UAE Tour 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

February 23, 2021

UAE Tour 2021 – Stage 3 – Al Ain Strata Manufacturing – Jebel Hafeet : 166 km

The UAE Tour is now in its third year of existence following the merger of the shorter Dubai Tour and Abu Dhabi Tour, and, despite last year’s events, the depth of the field is largely in line with the preceding editions. All 19 WorldTour teams have made the trip to Gulf, together with 2020 Europe Tour winners Alpecin-Fenix.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) extended his overall lead at the UAE Tour, outfoxing Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) at the summit of Jefel Hafeet after surviving a string of blistering accelerations from the British climber.

In a case of déjà-vu after their two battles on the race’s marquee climb last year – when they each won once – the pair resoundingly distinguished themselves from the rest of the field.

There were a full 48 seconds to the final podium spot, as Sergio Higuita (EF Education-Nippo) led home the first batch of a seven-man group that included João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep), who’d started the day second at five seconds.

Pogačar’s victory was the product of brains rather than brawn. Yates went hammer and tongs on the second half of the 10.8km final climb and Pogačar, who didn’t need to attack since he started the day 39 seconds ahead, visibly suffered as he was forced to respond to the repeated accelerations.

However, when the road dipped downhill in the final 400 metres, Yates eased off the pedals for the first time, and Pogačar pounced. Yates scrambled in response but that momentary lapse was all Pogačar needed to take the lead into the tight final bend and finish it off.

“I knew exactly what I needed to do in the sprint. I started early because with the two corners, it’s hard for the guy behind to come past so it was an advantage to start the sprint first,” he said.

“We wanted a win, and we got one,” he added. “All I had to do was respond to attacks. It was super hard but I’m super happy to win.”

With 10 bonus seconds for the stage win, Pogačar extended his overall lead to 43 seconds over Yates, with Almeida, who placed 6th on the stage, now third at 1:03.

Chris Harper is fourth overall at 1:43 thanks to his 9th place finish, which saw his Jumbo-Visma teammate Sepp Kuss, who’d helped spark the fireworks on the climb, pace him late on. Neilson Powless (EF Education-Nippo) placed eighth on the stage to move to fifth at 1:45 – the only other rider within two minutes of Pogačar.

Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal), and Florian Stork (Team DSM) were the other riders who finished up in the group behind the leading duo, although they had already been wiped out of overall contention in the stage 1 crosswinds.

The wind threatened again for much of the flat preamble to the final climb, but the peloton made it there as one, before UAE Team Emirates set the tempo on the lower slopes and Ineos exploded the front group half-way up. Their leaders soon emerged head and shoulders above the rest and played out a memorable two-up tussle.

Thanks to his superior time trial, however, Pogačar is head and shoulders above Yates in the overall standings, and it will take something special to deny him the title, with only one climbing stage remaining in the form of the comparatively gentle Jebel Jais summit finish on stage 5.

“There are still four stages. Anything can happen,” Pogačar insisted. “There’s echelons and still one more climb. It will be a hard battle until the end.”

How it unfolded

Before the decisive summit finish, the peloton faced 155 kilometres of pan-flat roads, looping out north into the desert before turning back towards the hills. A successful breakaway was always going to be against the odds, and there were only two volunteers in Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) and Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën).

The pair slipped clear early on, with a minimum of fuss, and built a lead of nearly seven minutes as the peloton enjoyed a calm opening couple of hours.

Things started to heat up with just under 100km to go, when the route turned west, out of the headwind and into a 20km section of crosswind. First Ineos – through stage 2 winner Filippo Ganna – ramped up the pace, before Bora-Hansgrohe joined in to try and split the bunch. UAE Team Emirates, Bahrain Victorious, and BikeExchange were all well positioned up at the front but, despite a period of high tension, the peloton remained in tact.

The route soon turned south, with the wind blowing from behind, and things settled down again. By that point, the gap to the leading duo had been slashed to just over three minutes. There was another injection of pace 50km from the foot of the final climb, cutting the gap to 2:15, but a truce was called after 10km or so and the still-full peloton took its foot off the gas.

De Gendt and Gallopin continued to rotate quietly and took their advantage back out to 4:30, but the next swing of the pendulum came when the route tracked east towards the base of the climb. Deceuninck-QuickStep and Bora-Hansgrohe accelerated at the front of the bunch but the wind was still not strong enough to split the race. Still, they were now on the approach to the climb, and the pace was naturally lifted, with teams getting organised into position.

The second intermediate sprint came just before the climb, with 13.5km to go. Gallopin led De Gendt through, while the peloton followed at 1:35, Michael Mørkøv (Deceuninck-QuickStep) grabbing the last remaining bonus second as the GC riders kept their powder dry for the climb.

At the base of the climb, Gallopin dug in while De Gendt sat up and slipped back into the bunch. UAE Team Emirates set the pace on the lower slopes, cutting the Frenchman’s lead to 30 seconds with 10km to go before catching him 8.3km from the top.

By that point, around 40 riders remained. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), a prominent performer here in the past, was dropped, as Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation) drifted towards the back of the group, although European champion Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos) was still there. A couple of kilometres later, the group thinned further, with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) – a former winner on this mountain – dropped.

UAE Team Emirates continued to dictate, with Jan Polanc, Rafał Majka, and Davide Formolo in front of Pogačar. Polanc pulled over with 6.9km to go, as Ineos had strength in numbers just behind the home team. Majka upped the pace and Froome was among those to lost contact, along with Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe).

With 6km to go, there was a turning of the tide, as Ineos hit the front. Majka pulled over, leaving just Formolo with Pogačar. Brandon Rivera came to the fore for the British team, who also had Ivan Sosa and Dani Martínez with Yates. Martínez soon hit the front and blew the front group to pieces with 5.5km to go. Within the blink of an eye, just 11 riders remained up front.

Martínez finished his turn with 5km to go and Kuss produced a brief acceleration, drawing out Yates and Pogačar. Powless moved up to them, before a brief lapse led Almeida, Higuita, Buchmann, Stork, and Vanhoucke back in.

However, the initial trio soon proved stronger than the rest as Kuss upped the tempo again with 4.3km to go. Yates then put in a huge acceleration. Pogačar clung to his wheel but Kuss had to relent. Yates sprung from the saddle and kicked again with 3.7km to go. Pogačar held firm but was clearly suffering. The next surge came with 2.7km to go, and Pogačar himself rose from the saddle to respond on a particularly steep ramp.

Behind them, Kuss rejoined the small chase group, to which his teammate Chris Harper was trying to claw his way back. Buchmann was dropped from that group before Almeida accelerated and drew Powless and Vanhoucke away, although that group would reform again.

With 1.5km to go, Yates and Pogačar were a huge 40 seconds clear. Yates tried one last time to drop the Tour de France champion but to no avail. The brief moment of respite he did allow himself turned out to be costly, as Pogačar punched to the front on the downhill. Yates produced a spirited response, but by then it was too late.

Results :
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 3:58:35
2 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
3 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:00:48
4 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
7 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM 0:00:54
8 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo
9 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:00
10 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:09
11 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
12 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:01:26
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
14 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange
15 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
16 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
17 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:38
18 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
19 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:11
20 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Spa) Cofidis
21 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
22 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
23 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
24 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
25 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
26 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
28 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:02:32
29 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
30 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 0:02:40
31 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:02:44
32 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech 0:03:29
33 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:03:42
34 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious
35 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team
36 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
37 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:04:04
38 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:04:18
39 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:05:00
40 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
41 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
42 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
44 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:14
45 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team
46 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:05:16
47 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:05:37
48 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis 0:06:43
49 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:06:56
50 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:15
51 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:16
52 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
53 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
54 Brandon Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:07:31
55 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
57 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
58 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:07:54
59 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:09:07
60 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team 0:09:36
61 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
62 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
63 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM 0:10:37
64 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:10:40
65 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:11:06
66 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:11:36
67 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates
68 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal
69 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma
70 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:11:52
71 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
72 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:14:04
73 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
74 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange
75 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos
76 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
77 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
78 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:14:28
79 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:15:24
80 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:16:05
81 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
82 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange
83 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
84 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation
85 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation
86 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo
87 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation
88 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
89 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
90 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
91 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis
92 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
93 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
94 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
95 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
96 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
97 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
98 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
99 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
100 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos
101 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
102 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
103 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
104 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
105 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos
106 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
107 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
108 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
109 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
110 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
112 Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Movistar Team
113 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team
114 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers
115 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
116 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
117 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange
118 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep
119 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
120 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
121 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:17:39
122 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:19:07
123 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
124 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:19:35
125 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
126 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
127 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos
128 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
129 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
130 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:19:55
131 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:20:01
DNS Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 7:58:30
2 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:43
3 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:03
4 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:43
5 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:45
6 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:36
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:38
8 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:39
9 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Spa) Cofidis 0:03:32
10 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:04:47
11 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:10
12 Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo 0:09:49
13 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:09:58
14 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:10:10
15 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM 0:10:21
16 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation 0:10:36
17 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:38
18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:42
19 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:10:46
20 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:10:51
21 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech 0:10:58
22 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma 0:11:06
23 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:11:17
24 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:11:20
25 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:26
26 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:40
27 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:45
28 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:12:11
29 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo 0:12:14
30 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech 0:12:19
31 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:12:21
32 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team 0:12:22
33 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:12:37
34 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates 0:12:40
35 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:12:47
36 Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious 0:13:06
37 Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:13:11
38 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis 0:13:47
39 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:13:53
40 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:14:00
41 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:14:06
42 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:14:14
43 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:14:16
44 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:14:53
45 Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroën Team 0:14:59
46 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:15:00
47 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM 0:15:23
48 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:15:33
49 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:15:34
50 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:15:46
51 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:16:20
52 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis
53 Brandon Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:16:55
54 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:01
55 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
56 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:02
57 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:17:19
58 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:20
59 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:17:33
60 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:41
61 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers 0:17:46
62 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:17:56
63 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:00
64 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:18:07
65 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:18:22
66 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:24
67 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:18:30
68 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech 0:18:37
69 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis 0:18:54
70 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education-Nippo 0:19:00
71 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team 0:19:37
72 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM 0:19:41
73 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:20:32
74 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:20:48
75 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:20:51
76 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:53
77 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:21:06
78 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma 0:21:07
79 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:21:10
80 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:22:16
81 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:23:21
82 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:23:22
83 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:23:40
84 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:24:09
85 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:24:17
86 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:24:22
87 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo 0:24:36
88 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:24:40
89 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:24:49
90 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:24:54
91 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-up Nation 0:25:00
92 Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:25:08
93 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:25:13
94 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation 0:25:15
95 Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25:23
96 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:25:28
97 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:25:33
98 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:25:39
99 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:25:40
100 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:25:43
101 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM 0:25:45
102 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:25:48
103 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
104 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange 0:25:55
105 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:25:56
106 Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Movistar Team 0:25:59
107 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:26:00
108 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:26:02
109 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange
110 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:26:06
111 Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers 0:26:09
112 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:12
113 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:26:22
114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:26:24
115 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:29
116 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:26:30
117 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:26:34
118 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:26:40
119 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:27:00
120 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:27:07
121 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:27:38
122 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:28:41
123 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:28:49
124 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:29:09
125 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos 0:29:27
126 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:29:31
127 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:29:38
128 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious 0:29:49
129 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:30:00
130 Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:30:54
131 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:32:27