Vuelta a España stage 19: Mads Pedersen proves best again in bunch sprint

This article originally appeared on Velo News

Mads Pedersen scooped his third stage win of this year's Vuelta a Espana from a big bunch sprint on Friday's stage 19 to Talavera de la Reina.

The Dane beat British rider Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) and Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to the line, further adding to his points in the green jersey competition.

Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) and Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) were fourth and fifth, with the general classification contenders also in that bunch. Overall leader Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) maintains his red jersey and realistically only has Saturday's penultimate stage to worry about before taking his first grand tour win.

He will begin that stage with 2:07 over Enric Mas (Movistar Team) and 5:14 on Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates).

Friday's twin-mountain stage featured a three-man breakaway by the American Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost), and Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH), who went away after about eight kilometers. They built a lead of almost four minutes, with another American Lawson Craddock (BikeExchange-Jayco) trying unsuccessfully to bridge across.

The trio was ultimately hauled back with 49km remaining, after which the sprinters' teams worked to keep things together. Pedersen's Trek-Segafredo did the bulk of the work and their faith was rewarded when he proved best in the finale.

He was glowing in praise for his Trek-Segafredo squad. "It was definitely really hard to control the bunch today, but the team were so impressive," he said. "Everyone was so dedicated and working really hard. When the three guys went with McNulty it was not an easy break. So we rode really hard to close them as fast as possible.

"Man, everyone on this team was just so, so impressive today. I am really thankful to the boys today. It is definitely a win for them. Without them today, there was no chance I could have sprinted here at the end."

The party looked under threat when Groupama FDJ's Miles Scotson launched a huge attack inside the final kilometer. He opened a decent gap but Trek-Segafredo didn't panic and gradually drew him back in.

"When Miles Scotson attacked, I still had Antonio Tiberi in front of me," Pedersen explained. "He looks skinny, but he is a powerful little guy. So I was pretty sure he could keep him within a distance where I could still pass Miles in the sprint.

"But it is never easy in a final like this because there are a lot of good guys in the peloton. If one of them is coming in an attack in one of the roundabouts, then I would be the guy to close it, and then it would be hard to sprint. So I was really happy for the speed the boys could keep at the end."

How it played out

Stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana started and finished in the city of Talavera de la Reina. Totaling 138.3 kilometers, the stage comprised two laps of a large circuit taking in the Puerto del Pielago climb.

The category two ascent was just 9.3 km in length and 5.6 percent average gradient, making it difficult for any would-be attackers to try to gain time on race leader Remco Evenepoel. A further complication was the long distance from the top of the mountain to the finish, with 42.2 largely downhill kilometers taking the riders to the line.

Riders started firing off attacks immediately and after a 16-rider group went clear and were then hauled back, three others clipped away. Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost), and Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH) had 12 seconds after 10km of racing, quickly gained 1:50, and edged the gap further upwards.

Lawson Craddock (BikeExchange-Jayco) made a huge effort to get across and had closed to within 35 seconds of the leaders by the top of the first ascent of the Puerto del Pielago, 30.5km after the start, but was eventually brought back in with 75km remaining.

Okamika took the top points at the intermediate sprint at Hinojosa de San Vicente (km 81.7), with Caicedo second and McNulty third. The Bahrain-Victorious led bunch was drawing ever closer and those three were reeled in with 49km remaining.

Building towards a big bunch sprint

The anticipated salvo of attacks amongst the GC riders didn't happen, with king of the mountains Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) leading Gregor Muhlberger and Enric Mas (both Movistar Team) over the summit. There appeared to be an acceptance that the day would go down to a bunch sprint and the Trek-Segafredo team of Mads Pedersen and the Bahrain-Victorious squad of Fred Wright was working to keep the speed high and fend off any attacks.

Trek-Segafredo continued to do the bulk of the work towards the finish, with Kenny Elissonde, in particular, impressing with his efforts. The other teams started to cluster near the front with just over 5km to go, Jumbo-Visma leading them into the final kilometer.

However, Trek-Segfredo still had more to give and swept forward again for Pedersen. Miles Scotson (Groupama FDJ) launched an early jump but was hauled back, with Pedersen then turning on the jets and holding off Wright for win number three.

He further added to his points total in the green jersey competition but had already done enough to win that classification prior to the stage start. His attention will now turn to the final stage in Madrid, but he feels the pressure is already off.

"Three wins is way more than we came here for," he said. "That is of course super, super nice. Tomorrow we just have to finish the day, and then we will see in Madrid how it goes. But no matter what, I think we can be happy with these three weeks in Spain."

Evenepoel is also close to celebrating but needs to maintain his concentration and fend off any surprises on Saturday's big decider atop the Puerto de Navacerrada.

Final kilometer

La Vuelta ciclista a Espana Stage 19 Results

1

PEDERSEN Mads

Trek - Segafredo

3:19:11

2

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

3

VERMEERSCH Gianni

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:00

4

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

5

TEUNISSEN Mike

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

6

KOCH Jonas

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

7

GOLDSTEIN Omer

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

8

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

9

LOPEZ Miguel Angel

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

10

VAN BAARLE Dylan

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

11

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

0:00

12

HARPER Chris

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

13

POLANC Jan

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

14

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

15

VILLELLA Davide

Cofidis

0:00

16

OLIVEIRA Nelson

Movistar Team

0:00

17

SANCHEZ Luis Leon

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

18

TEJADA Harold

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

19

CARAPAZ Richard

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

20

OOMEN Sam

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

21

BAKELANTS Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

22

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

23

NIBALI Vincenzo

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

24

HAMILTON Lucas

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

25

SCOTSON Miles

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

26

VAN WILDER Ilan

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

27

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

28

EZQUERRA Jesus

Burgos-BH

0:00

29

HINDLEY Jai

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

30

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

31

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

32

O'CONNOR Ben

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

33

GESBERT Elie

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

34

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

35

VALVERDE Alejandro

Movistar Team

0:00

36

DEVENYNS Dries

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

37

ROJAS Jose Joaquin

Movistar Team

0:00

38

MAS Enric

Movistar Team

0:00

39

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

40

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

41

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

42

MOLARD Rudy

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

43

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

44

MEINTJES Louis

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

45

KELDERMAN Wilco

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

46

LANDA Mikel

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

47

URAN Rigoberto

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

48

REICHENBACH Sebastien

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

49

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

0:00

50

CARTHY Hugh

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

51

BIZKARRA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

52

PINOT Thibaut

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

53

NAVARRO Daniel

Burgos-BH

0:00

54

PARRA Jose Felix

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

55

CABEDO Oscar

Burgos-BH

0:00

56

MEURISSE Xandro

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:10

57

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

0:13

58

MASNADA Fausto

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:16

59

GESINK Robert

Jumbo-Visma

0:24

60

BERNARD Julien

Trek - Segafredo

0:25

61

DENNIS Rohan

Jumbo-Visma

0:32

62

SOLER Marc

UAE Team Emirates

0:34

63

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao

INEOS Grenadiers

0:38

64

DE LA CRUZ David

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

65

VERONA Carlos

Movistar Team

0:46

66

VERVAEKE Louis

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:09

67

MUHLBERGER Gregor

Movistar Team

1:09

68

ELISSONDE Kenny

Trek - Segafredo

1:26

69

HAGEN Carl Fredrik

Israel - Premier Tech

4:58

70

SUTTERLIN Jasha

Bahrain - Victorious

4:58

71

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

EF Education-EasyPost

4:58

72

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

4:58

73

HERRADA Jesus

Cofidis

4:58

74

AZURMENDI Ibai

Euskaltel - Euskadi

4:58

75

MATE Luis Angel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

4:58

76

FERNANDEZ Ruben

Cofidis

4:58

77

JOHANSEN Julius

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

4:58

78

CAVAGNA Remi

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

4:58

79

RUSSO Clement

Team Arkea Samsic

7:50

80

PETERS Nans

AG2R Citroen Team

7:50

81

MALECKI Kamil

Lotto Soudal

7:50

82

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

7:50

83

MARTIN Gotzon

Euskaltel - Euskadi

7:50

84

NIEUWENHUIS Joris

Team DSM

7:50

85

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

7:50

86

DE GENDT Thomas

Lotto Soudal

7:50

87

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

7:50

88

FABBRO Matteo

BORA - hansgrohe

7:50

89

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

7:50

90

DIAZ Jose Manuel

Burgos-BH

7:50

91

LIENHARD Fabian

Groupama - FDJ

7:50

92

HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team DSM

7:50

93

PADUN Mark

EF Education-EasyPost

7:50

94

OWSIAN Lukasz

Team Arkea Samsic

7:50

95

KUDUS Merhawi

EF Education-EasyPost

7:50

96

BEVIN Patrick

Israel - Premier Tech

7:50

97

OKAMIKA Ander

Burgos-BH

7:50

98

DE MARCHI Alessandro

Israel - Premier Tech

7:50

99

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

7:50

100

IMPEY Daryl

Israel - Premier Tech

7:50

101

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

7:50

102

JUNGELS Bob

AG2R Citroen Team

7:50

103

ITURRIA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

7:50

104

LUTSENKO Alexey

Astana Qazaqstan Team

7:50

105

PRODHOMME Nicolas

AG2R Citroen Team

12:43

106

FROOME Chris

Israel - Premier Tech

12:43

107

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

12:43

108

SHAW James

EF Education-EasyPost

12:43

109

CATALDO Dario

Trek - Segafredo

12:43

110

MULLEN Ryan

BORA - hansgrohe

12:43

111

RAUGEL Antoine

AG2R Citroen Team

12:43

112

ACKERMANN Pascal

UAE Team Emirates

12:43

113

VAN POPPEL Danny

BORA - hansgrohe

12:43

114

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

12:43

115

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

12:43

116

BOL Jetse

Burgos-BH

12:43

117

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

12:43

118

KIRSCH Alex

Trek - Segafredo

12:43

119

CRADDOCK Lawson

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

15:28

120

HEPBURN Michael

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

15:28

121

REPA Vojtech

Equipo Kern Pharma

15:28

122

DEGENKOLB John

Team DSM

15:28

123

MAS Lluis

Movistar Team

15:28

124

DURBRIDGE Luke

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

15:28

125

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

15:28

126

OLIVEIRA Ivo

UAE Team Emirates

15:28

127

MOLANO Juan Sebastian

UAE Team Emirates

15:28

128

CIMOLAI Davide

Cofidis

15:28

129

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

15:28

130

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

15:28

131

MCLAY Daniel

Team Arkea Samsic

15:28

132

JANSSENS Jimmy

Alpecin-Deceuninck

15:28

133

MERLIER Tim

Alpecin-Deceuninck

15:28

134

TAMINIAUX Lionel

Alpecin-Deceuninck

15:28

1

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

73:18:23

2

MAS Enric

Movistar Team

2:07

3

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

5:14

4

LOPEZ Miguel Angel

Astana Qazaqstan Team

5:56

5

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

6:49

6

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

7:14

7

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

8:09

8

O'CONNOR Ben

AG2R Citroen Team

9:34

9

URAN Rigoberto

EF Education-EasyPost

9:56

10

HINDLEY Jai

BORA - hansgrohe

12:03

11

MEINTJES Louis

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

13:53

12

POLANC Jan

UAE Team Emirates

19:03

13

VALVERDE Alejandro

Movistar Team

24:31

14

CARAPAZ Richard

INEOS Grenadiers

28:46

15

KELDERMAN Wilco

BORA - hansgrohe

30:27

16

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao

INEOS Grenadiers

40:36

17

LANDA Mikel

Bahrain - Victorious

42:33

18

SANCHEZ Luis Leon

Bahrain - Victorious

43:41

19

PINOT Thibaut

Groupama - FDJ

45:00

20

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

47:19

21

DE LA CRUZ David

Astana Qazaqstan Team

48:27

22

CABEDO Oscar

Burgos-BH

49:28

23

PARRA Jose Felix

Equipo Kern Pharma

53:51

24

REICHENBACH Sebastien

Groupama - FDJ

56:33

25

CARTHY Hugh

EF Education-EasyPost

56:45

26

BAKELANTS Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

58:33

27

SOLER Marc

UAE Team Emirates

59:18

28

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

1:00:36

29

OOMEN Sam

Jumbo-Visma

1:10:42

30

MOLARD Rudy

Groupama - FDJ

1:11:30

31

BIZKARRA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:11:51

32

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

1:16:41

33

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

1:19:50

34

OLIVEIRA Nelson

Movistar Team

1:19:52

35

GESBERT Elie

Team Arkea Samsic

1:22:42

36

HARPER Chris

Jumbo-Visma

1:22:49

37

VERONA Carlos

Movistar Team

1:23:17

38

HAGEN Carl Fredrik

Israel - Premier Tech

1:24:16

39

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1:33:06

40

VAN WILDER Ilan

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:34:25

41

MEURISSE Xandro

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:37:41

42

PADUN Mark

EF Education-EasyPost

1:41:59

43

GESINK Robert

Jumbo-Visma

1:42:43

44

DIAZ Jose Manuel

Burgos-BH

1:44:05

45

NAVARRO Daniel

Burgos-BH

1:57:36

46

NIBALI Vincenzo

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1:57:42

47

FABBRO Matteo

BORA - hansgrohe

1:58:30

48

VILLELLA Davide

Cofidis

1:59:21

49

CRADDOCK Lawson

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

2:00:14

50

ROJAS Jose Joaquin

Movistar Team

2:00:23

51

VAN BAARLE Dylan

INEOS Grenadiers

2:02:22

52

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

2:10:19

53

JUNGELS Bob

AG2R Citroen Team

2:11:50

54

MASNADA Fausto

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

2:15:11

55

MUHLBERGER Gregor

Movistar Team

2:15:30

56

FERNANDEZ Ruben

Cofidis

2:15:43

57

DENNIS Rohan

Jumbo-Visma

2:18:25

58

GOLDSTEIN Omer

Israel - Premier Tech

2:20:06

59

PETERS Nans

AG2R Citroen Team

2:25:35

60

HERRADA Jesus

Cofidis

2:26:21

61

ELISSONDE Kenny

Trek - Segafredo

2:26:49

62

VERVAEKE Louis

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

2:32:03

63

MATE Luis Angel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

2:32:51

64

EZQUERRA Jesus

Burgos-BH

2:36:57

65

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

2:38:00

66

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

2:45:02

67

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

EF Education-EasyPost

2:45:41

68

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

2:48:48

69

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

2:49:46

70

TEJADA Harold

Astana Qazaqstan Team

2:49:53

71

PRODHOMME Nicolas

AG2R Citroen Team

2:51:11

72

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

2:52:39

73

REPA Vojtech

Equipo Kern Pharma

2:54:24

74

HAMILTON Lucas

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

2:55:51

75

BEVIN Patrick

Israel - Premier Tech

2:57:37

76

KUDUS Merhawi

EF Education-EasyPost

2:58:00

77

MARTIN Gotzon

Euskaltel - Euskadi

2:58:31

78

LUTSENKO Alexey

Astana Qazaqstan Team

3:01:57

79

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

3:02:27

80

DE GENDT Thomas

Lotto Soudal

3:04:48

81

VERMEERSCH Gianni

Alpecin-Deceuninck

3:09:13

82

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

3:10:44

83

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:12:04

84

BERNARD Julien

Trek - Segafredo

3:17:41

85

BOL Jetse

Burgos-BH

3:18:55

86

OWSIAN Lukasz

Team Arkea Samsic

3:19:35

87

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

3:20:58

88

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:22:24

89

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:22:55

90

SUTTERLIN Jasha

Bahrain - Victorious

3:23:49

91

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

3:26:22

92

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

3:28:04

93

SHAW James

EF Education-EasyPost

3:30:47

94

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

3:35:22

95

AZURMENDI Ibai

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:35:33

96

IMPEY Daryl

Israel - Premier Tech

3:36:04

97

KOCH Jonas

BORA - hansgrohe

3:36:38

98

OKAMIKA Ander

Burgos-BH

3:36:47

99

TEUNISSEN Mike

Jumbo-Visma

3:40:39

100

DEVENYNS Dries

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

3:41:07

101

DE MARCHI Alessandro

Israel - Premier Tech

3:41:18

102

PEDERSEN Mads

Trek - Segafredo

3:43:22

103

ITURRIA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:43:35

104

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

3:45:07

105

JANSSENS Jimmy

Alpecin-Deceuninck

3:47:02

106

CAVAGNA Remi

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

3:53:06

107

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

3:53:51

108

NIEUWENHUIS Joris

Team DSM

3:55:20

109

SCOTSON Miles

Groupama - FDJ

3:55:52

110

HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team DSM

3:56:56

111

DURBRIDGE Luke

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

4:00:22

112

ACKERMANN Pascal

UAE Team Emirates

4:01:55

113

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

4:06:28

114

RAUGEL Antoine

AG2R Citroen Team

4:10:07

115

FROOME Chris

Israel - Premier Tech

4:10:28

116

RUSSO Clement

Team Arkea Samsic

4:10:32

117

CATALDO Dario

Trek - Segafredo

4:11:51

118

HEPBURN Michael

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

4:13:01

119

KIRSCH Alex

Trek - Segafredo

4:18:45

120

MCLAY Daniel

Team Arkea Samsic

4:19:09

121

VAN POPPEL Danny

BORA - hansgrohe

4:20:17

122

LIENHARD Fabian

Groupama - FDJ

4:22:24

123

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

4:23:00

124

DEGENKOLB John

Team DSM

4:25:08

125

MALECKI Kamil

Lotto Soudal

4:27:33

126

MOLANO Juan Sebastian

UAE Team Emirates

4:38:09

127

TAMINIAUX Lionel

Alpecin-Deceuninck

4:39:48

128

JOHANSEN Julius

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

4:41:54

129

MULLEN Ryan

BORA - hansgrohe

4:42:04

130

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

4:44:11

131

MERLIER Tim

Alpecin-Deceuninck

4:47:48

132

OLIVEIRA Ivo

UAE Team Emirates

4:48:23

133

MAS Lluis

Movistar Team

4:59:04

134

CIMOLAI Davide

Cofidis

4:59:54

1

PEDERSEN Mads

Trek - Segafredo

379

2

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

174

3

SOLER Marc

UAE Team Emirates

133

4

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

123

5

MAS Enric

Movistar Team

107

6

VAN POPPEL Danny

BORA - hansgrohe

92

7

ACKERMANN Pascal

UAE Team Emirates

86

8

OKAMIKA Ander

Burgos-BH

67

9

CRADDOCK Lawson

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

64

10

HERRADA Jesus

Cofidis

62

11

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

60

12

LOPEZ Miguel Angel

Astana Qazaqstan Team

58

13

MCLAY Daniel

Team Arkea Samsic

56

14

MERLIER Tim

Alpecin-Deceuninck

56

15

CARAPAZ Richard

INEOS Grenadiers

55

16

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

54

17

URAN Rigoberto

EF Education-EasyPost

52

18

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

52

19

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

49

20

O'CONNOR Ben

AG2R Citroen Team

46

21

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

42

22

BAKELANTS Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

42

23

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

38

24

HINDLEY Jai

BORA - hansgrohe

38

25

VERMEERSCH Gianni

Alpecin-Deceuninck

38

26

JANSSENS Jimmy

Alpecin-Deceuninck

37

27

MASNADA Fausto

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

36

28

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

36

29

KELDERMAN Wilco

BORA - hansgrohe

35

30

TEUNISSEN Mike

Jumbo-Visma

35

31

MEINTJES Louis

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

33

32

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao

INEOS Grenadiers

31

33

GESINK Robert

Jumbo-Visma

31

34

LUTSENKO Alexey

Astana Qazaqstan Team

30

35

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

30

36

DE MARCHI Alessandro

Israel - Premier Tech

30

37

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

28

38

SHAW James

EF Education-EasyPost

27

39

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

27

40

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

27

41

IMPEY Daryl

Israel - Premier Tech

27

42

VAN BAARLE Dylan

INEOS Grenadiers

24

43

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

24

44

PINOT Thibaut

Groupama - FDJ

23

45

KIRSCH Alex

Trek - Segafredo

23

46

EZQUERRA Jesus

Burgos-BH

22

47

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

22

48

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

21

49

DEGENKOLB John

Team DSM

21

50

TAMINIAUX Lionel

Alpecin-Deceuninck

21

51

MATE Luis Angel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

20

52

DE GENDT Thomas

Lotto Soudal

20

53

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

20

54

MOLARD Rudy

Groupama - FDJ

19

55

GESBERT Elie

Team Arkea Samsic

19

56

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

EF Education-EasyPost

19

57

MOLANO Juan Sebastian

UAE Team Emirates

19

58

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

18

59

DIAZ Jose Manuel

Burgos-BH

18

60

PADUN Mark

EF Education-EasyPost

17

61

POLANC Jan

UAE Team Emirates

17

62

FERNANDEZ Ruben

Cofidis

17

63

ELISSONDE Kenny

Trek - Segafredo

17

64

MULLEN Ryan

BORA - hansgrohe

17

65

LIENHARD Fabian

Groupama - FDJ

16

66

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

15

67

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

15

68

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

15

69

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

15

70

KOCH Jonas

BORA - hansgrohe

15

71

CAVAGNA Remi

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

15

72

RUSSO Clement

Team Arkea Samsic

15

73

GOLDSTEIN Omer

Israel - Premier Tech

13

74

HAMILTON Lucas

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

13

75

BERNARD Julien

Trek - Segafredo

13

76

OLIVEIRA Ivo

UAE Team Emirates

13

77

MAS Lluis

Movistar Team

13

78

NIEUWENHUIS Joris

Team DSM

12

79

HAGEN Carl Fredrik

Israel - Premier Tech

11

80

JUNGELS Bob

AG2R Citroen Team

11

81

OOMEN Sam

Jumbo-Visma

10

82

DENNIS Rohan

Jumbo-Visma

10

83

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

10

84

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

10

85

MUHLBERGER Gregor

Movistar Team

9

86

HARPER Chris

Jumbo-Visma

7

87

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

7

88

REICHENBACH Sebastien

Groupama - FDJ

6

89

FABBRO Matteo

BORA - hansgrohe

6

90

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

6

91

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

6

92

MEURISSE Xandro

Alpecin-Deceuninck

5

93

MARTIN Gotzon

Euskaltel - Euskadi

5

94

HEPBURN Michael

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

5

95

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

4

96

VALVERDE Alejandro

Movistar Team

3

97

ROJAS Jose Joaquin

Movistar Team

3

98

OLIVEIRA Nelson

Movistar Team

2

99

VILLELLA Davide

Cofidis

2

100

DE LA CRUZ David

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1

101

CARTHY Hugh

EF Education-EasyPost

1

1

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

73:18:23

2

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

5:14

3

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

6:49

4

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

7:14

5

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

8:09

6

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

47:19

7

PARRA Jose Felix

Equipo Kern Pharma

53:51

8

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

1:00:36

9

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

1:16:41

10

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

1:19:50

11

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1:33:06

12

VAN WILDER Ilan

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:34:25

13

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

2:10:19

14

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

2:38:00

15

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

2:45:02

16

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

2:48:48

17

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

2:49:46

18

TEJADA Harold

Astana Qazaqstan Team

2:49:53

19

PRODHOMME Nicolas

AG2R Citroen Team

2:51:11

20

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

2:52:39

21

REPA Vojtech

Equipo Kern Pharma

2:54:24

22

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

3:02:27

23

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

3:10:44

24

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:12:04

25

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

3:20:58

26

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:22:24

27

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:22:55

28

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

3:26:22

29

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

3:28:04

30

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

3:35:22

31

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

3:45:07

32

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

3:53:51

33

HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team DSM

3:56:56

34

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

4:06:28

35

RAUGEL Antoine

AG2R Citroen Team

4:10:07

36

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

4:23:00

37

JOHANSEN Julius

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

4:41:54

1

CARAPAZ Richard

INEOS Grenadiers

50

2

MAS Enric

Movistar Team

26

3

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

23

4

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

21

5

SOLER Marc

UAE Team Emirates

20

6

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

19

7

JANSSENS Jimmy

Alpecin-Deceuninck

17

8

LOPEZ Miguel Angel

Astana Qazaqstan Team

16

9

PINOT Thibaut

Groupama - FDJ

13

10

HERRADA Jesus

Cofidis

11

11

CRADDOCK Lawson

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

11

12

FERNANDEZ Ruben

Cofidis

11

13

MEINTJES Louis

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

10

14

PADUN Mark

EF Education-EasyPost

8

15

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

8

16

SANCHEZ Luis Leon

Bahrain - Victorious

7

17

KELDERMAN Wilco

BORA - hansgrohe

6

18

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

6

19

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

6

20

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

5

21

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

5

22

MEURISSE Xandro

Alpecin-Deceuninck

5

23

MASNADA Fausto

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

5

24

CARTHY Hugh

EF Education-EasyPost

4

25

MOLARD Rudy

Groupama - FDJ

4

26

GESINK Robert

Jumbo-Visma

4

27

OKAMIKA Ander

Burgos-BH

4

28

URAN Rigoberto

EF Education-EasyPost

3

29

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

3

30

HINDLEY Jai

BORA - hansgrohe

3

31

VAN BAARLE Dylan

INEOS Grenadiers

3

32

MUHLBERGER Gregor

Movistar Team

3

33

CATALDO Dario

Trek - Segafredo

3

34

DE GENDT Thomas

Lotto Soudal

2

35

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

2

36

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

2

37

O'CONNOR Ben

AG2R Citroen Team

2

38

POLANC Jan

UAE Team Emirates

2

39

OLIVEIRA Nelson

Movistar Team

2

40

GESBERT Elie

Team Arkea Samsic

2

41

DIAZ Jose Manuel

Burgos-BH

2

42

ELISSONDE Kenny

Trek - Segafredo

2

43

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

1

44

DE LA CRUZ David

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1

45

BAKELANTS Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1

46

NIBALI Vincenzo

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1

47

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

EF Education-EasyPost

1

48

LUTSENKO Alexey

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1

49

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

1

50

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1

51

AZURMENDI Ibai

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1

52

IMPEY Daryl

Israel - Premier Tech

1

1

UAE Team Emirates

219:08:58

2

INEOS Grenadiers

48:53

3

Bahrain - Victorious

1:11:54

4

Movistar Team

1:13:20

5

BORA - hansgrohe

1:22:24

6

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1:27:21

7

Jumbo-Visma

1:55:05

8

EF Education-EasyPost

2:01:12

9

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

2:08:36

10

Groupama - FDJ

2:18:02

11

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

2:33:22

12

Burgos-BH

2:40:10

13

AG2R Citroen Team

2:56:49

14

Equipo Kern Pharma

4:00:18

15

Euskaltel - Euskadi

4:07:20

16

Alpecin-Deceuninck

4:59:37

17

Team DSM

5:04:42

18

Israel - Premier Tech

5:42:29

19

Cofidis

5:57:39

20

Team Arkea Samsic

6:18:27

21

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

6:40:33

22

Trek - Segafredo

7:04:03

23

Lotto Soudal

8:06:01

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