Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Cycling News
Cycling News
Sport
Alasdair Fotheringham

Itzulia Basque Country: Isolated Paul Seixas clinches first WorldTour stage race title as AJ August wins rain-battered final stage

Paul Seixas of France and Team Decathlon CMA CGM chases solo to save his yellow jersey.

Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) conquered the 2026 Itzulia Basque Country and, in the process, became France's first overall winner of a WorldTour stage race in 19 years, but having dominated for five straight days, the 19-year-old's previously iron grip on the yellow jersey faltered dangerously at the last.

Riding through atrociously wet and windy conditions on a short but very punchy 135.2 kilometre stage, a mass assault by Uno-X Mobility and their leader Tobias Johannessen, 5:39 down on Seixas at the beginning of the day, saw the Frenchman eventually lose around three minutes of his lead on the Norwegian racer after he was forced to chase alone for the best part of the final hour.

Whilst an attack on the final Cat. 3 ascent of Asentzio allowed young Ineos Grenadiers AJ August to take an impressive solo stage win and the biggest victory of his career; the main GC battle of the day emerged between Johannessen, previously eleventh overall, but ahead in a group with four Uno-X teammates and the dangerously isolated Seixas.

Finally swept up by a group of chasers with their own interests in distancing third-placed Primoz Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), the EF Education-Easy Post-led pursuit effectively gave the Frenchman an armchair ride to the finish over the Asentzio and just when he was beginning to struggle on the final climb.

Seixas finally finished a comfortable 2:30 overall ahead of Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and 2:33 up on Johannessen on GC. But in a thrilling, rainblasted final stage where the peloton shattered in such tough conditions, Seixas had to dig much deeper than had been expected to ensure he retained his overall lead all the way through to the end.

"It was an insane day, I'm so happy to take the win," Seixas said. "It was not easy but I stayed strong in the end."

"I thought about what the team had done for me, to always put me in the best position possible, and I never gave up."

Andrew 'AJ' August celebrates winning the sixth and last stage in atrocious weather (Image credit: Getty Images)

How it unfolded

While one new French champion received acclaim and applause at the end of stage 6, his compatriot and former double World Champion Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) quietly dropped out of Itzulia before the start of the day. As soon as it had begun, though, three notable breakaway specialists used the opening - and final - ascent of the stage, the Cat.3 Asentzio, to move away: former long-distance stage winner Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), 2024 Itzulia podium finisher Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), fourth overall that same year.

Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)

It felt almost inevitable that such a high-quality break could gain as much as 90 seconds' margin prior to the next climb of six, the Cat. 2 Elosua, particularly as none of them was anywhere near an overall threat to Seixas. Their hold on the front strengthened, too, when they were joined by two more important reinforcements, Juanpe López (Movistar) and young Danish racer Peter Øxenberg (Ineos Grenadiers) on the first ascent of two of the Cat.3 Azkarate.

Things got even more interesting, though, when a further 32 riders from a whole selection of different squads, excluding - crucially - that of the leader and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, tried their best to bridge across as well. They didn't make it for another 100 kilometres, but what created the biggest interest all the same was the presence of Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), the former Tour de l'Avenir winner aiming for a late bid to take a GC podium spot behind Seixas - at the least - in the move. He had four teammates to back him up, too.

With Johannessen sitting 5:39 down on Seixas on GC, the Decathlon peloton began accelerating to try to reel him in, and with 53 kilometres to go, Seixas began to try to bridge across to the Johannessen group in person. Uno-X drove on relentlessly, nonetheless a move which allowed them to maintain over two minutes advantage and counting on the young Frenchman as the fate of the GC, seemingly so securely in Seixas favour, suddenly began to hang in the balance.

Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), second overall, was unable to follow as Seixas continued to drive on alone, the Decathlon leader picking up Steff Cras (Soudal-QuckStep) for company, but still essentially facing a fight of one against five Uno-X riders in the final hour. Soler, dropped in the freezing conditions and waving his hands as the rain teemed down, was unable to stay with Healy and Skjelmose as they faced the final, seven-kilometre ascent of Asentzio, its hardest part at the top.

Team Uno-X Mobility applied pressure to try and move their leader Tobias Johannessen up on GC (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Irishman and Dane were then swept up by the Johannessen group, reduced now to some 20 riders, but still retaining a key core of UAE - also on the front now, Soler had been brought back - and Uno-X riders to support their Norwegian leader. However, just as UAE brought the Johannssen group up the lower slopes, there was a big development behind when Seixas was finally caught up by a large number of chasers, spearheaded by EF and also containing Lipowitz, which offered him some relief. On the downside, though, there was the question of whether all the energy Seixas had spent in his lone chase and whether he'd have enough fuel left in the tank to stay with that group.

Given it was a very benign ascent, despite its length, it turned out Seixas was able to stay in contact with the chasing EF, and the odds tipped back in Seixas' favour yet more when AJ August (Ineos Grenadiers) launched a hard attack, 12 kilometres from the line. Only Raúl García Pierna (Movistar) was able to follow, but as the chasing group blew apart, a searing acceleration by the American then allowed the Ineos racer to go clear, roughly a kilometre from the top.

August's battle for solo victory could not have been more impressive, powering down the waterlogged descent of Asentzio to claim the biggest victory of his incipient career. But Seixas' dogged defence of his lead, coming home in a group in 21st place, 4:15 back on August, but crucially only three minutes behind last-minute challenger Johannessen, was no less dramatic to watch.

For France, too, taking their first overall victory in Itzulia since Laurent Jalabert in 1999 and their first at WorldTour level since Christophe Moreau in the Criterium du Dauphiné in 2007, has given them much to hope for as well. For one thing, there's been the way Seixas has got there too, with three stage wins including the first two, dominating affairs from beginning to end - albeit with a big wobble on the last day - and taking the best young riders, the points and the mountains classification in the process. If there ever was a breakthrough event for a rider still not yet in his third decade and in only his second year as a pro, the 2026 Itzulia Basque Country was it.

Itzulia Basque Country final GC podium (l-r): second place Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), winner Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) and third place Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 6 Results

Pos

Rider

Time

1

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

3:29:35

2

Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team

3:29:51

3

Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL

3:30:09

4

Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech

3:30:09

5

Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:30:42

6

Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

3:30:42

7

Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana

3:30:42

8

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

3:30:44

9

Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

3:31:01

10

Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

3:31:08

11

Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost

3:31:13

12

Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

3:31:20

13

Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3:32:12

14

Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3:32:12

15

Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3:32:12

16

Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek

3:32:17

17

Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis

3:33:50

18

Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana

3:33:50

19

Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team

3:33:50

20

Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious

3:33:50

21

Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

3:33:50

22

Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

3:33:50

23

Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3:34:05

24

Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers

3:34:52

25

James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost

3:35:19

26

Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

3:35:19

27

Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost

3:35:19

28

Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost

3:35:22

29

Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

3:35:27

30

Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:37:00

31

Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:37:16

32

Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost

3:37:37

33

Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers

3:39:28

34

Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers

3:39:28

35

Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep

3:39:28

36

Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis

3:41:09

37

Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team

3:42:23

38

Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3:42:23

39

Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

3:44:20

40

Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious

3:46:20

41

Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep

3:46:24

42

Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:46:25

43

Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

3:46:27

44

Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

3:46:29

45

Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech

3:46:33

46

Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:46:34

47

Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team

3:47:36

48

Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

3:47:36

49

Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

3:47:41

50

Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis

3:48:22

51

Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM

3:48:30

52

Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana

3:50:20

53

Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) XDS Astana

3:50:20

54

Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM

3:50:39

55

Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

3:53:04

56

Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:53:34

57

Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:53:34

58

Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

3:54:03

59

Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

3:54:03

60

Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:54:16

61

Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

3:54:52

62

Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

3:55:21

63

Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL

3:55:21

64

Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché

3:55:21

65

Lucas Wade Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers

3:55:21

66

Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché

3:55:21

67

Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling

3:55:21

68

Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

3:55:21

69

Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

3:55:21

70

Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

3:55:21

71

Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:55:21

72

Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:55:21

73

Iker Mintegi Claver (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:55:21

74

Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

3:57:00

75

Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility

3:58:30

nan

Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

nan

Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling

nan

Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

nan

Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike

nan

Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep

nan

Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep

nan

Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep

nan

Ethan Edward Hayter (GBr) Soudal-QuickStep

nan

Nicola Conci (Ita) XDS Astana

nan

Christian Scaroni (Ita) XDS Astana

nan

Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

nan

Brandon Mcnulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

nan

Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek

nan

Julien Bernard (Fra) Lidl-Trek

nan

Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek

nan

Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek

nan

Haimar Etxeberria Ansalas (Spa) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

nan

Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

nan

Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

nan

Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

nan

Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

nan

Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

nan

Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

nan

Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

nan

Lorenzo Quartucci (Ita) Burgos Burpellet BH

nan

Jose Luis Faura Asensio (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

nan

Adrian Fajardo Toledo (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

nan

Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

nan

Nil Gimeno Ferrer (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

nan

Jorge Gutierrez Gonzalez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

nan

Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Movistar Team

nan

Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team

nan

Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic PostNL

nan

Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL

nan

James Knox (GBr) Picnic PostNL

nan

Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL

nan

Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic PostNL

nan

Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious

nan

Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain Victorious

nan

Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain Victorious

nan

Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious

nan

Fabian Weiss (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling

nan

Alex Aranburu Deva (Spa) Cofidis

nan

Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis

nan

Paul Ourselin (Fra) Cofidis

nan

Samuel Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

nan

Julen Arriola-Bengoa Beitia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

nan

Joan Bou Company (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

nan

Lukas Nerurkar (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost

nan

Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost

nan

Victor Langellotti (Mon) Ineos Grenadiers

nan

Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

nan

Magnus Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility

nan

Robin Orins (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché

nan

Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché

Points

Pos

Rider

Points

1

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

25

2

Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team

20

3

Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL

16

4

Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost

15

5

Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech

14

6

Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike

12

7

Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

10

8

Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana

9

9

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

8

10

Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

7

11

Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

6

12

Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek

6

13

Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

4

14

Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3

15

Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

2

16

Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

1

Mountain

Pos

Rider

Points

1

Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

16

2

Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost

13

3

Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek

10

4

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

6

5

Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team

4

6

Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers

2

7

Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech

2

8

Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL

1

Best young rider

Pos

Rider

Time

1

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

3:29:35

2

Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

3:33:50

3

Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

3:35:19

4

Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost

3:35:22

5

Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:37:16

6

Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost

3:37:37

7

Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers

3:39:28

8

Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3:42:23

9

Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

3:44:20

10

Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

3:46:34

11

Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

3:53:34

12

Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL

3:55:21

13

Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché

3:55:21

14

Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

3:55:21

nan

Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

nan

Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

nan

Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

nan

Nil Gimeno Ferrer (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

nan

Alexy Faure Prost (Fra) Picnic PostNL

nan

Juan Martinez Huertas (Col) Picnic PostNL

nan

Roman Ermakov (Slo) Bahrain Victorious

Final general classification

Pos

Rider

Time

1

Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

20:07:35

2

Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

20:10:05

3

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

20:10:08

4

Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis

20:11:25

5

Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana

20:12:18

6

Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious

20:12:38

7

Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team

20:12:40

8

Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

20:13:00

9

Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost

20:13:16

10

Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers

20:15:08

11

Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

20:19:09

12

Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team

20:20:50

13

Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost

20:26:14

14

Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek

20:26:59

15

Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) XDS Astana

20:28:34

16

Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

20:30:29

17

Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM

20:31:34

18

Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

20:31:53

19

Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

20:34:21

20

Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

20:37:42

21

Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team

20:37:56

22

Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

20:38:09

23

Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana

20:38:12

24

Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

20:38:38

25

Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana

20:39:09

26

Jan Castellon Ribalta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

20:40:53

27

Carlos Garcia Pierna (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

20:42:41

28

Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

20:44:23

29

Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

20:45:11

30

Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost

20:47:23

31

Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

20:54:01

32

Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

20:54:15

33

James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost

20:56:46

34

Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

20:58:22

35

Nicolas Alustiza Goenaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

21:00:03

36

Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost

21:02:09

37

Yael Joalland (Fra) Cofidis

21:02:24

38

Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers

21:02:51

39

Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech

21:04:23

40

Hugo Houle (Can) Alpecin-Premier Tech

21:04:36

41

Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa) Burgos Burpellet BH

21:04:52

42

Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

21:08:05

43

Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché

21:08:12

44

Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike

21:08:18

45

Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

21:09:24

46

Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep

21:09:52

47

Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

21:12:24

48

Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike

21:12:28

49

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

21:13:42

50

Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL

21:14:32

51

Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike

21:14:38

52

Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team

21:14:45

53

Johannes Staune-Mittet (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM

21:15:05

54

Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis

21:16:18

55

Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

21:18:19

56

Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

21:19:26

57

Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

21:19:31

58

Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

21:20:45

59

Attila Valter (Hun) Bahrain Victorious

21:21:43

60

Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers

21:24:18

61

Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL

21:24:59

62

Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility

21:27:15

63

Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

21:28:09

64

Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

21:28:44

65

Joseba Lopez Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

21:32:43

66

Alex Molenaar (Ned) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

21:33:44

67

Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

21:34:51

68

Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

21:37:40

69

Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

21:43:21

70

Iker Mintegi Claver (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

21:45:25

71

Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

21:50:51

72

Martin Svrček (Svk) Soudal-QuickStep

21:51:42

73

Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling

21:52:11

74

Lucas Wade Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers

22:01:51

75

Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché

22:01:53

Mountain

Pos

Rider

Time

1

Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

32

2

Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

31

3

Anders Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

19

4

Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek

18

5

Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

18

6

Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost

17

7

Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

13

8

Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers

11

9

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

10

10

Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team

9

11

Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost

8

12

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

6

13

Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost

6

14

Iker Mintegi Claver (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

6

15

Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team

5

16

Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility

4

17

Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

4

18

Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis

3

19

Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech

3

20

Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

2

21

Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team

2

22

Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana

2

23

Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

2

24

Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers

2

25

Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

2

26

Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL

2

27

Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike

2

28

Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana

1

29

Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost

1

30

Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché

1

Points

Pos

Rider

Points

1

Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

87

2

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

49

3

Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

38

4

Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

36

5

Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis

35

6

Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek

35

7

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

34

8

Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers

34

9

Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

34

10

Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

25

11

Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team

22

12

Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost

21

13

Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost

21

14

Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Movistar Team

20

15

Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Movistar Team

19

16

Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious

17

17

Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) XDS Astana

17

18

Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic PostNL

16

19

Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

16

20

Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana

15

21

Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

15

22

Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech

14

23

Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

12

24

Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike

12

25

James Shaw (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost

10

26

Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché

10

27

Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike

10

28

Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS Astana

9

29

Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana

8

30

Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech

7

31

Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost

6

32

Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility

6

33

Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

4

34

Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost

3

35

Domen Novak (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

3

36

Matthew Riccitello (USA) Decathlon CMA CGM

2

37

Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

1

Best young rider

Pos

Rider

Time

1

Paul Seixas (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM

20:07:35

2

Markel Beloki Fernandez (Spa) EF Education-EasyPost

20:26:14

3

Adria Pericas Capdevila (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG

20:54:15

4

Johannes Kulset (Nor) Uno-X Mobility

20:58:22

5

Michael Shea Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost

21:02:09

6

Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers

21:02:51

7

Tim Rex (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike

21:08:18

8

Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers

21:13:42

9

Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United

21:19:31

10

Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL

21:24:59

11

Menno Huising (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike

21:34:51

12

Unai Ramos Murillo (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma

21:43:21

13

Gari Ugarte Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

21:50:51

14

Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché

22:01:53

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.