La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 02 [FULL STAGE]

August 21, 2016
La Vuelta 2016 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE] – Ourense – Baiona – 168,8 (Flat stage)

The 2016 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race is the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and it will be the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.

Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) claimed the second Vuelta a Espana stage win after claiming victory on stage 3 atop the Mirador de Ézaro. Geniez was the last man standing of a breakaway that went clear in the opening kilometres of the stage.

Movistar’s Ruben Fernandez got permission to attack from his two leaders and followed Geniez in for second place at 21 seconds back, enough to secure him the race lead. His teammate Valverde come home in third five seconds later with Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) for company.

Geniez made it into the breakaway in the opening 20 kilometres along with six other riders on what was a blisteringly hot day for all involved. He was initially distanced by several attacks on the first climb of the day the Alto de Lestaio but he fought back to mop up the points for the lead of the mountains classification.

The Frenchman looked by far the strongest of the three that remained out front when they hit the final climb, dropping his two companions before launching his bid for glory just before the toughest section of the ascent. As the other escapees were mopped up by what remained of the peloton, Geniez hung on for victory.

Behind, Movistar appeared in control of the situation as Fernandez’s pace caused fractures in the group. Those able to hang on initially were Quintana, Valverde and Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange). Team Sky were nowhere to be seen but Froome dragged himself back into contention in the final metres of the climb, while others such as Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) gave away time. With the line in sight, Fernandez was given the green light to head up the road, giving him the glory of wearing the red jersey for at least a day, while Valverde now sits in second place at seven seconds.

How it happened

There was plenty of climbing to consider in the latter part of the stage but the first challenge for the riders to contend with was the scorching heat. The potential for a breeze off the Atlantic would be a comforting thought for some. Michal Kwiatkowski was the new holder of the red jersey for the day after taking it from his teammate Peter Kennaugh at the end of stage 2.

The riders were given a military escort through the neutral zone before the flag dropped after almost nine kilometres. Interest in making the day’s break was high, with a spot in the mountains jersey a high possibility and the lure of a stage win always there. After plenty of action, a serious move began to form with over 10 kilometres of racing done.

Gatis Smukulis and Simon Pellaud (both IAM Cycling), Jerome Cousin (Cofidis) and David Arroyo (Caja Rural) kicked off the move soon after an eight-man attack was brought to heel. Alexandre Geniez (FDJ), Pieter Serry (Etixx – Quick Step) and Rudiger Selig (Bora-Argon18) soon joined them to bring their number to seven in total.

With everything still relatively close in the overall standings, most of the escapees were a threat of some form to the leader’s jersey. They were given little more than five minutes to work with as Team Sky set the pace in the main bunch with Tinkoff sitting close in their wheels.

The opening half of the 174km stage was reasonably flat with a few unclassified, but steep, climbs dotted along the way. The third category Alto de Lestaio at the 109km point kicked off the most challenging part of the day and sparked the first big moves from the breakaway group. Cofidis’ Cousin struck out on the steep and narrow ascent, bringing Pellaud in his wheel. The two quickly distanced some of the flagging companions who were not as well suited to the gradients that they faced.

First Serry and then Geniez clawed their way back up to the pair but no sooner had the later made contact he was in trouble again as Pellaud upped the pace. Geniez came back again but the young Pellaud was already well on his way to taking the full complement of points at the top of the climb and move himself into equal first place in that competition with Geniez close behind.

Geniez steps up

Rather than sit up and wait for his companions to join him and help him make the juncture to the next ascent, Pellaud decided to go it alone. The Swiss man got heartbreakingly close to claiming the points at the top of the second climb the Alto das Paxareiras when he was caught by Serry and Geniez with 22km to go.

Geniez and Serry would go on to battle it for the maximum points with Geniez edging out the Etixx-QuckStep rider by the tiniest of margins. Pellaud would mop up the final point but Geniez had done enough to secure the mountains jersey for FDJ for another day. Behind, the peloton finally began setting up their own chase and cut the gap to 3:30 by the top of the ascent. The pace would prove too much for Tejay van Garderen (BMC) and he lost touch on the Paxareiras.

Pellaud would make it back to the two out front and the three still held over three minutes with less than 10 kilometres to go. However, a headwind would make their task a much trickier prospect. Meanwhile, Astana’s main man Miguel Angel Lopez suffered a heavily fall in the bunch on a straight stretch of road. The Colombian came down on his front and took some time to get going again, losing precious time as he got himself back to his feet.

At the start of the day, most wouldn’t have given a breakaway a chance at taking victory with plenty more interest behind in the bunch, but with still over two minutes the gap as they it the final climb they could sense the victory coming. There was a sense of panic in the bunch indicated the by the sight of race leader Kwiatkowski leading the group up the opening metres of the ascent.

Geniez had looked in trouble earlier in the day but he appeared the strongest when the race hit the 30 per cent gradients of the final climb. As big a presence they had in the opening metres, Team Sky were nowhere to be seen when the climb got tough as Movistar took up the pace setting, splitting the group to pieces. Big losers in the split were Contador and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo).

Fernandez was the key player for Movistar and he was rewarded with his hard work with an opportunity to attack and take the leader’s jersey while Geniez held on for the stage victory.

Results :

1 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4:28:36
2 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:21
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:26
4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
5 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:32
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data 0:00:44
8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:54
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
10 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
11 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
12 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:56
13 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
14 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:02
16 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:01:06
17 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
18 José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:11
20 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:13
22 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
24 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:15
25 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:18
26 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:19
27 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ
29 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:24
30 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 0:01:25
31 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:27
32 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:30
33 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:32
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
35 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
37 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha
38 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
39 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
40 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
41 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
43 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:38
44 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
45 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:01:43
46 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:01:46
47 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:50
48 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:57
49 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:59
50 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
51 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:02
52 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
53 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
54 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
55 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:02:20
56 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
57 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:25
58 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:35
59 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:02:37
60 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:40
61 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:46
62 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:03
63 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:03:04
64 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:03:22
65 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
66 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
67 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida
68 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
69 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:03:54
70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida
71 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:04:10
72 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:04:18
73 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 0:04:19
74 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:21
75 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:23
76 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
77 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling
78 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
79 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:38
80 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:50
81 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:04:54
82 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:05:05
83 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
84 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:05:17
85 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:05:19
86 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 0:05:34
88 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 0:05:36
89 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:06:11
90 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:17
91 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:06:28
92 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 0:06:32
93 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
94 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
95 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:52
96 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:07:02
97 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:07:03
98 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:07:10
99 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling
100 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:07:26
101 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
102 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
103 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:33
104 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:53
105 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:07:55
106 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
107 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
108 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:10
109 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:08:18
110 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:08:29
111 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
112 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:09:23
113 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
114 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha
115 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:09:27
116 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
117 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
118 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:42
119 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:09:58
120 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 0:10:00
121 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:10:09
122 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:10:40
123 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:11:03
124 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
125 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
126 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 0:11:41
127 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
128 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:12:06
129 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:12:08
130 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:12:14
131 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 0:12:17
132 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:12:31
133 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
134 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:12:33
135 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
136 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:06
137 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:14:12
138 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
139 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 0:14:35
140 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:14:43
141 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
142 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team
143 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
144 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha
145 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
146 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
147 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
148 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
149 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
150 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
151 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
152 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin
153 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
154 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
155 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
156 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
157 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
158 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
159 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
160 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
161 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
163 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
164 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
165 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
166 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
167 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
168 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:14:59
169 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 0:15:02
170 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:15:15
171 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 0:15:28
172 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
173 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:15:37
174 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 0:15:42
175 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:15:48
176 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
177 Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha 0:15:52
178 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:00
179 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 0:16:11
180 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 0:16:26
181 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:17:12
182 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 0:17:33
183 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 0:17:56
184 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
185 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
186 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
187 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
188 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:18:29
189 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team
190 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange 0:18:32
191 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:51
192 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:19:00
193 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
194 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:19:17
195 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
196 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
197 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:19:28
DNF Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin

General Classification after Stage 2:

1 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 9:16:07
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:07
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:11
4 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange 0:00:17
5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:46
7 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:47
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:00:51
9 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:58
10 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:01
11 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange 0:01:23
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:01:31
13 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:34
14 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:01:35
15 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:43
16 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data 0:01:46
17 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:50
18 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:52
19 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:02:01
20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:03
21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:07
22 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
23 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:08
24 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:02:09
25 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ
26 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:13
27 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:02:14
28 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
29 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
30 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:25
31 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:02:26
32 José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:27
33 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
34 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
35 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:28
36 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:29
37 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:02:34
38 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha
39 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:37
40 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:44
41 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:45
42 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 0:02:49
43 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:52
44 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:02:57
45 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:03:01
46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:03:03
47 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:05
48 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:07
49 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:11
50 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:12
51 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:16
52 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:03:17
53 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:18
54 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
55 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:21
56 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:03:39
57 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:03:45
59 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:56
60 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:57
61 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:04:02
62 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:07
63 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:04:10
64 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:22
65 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 0:04:31
66 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:50
67 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:05:00
68 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:05:01
69 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre – Merida 0:05:15
70 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:18
71 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 0:05:21
72 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
73 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:05:37
74 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:41
75 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:05:42
76 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:44
77 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:05:56
78 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:59
79 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:06:01
80 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:06:10
81 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:06:15
82 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 0:06:23
83 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
84 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:29
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:06:47
86 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:17
87 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre – Merida 0:07:26
88 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 0:07:27
89 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre – Merida 0:07:29
90 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:07:47
91 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:04
92 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:08
93 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:28
94 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:08:43
95 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 0:08:47
96 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:08:57
97 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:08:58
98 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:08:59
99 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:09:03
100 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 0:09:06
101 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
102 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:14
103 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:28
104 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:09:33
105 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:10:00
106 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 0:10:03
107 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 0:10:48
108 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 0:10:52
109 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:53
110 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:11:02
111 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:11:09
112 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 0:11:27
113 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:11:40
114 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:11:44
115 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Team Katusha 0:12:14
116 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:12:20
117 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:12:28
118 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:12:30
119 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:34
120 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:13:02
121 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 0:13:04
122 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:13:13
123 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:13:14
124 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:13:16
125 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:13:22
126 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:31
127 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:46
128 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 0:13:50
129 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 0:13:52
130 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 0:14:07
131 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:14:13
132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:14:36
133 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:14:40
134 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:14:50
135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
136 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:14:55
137 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:15:16
138 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 0:15:41
139 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
140 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 0:15:45
141 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:55
142 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:16:02
143 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 0:16:13
144 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 0:16:23
145 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:16:31
146 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha
147 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:40
148 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:41
149 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 0:16:53
150 Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha 0:16:54
151 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:17:02
152 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
153 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:17:18
154 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:17:23
155 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team 0:17:44
156 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:17:46
157 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:18:04
158 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:18:07
159 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:18:15
160 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:18:40
161 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:18:42
163 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:18:46
164 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:18:51
165 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:19:00
166 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-BikeExchange 0:19:03
167 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:19:06
168 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:19:12
169 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 0:19:13
170 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:19:16
171 Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:19:21
172 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:19:46
173 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 0:20:04
174 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 0:20:09
175 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
176 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:20:22
177 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:20:33
178 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:20:36
179 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:20:41
180 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:20:56
181 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:58
182 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:21:34
183 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:21:36
184 Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie 0:21:50
185 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:58
186 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ 0:22:03
187 Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:22:10
188 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky 0:22:18
189 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team
190 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-BikeExchange 0:22:50
191 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:23:00
192 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:23:08
193 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:23:43
194 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:52
195 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 0:24:09
196 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:24:23
197 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:25:44