Tour of the Basque Country 2021 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE]

April 10, 2021

Tour of the Basque Country 2021 – Stage 6 – Ondarroa – Arrate (Eibar) : 111,9 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.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) went on the attack to expose, crack and distance Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) to secure overall victory at the Itzulia Basque Country race during the final hilly stage 6 to Arrate.

Roglič got away from UAE Team Emirates mid-stage and produced a gutsy brave ride to take overall victory.

Tadej Pogačar tried to pace McNulty in the pursuit of Roglič but then abandoned the American when he suffered on the steep Krabelin climb, to start a chase of his fellow Slovenian and a podium place, with other riders sitting on his wheel all the way to the finish.

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) went on the attack on the final climb and then took the stage victory with Roglič happy to finish just behind him, also with his arms in the air, having won overall. Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Nippo) was also in the move but was cruelly distanced on the climb to the finish atop Arrate and finished out of the top ten.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) brought home the chase group, just ahead of Pogačar at 35 seconds but Roglič had stolen the day. In the final overall classification, he finished 52 seconds ahead of his Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard, who marked Pogačar all the way to the finish to take second place. He also won the best young rider prize, with Jumbo-Visma taking all the jersey and team classification.

Pogačar got some reward for his chasing, finishing third overall at 1:07. Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers ) was fourth at 1:26, one second ahead of Gaudu.

I’m incredibly happy to win this stage in the Basque Country. I haven’t had a major win for a while. It doesn’t happen everyday that you finish with Primoz Roglič, he’s such a strong rider and his work was very important for my win,” Gaudu said after exchanging a huge with the Slovenian after their double victory.

“It was a hard day out there. I was very motivated for it and with the help from my team, we got the cake in the end.”

How it unfolded

With 3,200 metres of climbing in just 112km of racing over seven categorised climbs, the final stage was always going to be explosive and decisive for overall victory. It was no surprise that most teams warmed-up on the rollers for the fast start and intense racing.

The two short early climbs inspired several attacks, with Carthy especially active. An early break formed but the speed was so high they were not allowed to get away and other riders used every opportunity to jump across and swell the numbers up front. The attacks were a clear warning of what was to come.

Over the top of the Azurki climb after 23km, Enric Mas (Movistar), Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation), Hugh Carthy (EF), Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroen), Omar Fraile (Astana-Premier Tech) and Antwan Tolhoek (Jumbo-Visma) created a serious attack and had UAE worried.

Next up was the Elosua-Gorla climb after 35km and the battle for GC turned very serious.

Mark Padun (Bahrain) and Carlos Verona (Movistar) were the first to get across, indicating the UAE pace was not very fast. Then Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and more importantly Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma) went across. UAE sent Marc Hirschi to mark the moves but that left just Diego Ulissi and Rafa Majka to help with the chase.

The climb hurt, with just 30 or so riders up front, but the big surprise came over the top and on the fast descent with 70km to race. Astana upped the pace and Roglič made sure he was on their wheels, while McNulty and Pogačar hesitated and were caught too far back.

Suddenly the fight for the GC was on and Roglič sensed his chance.

Other riders came across to them and with Fraile riding flat out for Izagirre, Movistar for Valverde and Bahrain for Mikel Landa, they distanced McNulty and Pogačar and closed in on the early break. By the time the descent was over, the gap was up to 20 seconds. It was the moment the race was lost.

With alarm bells ringing at UAE Team Emirates, they called back Hirschi to help with the chase. However it was a high-speed pursuit match and the Pogačar group was stronger and more determined. The gap went up to 30 seconds on the valley road. Pogačar took over the chase but the gap would never fall again.

Pogačar worked to help McNulty but the young American’s current ability was cruelly exposed on the steep Krabelin climb. He lost contact on the steepest middle sector and Pogačar was told via team radio to push on alone. His problem was that he had already worked in the pursuit and was 30 seconds behind.

He reduced the gap to 20 seconds at the summit but Roglič attacked to slim down his group, weather only Gaudu and Carthy able to hold the pace. They worked together on the descent and valley roads as Pogačar could only pick up stragglers and freeloaders.

Up front Roglič used his trialing skills to push out his lead and also swept up six bonus seconds at the two intermediate sprints. Gauydu and Carthy sat but even began to share the work when the gap reached a minute, knowing their reward would be a chance of the stage victory.

As the kilometres to the final climb ticked down, Pogačar tried to lead the chase but the gap stayed at a minute as his frustrations grew. Valverde attacked several times on the rolling roads near Ermua but he was brought back, with only Adam Yates helping Pogačar with the work.

Behind McNulty valiantly tried to chase and was in reach of the Pogačar group for a while but then suffered and slipped to 1:30 behind. He was at 3:00 when the final climb started.

As soon as the Arrate climb began to hurt, Gaudu accelerated away, cracking Carthy. Roglič managed to get on his wheel and suddenly, with Pogačar at 55 seconds, the outcome of the stage and the race was clear.

The two rode together on the climb, agreeing a sharing of the spoils rather than attacking each other.

After losing overall victory at the Tour de France to Pogačar in the final time trial and then losing Paris-Nice on the final day due to crashes, Roglič did what others had done to him and pulled off an impressive final stage victory.

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

Final General Classification :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 19:11:36
2 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:52
3 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:07
4 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:26
5 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:27
6 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:28
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:33
8 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:17
9 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange 0:02:38
10 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:59
11 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:03:16
12 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:04:19
13 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:05:01
14 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:32
15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:54
16 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:05:57
17 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:46
18 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:04
19 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:09:37
20 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Israel Start-up Nation 0:09:46
21 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:12:02
22 Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:13:17
23 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:15:38
24 Fabio Aru (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:16:24
25 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:16:46
26 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:58
27 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:17:04
28 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:17:14
29 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:17:30
30 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:18:43
31 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:20:12
32 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:21:22
33 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:22:47
34 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:04
35 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:23:56
36 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:24:42
37 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:25:00
38 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:25:04
39 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:17
40 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:25:50
41 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:08
42 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers 0:28:52
43 Jon Agirre Egaña (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
44 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:30:40
45 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:30:56
46 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:31:00
47 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:31:05
48 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:31:19
49 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:31:24
50 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:31:36
51 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:32:32
52 Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:33:07
53 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:34:49
54 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:35:05
55 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:35:52
56 Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:35:55
57 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:36:27
58 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:37:33
59 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation 0:37:37
60 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:37:45
61 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:38:11
62 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:38:31
63 Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM 0:38:45
64 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:39:12
65 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:39:41
66 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:40:32
67 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:40:53
68 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 0:41:55
69 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-up Nation 0:42:11
70 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:42:53
71 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:43:11
72 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team 0:43:48
73 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:44:24
74 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:44:25
75 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:45:13
76 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:45:14
77 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:45:50
78 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:46:38
79 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:47:37
80 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team 0:47:41
81 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 0:47:48
82 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:48:32
83 Mikkel Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:49:14
84 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:49:23
85 Felix Gall (Aut) Team DSM 0:50:04
86 Einer Rubio Reyes (Col) Movistar Team 0:50:27
87 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:50:59
88 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 0:51:00
89 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:51:11
90 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:54:34
91 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:56:09
92 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:56:40
93 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech 0:57:27
94 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:57:46
95 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:58:24
96 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:00:59
97 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:01:05
98 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos 1:02:07
99 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:02:35
100 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 1:03:09
101 Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal 1:07:26
102 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:07:57
103 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 1:10:14