Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var 2021 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

February 20, 2021

Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var 2021 – Stage 2 – Fayence – Fayence : 175,7 km

The French road racing season will continue this week with the 53rd edition of the Tour de Alpes Maritimes et du Var – a hilly, three-day race that has seen legends like Raymond Poulidor, Joop Zoetemelk and Sean ‘King’ Kelly etch their names onto its winners list. With a Grand Tour-level startlist and a route that guarantees aggressive racing from start to finish, it looks as though we will see another big-name rider join these legends this year. But who will get the honour? The Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var – or the Tour du Haut Var as it was previously known until 2020 – is a notoriously hilly race and one that regularly sees some of the most aggressive and attritional racing seen anywhere amongst the early-season stage races. For the 2021 edition the organisers have ramped up the difficulty factor and added even more hills, turning what was already a grueling race into a proper trial by fire. Here’s an in-depth look at the three stages in store…

Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) used his superb late-effort ability to distance his rivals and win stage 2 to Fayence.

The Canadian lined out the peloton on the steep climb and managed to open a gap to win alone with his arms in the air. It was Woods’ first victory with Israel Start-Up Nation.

Stage 1 winner Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) finished two seconds behind but that was not enough to hold onto the overall race lead.

Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) was third and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) was fourth after the British team lined-out the peloton in the final kilometres.

“It all worked out for me,” Woods said. “My legs hurt but the team did a fantastic job protecting me. It was my first race with the team but it went perfectly; now we want to keep the jersey.”

Woods pulled on the yellow leader’s jersey and will try to protect his one-second race lead on Mollema during the final stage that climbs the Col de la Madone near Nice before the finish at Blausasc.

“Tomorrow will be different and be hard. The Mandone is a hard climb but we have a strong team; we’ll do everything we can to keep it.”

How it unfolded

The 168.9km stage was always going to be a hard day out with different rolling loops around the countryside.

The early break of the day formed after 30km with seven riders, including Canada’s Hugo Houle (Astana-Premier Tech). Also there were Biniam Ghirmay (Delko), Clement Berthet (Delko), Victor de la Parte (Total Direct Energie), Andrea Mifsud (Swiss Racing Academy), Cyril Barthe (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) and Dylan Kowalski (Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Métropole).

The peloton let them open a four-minute lead with Trek-Segafredo riding the tempo to keep them under control. However no other teams really helped the chase, cautious for the hard finale on the circuits south of Fayence.

Ghirmay made sure he was first to the top of the two categorised climbs to secure the mountains jersey post stage. He was later dropped as were other riders with the pace for the stage staying high.

The stage route passed the Mur de Fayence climb twice before the finish, giving the peloton a chance to see the climb and plan their strategy for the final ascent to the finish.

Trek stayed confident, trusting Mollema’s ability, while Ineos lined up behind them, with only Tom Pidcock not riding up front.

Inside the final 10 kilometres and after an exchange of opinions, Van Baarle and Rohan Dennis did two long turns on the front of the peloton to show who was in charge. The other teams preferred to watch and wait for the final climb to the finish.

The break fought hard to hold off the chase, with Houle and Barthe of B&B Hotels giving all they had. However with two kilometres to go, it was finally gruppo compatto and time to fight for the stage victory.

AG2R rode as a unit and worked for Greg Van Avermaet, while Woods, Narváez and Gaudu were well placed up front.

Woods moved to the front as the final 500 metres began. Others tried to match him and hold him but he gradually opened gaps in the line as he pushed himself and others to their limits.

Woods led by several bike lengths as he swung round a late hairpin and then he surged to the line to celebrate an important and significant first win with Israel Start-Up Nation.

Mollema came from behind and closed some of the gap, but it was not enough to stop Woods from taking the yellow jersey.

With no time bonuses awarded at stage finishes, the gap in the general classification remained close, with Sunday’s final stage to decide everything.

A selection is likely to be made on the Col de la Madone but a group will surely form on the descent, with the sprint to the line likely deciding the overall race winner. Mollema has to try to distance Woods on the Madone and his local training roads close to his Montecarlo home, while Woods has to ensure he finishes in the same time as the Dutchman.

Results :
1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 4:16:54
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:02
3 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:04
4 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:07
5 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:10
6 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
7 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:11
8 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:13
9 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB
10 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
11 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
12 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
13 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
14 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation
15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
16 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
17 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
18 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
19 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
20 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
21 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
22 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
23 Ben Tulett (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
24 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
25 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
26 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:21
27 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:23
28 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:24
29 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo
30 Laurens Huys (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:00:27
31 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
32 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00:30
33 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:32
34 Sander Armee (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:34
35 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 0:00:36
36 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:38
37 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:00:40
38 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
39 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
40 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:43
41 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Delko 0:00:49
42 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Bingoal WB
43 Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:00:53
44 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Development Team DSM 0:00:55
45 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00:57
46 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:03
47 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:04
48 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
49 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
50 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
51 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:20
52 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
53 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:32
54 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
55 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko 0:01:37
56 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:40
57 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
58 Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
59 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
60 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
61 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:01:43
62 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:47
63 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
64 Emil Vinjebo (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
65 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
66 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:54
67 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:08
68 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:02:17
69 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
70 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie
71 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
72 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:23
73 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech
74 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:02:37
75 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB 0:02:40
76 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:42
77 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:48
78 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation
79 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:03:02
80 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:10
81 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
82 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 0:03:16
83 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:03:22
84 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:03:41
85 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:23
86 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
87 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:05:28
88 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
89 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
90 Aloïs Charrin (Fra) Swiss Racing Academy
91 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:05:35
92 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
93 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates
94 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
95 Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
96 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:05:38
97 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Delko 0:05:42
98 Clément Carisey (Fra) Delko
99 Andréa Mifsud (Fra) Swiss Racing Academy 0:05:46
100 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:05:51
101 Clément Berthet (Fra) Delko 0:06:01
102 Stuart Balfour (GBr) Swiss Racing Academy 0:08:16
103 Dylan Kowalski (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:08:37
104 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB
105 Yannis Voisard (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:08:43
106 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:48
107 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation
108 Damian Lüscher (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:08:53
109 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:09:06
110 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:09:07
111 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Delko 0:09:11
112 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:41
113 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis
114 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:10:11
115 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:10:17
116 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
117 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
118 Yakob Debesay (Eri) Delko
119 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos
120 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
121 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
122 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:10:21
123 Maxime Urruty (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
124 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
125 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
126 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
127 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis
128 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:10:26
129 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:27
130 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:11:18
131 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
132 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:11:31
133 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:34
134 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
135 Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
136 Reto Müller (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
137 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
138 Leon Heinschke (Ger) Development Team DSM 0:11:42
139 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93 0:11:44
140 Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:11:49
141 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:11:52
142 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo 0:11:59
143 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:12:50
144 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie
145 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:13:44
DNF Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie
DNF Baptiste Bleier (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Mathias De Witte (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 9:07:15
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:01
3 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:07
4 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:10
5 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:11
6 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:00:13
7 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
8 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB
10 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
11 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
12 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
13 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation
14 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
15 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
16 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
17 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
18 Ben Tulett (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
19 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:21
21 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:23
22 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:24
23 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:25
24 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:26
25 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
26 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:29
27 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:32
28 Sander Armee (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:34
29 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:37
30 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00:40
31 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
32 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
33 Laurens Huys (Bel) Bingoal WB
34 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:00:45
35 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Delko 0:00:49
36 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:01:02
38 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
39 Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:04
40 Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:01:16
41 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:38
42 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:45
43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:47
44 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
45 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:55
46 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:59
47 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:02:17
48 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:53
49 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:14
50 Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:03:18
51 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:03:29
52 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
53 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:48
54 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:04:29
55 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:04:47
56 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:05:23
57 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:05:32
58 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko 0:05:42
59 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:59
60 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:06:00
61 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
62 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:06:21
63 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Development Team DSM 0:06:28
64 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation 0:06:31
65 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:06:37
66 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:06:47
67 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:07:06
68 Emil Vinjebo (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
69 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:11
70 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:13
71 Clément Carisey (Fra) Delko 0:07:18
72 Clément Berthet (Fra) Delko 0:07:37
73 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:07:49
74 Thibault Ferasse (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:08:26
75 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:08:46
76 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:55
77 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
78 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:56
79 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation 0:09:07
80 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:09:31
81 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:09:32
82 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 0:09:38
83 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB 0:09:55
84 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:10:39
85 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:10:54
86 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:01
87 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:11:03
88 Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Delko 0:11:15
89 Aloïs Charrin (Fra) Swiss Racing Academy 0:11:37
90 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:11:41
91 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:11:44
92 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:13:02
93 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:13:21
94 Yannis Voisard (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:14:16
95 Stuart Balfour (GBr) Swiss Racing Academy 0:14:25
96 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Delko 0:14:44
97 Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:15:40
98 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
99 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
100 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:15:54
101 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:56
102 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis
103 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:17:04
104 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 0:17:16
105 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis 0:17:36
106 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:17:43
107 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:18:23
108 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:18:59
109 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:19:04
110 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:19:28
111 Adrien Guillonnet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
112 Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:19:35
113 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:20:19
114 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:20
115 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:20:50
116 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
117 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:21:26
118 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:21:29
119 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB 0:22:37
120 Damian Lüscher (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy 0:22:53
121 Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:23:06
122 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:23:07
123 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:23:09
124 Dylan Kowalski (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:23:18
125 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:24:17
126 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos
127 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
128 Maxime Urruty (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:24:21
129 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
130 Yakob Debesay (Eri) Delko 0:24:58
131 Martin Salmon (Ger) Team DSM 0:25:18
132 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
133 Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo 0:25:34
134 Leon Heinschke (Ger) Development Team DSM 0:25:42
135 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:26:15
136 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
137 Matthias Reutimann (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
138 Reto Müller (Swi) Swiss Racing Academy
139 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93 0:26:25
140 Maximilien Picoux (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:26:30
141 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:26:33
142 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo 0:26:40
143 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:27:31
144 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:27:38
145 Andréa Mifsud (Fra) Swiss Racing Academy 0:28:30