Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 – Stage 4 [FULL STAGE]

March 13, 2021

Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 – Stage 4 – Terni – Prati di Tivo : 148 km

Tirreno-Adriatico will return to its traditional early-season slot this year and kickstart the stage racing season in Italy. From the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic, the 56th edition will cover all kinds of terrain and offer everyone – from the pure sprinters to the mountain goats – a chance to nab a stage win. With a dynamic route and a star-studded startlist that features the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogačar, we’re pretty much guaranteed an epic race. The question is, who’s going to come out of it on top? The 2021 Tirreno-Adriatico will feature seven stages, covering everything from the flatlands along the Tyrrhenian coast, to the high peaks of the Gran Sasso massif. Let’s take an in-depth look at each of those stages:

Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) showed his class to take the first summit finish of Tirreno-Adriatico at Prati di Tivo, holding off a lively chase from Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) by six seconds.

Sergio Higuita (EF Education-Nippo) out-sprinted Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) for third at 29 seconds.

Overnight race leader Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) put in a spirited defense of the blue jersey but was isolated and succumbed to multiple attacks in the final kilometre, finishing 45 seconds down and ceding the top spot in the standings to Pogačar.

All is not lost for the Belgian, however, as he remains second overall at 35 seconds with Higuita tied on time in third.

The final climb saw previous challengers Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quickstep) plummet down the standings, with the Dutch champion sitting up early on the ascent and the world champion hanging on until Pogačar launched his move with 5.5km still to climb.

An isolated Van Aert withstood multiple attacks on the 14km long climb from an elite group of Grand Tour contenders, having to respond to surges from climbing specialists like Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), and Tour de France winners Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers)

It wasn’t until last year’s Tour champion Pogačar attacked with 5.5km to go that the elastic finally snapped and the 22-year-old leapt clear. The move allowed Van Aert to finally sit on as his fellow chasers recognized the danger and began to give chase.

João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quickstep) was the first to come around but he was no match for a powerful counter-attack from Yates, Landa and Bernal and the Portuguese rider was forced to chase together with Higuita and Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic).

Van Aert found his second wind and, as Yates attacked to ditch Landa and Bernal, the Jumbo-Visma rider brought all but Pogačar and Yates back and set such a brisk tempo that Bernal and Thomas both lost touch.

In the final kilometre it looked as if Pogačar might have gone too hard too soon as Yates closed down a 17-second gap to just six at the line but the Briton ran out of road and had to settle for second.

Pogačar now has one Classics-style stage and a flat day for the sprinters to come before Tuesday’s closing time trial.

“Today was a very hard stage. My team did a great job bringing down the gap from the breakaway and then I did my best on the climb: I am very satisfied with this win,” Pogačar said.

“Now I am in the lead, but tomorrow we have another really hard stage, and with the final ITT anything can still happen.”

While the gaps in the overall standings are still small enough that Van Aert’s hopes of winning the general classification are not entirely gone, gaining 35 seconds back on Pogačar will be a tall order.

“It’s a big gap,” Van Aert said. “The next stages should be on me and I’m definitely not giving up yet. I think it makes particular sense to look up and seize the opportunities that arise. I’m going to keep trying anyway.

“Pogacar, together with my teammate Primoz Roglic, is the best allrounder of the moment. It is only logical that he takes over my jersey.”

How it unfolded

Stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico got underway under sunny skies and with delightful spring temperatures of 19°C in Terni for a 148km stage to the summit showdown at Prati di Tivo. 170 riders took the start, with only Manuel Belletti (Eolo-Kometa) absent after suffering a crash late in the previous stage.

Race leader Van Aert held a thin four-second lead over Van der Poel, with Alaphilippe at 10 seconds. The Belgian faced his first major challenge against more seasoned stage race contenders, with Landa fourth at 19 seconds, and a bunch of big names at 20 seconds: Pogačar, Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo), and Romain Bardet (Team DSM).

The early kilometres were the domain of the stage hunters and riders with ambitions for the mountains classification, and Mattia Bais (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) and Mads Würtz Schmidt (Israel Start-Up Nation) were the first to jump clear. Benjamin Thomas (Groupama-FDJ) and Emil Vinjebo (Team Qhubeka Assos) scrambled across, but soon Vinjebo lost touch and was chasing along with Marco Canola (Gazprom-RusVelo).

In the valley after about 35km of racing, the riders came together and forged out a sizeable lead over the peloton, with the gap ballooning from six to nearly nine minutes after 48km. The breakaway worked well together until the first classified ascent of the Passo delle Capannelle, where first Vinjebo and then Canola lost touch, leaving three riders to try and hold off the peloton, led by Bahrain Victorious.

Würtz was the rider most keen to go on the attack and he nipped clear over the top, but Thomas and Bais came back. That all changed when they reached the base of the Prati di Tivo, where Thomas attacked and was marked by Würtz while Bais dropped off. Vinjebo and Canola were then caught by the peloton which had whittled the gap down to just three minutes.

Würtz then attacked to leave Thomas behind and kept pushing as the Ineos Grenadiers-led peloton began rapidly shrinking. Van der Poel seemed entirely uninterested in contesting a major mountain finale and went out the back early in the climb. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) went out the other end, putting in a long-range attack with 11km still to climb.

The peloton kept Ciccone in check and he was soon back in the fold, having never gotten more than a dozen seconds. Würtz soldiered on with 2:30 when Egan Bernal attacked with 7.8km to climb. The attack drew out Pogacar, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana-Premier Tech) and Landa, but Van Aert closed down the attack on his own, his Jumbo-Visma teammates all gone.

The surge knocked a minute off Würtz’s lead as Geraint Thomas first tried to counter and, when that failed, remained at the front to shut down an attack from João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep).

Thomas tried again with 6.8km to go and Van Aert again was tasked with the pacemaking. The Ineos rider passed his French namesake coming back from the breakaway and reduced Würtz to just one minute’s lead with 6km to climb but the former Tour de France winner’s pedalling style looked laboured and he dangled tantalisingly ahead of the blue jersey group – a bit of bait that proved irresistible to Pogačar, who attacked with 5.5km to go and quickly reached the Welshman.

With 5km to go, Pogačar caught Würtz and left Geraint Thomas behind and began a 4.7km individual pursuit: the defending Tour de France champion against the race leader Van Aert whose solo effort both reeled in Thomas and jettisoned riders like Nibali.

Finally, with 4km to go, Bernal attacked and was followed by Landa and Simon Yates, with Almeida, Quintana and Higuita chasing behind.

Yates attacked his group and set off in pursuit of Pogačar, who had 11 seconds with 2.6km to go, while behind, Van Aert’s steady tempo brought back all the other riders ahead.

With 2.3km to go, Pogačar looked back to see the Briton coming and upped his tempo. Behind, Van Aert kept the gap to half a minute and his impressive effort distanced yet another Tour de France winner: after ditching Nibali and Thomas, Bernal was next to lose touch. Soon Pogačar began to succumb to the pace of Yates – an uncharacteristic grimace on the young Slovenian’s face with 1km to go.

But Pogačar showed his class and held off Yates to claim the stage win and race lead.

Van Aert said the final climb went well for him but the wind made it easier for others to attack.

“I really had to ride five kilometres on my limit,” Van Aert said. “There was a lot of wind and that makes it easier to attack. If I wasn’t wearing that blue jersey, I could save myself for the final shot. That was not the case now. There were a few guys better and a lot of guys were daring me. They could wait and see, I couldn’t.”

Results :
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 3:51:24
2 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:00:06
3 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:29
4 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:31
6 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:35
7 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:42
8 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo
9 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:45
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech
11 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:58
12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
13 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:01:17
14 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:27
15 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
17 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:44
18 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:05
19 Victor de la Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:02:06
20 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:03
21 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma
22 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team
24 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:03:47
25 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:04:00
26 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:04:03
27 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
28 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM
29 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
30 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:19
31 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
32 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:04:41
33 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
34 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:58
35 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
36 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 0:05:14
37 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:05:43
38 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
39 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
40 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
41 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:24
42 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:55
43 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:04
44 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:31
45 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:08:46
46 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
47 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:08:55
48 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
49 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:09:40
50 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
51 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
52 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
53 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:22
54 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
55 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:53
56 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange
57 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
58 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:11:31
59 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:19
60 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
61 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
62 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team
63 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie
64 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation
65 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
66 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
67 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
68 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo
69 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
70 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:15:00
71 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
72 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
73 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:46
74 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
75 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
76 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic
77 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
78 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
79 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
80 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
81 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
82 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
83 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
84 Emil Vinjebo (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
85 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
86 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
87 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie
88 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:17:29
89 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:17:35
90 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
91 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos
92 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
93 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
94 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
95 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
96 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
97 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
98 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
99 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal
100 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
101 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
102 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-Nippo 0:20:30
103 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos
104 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
105 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
106 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
107 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
108 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team
109 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo
110 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
111 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
112 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:21:23
113 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
114 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:21:31
115 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:22:53
116 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
117 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
118 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo
119 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos
120 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
121 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
122 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
123 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
124 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
125 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
126 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
127 Paul Martens (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
128 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM
129 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
130 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis
131 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
132 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
134 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
135 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma
136 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange
137 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
138 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation
139 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
140 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
141 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo
142 Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
143 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
144 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
145 Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep
146 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
147 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
148 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
149 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic
150 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
151 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
152 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
153 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
154 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
155 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie
156 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos
157 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM
158 Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos
159 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo
160 John Archibald (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
161 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM
162 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
163 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
164 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-Nippo
165 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange
166 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie
167 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
168 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:24:28
169 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
170 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 17:53:21
2 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:35
3 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo
4 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:38
5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:41
6 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:45
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:55
8 Simon Carr (GBr) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:03
9 Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:12
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:25
11 Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:26
12 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:01:27
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:37
14 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:44
15 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange 0:01:59
16 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:15
17 Victor de la Parte (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:02:27
18 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:41
19 Tobias Foss (Nor) Jumbo-Visma 0:03:24
20 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:32
21 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:45
22 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:13
23 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:29
24 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Total Direct Energie 0:04:42
25 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM 0:04:57
26 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:05:08
27 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:31
28 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:05:58
29 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:06:04
30 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM 0:06:43
31 Natnael Tesfazion (Eri) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:07:01
32 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:12
33 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech 0:07:38
34 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:30
35 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:08:56
36 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:09:33
37 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers 0:09:34
38 Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:32
39 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:10:49
40 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:05
41 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:11:25
42 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:11:48
43 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:12
44 Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:13:05
45 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:16
46 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:15:01
47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:15:03
48 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Team BikeExchange 0:15:25
49 Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:15:45
50 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:16:06
51 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:16:11
52 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:16:15
53 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation 0:16:16
54 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:16:38
55 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:17:45
56 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
57 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team 0:18:16
58 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:18:39
59 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:18:41
60 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:56
61 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:19:03
62 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:20:05
63 Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:20:19
64 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix 0:20:24
65 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:20:35
66 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:20:56
67 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
68 Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:21:41
69 Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
70 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:22:00
71 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
72 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:22:09
73 Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) Team BikeExchange 0:22:39
74 Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:23:03
75 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:13
76 Alejandro Ropero Molina (Spa) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:23:14
77 Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:23:37
78 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:23:57
79 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:24:12
80 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM 0:24:50
81 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:25:24
82 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:25:33
83 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation 0:25:44
84 Mark Christian (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:26:04
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:26:38
86 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:26:47
87 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:26:48
88 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:27:08
89 Mattia Bais (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:27:09
90 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:27:16
91 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:27:24
92 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:27:40
93 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:28:22
94 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:28:29
95 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:28:30
96 Emil Vinjebo (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:28:40
97 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix 0:28:48
98 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 0:30:05
99 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:30:36
100 Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:30:41
101 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 0:30:57
102 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:31:14
103 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:31:25
104 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:31:45
105 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:31:55
106 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-Nippo 0:32:08
107 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:32:11
108 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
109 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:32:31
110 Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:32:36
111 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:32:40
112 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 0:32:46
113 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 0:33:05
114 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:33:11
115 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:33:19
116 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
117 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:33:41
118 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:34:02
119 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:34:18
120 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:34:30
121 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:34:31
122 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:34:38
123 Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM 0:35:31
124 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:36:33
125 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:36:51
126 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:25
127 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:37:26
128 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:37:49
129 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM 0:38:04
130 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:38:45
131 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:39:00
132 Adrien Petit (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:39:02
133 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:39:03
134 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:39:12
135 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-up Nation 0:39:41
136 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:40:16
137 Simone Velasco (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo 0:40:21
138 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 0:40:22
139 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:40:24
140 John Archibald (GBr) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
141 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis 0:40:25
142 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:40:29
143 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:40:37
144 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:40:42
145 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:40:46
146 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:41:21
147 Alex Howes (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:41:23
148 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:41:24
149 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:41:26
150 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:41:39
151 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo 0:41:41
152 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis 0:42:15
153 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:42:33
154 Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM 0:42:48
155 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:42:59
156 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:43:17
157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:43:43
158 Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:43:45
159 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education-Nippo 0:44:11
160 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:44:17
161 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
162 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma 0:45:10
163 Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:45:54
164 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
165 Paul Martens (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:46:48
166 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:48:01
167 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:50:22
168 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:52:25
169 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:58:15
170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 1:04:04