Vuelta a España stage 2: Sam Bennett blasts back in big bunch sprint

This article originally appeared on Velo News

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) ended a long wait for another grand tour stage victory, clocking up success on the first sprint stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.

The Irishman had a perfect leadout from his Bora-Hansgrohe team and finished half a length clear of Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segefredo) and Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in Utrecht.

The success is the fourth Vuelta stage win for Bennett, his ninth career victory in a three-week race and, importantly, his first such win since taking a stage in the 2020 Vuelta.

While he won the Eschborn-Frankfurt earlier this year, this success brings to a close a long period of frustration sparked off by a knee injury in June 2021.

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Mike Teunissen finished fourth on the stage and replaced his Jumbo-Visma teammate Robert Gesink at the head of the general classification after the latter lost 43 seconds.

Others to concede time included Ben O'Connor (Ag2r Citroen), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), Louis Meintjes (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).

The stage featured an initial five-man breakaway comprising Julius van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), Jetse Bol (Burgos-BH), Xabier Mikel Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Thibault Guernalec (Arkea-Smasic) and Pau Miquel (Kern Pharma). Van den Berg took the sole categorized climb to snag the King of the Mountains jersey, with that move being reeled in with just under 60 kilometers remaining.

Luis Angel Mate (Euskaltel-Euskadi) launched soon afterward but he too was hauled back, with a big bunch sprint settling the stage, and Bennett proving best.

He said that was worried that he had made an error in not jumping right away. "Danny [van Poppel] brought me up with speed and he was ready for me to jump, but I waited just for a second. I didn't know if I left my speed drop a little bit too much, because Danny was coming with so much speed that I should have went straight away.

"I was a bit nervous that I wouldn't get on top of the speed again, but in the end we came from behind... Danny didn't deliver me, he launched me."

Bennett has said recently that he felt pressure to deliver after his team had given him the perfect leadout on several occasions this year but he didn't have the legs. This time he did, and he was keen to thank them.

"It was down to the boys today, they did a fantastic job bringing me to the intermediate. We tried to just collect points, we didn't try to go for the actual first place in that to keep the legs for the final. They brought me to the line with great legs. In the moment you are just racing. I was more worried about holding on than being worried about passing people."

Some doubted Bennett's ability; he said he didn't have such worries.

"It is nice. I knew I would do it again. It was just a matter of getting the right legs. What I am really happy about is continuing my pattern in each Grand Tour since 2018. I have won at least one stage in each. So I am happy to continue with that."

Trying to foil the sprinters

Like Friday's team time trial, stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espana was on flat roads, with just one official climb inching skywards.

This was the category four Alto de Almerongse, which was located 105.1km after the start and 70km from the finish. At just 2.1km long and averaging a mere 2.4 percent in gradient, it served primarily to allocate the race's first King of the Mountains jersey. The stage also featured a bonus sprint 17km from the finish.

While a big bunch sprint was deemed highly likely, five riders decided to try their luck and went clear right after the start. The quintet comprised van den Berg, Bol, Azparren, Guernalec, and Miquel , who turned 22 on Saturday. These had a lead of 11 seconds after 3km.

The peloton wasn't too worried by the move and by 15km the leaders had five minutes. Alpecin-Deceuninck then swung into action to halve those gains and, together with Israel-PremierTech, further pared it back. It was down to just 12 seconds with 106km to go, but the break knuckled down again to expand this to 43 seconds over the following 14km.

The group was nearing the day's climb and thinking of the King of the Mountains jersey, Guernalec jumped away in a solo move. The others were having none of that and reeled him in again, with the Arkea-Samsic rider finishing second to Van de Berg at the summit.

The break was then reeled in with 59km remaining, bringing everything back together.

<span class="article__caption">Luis Angel Mate (Euskaltel – Euskadi) fired off a solo attack during the stage, having pledged to plant trees for every kilometer he is clear. </span> (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Luis Angel Mate (Euskaltel – Euskadi) fired off a solo attack during the stage, having pledged to plant trees for every kilometer he is clear. (Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Green-inspired breakaway followed by big bunch sprint

Luis Angel Mate started the Vuelta with a very noble ambition, that of planning a tree for every kilometer he spends in a breakaway. The Spaniard had already donated 100 trees to a reforestation initiative before the race, and wanted to add to that, so he clipped away in a solo move 45 kilometers from the line.

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The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider had a lead of 35 seconds with 30km remaining and continued to plug away. He was eventually hauled back with 21 kilometers remaining, 14 trees added to his to do list for after the Vuelta.

Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar) hit the deck just before the recapture but was able to remount. A more serious spill happened approximately 5km later when Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) fell and was left sprawled on the ground.

Former world champion Pedersen then won the intermediate sprint ahead of Ryan Mullen (Bora-Hansgrohe). The pace ramped up further through the impetus of the sprinters' teams and everything was still together heading towards the line.

The Alpecin-Deceuninck and Ineos-Grenadiers teams were amongst the most active in the finale, with Team DSM and UAE Team Emirates driving the pace inside the final kilometer. Bora-Hansgrohe left it late but then powered through inside the final 500 metres, with Danny van Poppel setting Bennett up perfectly for the win.

La Vuelta ciclista a Espana Stage 2 Results

Stage

1

BENNETT Sam

BORA - hansgrohe

3:49:34

2

PEDERSEN Mads

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

3

MERLIER Tim

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:00

4

TEUNISSEN Mike

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

5

ACKERMANN Pascal

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

6

MCLAY Daniel

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

7

EINHORN Itamar

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

8

STEWART Jake

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

9

DEGENKOLB John

Team DSM

0:00

10

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

11

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

12

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

0:00

13

VAN POPPEL Danny

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

14

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

15

MARTIN Gotzon

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

16

KIRSCH Alex

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

17

SWEENY Harry

Lotto Soudal

0:00

18

COQUARD Bryan

Cofidis

0:00

19

ROCHAS Remy

Cofidis

0:00

20

CARAPAZ Richard

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

21

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

22

ROJAS Jose Joaquin

Movistar Team

0:00

23

MOLANO Juan Sebastian

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

24

LOPEZ Miguel Angel

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

25

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

0:00

26

MULLEN Ryan

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

27

NIBALI Vincenzo

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

28

CHAVES Esteban

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

29

WOODS Michael

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

30

HOOLE Daan

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

31

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

32

LIENHARD Fabian

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

33

DELAPLACE Anthony

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

34

OLIVEIRA Ivo

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

35

ARNDT Nikias

Team DSM

0:00

36

AFFINI Edoardo

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

37

TAMINIAUX Lionel

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:00

38

VAN WILDER Ilan

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

39

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:00

40

SANCHEZ Luis Leon

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

41

SCOTSON Miles

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

42

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

43

HAYTER Ethan

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

44

VAN POPPEL Boy

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

45

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

46

MOLARD Rudy

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

47

OOMEN Sam

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

48

SIVAKOV Pavel

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

49

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

50

HINDLEY Jai

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

51

LANDA Mikel

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

52

SOLER Marc

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

53

YATES Simon

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

54

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

55

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

56

ROGLIC Primoz

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

57

OWSIAN Lukasz

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

58

VILLELLA Davide

Cofidis

0:00

59

NIEUWENHUIS Joris

Team DSM

0:00

60

GESBERT Elie

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

61

CARTHY Hugh

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

62

BOL Jetse

Burgos-BH

0:00

63

HAMILTON Lucas

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

64

BEVIN Patrick

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

65

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

66

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

0:00

67

POLANC Jan

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

68

KOCH Jonas

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

69

MAS Enric

Movistar Team

0:00

70

KELDERMAN Wilco

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

71

EZQUERRA Jesus

Burgos-BH

0:00

72

KUSS Sepp

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

73

ELISSONDE Kenny

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

74

HAGEN Carl Fredrik

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

75

RUSSO Clement

Team Arkea Samsic

0:00

76

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

0:00

77

OLIVEIRA Nelson

Movistar Team

0:00

78

ARMIRAIL Bruno

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

79

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

80

HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team DSM

0:00

81

VERMEERSCH Gianni

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:00

82

DIAZ Jose Manuel

Burgos-BH

0:00

83

ALAPHILIPPE Julian

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

84

VENDRAME Andrea

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

85

O'CONNOR Ben

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

86

PETERS Nans

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

87

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

88

BERNARD Julien

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

89

SUTTERLIN Jasha

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

90

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

0:00

91

GOLDSTEIN Omer

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

92

PACHER Quentin

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

93

CIMOLAI Davide

Cofidis

0:00

94

MATE Luis Angel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

95

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

96

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

97

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

98

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

99

MIQUEL Pau

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

100

POELS Wout

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

101

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

0:00

102

BAKELANTS Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

103

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

104

DE LA CRUZ David

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

105

FERNANDEZ Ruben

Cofidis

0:00

106

OKAMIKA Ander

Burgos-BH

0:00

107

PRODHOMME Nicolas

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

108

AZURMENDI Ibai

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

109

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

110

MASNADA Fausto

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

111

PINOT Thibaut

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

112

REICHENBACH Sebastien

Groupama - FDJ

0:00

113

DEVENYNS Dries

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:00

114

NAVARRO Daniel

Burgos-BH

0:00

115

CATALDO Dario

Trek - Segafredo

0:00

116

PARRA Jose Felix

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

117

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

118

HANNINEN Jaakko

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

119

SHAW James

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

120

REPA Vojtech

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

121

VAN GILS Maxim

Lotto Soudal

0:00

122

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

123

DURBRIDGE Luke

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

124

URAN Rigoberto

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

125

JUNGELS Bob

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

126

POZZOVIVO Domenico

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

127

LANGELLOTTI Victor

Burgos-BH

0:00

128

DONOVAN Mark

Team DSM

0:00

129

GESINK Robert

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

130

HERRADA Jose

Cofidis

0:00

131

BUITRAGO Santiago

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

132

VERONA Carlos

Movistar Team

0:00

133

TAARAMAE Rein

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

134

VAN BAARLE Dylan

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

135

JOHANSEN Julius

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

136

FROOME Chris

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

137

DE GENDT Thomas

Lotto Soudal

0:55

138

ITURRIA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

0:00

139

CARRETERO Hector

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:55

140

RAUGEL Antoine

AG2R Citroen Team

0:00

141

DENNIS Rohan

Jumbo-Visma

0:58

142

HEPBURN Michael

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

143

MEINTJES Louis

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

144

MEURISSE Xandro

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:00

145

VERVAEKE Louis

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:00

146

CABEDO Oscar

Burgos-BH

1:00

147

O'BRIEN Kelland

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

148

HERRADA Jesus

Cofidis

0:00

149

SCOTSON Callum

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:00

150

VALVERDE Alejandro

Movistar Team

0:00

151

MAS Lluis

Movistar Team

0:00

152

MUHLBERGER Gregor

Movistar Team

1:00

153

CAVAGNA Remi

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:00

154

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

155

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

156

BATTISTELLA Samuele

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

157

LUTSENKO Alexey

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

158

CONCA Filippo

Lotto Soudal

1:09

159

FABBRO Matteo

BORA - hansgrohe

1:09

160

TEJADA Harold

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:00

161

DRIZNERS Jarrad

Lotto Soudal

1:09

162

VINE Jay

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:12

163

BIZKARRA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:20

164

HARPER Chris

Jumbo-Visma

1:23

165

SERRY Pieter

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:26

166

GUERNALEC Thibault

Team Arkea Samsic

1:27

167

JANSSENS Jimmy

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:36

168

NORSGAARD Mathias

Movistar Team

1:57

169

KUDUS Merhawi

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

170

PADUN Mark

EF Education-EasyPost

0:00

171

VANDENABEELE Henri

Team DSM

1:57

172

CRADDOCK Lawson

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

1:57

173

DE MARCHI Alessandro

Israel - Premier Tech

2:22

174

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

0:00

175

IMPEY Daryl

Israel - Premier Tech

0:00

176

HIRT Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

177

THIJSSEN Gerben

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

0:00

178

ADRIA Roger

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:00

179

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

3:32

180

MALECKI Kamil

Lotto Soudal

11:12

181

DE TIER Floris

Alpecin-Deceuninck

11:12

GC

1

TEUNISSEN Mike

Jumbo-Visma

4:14:14

2

AFFINI Edoardo

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

3

OOMEN Sam

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

4

ROGLIC Primoz

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

5

KUSS Sepp

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

6

GESINK Robert

Jumbo-Visma

0:00

7

CARAPAZ Richard

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

8

HAYTER Ethan

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

9

SIVAKOV Pavel

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

10

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

11

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

12

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

13

VAN BAARLE Dylan

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

14

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:14

15

VAN WILDER Ilan

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:14

16

ALAPHILIPPE Julian

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:14

17

MASNADA Fausto

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:14

18

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:31

19

YATES Simon

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:31

20

HAMILTON Lucas

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:31

21

DURBRIDGE Luke

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:31

22

O'BRIEN Kelland

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:31

23

PEDERSEN Mads

Trek - Segafredo

0:33

24

ACKERMANN Pascal

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

25

OLIVEIRA Ivo

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

26

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

27

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

28

SOLER Marc

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

29

POLANC Jan

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

30

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

31

STEWART Jake

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

32

MOLARD Rudy

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

33

ARMIRAIL Bruno

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

34

PACHER Quentin

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

35

PINOT Thibaut

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

36

REICHENBACH Sebastien

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

37

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

0:39

38

VAN POPPEL Danny

BORA - hansgrohe

0:41

39

MULLEN Ryan

BORA - hansgrohe

0:41

40

HINDLEY Jai

BORA - hansgrohe

0:41

41

KELDERMAN Wilco

BORA - hansgrohe

0:41

42

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

0:41

43

KIRSCH Alex

Trek - Segafredo

0:42

44

SANCHEZ Luis Leon

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

45

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

46

LANDA Mikel

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

47

ELISSONDE Kenny

Trek - Segafredo

0:42

48

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

49

BERNARD Julien

Trek - Segafredo

0:42

50

SUTTERLIN Jasha

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

51

POELS Wout

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

52

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

0:42

53

CATALDO Dario

Trek - Segafredo

0:42

54

BUITRAGO Santiago

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

55

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

56

ROJAS Jose Joaquin

Movistar Team

0:43

57

MAS Enric

Movistar Team

0:43

58

OLIVEIRA Nelson

Movistar Team

0:43

59

VERONA Carlos

Movistar Team

0:43

60

VALVERDE Alejandro

Movistar Team

0:43

61

SCOTSON Miles

Groupama - FDJ

0:45

62

LOPEZ Miguel Angel

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

63

NIBALI Vincenzo

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

64

DE LA CRUZ David

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

65

BATTISTELLA Samuele

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

66

LUTSENKO Alexey

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

67

TEJADA Harold

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

68

HEPBURN Michael

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:52

69

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

0:53

70

ARNDT Nikias

Team DSM

0:53

71

NIEUWENHUIS Joris

Team DSM

0:53

72

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

0:53

73

HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team DSM

0:53

74

DONOVAN Mark

Team DSM

0:53

75

LIENHARD Fabian

Groupama - FDJ

0:55

76

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

0:55

77

VENDRAME Andrea

AG2R Citroen Team

0:55

78

O'CONNOR Ben

AG2R Citroen Team

0:55

79

PRODHOMME Nicolas

AG2R Citroen Team

0:55

80

JUNGELS Bob

AG2R Citroen Team

0:55

81

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:57

82

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:57

83

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:57

84

MIQUEL Pau

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:57

85

ADRIA Roger

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:57

86

DENNIS Rohan

Jumbo-Visma

0:58

87

MERLIER Tim

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:59

88

MOLANO Juan Sebastian

UAE Team Emirates

1:00

89

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1:01

90

TAMINIAUX Lionel

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:03

91

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:03

92

VERMEERSCH Gianni

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:03

93

WOODS Michael

Israel - Premier Tech

1:04

94

BEVIN Patrick

Israel - Premier Tech

1:04

95

HAGEN Carl Fredrik

Israel - Premier Tech

1:04

96

GOLDSTEIN Omer

Israel - Premier Tech

1:04

97

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

1:04

98

IMPEY Daryl

Israel - Premier Tech

1:04

99

HOOLE Daan

Trek - Segafredo

1:05

100

PETERS Nans

AG2R Citroen Team

1:08

101

REPA Vojtech

Equipo Kern Pharma

1:12

102

CAVAGNA Remi

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:14

103

CHAVES Esteban

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

104

CARTHY Hugh

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

105

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

106

SHAW James

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

107

URAN Rigoberto

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

108

PADUN Mark

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

109

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

1:21

110

HARPER Chris

Jumbo-Visma

1:23

111

DELAPLACE Anthony

Team Arkea Samsic

1:25

112

VAN POPPEL Boy

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

113

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

1:25

114

GESBERT Elie

Team Arkea Samsic

1:25

115

RUSSO Clement

Team Arkea Samsic

1:25

116

BAKELANTS Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

117

POZZOVIVO Domenico

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

118

TAARAMAE Rein

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

119

RAUGEL Antoine

AG2R Citroen Team

1:25

120

MEINTJES Louis

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

121

HIRT Jan

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

122

THIJSSEN Gerben

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

123

PARRA Jose Felix

Equipo Kern Pharma

1:27

124

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:32

125

MARTIN Gotzon

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:32

126

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:32

127

AZURMENDI Ibai

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:32

128

DEVENYNS Dries

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:36

129

SERRY Pieter

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

1:44

130

EINHORN Itamar

Israel - Premier Tech

1:49

131

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

1:49

132

SWEENY Harry

Lotto Soudal

1:49

133

MATE Luis Angel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:49

134

VAN GILS Maxim

Lotto Soudal

1:49

135

COQUARD Bryan

Cofidis

1:50

136

ROCHAS Remy

Cofidis

1:50

137

VILLELLA Davide

Cofidis

1:50

138

FERNANDEZ Ruben

Cofidis

1:50

139

HERRADA Jesus

Cofidis

1:50

140

CARRETERO Hector

Equipo Kern Pharma

1:52

141

BOL Jetse

Burgos-BH

1:58

142

EZQUERRA Jesus

Burgos-BH

1:58

143

DIAZ Jose Manuel

Burgos-BH

1:58

144

OKAMIKA Ander

Burgos-BH

1:58

145

NAVARRO Daniel

Burgos-BH

1:58

146

LANGELLOTTI Victor

Burgos-BH

1:58

147

CIMOLAI Davide

Cofidis

1:59

148

BENNETT Sam

BORA - hansgrohe

2:01

149

JOHANSEN Julius

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

2:02

150

MEURISSE Xandro

Alpecin-Deceuninck

2:03

151

HERRADA Jose

Cofidis

2:11

152

VINE Jay

Alpecin-Deceuninck

2:15

153

FROOME Chris

Israel - Premier Tech

2:22

154

ITURRIA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

2:29

155

MCLAY Daniel

Team Arkea Samsic

2:32

156

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

2:33

157

VERVAEKE Louis

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

2:36

158

SCOTSON Callum

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

2:38

159

JANSSENS Jimmy

Alpecin-Deceuninck

2:39

160

OWSIAN Lukasz

Team Arkea Samsic

2:42

161

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

2:49

162

BIZKARRA Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

2:52

163

GUERNALEC Thibault

Team Arkea Samsic

2:52

164

DRIZNERS Jarrad

Lotto Soudal

2:58

165

HANNINEN Jaakko

AG2R Citroen Team

3:03

166

CRADDOCK Lawson

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

3:03

167

CONCA Filippo

Lotto Soudal

3:10

168

KOCH Jonas

BORA - hansgrohe

3:12

169

FABBRO Matteo

BORA - hansgrohe

3:22

170

DE MARCHI Alessandro

Israel - Premier Tech

3:26

171

CABEDO Oscar

Burgos-BH

3:41

172

VANDENABEELE Henri

Team DSM

3:41

173

MAS Lluis

Movistar Team

3:43

174

KUDUS Merhawi

EF Education-EasyPost

3:56

175

DEGENKOLB John

Team DSM

4:13

176

MUHLBERGER Gregor

Movistar Team

4:47

177

DE GENDT Thomas

Lotto Soudal

4:53

178

NORSGAARD Mathias

Movistar Team

5:03

179

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

5:04

180

MALECKI Kamil

Lotto Soudal

13:01

181

DE TIER Floris

Alpecin-Deceuninck

14:36

Points

1

BENNETT Sam

BORA - hansgrohe

67

2

PEDERSEN Mads

Trek - Segafredo

50

3

ACKERMANN Pascal

UAE Team Emirates

26

4

MERLIER Tim

Alpecin-Deceuninck

20

5

TEUNISSEN Mike

Jumbo-Visma

18

6

HOOLE Daan

Trek - Segafredo

15

7

MCLAY Daniel

Team Arkea Samsic

14

8

HAYTER Ethan

INEOS Grenadiers

13

9

EINHORN Itamar

Israel - Premier Tech

12

10

STEWART Jake

Groupama - FDJ

10

11

DEGENKOLB John

Team DSM

8

12

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

7

13

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

6

14

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

5

15

VAN POPPEL Danny

BORA - hansgrohe

4

16

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

3

17

MARTIN Gotzon

Euskaltel - Euskadi

2

Youth

1

HAYTER Ethan

INEOS Grenadiers

4:14:27

2

SIVAKOV Pavel

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

3

RODRIGUEZ Carlos

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

4

PLAPP Luke

INEOS Grenadiers

0:00

5

EVENEPOEL Remco

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:01

6

VAN WILDER Ilan

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:01

7

GROVES Kaden

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:18

8

O'BRIEN Kelland

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:18

9

MCNULTY Brandon

UAE Team Emirates

0:20

10

AYUSO Juan

UAE Team Emirates

0:20

11

ALMEIDA Joao

UAE Team Emirates

0:20

12

STEWART Jake

Groupama - FDJ

0:25

13

TURNER Ben

INEOS Grenadiers

0:26

14

HIGUITA Sergio

BORA - hansgrohe

0:28

15

MADER Gino

Bahrain - Victorious

0:29

16

WRIGHT Fred

Bahrain - Victorious

0:29

17

LOPEZ Juan Pedro

Trek - Segafredo

0:29

18

BUITRAGO Santiago

Bahrain - Victorious

0:29

19

ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Bahrain - Victorious

0:29

20

BATTISTELLA Samuele

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:33

21

TEJADA Harold

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:33

22

BRENNER Marco

Team DSM

0:40

23

ARENSMAN Thymen

Team DSM

0:40

24

HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby

Team DSM

0:40

25

DONOVAN Mark

Team DSM

0:40

26

CHAMPOUSSIN Clement

AG2R Citroen Team

0:42

27

PRODHOMME Nicolas

AG2R Citroen Team

0:42

28

GARCIA PIERNA Raul

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:44

29

BERRADE Urko

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:44

30

GALVAN Francisco

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:44

31

MIQUEL Pau

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:44

32

ADRIA Roger

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:44

33

FEDOROV Yevgeniy

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:48

34

STANNARD Robert

Alpecin-Deceuninck

0:50

35

PRONSKIY Vadim

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:51

36

HOOLE Daan

Trek - Segafredo

0:52

37

REPA Vojtech

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:59

38

GUGLIELMI Simon

Team Arkea Samsic

1:12

39

RAUGEL Antoine

AG2R Citroen Team

1:12

40

THIJSSEN Gerben

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:12

41

PARRA Jose Felix

Equipo Kern Pharma

1:14

42

CANAL Carlos

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:19

43

BOU Joan

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:19

44

EINHORN Itamar

Israel - Premier Tech

1:36

45

BEULLENS Cedric

Lotto Soudal

1:36

46

SWEENY Harry

Lotto Soudal

1:36

47

VAN GILS Maxim

Lotto Soudal

1:36

48

JOHANSEN Julius

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:49

49

TIBERI Antonio

Trek - Segafredo

2:20

50

CHAMPION Thomas

Cofidis

2:36

51

GUERNALEC Thibault

Team Arkea Samsic

2:39

52

DRIZNERS Jarrad

Lotto Soudal

2:45

53

HANNINEN Jaakko

AG2R Citroen Team

2:50

54

CONCA Filippo

Lotto Soudal

2:57

55

VANDENABEELE Henri

Team DSM

3:28

56

NORSGAARD Mathias

Movistar Team

4:50

57

AZPARREN Xabier Mikel

Euskaltel - Euskadi

4:51

Mountains

1

VAN DEN BERG Julius

EF Education-EasyPost

2

2

GUERNALEC Thibault

Team Arkea Samsic

1

Teams

1

Jumbo-Visma

11:53:22

2

INEOS Grenadiers

0:13

3

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

0:14

4

Team BikeExchange - Jayco

0:31

5

UAE Team Emirates

0:33

6

Groupama - FDJ

0:38

7

BORA - hansgrohe

0:41

8

Trek - Segafredo

0:42

9

Bahrain - Victorious

0:42

10

Movistar Team

0:43

11

Astana Qazaqstan Team

0:46

12

Team DSM

0:53

13

AG2R Citroen Team

0:55

14

Equipo Kern Pharma

0:57

15

Alpecin-Deceuninck

1:03

16

Israel - Premier Tech

1:04

17

EF Education-EasyPost

1:19

18

Team Arkea Samsic

1:25

19

Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux

1:25

20

Euskaltel - Euskadi

1:32

21

Lotto Soudal

1:49

22

Cofidis

1:50

23

Burgos-BH

1:58

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