2024 Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
(1.1), Spain
3rd edition: Monday, February 12, 2024
Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior podium history | 2023 edition | Course profile
Baeza - Ubeda, 158.3 km
Oier Lazkano has left everyone else far behind. Movistar photo
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Weather at the finish city of Ubeda at 1:35 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from fourth-place Time Wellens' UAE Team Emirates.
Tim Wellens took 4th place at the Clasica Jaen in Spain today with the Belgian veteran animating a race where UAE Team Emirates were present from the moment the flag dropped.
Igor Arrieta formed part of the early break which went away in the opening kilometres on the shortened route from Baeza to Úbeda (158.3km). The four-man group built a maximum lead of nearly 5 minutes before the work of Visma LAB pulled it back.
Race winner Oier Lazkano (Movistar) would outlast the chasing bunch despite the work of UAE, Ineos and Visma behind.
Wellens joined Sepp Kuss, Jan Tratnik (Visma Lab) and Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon AG2R) in the chasing group and would settle for 4th in the gallop to the line.
Wellens: “We were in a good position from the start with Igor in the front, but when he was dropped from the break that situation changed a bit. We rode very fast behind to try and catch the break but Lazkano was quite strong and deserved to win today. We were hoping for a podium but I think overall we had a good team performance.”
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Complete results:
158.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.433 km/hr
| 1 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | 3hr 43min 50sec |
| 2 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | @ 28sec |
| 3 | Jan Tratnik | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 4 | Tim Wellens | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 5 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:42 |
| 6 | Sepp Kuss | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:47 |
| 7 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:22 |
| 8 | Carlos Canal | Movistar | s.t. |
| 9 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 10 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 11 | Gianluca Brambilla | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 13 | Pablo Castrillo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 14 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Burgos-BH | 1:53 |
| 15 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:00 |
| 16 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 17 | Mark Donovan | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 2:09 |
| 19 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:16 |
| 20 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 21 | Omar Fraile | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 22 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:36 |
| 23 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
| 24 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 25 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | 5:55 |
| 26 | Valentin Retailleau | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 6:14 |
| 27 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 6:16 |
| 28 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar | s.t. |
| 29 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 30 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 31 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 32 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 34 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 35 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 36 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos-BH | 6:20 |
| 37 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 38 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 39 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 40 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 41 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:33 |
| 42 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 44 | Sander De Pestel | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 45 | Wout Van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
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