2017 Clásica de Almería (1.1), Spain
32nd edition: Sunday, February 12, 2017
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Almería - Roquetas de Mar, 190.9 km
Magnus Cort Nielsen gets a clear win in Roquetas de Mar
The race: Here's the story from winner Magnus Nielsen's Orica-Scott team.
Magnus Cort Neilsen continued his spectacular form on Spanish soil today, sprinting to an impressive victory for Oroca-Scott in the 32nd Clasica de Almeria.
A perfectly executed finale saw the Australian outfit control the race through the finishing circuits. First with Sam Bewley and Chris Juul Jensen, then 2016 Paris Roubaix champion Mathew Hayman and Luka Mezgec provided a textbook lead out for Cort to sprint to his second victory of the season.
“It is a really great feeling to win again,” said Cort. “It was a long race and the team were fantastic in the finale, I couldn’t have asked for a better lead out and I am really happy that I could finish it off.”
A three-man breakaway went clear early on before the race came back together inside the final third to set up a thrilling finale.
“The boys were outstanding today,” said Sport director Laurenzo Lapage. “Everyone was involved, we knew beforehand that we would have to work on the finishing circuits and the team took control beautifully. Once the breakaway came back we stuck to our plan religiously. Magnus is full of confidence after a great start to the season with his win last week in Valencia and you could see that with the way he finished it off today.
“At the halfway point we decided how we would like to approach the finish and it’s very satisfying to see the guys not only execute the race plan, but execute it perfectly and come away with the win. It bodes well for the rest of the season, that’s for sure.”
How it happened:
The 32nd edition of the Clasica de Almeria got underway with three riders attacking immediately out of the neutral zone. The peloton sat back, happy to let the trio push on with 190 kilometres ahead and after two hours of racing the gap stood at ten minutes.
Strong winds along the coast did not appear to impede the progress of the breakaway, still seven minutes ahead past the halfway point with two categorised climbs still to come before the finish. The peloton began to cut the advantage of three leaders with 60kilometres to go, finally making the catch 40 kilometes later.
A sprint finish was now on the cards and the battle for position dictated the velocity of the closing kilometres as the bunch sped through two finishing circuits in Roquetas de Mar.
Juul Jensen and Bewley led the Orica-Scott train at the front of the peloton with less than ten kilometres to go, jostling for position with Direct-Energie and Lotto-Soudal.
The 27-year-old Dane pulled over with three kilometres remaining with Jens Keukeleire, Hayman then Mezgec taking the reigns, delivering Cort into a perfect position to emphatically finish off the sprint and take the win.
Complete Results:
190.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.209 km/hr
| 1 | NIELSEN, Magnus Cort | ORICA-SCOTT | 4hr 31min 22sec |
| 2 | SELIG, Rudiger | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 3 | DEBUSSCHERE, Jens | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 4 | BARBERO, Carlos | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
| 5 | CAPIOT, Amaury | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | s.t. |
| 6 | PLANCKAERT, Baptiste | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 7 | PATERSKI, Maciej | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 8 | LOPEZ, Daniel | BURGOS BH | s.t. |
| 9 | KREDER, Raymond | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | s.t. |
| 10 | VAN GENECHTEN,Jonas | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 11 | PASQUALON, Andrea | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 12 | MAIKIN, Roman | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 13 | PIBERNIK, Luka | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 14 | TRATNIK, Jan | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 15 | TULIK, Angelo | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
| 16 | DELTOMBE, Kevin | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | s.t. |
| 17 | KRUOPIS, Aidis | VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | s.t. |
| 18 | PAGE, Dylan | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
| 19 | VANSPEYBROUCK, Pieter | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 20 | IRIZAR, Julen | EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY | s.t. |
| 21 | OFFREDO, Yoann | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 22 | SUTTERLIN, Jasha | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
| 23 | PLUCINSKI, Leszek | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 24 | HERKLOTZ, Silvio | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 25 | SVESHNIKOV, Kirill | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 26 | VAN STAEYEN, Michaël | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 27 | FARAZIJN, Maxime | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | s.t. |
| 28 | MEZGEC, Luka | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
| 29 | ARIESEN, Tim | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | s.t. |
| 30 | MCNALLY, Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | @ 9sec |
| 31 | DE BONDT, Dries | VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | s.t. |
| 32 | ROELANDTS, Jurgen | LOTTO SOUDAL | @ 11sec |
| 33 | BOEV, Igor | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | 13 |
| 34 | GOOLAERTS, Michael | VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | 15 |
| 35 | TXOPERENA, Beañat | EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY | 20 |
| 36 | RUBIO, Diego | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
| 37 | ARCAS, Jorge | MOVISTAR | 22 |
| 38 | BOUDAT, Thomas | DIRECT ENERGIE | 27 |
| 39 | VAN EMPEL, Etienne | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | 34 |
| 40 | REINDERS, Elmar | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | s.t. |
| 41 | SENECHAL, Florian | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 42 | PFINGSTEN, Christoph | BORA-HANSGROHE | 40 |
| 43 | SCHWARZMANN, Michael | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 44 | HAYMAN, Mathew | ORICA-SCOTT | 46 |
| 45 | VAN MELSEN, Kevin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | 47 |
| 46 | PER, David | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 47 | RUIZ, Joan | BURGOS BH | s.t. |
| 48 | GONZALEZ, Adrian | EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY | s.t. |
| 49 | FIRSANOV, Sergey | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 50 | SPILAK, Simon | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 51 | BAUGNIES, Jérôme | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 52 | OWSIAN, Lukasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 53 | V.KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 54 | KIŠERLOVSKI, Robert | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 55 | SHALUNOV, Evgeny | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 56 | MATHIS, Marco | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 57 | RESTREPO, Jhonatan | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 58 | RIESEBEEK, Oscar | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | s.t. |
| 59 | BENEDETTI, Cesare | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 60 | GALLOPIN, Tony | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 61 | POLS, Ruben | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | 1:18 |
| 62 | BROZYNA, Piotr | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 63 | MERINO, Igor | BURGOS BH | s.t. |
| 64 | BOUHANNI, Rayane | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 65 | MROZEK, Marcin | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 66 | MORENO, Javier | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 67 | FERNANDEZ, Ruben | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
| 68 | GROßSCHARTNER, Felix | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
| 69 | OURSELIN, Paul | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
| 70 | VAN DER SANDE, Tosh | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 71 | IZAGIRRE, Gorka | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
| 72 | IZAGUIRRE, Jon | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 73 | WALLAYS, Jens | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | s.t. |
| 74 | BIZKARRA, Mikel | EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY | s.t. |
| 75 | DUPONT, Timothy | VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | s.t. |
| 76 | JURADO, Marcos | BURGOS BH | s.t. |
| 77 | NOVAK, Domen | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 78 | DE VRIES, Berden | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | s.t. |
| 79 | IRISARRI, Jon | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
| 80 | BEWLEY, Sam | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
| 81 | LIETAER, Eliot | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | s.t. |
| 82 | BARRENETXEA, Ander | EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY | s.t. |
| 83 | WALLAYS, Jelle | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 84 | NIBALI, Antonio | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 85 | ZABALA, Josu | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
| 86 | SOLER, Marc | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
| 87 | OIEN, Justin | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
| 88 | BELKOV, Maxim | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 89 | FOLIFOROV, Alexander | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 90 | KOZONTCHUK, Dmitriy | GAZPROM-RUSVELO | s.t. |
| 91 | BILLE, Gaetan | VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | s.t. |
| 92 | VAN ZUMMEREN, Stef | VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | s.t. |
| 93 | VAN ROOY, Kenneth | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOIS | s.t. |
| 94 | VICIOSO, Ángel | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 95 | PEDRERO, Antonio | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
| 96 | JUUL JENSEN, Christopher | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
| 97 | MEIJERS, Jeroen | ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | s.t. |
| 98 | COUSIN, Jerome | COFIDIS | 1:57 |
| 99 | GUILLEMOIS, Romain | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
| 100 | KEUKELEIRE, Jens | ORICA-SCOTT | 2:49 |
| 101 | BENOOT, Tiesj | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 102 | ACKERMANN, Pascal | BORA-HANSGROHE | 3:02 |
| 103 | CARDIS, Romain | DIRECT ENERGIE | 3:15 |
| 104 | PETIT, Adrien | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
| 105 | COQUARD, Bryan | DIRECT ENERGIE | s.t. |
| 106 | LEMOINE, Cyril | COFIDIS | 7:48 |
| 107 | ROBREDO, Alvaro | BURGOS BH | 12:24 |
| 108 | BUTLER, Christopher | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
| 109 | BAGOT, Yoann | COFIDIS | 18:38 |
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2017 Clásica de Almería start list with back numbers, February 11, 2017:
| GAZPROM - RUSVELO | |
| 1 | TCATEVITCH Alexey |
| 2 | MAIKIN Roman |
| 3 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy |
| 4 | NIKOLAEV Sergey |
| 5 | OVECHKIN Artem |
| 6 | SHALUNOV Evgeny |
| 7 | BOEV Igor |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 11 | SPILAK Simon |
| 12 | BELKOV Maxim |
| 13 | KISERLOVSKI Robert |
| 14 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 15 | MATHIS Marco |
| 16 | RESTREPO Jhonatan |
| 17 | VICIOSO Angel |
| DIRECT ENERGIE | |
| 21 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 22 | BOUDAT Thomas |
| 23 | CARDIS Romain |
| 24 | GUILLEMOIS Romain |
| 25 | OURSELIN Paul |
| 26 | PETIT Adrien |
| 27 | TULIK Angelo |
| ORICA - SCOTT | |
| 31 | HAYMAN Mathew |
| 32 | MEZGEC Luka |
| 34 | BEWLEY Sam |
| 35 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 36 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
| 37 | JUUL JENSEN Christopher |
| COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS | |
| 41 | COUSIN Jerome |
| 42 | LEMOINE Cyril |
| 43 | BAGOT Yohan |
| 44 | BOUHANNI Rayane |
| 45 | SIMON Julien |
| 46 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas |
| 47 | VAN STAEYEN Michael |
| MOVISTAR | |
| 51 | BARBERO CUESTA Carlos |
| 52 | ARCAS PEÑA Jorge |
| 53 | PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio |
| 54 | FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Rubén |
| 55 | IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka |
| 56 | SOLER GIMENEZ Marc |
| 57 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha |
| ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | |
| 61 | KREDER Raymond |
| 62 | ARIESEN Tim |
| 63 | DE VRIES Berden |
| 64 | MEIJERS Jeroen |
| 65 | REINDERS Elmar |
| 66 | RIESEBEEK Oscar |
| 67 | VAN EMPEL Etienne |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 71 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 72 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 73 | PELUCCHI Matteo |
| 74 | HERKLOTZ Silvio |
| 75 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
| 76 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| 77 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
| CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | |
| 81 | PATERSKI Maciej |
| 82 | BROZYNA Piotr |
| 83 | MALECKI Kamil |
| 84 | GROSSSCHARTNER Felix |
| 85 | MROZEK Marcin |
| 86 | OWSIAN Lukasz |
| 87 | TRATNIK Jan |
| LOTTO - SOUDAL | |
| 91 | FRISON Frederik |
| 92 | BENOOT Tiesj |
| 93 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| 94 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| 95 | WALLAYS Jelle |
| 96 | ROELANDTS Jurgen |
| 97 | GALLOPIN Tony |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 101 | CAPIOT Amaury |
| 102 | DELTOMBE Kevin |
| 103 | FARAZIJN Maxime |
| 104 | POLS Ruben |
| 105 | SALOMEIN Jarl |
| 106 | VAN ROOY Kenneth |
| 107 | WALLAYS Jens |
| BAHRAIN - MERIDA | |
| 111 | IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon |
| 112 | BOLE Grega |
| 113 | BOZIC Borut |
| 114 | MORENO BAZAN Javier |
| 115 | NIBALI Antonio |
| 116 | PER David |
| 117 | PIBERNIK Luka |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | |
| 121 | RUBIO HERNANDEZ Diego |
| 122 | IRISARRI RINCON Jon |
| 123 | PAGE Dylan |
| 124 | OIEN Justin |
| 125 | BUTLER Chris |
| 126 | ZABALA Josu |
| 127 | ARANBURU DEBA Alex |
| WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 131 | BAUGNIES Jérôme |
| 132 | KREDER Wesley |
| 133 | MCNALLY Mark |
| 134 | OFFREDO Yoann |
| 135 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| 136 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume |
| 137 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY-MURIAS | |
| 141 | BRAVO OIARBIDE Garikoitz |
| 142 | TXOPERENA MATXIKOTE Beñat |
| 143 | IRIZAR LASKURAIN Julen |
| 144 | BAGUES KALPARSORO Aritz |
| 145 | BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL Mikel |
| 146 | ESTEVEZ SALAS Imanol |
| 147 | LIZARRALDE DELGADO Eneko |
| VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | |
| 151 | DEVOLDER Stijn |
| 152 | CORDEEL Sander |
| 153 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 154 | PREMONT Christophe |
| 155 | DUYN Huub |
| 156 | VAN ZUMMEREN Stef |
| 157 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| BURGOS BH | |
| 161 | CASTRILLO Raul |
| 162 | ROBREDO CRESPO Alvaro |
| 163 | CUBERO GALVEZ Jorge |
| 164 | LINARES Óscar |
| 165 | LÓPEZ PARADA Daniel |
| 166 | JURADO RODRIGUEZ Marcos |
| 167 | TORRES MUÍÑO Pablo |