Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2021 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

March 22, 2021

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2021 – Stage 1 – Calella – Calella : 178,4 km

After suffering a COVID-19-related hiatus last year, the Volta a Catalunya is back and ready to celebrate its landmark centenary edition. To mark such a grand occasion, the organisers have concocted a leg-breaking route that features one individual time trial and no less than six exhausting days over hilly and mountainous terrain. Make no mistake, this is a race for the mountain goats and with riders like Richard Carapaz, Simon Yates and João Almeida set to line up, we’re guaranteed a series of epic climbing showdowns on the race’s toughest stages. The question is, who’s going to come out on top? With its debut edition dating all the way back to 1911 the Volta a Catalunya is one of cycling’s oldest races, older even than the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Nice and the Vuelta a España. Now on its 100th edition, the race has firmly established itself as a climber’s paradise

Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) won stage 1 of the Volta a Catalunya after he proved the quickest of a four-man break at the finish in Calella. The neo-professional delivered a well-judged sprint to beat Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana Premier Tech) to the line and claim the first leader’s jersey of the race.

The decisive move forged clear with 23km remaining, when Sanchez took advantage of a lack of cohesion in the reduced peloton to jump clear, and he was promptly joined by Kron, Rémy Rochas (Cofidis) and Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe). The quartet combined well to take advantage of the lack of organisation behind to build a maximum lead that touched 45 seconds.

Although Ineos shaved that advantage back towards the half-minute mark in the closing kilometres, the sustained chase effort came too late to deny the escapees. Kämna, mindful of his limitations in the sprint, attempted to jump away with 2km remaining, but he was unable to shed himself of his companions and he found himself compelled to lead them out.

Sanchez was tucked on Kämna’s wheel in the finishing straight, where he repeatedly glanced over his shoulder to check on the location of the chasers. The Spaniard, normally such a canny operator in such situations, perhaps should have been keeping a closer eye on Kron.

The Dane unleashed a crisp effort with 150m to go to claim the stage, while Sanchez had to settle for second. Rochas took third place ahead of Kämna, while Dion Smith (BikeExchange) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious) led the peloton home at 16 seconds.

All of the GC contenders finished safely in that group, though four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation) came in 8:40 down after being dropped on the day’s category 1 climb, the Port de Santa Fe del Montseny.

Kron is in his first season at WorldTour level, and the 22-year-old had already caught the eye with his aggression GP La Marseillaise and Étoile de Bessèges. He showed considerable nous here to spot the opportunities that began to arise once Movistar stopped riding on the front in the finale.

Movistar had whittled the peloton down to 80 or so riders on the category 1 Port de Santa Fe del Montseny, and they had continued to lead over the other side, ostensibly to tee up Alejandro Valverde for stage victory. They ceased working after the road flattened out, however, and no team stepped up to take their place.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos) and Fausto Masnada (Deceuninck-QuickStep) were part of a sizeable group that briefly opened a gap on the undulating terrain in the last 30km, but the key move came just after they were brought back. Sanchez and Kämna were the established names in the break, but it was the neophyte Kron who carried the day.

“It’s fantastic. It’s my first WorldTour stage race and my first WorldTour stage win,” said Kron. “It’s crazy, it’s fantastic, I cannot say anything, it’s just fantastic. We rode fantastic as a team today. We had Sylvain [Moniquet] in the break and it’s also the mountains jersey for him and then I came in the break and won the sprint. it’s incredible, fantastic.”

Kron holds a lead of 4 seconds over Sanchez and 6 over Rochas in the overall standings, with the GC contenders at 26 seconds ahead of Tuesday’s 18.5km individual time trial in Banyoles.

How it unfolded

The opening phase of the stage was animated by Gotzon Martín (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Rein Taaramae (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Natnael Berhane (Cofidis) and Sylvain Moniquet (Lotto Soudal), who escaped in the opening kilometres and built a maximum lead of 4:20 over the peloton.

Their advantage began to drop shortly after the road started to climb, however, and their advantage was down to 2:45 by the time Taaramae led the quartet over the summit of the Port de Les Guilleries.

Bora-Hansgrohe, who have Peter Sagan in action in Catalonia this week, were to the fore ahead of the day’s main obstacle, Port de Santa Fe del Montseny, before Movistar took over on the climb itself. The Spanish squad’s forcing shed the peloton of some of the fast men, Sagan included, while Froome was visibly in difficulty at the back of the race for much of the ascent and was eventually distanced shortly beyond the summit.

By that point, Moniquet was the only rider left in front, with the Belgian summoning up just enough strength to fend off the peloton and claim the king of the mountains points at the top. Movistar led the reduced front group down the other side before relenting their effort in the finale.

It made for a disjointed peloton, with the front end of the race fragmenting and reforming on several occasions inside the final 30km. Thomas, Masnada and Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) were part of a group that opened a small gap with 26km to go, while Marc Soler (Movistar) and George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) were prominent in the pursuit, but the move never established a foothold.

Sanchez sensed his opportunity with 23km to go, jumping clear with Kron, Kämna and Rochas for company. Stevie Williams (Bahrain Victorious) later made a spirited attempt to forge across, but the Welshman fell just short of catching them. Behind, nobody was immediately willing to commit to the chase, and the leading quartet had a lead of 40 seconds by the time they crested the top of the Port de Collsacreu with 13km to go.

On the run-in, Trek-Segafredo and, particularly, Ineos were prominent in ensuring the escapees’ advantage was at least kept to a minimum, but with 5km to go, it was already clear that the winner would come from the leading quartet, who took full advantage of the tailwind in the finale. After Kämna’s move was snuffed out with 2km to go, Sanchez looked the favourite, but Kron showed strength and poise to take the honours.

Results :
1 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 4:20:15
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
3 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis
4 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:00:16
6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
7 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
10 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo
11 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation
13 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
14 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
15 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team DSM
17 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
18 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
20 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
21 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
22 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
23 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
24 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
25 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
26 Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
27 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
28 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
29 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
30 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
31 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
32 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
34 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation
35 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
36 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
37 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
38 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
39 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis
40 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
42 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
44 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
45 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
47 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
48 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
50 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
51 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
52 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
53 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
54 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
56 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
58 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo
59 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo
60 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
61 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
62 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
63 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
64 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
65 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious
66 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
67 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
68 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
69 Daniel Alejandro Mendez Noreña (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma
70 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
71 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
72 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
73 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma
74 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
75 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
76 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
78 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
79 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
80 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
81 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:34
82 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:01:04
83 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:16
84 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:51
85 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 0:05:35
86 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
87 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:08:30
88 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
89 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
90 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
91 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech
92 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Rally Cycling
93 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic
94 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
95 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
96 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
97 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
98 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis
99 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
100 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
101 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
102 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling
103 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos
104 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
105 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
106 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
107 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
108 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates
109 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
110 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
111 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
112 Nathan Brown (USA) Rally Cycling
113 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
114 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
115 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
116 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
117 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:11:08
118 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
119 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team
120 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
121 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
122 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
123 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
125 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
127 Savva Novikov (Rus) Equipo Kern Pharma
128 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos
129 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:13:04
130 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM
131 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
133 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
134 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
135 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
136 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:14:34
137 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
138 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
139 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling
140 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
141 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
142 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
143 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
144 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
145 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
146 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling
147 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
148 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
149 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
150 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team
151 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
152 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
153 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
154 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
155 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
156 Jonas Wilsly (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
157 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
158 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
159 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:19:42
160 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
161 Connor Brown (NZl) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:20:18
162 Alexander Evans (Aus) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:21:02
163 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
164 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:23:17
165 Karel Vacek (Cze) Team Qhubeka Assos
DNF Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 4:20:05
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:04
3 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:06
4 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:10
5 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:00:26
6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
7 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
10 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-Nippo
11 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation
13 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo
14 Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
15 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team DSM
17 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
18 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Harold Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana-Premier Tech
20 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
21 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
22 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
23 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
24 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
25 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team DSM
26 Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
27 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
28 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
29 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
30 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
31 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
32 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
34 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation
35 Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
36 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
37 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
38 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
39 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis
40 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
42 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
44 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM
45 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates
47 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
48 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
49 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech
50 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal
51 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
52 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
53 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
54 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
56 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange
58 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo
59 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo
60 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
61 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
62 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
63 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
64 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
65 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious
66 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
67 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
68 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
69 Daniel Alejandro Mendez Noreña (Col) Equipo Kern Pharma
70 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
71 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
72 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
73 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma
74 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
75 George Bennett (NZl) Jumbo-Visma
76 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
78 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
79 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
80 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
81 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:44
82 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:01:14
83 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:26
84 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:03:01
85 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 0:05:45
86 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
87 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:08:37
88 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:08:40
89 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
90 Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
91 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
92 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech
93 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Rally Cycling
94 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic
95 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
96 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
97 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
98 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
99 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis
100 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
101 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
102 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
103 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling
104 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos
105 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
106 Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
107 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
108 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious
109 Andres Camilo Ardila Ordoñez (Col) UAE Team Emirates
110 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
111 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
112 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
113 Nathan Brown (USA) Rally Cycling
114 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
115 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
116 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
117 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis 0:11:09
118 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:12
119 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:11:18
120 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team
121 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-up Nation
122 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
123 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
125 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
127 Savva Novikov (Rus) Equipo Kern Pharma
128 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos
129 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:13:14
130 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM
131 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
133 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
134 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
135 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
136 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:14:44
137 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
138 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Team Qhubeka Assos
139 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling
140 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
141 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
142 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
143 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
144 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
145 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
146 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling
147 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
148 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
149 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
150 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team
151 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
152 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
153 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
154 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
155 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious
156 Jonas Wilsly (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
157 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
158 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
159 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:19:52
160 Frederik Wandahl (Den) Bora-Hansgrohe
161 Connor Brown (NZl) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:20:28
162 Alexander Evans (Aus) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:21:12
163 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
164 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:23:27
165 Karel Vacek (Cze) Team Qhubeka Assos