La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

September 1, 2021

La Vuelta 2021 – Stage 17 – Unquera – Lagos de Covadonga : 185,8 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?

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) took a decisive stride towards a third successive overall victory at the Vuelta a España when he reclaimed the red jersey by dropping breakaway companion Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) to win atop Lagos de Covadonga on stage 17.

On a rain-soaked afternoon in Asturias, Roglič’s superiority brooked no argument, though the dramatic nature of his victory owed much to the invention of Bernal, who had launched the winning move with an ambitious offensive on the Collada Llomena with some 61km remaining.

Roglič was the only rider with the strength to follow Bernal’s seated acceleration there, and he began to collaborate with his rival in the valley over the other side to extend their lead over the chasers beyond two minutes at one point.

That gap began to come down ahead of the final ascent to Lagos de Covadonga, but Roglič’s showcase was only beginning. He took up the reins definitively with 12km to go, and his resolute forcing would eventually prove too much for Bernal, who allowed a gap to open with 7.6km to go.

Impassive of expression and metronomic of pedalling, Roglič quickly expanded his advantage over Bernal to a minute and it was immediately clear that the stage and the red jersey would be his at day’s end. Behind, the chasing group was whittled down by a flurry of attacks and counter-attacks that eventually brought them up to Bernal, but Roglič had disappeared into the mist, seemingly in a race of his own.

Roglič punched the air with one fist as he crossed the finish line, while his teammate Sepp Kuss won the sprint for second place at 1:36, leading home a group containing Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar), Adam Yates (Ineos), Enric Mas (Movistar), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) and Bernal.

In the overall standings, Roglič is now 2:22 clear of Mas and 3:11 ahead of Lopez. Bernal, for all of his endeavour, gained just one place overall, moving up to 6th, albeit now 4:29 behind Roglič.

That place was gained due to the travails of maillot rojo Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), who crashed as he tried to chase back up to the Mas group on the descent of the Collada Llomena. He eventually lost 9 minutes, but his battling display was relegated to a footnote on an afternoon that belonged resolutely to Roglič.

“In cycling there’s always a risk. A lot of things can always happen,” Roglič said when asked about his decision to follow Bernal’s move rather than allow his team to chase. It was, he added, an instinctive call.

“It’s a race, and in the end, I didn’t think, eh, I just went with him,” he smiled. “Then I was already thinking, ‘It’s quite far, eh, and still quite a hard climb at the end,’ but it was going good. It was a real show, real racing.”

Roglič didn’t even glance over his shoulder when his pace-making dropped Bernal with 7.6km to go, and his cadence scarcely changed either. He simply continued to press on the pedals and the gap stretched out inexorably. Nothing to be done.

“I didn’t decide it, I just tried to ride up the climb as fast as possible,” Roglič said of his approach to the final climb. “At that point, Egan didn’t follow anymore so I just went then alone.”

As simple and as complicated as that. Bernal, for his part, was magnanimous in his appraisal of Roglič’s performance and his own part in the day’s action. “I don’t like to just stay on the wheels, you often have to, but this is real cycling. I’ve been suffering a lot during this Vuelta and finally I had good legs,” he said. “I’m happy to be part of this victory for Roglič because he was brave. He was leading the race and he went with me, and he was taking turns on the flat. He was the strongest today and I’m happy for him.”

How it unfolded

The sheer volume of climbing meant this was always liable to be one of the most demanding days on this Vuelta, and the tone was set in the opening hour of the stage, where a reduced peloton covered almost 50km and no breakaway managed to establish itself.

A sizeable move eventually forced its way clear on the first of two ascents of La Collada Llomena, where Michael Storer (DSM) led over the top and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) attacked from the peloton, but it was already apparent that this stage would be disputed by the men with designs on overall victory.

Jumbo-Visma’s pace-making brought the break to heel on the second time up La Collada Llomena, before Ineos Grenadiers took over in a bid to tee up Bernal’s long-range offensive. Pavel Sivakov’s stint of forcing wreaked particular damage on the leading group, with maillot rojo Eiking among those distanced, before Bernal launched his seated acceleration almost 5km of the ascent remaining.

Some 61km still remained, but Roglič had no hesitation in immediately tracking the move, though his teammate Kuss, who had also attempted to follow, soon realised that he could not live with Bernal’s pace.

“It was already a really hard pace and when Primož went with Bernal, it was just blown apart. It’s a brave move to go that far out but I could tell he wanted to do something today and he did it in an impressive way,” said Kuss.

Bahrain Victorious led the pursuit in the chasing group, with a determined contribution from Rémy Rochas, who was hoping to keep Cofidis teammate Guillaume Martin within touching distance of the red jersey, which was clearly slipping from Eiking’s grasp.

Eiking’s crash over the other side confirmed as much, and Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) was also a faller on a descent made treacherous by constant rain. By then, Roglič had begun to swap turns with Bernal, and their lead yawned out to two minutes, even if Bahrain Victorious eventually clawed it back to 1:20 come the base of Lagos de Covadonga.

Haig’s teammates Wout Poels and Gino Mäder continued to lay down the tempo on the climb, but while they saw off Martin, they were unable to make any further inroads into Roglič’s buffer as the Slovenian forged clear alone in front.

As the climb drew on, the chasing group was whittled down by accelerations from Mas, Lopez and Adam Yates, but while this brought them to within touching distance of Bernal, Roglič remained unassailable.

It appears that way in the overall standings, too, even if the Vuelta peloton faces another arduous day of climbing in Asturias on Thursday with the wickedly steep summit finish on the Altu d’El Gamoniteiru.

“I think tomorrow is another crazy hard climb and still anything can happen,” Roglič said. “But I think everyone will be tired after today.”

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

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