Itzulia Basque Country: Paul Seixas stuns again with victory in the mountains on stage 2 to create huge GC lead

Current overall ranking leader Team Decathlon CMA CGM's French rider Paul Seixas celebrates winning the second stage of the Basque Country's Itzulia cycling tour, a 164.1 km race between Pamplona and Mendukilo cave, near Astitz, on April 7, 2026. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) — (Image credit: Getty Images)

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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.

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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 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.

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.

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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	-

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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	+0:17:17
101	Nicola Conci (Ita) XDS Astana Team	+0:17:22
102	Roman Ermakov (Rus) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:17:24
103	Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto Intermarché	+0:17:33
104	Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH	+0:17:35
105	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	+0:17:37
106	Christian Scaroni (Ita) XDS Astana Team	+0:17:37
107	Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:17:38
108	Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:17:44
109	Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:17:45
110	Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:17:45
111	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:17:49
112	Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:18:03
113	Oliver Stockwell (Gbr) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:18:04
114	Unai Ramos (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	+0:18:40
115	Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:19:05
116	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Lidl-Trek	+0:19:33
117	Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:20:28
118	Felix Großschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:20:35
119	Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:21:13
120	Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:21:30
121	Victor Langellotti (Mon) INEOS Grenadiers	+0:21:32
122	Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:21:35
123	Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek	+0:21:38
124	Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:21:38
125	Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM Team	+0:21:43
126	Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:21:47
127	Aaron Dockx (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:21:48
128	Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United	+0:21:49
129	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:21:56
130	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility	+0:21:57
131	Iker Mintegi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:22:03
132	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto Intermarché	+0:22:05
133	Gotzon Martín (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi	+0:22:10
134	Iñigo Elosegui (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma	+0:22:13
135	Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:22:15
136	Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:22:17
137	Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:22:32
138	Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:22:35
139	Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto Intermarché	+0:22:53
140	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers	+0:22:59
141	Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto Intermarché	+0:23:01
142	Roger Adrià (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:23:01
143	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:23:28
144	Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility	+0:23:50
145	Brandon Smith Rivera (Col) INEOS Grenadiers	+0:23:55
146	Adrián Fajardo (Esp) Burgos Burpellet BH	+0:24:59

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.

How it unfolded

Results

General Classification after stage 2