May 08, 2018 (Caltagirone, Italy) – Mike Woods knew the short, sharp uphill kick into Caltagirone suited him. The Canadian had circled stage four of the Giro d’Italia on the calendar several weeks out from his third Grand Tour. While Woods underplayed his chances to the media before the start, EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale lined up for the first Italian stage of the 101st edition of the Giro full of confidence in Woods to deliver a result.

And deliver he did – although one step short of the target. In the uphill sprint, Woods emerged from a fragmented leading group to claim second, unable to come around Tim Wellens (Lotto Fix All) before the line.

“I felt great throughout the day,” said Woods. “I knew I was going to be on a good one today. It was a really difficult and challenging last climb. Wellens just had the better legs. I was trying to time it. I tried coming around him, but I just couldn’t.”

Woods was positioned to contend for the stage by the selfless work of his teammates. The 202 kilometers from Cantania to Caltagirone covered over 3,000 meters of undulating, twisting and narrow roads. Much of the route was exposed, and the peloton faced several sections on the course with an abrupt bottleneck. Despite the challenges, EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale remained steadfastly focused on a single mission.

“The team rode incredible today all day,” said Nate Brown. “We had a plan. We stuck to the plan, which was to get Mike into good position for the final and let him take over.”

The last of the early escape riders had rejoined the peloton 13 kilometers from the finish. Team Sky replaced BMC on the front of the bunch as the counter-attacks signalled the chaos to come. Enrico Zardini (Wilier Triestina) and Valeria Contia (UAE Team Emirates) were the first to jump away. Conti pushed on alone when Zardini was unable to match his effort, and Lotto Fix All assumed responsibility for the chase.

“In the final 10km, I took over for Mike. I had him sit on my wheel. We floated the top 10 positions,” said Brown. “That was our goal, to keep him in the top ten going into the last climb.”

The narrowing of the road into the last village caused a crash that split the peloton. Woods, well-positioned by Brown on the run-in the village, avoided the chaos.

“The idea was not to put Mike in the top three or four, because it was a long climb until the end, but we wanted him in the top 10 when the climb begun,” explained sport director Juanma Garate.

The final kilometer featured an average gradient of nearly nine percent with several pitches in the double digits.

“I took Mike to maybe 700 meters to go, and then he kind of lost my wheel a little bit because he got cut off, but he was top 10 going into the last climb,” said Brown. “Mike took it from there.”

“You spend so much time just sitting in your bed, wondering ‘Will I be good enough?’ You spend the whole race, thinking, ‘Am I going to have it for the climb?’ I’m racing enough to have an understanding of where I’m going to be, and I felt great today,” said Woods.

Great enough that when Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo) kicked 300 meters from the line and Wellens jumped on the Italian’s wheel, Woods could handily follow. Battaglin wilted before the finish. Woods remained glued to Wellens wheel, lacking anything extra to come around him.

“It was full gas,” said Woods. “Once Wellens went, it was all just a question of power.”

“Sure, second is great, but I wanted to win,” added Woods. “We came here to win a stage, and two second places doesn’t cut it.”

Tuesday’s race was the first test for Woods, but it’s far from the last. Wednesday’s stage five features similar terrain.

“Tomorrow is another opportunity,” said Garate. “When we come second, it means we are there. We are close. We are fighting. We still have three weeks. We have time enough win one stage or another.”

“Today was the one that stood out for me. It’s where I wanted to do well,” noted Woods. “We’ll see what tomorrow brings. It’s similar to this one, so hopefully I can be good there.”

“I think we really want to win now and it’s given us a lot of confidence,” Brown added. “We can win in almost any scenario in this race – we have a sprinter, breakaway riders, climbers, we have Mike. I’m really motivated and optimistic that we’ll get the win.”

Results

1. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All 5:17:34
2. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
3. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
4. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
5. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
6. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 00:04
7. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
8. Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
10. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
11. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
12. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
13. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
14. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:10
15. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team
16. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
17. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
18. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
19. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
20. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
21. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
22. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
23. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
24. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 00:21
25. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
26. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
27. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
28. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
29. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
30. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky
31. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
32. Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Movistar Team
33. Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
34. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:27
35. Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
36. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
37. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
38. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
39. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
40. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
41. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
42. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott
43. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 00:36
44. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
45. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
46. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
47. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
48. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
49. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
50. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:41
51. Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 00:43
52. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:49
53. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:52
54. Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 01:08
55. Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 01:14
56. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin 01:17
57. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
58. Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
59. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All 01:23
60. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team 01:28
61. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy
62. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
63. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
64. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All
65. Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
66. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
67. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
68. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
69. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 01:41
70. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
71. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 02:03
73. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All
74. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
75. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
76. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
77. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 02:13
79. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 02:28
80. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy 02:41
81. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
82. Steve Morabito (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
83. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
84. Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
85. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 03:07
87. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 03:18
88. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
89. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All
90. Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
91. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
92. Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
93. Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb
94. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
95. Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
96. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 03:25
97. Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
98. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
99. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
100. Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
101. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 03:41
102. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
103. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 05:33
104. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 05:42
105. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
106. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 06:04
107. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 06:07
108. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 06:10
109. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
110. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
111. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott 06:25
112. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
113. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 06:34
114. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
115. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky 06:44
116. Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
117. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
118. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 06:50
119. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 07:33
120. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
121. Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
122. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
123. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
124. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
125. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
126. Igor Anton (Esp) Dimension Data
127. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
128. William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
129. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
130. Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
131. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
132. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
133. Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
134. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy
135. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
136. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
137. Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All
138. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott
139. Tom Scully (Nzl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 07:58
140. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team 08:05
141. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 08:43
142. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 08:45
143. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
144. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 08:50
145. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
146. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
147. Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team
148. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 09:06
149. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All
150. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
151. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 09:16
152. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Fix All 09:23
153. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team 09:34
154. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 10:52
155. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
156. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
157. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
158. Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team
159. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
160. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 13:25
161. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:42
162. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 14:48
163. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
164. Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15:32
165. Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 16:11
166. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
167. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
168. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
169. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
170. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
171. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
172. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
173. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
174. Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF

GC after Stage 4

1. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 14:23:08
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:01
3. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott 00:17
4. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Fix All 00:19
5. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team 00:25
6. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 00:28
7. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
8. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:34
9. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:35
10. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
11. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 00:36
12. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:37
13. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:47
14. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
15. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 00:50
16. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 00:52
17. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:53
18. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
19. Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 00:54
20. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 00:55
21. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:56
22. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott
23. Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Movistar Team
24. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:57
25. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 01:00
26. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 01:03
27. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 01:07
28. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 01:08
29. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 01:14
30. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
31. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 01:15
32. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:17
33. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:20
35. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 01:25
36. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin 01:30
37. Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 01:32
38. Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 01:35
39. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 01:37
40. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
41. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 01:38
42. Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
43. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott 01:40
44. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 01:42
45. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:44
46. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:46
47. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
48. Victor De La Parte (Esp) Movistar Team 02:05
49. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 02:06
50. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 02:08
51. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 02:09
52. Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 02:19
53. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 02:29
54. Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 02:32
55. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 02:33
56. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 02:46
57. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
58. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 02:56
59. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 03:00
60. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 03:01
61. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 03:03
62. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 03:06
63. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Fix All 03:39
64. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 03:40
65. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Fix All 03:41
66. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 03:52
67. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 03:56
68. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 04:00
69. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 04:04
70. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 04:05
71. Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ 04:10
72. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 04:30
73. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 04:37
74. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Fix All 04:40
75. Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 04:46
76. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 04:51
77. Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 04:52
78. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 04:58
79. Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 05:14
80. Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 05:33
81. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 05:44
82. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 05:45
83. Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 05:49
84. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 06:02
85. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 06:09
86. Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 06:14
87. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Fix All 06:16
88. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 06:24
89. Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 06:25
90. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 06:43
91. Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 06:53
92. Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 06:56
93. Steve Morabito (Sui) Groupama-FDJ 07:02
94. Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 07:07
95. Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 07:08
96. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy 07:13
97. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
98. Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 07:28
99. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky 07:33
100. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 07:35
101. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 07:36
102. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 07:38
103. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
104. Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 07:40
105. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 07:54
106. Hugh Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 07:59
107. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 08:00
108. Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 08:03
109. Sam Bewley (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott 08:05
110. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 08:08
111. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 08:14
112. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 08:25
113. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 08:41
114. Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 08:42
115. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 08:46
116. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 09:13
117. Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 09:15
118. Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 09:16
119. Igor Anton (Esp) Dimension Data 09:24
120. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 09:28
121. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 09:30
122. Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team 09:35
123. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
124. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 09:40
125. William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 09:47
126. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 09:50
127. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Fix All 09:53
128. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 10:07
129. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 10:12
130. Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 10:23
131. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 10:24
132. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team
133. Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 10:37
134. Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 10:41
135. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 10:56
136. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team 11:25
137. Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 11:29
138. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 11:32
139. Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 11:46
140. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 11:54
141. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All 11:57
142. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 12:03
143. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 12:05
144. Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 12:10
145. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 12:26
146. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo 12:30
147. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 12:39
148. Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team 12:40
149. Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Fix All 12:42
150. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 12:47
151. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 13:05
152. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 13:06
153. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 13:09
154. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 13:10
155. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 13:12
156. Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 13:15
157. Tom Scully (Nzl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 13:18
158. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 14:18
159. Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 15:44
160. Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 17:04
161. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 17:09
162. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 17:13
163. Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 17:15
164. Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17:20
165. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 17:38
166. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 17:40
167. Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 17:45
168. Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 17:51
169. Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 18:13
170. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 18:18
171. Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 18:46
172. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 19:02
173. Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 19:08
174. Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 25:05