Paul Seixas stunned the cycling world for a second time in two days at Itzulia Basque Country with a devastating solo high-mountain attack that netted the young French star another stage win and left him in total control of the overall classification.
Seven kilometres from the top of the decisive late Category-1 ascent of San Miguel de Aralar, Seixas accelerated hard, dropping the rest of the field and easily powering past the remnants of the breakaway.
Already victorious in the opening time trial on Monday by a staggering margin, 24 hours later and one jaw-droppingly fast descent off the Aralar later, the 19-year-old Decathlon CMA CGM rider blasted home after a short uphill section with a 1:25 advantage over Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).
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How it unfolded
With a Cat.2 climb right at the start, an early move was all but certain, and sure enough, Frank van der Broek (Picnic PostNL), Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep), Joan Bou (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Iker Mintegi (Euskatel-Euskadi) were quickest out of the blocks. Bou clinched maximum points at the top of the climb, and on the rolling terrain that followed they were joined by some serious firepower comprising Adrián Fajardo (Burgos BH Burpellet), Raul García Pierna (Movistar), and Bruno Armirail (Visma-Lease a Bike).
The margins rose to nearly two minutes before Decathlon CMA CGM began to chase, as Armirail, 50 seconds down on GC and a breakaway and time trial specialist, was definitely one rider who Decathlon did not want to let get away too far.
The race trundled over the next two mid-stage Cat.3 climbs, the Zuarrarrate and Aldatz without any major incidents, as Decathlon did a solid job of keeping the break ahead under control. Fajardo dropped out of the running, and Ineos Grenadiers duo Axel Laurance and Kévin Vauquelin, at that point second overall, had a nasty tumble but could continue. However,. the remaining six still had well over a minute in hand as they approached the decisive Cat.1 ascent of San Miguel de Aralar.
The tension was visible on the very narrow approach road, with Armirail making much of the early running in the break and Quinn Simmons leading the peloton and teammate Ayuso into the foot of the steep, cemented early slopes. Decathlon, though were having none of it, setting a hard pace and instantly thinning out the pack.
Seixas makes his move (Image credit: Getty Images)
Bou, looking for more mountain points and shadowed by García Pierna and Ethan Hayter a little later, opened up the throttle ahead, but the real battle was in the bunch. Decathlon were present in numbers on the front, keeping a stranglehold on the other GC contenders and barely two kilometres of climbing had passed before the bunch was down to 30 units – and Seixas attacked.
Red Bull’s Florian Lipowitz offered up a nominal reaction, Lidl-Trek as well, but in reality the opposition to Seixas’ show of strength had crumpled into nothing there and then.
With six kilometres to go to the summit, Seixas was well clear of the rest of the field, pounding up the narrow, winding ascent with no change of pace whatsoever. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) attempted to react, forming a chase group with Izagirre and Lipowitz, and sparking reminders of how the Mexican sometimes takes time to warm up on climbs. But on this occasion, he swung over quickly, and collaboration with the other chasers continued to very limited.
The result? Three kilometres from the top, the gap between Seixas had yawned to 42 seconds. The steepest segment of the Aralar, close to the summit and with stretches of 13% and 14%, seemingly made no difference whatsoever. No matter what the mountain and the opposition threw at him, Seixas was a rider on fire, and nobody, not even when Lipowitz launched the strongest of the counter moves around a kilometre from the top, was going to be able to stop him.
With 50 seconds at the top of the Aralar, logic dictated that the fast, rolling downhill favoured the chasers. But as Seixas powered through the curves and dives through dense woodland with supreme confidence and a couple of knife-edge judgements on the corners, his gap continued to inch higher. Others were not so fortunate, with Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) falling heavily and at speed in what appeared to be a bad crash.
But by the foot of the last, unclassified climb, the gap had risen to 1:14 with no sign of Seixas slowing down at all. Even as the chase groups merged, it was simply a sidenote in the story of the day. A punch with a right arm to the sky on the narrow road across the finish, and his second WorldTour stage in as many days was Seixas to savour. Meanwhile, French fans – and not a few others – will be wondering how much more such a young star can offer in the future.
(Image credit: Getty Images)
In the short-term, Wednesday’s 152.8km stage starting and finishing in Basauri is certainly the least hilly of the entire week, with just two Cat.2 and one Cat.3 climb.
But with the last kilometre uphill at 6%, the GC riders will have to attentive not to get caught out. Given what we’ve seen so far, could Seixas make it three stage wins out of three in this year’s Itzulia or even six out of six?
Seixas provided a cautious answer to that despite his second devastating victory, saying: “I don’t think so, for example tomorrow is an easier stage, so we’ll see how it goes. I think for now we’ll just control it.”
Even so, to judge by Tuesday’s tour de force, if Seixas does throw caution to the wind and go for it again, it’s really hard to see who could stop him.
ResultsSwipe to scroll horizontally
Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time
1
Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
4:11:48
2
Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
+1:25
3
Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+1:25
4
Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team
+1:25
5
Ben Tulett (Gbr) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+1:25
6
Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
+1:25
7
Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis
+1:25
8
Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+1:25
9
Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana Team
+1:31
10
Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana Team
+1:43
11
Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+1:43
12
Juan Ayuso (Esp) Lidl-Trek
+2:29
13
Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost
+2:29
14
Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana Team
+2:34
15
Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team
+2:34
16
Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team
+2:34
17
Matthew Riccitello (Usa) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+2:34
18
Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious
+2:34
19
Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+3:28
20
Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+3:30
21
Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+3:30
22
Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+3:30
23
Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+3:30
24
Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
+3:30
25
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana Team
+3:30
26
Unai Iribar (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+3:38
27
Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+3:50
28
Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+4:13
29
Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+4:13
30
Ander Okamika (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+4:13
31
Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers
+4:13
32
Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis
+4:13
33
Ibon Ruiz (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+4:13
34
José Luis Faura (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+4:13
35
José Manuel Díaz (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+4:13
36
Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Team Picnic PostNL
+4:18
37
Samuel Fernández (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+4:20
38
Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL
+4:23
39
Jan Castellon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+4:23
40
Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis
+4:31
41
Txomin Juaristi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+4:31
42
Julen Arriolabengoa (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+4:36
43
Peter Øxenberg (Den) INEOS Grenadiers
+4:57
44
Reuben Thompson (Nzl) Lotto Intermarché
+6:41
45
Nicolás Alustiza (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+6:41
46
Fernando Barceló (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+6:41
47
Carlos García Pierna (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+6:41
48
Jonathan Lastra (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+8:43
49
Mikel Bizkarra (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+8:43
50
Raúl García Pierna (Esp) Movistar Team
+9:45
51
Joseba López (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+9:45
52
Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+10:58
53
Joan Bou (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+11:02
54
Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+11:22
55
Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+11:22
56
Juan Guillermo Martinez (Col) Team Picnic PostNL
+11:22
57
Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+12:01
58
Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+12:01
59
Sinuhé Fernández (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+12:01
60
Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek
+12:01
61
Jorge Gutiérrez (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+12:01
62
Carlos Verona (Esp) Lidl-Trek
+12:01
63
Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+12:01
64
Brandon McNulty (Usa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+12:01
65
Adrià Pericas (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+12:01
66
Ethan Hayter (Gbr) Soudal Quick-Step
+13:08
67
Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal Quick-Step
+13:11
68
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+14:00
69
Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+14:00
70
Rex Tim (Bel) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+14:00
71
Bruno Armirail (Fra) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+14:00
72
Nil Gimeno (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+14:00
73
Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+14:00
74
Matthew Dinham (Aus) Team Picnic PostNL
+14:00
75
Bjorn Koerdt (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL
+14:00
76
Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team
+14:11
77
Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis
+14:11
78
Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility
+14:13
79
Andrew August (Usa) INEOS Grenadiers
+14:13
80
James Shaw (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost
+14:17
81
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
+14:19
82
Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana Team
+14:19
83
Fabian Weiss (Sui) Team Picnic PostNL
+14:19
84
Frank van den Broek (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
+15:04
85
Quinn Simmons (Usa) Lidl-Trek
+15:04
86
Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+15:04
87
Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
+15:04
88
Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+15:04
89
Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis
+15:04
90
Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto Intermarché
+15:04
91
Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis
+15:04
92
Gari Ugarte (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+15:04
93
Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+15:04
94
Unai Ramos (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+15:04
95
Alex Aranburu (Esp) Cofidis
+15:04
96
Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team
+15:04
97
Christian Scaroni (Ita) XDS Astana Team
+15:04
98
James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL
+15:04
99
Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
+15:04
100
Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
+15:04
101
Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH
+15:04
102
Lukas Nerurkar (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost
+15:04
103
Roman Ermakov (Rus) Bahrain-Victorious
+15:04
104
Oliver Stockwell (Gbr) Bahrain-Victorious
+15:04
105
Nicola Conci (Ita) XDS Astana Team
+15:04
106
Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+15:04
107
Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain-Victorious
+15:04
108
Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+15:04
109
Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+15:04
110
Axel Laurance (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers
+15:04
111
Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost
+15:04
112
Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
+15:04
113
Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+15:04
114
Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United
+15:04
115
Bauke Mollema (Ned) Lidl-Trek
+15:04
116
Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+15:04
117
Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+15:04
118
Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+19:55
119
Iñigo Elosegui (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+19:55
120
Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek
+19:55
121
Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
+19:55
122
Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+19:58
123
Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+19:58
124
Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+19:58
125
Aaron Dockx (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+19:58
126
Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+19:58
127
Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto Intermarché
+19:58
128
Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+19:58
129
Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+19:58
130
Lucas Hamilton (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers
+19:58
131
Iker Mintegi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+19:58
132
Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
+19:58
133
Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step
+19:58
134
Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious
+19:58
135
Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+19:58
136
Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+19:58
137
Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+19:58
138
Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto Intermarché
+19:58
139
Gotzon Martín (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+19:58
140
Victor Langellotti (Mon) INEOS Grenadiers
+19:58
141
Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+19:58
142
Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+19:58
143
Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché
+20:25
144
Roger Adrià (Esp) Movistar Team
+20:25
145
Brandon Smith Rivera (Col) INEOS Grenadiers
+21:49
146
Adrián Fajardo (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+22:18
DNF
Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
–
DNF
Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
–
DNS
Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech
–
DNS
Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto Intermarché
–
DNS
Yannis Voisard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
–
DNS
Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
–
General Classification after stage 2Swipe to scroll horizontally
Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time
1
Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
47:38:10
2
Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+0:01:59
3
Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+0:02:08
4
Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
+0:02:14
5
Ben Tulett (Gbr) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+0:02:27
6
Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:02:31
7
Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis
+0:02:36
8
Isaac Del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+0:02:44
9
Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana Team
+0:02:48
10
Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team
+0:03:01
11
Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana Team
+0:03:02
12
Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team
+0:03:32
13
Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain-Victorious
+0:03:37
14
Matthew Riccitello (Usa) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+0:03:42
15
Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:03:45
16
Juan Ayuso (Esp) Lidl-Trek
+0:03:55
17
Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+0:04:29
18
Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team
+0:04:32
19
Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS Astana Team
+0:04:34
20
Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+0:04:45
21
Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers
+0:04:46
22
Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+0:05:10
23
Igor Arrieta (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+0:05:11
24
Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+0:05:15
25
Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+0:05:16
26
Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+0:05:20
27
Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+0:05:21
28
Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:05:30
29
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana Team
+0:05:45
30
Ibon Ruiz (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+0:05:50
31
Unai Iribar (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+0:05:50
32
Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis
+0:05:52
33
Peter Øxenberg (Den) INEOS Grenadiers
+0:06:00
34
Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:06:12
35
Txomin Juaristi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+0:06:16
36
Samuel Fernández (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+0:06:34
37
José Manuel Díaz (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+0:06:41
38
Jan Castellon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+0:06:55
39
Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:06:56
40
José Luis Faura (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+0:06:59
41
Julen Arriolabengoa (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+0:07:08
42
Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis
+0:07:31
43
Ander Okamika (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+0:07:34
44
Carlos García Pierna (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+0:08:55
45
Reuben Thompson (Nzl) Lotto Intermarché
+0:09:12
46
Nicolás Alustiza (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+0:09:24
47
Fernando Barceló (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+0:10:08
48
Raúl García Pierna (Esp) Movistar Team
+0:11:02
49
Mikel Bizkarra (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+0:11:09
50
Jonathan Lastra (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
+0:11:16
51
Joseba López (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+0:12:22
52
Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+0:12:25
53
Brandon McNulty (Usa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+0:12:54
54
Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+0:13:01
55
Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
+0:13:12
56
Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+0:13:12
57
Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+0:13:22
58
Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+0:13:31
59
Adrià Pericas (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
+0:13:45
60
Joan Bou (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
+0:13:52
61
Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek
+0:13:56
62
Ethan Hayter (Gbr) Soudal Quick-Step
+0:14:08
63
Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal Quick-Step
+0:14:16
64
Juan Guillermo Martinez (Col) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:14:29
65
Carlos Verona (Esp) Lidl-Trek
+0:14:48
66
Sinuhé Fernández (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH
+0:14:51
67
Bruno Armirail (Fra) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+0:14:56
68
Jorge Gutiérrez (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+0:15:00
69
Andrew August (Usa) INEOS Grenadiers
+0:15:03
70
Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
+0:15:19
71
Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility
+0:15:24
72
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
+0:15:40
73
Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+0:15:51
74
Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:15:52
75
James Shaw (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:15:52
76
Bjorn Koerdt (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:15:54
77
Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:16:00
78
Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana Team
+0:16:05
79
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+0:16:06
80
Tim Rex (Bel) Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+0:16:09
81
Alex Aranburu (Esp) Cofidis
+0:16:21
82
Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:16:27
83
Matthew Dinham (Aus) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:16:27
84
Axel Laurance (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers
+0:16:28
85
Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
+0:16:34
86
Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+0:16:36
87
Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team
+0:16:38
88
Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious
+0:16:38
89
Quinn Simmons (Usa) Lidl-Trek
+0:16:44
90
Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis
+0:16:45
91
Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto Intermarché
+0:16:48
92
Fabian Weiss (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team
+0:16:58
93
Nil Gimeno (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma
+0:17:03
94
Lukas Nerurkar (Gbr) EF Education-EasyPost
+0:17:08
95
Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team
+0:17:09
96
Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis
+0:17:09
97
Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
+0:17:09
98
James Knox (Gbr) Team Picnic PostNL
+0:17:11
99
Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech
+0:17:14
100
Gari Ugarte (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
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Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
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Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek
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Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
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Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step
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Aaron Dockx (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
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Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United
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Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious
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Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
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Iker Mintegi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
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Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto Intermarché
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Gotzon Martín (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
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Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
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Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
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Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
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Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto Intermarché
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Lucas Hamilton (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers
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141
Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché
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142
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143
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