2023 Clásica de Almería (1.Pro), Spain
38th edition: Sunday, February 12, 2023
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Puebla de Vícar - Roquetas de Mar, 190.3 km
Matteo Moschetti is the fastest rider of the day. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Roquetas de Mar at 1:50 PM, local time: 17C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 35 km/hr (22 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from third-place Jordi Meeus' Team Bora-hansgrohe.
The first half of the 189 km long race was hilly, but this wasn't to cause the sprinters much difficulty and so a fast finish was expected in Roquetas del Mar. The peloton let a trio go clear, but they were caught again relatively early in the race.
On the course, the field had to reckon with relatively strong winds, which threatened to split the peloton. With 20 km remaining, Nils Politt and Jordi Meeus set a fast tempo and the peloton split into several groups. After the race came back together, BORA - hansgrohe was again active at the front of the field and brought Jordi to the finishing straight, where he ultimately took third place behind Matteo Moschetti and Arnaud De Lie
"It was a very hectic finale with all the roundabouts and the headwind, but my teammates did a great job to put me in a good position. My sprint was good, but when I had to accelerate I just didn't have enough power. Probably the effort of yesterday's race affected me a bit there. But overall it's a pretty good result and I'm happy with my performance here." - Jordi Meeus
"After his third place yesterday, Jordi had another great result today against fresh rivals in the sprint. To beat riders like Kristoff is a very good performance. The whole team also put in a strong showing, and in the crosswinds we took the initiative to decimate the peloton. It's really nice for Jordi and the team to have had such a successful weekend here in Spain." - Torsten Schmidt, Sports Director
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Complete Results:
190.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.308 km/hr
| 1 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | 4hr 43min 16sec |
| 2 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 3 | Jordi Meeus | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 5 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 6 | Max Walscheid | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 7 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | s.t. |
| 8 | Jason Tesson | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 9 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 10 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 11 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 12 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 13 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 14 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 15 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 16 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 17 | Dries Van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 18 | Milan Menten | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 19 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 20 | Clément Russo | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 21 | Alex Jaime | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 22 | Cees Bol | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 23 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 24 | Carlos Canal | Euskaltel-Euskadi | @ 4sec |
| 25 | Manuel Peñalver | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 26 | David Martin | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 27 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 28 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 29 | Nils Politt | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 30 | Jack Bauer | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 31 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 32 | Jens Reynders | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 33 | Mike Teunissen | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 0:08 |
| 34 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | s.t. |
| 35 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 36 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 37 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 38 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 0:14 |
| 39 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 40 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 41 | Iván García | Movistar | s.t. |
| 42 | Tomas Barta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 43 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 44 | Jonas Koch | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 45 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 46 | Geoffrey Soupe | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 47 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 48 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 49 | Julen Amezqueta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 50 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 51 | Aaron Van Poucke | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:22 |
| 52 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:24 |
| 53 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:32 |
| 54 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 55 | Artyom Zakharov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 56 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 57 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 58 | Kamil Malecki | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 59 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 60 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 61 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 62 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 63 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X | 0:43 |
| 64 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 65 | Óscar Pelegrí | Burgos-BH | 0:46 |
| 66 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:52 |
| 67 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 68 | Victor Koretzky | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 69 | Frederik Wandahl | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 70 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 71 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 72 | Lucas Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 73 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
| 74 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
| 75 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:58 |
| 76 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 77 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:17 |
| 78 | Fabio Felline | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 79 | Erik Resell | Uno-X | 1:27 |
| 80 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 81 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 82 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:59 |
| 83 | Liam Slock | Lotto Dstny | 2:20 |
| 84 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X | 2:44 |
| 85 | Taj Jones | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:50 |
| 86 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 87 | Aaron Verwilst | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 88 | Corey Davis | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 89 | Joey Rosskopf | Q36.5 Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 90 | André Carvalho | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | Milan Fretin | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 92 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 93 | Sander De Pestel | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 94 | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 95 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 96 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 97 | Davide Piganzoli | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 98 | Kevin Ledanois | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 99 | Christophe Noppe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 100 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 101 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 102 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 103 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 104 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 105 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 106 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 107 | Guy Sagiv | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 108 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 109 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 110 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 111 | Fernando Tercero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 112 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 113 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 114 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 115 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 116 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 117 | Simone Bevilacqua | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 118 | Jelle Wallays | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 119 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | s.t. |
| 120 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 121 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 122 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 123 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 124 | Vince Gerits | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 125 | Aloïs Charrin | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 126 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 127 | Leo Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 128 | Jérémy Cabot | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 129 | Josu Etxeberria | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 130 | Juan Jose Lobato | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 131 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 132 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 133 | Xabier Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 134 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-Samsic | 2:57 |
| 135 | Eugenio Sanchez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:57 |
| 136 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | 4:22 |
| 137 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 6:54 |
| 138 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 139 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 140 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
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Course map & profile:
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Start list with back numbers: February 10, 2023:
| UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM (NOR) | ||
| 1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | NOR |
| 2 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | NOR |
| 3 | LEVY William Blume | DEN |
| 4 | SKAARSETH Anders | NOR |
| 5 | TILLER Rasmus | NOR |
| 6 | WÆRENSKJOLD Søren | NOR |
| 7 | RESELL Erik Nordsaeter | NOR |
| D.D. ARVESEN Kurt-Asle | ||
| INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY (BEL) | ||
| 11 | GIRMAY Biniam | ERI |
| 12 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | ITA |
| 13 | DE GENDT Aimé | BEL |
| 14 | JOHANSEN JUlius | DEN |
| 15 | PETIT Adrien | FRA |
| 16 | TEUNISSEN Mike | NED |
| 17 | VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel | NED |
| D.D. LAPAGE Laurenzo | ||
| TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC (FRA) | ||
| 21 | BOUHANNI Nacer | FRA |
| 22 | COSTIOU Ewen | FRA |
| 23 | LEDANOIS Kevin | FRA |
| 24 | MCLAY Daniel | GBR |
| 25 | PICHON Laurent | FRA |
| 26 | RIOU Alan | FRA |
| 27 | RUSSO Clement | FRA |
| D.D. GERARD Arnaud | ||
| ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH (ISR) | ||
| 31 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | ITA |
| 32 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | SUI |
| 33 | JONES Taj | AUS |
| 34 | REYNDERS Jens | BEL |
| 35 | SAGIV Guy | ISR |
| 36 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | BEL |
| 37 | ZABEL Rick | GER |
| D.D. GUERRERO Oscar | ||
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAE) | ||
| 41 | BAX Sjoerd | NED |
| 42 | COVI Alessandro | ITA |
| 43 | FISHER-BLACK Finn | NZL |
| 44 | MOLANO Juan Sebastian | COL |
| 45 | NOVAK Domen | SLO |
| 46 | POLANC Jan | SLO |
| 47 | TRENTIN Matteo | ITA |
| D.D. PEDRAZZINI Simone | ||
| COFIDIS (FRA) | ||
| 51 | WALSCHEID Maximilian | GER |
| 52 | COQUARD Bryan | FRA |
| 53 | IZAGUIRRE Jon | ESP |
| 54 | LASTRA Jonathan | ESP |
| 55 | NOPPE Christophe | BEL |
| 56 | CARVALHO André | POR |
| 57 | WALLAYS Jelle | BEL |
| D.D. FERNANDEZ Bingen | ||
| TEAM FLANDERS – BALOISE (BEL) | ||
| 61 | CLYNHENS Toon | BEL |
| 62 | VERWILST Aaron | BEL |
| 63 | COLMAN Alex | BEL |
| 64 | DE PESTEL Sander | BEL |
| 65 | FRETIN Milan | BEL |
| 66 | GERITS Vince | BEL |
| 67 | HESTERS Jules | BEL |
| D.D. DE CLERCQ Hans | ||
| EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM (ITA) | ||
| 71 | BAIS Davide | ITA |
| 72 | BEVILACQUA Simone | ITA |
| 73 | FETTER Erik | HUN |
| 74 | MARTIN GUTIERREZ Alex | ESP |
| 75 | MARTIN ROMERO David | ESP |
| 76 | PIGANZOLI Davide | ITA |
| 77 | TERCERO LOPEZ Fernando | ESP |
| D.D. HERNANDEZ Jesus | ||
| MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP) | ||
| 81 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan | BEL |
| 82 | GAVIRIA Fernando | COL |
| 83 | HOLLMANN Juri | GER |
| 84 | JACOBS Johan | SUI |
| 85 | RANGEL Vinicius | BRA |
| 86 | ARCAS Jorge | ESP |
| 87 | ROMEO Ivan | ESP |
| D.D. GARCIA ACOSTA José Vicente | ||
| TOTALENERGIES (FRA) | ||
| 91 | BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald | NOR |
| 92 | CABOT Jérémy | FRA |
| 93 | GRELLIER Fabien | FRA |
| 94 | JEANNIERE Emilien | FRA |
| 95 | OURSELIN Paul | FRA |
| 96 | VAN GESTEL Dries | BEL |
| 97 | VERCHER Mattéo | FRA |
| D.D. LEBRETON Lylian | ||
| ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM (KAZ) | ||
| 101 | BOL Cees | NED |
| 102 | BRUSSENSKIY Gleb | KAZ |
| 103 | FELLINE Fabio | ITA |
| 104 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | KAZ |
| 105 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | KAZ |
| 106 | PRONSKIY Vadim | KAZ |
| 107 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | KAZ |
| D.D. MARTINELLI Giuseppe | ||
| BORA – HANSGROHE (GER) | ||
| 111 | MEEUS Jordi | BEL |
| 112 | HALLER Marco | AUT |
| 113 | KOCH Jonas | GER |
| 114 | KORETZKY Victor | FRA |
| 115 | LUHRS Luis-Joe | GER |
| 116 | POLITT Nils | GER |
| 117 | WANDAHL Frederik | DEN |
| D.D. SCHMIDT Torsten | ||
| INEOS – GRENADIERS (GBR) | ||
| 121 | HAYTER Leo | GBR |
| 122 | HEIDUK Kim Alexander | GER |
| 123 | LEONARD Michael | CAN |
| 124 | RIVERA Brandon Smith | COL |
| 125 | ROWE Luke | GBR |
| 126 | SIVAKOV Pavel | FRA |
| 127 | TURNER Ben | GBR |
| D.D. DEMPSTER Zakkari | ||
| BURGOS-BH (ESP) | ||
| 131 | PEÑALVER Manolo | ESP |
| 132 | PELEGRI Oscar | ESP |
| 133 | ANGULO Antonio | ESP |
| 134 | BOL Jetse | NED |
| 135 | ALLENO Clement | FRA |
| 136 | OKAMICA Ander | ESP |
| 137 | EZQUERRA Jesus | ESP |
| D.D. PEREZ Ruben | ||
| GROUPAMA – FDJ (FRA) | ||
| 141 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | FRA |
| 142 | ASKEY Lewis | GBR |
| 143 | GERMANI Lorenzo | ITA |
| 144 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu | FRA |
| 145 | LIENHARD Fabian | SUI |
| 146 | MADOUAS Valentin | FRA |
| 147 | PENHOET Paul | FRA |
| D.D. GUESDON Frederic | ||
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA (ESP) | ||
| 151 | AMEZQUETA Julen | ESP |
| 152 | AULAR Orluis Alberto | VEN |
| 153 | LOPEZ CUESTA Joseba | ESP |
| 154 | BABOR Daniel | CZE |
| 155 | BÁRTA Tomás | CZE |
| 156 | ETXEBERRIA Josu | ESP |
| 157 | GONZALEZ LOPEZ David | ESP |
| D.D. MARTINEZ RUBEN | ||
| EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (ESP) | ||
| 161 | LOBATO Juan José | ESP |
| 162 | CANAL Carlos | ESP |
| 163 | SOTO Antonio Jesús | ESP |
| 164 | AZPARREN Xavier Mikel | ESP |
| 165 | MATE Luis Ángel | ESP |
| 166 | AZPARREN Enekoitz | ESP |
| 167 | GOIKOETXEA Peio | ESP |
| D.D. AZANZA Jorge | ||
| LOTTO DSTNY (BEL) | ||
| 171 | DE LIE Arnaud | BEL |
| 172 | BEULLENS Cedric | BEL |
| 173 | FRISON Frederik | BEL |
| 174 | MENTEN Milan | BEL |
| 175 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs | NED |
| 176 | SLOCK Liam | BEL |
| 177 | VERMEERSCH Florian | BEL |
| D.D. PRIHDAM Cherie | ||
| EQUIPO KERN PHARMA (ESP) | ||
| 181 | AGIRRE EGANA Jon | ESP |
| 182 | CARRETERO Hector | ESP |
| 183 | GARCIA PIERNA Carlos | ESP |
| 184 | JAIME FERNANDEZ Alex | ESP |
| 185 | RETEGI GONI Mikel | ESP |
| 186 | RUIZ SEDANO Ibon | ESP |
| 187 | SANCHEZ LOPEZ Eugenio | ESP |
| D.D. ARMENDARIZ Jon | ||
| Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM (SUI) | ||
| 191 | BAUER Jack | NZL |
| 192 | CHRISTEN Fabio | SUI |
| 193 | DAVIS Coery | USA |
| 194 | DEVRIENDT Tom | BEL |
| 195 | MALECKI Kamil | POL |
| 196 | MOSCHETTI Matteo | ITA |
| 197 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | USA |
| D.D. VIERHOUTEN Aart | ||
| TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM (SUI) | ||
| 201 | BRUN Nils | SUI |
| 202 | CHARRIN Alois | FRA |
| 203 | ERIKSSON Lucas | SUE |
| 204 | HEMING Mika | GER |
| 205 | REICHENBACH Sebastien | SUI |
| 206 | THALMANN Roland | SUI |
| 207 | VOISARD Yannis | SUI |
| D.D. COZZI Claudio | ||