2021 Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (2.Pro), Spain.

67th edition: May 18 - 22, 2021

Vuelta a Andalucia podium history | 2020 edition | 2022 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Saturday, May 22: 5th & final stage, Vera - Pulpi, 107 km

Ethan Hayter takes the final stage. Robert Stannard and Daryl Impey crashed just before the finish line.

Weather at the finish city of Pulpi at 1:50 PM, local time: 24C (75F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Ethan Hayter's INEOS Grenadiers team.

Ethan Hayter sprinted to his second stage victory of the race at Ruta del Sol in a hectic finale to secure the points classification.

Hayter rounded off a superb team move as Carlos Rodriguez led him out for the final sprint, narrowly avoiding a crash near the line, to earn the green jersey. 

Rodriguez finished in the top 10 to secure a fantastic fourth overall, missing out on a podium place by just 30 seconds.

The decisive move to win the stage was initiated by the Grenadiers, with Leonardo Basso and Luke Rowe chasing down the early break as the race neared the final 15 kilometres.

The hard pace easily caught the escapees, before Owain Doull and Eddie Dunbar took over from their teammates to continue to shred the peloton ahead of a punchy final climb.

Rodriguez then helped Hayter to maintain contact with the reduced lead group on the ascent before leading the Londoner out to secure his second win in five stages

Ethan Hayter:
"The team were amazing,  Leo Basso pulled today and pretty much every day. They were great all week and we ended up with Carlos fourth and I was eighth overall in the end.

"It was a short stage, so flat out on the last climb and I just about held on the back! Then there were crosswinds in the sprint, so I let Carlos go and ran at him. Impey and Stannard had a coming together which I could see in my peripheral vision. it’s not the way you want to win the sprint, but that's bike racing."

Complete results:

107 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.614 km/hr

1	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	2hr 27min 12sec
2	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
3	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	s.t.
5	BYSTROM Sven	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	s.t.
7	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
10	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
11	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	0:10
12	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
14	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	0:15
16	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
19	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:24
21	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	@ 0sec
22	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:26
23	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates	0:27
26	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:31
27	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
28	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
29	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
30	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
33	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
35	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
36	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
37	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
38	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	0:45
39	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	1:12
44	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:16
45	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	1:20
46	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	1:22
48	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	1:26
49	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:33
50	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:36
51	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:22
52	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:24
54	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
55	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
57	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
59	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	3:45
64	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
67	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
68	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:52
69	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
70	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
72	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
73	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	s.t.
75	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
76	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
77	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	3:57
80	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
82	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
83	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
84	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
85	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
87	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
90	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	5:51
93	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
94	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:44
97	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:09
98	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
99	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
100	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
101	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:11
103	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	8:13
104	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	@ 0sec

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Miguel Lopez (Movistar)
• Mountains classification winner: Luis Mate (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Points classification winner: Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Team classification winner: Movistar

803.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.062 km/hr

1	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	21hr 6min 55sec
2	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	@ 20sec
3	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:10
4	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	1:43
5	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
6	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:06
7	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13
8	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:24
9	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:44
10	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	2:48
11	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	2:49
12	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE Team Emirates	3:13
13	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:34
14	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	3:36
15	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	3:50
16	BYSTROM Sven	UAE Team Emirates	3:51
17	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	4:12
18	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:50
19	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:05
20	ROJAS José	Movistar	5:09
21	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	5:17
22	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:32
23	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	5:47
24	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	5:58
25	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	6:03
26	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	6:17
27	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	10:20
28	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:49
29	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	10:50
30	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	11:13
31	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	11:51
32	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	12:39
33	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	12:42
34	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	13:21
35	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	13:27
36	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	13:38
37	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	13:45
38	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	14:01
39	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:13
40	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	14:18
41	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	15:16
42	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	15:54
43	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:52
44	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	18:24
45	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	19:17
46	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:21
47	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	19:27
48	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	21:45
49	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	21:47
50	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	22:52
51	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:56
52	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:11
53	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	24:14
54	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	24:19
55	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	24:22
56	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	25:49
57	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	26:44
58	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:48
59	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	28:00
60	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	28:49
61	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	28:51
62	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	30:26
63	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	30:51
64	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	30:55
65	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	31:41
66	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	31:52
67	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	32:55
68	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	33:52
69	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	33:55
70	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	34:03
71	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:37
72	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:51
73	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	36:10
74	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	36:21
75	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	36:31
76	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	39:49
77	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	41:38
78	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	42:26
79	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	42:52
80	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	44:38
81	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45:26
82	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	45:55
83	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	46:40
84	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	48:33
85	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:06
86	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	50:11
87	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	50:21
88	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates	50:28
89	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	51:18
90	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51:28
91	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	51:55
92	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	52:04
93	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	52:16
94	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	52:51
95	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
96	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	53:11
97	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	54:22
98	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	55:04
99	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	56:04
100	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02:08
101	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02:16
102	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:02:31
103	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	1:07:53
104	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	1:09:21

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Friday, May 21: Stage 4, Bazar - Cúller Vega, 182.9 km

André Greipel takes the stage and his teammate Rick Zabel (who came in 6th) celebrates.

Weather at the finish city of Cúller Vega at 2:00 PM ,local time: 29C (84F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: The riders staged a short protest at the start of the stage over how yesterday's stage three was run. Here is the statement from the Professional Riders Association (CPA):

"The riders participating in the “Vuelta a Andalucia” will delay the start of today's stage by a few minutes to protest against the lack of attention that has been given to their safety requests at the race.

"The riders protest against the choice of routes, gravel descents and large potholes, which in yesterday's stage put their safety and well-being in serious danger.

"This difficult situation is to be added to the long and tiring transfers to which the athletes have been subjected during this race. They understand the organizer's difficulties due to the post-pandemic period but they ask for more attention and respect to be given to this situation, as this is also a requirement by the regulations.

"The safety of the athletes must be the priority in the organization of all races, both large and small and they will no longer tolerate serious shortcomings such as those which were encountered yesterday.

"This symbolic protest is intended to attract the attention of the organizers and the UCI to this important issue."

Here's the race report from second-place Alvaro Hodeg's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

One week after claiming the win at the Grote Prijs Vermarc, Alvaro Hodeg was again involved in the business end of the race – the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia, which after three demanding days in the hills, finally gave the sprinters an opportunity to take center stage, as they travelled from Baza to Cullar Vega, over 182.9 kilometers.

Seven men moved clear from the peloton, putting three minutes between them and the field, but several teams took over pace-setting duties and made sure of bringing them back. Ian Garrison did a tremendous job for the Wolfpack, his effort being decisive in the escapees being overhauled in the closing kilometers of the race.

Shane Archbold and Stijn Steels then stretched out the bunch on the flat roads of southern Spain, before Bert Van Lerberghe came to the front, showing a superb instinct as he navigated the peloton with Alvaro Hodeg in his wheel. The Colombian was a bit closed near the barriers before unleashing his acceleration, and despite a great turn of speed, all he could do in these conditions was take runner-up behind André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation), a result that underlines the strong condition he came into the race with.

Complete results:

182.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.589 km/hr

1	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	4hr 37min 12sec
2	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
5	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
7	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
10	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
11	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
12	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
14	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
16	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	s.t.
17	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
18	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	s.t.
20	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	s.t.
21	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
22	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
26	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
31	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
33	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	@ 8sec
35	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
36	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
39	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
40	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
42	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
44	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
46	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
48	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	s.t.
49	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
51	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
52	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
53	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
56	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
57	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	0:14
60	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	0:17
61	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
62	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	0:20
63	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:28
64	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:29
66	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
68	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
69	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	0:36
70	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	0:43
71	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:47
72	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:49
73	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:55
74	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:59
75	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
76	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	1:09
77	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
78	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	s.t.
79	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
81	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
82	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
83	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
85	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
86	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
87	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:22
90	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:54
92	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	s.t.
93	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
94	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
96	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:59
98	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	2:02
99	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	2:19
100	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	3:03
101	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:10
103	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:22

GC after stage 4

693.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.140 km/hr

1	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	18hr 39min 43sec
2	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	@ 20sec
3	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:55
4	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	1:40
5	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
6	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:51
7	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:58
8	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13
9	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:20
10	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	2:48
11	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	2:49
12	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	2:53
13	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE-Team Emirates	3:03
14	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:17
16	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	3:21
17	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	3:50
18	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	3:51
19	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	4:12
20	ROJAS José	Movistar	4:54
21	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:01
22	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:05
23	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	5:21
24	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	5:22
25	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	5:27
26	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	5:32
27	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	5:51
28	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	7:58
29	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	9:27
30	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	9:29
31	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	9:30
32	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:04
33	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	10:18
34	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:21
35	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	11:37
36	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	12:08
37	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	13:07
38	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	13:12
39	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	13:35
40	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	13:47
41	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:28
42	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	14:45
43	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:24
44	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	15:44
45	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	16:09
46	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	16:53
47	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	17:12
48	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	18:56
49	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	18:59
50	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:14
51	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	20:17
52	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	20:28
53	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	20:29
54	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	21:02
55	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:47
56	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:51
57	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	24:19
58	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	24:52
59	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	24:59
60	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	25:18
61	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	26:29
62	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	26:34
63	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	27:10
64	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	29:15
65	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:47
66	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	30:00
67	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	30:03
68	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	30:11
69	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	30:21
70	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	31:21
71	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	31:33
72	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	33:59
73	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:06
74	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:41
75	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	35:25
76	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	35:52
77	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	36:35
78	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	37:53
79	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	41:58
80	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	42:07
81	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	42:10
82	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	42:14
83	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	43:46
84	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	44:07
85	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:16
86	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	44:41
87	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	44:48
88	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45:14
89	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	46:19
90	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	47:31
91	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	47:33
92	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	48:31
93	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	48:59
94	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
95	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	49:26
96	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	49:40
97	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	50:01
98	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	51:07
99	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	52:12
100	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	54:07
101	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	56:17
102	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	58:34
103	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	59:44
104	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:01:12

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Thursday, May 20: Stage 3, Beas de Segura - Villarrodrigo, 175.1 km

Miguel Lopez takes the stage and the GC lead.

Weather at the finish city of Villarrodrigo at 1:45 PM, local time: 26C (79F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Miguel Lopez's Team Movistar.

The long times of suffering were finally left behind for Miguel Ángel López (Movistar Team) on Thursday. More than seven months after his crash in the 2020 Giro d’Italia; following a long recovery, unable to ride his bike until Christmas; suffering from covid, which sidelined him for an extra month; and out of racing until late April with the Tour de Romandie, the Pesca native was still able, in barely ten days of racing, to snatch a win for the Blues with a fantastic display at the Queen stage of the 2021 Vuelta a Andalucía -177km, with six categorized climbs, between Beas de Segura and Villarrodrigo-.

López started giving sense at the Collado de los Yesos (Cat-2), the day’s penultimate ascent, to the long, strong gamble made today by the José Luis Arrieta-led group, with Héctor Carretero joining the early break and the likes of Mora, Hollmann, Rojas, Serrano or Abner González picking up the pace behind to help their leader attack with less than 20km remaining. ‘Superman’ left behind the opposition from Carlos Rodríguez (IGD) and race leader Ethan Hayter; took himself to Carretero, who completed a five-star performance to support him through to the final kilometer; and didn’t have any problems to win the uphill sprint against Antwan Tolhoek (TJV, 2nd) and James Piccoli (ISN, 3rd).

Miguel Ángel is the new GC leader, with two days left in Andalusia, after claiming the men’s Movistar Team’s sixth success of the season, the 14th for the Abarca Sports organisation since the start of 2021. A year – more precisely, the last month and a half – which hasn’t stopped mixing grief and glory for the Blues.

REACTION / Miguel Ángel López:
“It’s a really special day. The team was magnificent today. It wasn’t to be yesterday, we came second, the finish was so hard, yet we started today with a plan to pay back the whole team after the work they’ve been doing from the very start of the race, and all team-mates were excellent again. Héctor was the key man today: we had him joining the breakaway, looking to have someone ahead to support after an attack, but all the other team-mates, Rojillas, Abner… did an impressive job so I only had to get myself to Carretero, for him to support me until the end. It was sensational.

“I’m so happy because it’s been really hard to get here, to be back in the peloton, even more so to chase results. Behind this, there’s loads of work which people often don’t see. I’m back after almost eight months away. I didn’t race basically since the end of the Tour de France. It was hard to return, I also caught covid… This is a new project, which I face with great excitement. I’ve found myself really comfortable here, they’ve always looked after me, and it shows. My team-mates, the work they do every day – it’s so important.

“We achieved the most difficult thing today. As ‘Arri’ says, grabbing the leader’s jersey is the hardest, but it’s not over at all. There’s two stages now ahead, which we must pay extreme attention at. Hopefully we can keep this until the end. This victory is a tribute to all people in Colombia, the Movistar brand, my family, my wife and child, and my mom, who was celebrating her birthday two days ago. I would have wanted to bring her a win yesterday on the cobblestones, but I had to wait an extra day (smiles).”

Complete results:

175.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.624 km/hr

1	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	5hr 3min 26sec
2	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	@ 2sec
3	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:06
4	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:17
5	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:28
6	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	1:25
7	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	1:29
8	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:41
10	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	2:07
11	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:23
12	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
15	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:25
16	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	2:28
17	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
19	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	2:33
20	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:34
21	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	2:38
22	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	2:41
23	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	2:43
24	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
25	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	3:12
26	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	3:35
27	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	3:48
28	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	3:50
29	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	4:02
30	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:07
31	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	4:32
32	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:36
33	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	4:39
34	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	4:41
35	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	5:13
36	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	5:22
37	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	5:36
38	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:45
39	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:20
41	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	8:05
42	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	8:32
43	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
46	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:49
49	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	9:42
50	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	10:03
51	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	11:32
52	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
53	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
55	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
56	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	13:35
57	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
58	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
62	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
64	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	s.t.
66	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
67	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	15:40
68	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	16:21
69	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	20:02
70	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
71	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	s.t.
72	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	26:45
73	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
74	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
75	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
76	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
78	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
79	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	s.t.
81	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
82	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
83	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
84	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
87	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
94	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
95	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
96	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	s.t.
104	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	29:56
106	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

510.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.334 km/hr

1	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	14hr 2min 31sec
2	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	@ 20sec
3	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:55
4	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	1:40
5	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
6	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:50
7	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:51
8	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:52
9	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	2:13
10	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	2:40
11	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	2:45
12	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	2:49
13	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:03
14	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
15	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:09
17	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	3:50
18	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	3:51
19	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	4:04
20	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	4:16
21	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	4:51
22	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:53
23	ROJAS José	Movistar	4:54
24	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:57
25	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	5:19
26	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	5:32
27	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	5:43
28	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:49
29	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	8:18
30	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	8:20
31	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	9:30
32	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:34
33	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:36
34	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	10:10
35	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	10:28
36	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	11:18
37	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	12:00
38	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	12:52
39	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	12:59
40	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:19
41	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	13:47
42	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	14:09
43	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	14:15
44	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:35
45	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	14:37
46	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	14:46
47	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	15:44
48	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	16:45
49	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	17:50
50	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	18:34
51	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:45
52	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	18:48
53	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	19:34
54	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	19:57
55	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	21:02
56	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	21:38
57	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:43
58	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	23:50
59	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	24:02
60	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	24:09
61	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	24:35
62	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	25:53
63	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	26:26
64	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	27:02
65	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	28:06
66	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	28:09
67	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	29:15
68	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:18
69	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	29:55
70	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	30:12
71	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	30:21
72	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	30:24
73	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	32:44
74	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	32:49
75	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	33:59
76	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:33
77	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	35:25
78	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	36:35
79	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	37:52
80	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	37:53
81	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	39:36
82	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	41:50
83	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	42:07
84	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	42:10
85	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:17
86	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	43:36
87	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	43:39
88	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	44:41
89	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	44:51
90	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45:14
91	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45:37
92	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	46:19
93	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	47:25
94	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	48:23
95	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	48:59
96	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
97	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	49:13
98	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	49:26
99	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	49:32
100	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	49:47
101	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	52:12
102	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	52:58
103	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	54:55
104	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	56:35
105	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	57:02
106	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	57:25

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Wednesday, May 19: Stage 2, Iznajar - Alcala la Real, 183 km

Ethan Hayter takes the stage and the GC lead.

Weather at the finish city of Alcala la Real at 2:00 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Ethan Hayter's INEOS Grenadiers team:

Ethan Hayter continued his superb run of form with an emphatic stage victory on stage two at Ruta del Sol.

The day ended on the brutal ramps of the Alcala la Real climb, with Hayter able to measure his efforts well to edge clear of his rivals on the eye-watering, cobbled gradients.

The young Brit crossed the line eight seconds ahead of Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) and moved into a 11-second race lead.

Carlos Rodriguez had pushed clear over the previous climb and headed into the closing kilometres as part of a 10-man group. The Spaniard was able to hang tough to finish fourth over the line, elevating himself to sixth overall at 21 seconds with three days to go.

Ethan Hayter:
"I didn’t attack or anything. Everyone was just going so hard. It was so steep on the cobbles. I was in a good position – we had Carlos at the front after the longer climb – so I just followed and I kind of just made sure I had position, as I knew it would be hard to follow on the cobbles. And everyone else around me just blew up I think. I blew up as well, but I had a gap so I had the motivation to hang on! The climb was borderline crazy but I guess that’s bike racing sometimes. I guess we put on a show.

"Today was probably the hardest finish I think. There’s more climbing tomorrow so we’ll see what happens (with the GC). I don’t know what the gap is but I got three seconds yesterday on some people. I could just about get myself across the line, let alone see where everyone else was."

Complete results:

183 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.059 km/hr.

1	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	5hr 4min 30sec
2	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	@ 7sec
3	BYSTROM Sven	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
4	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	0:14
5	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:17
7	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	0:18
8	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	0:23
9	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	0:25
10	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	s.t.
12	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:31
14	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	0:33
15	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	0:35
16	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	0:37
17	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	0:43
18	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
20	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:51
21	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:55
22	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	0:56
23	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:57
24	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	1:03
25	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
26	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
27	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	1:07
29	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	1:18
30	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	1:31
31	ROJAS José	Movistar	1:33
32	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:12
33	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:16
34	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	2:17
35	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:37
36	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	2:42
38	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	2:53
39	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	3:12
40	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	3:19
41	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:21
42	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:26
43	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
45	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:41
46	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
47	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
48	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	3:46
49	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	3:51
50	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
51	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:54
52	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	3:57
53	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:06
54	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:10
55	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	5:04
56	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	5:32
57	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
58	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	6:08
59	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	6:44
60	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	6:56
61	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	7:18
62	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:22
63	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	7:24
64	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	7:41
66	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	7:58
67	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:01
68	AULAR Orluis	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:25
69	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
70	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9:26
71	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
72	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	9:37
74	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	9:51
75	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	11:38
76	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:40
77	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:14
79	MIRZA Yousif	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
80	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
81	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	13:16
82	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
83	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:17
84	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:22
85	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:23
86	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:25
87	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	13:26
88	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
89	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	13:29
90	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:34
91	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	13:54
92	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	16:42
93	AVILA Edwin	Burgos-BH	17:35
94	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	17:45
95	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	17:48
96	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:53
99	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	17:54
100	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	17:58
102	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:22
103	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
104	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	18:32
106	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	18:39
107	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:45
108	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	18:46
109	VINE Jay	Alpecin-Fenix	19:21
110	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	23:20
111	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	23:24

GC after stage 2:

335.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.308 km/hr

1	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	8hr 58min 55sec
2	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	@ 10sec
3	BYSTROM Sven	UAE Team Emirates	0:13
4	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:20
5	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	0:21
6	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	0:25
8	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	0:28
9	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:31
11	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	0:32
12	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	0:43
13	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:48
14	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE Team Emirates	0:50
15	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:54
17	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	0:55
18	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	0:57
19	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	1:11
20	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:14
21	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	1:21
23	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:34
24	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	1:41
25	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:54
26	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	2:06
27	ROJAS José	Movistar	2:21
28	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:29
29	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:40
30	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	3:01
31	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	3:15
32	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
33	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:24
34	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	3:25
35	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	3:37
36	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	3:46
37	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	3:49
38	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	s.t.
39	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:01
40	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	4:05
41	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	4:16
42	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	4:18
43	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:25
44	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:40
45	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	4:43
46	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:09
47	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	5:25
48	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:13
49	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	7:10
50	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	7:22
51	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	7:24
52	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	7:26
53	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	7:37
55	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:58
56	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	8:07
57	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:12
58	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:14
59	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	8:17
60	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	8:35
61	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	8:50
62	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	9:07
63	AULAR Orluis	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:25
64	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	9:40
65	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	9:42
66	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	10:03
67	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	10:25
68	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	10:37
69	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	10:44
70	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	11:10
71	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:17
72	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	12:16
73	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	13:01
74	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
75	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:16
76	MIRZA Yousif	UAE Team Emirates	14:13
77	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	14:25
78	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	15:15
79	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:21
80	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	15:32
81	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	15:35
82	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:27
83	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:42
84	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	17:01
85	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	17:04
86	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:06
87	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	18:16
88	AVILA Edwin	Burgos-BH	18:34
89	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:39
90	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:02
91	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:19
92	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	19:24
93	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	19:44
94	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	20:50
95	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	21:48
96	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	22:24
97	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
98	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	22:38
99	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	22:51
100	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	22:57
101	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	23:10
102	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates	23:12
103	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:21
104	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	25:37
105	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	26:23
106	VINE Jay	Alpecin-Fenix	27:02
107	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	27:39
108	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	28:20
109	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	28:27
110	GARRSON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	30:00
111	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	57:56

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Tuesday, May 18: Stage 1, La Cala de Mijas - Zahara de la Sierra, 152.1 km

Movistar's Gonzalo Serrano finishes ahead of Orluis Auler & Daryl Impey. Caja Rural photo

Weather at the finish at Zahara de la Sierra at 1:20 PM, local time: 27C (81F), fair, with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Gonzalo Serrano's Movistar team.

As he already did last year at a tough finish, Iznájar’s, Gonzalo Serrano used a slight uphill to his full advantage in Zahara de la Sierra to open his Movistar Team account on stage one of the Vuelta a Andalucía, a rolling course in western Andalusia’s ‘White Towns’ over 152km from La Cala de Mijas. The Telefónica-backed gave its all for the Madrilian to take a brilliant success, the Blues’ men’s team’s fifth and the Abarca Sports organisation’s 13th in the 2021 season, which never stops giving them joy.

As the Blues initially worked with a couple of riders to chase down the early break with Sprengers (SVB), Oliveira (UAD) and Soto (EUS), their pace and implication became really evident at the last 10km as all Sebastián Mora, Abner González, Juri Hollmann, José Joaquín Rojas and Héctor Carretero took themselves to the front. The ‘Blue train’ would never leave the front again, reducing the main group to about a dozen riders, including Miguel Ángel López (9th), quite motivated for this Ruta del Sol.

Serrano bested Orluis Aular (CJR, 2nd) and Daryl Impey (ISN, 3rd) to don the leader’s jersey before Wednesday’s stage two, a key one for the overall result, with La Hortichuela (Cat-2) just before another steep ramp in Alcalá la Real.

Gonzalo Serrano:
“I might as well have to come and live here! (Laughs) I don’t know if it’s just coincidence, the heat here… but in the end, it’s two stages in consecutive years. It makes me so proud to be part of the Movistar Team. Having such experienced riders, such as Rojas, and they give a hand to you, who have just come to this team – there couldn’t be a better reward to pay them back for the efforts than a win. It’s difficult to make things better than we did today. I had such good legs, the teamwork was excelent – just as we planned with our DS, ‘Arri’, on the bus.

“Arri was already here before, checking the routes, and he knew this really well – the Vuelta a Andalucía had also used these roads last years. We knew it, we knew that the little town with 8-9km to go was the place to start pushing. The race was always a little bit up from there, and my team-mates put on a really good pace to try and take the sprinters off the group, which we achieved. I knew that the road narrowed with 2km to go, and there, Rojas further picked up the rhythm, then Héctor was incredible – he left me at the 300, 400m to go mark, which was more or less where we planned to launch it.

“I raced both the Flanders and Ardennes classics, then I took some rest, because it had been a very demanding few months. Talking with my coach, I knew my legs were good, yet at the first day in Mallorca, I had some cramps and couldn’t perform well – it might have been the first warm day of the season. It doesn’t get all morale off you, but you feel disappointed, because you know you have to take advantage when you’ve got good form. This win goes to all of my team-mates: the staff, carers, mechanics – everybody who supports us and the Movistar Team.

“Wednesday’s finish is somewhat similar – it’s not the same, it’s quite more difficult, but it suits me well, too. Stage three will be quite different, though: it’s a really hard one, more than 4,000m elevation gain, and having a strong leader as Miguel Ángel, we have to race for him, because I don’t know how far I’ll reach. We know he’s going well, so he has to be the leader. I’ll try and contest again the stage tomorrow – keeping the jersey would be so nice, but for the GC, we should go with Miguel Ángel.”

Results and GC:

152.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.931 km.hr

1	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar	3hr 54min 25sec
2	AULAR Orluis	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
3	IMPEY Daryl	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
4	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	STANNARD Robert	Team BikeExchange	@ 3sec
6	CANOLA Marco	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
7	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
8	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	LOPEZ Miguel	Movistar	s.t.
10	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	BYSTROM Sven	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	GIBBONS Ryan	UAE Team Emirates	0:07
16	HERREGODTS Rune	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
17	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
19	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	0:12
21	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
22	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:17
23	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
24	LOBATO Juan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	0:20
26	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
27	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana-Premier Tech	0:23
30	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana-Premier Tech	0:28
31	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	0:31
32	NIBALI Antonio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:34
35	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	0:37
36	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana-Premier Tech	0:38
37	GRMAY Tsgabu	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
38	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	DUNBAR Eddie	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	STALNOV Nikita	Astana-Premier Tech	0:46
42	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:48
43	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
44	CATAFORD Alexander	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:52
45	PERRY Benjamin	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
46	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:59
48	MERTENS Julian	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
49	AVILA Edwin	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	VACEK Mathias	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
51	HENAO Sebastián	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	MIRZA Yousif	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
53	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	CANToN Isaac	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	CANAL Carlos	Burgos-BH	s.t.
56	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
57	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
58	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
59	DE TIER Floris	Alpecin-Fenix	1:08
60	LOPEZ Jordi	Kern Pharma	1:23
61	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:26
63	JANSEN Amund	Team BikeExchange	1:30
64	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	1:39
65	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:52
66	DE PESTEL Sander	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
67	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:56
68	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	1:59
69	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:07
70	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:18
71	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
72	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	2:33
74	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	2:34
75	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	3:02
76	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team BikeExchange	3:03
77	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	3:24
78	ANDERSON Edward	Alpecin-Fenix	3:29
79	BOOKWALTER Brent	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
80	BIERMANS Jenthe	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:35
81	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	BAUER Jack	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
83	KREUZIGER Roman	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
84	GHYS Robbe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:47
86	THWAITES Scott	Alpecin-Fenix	3:48
87	GELEIJN Owen	Jumbo-Visma	3:54
88	HODEG Alvaro	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:02
89	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
90	ARANBURU Jokin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
91	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:17
92	MORA Sebastián	Movistar	4:44
93	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	5:03
95	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:15
96	TRENTIN Matteo	UAE Team Emirates	5:24
97	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:28
98	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	6:30
99	SOTO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:36
100	GARRISON Ian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
101	VINE Jay	Alpecin-Fenix	7:41
102	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	9:41
103	KONYCHEV Alexander	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
104	BASSO Leonardo	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	GALVAN Francisco	Kern Pharma	s.t.
107	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
109	WALSLEBEN Philipp	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
110	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	11:43
111	CAVENDISH Mark	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:36