La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 09 [LAST 10 KM]

August 22, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 9 – Puerto-Lumbreras – Alto de Velefique : 188 km

As the final Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España is seen by many as a last chance saloon for those riders who have failed to hit their seasonal objectives. In reality the race is much more than that, often surpassing the other two three-week races in terms of action and edge-of-your-seat entertainment. This is a race with the steepest summit finishes in professional cycling, the anything-can-happen transitional stages, the unlikeliest breakaway victories and the most fiercely fought GC battles seen anywhere on the racing calendar. If you ever thought the Vuelta was inferior, think again. This year’s route is typical of La Vuelta, with mountainous stages in the Spanish Pyrenees and rugged Basque Country peppered throughout the race. Can the defending champion, take a third successive title and score a historic hattrick? Or will we see a new victor emerge?

Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) enjoyed a fantastic solo victory atop the Alto de Velefique on stage 9 of the Vuelta a España, attacking out of the breakaway 71 kilometres from the finish to add another high-mountain victory to his palmares after his Alpe Motta triumph at the Giro d’Italia in May.

The Italian was the only man from the escape – which took over half the stage to get away – to survive ahead of the general classification favourites. Race leader Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) extended his lead in the overall, crossing the line 1:05 after Caruso, leading Enric Mas (Movistar) home after the pair had dispatched with the remainder of the GC contenders.

Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) led the chasers across the line another 39 seconds down, with Miguel Angel López (Movistar) and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) on his wheel. The latter’s team leader Egan Bernal endured a day to forget, though, dropping in the final kilometres and crossing the line alongside Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) at 2:10, 1:05 behind Roglič.

Caruso had made the day’s breakaway of 11 past the midway point of the multi-mountain stage but decided to go it alone on the 29-kilometre Alto Collado Venta Luisa, aware that Ineos Grenadiers were pushing the pace behind.

He was over 1:30 up on his former companions at the top, and wouldn’t see another rider before the finish, heading into the climb to the finish with four minutes in hand over the peloton – enough to stay away and enjoy the fourth win of his 13-year pro career.

“It’s a lot. I went because I knew Ineos was doing a really hard tempo and I said ‘OK before they catch me I want to do a breakaway, maybe alone’,” Caruso said after the stage. “I didn’t expect the gap would get bigger kilometre by kilometre. It’s still unbelievable what I did. It was an amazing feeling and a repeat of this feeling after the Giro is incredible for me.

“The last climb was so long. I always try to keep my focus on my own tempo. Only in the last few kilometres I realised I can win today.

“I’m sorry for Mikel [Landa losing time], but today was a really hard stage for everyone. I heard something on the radio, but I was just focused on my tempo.”

Back in the peloton, the big moves didn’t come until the final nine kilometres of the stage, with Roglič and Yates among the most active riders in a small group of favourites. At five to go, Yates made what was the decisive GC move, drawing out Roglič and Mas, who soon outpaced him and struck out as a duo.

Yates settled in to making the pace in a four-man chase group, though his team leader Bernal – who was never among those leading the attacking – only looked in difficulty in the final kilometres, eventually dropping away in the run to the line and shedding precious time.

Heading into the first rest day, Roglič now leads the race by 28 seconds ahead of Mas, having added three seconds to his lead. López is third overall at 1:21, 21 seconds up on fourth-placed Haig. Bernal in fifth is the last man within two minutes of the lead, lying 1:52 down.

Caruso, having picked up a plethora of mountain points during the course of the day, will now don the blue and white polka dot jersey, lying on 28 points to Romain Bardet’s (Team DSM) 22 points.

How it unfolded

The ninth stage of the Vuelta a España saw the riders head back to the mountains, this time for the toughest stage of the race so far, with an especial-category summit finish at the Alto de Velefique (13.2km at 6.4 per cent), which featured in the race for the first time since 2017 – and the first time as a finale since 2009.

Before they would tackle that climb, though, the riders would have to take on three others in the shape of the second-category Alto de Cuatro Vientos (10.5km at 3.8 per cent), the first-category Alto Collado Venta Luisa (29km at 4.4 per cent), and the Alto Castro de Filabres (7.1km at 3.9 per cent), with the latter coming 29 kilometres from the line.

As you might expect, the battle for the breakaway was in stark contrast to stage 8, which saw three ProTeam riders jump away with no difficulty at the start. This time, a 50kph opening hour illustrated the battle for the break of the day.

Team BikeExchange’s Robert Stannard was the first man to try and get away, but the breakaway wouldn’t be established until after just over 100 kilometres of racing. The first climb of the day, the Alto de Cuatro Vientos, saw a strong group jump away, with Bardet and Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) among the riders off the front as the peloton exploded under the hard pace behind.

Poels took the maximum five points over the top, but the move was brought back on the descent as Rafał Majka (UAE Team Emirates) led a counterattack. Down in the valley, more riders tried a move, and finally, the break was established.

Stannard was among them, and he was accompanied by Bardet, Majka, and former race leader Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo) in joining up with Groupama-FDJ duo Oliver Le Gac and Rudy Molard and Giro d’Italia runner-up Caruso out front.

The group of seven swelled to 11 soon after as Lilian Calmejane (AG2R-Citroën Team), Angel Madrazo (Burgos-BH), Julen Amezqueta (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM) also made the move, with the Jumbo-Visma-led peloton deciding they were happy to let them ride off into the day’s main breakaway.

With Molard the best-placed man in the overall classification at 5:09 down, there was little danger to race leader Roglič’s red jersey from the break. On the lower slopes of the Alto Collado Venta Luisa, the break had 3:40 as Ineos Grenadiers moved to the front to help control the situation and bring the gap down.

At 71 kilometres to go and with 13 kilometres of the climb left to run, Caruso set off alone, blowing up the break as Majka and Bardet reacted behind. The Italian crested the summit 1:30 up on his chasers, taking 10 points at the top as Bardet grabbed six to move to 20 points and the virtual lead of the mountain classification.

Meanwhile, the peloton, which was already scooping up members of the break, crossed the top two minutes down as Caruso flew down the steep descent towards the next climb of the day. At the bottom he was two minutes on the chasers – Majka, Bardet, Tusveld, and Amezqueta – and another half minute up on the peloton.

Caruso was still solo at the top of the Alto Castro de Filabres, taking three KOM points while Bardet took two. The Italian lay 2:25 ahead of the four chasers – Bouchard having bridged across in the meantime while Tusveld dropped back – and 4:20 ahead of the peloton, which had really knocked off the pace with Jumbo-Visma back on the front.

The Alto de Velefique

At the base of the final climb, the peloton, which was around 40 to 45 riders strong, had shed a further 50 seconds to Caruso, who looked on course to add another summit victory to his Alpe Motta win at the Giro with his pursuers 3:30 down.

The chase group split on the lower slopes – the steepest of the climb – with Amezqueta being left behind and Bardet suffering a dropped chain to lose contact with Bouchard and Majka.

Back in the peloton, current KOM leader, Ineos Grenadiers’ Pavel Sivakov, took over from Jumbo-Visma’s Sam Oomen at the front as the two squads dominated the head of the rapidly reducing group. At the 10-kilometres to go mark, Bernal had Sivakov, Dylan Van Baarle, Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz with him, while Roglič was with Sepp Kuss and Steven Kruijswijk.

Another pre-race favourite, Bahrain Victorious’ Mikel Landa, was in trouble at the rear of the peloton, dropping off the rear with Poels and Mark Padun pacing him. Just over a minute up the road, Bouchard was busy leaving Majka behind, while Caruso was still pushing on 4:30 ahead of the peloton.

Adam Yates made the first move from the GC group, jumping away at nine kilometres to go as López and Kuss followed him and Kruijswijk went to the front of what was then an 11-man group. The group wasn’t together for long, though, with Roglič accelerating eight kilometres out, bringing Bernal and Mas with him.

At seven kilometres to go, Caruso remained 3:30 up the road, though Bouchard was still 30 seconds ahead too as Bardet and Majka were caught. Another attack by Yates split the group once more, with Roglič, Bernal, Mas, and López going with him.

Things came back together at six to go, with Carapaz, Kuss, Kruijswijk, Ciccone, Haig, Felix Großschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) among those making their way back to Roglič’s group.

Yates went once again soon after, flying past Bouchard and drawing out Mas, López, and Roglič, who led the chase. The Briton was in trouble after Mas and Roglič caught him, while his teammate Bernal was further back, unable to respond to any of the big moves.

The Colombian settled into the next group on the road behind Mas and Roglič, along with Yates, Haig and López. The quartet lay 15 seconds down as the GC men rode into the final three kilometres, with Yates leading the chase.

In the final two kilometres, Bernal was in trouble, dropping off the rear of the group and causing Yates to ease the pace in response. Up ahead, Mas and Roglič shared the work to extend their advantage.

At the head of the race, Caruso could savour his victory, riding untroubled into the final kilometre and adding another Grand Tour stage win to his palmarès with an extended victory celebration as he wheeled across the line.

Roglič followed just over a minute later, once again putting time into all of his rivals – including his companion Mas, who was the only rider within a minute of the race lead at the day’s end.

Results :
1 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 5:03:14
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:05
3 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:06
4 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:44
5 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team
6 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
7 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:07
8 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:10
9 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
10 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:40
11 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
12 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:43
13 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:45
14 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:03:39
15 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:48
16 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash
17 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
18 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team
19 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:03:56
20 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:16
21 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:05:04
22 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious
23 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
24 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
25 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:20
26 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:07:56
27 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:01
28 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM
29 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
30 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:08:32
31 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:09:08
32 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:31
33 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:10:51
34 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:11:07
35 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:12:28
36 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
37 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:13:31
38 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange
39 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:32
41 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:14:37
42 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers
43 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
44 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
45 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash
46 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:16:49
47 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
48 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:43
49 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:21:04
50 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
51 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:21:34
52 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:22:35
53 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:22:49
54 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
55 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
56 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
57 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:22:53
58 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:23:17
59 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
60 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
61 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
62 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
63 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
65 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
66 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:24:55
67 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:02
68 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:26:35
69 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
70 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:27:07
71 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
72 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:27:46
73 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
74 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
75 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:28:13
76 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
77 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
78 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:28:36
79 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
81 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
82 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
83 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
84 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
85 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo
86 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
87 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
88 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal
89 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
90 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo
91 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
92 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange
93 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
94 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
95 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo
96 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
97 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
98 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
99 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
100 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates
101 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:29:00
102 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
103 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:29:18
104 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:30:12
105 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:31:45
106 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo
107 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
108 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
109 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
110 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:31:52
111 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:32:52
112 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
114 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:32:55
115 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal
116 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH
117 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash
118 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
119 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
120 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
121 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash
122 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
123 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
124 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
125 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
126 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation
127 Connor Brown (NZl) Qhubeka NextHash
128 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM
129 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo
130 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
131 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
132 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos-BH
133 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
134 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
135 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM
136 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
137 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM
138 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
139 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
140 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
141 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
142 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash
143 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
144 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:33:46
145 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
146 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo
147 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo
148 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:33:58
149 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:34:38
150 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:34:57
151 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:38:04
152 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
153 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
154 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
155 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe
156 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
157 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
158 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
159 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
160 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
161 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
162 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
163 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
164 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
165 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
166 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
167 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
168 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
169 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:40:31
170 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe
171 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
DNF Sergio Roman Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
DNF Johan Jacobs (Swi) Movistar Team

General Classification after Stage 9 :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 34:18:53
2 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:28
3 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:21
4 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:42
5 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:52
6 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:07
7 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:39
8 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:02:40
9 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:25
10 David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:55
11 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech
12 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:04:00
13 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:05
14 Fabio Aru (Ita) Qhubeka NextHash 0:04:36
15 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:05:35
16 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:05:47
17 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:52
18 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:40
19 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:10
20 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:09:39
21 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:10:57
22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:11:24
23 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:18:09
24 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:14
25 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:14
26 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:24:05
27 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:24:31
28 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:24:58
29 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:28:44
30 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:29:46
31 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:30:20
32 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:32:46
33 Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:32:52
34 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:33:12
35 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:33:18
36 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:33:37
37 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:33:43
38 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:35:16
39 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:36:19
40 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
41 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Qhubeka NextHash 0:36:43
42 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:37:30
43 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:37:50
44 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:38:12
45 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team BikeExchange 0:39:04
46 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:39:19
47 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers 0:39:49
48 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:40:31
49 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:42:55
50 Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:43:05
51 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM 0:44:02
52 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:44:47
53 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:45:34
54 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:48:25
55 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:48:41
56 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:48:45
57 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:48:48
58 Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:48:51
59 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:49:08
60 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:49:10
61 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis 0:50:24
62 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:50:26
63 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:52:14
64 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:52:35
65 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:53:22
66 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:54:55
67 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:55:00
68 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:55:27
69 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates 0:55:28
70 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo 0:56:02
71 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:56:39
72 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:57:21
73 Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix 0:57:30
74 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:57:44
75 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:57:56
76 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:58:19
77 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:58:45
78 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:59:20
79 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:59:23
80 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 1:01:14
81 Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 1:02:07
82 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 1:02:46
83 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:03:08
84 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:03:13
85 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 1:04:49
86 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:04:52
87 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 1:05:40
88 Damien Touze (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 1:06:50
89 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:07:05
90 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 1:07:21
91 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 1:07:44
92 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:07:45
93 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo 1:08:22
94 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 1:08:49
95 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:08:51
96 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Education-Nippo 1:09:03
97 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 1:09:20
98 Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:09:30
99 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:09:35
100 Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix 1:09:52
101 Sander Armée (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 1:10:32
102 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:10:33
103 Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 1:10:53
104 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:11:00
105 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 1:11:24
106 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:12:37
107 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo 1:13:05
108 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis 1:14:10
109 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 1:14:23
110 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 1:14:38
111 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 1:14:39
112 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 1:14:42
113 Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:15:31
114 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:15:57
115 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 1:16:16
116 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 1:16:36
117 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:17:08
118 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 1:17:10
119 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 1:17:18
120 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:17:56
121 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:18:22
122 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:18:46
123 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 1:18:59
124 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 1:19:32
125 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:19:51
126 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 1:20:06
127 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Qhubeka NextHash 1:20:24
128 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:20:32
129 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:20:41
130 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 1:20:44
131 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 1:21:26
132 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 1:21:58
133 Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:22:10
134 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:22:20
135 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:22:30
136 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 1:22:35
137 Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:22:40
138 Connor Brown (NZl) Qhubeka NextHash 1:23:09
139 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Qhubeka NextHash 1:23:30
140 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
141 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Qhubeka NextHash 1:23:33
142 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 1:23:42
143 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 1:23:48
144 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 1:23:49
145 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 1:24:15
146 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis 1:25:07
147 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 1:25:17
148 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) Israel Start-up Nation 1:26:38
149 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 1:27:21
150 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:27:25
151 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix 1:27:26
152 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 1:27:47
153 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 1:28:02
154 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:28:24
155 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 1:28:30
156 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:28:33
157 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:29:06
158 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:29:56
159 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM 1:30:39