2024 Vuelta a Burgos (2.Pro), Spain

46th edition: August 5 - 9, 2024

Vuelta a Burgos podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Friday, August 9: 5th & Final Stage, Frías - Treviño, 156 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Pavel Bittner wins the final stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Treviño at 1:55 PM, local time: 28C (83F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Santiago Umba (Astana Qazaqstan) did not start.

About 90 kilometers into the stage Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) abandoned.

Here's the report from GC winner Sepp Kuss' Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Sepp Kuss has won the 46th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos. The American did not get into trouble in the final stage. With the overall win in the Spanish stage race, Kuss follows former teammate Primoz Roglic, who won the stage race last year.

In the final stage, three riders quickly chose the breakaway. The attackers managed to build a three-minute lead on the hilly terrain and held on for a long time but were caught by the chasing peloton 500 meters before the finish. Pavel Bittner won the bunch sprint.

The final stage gets started.

"This win means a lot to me," Kuss said afterward. "I've had quite some setbacks this past year. Last Wednesday was already a very nice day for me with the stage win. Winning the overall classification of a multi-day stage race makes me very happy.”

"I didn't expect to be able to do this already," the American continued. "It was nice that I could race here with a lot of the guys selected for La Vuelta. That it went so well right away, no one in the team had seen it coming. The victory in the general classification gives me a lot of confidence, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming races.”

With a stage win, final victory in the general classification, and winning the team classification, sports director Marc Reef is also very satisfied with last week. "The main goal was to get rhythm towards La Vuelta. The fact that we also won one stage and took the overall classification is fantastic. For Sepp, it was a tough period. It's nice to see that, despite two crashes, he was able to show himself so much last week. This gives a lot of confidence.”

Tomorrow, with the Klasikoa Donostia San Sebastian, a new Spanish race is directly on Kuss' schedule.

Early in the stage

Complete results:

156 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.778 km/hr

1	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3hr 24min 28sec
2	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
4	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
5	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
7	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
11	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
17	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
18	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
20	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
24	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
28	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
29	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
32	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
33	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
39	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	s.t.
41	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
45	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
46	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
52	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
58	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
59	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
60	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
63	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
68	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
70	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Javier Romo	Movistar	s.t.
74	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
77	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
79	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
82	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
83	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	@ 27sec
85	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	0:48
86	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	1:00
88	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:09
89	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
90	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:15
92	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	2:19
93	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	2:26
94	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 0sec
95	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:18
96	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:35
97	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
98	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
101	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
106	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
108	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	6:11
109	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
111	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
112	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
113	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
115	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	7:57
119	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
120	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
121	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
123	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
124	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	10:28
126	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
127	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:27

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification winner: Diego Sevilla (Team Polti Kometa)
• Points classification winner: Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Best young rider: Max Poole (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Teams classification winner: Visma | Lease a Bike

641.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.339 km/hr

1	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	15hr 9min 6sec
2	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	@ 5sec
3	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:34
4	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	041
5	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	042
6	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	053
7	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	057
8	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	059
9	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	1:00
10	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:01
11	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	1:05
12	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	1:07
13	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:09
14	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11
15	Javier Romo	Movistar	1:16
16	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:23
17	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:26
18	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	1:27
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	1:30
20	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:31
21	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:32
22	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	1:44
23	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:47
24	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:54
26	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:56
28	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:03
29	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	2:05
30	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	2:09
31	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:12
32	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	2:28
33	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	2:32
34	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:42
35	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:43
36	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:53
37	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	2:55
38	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:07
39	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:21
40	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	3:35
41	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:22
42	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:48
43	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	5:19
44	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	5:36
46	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	5:40
47	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	6:02
48	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:16
49	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	6:37
50	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	6:46
52	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	6:48
53	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	6:56
54	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	7:03
55	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:05
56	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	8:48
57	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	8:58
58	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:28
59	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:45
60	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:46
61	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	9:48
62	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	10:09
63	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:24
64	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	11:36
65	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	11:37
66	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	12:04
67	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	12:33
68	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	12:47
69	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	12:57
70	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	13:04
71	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	13:11
72	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	13:25
73	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	13:51
74	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	14:12
75	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:30
76	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:50
77	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	14:57
78	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:09
79	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	15:29
80	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:40
81	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	16:33
82	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	16:44
83	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	16:57
84	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:02
85	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	17:15
86	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	18:00
87	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	18:14
88	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:16
89	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	18:25
90	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:20
91	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	19:30
92	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	19:53
93	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	19:54
94	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	20:08
95	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	20:15
96	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	20:19
97	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	20:34
98	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	20:56
99	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	21:37
100	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	21:45
101	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:58
102	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	22:26
103	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	22:31
104	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	22:49
105	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:01
106	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	23:02
107	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	23:05
108	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:34
109	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	23:51
110	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	24:08
111	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:19
112	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	27:06
113	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	27:18
114	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:38
115	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:33
116	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	29:47
117	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	30:03
118	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	30:50
119	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	32:01
120	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	32:37
121	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	33:06
122	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
123	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	33:41
124	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	35:17
125	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	35:51
126	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	42:46
127	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	49:21

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, August 8: Stage 4, Santa María del Campo - Pampliega 18.5 km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile

Sepp Kuss keeps his GC lead after riding the time trial.

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Weather at the finish city of Pampliega at 1:50 PM, local time: 29C (86F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Damien Howson (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) was the first rider off at 2:04 PM.

Here's the report from stage winner Jay Vine's UAE Team Emirates:

Jay Vine has made a memorable return to competition with victory on stage 4 of the Vuelta Burgos in Spain.

The Australian former TT champion blitzed the 18.5km course in a scorching time of 19.51, clocking an average speed of 55.9 km/hr in the time trial from Santa María del Campo to Pampliega.

Damien Howson was the first rider off.

The win marks his first victory since suffering multiple vertebrae fractures at the Itzulia Basque Country crash in April.

Vine: “I feel pretty incredible. I’m really happy with how the legs are going especially in my first race back after injury. It’s been a long way back since the crash. My wife has been so supportive and patient during the whole time and the team has been in constant contact to try and get me ready and back to health. Just 4 months ago I was in ICU not so far from here and to be back here on the top step of a podium is incredible. In a few days my wife is due to give birth to our first born so it’s just a really special time in my life right now.”

Stage winner Jay Vine

Finn Fisher Black now sits in 3rd place overall at +34” behind overall leader Sepp Kuss (Visma LAB) heading into the final stage tomorrow from Frías to Condado de Treviño (156km).

A Lidl-Trek rider In the starthouse

A dsm-firmenich PostNL rider is on his way.

Complete results:

18.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 55.919 km/hr

1	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	19min 51sec
2	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	@ 12sec
3	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
4	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
5	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	0:20
7	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	0:21
8	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
9	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:27
10	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:38
11	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:39
12	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:40
13	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	0:41
15	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:43
16	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	0:44
20	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	0:46
21	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	0:51
22	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:00
24	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:02
26	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:03
27	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	1:04
28	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	1:05
29	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	1:06
30	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:07
31	Javier Romo	Movistar	s.t.
32	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
33	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:11
34	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:12
35	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	1:14
37	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:15
39	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:17
40	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:18
41	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	1:23
43	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:30
45	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:32
48	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
49	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:33
50	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
51	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	1:34
53	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	1:35
55	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:36
56	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:37
58	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:38
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:39
60	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	1:41
61	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:42
62	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	1:43
64	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
65	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	1:44
66	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:49
67	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	1:50
68	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:52
69	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:53
71	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
74	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:55
75	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	1:58
76	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	2:02
77	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	2:06
79	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
80	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	2:09
81	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	2:10
82	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	2:11
83	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:12
85	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	2:16
86	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:19
87	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:21
89	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	2:26
90	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:27
91	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
92	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	2:28
93	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	2:29
94	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	2:32
95	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:36
97	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:40
98	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
99	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:44
100	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:47
103	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	2:51
104	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	2:52
105	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	2:53
106	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:56
107	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	2:57
108	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
109	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	2:58
111	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	3:00
112	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	3:01
113	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:02
114	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
115	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:12
117	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	3:18
118	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
119	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	3:19
120	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	3:32
121	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:33
123	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
124	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:41
125	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:44
126	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:53
127	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	3:54
128	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:57
129	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
130	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	4:13

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Diego Sevilla (Team Polti Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Edoardo Affini (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Max Poole (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

485.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.341 km/hr

1	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11hr 44min 38sec
2	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	@ 5sec
3	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	o:34
4	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:41
5	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:42
6	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:53
7	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:57
8	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	0:59
9	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	1:00
10	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:01
11	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	1:05
12	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	1:07
13	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:09
14	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11
15	Javier Romo	Movistar	1:16
16	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:23
17	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:26
18	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	1:27
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	1:30
20	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:31
21	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:32
22	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	1:44
23	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:47
24	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:47
25	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:54
26	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:56
28	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:03
29	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	2:05
30	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	2:09
31	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:12
32	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:19
33	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	2:27
34	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	2:28
35	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	2:32
36	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:42
37	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:43
38	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:53
39	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	2:55
40	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	3:02
41	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:21
42	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	3:35
43	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	3:41
44	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:22
45	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	4:27
46	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:48
47	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	5:19
48	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:19
49	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:25
50	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	5:40
51	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:53
52	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:16
53	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	6:19
54	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:37
55	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	6:48
56	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	6:56
57	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	7:03
58	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	7:43
59	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:05
60	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	8:16
61	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	8:48
62	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:58
63	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
64	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:15
65	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:45
66	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:46
67	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	9:48
68	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	10:22
69	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	10:28
70	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	11:37
71	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	11:47
72	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	12:04
73	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:05
74	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	12:33
75	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	12:57
76	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	12:59
77	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	13:07
78	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	13:11
79	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	13:29
80	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	13:51
81	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	14:12
82	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	14:23
83	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:30
84	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:50
85	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	14:57
86	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	15:04
87	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	15:29
88	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:55
89	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	16:15
90	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	16:44
91	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	16:57
92	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:02
93	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	17:15
94	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	17:26
95	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	17:57
96	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	18:00
97	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:16
98	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	18:38
99	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	18:56
100	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	18:59
101	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	19:09
102	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:14
103	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	19:18
104	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:20
105	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	19:54
106	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20:08
107	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	20:15
108	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	20:16
109	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	20:19
110	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:36
111	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	21:45
112	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	22:00
113	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	23:01
114	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	23:08
115	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	23:15
116	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:34
117	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	23:43
118	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	24:03
119	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	24:41
120	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	24:49
121	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	25:44
122	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	25:50
123	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	26:28
124	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	26:29
125	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	26:55
126	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
127	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	27:15
128	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	27:54
129	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	32:18
130	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	35:54

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, August 7: Stage 3, Bodegas Nabal Gumiel de Izán - Lagunas de Neila, 138 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Father-to-be Sepp Kuss wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

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Weather at Vilviestre del Pinar, on the route, 40 kilometers from the finish, at 1:40 PM, local time: 29C (85F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor Pro Cycling) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Sepp Kuss' Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Kuss proves he is ready for Vuelta a España with queen stage win in Vuelta a Burgos

Sepp Kuss has won the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. The 29-year-old American of Team Visma | Lease a Bike proved the strongest on the final climb and finished off the team work. Thanks to the victory, Kuss will start tomorrow in the leader's jersey.

The peloton had to get ready for a tough stage towards Lagunas de Neila, an 11-kilometre long climb of the hors catégorie. Four riders went clear early in the race, but their adventure came to an end on the penultimate climb, thanks in part to the work of Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

On the final climb, Robert Gesink and Johannes Staune-Mittet dropped their leaders at the foot of the climb. Cian Uijtdebroeks was the first GC-rider who gave it a shot. The young Belgian did not mange to create a gap, but moments later he saw that Kuss was successful. The American rode away from his rivals and reached the finish line after a short solo.

"I'm very happy with this," Kuss responded afterwards. "It was a tough day, partly because of the heat. On the final climb I was struggling quite a bit, but I wanted to try at least once. When I saw I had created a gap, I went as hard as I could. I'm glad it worked out and I want to thank my teammates for all the work they did."

For Kuss, the Vuelta a Burgos is his first race since his covid infection, which he suffered at the Criterium du Dauphiné in June. Because of that illness, he eventually had to skip the Tour de France. Kuss will use the five-day stage race to get ready for the Vuelta a España, where he will defend his title."I struggled for quite a long time with the after-effects of covid. Fortunately, I am now back on level and the confidence is back. I'm ready to defend my title in the Vuelta."
Sports director Marc Reef praised Kuss' fighting spirit. "That Sepp put in such a performance straight away in his first race gives a lot of confidence. After his crash yesterday, we had to wait and see how he would feel today. During the race, the riders were very motivated to make the best of it. Robert and Johannes did a good job for Cian and Sepp on the last two climbs and after Cian's attack, Sepp finished it off fantastically."

According to Reef, Kuss' victory achieved the first of the three goals set. "Beforehand we had said we wanted to prepare for the Vuelta, ride a good GC and fight for a stage win. The latter has been achieved and with the other two we are well on our way. I expect a very interesting battle tomorrow in the time trial."

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Complete results:

138 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.973 km/hr

1	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 22min 5sec
2	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 7sec
3	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
4	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:20
5	Javier Romo	Movistar	0:23
6	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:26
7	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:28
8	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:32
9	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:34
11	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
14	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:44
15	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
16	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:50
17	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	0:51
18	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	0:54
19	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:08
23	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:11
25	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:15
26	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
30	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	1:19
31	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
32	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:35
33	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:37
34	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:44
36	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:51
38	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:57
39	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
40	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
41	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	2:08
42	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	2:13
43	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:37
44	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:44
45	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	2:48
46	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:23
48	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	3:38
50	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:12
52	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:19
53	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:11
56	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:35
57	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
58	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	6:25
59	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:28
60	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	6:30
61	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
62	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
63	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
65	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
68	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	6:58
70	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	7:57
71	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
72	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	8:42
73	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	8:57
76	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	10:36
77	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:36
78	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	11:30
79	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
81	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
83	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
86	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	11:38
90	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	12:15
91	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:47
92	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	13:17
93	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	13:19
94	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	14:20
95	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:23
96	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	14:47
97	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	15:11
98	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:13
100	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:24
103	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	15:51
104	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:48
105	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16:52
106	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	16:55
108	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	17:30
109	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
110	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
111	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
112	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
113	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	18:00
114	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	18:33
115	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	18:37
116	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	19:31
117	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:24
118	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
119	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	20:40
120	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	20:54
121	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
126	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
127	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	21:09
128	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	21:19
129	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

1. GC leader: Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike)
2. Mountains classification leader: Diego Pablo Sevilla (Team Polti Kometa)
3. Points classification leader: Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
4. Best young rider: Max Poole (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
5. Teams classification leader: Equipo Kern Pharma

467 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.961 km/hr

1	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11hr 24min 4sec
2	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 13sec
3	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:27
4	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	0:30
5	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
6	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:38
7	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:42
8	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:44
10	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
11	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Javier Romo	Movistar	0:52
14	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
15	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	1:00
16	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	1:01
17	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:04
18	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
19	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	1:13
21	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:18
22	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:21
24	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:23
25	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	1:25
26	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
29	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	1:29
30	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
31	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:44
32	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:45
33	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:47
34	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
36	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:01
38	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:07
39	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
40	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	2:18
41	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:26
42	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	2:42
43	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:54
44	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	2:58
45	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:06
46	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:48
47	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	3:52
48	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	4:07
49	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:23
50	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:29
51	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:43
52	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:48
53	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:09
54	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:18
55	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:50
56	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:04
57	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	6:40
58	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
61	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	6:59
62	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:49
63	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:09
64	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
65	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:25
66	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	8:26
67	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:53
68	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	9:05
69	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:11
70	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	10:03
71	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:37
72	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:46
73	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	10:53
74	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	11:40
75	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
76	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
78	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	11:59
79	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	12:05
80	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	12:19
81	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:57
82	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	13:10
83	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:22
85	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	13:25
86	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	13:29
87	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	13:54
88	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	14:03
89	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:33
90	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	15:05
91	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	15:11
92	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:22
93	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:42
94	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	15:46
95	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	15:56
96	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:06
97	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	16:19
98	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	16:30
99	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	16:43
100	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	16:58
101	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	17:02
102	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	17:40
103	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	18:10
105	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:15
106	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
107	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	18:31
108	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	18:47
109	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	18:49
110	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:47
111	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	20:02
112	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:33
113	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	20:40
114	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20:54
115	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:04
116	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	21:19
118	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	21:26
119	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	21:51
120	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:19
121	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	23:14
122	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	23:29
123	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	24:26
124	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	25:56
125	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25:57
126	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	26:05
127	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
128	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	26:39
129	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	29:07
130	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	33:40

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, August 6: Stage 2, Villasana de Mena - Complejo Karstico Ojo Guereña, 161 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Caleb Ewan beats Roger Adria for the stage win. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the city of Hornillalastra, on the route, 15 km from the finish, at 1:55 PM, local time: 26C (79F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) & Alois Charrin (Tudor Pro Cycling) did not start. That shoud leave 137 riders to start stage two.

Here's the report from second-place Roger Adria's Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe:

Today’s second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos featured several punchy climbs, with a finishing ascent of 1.2km with an average gradient of just under six per cent. In the finishing straight, Roger Adria made his move on the right-hand side of the road at 200m remaining. His impressive turn of speed in the finale was enough to secure him second place at Ojo Guareña, behind stage winner Caleb Ewan. The Spanish rider now moves up to fourth in the general classification.

GC leader Pavel Bittner and Team dsm-firmenich PostNL teammates before the stage start.

Roger Adria:
I had actually marked today’s stage, as I knew that I could do well on a parcours like this. On the finishing straight, I waited to find the moment to launch my sprint and saw an opportunity at 200m to go. From there, I just did the best I could and it was enough for second place. It’s a solid result, but also slightly disappointing. I came close to being able to fight for the win, but just narrowly missed out.

Patxi Vila, Sports Director:
We knew today’s stage would present a good opportunity for Roger Adria. The race was unfortunately marred by a crash, in which Patrick Gamper, Ben Zwiehoff and Roger were involved. So we were at a disadvantage heading into the finale, as we had to ride less aggressively than we would have liked. However, Giovanni and Sergio stepped up to do a good job there. We took on the climb in a good position, and Roger was able to take second. In the end, Caleb was ultimately faster. We were really aiming for the win today, so we’re a little disappointed, but all in all it’s still a good result and we can be pleased with the guys’ performance.

Caleb Ewan wins stage two. Photo: Sprint Cycling

Complete results:

161 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.298 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	3hr 59min 43sec
2	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
4	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
7	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
8	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
10	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
12	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
24	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
31	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
33	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
46	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	s.t.
51	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
54	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
57	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
60	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
61	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
64	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	@ 19sec
65	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Javier Romo	Movistar	s.t.
68	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
70	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
78	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
81	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	0:25
82	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:29
83	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
84	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:35
85	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	0:39
87	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	0:42
88	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:47
89	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	0:56
90	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
91	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
93	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:09
94	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:13
97	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	1:29
98	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
99	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:32
100	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
101	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
102	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:45
104	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
105	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
106	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
110	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
111	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
112	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
114	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	@ 19sec
115	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	2:25
116	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	2:33
117	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:08
118	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
119	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:28
120	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:38
122	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
123	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	4:18
124	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:13
126	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	7:38
127	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:14
128	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	9:26
129	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
130	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:42
131	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	9:43

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla)
• Mountains classification leader: Diego Sevilla (Team Polti Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla)
• Best young rider: Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Teams classification leader: Lidl-trek

329 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.956 km/hr

1	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	8hr 1min 59sec
2	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
3	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	@ 2sec
4	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:04
5	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:07
6	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	0:10
7	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
9	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
14	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
15	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	s.t.
28	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
35	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
38	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
46	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
47	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
48	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
50	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
53	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
56	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
57	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
58	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
59	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Germán Dario Gómez	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
62	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:29
64	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
65	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
66	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
68	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
71	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
73	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
78	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
79	Javier Romo	Movistar	s.t.
80	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	0:35
82	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:39
83	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	0:43
84	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:45
85	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	0:49
87	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	0:52
88	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:57
89	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	1:06
90	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	1:08
91	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:19
93	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:23
96	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:39
97	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	1:40
98	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:41
99	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:52
100	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:55
101	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
103	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
107	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
108	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
110	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	2:33
111	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	2:34
112	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	2:35
113	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:07
114	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	3:18
115	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
116	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
117	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:32
118	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:23
119	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	4:28
120	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
121	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	4:47
122	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:03
123	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:11
124	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	7:48
125	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	8:02
126	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:24
127	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:36
128	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
129	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:52
130	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	11:18
131	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	12:46

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, August 5: Stage 1, Vilviestre del Pinar - Burgos, 168 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Pavel Bittner wins the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Burgos at 1:55 PM, local time: 33C (92F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Pavel Bittner's Team dsm-firmenich PostNL.

The opening day of racing at Vuelta a Burgos saw Team dsm-firmenich PostNL take control throughout the stage, setting things up brilliantly before Pavel Bittner powered to a superb sprint stage win.

Beginning the day with the goal of keeping GC finisher Max Poole safe and going for a stage result with fast finisher Bittner, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL rode cohesively as a unit throughout the afternoon. Vigilant for any crosswinds that never materialised, the team was ever present at the front of the peloton, keeping each other out of trouble as the stage progressed. With the early breakaway caught, Poole smartly snagged three bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint before all attention turned to the finale with Bittner.

Time to race.

The great positioning work continued and the team was always in the first 15 riders through the many roundabouts, dropping Bittner off towards the front over the last kicker. From there, Bittner used his racing instincts and bided his time, before launching a devastating kick to take his first professional win and the Men’s program’s 14th of the year.

An elated Bittner said: “Today was the first sprint opportunity of the race. The guys and team really believed in me that we could do a nice final and potentially win. Coming into the final 40 kilometres the boys did a really good job, already being in the front early and holding a side of the road so we could be safe and out of trouble. We could hold the left side of the road almost until the final. Then the team placed me really well going over the top of the last drag and onto the descent to the finish. From there I went on intuition a little bit and finally managed to win which feels amazing after so many second places. I’m really happy, and also to pay back the guys for their work and it’s a really good start to the race for us.”

Pavel Bittner wins stage one.

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL coach Callum Ferguson added: “Coming into this race we wanted to be super sharp on the details because we knew the impact it has on the result. Our aim was to sprint with Pavel and keep Max safe throughout the stage. We also had an eye on those bonus seconds and go for them if we could without wasting too much energy, which Max and the guys did well. Then the focus was on being together and feeling that moment to go in the final. The guys really nailed it today, you could see we were together and safe from far out, then in the final they positioned Pavel who just went for it. Pavel is over the moon with it and I think we can be too.”

Complete results:

168 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.578 km/hr

1	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4hr 2min 26sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
4	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
16	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
19	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
20	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	s.t.
31	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
32	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
37	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
39	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
41	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
45	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
53	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
54	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
61	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
62	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
65	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
66	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
74	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
82	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
90	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
92	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Dario Gómez Germán	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
97	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
104	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
107	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
111	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
116	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
117	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Javier Romo	Movistar	s.t.
123	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
124	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
125	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
126	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
127	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	@ 35sec
129	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	0:59
130	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:25
131	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
134	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	2:24
136	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:41
137	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:23
138	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
139	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Mountains classification leader: Diego Pablo Sevilla (Team Polti Kometa)
• Points classification leader: Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Best young rider: Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Teams classification leader: Movistar

1	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4hr 2min 16sec
2	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	@ 4sec
3	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	0:06
4	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:07
5	Ben Tulett	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:09
6	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:10
7	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
9	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
12	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Valentin Retailleau	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
16	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
17	Jhonatan Restrepo	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
18	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
21	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Ivan Romeo	Movistar	s.t.
32	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Victor De La Parte	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Marco Brenner	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Pim Ronhaar	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
40	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
45	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
53	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
54	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
61	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
62	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
65	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
66	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Fabio Felline	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Sergio Higuita	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
74	Sebastien Reichenbach	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
82	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Victor Langellotti	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
90	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Paul Double	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
92	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Dario Gómez Germán	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
97	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
104	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
107	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
111	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
116	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
117	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Javier Romo	Movistar	s.t.
123	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
124	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
125	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
126	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
127	Alvaro Hodeg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	0:45
129	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	1:09
130	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:33
131	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
132	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
134	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	2:34
136	Enekoitz Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
137	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:33
138	Duarte Marivoet	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
139	Aloïs Charrin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, August 4, 2024:

	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1	KUSS, Sepp (USA)
2	AFFINI, Edoardo (ITA)
3	GESINK, Robert (NED)
4	UIJTDEBROEKS, Cian (BEL)
5	VERMOTE, Julien (BEL)
6	TULETT, Ben (GBR)
7	STAUNE-MITTET, Johannes (NOR)
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
11	HIGUITA GARCIA, Sergio Andres (COL)
12	ZWIEHOFF, Ben (GER)
13	GAMPER, Patrick (AUT)
14	ADRIA OLIVERAS, Roger (ESP)
15	HAJEK, Alexander (AUT)
17	ALEOTTI, Giovanni (ITA)
	Ineos Grenadiers
21	ARENSMAN, Thymen (NED)
22	AUGUST, Andrew (USA)
23	FRAILE MATARRANZ, Omar (ESP)
24	HEIDUK, Kim Alexander (GER)
25	LEONARD, Michael Shea (CAN)
26	RIVERA VARGAS, Brandon Smith (COL)
27	RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA, Oscar (ESP)
	Movistar Team
31	QUINTANA, Nairo (COL)
32	GARCIA CORTINA, Ivan (ESP)
33	ARCAS, Jorge (ESP)
34	BARRENETXEA GOLZARRI, Jon (ESP)
35	ALMEIDA GUERREIRO, Ruben Antonio (POR)
36	ROMEO ABAD, Ivan (ESP)
37	ROMO OLIVER, Javier
	Bahrain Victorious
41	CARUSO, Damiano (ITA)
42	GOVEKAR, Matevž (SLO)
43	MIHOLJEVIC, Fran (CRO)
44	GRADEK, Kamil (POL)
45	SÜTTERLIN, Jasha (GER)
46	TIBERI, Antonio (ITA)
47	TRÆEN, Torstein (NOR)
	UAE Team Emirates
51	MAJKA, Rafal (POL)
52	VINE, Jay (AUS)
53	ARRIETA LIZARRAGA, Igor (ESP)
54	FISHER-BLACK, Finn Lachlan Fox (NZL)
55	HODEG CHAGUI, Alvaro Jose (COL)
56	MARIVOET SCHOLIERS, Duarte (BEL)
57	ALVES OLIVEIRA, Ivo Manuel (POR)
	Lidl-Trek
61	GEOGHEGAN HART, Tao (GBR)
62	KONRAD, Patrick (AUT)
63	MOLLEMA, Bauke (NED)
64	FELLINE, Fabio (ITA)
65	OOMEN, Sam (NED)
66	SIMMONS, Quinn (USA)
67	RONHAAR, Pim (NED)
	Astana Qazaqstan Team
71	BRUSSENSKIY, Gleb (KAZ)
72	FORTUNATO, Lorenzo (ITA)
73	MARUKHIN, Daniil (KAZ)
74	SCHELLING, Ide (NED)
75	PRONSKIY, Vadim (KAZ)
76	UMBA LOPEZ, Abner Santiago (COL)
77	VINOKUROV, Nicolya (KAZ)
	Groupama - FDJ
81	PALENI, Enzo (FRA)
82	GERMANI, Lorenzo (ITA)
83	LE GAC, Olivier (FRA)
84	LE HUITOUZE, Eddy (FRA)
85	ROCHAS, Rémy (FRA)
86	THOMPSON, Reuben (NZL)
87	WALLS, Matthew (GBR)
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
91	BOUCHARD, Geoffrey (FRA)
92	DE PESTEL, Sander (BEL)
93	HÄNNINEN, Jaakko (FIN)
94	LAFAY, Victor (FRA)
95	VERSCHUREN, Killian (FRA)
96	PARET PEINTRE, Valentin (FRA)
97	RETAILLEAU, Valentin (FRA)
	Team DSM-Firmenich
101	VAN DEN BERG, Julius (NED)
102	BITTNER, Pavel (CZE)
103	HAMILTON, Christopher (AUS)
104	LEIJNSE, Enzo (NED)
105	NABERMAN, Tim (NED)
106	POOLE, David Max (GBR)
107	TUSVELD, Martijn (NED)
	Team - Jayco Alula
111	BERHE, Hagos Welay (ETH)
112	DUNBAR, Edward (IRL)
113	ENGELHARDT, Felix (GER)
114	EWAN, Caleb (AUS)
115	HAMILTON, Lucas Wade (AUS)
116	QUICK, Blake (AUS)
117	SCOTSON, Callum (AUS)
	EF Education - Easypost
121	CARTHY, Hugh John (GBR)
122	CARR, Simon (GBR)
123	CEPEDA, Alexander Jefferson (ECU)
124	CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (COL)
125	DOULL, Owain (GBR)
126	RAFFERTY, Darren (IRL)
127	SHAW, James (GBR)
	Burgos-BH
131	APARICIO MUÑOZ, Mario (ESP)
132	ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, Rodrigo (ESP)
133	DIAZ GALLEGO, Jose Manuel (ESP)
134	LANGELLOTTI, Victor (MON)
135	ANGULO SAMPEDRO, Antonio (ESP)
136	FAGUNDEZ LIMA, Antonio Eric (URU)
137	BOL, Jetse (NED)
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
141	DIAZ ALVAREZ, Alex (ESP)
142	CEPEDA, Jefferson (ECU)
143	GONZALEZ LOPEZ, David (ESP)
144	HAILEMICHAEL, Mulu Kinfe (ETH)
145	JOHNSTON, Calum (GBR)
146	MURGUIALDAY, Jokin (ESP)
	Equipo Kern Pharma
151	BERRADE FERNANDEZ, Urko (ESP)
152	BRUSTENGA MASAGUE, Marc (ESP)
153	CASTRILLO ZAPATER, Pablo (ESP)
154	GUTIERREZ GONZALEZ, Jorge (ESP)
155	RUIZ SEDANO, Ibon (ESP)
156	URIARTE BELZUNEGI, Diego (ESP)
157	AZANZA BURUSCO, Ibai (ESP)
	Euskaltel - Euskadi
161	ABERASTURI IZAGA, Jon (ESP)
162	AZPARREN IRURZUN, Enekoitz (ESP)
163	ISASA LARRAÑAGA, Xabier (ESP)
164	JUARISTI ARRIETA, Txomin (ESP)
165	DE LA PARTE, Victor (ESP)
166	MARTIN SANZ, Gotzon (ESP)
167	MINTEGI CLAVER, Iker (ESP)
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
171	BRENNER, Marco (GER)
172	CHARRIN, Aloïs (FRA)
173	HEMING, Miká (GER)
174	MAYRHOFER, Marius (GER)
175	REICHENBACH, Sébastien (SUI)
176	STORER, Michael (AUS)
177	WILKSCH, Hannes (GER)
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
181	BADILATTI, Matteo (SUI)
182	DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (ESP)
183	FRISON, Frederik (BEL)
184	HOWSON, Damien Craig (AUS)
185	NIZZOLO, Giacomo (ITA)
186	PARISINI, Nicolo (ITA)
187	STEIMLE, Jannik (GER)
	Polti-Kometa Cycling Team
191	DOUBLE, Paul (GBR)
192	PIGANZOLI, Davide (ITA)
193	FABBRO, Matteo (ITA)
194	MARTIN GUTIERREZ, Alex (ESP)
195	RESTREPO VALENCIA, Jhonatan (COL)
196	SEVILLA LOPEZ, Diego Pablo (ESP)
197	GOMEZ BECERRA, German Dario (COL)