Poels wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Team Sky rider out-sprints Albasini and Rui Costa
The snow fell heavily in the Ardennes at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday, invoking memories of Bernaud Hinault’s iconic 1980 victory and even causing the race to be re-routed, but Wout Poels rode through the blizzard to put an end to Team Sky’s long wait for a Monument victory.
The Dutchman followed Michael Albasini’s (Orica-GreenEdge) move up the Côte de la Rue Naniot, the new steep cobbled climb introduced to shake up the race’s finale, and held him off in the sprint. Former world champion Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) finished a close third having been part of the move, while Samuel Sanchez (BMC), the fourth member of the group, was unable to produce a sprint and finished a distant fourth.
"I still can't believe it," said Poels, who became only the fifth Dutchman to win La Doyenne, and the first since Adri Van Der Poel 28 years ago. "The conditions were really difficult today and at the end we were all really tired."
For all the talk of Alejandro Valverde’s overwhelming favourite status, and for all the work his Movistar teammates subjected themselves to on the front of the bunch, the defending champion couldn’t manage to make the top 10. It was a similar story for Etixx-QuickStep; they had strength in numbers and drove a fierce pace going into the final 25km, but last year’s runner up and Julian Alaphilippe finished in the main group with Valverde, while 2013 winner Dan Martin struggled on the final climb and ended up nearly two minutes down.
It was a trying day for the riders, who repeatedly encountered mini snow storms all along the route as the weather forecasts proved true to their word. The situation was at its worst halfway along the trip out from Liège to Bastogne, with many teams posting photos of the roads covered in a blanket of snow as their car made their way out to the feed zone. An hour into the race, the organisers made the decision to alter the route and took riders off the planned course after 45 kilometres, eventually linking back up with it at kilometre 75. Given that they were back on course ahead of the first of the day’s 10 climbs, the change did little to shape the complexion of the race, and only 5km were lost from the total distance, which became 248km.
A break of eight enjoyed a few hours out front, while a fairly contained race was ridden back in the bunch. There were eight climbs in the last 80km but it wasn’t until after the fourth one, the famous Côte de La Redoute, had been crested that the race was really ignited.
The utterly miserable conditions took their toll and while crashes took out Tony Gallopin and Rafal Majka, it was largely down to who kept themselves warm, well fed, and most comfortable. Poels’ relatively slow sprint and the fact that Albasini was unable to get near to coming round him demonstrated how exacting the day had been.
How it unfolded
The leaden drops of rain that fell as the peloton gathered at the Place Saint-Lambert for the start of Liège-Bastogne-Liège prefigured what they would face on the long road south. Word had already reached Liege of early morning snowfall in the Ardennes, and shortly after rolling out of the City of the Prince-Bishops, it was announced that the race would be re-routed to avoid the most treacherous roads ahead of the day’s first climb, the Côte de la Roche-en-Ardenne, knocking five kilometres off the overall distance.
By that point, the day’s early break had established itself, with Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff), Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Argon 18), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) and Jeremy Roy (FDJ) slipping off the front inside the opening 15 kilometres of racing. The seven combined well together to cover 42 kilometres in the first hour and build up a lead of 8:45 over a main peloton where most of the contenders were all but unrecognisable beneath capes, snoods and jackets.
Etixx-QuickStep was the first team to take matters in hand at the head of the bunch, working to stabilise the break’s advantage, and they were later joined on the front by Alejandro Valverde’s Movistar guard. Their combined efforts chipped away at the break’s lead over the Saint-Roch – the roadsides on the climb lighter of Luxembourg fans than during the Schleck brothers’ heyday – and by the Côte de Wanne with 84 kilometres remaining, the gap was less unwieldy 4 minutes.
The only real frisson on the Haut-Levée was a banal crash involving Chris Froome, but the Sky rider unclipped before falling into the verge and quickly re-joined the peloton. On reaching the second feed at Stavelot shortly afterwards, however, the race was again buffeted by driving snow. Though, mercifully, it was not sticking to the ground, the headwind and grim conditions underlined that this was to be a war of attrition.
Movistar’s pace-making brought the leaders back to within two minutes on the Col du Rosier, where the snow was replaced by steady rain and where Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie) decided to counter-attack from the peloton, and he was still giving chase alone over the Col du Rosier. At the front, meanwhile, De Marchi fragmented the unity of the leading group by attacking near the summit. 48.5 kilometres from home, De Marchi, De Gendt and Edet had a lead of 1:50 over the peloton.
The endgame
Race organisers introduced the Rue Naniot, a 600-metre cobbled climb with an average gradient of 11% in a bid to discourage riders from playing a waiting game, and it duly produced the race-winning attack. There was, however, the suggestion that its presence softened the impact of the previous climbs, with the favourites riding conservatively and sending teammates up the road instead.
There was next to no movement in the bunch on the Côte de La Redoute, once a key flashpoint of the race, but the race was ignited on the 15km run to the Côte de La Roche-aux-Faucons, the third last climb. Andriy Grivko (Astana) went on the attack while Etixx-QuickStep drove a fearsome pace on the downhill that saw Edet and De Marchi, the last remnants of the breakaway, swallowed up.
Carlos Betancur, amazingly opting for bare legs over leg warmers, then attacked on the approach to the Côte de Saint-Nicholas, before Grivko tried his luck again and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) also got involved. When they hit the climb, Betancur made another move and the pace was such that Vincenzo Nibali and Simon Gerrans were both dropped.
Bardet attacked over the top of the climb, and then Diego Rosa and Ilnur Zakarin went on the offensive, but a group of around 25 riders would be together jotling for position as they hit the Rue Naniot. About halfway up the 600-metre climb, Albasini surged and the steep gradients took their toll, with gaps appearing among the main group.
Valverde was left in the middle of the group as Sanchez, Costa and Poels proved the only ones who could stay on terms with Albasini. With most riders shorn of teammates, a concerted chase never materialised and, as the road kicked up again into Ans, it became clear the group of four had done enough to earn the right to fight for the victory.
Poels was the first to go, and he led into the final left-hand bend. Albasini looked in a good position on the Dutchman’s wheel but Poels hung on impressively to seal the biggest win of his career.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | 6:24:29 |
2 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:04 |
5 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:09 |
6 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:11 |
7 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team | 0:00:12 |
8 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:00:40 |
25 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:47 |
30 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:18 |
31 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida | 0:01:29 |
32 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:01:41 |
38 | Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:01:51 |
39 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:01:53 |
40 | Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team | 0:01:56 |
44 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team | 0:02:01 |
51 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:21 |
52 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) Dimension Data | 0:02:22 |
54 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:02:35 |
55 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:02:40 |
56 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:49 |
57 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 0:02:51 |
58 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo | 0:03:00 |
61 | Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:03:11 |
62 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:39 |
63 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:02 |
64 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | 0:04:17 |
65 | Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:33 |
66 | Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | 0:04:38 |
70 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre - Merida | 0:05:27 |
71 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:05:47 |
90 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:06:11 |
95 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida | 0:06:49 |
96 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:06:50 |
97 | Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:07:18 |
98 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data | 0:07:24 |
100 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:07:49 |
103 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | 0:08:01 |
105 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:08:17 |
106 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie | 0:08:19 |
107 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:08:31 |
108 | Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff Team | 0:08:42 |
109 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:09:07 |
110 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 | 0:09:31 |
111 | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:10:31 |
112 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:11:35 |
120 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | 0:11:47 |
122 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:12:25 |
123 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:48 |
124 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:53 |
127 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:12:56 |
128 | Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | 0:13:27 |
131 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:13:36 |
132 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | 0:14:06 |
134 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
147 | Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:14:42 |
151 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:14:44 |
152 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
154 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mario Jorge Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Team | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Dimension Data | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marinus Cornelis Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) IAM Cycling | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 178 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 179 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 185 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 186 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | Row 187 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 188 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 189 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 190 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michel Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 191 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 192 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | Row 193 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ | Row 194 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 195 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jens Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 196 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 197 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 198 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept | Row 199 - Cell 2 |
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