Tour de Romandie 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

April 30, 2021

Tour de Romandie 2021 – Stage 3 – Estavayer – Estavayer : 168,7 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.

Marc Soler (Movistar) won stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie with an attack on the day’s final climb, gaining enough time to become the new overall leader of the race.

The incumbent leader, Rohan Dennis (Ineos Grenadiers), suffered a crash unseen by television cameras sometime near the end, and finished in a group behind the peloton, conceding the yellow jersey to Soler.

“It was a very hard stage, especially with the rain and cold all during the stage. There were a lot of attacks on the last climb,” Soler said. “I kept mine for the key moment and it went well.

“It gives me confidence and morale for what’s coming up at the Giro. Now we’ll try to defend yellow and see how far we can go. It’s not a lot of time considering the Ineos riders are so strong in the time trial but we’ll give it our maximum tomorrow.”

Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo) won the sprint for second ahead of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) from a peloton that had been reduced to no more than 30 riders after a tough day of hills and miserable weather.

Soler launched his move on the final ascent of Les Granges, around 10km from the finish, after the likes of Michael Woods (Israel-StartUp Nation), Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) had tried and failed to go clear.

Beginning the day 23rd on GC at 27 seconds, Soler was a threat on GC, but despite the best efforts of the chasing GC teams he managed to hang on to win by 22 seconds. Added to the bonus seconds earned for winning the stage, he now holds an advantage of 14 seconds ahead of Geraint Thomas, Richie Porte (both Ineos Grenadiers) and Sonny Colbrelli in second, third and fourth respectively.

Dennis slips out of the top ten after his crash, but could still have an important job to do in service of Thomas and Porte on tomorrow’s queen stage, provided he feels no ill-effects from his injury.

Before the final climb, it looked as though the two remaining riders from the day’s seven-man break, Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) and Kobe Goossens (Lotto-Soudal), had a chance of surviving. But Küng crashed on a descent leading to the final climb, hitting the ground hard and sliding across the slippery road surfaces made wet from a day of rainfall. Thankfully he was able to remount, but his chances of winning the stage were over.

Goossens continued to ride ahead alone but was brought back on the final climb, where the flurry of attacks ending with Soler’s race-winning move were made.

How it unfolded

Patrick Bevin (Israel-StartUp Nation), who was second overall, was the highest-profile of a number of non-starters, which was a shame as the Kiwi would have been one of the favourites for what looked likely to be another reduced bunch sprint.

Although two climbs were featured in the 35km circuit around Estavayer that was tackled three times in the finale, neither of them was especially hard, giving the sprinters a good chance of surviving and controlling the race.

Having threatened to do so throughout the race, the heavens at last opened for what was a wet third stage of the Tour de Romandie.

The miserable conditions didn’t discourage riders from trying to get into the break, however, and the opening kilometres were fast as the fight to do so ensued.

Seven managed to go clear on the first climb of the day, including Swiss time trial stars Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) and Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo). With them were Kobe Goossens (Lotto-Soudal), Sander Armée (Qhubeka Assos), Matthias Reutimann (Swiss Cycling), Charles Quarterman (Trek-Segafredo) and Johan Jacobs (Movistar).

Küng and Goossens were the highest on GC at 1-19 from Rohan Dennis’ time, meaning Ineos Grenadiers once again had to be careful not to let them gain too much of an advantage.

Having gained a maximum advantage of over four minutes, it was brought back to around two minutes and remained around that distance.

Goossens gained maximum points over the first ascents of both the climbs and also gained the bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint, which made him the virtual leader just ahead of Küng.

Aware that the Filippo Ganna-led peloton had upped the tempo, the breakaway pushed on after the peloton had looped round to take on the climbs for the second time, and Goossens, Küng, Bissegger and Jacobs dropped the other three.

Ineos slowed the pace down on the climbs themselves, allowing the break’s advantage to grow up towards 2:30, and prompting Bora-Hansgrohe to take control at the front instead, with a potential Peter Sagan stage win in mind.

At the penultimate crossing of the finish line to mark the beginning of the last lap, the gap between the leading quartet and the peloton (where Sonny Colbrelli’s Bahrain-Victorious team had also offered assistance) was at 2:20.

With Bora-Hansgrohe and Bahrain-Victorious both committed to bringing the break back, the gap finally started to rapidly fall again and had been reduced to about half a minute by the start of the penultimate climb of the day.

Once the break reached the climb, Küng upped the pace and dropped Bissegger and Jacobs, and reached the top with just Goossens for company.

But Küng’s chances of making it to the finish were over in a flash, however, when he fell on a right-hand turn on the following descent. It was a dramatic crash, and Küng slid several yards over the wet slippery surface, but thankfully he was OK to continue.

That left Goossens out front alone, and he still held an advantage of 40 seconds by the time he hit the final climb of the day.

On the climb, there was some activity from the GC men, as the likes of Michael Woods (Israel-StartUp Nation) and Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech), Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) and Fausto Masnada (Deceuninck-QuickStep) all put in speculative attacks.

Ineos Grenadiers were surprisingly absent at the front of the peloton during this flurry of activity, and it soon transpired that the yellow jersey Rohan Dennis had crashed unseen by the cameras, tearing his shorts and suffering a gash to his right thigh.

These attacks were enough to bring back Goossens, who was caught as the top of the climb approached.

Marc Soler (Movistar) attacked after the catch was made, and made it to the top with a gap of a few seconds ahead of a chasing Ion Izagirre (Asana-Premier Tech), who was a further few seconds ahead of a thinned-out peloton.

With 5km to go Soler was looking very strong and held a gap of 30 seconds over the peloton, and 22 seconds over Izagirre, who was about to be swallowed up.

Soler continued to hold his pace all the way to the finish and crossed the line with a shushing finger-to-his-lips gesture by way of celebration.

He’ll now aim to retain the yellow jersey over the final weekend of racing, starting with tomorrow’s queen stage in the mountains, although it remains to be seen whether that stage will go ahead completely as planned in light of the recent weather conditions.

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

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