Tour of the Basque Country 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

April 7, 2021

Tour of the Basque Country 2021 – Stage 3 – Amurrio – Ermualde (Laudio) : 167,7 km

While half of the peloton batters themselves over cobblestones in Flanders and Northern France, the other half will head to the Basque Country in search of some sunnier solace and an opportunity to finetune their form ahead of Grand Tour season. With two Slovenian giants on the startline in Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar, plus a back-breaking route that includes a handful of the region’s most infamous climbs, we’re pretty much guaranteed an epic six days of racing. The Tour of the Basque Country is a six-day stage race characterised by short, snappy stages over hilly terrain. The climbs in this region may not be as high as those seen in the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France, but they are a hell of a lot steeper and – in some cases – ramp up to eye-watering gradients of 25%. Make no mistake, this is a race for the mountain goats. The Basque rider will be back this year eager to defend his 2019 title, but with the likes of Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič and Adam Yates also set to take to the startline, a successful title defence looks almost impossible.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) took the victory on the tough hilltop finish of Ermaulde on stage 3 of Itzulia Basque Country, striking back at his countryman and rival Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) as the general classification contenders came to the fore on the double-digit gradients above Laudio.

The final 500 metres of a climb dominated by the duo saw Roglič make the decisive move from a group of six, bringing Pogačar with him before the Tour de France champion moved to the front of the dash to the line to claim his fifth win of 2021.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the sprint for third place, five seconds further back, with Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) completing the top five at the same time deficit.

The Slovenian duo were expected to be the headline act on the 20 per cent slopes and didn’t disappoint as they swept past a late attack group a kilometre into the climb. Nobody behind was able to match them, though a slackening of pace saw them reabsorbed 500 metres later.

Pogačar repeated the move soon after, bringing only Roglič with him before the pair were once again brought back by a four-man chase group a kilometre out. In the end, it was Roglič’s acceleration that settled the day, though he just missed out on taking a second stage win at the race in three days.

The result sees Roglič continue to hold the race lead heading into the fourth stage of six on Thursday, though Pogačar has now chipped another four seconds off the gap, moving to second place overall at 20 seconds. Yates now lies third, 39 seconds back.

How it unfolded

The third stage of the 2021 Itzulia Basque Country would see the peloton take on a 167.7-kilometre stage from Amurrio north to a hilltop finish at Ermaulde in Laudio. Two third-category climbs and an intermediate sprint lay across the initial two-thirds of the day, before an action-packed finale.

From the intermediate sprint at Laudio, 23 kilometres out, there would follow an unclassified hill, the short and sharp second-category Malkuartu and then the three-kilometre climb to the finish at Ermaulde, which averages a 10 per cent and features stretches of brutal 20 per cent gradients.

Despite riders attacking from the off, it took some time for the break of the day to form. The riders were over the first climb of the day and almost 20 kilometres into the stage before seven men made it away from the peloton.

Mikkel Honoré (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Theo Delacroix (Interlarché-Wanty Gobert), Larry Warbasse (AG2R Citroën), Oier Lazkano (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Daniel Navarro (Burgos-BH), Gotzon Martin (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Felix Gall (Team DSM) were the men in question, quickly moving away and building up their lead. By the 130-kilometre to go mark, as the riders rode along the Gorbeia plateau, their advantage had grown to over three minutes.

Back in the peloton, Jumbo-Visma were making the pace on behalf of race leader Roglič, with the Dutch team controlling the gap ahead of the finale and a chance for the Slovenian to extend his lead. The break managed to extend their advantage to six minutes at the 100-kilometres to go mark, but with the GC men ready to battle later on, their chances of staying out to the end were slim.

EF Education-Nippo (for Sergio Higuita), Team BikeExchange (Esteban Chaves), and Israel Start-Up Nation (for Michael Woods) joined Jumbo-Visma up front inside the final 80 kilometres, the squads working to chip away at the gap to the seven leaders.

With 50 kilometres to go, it was back down to four minutes, with Movistar (for Valverde) and Bahrain Victorious (for Landa) also putting in work. The pace in the peloton only went up as the riders neared the final section of the stage, though there was little incident until Lazkano made a bid for glory at the 26-kilometre mark.

The 21-year-old, who hails from Gasteiz – the host city of Thursday’s stage 4 – pushed on alone to take the intermediate sprint at 22-kilometres to go, quickly making half a minute on his break-mates as the peloton lay a minute further behind.

Back in the peloton, Ineos Grenadiers moved to the front for their leader Yates, with Groupama-FDJ (for David Gaudu) and AG2R Citroën (for Ben O’Connor) also put in an appearance. The remains of the break were duly caught at 15 kilometres to go, though Honoré pushed on in pursuit of Lazkano.

The Caja Rural man hit the Malkuartu just 15 seconds up on the Groupama-FDJ led peloton, with Honoré’s day out front ending at the bottom of the climb. Lazkano’s battle ended on the steepest slopes of the 2.5-kilometre climb, with Israel Start-Up Nation taking over leadership at the front of the race in his stead.

No attacks came on the penultimate climb, however, with the Israel-based squad controlling the pace over the top ahead of a series of other GC-focussed teams. At the rear of the peloton, Trek-Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema was a major casualty as he dropped 10 kilometres out.

Astana-Premier Tech moved to the front on the descent through the forest, lining out the reduced peloton as they sped towards the climb to the finish. The bottom of the descent saw a strong group of four clip off the front in Amurrio, with EF-Nippo men Magnus Cort and Sergio Higuita making the move along with Aurelien Paret-Peintre (AG2R Citroën) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers)

Woods and Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) both went down on a corner in the town, both out of contention for the finish with the Dutchman coming off worse as the Canadian managed to get back up and continue. Up front, the four leaders led the way onto the climb, with Team BikeExchange chasing just behind as Mauri Vansevenant (Deceuninck-QuickStep) jumped across.

The lead quartet were brought back as Pogačar and Roglič moved to the front of the rapidly thinning 2.7 kilometres from the line. Carapaz continued to push on, though, winching his way up the 20 per cent slopes as the two Slovenians led the chase in what was already an elite group of climbers.

Pogačar and Roglič made their move at the 2.1-kilometre mark, sweeping past Carapaz in slow motion with little response from their competitor on the leg-burning gradients. The race leader sat on his rival’s wheel as, metres back, the chasing group battled their way across with Yates, Landa and Vansevenant bringing the duo back.

At 1.5 kilometres to go, Pogačar struck out once more, once again bringing Roglič with his as the gradient eased. 500 metres later, Gaudu came across the gap with Yates, Landa and Valverde making it six up front.

Roglič launched another move at 500 metres to go, powering away from the rest on an uphill rise with only Pogačar able to follow. The pair were away for good this time, though it was Pogačar who came out on top, moving to the front in the closing 200 metres to claim the stage.

Results :
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 4:04:50
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:05
4 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
5 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
6 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:08
7 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:16
8 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
9 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
10 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:18
11 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:20
12 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
13 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
14 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:32
15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
16 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
17 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:00:34
18 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:36
19 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
20 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:50
21 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie
22 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:01:03
23 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
24 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
25 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
26 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:10
27 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:20
28 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:22
29 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
30 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:40
31 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM
32 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:56
33 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
34 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie
35 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
36 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:59
37 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
38 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:32
39 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
40 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:02:38
41 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers
42 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
43 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:00
44 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie
45 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation
46 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
47 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:04
48 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:17
49 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:24
50 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:03:35
51 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:40
52 Victor de la Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie
53 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie
54 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
55 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
56 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis
57 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:50
58 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:10
59 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:25
60 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
61 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
63 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH
65 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis
66 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
67 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
68 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:48
69 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:23
70 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:05:25
71 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:10
72 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:06:20
73 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
74 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
75 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
76 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team
77 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma
78 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
79 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
80 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
81 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
82 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
83 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:07:28
84 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos
85 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:07:40
86 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:42
87 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:05
88 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
89 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:12
90 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
91 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
92 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
93 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:08:14
94 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
95 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
96 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Burgos-BH
97 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
98 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
99 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
100 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
101 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
102 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:08:35
103 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:08:36
104 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
105 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
106 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious
107 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
108 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
109 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:08:48
110 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie
111 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM
112 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:08:50
113 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:08:55
114 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:09:11
115 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:39
116 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange
117 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:09:43
118 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:09:46
119 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:09:48
120 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
121 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:10:36
122 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:11:31
123 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
124 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation 0:11:43
125 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
126 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH
127 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange
128 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
129 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:11:45
130 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 0:11:47
131 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
132 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
133 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:55
135 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
136 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
137 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
138 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
139 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
140 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
141 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
142 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
143 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
144 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:42
145 Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
146 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
147 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:13:32
148 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
149 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
150 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-Nippo
151 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos
152 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
153 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:13:36
154 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
155 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
156 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
157 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:13:41
158 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:13:44
159 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:38
160 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:16:05
161 Alexander Evans (Aus) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:21:45
DNS Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange
DNS James Whelan (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
DNS Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 8:07:48
2 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:20
3 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:30
4 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:39
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:50
6 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:54
7 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:00
8 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:08
9 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:09
10 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
11 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:19
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:21
13 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:29
14 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:33
15 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:01:35
16 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:38
17 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:39
18 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:01:51
19 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange 0:02:08
20 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:10
21 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:02:58
22 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:12
23 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:03:41
24 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:03:47
25 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:03:49
26 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:51
27 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
28 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:03:54
29 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:04:11
30 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:04:13
31 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:04:21
32 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:23
33 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:29
34 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
35 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:32
36 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:04:50
37 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:51
38 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:05:04
39 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:05
40 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:05:19
41 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:05:29
42 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:39
43 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:57
44 Victor de la Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:06:14
45 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie
46 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:32
47 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:06:54
48 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:56
49 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:33
50 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH
51 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:42
52 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:07:56
53 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:08:01
54 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:03
55 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:08:28
56 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:08:34
57 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:49
58 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:08:56
59 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:06
60 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:10
61 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:09:58
62 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:10:14
63 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM
64 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:10:16
65 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:32
66 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:10:49
67 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:11:01
68 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:11:49
69 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11:52
70 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:12:12
71 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:15
72 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:12:37
73 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:38
74 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:43
75 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers 0:12:56
76 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:01
77 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM 0:13:02
78 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:13:10
79 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:18
80 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:13:26
81 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:13:32
82 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:13:33
83 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:14:05
84 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:14:21
85 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:14:26
86 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:14:35
87 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:14:54
88 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:59
89 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:15:08
90 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:26
91 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:15:43
92 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:15:44
93 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:15:46
94 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation 0:15:51
95 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:04
96 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:12
97 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 0:16:13
98 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:16:15
99 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH
100 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:16:35
101 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:40
102 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 0:16:43
103 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:55
104 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:16:59
105 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:17:12
106 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:17:17
107 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:17:23
108 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:17:37
109 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:17:48
110 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:18:07
111 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
112 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:18:12
113 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:18:26
114 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:18:36
115 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:18:41
116 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:18:57
117 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:18:58
118 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:19:00
119 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:19:02
120 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:07
121 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:19:18
122 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:19:24
123 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:19:30
124 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:19:33
125 Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:19:46
126 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:20:36
127 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:21:10
128 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:21:20
129 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:21:27
130 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 0:21:28
131 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:21:40
132 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:21:45
133 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:21:49
134 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team 0:22:01
135 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:09
136 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:22:14
137 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:22:24
138 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:22:51
139 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
140 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:23:01
141 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:23:06
142 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH 0:23:11
143 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:23:30
144 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:24:08
145 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:24:32
146 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:24:34
147 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:24:40
148 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:24:47
149 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:24:49
150 Jon Irisarri Ricon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:24:50
151 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:24:57
152 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:26:17
153 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:26:34
154 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:27:46
155 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:28:29
156 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:28:30
157 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:29:09
158 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:29:30
159 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 0:29:44
160 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:39:47
161 Alexander Evans (Aus) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:43:51