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2020 Giro d'Italia

103rd edition: May 9 - 31 Oct 3 - 25, 2020
Stage 7: Friday, October 9, 2020

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Friday, October 9: Stage 7, Matera - Brindisi, 143 km

Arnaud Demare

That makes three stage wins this Giro for Arnaud Demare. RCS Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Brindisi at 1:50 PM, local time: 21C (70F), fair, with the wind from the north at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: The stage started about 1:17. Because of the strong winds, the peloton soon formed into groups of echelons

The previous record of 49.429 kmph, set in the San Vito di Cadore-Vedelago stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia d’Italia, won by Andrea Guardini, was broken today.

Here's the report from GC leader Joao Almeida's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

Stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia, a completely flat one between Matera and Brindisi, was supposed to be also a quiet one, but soon after the start it got battered by heavy crosswinds, and that completely changed its dynamic. Sensing an opportunity, Deceuninck – Quick-Step amassed at the front of the peloton and turned into one of the main instigators, our team’s huge forcing creating a select 30-man group which caught off-guard many GC riders, who found themselves trailing by a minute.

A mad pursuit of those caught out in the echelons ensued, and it was only when the peloton changed direction and the wind dropped that the chasers bridged across, with around 100 kilometers to go. The Wolfpack – who rallied around overall leader João Almeida – remained focused and at the front of the bunch, which didn’t have quite the armchair ride until the finish, as the threat of crosswinds was still present.

The closing kilometers were very technical, featuring several roundabout, tight corners and narrow roads in Brindisi, a stage finish for the first time in the race’s history. For Grand Tour debutant Alvaro Hodeg, it was the first opportunity to go for a good result, and the 24-year-old Colombian didn’t disappoint, taking a solid fifth place as Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) claimed the victory in a hectic sprint.

João Almeida finished in the pack and continues to lead the general classification with a 43-second gap over his closest pursuer. Just 22 years of age, the Portuguese is now the youngest rider in 41 years to collect at least five pink jerseys at a single Giro d’Italia edition.

“The stage was very fast and nervous because of the wind, but I had a perfect team around me, who protected me and made sure I was always at the front, and thanks to them everything went smoothly today. I was a bit nervous at the start due to the echelons, because I don’t have that much experience of racing in these conditions, but when you have such a strong squad around you, you grow in confidence. I am delighted that I could keep the maglia rosa, but now a really hard weekend awaits, and I hope to have the same good legs to overcome the obstacles lying ahead”, Almeida said at the finish.

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

143 kilometers raced at a record Giro stage speed of 51.234 km/hr.

1	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	2hr 47min 28sec
2	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Michael Matthews	Team Sunweb	s.t.
4	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
6	Rudy Barbier	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
7	Davide Ballerini	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
8	Enrico Battaglin	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
9	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
10	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Fernando Gaviria	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Giovanni Lonardi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
13	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
14	Josef Černý	CCC Team	s.t.
15	Sam Oomen	Team Sunweb	s.t.
16	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	Wilco Kelderman	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	Brandon McNulty	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Rafal Majka	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Domenico Pozzovivo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	s.t.
29	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
30	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
31	Francesco Romano	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
32	Fabio Felline	Astana	s.t.
33	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
35	Ilnur Zakarin	CCC Team	s.t.
36	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
37	Lucas Hamilton	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
40	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
43	Mark Padun	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
44	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
45	Sander Armee	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
46	Simon Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
47	Joe Dombrowski	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
49	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
51	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Eduardo Sepulveda	Movistar	s.t.
55	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Josip Rumac	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
57	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Jhonatan Restrepo	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
59	Nico Denz	Team Sunweb	s.t.
60	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
65	Matteo Spreafico	Vini Zabú-KTM	s.t.
66	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
68	Sebastian Molano	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
69	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 23sec
70	Daniel Navarro	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:28
71	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Attila Valter	CCC Team	s.t.
73	Victor De La Parte	CCC Team	s.t.
74	Joey Rosskopf	CCC Team	s.t.
75	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	Jesper Hansen	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Victor Campenaerts	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Manuele Boaro	Astana	s.t.
83	Martijn Tusveld	Team Sunweb	s.t.
84	Marco Mathis	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Michael Hepburn	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
86	Tanel Kangert	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Matthias Brändle	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
88	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
89	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
91	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	s.t.
92	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
94	Pawel Poljanski	Bora-hansgrohe	0:36
95	Simone Bevilacqua	Vini Zabú-KTM	0:39
96	Stéphane Rossetto	Cofidis	0:46
97	Alessandro Bisolti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
98	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
99	Kamil Gradek	CCC Team	s.t.
100	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	0:50
101	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:55
102	Nathan Haas	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	0:58
104	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana	1:08
106	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
107	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:10
108	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
109	Davide Villella	Movistar	1:15
110	Giovanni Visconti	Vini Zabú-KTM	s.t.
111	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
112	Simon Clarke	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Jack Haig	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
114	Kamil Malecki	CCC Team	s.t.
115	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
116	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
117	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
119	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
120	Stefano Oldani	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
121	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	Fabio Mazzucco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
123	Matteo Sobrero	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
124	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
125	Kilian Frankiny	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Pavel Kochetkov	CCC Team	s.t.
127	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
128	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
129	Mattia Bais	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
130	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
132	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
133	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:47
135	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	1:51
136	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
137	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
138	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
139	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Etienne Van Empel	Vini Zabú-KTM	s.t.
141	James Whelan	EF Pro Cycling	1:55
142	Ben O'Connor	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
143	Louis Meintjes	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
144	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Lachlan Morton	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
146	Valerio Conti	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
147	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
149	Luca Chirico	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	2:06
150	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	2:17
151	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
152	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	2:21
153	Lawson Craddock	EF Pro Cycling	2:33
154	Marco Frapporti	Vini Zabú-KTM	2:39
155	Lorenzo Rota	Vini Zabú-KTM	s.t.
156	Edoardo Zardini	Vini Zabú-KTM	2:52
157	Jonas Gregaard	Astana	3:03
158	Jonathan Dibben	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
159	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	3:24
160	Damien Howson	Mitchelton-Scott	5:44
161	Domen Novak	Bahrain-McLaren	5:45
162	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
163	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana	s.t.
164	Sean Bennett	EF Pro Cycling	7:33
165	Matthew Holmes	Lotto-Soudal	10:57
166	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	15:10
167	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	NTT Pro Cycling	17:37
168	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:27

GC after stage 7:

GC leader: Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
Mountains classification leader: Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers)
Points classification leader: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
Team classification leader: Deceuninck-Quick Step

1,010.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.717 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24hr 48min 29sec
2	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 43sec
3	Wilco Kelderman	Team Sunweb	0:48
4	Harm Vanhoucke	Lotto-Soudal	0"59
5	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	1:01
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	NTT Pro Cycling	1:05
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	1:19
8	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	1:21
9	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	1:26
10	Rafal Majka	Bora-hansgrohe	1:32
11	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	1:33
12	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:38
13	Ilnur Zakarin	CCC Team	1:44
14	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain-McLaren	1:48
15	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:56
16	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	2:12
17	Lucas Hamilton	Mitchelton-Scott	2:47
18	Brandon McNulty	UAE-Team Emirates	2:57
19	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	3:18
20	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:26
21	Simon Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	3:52
22	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:31
23	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	4:57
24	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	5:17
25	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	6:49
26	Joe Dombrowski	UAE-Team Emirates	7:15
27	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:38
28	Sam Oomen	Team Sunweb	8:12
29	Attila Valter	CCC Team	9:35
30	Stéphane Rossetto	Cofidis	9:46
31	Martijn Tusveld	Team Sunweb	10:37
32	Tanel Kangert	EF Pro Cycling	10:38
33	Jack Haig	Mitchelton-Scott	12:36
34	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	12:39
35	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	12:50
36	Daniel Navarro	Israel Start-Up Nation	16:08
37	Fabio Felline	Astana	16:26
38	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r La Mondiale	16:31
39	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Pro Cycling	17:41
40	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Pro Cycling	18:32
41	Davide Villella	Movistar	18:57
42	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	19:11
43	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	19:43
44	Oscar Rodriguez	Astana	19:49
45	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	20:11
46	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
47	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	22:24
48	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	22:47
49	Victor De La Parte	CCC Team	22:50
50	Pavel Kochetkov	CCC Team	22:51
51	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:53
52	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Lotto-Soudal	25:14
53	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	25:17
54	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	25:34
55	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	26:17
56	Diego Ulissi	UAE-Team Emirates	26:22
57	Sander Armee	Lotto-Soudal	26:29
58	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	26:35
59	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	26:38
60	Mark Padun	Bahrain-McLaren	27:15
61	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain-McLaren	27:39
62	Giovanni Visconti	Vini Zabú-KTM	27:59
63	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:00
64	Pawel Poljanski	Bora-hansgrohe	30:14
65	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	30:30
66	Jonas Gregaard	Astana	30:33
67	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	30:54
68	Enrico Battaglin	Bahrain-McLaren	30:56
69	Jesper Hansen	Cofidis	31:24
70	Edoardo Zardini	Vini Zabú-KTM	31:49
71	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	31:56
72	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r La Mondiale	32:01
73	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	33:20
74	Damien Howson	Mitchelton-Scott	33:30
75	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto-Soudal	34:23
76	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	34:30
77	Joey Rosskopf	CCC Team	34:38
78	Chad Haga	Team Sunweb	36:12
79	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r La Mondiale	36:34
80	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	37:07
81	Louis Meintjes	NTT Pro Cycling	37:18
82	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	NTT Pro Cycling	37:46
83	Hector Carretero	Movistar	38:02
84	Eduardo Sepulveda	Movistar	38:05
85	Francesco Romano	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	38:17
86	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	40:20
87	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	40:58
88	Ben O'Connor	NTT Pro Cycling	41:14
89	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain-McLaren	41:17
90	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	41:45
91	Kilian Frankiny	Groupama-FDJ	42:02
92	Josip Rumac	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	42:12
93	Matteo Sobrero	NTT Pro Cycling	43:42
94	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	43:56
95	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	44:44
96	Lorenzo Rota	Vini Zabú-KTM	45:28
97	Simon Clarke	EF Pro Cycling	45:32
98	Danilo Wyss	NTT Pro Cycling	45:38
99	Michael Matthews	Team Sunweb	46:57
100	Valerio Conti	UAE-Team Emirates	47:18
101	Alexander Cataford	Israel Start-Up Nation	48:11
102	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
103	Davide Ballerini	Deceuninck-Quick Step	48:46
104	Manuele Boaro	Astana	50:55
105	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	51:21
106	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE-Team Emirates	51:39
107	Alessandro Bisolti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	51:53
108	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	52:02
109	Stefano Oldani	Lotto-Soudal	52:12
110	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	52:38
111	Kamil Malecki	CCC Team	52:44
112	Josef Černý	CCC Team	54:53
113	Cameron Meyer	Mitchelton-Scott	55:04
114	Matthew Holmes	Lotto-Soudal	55:34
115	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	56:21
116	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	57:45
117	Luca Chirico	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	57:51
118	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	58:14
119	Sean Bennett	EF Pro Cycling	58:39
120	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	59:33
121	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	1:00:29
122	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:00:34
123	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana	1:00:43
124	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	1:00:44
125	Victor Campenaerts	NTT Pro Cycling	1:01:50
126	Jhonatan Restrepo	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:02:05
127	Kamil Gradek	CCC Team	1:02:06
128	Mattia Bais	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:02:08
129	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	1:02:22
130	Lawson Craddock	EF Pro Cycling	1:02:27
131	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:04:09
132	Filippo Zana	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:05:24
133	Marco Frapporti	Vini Zabú-KTM	1:06:22
134	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:06:27
135	Nathan Haas	Cofidis	1:06:59
136	Michael Hepburn	Mitchelton-Scott	1:07:09
137	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:07:15
138	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:07:52
139	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	1:08:09
140	Nico Denz	Team Sunweb	1:08:23
141	Fernando Gaviria	UAE-Team Emirates	1:08:36
142	Lachlan Morton	EF Pro Cycling	1:08:42
143	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	1:09:09
144	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	1:09:16
145	James Whelan	EF Pro Cycling	1:09:39
146	Etienne Van Empel	Vini Zabú-KTM	1:10:00
147	Fabio Mazzucco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:10:06
148	Sebastian Molano	UAE-Team Emirates	1:10:08
149	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Soudal	1:11:21
150	Giovanni Lonardi	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:11:41
151	Edoardo Affini	Mitchelton-Scott	1:12:01
152	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:12:36
153	Dylan Sunderland	NTT Pro Cycling	1:13:24
154	Simone Bevilacqua	Vini Zabú-KTM	1:14:13
155	Domen Novak	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
156	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE-Team Emirates	1:14:19
157	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:14:32
158	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	1:15:24
159	Matthias Brändle	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:15:34
160	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	1:16:41
161	Matteo Spreafico	Vini Zabú-KTM	1:16:50
162	Marco Mathis	Cofidis	1:18:24
163	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	1:20:05
164	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:20:13
165	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:20:18
166	Guy Sagiv	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:28:14
167	Rudy Barbier	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:28:18
168	Jonathan Dibben	Lotto-Soudal	1:31:28