the Suen climb – 13.6km at 6.8 per cent – preceding the summit finish at the Thyon ski resort. Schmidt was dropped from the break, as his teammate Chris Froome was dropped from the peloton.

Otherwise the two groups made their way steadily up into the fog, which thickened in the final few kilometres to the extent that the race organization took the decision to neutralize the first 3km of the descent. Time gaps were to be frozen at the top of the climb, with cars to guide each group down the other side. The decision appeared to be taken swiftly and communicated clearly but there were question marks over the way it was enacted as the breakaway were led down at a visibly quicker rate than the peloton, which was bunched up behind the director’s car.

By the time both groups had been let loose on the descent’s plateau, what was a gap of 3:45 had extended to almost five minutes. With Goossens also a GC danger at 1:24, it threatened to alter the complexion of the entire Tour de Romandie. That certainly looked the case as the break extended their lead on the bottom section of the descent, taking some 5:45 onto the 21km final climb.

That threat persisted as Movistar – despite a couple of brief interruptions from Ineos – led the bunch but failed to make inroads into the gap for nearly half of the climb. Holmes was quickly dropped from the break, followed by Cerny, as Cort forged clear with Petilli on the lower slopes, leaving Goossens and Pellaud to chase.

14km from the top, the front two had barely lost 20 seconds, but their lead did start to fall and then tumbled when Ineos took over from Movistar through Eddie Dunbar and Rohan Dennis. The pair took the reins with 10km to go and did the damage on the steepest section of the climb, with ramps in the double digits. With 9km to go it was down to four minutes and another minute fell in the next couple of kilometres.

The bunch really shattered when Soler put in a surprise dig with around 7km to go. It was short-lived, but only a dozen or so riders remained. Dennis continued his effort but was forced to pull aside when Hamilton re-opened the hostilities with 5km to go. O’Connor and Woods reacted to form a trio but Woods soon left them behind.

Up the road, Cort was cracking, draining an energy gel in desperation. He was caught by Petilli with just over 4km to go, and then by Woods, who soon flew into the lead.

Thomas then decided to make his move, leaving Porte to mark Soler in a small group with only Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) and Ion Izaguirre (Astana). He breezed past Hamilton, Masnada, and then O’Connor to join Woods, and the pair rode away together in the final 2.5km.

O’Connor dangled just off the back but was distanced when Thomas issued another seated acceleration. Woods sprang from the saddle but never came through, biding his time for a final sprint for the line. His initial surge was matched by Thomas, but when he made his final acceleration he looked around and saw the Ineos rider in a heap.

Results :
1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 4:58:35
2 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:17
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:21
4 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:34
5 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:37
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:42
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:52
9 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:53
10 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:57
11 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
12 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:20
13 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:45
14 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:00
15 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:25
16 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:03:28
17 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:17
18 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:40
19 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:00
20 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:05:34
21 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:05:53
22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
23 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:06:18
24 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM
25 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:06:46
26 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:22
27 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
28 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:36
29 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:08:09
30 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:08:15
31 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
32 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:08:29
33 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
34 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:40
35 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:09:09
36 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:38
37 Mathias Fluckiger (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:10:55
38 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:06
39 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:13:03
40 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:09
41 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:34
42 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:14:27
43 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:14:34
44 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:15:09
45 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:55
46 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:16:29
47 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:15
48 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:17:44
49 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:03
50 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
51 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange
52 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
53 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
54 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
55 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:18:56
56 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange
57 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
58 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
59 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
60 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
61 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
62 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
63 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos
64 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
65 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
66 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
67 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
68 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
69 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
70 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
71 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
72 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
73 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
74 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:20:03
75 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:21:02
76 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
77 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:28
78 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:22:29
79 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:23:10
80 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
81 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:24:26
82 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
83 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:24:36
84 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
85 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:26:04
86 Joel Suter (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:26:15
87 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 0:26:40
88 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:27:23
89 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
90 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:28:35
91 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:29:39
92 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:30:42
93 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis 0:31:54
94 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 0:32:34
95 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Swiss National Team
96 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:32:38
97 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
98 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:33:39
99 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
100 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team
101 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
102 Joab Schneiter (Swi) Swiss National Team
103 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
104 Cyrille Thiery (Swi) Swiss National Team
105 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep
106 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
107 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
108 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
109 Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team
110 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:33:43
111 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
112 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:33:49
113 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:34:10
114 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
115 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
116 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:34:15
117 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:34:39
118 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:34:50
119 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis 0:34:59
120 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:35:24
121 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:35:27
122 Claudio Imhof (Swi) Swiss National Team
123 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:35:58
124 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:37:53
DNF Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
DNF Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal
DNF Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
DNS Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNS Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 17:37:35
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:11
3 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:21
4 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:33
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:36
6 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:45
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:48
8 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:49
9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:04
10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:58
11 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:02:03
12 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:46
13 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:04
14 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:03:28
15 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:37
16 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:06:01
17 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:06:19
18 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:06:21
19 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:06:37
20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:07:01
21 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:07:25
22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:32
23 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:15
24 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:54
25 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:09:13
26 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:19
27 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:42
28 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:32
29 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:10:52
30 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:14
31 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:12:14
32 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:47
33 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:13:52
34 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:00
35 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:07
36 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:22
37 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:17:41
38 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:17:57
39 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:19:04
40 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:19:21
41 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:07
42 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:20:16
43 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:20:59
44 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:21:01
45 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:21:04
46 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:21:05
47 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:24
48 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:22:08
50 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 0:22:56
51 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:23:05
52 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation 0:23:27
53 Mathias Fluckiger (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:23:31
54 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana-Premier Tech 0:24:23
55 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:24:26
56 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:24:52
57 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:25:22
58 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:26:16
59 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:26:44
60 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:27:23
61 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:27:36
62 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:27:47
63 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:28:27
64 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:28:48
65 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:29:10
66 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:30:10
67 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM 0:30:38
68 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:33:03
69 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:33:17
70 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:33:45
71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:34:26
72 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:35:26
73 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:51
74 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:36:53
75 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:37:00
76 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:38:50
77 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 0:39:07
78 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:40:39
79 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:40:45
80 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:41:04
81 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:42:21
82 Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:44:13
83 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:44:34
84 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:45:03
85 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 0:45:07
86 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:45:13
87 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:45:15
88 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:45:17
89 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:47:26
90 Tony Martin (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:49:15
91 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 0:49:30
92 Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:49:43
93 Joel Suter (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:49:44
94 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:49:50
95 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:53:15
96 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis 0:54:13
97 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:56:13
98 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:56:42
99 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:57:16
100 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:58:50
101 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:59:52
102 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:02:16
103 Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team 1:02:40
104 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis 1:03:29
105 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 1:03:46
106 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 1:03:59
107 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:05:34
108 Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 1:06:26
109 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:06:54
110 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:10:31
111 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 1:13:27
112 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 1:14:37
113 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 1:14:42
114 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 1:14:55
115 Joab Schneiter (Swi) Swiss National Team 1:15:45
116 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis 1:15:49
117 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos 1:16:03
118 Cyrille Thiery (Swi) Swiss National Team 1:18:20
119 Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team 1:20:26
120 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:20:48
121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 1:21:27
122 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:21:40
123 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:24:24
124 Claudio Imhof (Swi) Swiss National Team 1:29:01