2024 Vuelta a Castilla y León (2.1), Spain
38th edition: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
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Villadolid - La Cistérniga, 199.7 km
Caleb Ewan is the winner. Sprint Cycling photo.
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Weather at the finish city of La Cistérniga at 2:40 PM, local time: 35C (95F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 1 mph (3 km/hr). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Team Jayco AlUla.
Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory in Vuelta a Castilla y Leon after some incredible work from his Team Jayco AlUla teammates.
In his first race back since the Giro d’Italia in May, all eyes were on the five-time Tour de France stage winner who timed his sprint to perfection to win ahead of Davide Cimolai (Movistar Team) and Jenthe Biermans (Arkea-B&B Hotels).
The 199km race from Valladolid to La Cisterniga looked to be one for the sprinters but with temperatures soaring over 40 degrees Celsius, and aggressive racing, it proved to be a challenging day.
After controlling the race from the start, Team Jayco AlUla protected and delivered Ewan to the line with a strong lead-out.
Caleb Ewan is the winner.
Caleb Ewan:
“On paper, it was a pretty easy looking day but it’s harder when you factor in the heat. At some points, when I looked at my Garmin it was 43 and 44 degrees so it was super hot today. The uphill in sprint made it harder, too, but I think it suited me really well and my team did a great job today. We really controlled the race from the start and then I´m happy I could finish it off.
I knew UAE would try something on the last climb because they don’t have a sprinter here. I expected it to be aggressive but my team did a great job to keep the attacks under control and make it a sprint. The Vuelta a España was one of my first big victories as a pro so it´s also a pleasure to come back and race in Spain.”
Complete results:
199.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.743 km/hr
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Jayco-AlUla | 4hr 33min 55sec |
| 2 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar | s.t. |
| 3 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 4 | Max Kanter | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 5 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 6 | Jon Aberasturi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 9 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Manuel Peñalver | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
| 11 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 12 | Milan Menten | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 13 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 14 | Stefano Oldani | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 15 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 16 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 17 | David Dekker | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 18 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 19 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 20 | Jeroen Meijers | Victoria Sports Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Georgios Boúglas | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 22 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 23 | Pau Llaneras | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 24 | Lucas Boniface | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 25 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 26 | Nicolas Sessler | Victoria Sports Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Antonio Soto | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 28 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 29 | Rodrigo Álvarez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 30 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 31 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 32 | António Morgado | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 33 | Axel Mariault | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 34 | Jetse Bol | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 35 | Jan Christen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 36 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 37 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 38 | Arnau Gilabert | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 39 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 40 | Ruben Guerreiro | Movistar | s.t. |
| 41 | Diego Sevilla | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
| 42 | Logan Currie | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 43 | Marcel Camprubí | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 44 | Unai Zubeldia | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 45 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | @ 9sec |
| 46 | Rory Townsend | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:14 |
| 47 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 48 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 49 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 50 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 0:17 |
| 51 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Burgos-BH | 0:20 |
| 52 | Alex Jaime | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:26 |
| 53 | Lukasz Owsian | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 54 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 55 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 56 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 57 | Jan Maas | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 58 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | Alex Martin | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
| 60 | Johannes Adamietz | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 61 | Blake Quick | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 62 | Manlio Moro | Movistar | 0:33 |
| 63 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 0:36 |
| 64 | Joey Rosskopf | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Joan Albert Riera | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | 0:38 |
| 66 | Vincenzo Albanese | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:43 |
| 67 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:49 |
| 68 | Remi Cavagna | Movistar | 0:51 |
| 69 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Jayco-AlUla | 0:53 |
| 70 | Walter Calzoni | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:01 |
| 71 | Filippo Conca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 | Mathijs Paasschens | Lotto Dstny | 1:14 |
| 73 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:18 |
| 74 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 1:58 |
| 75 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 1:59 |
| 76 | Anders Foldager | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 77 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | 2:11 |
| 78 | Baptiste Vadic | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 79 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 80 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:43 |
| 81 | Nichol Pareja | Victoria Sports Cycling Team | 2:50 |
| 82 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Dstny | 2:52 |
| 83 | Anderson Castro | Colombia Potencia Vida-Strongman | s.t. |
| 84 | Fernando Tercero | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
| 85 | Cesar David Guavita | Colombia Potencia Vida-Strongman | s.t. |
| 86 | Juan Camilo Castillo | Colombia Potencia Vida-Strongman | s.t. |
| 87 | David Martin | Team Polti Kometa | s.t. |
| 88 | Iker Bonillo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 89 | Yeferson Camargo | Colombia Potencia Vida-Strongman | s.t. |
| 90 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 91 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 92 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 93 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 94 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
| 95 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | 2:57 |
| 96 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4:33 |
| 97 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 98 | Ean Cajucom | Victoria Sports Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Erick Parra | Colombia Potencia Vida-Strongman | s.t. |
| 100 | Nicolas Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 101 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 102 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 103 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | 4:48 |
| 104 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:53 |
| 105 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 7:30 |
| 106 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Astana Qazaqstan | 7:12 |
| 107 | Anthon Charmig | Astana Qazaqstan | 7:52 |
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