Best GC competitors based upon the PCS GC ranking.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Points | GC Ranking position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valverde Alejandro | Movistar Team | 880 | 2 |
| 2 | Nibali Vincenzo | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | 838 | 4 |
| 3 | Landa Mikel | Movistar Team | 789 | 6 |
| 4 | Teuns Dylan | BMC Racing Team | 716 | 7 |
| 5 | Wellens Tim | Lotto Soudal | 673 | 8 |
| 6 | Urán Rigoberto | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 640 | 12 |
| 7 | Mollema Bauke | Trek - Segafredo | 615 | 16 |
| 8 | Izagirre Ion | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | 599 | 19 |
| 9 | Caruso Damiano | BMC Racing Team | 598 | 20 |
| 10 | Poels Wout | Team Sky | 532 | 25 |
| 11 | Ulissi Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 525 | 27 |
| 12 | Kwiatkowski Michał | Team Sky | 505 | 29 |
| 13 | Vuillermoz Alexis | AG2R La Mondiale | 492 | 31 |
| 14 | Fuglsang Jakob | Astana Pro Team | 483 | 33 |
| 15 | Martin Dan | UAE-Team Emirates | 449 | 37 |
| 16 | Jungels Bob | Quick-Step Floors | 445 | 38 |
| 17 | Izagirre Gorka | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | 435 | 39 |
| 18 | Konrad Patrick | BORA - hansgrohe | 401 | 42 |
| 19 | Benoot Tiesj | Lotto Soudal | 381 | 44 |
| 20 | Van Avermaet Greg | BMC Racing Team | 357 | 46 |
| 21 | Costa Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | 350 | 48 |
| 22 | Naesen Oliver | AG2R La Mondiale | 301 | 61 |
| 23 | Impey Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 290 | 64 |
| 24 | Pauwels Serge | Team Dimension Data | 282 | 66 |
| 25 | Woods Michael | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 279 | 68 |
| 26 | Alaphilippe Julian | Quick-Step Floors | 271 | 72 |
| 27 | Valgren Michael | Astana Pro Team | 269 | 75 |
| 28 | Henao Sergio | Team Sky | 252 | 78 |
| 29 | Mas Enric | Quick-Step Floors | 239 | 84 |
| 30 | Jensen August | Israel Cycling Academy | 228 | 90 |
| 31 | Slagter Tom-Jelte | Team Dimension Data | 226 | 92 |
| 32 | Dillier Silvan | AG2R La Mondiale | 212 | 98 |
| 33 | Molard Rudy | Groupama - FDJ | 197 | 105 |
| 34 | Bakelants Jan | AG2R La Mondiale | 195 | 108 |
| 35 | Stuyven Jasper | Trek - Segafredo | 195 | 107 |
| 36 | Amador Andrey | Movistar Team | 190 | 110 |
| 37 | Gilbert Philippe | Quick-Step Floors | 181 | 117 |
| 38 | Guerreiro Ruben | Trek - Segafredo | 177 | 122 |
| 39 | Weening Pieter | Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 173 | 127 |
| 40 | Howes Alex | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 170 | 130 |
| 41 | Kreuziger Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | 163 | 137 |
| 42 | Geoghegan Hart Tao | Team Sky | 163 | 139 |
| 43 | Betancur Carlos | Movistar Team | 161 | 141 |
| 44 | Pacher Quentin | Vital Concept Cycling Club | 135 | 172 |
| 45 | Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel | Team Dimension Data | 131 | 176 |
| 46 | Van der Sande Tosh | Lotto Soudal | 128 | 183 |
| 47 | Lammertink Maurits | Team Katusha Alpecin | 124 | 186 |
| 48 | Sagan Peter | BORA - hansgrohe | 123 | 190 |
| 49 | Colbrelli Sonny | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | 123 | 189 |
| 50 | Cataldo Dario | Astana Pro Team | 122 | 192 |
| 51 | Gesink Robert | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 112 | 211 |
| 52 | Vanendert Jelle | Lotto Soudal | 111 | 213 |
| 53 | Verona Carlos | Mitchelton-Scott | 105 | 226 |
| 54 | Fraile Omar | Astana Pro Team | 104 | 231 |
| 55 | Rojas José Joaquín | Movistar Team | 102 | 239 |
| 56 | Van Gestel Dries | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 98 | 249 |
| 57 | Christian Mark | Aqua Blue Sport | 93 | 257 |
| 58 | Boivin Guillaume | Israel Cycling Academy | 93 | 262 |
| 59 | Pedersen Casper | Aqua Blue Sport | 91 | 269 |
| 60 | Marczyński Tomasz | Lotto Soudal | 86 | 277 |
| 61 | Kragh Andersen Søren | Team Sunweb | 84 | 286 |
| 62 | Erviti Imanol | Movistar Team | 84 | 284 |
| 63 | Theuns Edward | Team Sunweb | 80 | 299 |
| 64 | Haas Nathan | Team Katusha Alpecin | 80 | 306 |
| 65 | Smith Dion | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 79 | 307 |
| 66 | Warbasse Larry | Aqua Blue Sport | 77 | 313 |
| 67 | Kuznetsov Viacheslav | Team Katusha Alpecin | 76 | 317 |
| 68 | De Tier Floris | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 74 | 332 |
| 69 | Anacona Winner | Movistar Team | 70 | 345 |
| 70 | Mühlberger Gregor | BORA - hansgrohe | 70 | 344 |
| 71 | Ligthart Pim | Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 69 | 349 |
| 72 | Vanmarcke Sep | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 68 | 350 |
| 73 | Meijers Jeroen | Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 67 | 355 |
| 74 | McCarthy Jay | BORA - hansgrohe | 67 | 353 |
| 75 | Juul-Jensen Christopher | Mitchelton-Scott | 66 | 359 |
| 76 | Bole Grega | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | 64 | 369 |
| 77 | Sprengers Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 64 | 366 |
| 78 | Gastauer Ben | AG2R La Mondiale | 63 | 374 |
| 79 | Teunissen Mike | Team Sunweb | 62 | 379 |
| 80 | Neilands Krists | Israel Cycling Academy | 62 | 380 |
| 81 | Hansen Lasse Norman | Aqua Blue Sport | 61 | 388 |
| 82 | Kiryienka Vasil | Team Sky | 60 | 395 |
| 83 | Grmay Tsgabu | Trek - Segafredo | 60 | 398 |
| 84 | De Marchi Alessandro | BMC Racing Team | 60 | 391 |
| 85 | de Kort Koen | Trek - Segafredo | 58 | 404 |
| 86 | Schär Michael | BMC Racing Team | 54 | 433 |
| 87 | Baugnies Jérôme | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 50 | 464 |
| 88 | Sinkeldam Ramon | Groupama - FDJ | 49 | 478 |
| 89 | Canola Marco | Nippo - Vini Fantini - Europa Ovini | 48 | 481 |
| 90 | Reinders Elmar | Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 47 | 485 |
| 91 | Geschke Simon | Team Sunweb | 45 | 505 |
| 92 | Madouas Valentin | Groupama - FDJ | 44 | 509 |
| 93 | Skujiņš Toms | Trek - Segafredo | 43 | 527 |
| 94 | Hepburn Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 42 | 535 |
| 95 | van Poppel Danny | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 41 | 541 |
| 96 | Albasini Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 40 | 554 |
| 97 | Burghardt Marcus | BORA - hansgrohe | 40 | 551 |
| 98 | Cras Steff | Team Katusha Alpecin | 40 | 552 |
| 99 | Gasparotto Enrico | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team | 39 | 558 |
| 100 | Serry Pieter | Quick-Step Floors | 39 | 559 |
| 101 | Benedetti Cesare | BORA - hansgrohe | 39 | 561 |
| 102 | Tizza Marco | Nippo - Vini Fantini - Europa Ovini | 39 | 564 |
| 103 | Gogl Michael | Trek - Segafredo | 38 | 583 |
| 104 | De Vreese Laurens | Astana Pro Team | 38 | 579 |
| 105 | Lindeman Bert-Jan | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 38 | 582 |
| 106 | Bettiol Alberto | BMC Racing Team | 38 | 571 |
| 107 | Davies Scott | Team Dimension Data | 36 | 593 |
| 108 | Cimolai Davide | Groupama - FDJ | 35 | 617 |
| 109 | Domont Axel | AG2R La Mondiale | 35 | 616 |
| 110 | Gołaś Michał | Team Sky | 35 | 613 |
| 111 | Matthews Michael | Team Sunweb | 35 | 615 |
| 112 | van Zyl Johann | Team Dimension Data | 34 | 623 |
| 113 | Lobato Juan José | Nippo - Vini Fantini - Europa Ovini | 33 | 639 |
| 114 | van der Lijke Nick | Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 32 | 660 |
| 115 | Terpstra Niki | Quick-Step Floors | 30 | 690 |
| 116 | Sbaragli Kristian | Israel Cycling Academy | 30 | 679 |
| 117 | Martens Paul | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 30 | 692 |
| 118 | Roux Anthony | Groupama - FDJ | 30 | 698 |
| 119 | Pasqualon Andrea | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 30 | 691 |
| 120 | Riesebeek Oscar | Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | 30 | 697 |
| 121 | Smit Willie | Team Katusha Alpecin | 30 | 693 |
| 122 | Sutherland Rory | UAE-Team Emirates | 30 | 689 |
| 123 | Coquard Bryan | Vital Concept Cycling Club | 28 | 724 |
| 124 | Martinelli Davide | Quick-Step Floors | 28 | 725 |
| 125 | Gate Aaron | Aqua Blue Sport | 27 | 751 |
| 126 | Perry Ben | Israel Cycling Academy | 24 | 819 |
| 127 | King Ben | Team Dimension Data | 23 | 826 |
| 128 | Sieberg Marcel | Lotto Soudal | 21 | 870 |
| 129 | Gatto Oscar | Astana Pro Team | 20 | 888 |
| 130 | Dunbar Eddie | Aqua Blue Sport | 18 | 935 |
| 131 | Seigle Romain | Groupama - FDJ | 18 | 924 |
| 132 | Durbridge Luke | Mitchelton-Scott | 17 | 954 |
| 133 | Craddock Lawson | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 17 | 955 |
| 134 | Maes Nikolas | Lotto Soudal | 15 | 983 |