Vuelta a Espana 2018: Stage 11 Results

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Alessandro De Marchi wins stage 11 at the 2018 Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)

Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing) won the longest stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana as the rolling Galicia hills sparked a hard day of racing and saw Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) go close to taking the race lead from Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) only to race far too generously and miss out even on a stage victory.

Pinot takes pleasure in 100-kilometre Vuelta a Espana attack

Vuelta a Espana stage win liberating for De Marchi

De Marchi and Pinot were part of a 19-rider break that formed after more than 100km of attacks and counter attacks. Pinot wasted energy with a series of attacks before BMC Racing took control at the head of the race and De Marchi powered away with Jhonatan Restrepo (Katusha-Alpecin) on the final climb.

The Italian then dropped his rival in the final kilometres and pouring rain to win alone. Restrepo finished 28 seconds behind De Marchi, with the remains of the break spread across two minutes and Pinot at 1:50.

The overall contenders finished only 2:02 behind after a late acceleration, and so Simon Yates kept the red leader’s jersey, one second ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Valverde's teammate Nairo Quintana was aggressive in the final kilometre and remains third overall at 14 seconds.

De Marchi has won just four races in his nine-year career but three have come at the Vuelta a Espana, where he often gets the freedom to use his strength as a domestique to hunt for personal success.

He knew he had to attack alone this time if he wanted to win.

“If I waited for the sprint, for sure I’d have finished second. The only option I had was to try everything on the last climb. Honestly, I didn’t have my best legs, but it was just in the head,” he said after his victory, fatigued but happy.

“At one moment today I just said that I just had to keep trying because it was a real battle. Every move was looking like the good one and then it would come back. I just said: ‘OK, I just do the maximum I can’.”

How it unfolded

The longest stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana seemed perfect for a breakaway and a quiet day in the peloton for the overall contenders. However, this is Spain and the Vuelta, not France and the Tour, and the roller coaster terrain proved to be a launch pad for another day off aggressive racing.

Full Results

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team	4:52:38
2	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:28
3	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	0:00:59
4	Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:24
5	Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:01:45
6	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:46
7	Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
8	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	0:01:48
9	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	0:01:50
10	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
11	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:01:52
12	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:02
13	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
14	Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
15	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
16	Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
17	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
18	Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
19	Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
20	George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
21	Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
22	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
23	Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24	Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
25	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
26	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
27	David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky	0:02:09
28	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:10
29	Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	0:02:14
30	Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:02:23
31	Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:02:40
32	Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
33	Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:02:43
34	Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
35	Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data
36	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
37	Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
38	Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
39	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
40	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:03:00
41	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
42	Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:03:16
43	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
44	Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:03:19
45	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:21
46	Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
47	Daniel Moreno (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
48	Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
49	Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50	Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH
51	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
52	Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo	0:03:52
53	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
54	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
55	Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
56	Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:04:02
57	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:04:05
58	José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH	0:04:23
59	Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH	0:04:24
60	Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:04:26
61	Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
62	Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:04:51
63	Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin	0:05:04
64	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
65	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
66	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:05:50
67	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
68	Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
69	Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
70	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
71	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
72	Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
73	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
74	Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb	0:06:22
75	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
76	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
77	Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
78	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
79	Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky
80	Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
81	Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
82	Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
83	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
84	Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott	0:06:28
85	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	0:06:52
86	Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
87	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:08:16
88	Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
89	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:08:39
90	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
91	Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team
92	Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:08:43
93	Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data	0:09:23
94	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:09:50
95	Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
96	Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
97	Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky	0:10:56
98	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:20
99	Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
100	Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:13:25
101	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:14:44
102	Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
103	Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	0:14:51
104	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
105	Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:16:57
106	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates	0:17:12
107	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
108	Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH	0:17:29
109	Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:18:06
110	Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
111	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
112	Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
113	Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
114	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott	0:21:03
115	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
116	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors
117	Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
118	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
119	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
120	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
121	Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
122	Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
123	Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
124	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
125	Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
126	Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott	0:22:03
127	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	0:25:40
128	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:31:40
129	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
130	Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
131	Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
132	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
133	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
134	José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
135	Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
136	Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
137	Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
138	Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH
139	Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
140	Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
141	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
142	Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH
143	Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
144	Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
145	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
146	Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
147	Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
148	Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
149	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
150	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
151	Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
152	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
153	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
154	Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH
155	Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
156	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
157	Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
158	Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
159	Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
160	Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
161	Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
162	Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
163	Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
164	Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
165	Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
166	Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
167	Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
168	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
169	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
170	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb	0:31:54
DNF	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF	Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
DNF	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits

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Intermediate sprint - Castro Caldelas, km. 159.6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	4	pts
2	Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	2
3	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	1

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Points
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team	25	pts
2	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin	20
3	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	16
4	Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	14
5	Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team	12
6	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal	10
7	Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	9
8	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	8
9	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	7
10	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	6
11	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	5
12	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	4
13	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	3
14	Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	2
15	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb	1

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Mountain 1 (Cat. 3) Puerto del Padornelo, km. 37.7
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	3	pts
2	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	2
3	Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team	1

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Mountain 2 (Cat. 3) Alto do Covelo, km. 101.5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	3	pts
2	Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	2
3	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	1

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Mountain 3 (Cat. 2) Alto do Trives, km. 139
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	5	pts
2	Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	3
3	Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	1

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Mountain 4 (Cat. 3) Alto del Mirador de Cabezoas, km. 190
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team	3	pts
2	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin	2
3	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	1

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Combativity
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	BMC Racing Team	14:41:27
2	Bahrain-Merida	0:01:42
3	Team Sky	0:02:28
4	Movistar Team	0:02:33
5	LottoNl-Jumbo	0:03:14
6	AG2R La Mondiale
7	Dimension Data	0:03:55
8	Euskadi Basque Country	0:03:59
9	EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:04:11
10	Katusha-Alpecin	0:04:52
11	Team Sunweb	0:05:38
12	Astana Pro Team	0:06:36
13	Mitchelton-Scott	0:06:53
14	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:06:57
15	Lotto Soudal	0:08:05
16	Burgos-BH	0:08:35
17	Bora-Hansgrohe	0:09:02
18	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09:09
19	Trek-Segafredo	0:11:28
20	Groupama-FDJ	0:14:25
21	UAE Team Emirates	0:19:38
22	Quick-Step Floors	0:26:24

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General classification after stage 11
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott	45:57:40
2	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:01
3	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	0:00:14
4	Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	0:00:17
5	Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:24
6	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
7	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team	0:00:27
8	Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:00:32
9	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:43
10	George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:47
11	Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors	0:01:15
12	David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky	0:01:33
13	Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:49
14	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb	0:01:50
15	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky	0:02:10
16	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:02:20
17	Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:03:24
18	Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data	0:03:42
19	Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott	0:04:29
20	Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data	0:05:27
21	Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:05:28
22	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:05:45
23	Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida	0:06:39
24	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	0:08:07
25	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	0:11:28
26	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team	0:11:35
27	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	0:11:51
28	Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	0:12:02
29	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:12:35
30	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:12:56
31	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	0:13:43
32	Daniel Moreno (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:13:56
33	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:14:08
34	Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data	0:15:20
35	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:15:29
36	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:15:41
37	Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo	0:15:53
38	Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:16:09
39	Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
40	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:18:43
41	Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:18:44
42	Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:23:47
43	Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:23:55
44	Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo	0:24:37
45	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale	0:24:40
46	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data	0:26:34
47	Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data	0:26:42
48	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:27:56
49	Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:28:43
50	Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb	0:29:08
51	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	0:29:35
52	Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:32:04
53	Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:33:15
54	Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb	0:33:29
55	Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team	0:34:06
56	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin	0:34:34
57	Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:35:45
58	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:36:58
59	Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:37:34
60	Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:38:57
61	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky	0:39:11
62	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	0:41:00
63	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:41:36
64	Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data	0:42:30
65	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team	0:43:47
66	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:45:22
67	Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:46:02
68	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:46:05
69	Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott	0:46:50
70	Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:47:26
71	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale	0:47:27
72	Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:47:35
73	José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH	0:48:05
74	Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:48:18
75	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:48:26
76	Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:48:35
77	Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:48:59
78	Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team	0:49:24
79	Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin	0:50:18
80	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:50:58
81	Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe