Tour de France 2017 – Stage 15 [LAST 20 KM]

July 16, 2017

Tour de France 2017 – Stage 15 – Laissac-Severac ‘Eglise – Le Puy-en-Velay : 189,5 km

The 2017 Tour de France will be the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The race will begin with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf on 1 July, and conclude with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July 2017. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams will enter the race.

Bauke Mollema won his first Tour de France stage, soloing into Le-Puy-en-Valey after a turbulent stage. The Trek-Segafredo rider attacked the day’s 28-rider breakaway on the descent with 29km to go, and held off a concerted four-man chase, led to the line by Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) ahead of Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal).

Chris Froome and Team Sky were in panic stations as the race leader was caught out by an attack from AG2R La Mondiale before the day’s main climb with 40km to go and, to make matters worse, he then had to stop to swap a rear wheel with teammate Michal Kwiatkowski. as AG2R continued to drive the pace, Froome chased with Mikel Nieve and Sergio Henao, making contact just before the top of the climb with the help of Mikel Landa, who dropped back briefly from the group ahead.

Froome admitted after the stage that he wasn’t sure he would ever make it back to the group. “AG2R rode their race and rode fast. Just before the climb, I had a problem with my back wheel, it was damaged. Kwiatkowski gave me his wheel because the team car was stuck behind. I gave it my maximum to get back up to the leaders.

“I’ve got to thanks my teammates yet again for helping me. Sergio Henao and Mikel Nieve gave their maximum. Landa too. He helped me a lot on the climb.”

Despite late attack first from Simon Yates and then a successful move by Dan Martin, Froome keeps his lead of 18 seconds over Fabio Aru (Astana) by 18 seconds, with Romain Bardet (AG2R) still at 23 seconds. Martin gained 14 seconds to move into fifth overall, swapping places with Mikel Landa. Nairo Quintana showed more weakness and lost several more minutes after being dropped on the climb.

“It up to my rivals to attack me,” Froome said. “They have to gain time before the time trial. For now, I’m just happy to have the jersey and to have a rest day tomorrow.”

Mollema was all smiles after a heroic effort to hold off the chasers who, at one point, came within 10 seconds of catching him. “I’m so happy to finally win a stage of the Tour de France,” he said.

“I’ve been close a few times but this year I really wanted to go for a stage. That was a big goal for me and yesterday I knew this was a chance. In the beginning of the stage, it was close because there was a strong breakaway with 10 guys and a lot of teams wanted to block the road so we couldn’t pass and then the break took like one and a half minutes.”

Mollema finally attacked on the climb and then made it across to the move with a large group. “That was the first goal. And finally, I felt so good, I just gave it a try in the last 30 kilometres. I think I never did so long riding alone and in the end, it was close.

“The Tour de France has always been the most important race for me, it’s always been my dream performing here and I’ve finally won a stage. So I’m incredibly happy.”

How it unfolded

It was another hot, sunny and busy day. Again, almost directly from the start in Laissac-Severac l’eglise, a group of 10 got away: Warren Barguil (Sunweb), Dylan Van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Robert Kiserlovski and Tony Martin (Katusha-Alepcin), Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain Merida), Damiano Caruso (BMC), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Marcus Burghardt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Marcel Sieberg (Lotto Soudal) and Angel Luis Maté (Cofidis).

However, the first of the day’s four climbs kicked up only 19km after the start, and the non-climbers were soon shed. Mate and the three Germans Martin, Sieberg and Burghardt dropped back, with the other six carrying on with 1:40 over the peloton. Three more fell back, with polka dot jersey holder Barguil, Pauwels and Caruso heading up the category 1 Montee de Naves d’Aubrac with more than two minutes over the field, but with chasers scattered down the climb.

The day’s only abandon was Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal). He said that he suffered from a sun allergy in the hot weather, and refused to accept a TUE for treatment for the problem.

Barguil took the first mountain points out of the group of three, and on the short descent a handful of riders who had dropped from the lead group came across, followed by a large chasing group at just under two minutes, and the yellow jersey group at around three minutes.

Grmay and Van Baarle caught up again with the three leaders with 156km to go. The Sky-led peloton was happy to keep the gap at over three minutes, with a 23-rider group in between containing both yesterday’s stage winner Michael Matthews (Sunweb) and Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).

The road soon went up again, to the category 3 Cote de Vieurals, with Barguil again taking the maximum points.

Having reached the top of the plateau, the 23-man group caught up with the five leaders with 130 km to go. The newcomers were: Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale), Alessandro De Marchi, Amael Moinard, and Nicolas Roche (BMC), Daniel Navarro and Luis Mate (Cofidis), Lilian Calmejane and Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Pierre-Luc Perichon and Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Oscaro), Maurits Lammertink, Robert Kiserlovski and Tony Martin (Katusha), Thomas De Gendt, Tiesj Benoot and Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo), Michael Matthews and Simon Geschke (Sunweb), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Diego Ulissi and Kristijan Durasek (UAE Team Emirates).

The gap back to the Sky-led peloton had grown to 4:20. Green jersey Marcel Kittel (QuickStep Floors), who had dropped back early on the previous day, was easily staying with the group on this day.

Sky was happy with this group and took things down a step allowing the gap to yawn to six minutes, since Caruso, the highest placed rider in the attack, was over 11 minutes behind in the standings.

With the race now taking place on the long rolling plateau, the next excitement didn’t come until the intermediate sprint. With three riders in the lead group, Sunweb had no problem setting things up for Matthews to claim the points and move closer to his goal of the green jersey.

Tony Martin launched an audacious attack from the breakaway before the drop from the plateau with just over 64km to go. He slowly built up a lead and then getting into full time trial mode, pushed the gap up to a minute. Meanwhile, the gap to the peloton was stretching towards the eight-minute mark.

Behind Martin, the large group sensed the danger of letting the world time trial champion get away. The group split and then came back together as the chase picked up speed. The speed also increased the gap to the peloton to nine minutes.

Panic for Froome on Col de Payra Taillade

The next hurdle soon appeared, the category 1 Col de Peyra Taillade. Martin took a lead of a minute and a half with him as he started up.

AG2R La Mondiale came to the front on the narrow, twisting roads through Bardet’s home training roads, and set a blistering pace in the peloton, splitting the field ahead of Froome, who had only Nieve with him. The yellow jersey was already on the defensive, having had to close the gap alone when he had a problem with his rear wheel. There was no question of the field waiting for him. He got a spare from a Kwiatkowski, and Henao and Nieve had to drive the pace furiously with nearly a minute to make up.

Seeing a chance of moving Bardet into the race lead, AG2R put its full team at the front of their group, to drop the yellow jersey group, who were working their way up through groups of dropped riders on the climb, one of which was Quintana. The Movistar rider would lose nearly four minutes by the day’s end.

Froome soon dropped his only helper, Nieve, and continued on with Cannondale-Drapac’s Alberto Bettiol before hooking up again with Landa, and together they caught on to the end of the Bardet-Aru group.

Up ahead, the climb proved too much for Tony Martin, who fell and was replaced by Barguil at the head of the race, followed by Pauwels. The Frenchman showed why he was wearing the polka dot jersey, as he stayed away to easily take the maximum number of points. He then waited for a handful of riders to join him.

Bardet realized he was losing his chance, with Froome having come back, and took off on the ascent. Uran went with him, but Froome caught up with them, bringing the small group with him that included Aru, Contador, Yates and Dan Martin.

Mollema makes his move

Mollema was the next to attack out of the leading group as they headed into a long, gradual descent. The gap to the yellow jersey group was 6:31 with 29km to go, and Quintana another minute down.

With 17 km, and yet another climb coming, Mollema had 38 seconds on the Barguil group, with the yellow jersey at 6.36.

The final climb of the day was the category 4 Cote de Saint-Vidal, only 1.9 km long. Roglic gave chase as the summit neared, followed by Barguil, eager to grab as many points as possible. Ulissi and Gallopin joined Barguil and Roglic on the descent.

With 10km to go, Mollema had only 20 seconds on the four chasers, who were not united in giving chase.

The 30-year old Dutchman stayed away to win by 20 seconds ahead of Ulissi, Gallopin, Roglic and Barguil, as attacks continued in the yellow jersey group behind.

Best young rider Simon Yates tried to get away on the short climb, but Landa moved to the front of the group and caught the Orica-Scott rider. Dan Martin was the next to go and found more success.

Martin soon caught up with various riders from the early breakaway, riding furiously at the front of a small group that ended the stage 12 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey.

Froome sprinted to the finish, crossing the line with an unsatisfied look on his face, with most of the other top riders finishing together with him at 6:25 from the stage winner. Quintana ended the day 10:19 in arrears, tumbling out of the top 10 overall behind Caruso.

Results :
1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 4:41:47
2 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:19
3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
4 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
5 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:00:23
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:01:00
7 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:04
8 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
10 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
11 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
14 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:01:12
15 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
16 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:05:04
17 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:05:07
18 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:05:14
19 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
20 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
21 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:05:40
22 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:11
23 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida
24 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
25 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
26 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 0:06:20
27 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:06:25
28 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
29 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
30 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
32 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
33 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
35 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky
36 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
37 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:06:32
38 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:10
39 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
40 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
41 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott 0:09:12
42 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:09:17
43 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
44 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:10:19
45 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
46 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
47 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
48 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
49 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
51 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
52 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:11:40
53 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
54 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott
55 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
57 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
58 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
59 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
60 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:18:00
62 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
63 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
64 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
65 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
66 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott
67 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
68 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
69 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
70 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott
71 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
72 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
73 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
74 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
75 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
76 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
77 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
78 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
79 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
80 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
81 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team
83 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
84 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
85 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
86 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
88 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
89 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
90 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie
91 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
93 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
94 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:20:39
95 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
96 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
97 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
98 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
99 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
100 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
101 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:23:36
102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
103 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
104 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
105 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida
106 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
107 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
108 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
109 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
110 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
111 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott
112 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott
113 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
114 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
115 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ
116 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
117 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
118 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 0:26:32
119 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
120 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
121 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
122 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
123 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
124 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
125 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
126 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
127 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
128 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
129 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
131 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
132 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
133 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
134 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
135 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
136 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
137 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
138 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
139 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
140 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
141 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
142 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
143 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
144 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
145 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
146 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
147 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
148 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
149 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
150 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
151 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
152 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
153 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
154 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
155 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ
156 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro
157 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
158 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
159 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
160 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
161 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
162 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
163 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb
164 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
165 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
166 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
167 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
168 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
169 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
170 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
171 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
172 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
173 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:26:45
174 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
175 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:38:36

General Classification after Stage 15 :
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 64:40:21
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:18
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:23
4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:29
5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:12
6 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:17
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:02:02
8 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:09
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:37
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:06:05
11 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:06:16
12 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:06:39
13 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:08:48
14 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:41
15 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:14:52
16 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:54
17 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:19:37
18 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:22:17
19 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:27:08
20 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:27:28
21 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:30:10
22 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:31:13
23 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:31:56
24 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:34:50
25 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:39:19
26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott 0:40:45
27 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:43:46
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:49:22
29 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 0:54:12
30 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:55:24
31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:57:45
32 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:58:00
33 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 1:02:14
34 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 1:02:36
35 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 1:03:56
36 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 1:07:05
37 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 1:09:22
38 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1:09:38
39 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:13:45
40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 1:13:49
41 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:15:21
42 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:16:04
43 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:16:08
44 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 1:17:36
45 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:18:02
46 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 1:19:37
47 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:20:23
48 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ 1:22:40
49 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 1:23:03
50 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 1:23:25
51 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 1:24:56
52 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 1:25:38
53 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:25:48
54 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 1:27:25
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:28:15
56 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:28:51
57 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 1:33:59
58 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 1:34:18
59 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 1:35:12
60 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:36:03
61 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:37:01
62 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 1:37:32
63 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 1:38:32
64 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 1:38:59
65 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 1:39:20
66 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:39:46
67 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 1:42:05
68 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:42:14
69 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott 1:42:24
70 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 1:42:49
71 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:43:09
72 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 1:43:30
73 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:44:16
74 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 1:44:22
75 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 1:46:07
76 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 1:46:29
77 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 1:47:25
78 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 1:47:30
79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 1:48:28
80 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:49:45
81 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:50:11
82 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:52:46
83 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 1:52:52
84 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:53:23
85 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:53:31
86 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 1:53:57
87 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:54:18
88 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 1:56:36
89 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 1:57:13
90 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 1:57:21
91 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 1:57:36
92 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:58:39
93 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 2:00:31
94 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 2:01:15
95 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 2:01:35
96 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:02:15
97 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 2:02:55
98 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 2:02:56
99 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 2:02:59
100 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:03:44
101 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 2:05:53
102 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 2:05:55
103 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 2:09:05
104 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 2:09:27
105 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 2:09:39
106 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 2:10:09
107 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 2:11:24
108 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 2:11:50
109 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 2:12:42
110 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 2:13:02
111 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:17:26
112 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 2:17:42
113 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:18:38
114 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 2:20:27
115 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro 2:20:33
116 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 2:20:47
117 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:20:50
118 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 2:20:57
119 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 2:21:27
120 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 2:21:33
121 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 2:21:57
122 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:21:59
123 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:22:08
124 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 2:23:42
125 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:24:19
126 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 2:26:21
127 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 2:26:24
128 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:26:45
129 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 2:27:08
130 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 2:27:17
131 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 2:28:39
132 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 2:30:45
133 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 2:30:54
134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:31:40
135 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 2:32:10
136 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 2:32:37
137 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 2:32:56
138 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 2:34:10
139 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:34:20
140 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 2:34:54
141 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 2:35:37
142 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 2:37:21
143 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 2:37:31
144 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 2:38:13
145 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:38:52
146 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 2:38:53
147 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:39:50
148 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:41:24
149 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:41:25
150 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 2:42:57
151 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 2:43:06
152 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 2:44:15
153 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 2:44:29
154 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 2:49:31
155 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 2:50:37
156 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 2:51:31
157 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 2:52:53
158 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ 2:53:52
159 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 2:54:46
160 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:55:27
161 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:55:40
162 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 2:56:58
163 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:57:14
164 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 2:57:34
165 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 2:58:05
166 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 2:58:59
167 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 3:00:11
168 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 3:01:30
169 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:02:02
170 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:02:09
171 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:04:56
172 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:06:38
173 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 3:08:54
174 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 3:16:00
175 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo – Oscaro