The race was won for the first time since 2016 by {{ct|QST|2018}}, finishing 18.46 seconds clear of the defending champions, {{ct|SUN|2018|nolink=yes}},[1] while the {{ct|BMC|2018}} completed the podium, a further 1.09 seconds in arrears.[4]
The race consisted of a route {{convert|62.4|km|abbr=off}} in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, except for a climb of {{convert|4.5|km|abbr=off}} between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, with an average 5.5% gradient and maximum of 13% in places.[5]
All twenty-two teams completed the {{convert|62.4|km|adj=on}}-long course.[1]
| Rank | Team | Riders | Time |
|---|
| 1 | BEL}} {{ct|QST|2018}} | Kasper Asgreen|DEN}}
{{flagathlete|Laurens De Plus|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Bob Jungels|LUX}}
{{flagathlete|Yves Lampaert|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Maximilian Schachmann|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Niki Terpstra|NED}} | 1h 07' 25.94" |
| 2 | GER}} {{ct|SUN|2018}} | Tom Dumoulin|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Chad Haga|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Wilco Kelderman|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Søren Kragh Andersen|DEN}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Matthews|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Sam Oomen|NED}} | + 18.46" |
| 3 | USA}} {{ct|BMC|2018}} | Patrick Bevin|NZL}}
{{flagathlete|Damiano Caruso|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Rohan Dennis|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Stefan Küng|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Tejay van Garderen|USA}} | + 19.55" |
| 4 | GBR}} {{ct|SKY|2018}} | Jonathan Castroviejo|ESP}}
{{flagathlete|Owain Doull|GBR}}
{{flagathlete|Vasil Kiryienka|BLR}}
{{flagathlete|Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Gianni Moscon|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Ian Stannard|GBR}} | + 44.96" |
| 5 | AUS}} {{ct|ORS|2018}} | Jack Bauer|NZL}}
{{flagathlete|Luke Durbridge|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Hepburn|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Daryl Impey|RSA}}
{{flagathlete|Cameron Meyer|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Matteo Trentin|ITA}} | + 56.68" |
| 6 | ESP}} {{ct|MOV|2018}} | Andrey Amador|CRC}}
{{flagathlete|Winner Anacona|COL}}
{{flagathlete|Imanol Erviti|ESP}}
{{flagathlete|Nelson Oliveira|POR}}
{{flagathlete|Marc Soler|ESP}}
{{flagathlete|Jasha Sütterlin|GER}} | + 1' 31.70" |
| 7 | USA}} {{ct|TFS|2018}} | Julien Bernard|FRA}}
{{flagathlete|Matthias Brändle|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Fabio Felline|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Gogl|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Ryan Mullen|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Toms Skujiņš|LAT}} | + 2' 03.97" |
| 8 | GER}} {{ct|BOH|2018}} | Maciej Bodnar|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Felix Großschartner|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Patrick Konrad|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Gregor Mühlberger|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Daniel Oss|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Lukas Pöstlberger|AUT}} | + 2' 07.24" |
| 9 | POL}} {{ct|CCC|2018}} | Kamil Gradek|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Adrian Kurek|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Łukasz Owsian|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Szymon Sajnok|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Mateusz Taciak|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Jan Tratnik|SLO}} | + 2' 37.44" |
| 10 | KAZ}} {{ct|AST|2018}} | Magnus Cort|DEN}}
{{flagathlete|Hugo Houle|CAN}}
{{flagathlete|Andriy Hrivko|UKR}}
{{flagathlete|Tanel Kangert|EST}}
{{flagathlete|Alexey Lutsenko|KAZ}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Valgren|DEN}} | + 2' 53.79" |
| 11 | SUI}} {{ct|KAT|2018}} | Alex Dowsett|GBR}}
{{flagathlete|Nathan Haas|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Reto Hollenstein|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Tony Martin|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Nils Politt|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Mads Würtz Schmidt|DEN}} | + 2' 55.34" |
| 12 | CZE}} {{ct|ELA|2018}} | Jan Bárta|CZE}}
{{flagathlete|Josef Černý|CZE}}
{{flagathlete|Vojtěch Hačecký|CZE}}
{{flagathlete|Alois Kaňkovský|CZE}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Kukrle|CZE}}
{{flagathlete|Jakub Otruba|CZE}} | + 3' 17.44" |
| 13 | NED}} {{ct|TLJ|2018}} | Koen Bouwman|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Tom Leezer|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Neilson Powless|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Timo Roosen|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Jos van Emden|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Danny van Poppel|NED}} | + 3' 28.05" |
| 14 | AUT}} {{ct|VBG|2018}} | Gian Friesecke|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Daniel Geismayr|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Davide Orrico|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Lukas Rüegg|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Patrick Schelling|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Jannik Steimle|GER}} | + 4' 46.99" |
| 15 | FRA}} {{ct|ALM|2018}} | Gediminas Bagdonas|LTU}}
{{flagathlete|François Bidard|FRA}}
{{flagathlete|Nico Denz|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Silvan Dillier|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Alexandre Geniez|FRA}}
{{flagathlete|Alexis Gougeard|FRA}} | + 5' 18.50" |
| 16 | AUT}} {{ct|RSW|2018}} | Filippo Fortin|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Matthias Krizek|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Daniel Lehner|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Matthias Mangertseder|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Stephan Rabitsch|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Riccardo Zoidl|AUT}} | + 5' 39.47" |
| 17 | AUT}} {{ct|Tirol|2018}} | Tobias Bayer|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Florian Gamper|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Mario Gamper|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Manuel Porzner|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Johannes Schinnagel|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Georg Zimmermann|GER}} | + 6' 24.97" |
| 18 | AUT}} {{ct|HAC|2018}} | Patrick Bosman|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Markus Freiberger|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Andreas Graf|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Andreas Hofer|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Dominik Hrinkow|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Jonas Rapp|GER}} | + 7' 02.77" |
| 19 | ITA}} {{ct|SAN|2018}} | Nicola Gaffurini|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Michele Gazzara|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Dario Puccioni|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Niccolò Salvietti|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Michele Scartezzini|ITA}}
{{flagathlete|Paolo Totò|ITA}} | + 7' 05.29" |
| 20 | GER}} {{ct|LKH|2018}} | Luca Henn|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Jan Hugger|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Joshua Huppertz|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Robert Kessler|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Jonas Rutsch|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Daniel Westmattelmann|GER}} | + 7' 33.42" |
| 21 | SVK}} {{ct|DUK|2018}} | Juraj Bellan|SVK}}
{{flagathlete|Marek Čanecký|SVK}}
{{flagathlete|Ján Andrej Cully|SVK}}
{{flagathlete|Martin Mahďar|SVK}}
{{flagathlete|Samuel Oros|SVK}}
{{flagathlete|Patrik Tybor|SVK}} | + 8' 10.00" |
| 22 | AUT}} {{ct|WSA|2018}} | Daniel Auer|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Christian Grasmann|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Joshua Harrison|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Felix Ritzinger|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Jodok Salzmann|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Helmut Trettwer|GER}} | + 8' 39.49" |
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