2023 Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista del Sol (2.Pro), Spain

69th edition: February 15 - 19, 2023
Complete results

Vuelta a Andalucia podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, February 19: 5th & Final Stage, Otura - Alhaurín de la Torre, 184.3 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Omar Fraile is all smiles as he wins the final stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Alhaurín de la Torre at 1:35 PM, loal time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just at 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Omar Fraile's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Omar Fraile claimed his first victory for the INEOS Grenadiers in spectacular style with a powerful sprint on the final stage of the Ruta del Sol.

The 32-year old used his smarts to ensure he took the lead into the stage's tight final right hand corner, bursting clear to win by a comfortable margin following a tough final sprint.

A powerful lead-out from race winner Tadej Pogcar (UAE Team Emirates) saw a number of sprinters put on the back foot, with Fraile holding enough in reserve to come around Alessandro Covi to claim an extremely popular win.

Racing in Andalucia. Sirotti photo

Behind in the GC pack there was confirmation of three Grenadiers finishing inside the overall top 10. Carlos Rodriguez secured fourth overall, with Tao Geoghegan Hart in sixth. Pavel Sivakov came home 10th as the team also wrapped up the teams classification.

Overall winner Tadej Pogacar (in yellow) with the group that came in five seconds after winner Omar Fraile's group finished. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

184.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.264 km/hr

1	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 27min 59sec
2	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
5	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
7	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	@ 5sec
9	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
10	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
12	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
13	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
14	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
16	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	0:09
18	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
22	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
26	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	0:13
29	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
30	Angel Mate Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
31	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	0:17
33	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	26
35	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
37	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:29
38	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:33
40	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	0:34
41	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
45	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
47	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	0:38
48	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
49	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	0:40
50	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	0:49
51	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:51
52	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	0:52
53	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
54	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
56	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:06
57	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:07
58	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:09
59	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:14
60	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	1:44
61	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	1:47
65	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	2:16
67	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	2:47
68	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
69	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:05
70	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	5:08
71	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	7:21
72	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
73	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
75	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
76	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
79	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
80	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
84	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
85	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:39
89	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:52
90	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	12:05
91	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:09
92	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Mountains classification winner: Gotzon Martín (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Points classification winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Teams classification winner INEOS Grenadiers

845.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.102 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	21hr 5min 2sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1min 18sec
3	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	1:23
4	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:39
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	2:02
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:47
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	3:05
8	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:23
9	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	3:40
10	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	3:57
11	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	4:06
12	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:09
13	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	4:26
14	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	5:55
15	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:58
16	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	6:25
17	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	6:47
18	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	6:48
19	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	6:54
20	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	6:56
21	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	7:01
22	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	9:50
23	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:04
24	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	11:13
25	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	12:29
26	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	12:30
27	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	13:41
28	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	15:24
29	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:04
30	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:36
31	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:33
32	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	18:53
33	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	18:54
34	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	18:57
35	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:53
36	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	20:20
37	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	20:39
38	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:25
39	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	24:22
40	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	25:15
41	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	25:46
42	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	27:03
43	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	27:46
44	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:52
45	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	32:22
46	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	34:30
47	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
48	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	34:41
49	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	34:47
50	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	35:19
51	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	35:55
52	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	35:59
53	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	37:04
54	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	37:29
55	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	37:44
56	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	37:51
57	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	38:32
58	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	39:19
59	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	39:45
60	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	42:01
61	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	43:34
62	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:47
63	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	44:57
64	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	45:59
65	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:08
66	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	46:19
67	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	46:53
68	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	46:56
69	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	47:48
70	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	48:22
71	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	48:38
72	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	48:52
73	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	49:04
74	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	49:23
75	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	49:39
76	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	49:42
77	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	50:23
78	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	51:17
79	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	51:57
80	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	52:17
81	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:53
82	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	54:06
83	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	54:31
84	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	54:49
85	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	55:19
86	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	56:21
87	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	57:29
88	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	1:02:00
89	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	1:02:32
90	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:02:34
91	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	1:07:45
92	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:09:51

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, February 18: Stage 4, Olvera - Iznajar, 164.3 km

Stage 4 map & profile

That makes four stage wins in a row for Tadej Pogacar.

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Weather at the finish city of Iznajar at 1:45 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is currently a 24% chance of rain, going to 0% at 3:00 PM.

The race: Here's the stage four report from winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates.

UAE Team Emirates put in a strong team display on stage 4 of the Vuelta Andalucia with Tadej Pogačar taking victory in the yellow jersey on the hilltop finish from Olvera to Iznájar (164.8km).

Coming shortly after yesterday’s stage win from Tim Wellens, UAE were set on capitalising on their strength and wasted no time in taking their 8th victory of the season.

Pogačar was aggressive throughout the finale on the approach, responding to several attacks with Bahrain-Victorious taking advantage of their numerical advantage in the group.

On the final uphill kick which begun at 1.5km to go only Enric Mas (Movistar) had the legs to respond, with Pogačar showing his class to outmanoeuvre the Spaniard.

Pogačar:  “Today was a really hard day. We had a big crash in the beginning where Rafał Majka fell hard and the group split. Everybody tried to attack us from the start. It was hard to control. The guys did an amazing job. Once the break formed it was still dangerous and we tried to control it. We worked so hard and I was really happy to take the win because the guys deserve it. The team is perfect but we’re getting tired because everybody tries to attack us. From the start, they tried to put us in a weak spot.”The possibilities to win are good but tomorrow is still a really hard day. If it’s like today we need to be prepared from the start and keep focussed.” 

Tomorrow the racing concludes in Vuelta Andalucia with the final stages from Otura to Alhaurín de la Torre (184.3km) with an undulating profile.

Complete results:

164.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.873 km/hr.

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 1mi 11sec
2	Enric Mas	Movistar	@ 3sec
3	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:09
4	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:12
5	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	0:21
6	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	0:24
9	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
10	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:41
12	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:56
13	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	0:57
14	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	1:04
15	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	2:10
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	2:18
17	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:30
18	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	2:36
19	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	2:46
20	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	3:32
21	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:44
22	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
24	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
25	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:59
26	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
27	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
31	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
33	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	4:08
35	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:15
36	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	4:20
37	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	4:31
38	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:36
40	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	5:06
41	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:47
42	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	7:49
43	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:17
44	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:18
45	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:51
48	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	10:55
50	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
51	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
52	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	13:32
53	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	14:27
54	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	14:38
55	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
56	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	17:56
57	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
58	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	s.t.
59	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
62	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	18:01
63	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	18:03
64	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
65	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
66	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
71	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
72	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
73	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
74	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
75	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	18:09
76	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
77	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
79	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
80	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
81	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
84	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
85	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:14
86	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:20
88	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
89	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
90	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
91	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
92	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
94	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	18:27
95	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:28
96	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	18:33
99	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	18:35
100	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:40
101	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	18:50
102	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:08
103	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	19:13
104	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:15
105	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	21:04
106	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	22:22

 

GC after stage 4:

661.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.793 km/hr.

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	16hr 36min 58sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1min 14sec
3	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	1:19
4	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:54
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:43
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	3:05
8	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:23
9	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	3:45
10	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	3:53
11	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	3:58
12	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:05
13	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	4:31
14	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	5:47
15	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:54
16	Manuel Diaz Jose	Burgos-BH	6:13
17	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	6:15
18	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	6:35
19	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	6:54
20	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	6:56
21	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	6:56
22	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	7:01
23	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	8:11
24	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:02
25	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	10:50
26	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:59
27	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	11:09
28	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	11:26
29	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	11:59
30	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	14:55
31	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:36
32	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:15
33	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	18:07
34	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	18:22
35	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	18:32
36	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:29
37	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:47
38	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	20:10
39	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	20:35
40	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:17
41	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	22:43
42	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	23:53
43	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	24:59
44	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	25:15
45	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	29:48
46	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:51
47	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	31:07
48	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:38
49	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	31:59
50	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	32:27
51	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	32:53
52	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	33:07
53	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	33:17
54	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	33:46
55	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	33:59
56	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	34:01
57	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	34:50
58	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	34:52
59	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	35:08
60	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	36:09
61	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	36:31
62	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	37:15
63	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	37:31
64	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	37:40
65	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	37:41
66	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	38:11
67	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38:19
68	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	38:46
69	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	39:03
70	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	39:37
71	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	39:54
72	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	40:52
73	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	41:06
74	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	41:23
75	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	41:48
76	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	42:26
77	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	42:27
78	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:30
79	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	45:01
80	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:04
81	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	46:32
82	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	46:50
83	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	46:54
84	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	47:33
85	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	47:48
86	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	47:52
87	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	48:23
88	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	49:05
89	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	49:23
90	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	49:35
91	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	49:53
92	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	50:13
93	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	50:18
94	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	50:19
95	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	51:18
96	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	51:56
97	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	54:32
98	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	54:44
99	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	55:03
100	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	55:16
101	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	55:18
102	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	57:47
103	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	59:55
104	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01:23
105	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:01:31
106	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	1:06:06

 

Stage 4 map & profile

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, February 17: Stage 3, Alcalá de Guadaira - Alcalá de los Gazules Plaza Alameda de la Cruz, 161.8 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Tim Wellens wins stage three. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Alcalá de los Gazules at 1:30 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 37 km/hr (23 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Because of high winds the stage was shortened by 550 meters with the removal of the final climb.

From the race organizer: "Due to adverse weather forecasted in the arrival zone (wind gusts above 75 km/h), the goal of the 3rd stage, will be located in Plaza Alameda de la Cruz."

Here's the race report from stage winner Time Wellens' UAE Team Emirates.

Three victories in three stages at the Vuelta Andalucia for UAE Team Emirates: after the double of Tadej Pogačar, it was Tim Wellens’ time to celebrate his first success since he joined the Emirati team.

The Belgian rider won stage 3, Alcalà de Guadaira to Alcalà de los Gazules of 161 km, which was shortened due to strong winds.

Wellens joined the main breakaway of the day (total of 21 cyclists) that built an advantage of 5’30”, a gap large enough to allow the attackers to reach the bottom of the final steep hill and battle for the victory. At 1200 meters to go, the Belgian rider sped up and none of the opponents could reply to him: 2nd place for Pierre Latour (Total Energies) at 14” and 3rd position for Samuele Battistella (+15”).

Pogačar crossed the finish line leading the peloton and he maintains the yellow jersey with 48” on Santiago Buitrago (Barhain-Victorious).

Tadej Pogacar leads his group in 4min 26sec later. Sirotti photo

Today’s one is the 7th seasonal success for the UAE Team Emirates.

Wellens: “It’s a perfect day for me in a perfect week for the team, with a streak of victories and my first success as a rider of UAE Team Emirates. I could take my chance today and I am very grateful for this. It was a perfect scenario, considering that Tadej is leading in the general classification which allowed me not to pull too much in the breakaway, so it was a relaxing day for me with the only worry of the wind that could become dangerous.

Tim Wellens enjoys his stage win. Sirotti photo

"At the end, we arrived all together at the bottom of the final hill, I knew this climb from the previous years and so I could perform perfectly”.

Complete results:

161.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.729 km/hr

1	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 47min 12sec
2	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	@ 14sec
3	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	0:15
4	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:16
6	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
7	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	0:26
9	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	0:28
10	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
11	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
12	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	0:30
13	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:32
14	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:28
15	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	0:42
16	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:50
17	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03
18	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:21
19	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	4:26
22	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
25	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
27	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
33	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
38	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
39	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
40	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:35
41	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
42	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:45
43	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:50
45	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
49	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
51	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
52	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	4:57
53	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
55	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
56	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
57	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:05
60	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
61	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
62	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	5:10
65	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	5:14
67	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
68	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	5:16
70	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
71	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	5:19
72	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:22
73	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:23
74	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	5:36
76	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	5:40
77	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	5:46
78	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
80	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	5:52
81	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
82	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	s.t.
83	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
86	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:05
87	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	6:09
88	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	6:17
90	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
91	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
92	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	6:35
93	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:38
94	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
95	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	6:46
97	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	6:53
99	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:58
100	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
101	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:17
103	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	7:44
104	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:08
105	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:20
106	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	8:29
107	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:24
108	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
109	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:56
110	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:35
111	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	11:30

 

GC after stage 3:

496.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.439 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	12hr 35min 57sec
2	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	@ 48sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
4	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:47
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:12
7	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	2:19
8	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	2:21
9	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:22
10	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	2:26
11	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	2:51
12	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	2:52
14	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:08
15	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	3:11
16	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	3:12
17	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:14
18	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	4:00
20	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	4:02
22	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	4:13
23	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	4:19
24	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	4:28
25	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	4:33
26	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:37
27	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	5:42
28	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:50
29	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	7:00
30	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:14
31	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	7:17
32	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	7:29
33	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:42
34	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	10:14
35	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	10:21
36	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:27
37	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:49
38	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:21
39	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	12:24
40	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	13:26
41	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	14:13
42	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:16
43	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:35
44	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	16:01
45	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	16:12
46	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	16:13
47	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	16:33
48	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	16:41
49	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	16:46
50	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	16:49
51	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:44
52	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	18:01
53	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:51
54	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	19:02
55	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	19:09
56	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	19:10
57	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:18
58	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:52
59	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:00
60	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	20:17
61	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:29
62	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	20:33
63	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	20:41
64	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	20:57
65	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	21:07
66	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	21:22
67	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	21:41
68	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:10
69	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	22:14
70	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	22:51
71	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:53
72	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	23:02
73	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	23:10
74	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	24:07
75	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	26:04
76	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	26:43
77	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	26:48
78	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	27:00
79	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:26
80	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	28:01
81	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	28:20
82	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	28:35
83	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	28:37
84	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	28:58
85	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:14
86	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	29:35
87	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:39
88	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	30:04
89	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	30:42
90	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	30:52
91	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	31:22
92	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:29
93	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	31:40
94	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	32:07
95	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	32:13
96	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:47
97	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	32:48
98	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:29
99	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	36:13
100	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:25
101	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	36:38
102	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	37:05
103	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
104	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	37:10
105	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	39:28
106	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	39:55
107	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:31
108	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	42:05
109	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	43:21
110	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	43:25
111	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	47:06

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, February 16: Stage 2, Diezma - Alcala La Real, 156.1 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Tadej Pogacar wins again. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Alcala La Real at 1:30 PM, local time: 13C (55F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates.

On the third day of his racing season program, UAE Team Emirates’ talent won stage 2 of the Vuelta Andalucia, 156,1 km from Diezma-Alcalà la Real.

On the three kilometers cobbled uphill arrival, the duel of Pogačar-Mas which characterized the final part of 2022, was renewed and the Slovenian took the 6th seasonal success for the team.

A previous key moment of the stage was the 2nd category climb of the Puerto del la Hoya Carilla (10,3 km) which saw a group of 9 riders take the lead of the race: amongst the leading men there was Tadej Pogačar, who had produced an intense effort on the climb, bridging the gap from the main breakaway of the stage (12 riders leading the race from the early kilometers).

Yelow-clad Tadej Pogacar riding with the front group. For now. Sirotti photo

The UAE Team Emirates’ captain controlled the situation until the final uphill, where he managed to prevail once again, strengthening his leadership in the general classification (+48” on Buitrago).

Tenth place in the stage for Rafal Majka (+46”).

Pogačar: “The race was at full gas from the start since everybody wanted to be in the breakaway. On the penultimate climb Bahrain-Victorious attacked and I tried to follow and reply to their attacks: at the end, I had a perfect finish.
Tomorrow we will try to have a relaxed a race as possible in order to avoid to spend too much energy head, but it won’t be easy because all the teams would like to race full gas”.

Pogacar will start stage three in yellow. Sirotti photo

The third stage will be easier for what concerns the course profile: 161 km of flat roads with departure from Alcalà de Guadaira to Alcalà de los Gazules.

Complete results:

156.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.541 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 40min 10sec
2	Enric Mas	Movistar	@ 4sec
3	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:17
7	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	0:21
8	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	0:24
9	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:33
10	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:36
11	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
12	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	1:03
13	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	1:09
15	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
16	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
17	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:12
18	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	1:13
19	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:23
20	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	1:25
21	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	1:28
22	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	1:36
23	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	1:38
24	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:46
25	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:55
26	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	2:32
27	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	3:32
28	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
29	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	3:32
30	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	3:36
31	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	3:38
32	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:40
33	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:45
35	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	3:50
38	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	4:18
39	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:21
40	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	5:02
41	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:04
43	Angel Mate Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:32
44	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	6:36
45	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:42
46	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:44
47	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	6:46
48	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:48
49	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	6:53
50	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	6:56
52	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	7:02
53	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	7:07
54	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	7:11
55	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:14
56	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
57	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
59	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	7:17
61	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	7:19
62	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	7:20
63	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	7:32
64	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
65	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	9:28
66	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	9:55
67	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
68	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
69	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	9:58
70	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	10:17
71	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	12:07
72	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	12:16
74	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	12:24
75	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:29
76	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:33
77	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	12:43
78	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
79	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
80	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	13:03
81	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
82	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
83	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	15:05
84	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:09
86	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
87	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:11
88	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:13
89	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
91	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
94	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:18
96	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
98	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
100	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:22
101	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:25
104	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:27
105	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
106	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	15:31
107	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
108	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:33
109	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	15:36
110	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	15:38
111	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:40
112	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:44
114	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	15:53

 

GC after stage 2:

335.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.347 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	8hr 44min 19sec
2	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	@ 48sec
3	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
4	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:47
6	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	2:12
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:22
8	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	2:51
9	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	2:52
10	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	2:52
11	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:08
12	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	3:11
13	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	3:12
14	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:14
15	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	3:38
17	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	4:00
18	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	4:04
20	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	4:19
21	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	4:24
22	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:37
23	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	6:23
24	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar	s.t.
25	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	6:27
26	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:31
27	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	6:36
28	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	6:41
29	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:43
30	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	7:04
31	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	8:31
32	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:33
33	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	9:50
34	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	9:52
35	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:56
36	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:25
37	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:35
38	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	11:53
39	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	12:00
40	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:23
41	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:25
42	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	13:29
43	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	14:29
44	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	14:31
45	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	14:35
46	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:44
47	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	15:54
48	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	15:56
49	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	16:17
50	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	16:35
51	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	17:01
52	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:54
53	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:55
54	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	18:45
55	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:47
56	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	19:13
57	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
58	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	19:27
59	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	19:53
60	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	19:58
61	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	20:05
62	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	20:08
63	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	20:11
64	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	20:23
65	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	20:28
66	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	20:44
67	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:31
68	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:54
69	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	22:45
70	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	22:46
71	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:36
72	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	24:11
73	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	24:13
74	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	24:53
75	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25:24
76	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	25:34
77	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
78	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	25:48
79	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	25:54
80	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	27:12
81	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:17
83	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	27:21
84	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	27:48
85	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	28:04
86	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	28:09
87	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	28:13
88	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:18
90	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	28:22
92	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	29:20
93	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	30:36
94	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	31:20
95	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	31:23
96	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	31:40
97	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:58
98	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	34:34
99	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:05
100	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	35:18
101	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	35:26
102	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	35:34
103	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	36:13
104	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	36:22
105	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	36:34
106	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:56
107	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	37:03
108	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	37:42
109	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	39:19
110	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	39:24
111	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	39:31
112	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:39
113	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	39:53
114	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	40:02

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, February 15: Stage 1, Puente de Génave - Santiago de la Espada, 179 km

Stage 1 map & profile

He makes it look so simple. Tadej Pogacar has just left many of the finest riders in the world more than a half-minute behind.. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Santiago de la Espada at 1:30 PM, local time: 6C (43F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates.

Fourth victory in a row for Tadej Pogačar: he had conquered the last two races in which he participated in the 2022 seasons (Tre Valli Varesine and Il Lombardia) and on Monday he won the Clasica Jaen, today he added another triumph crossing the line first of stage 1 of the Vuelta Andalucia (Puente de Génave-Santiago de la Espada, 179 km).

The Slovenian cyclist cemented his victory (48th in his career) on the last climb of the stage, the 1st category hill of Despiernacaballos (10,6 km at 5,8%), attacking at -13 km to the arrival (5 to the summit of the climb) after that his team mates Wellens, Majka and Bennett set a high pace to a reduced front group.

Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) tried to follow Pogačar, but he was dropped after hundreds meters and he formed with Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious), Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Enric Mas (Movistar) a chasing group with a gap of 45” to the captain of UAE Team Emirates.

After having reached the summit of the climb, Pogačar had no problems in stabilizing his advantage on the chasers (amongst whom Mas was stopped by a mechanical problem) and taking in Santiago de la Espana the 5th seasonal victory for UAE Team Emirates.

Pogačar: “Today once again the teamwork was great, we did a nice job and our guys led me to the last climb at a very very high pace which I really liked.
The climb was steep, I saw the moment to attack and I enjoyed the path to the finish.

"I am a little surprised of my form, I knew that I was good but I could not expect to have already won two races.

"For what concerns the leadership in the general classification of the Vuelta Andalucia, it’s gonna be really difficult to defend the leaders jersey until the end because there will be some tricky stages, but I will be able to rely on such a strong team that makes me confident I can reach this goal”.

Wearing the leaders jersey of the Spanish race, the Slovenian talent will be at the start of the stage 2, 156,1 km from Diezma-Alcalà la Real with two 3rd category climbs and one 2nd category climb to be faced.

Complete results:

179 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.292 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	5hr 4min 19sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 38sec
3	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	1:38
6	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:39
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:41
11	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:52
12	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
14	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:55
16	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	2:41
17	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
23	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
25	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:48
31	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	2:49
32	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:43
34	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
37	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
38	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	4:50
39	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	4:54
40	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	4:58
41	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	6:08
42	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
44	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:25
46	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	7:11
47	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:13
48	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	8:14
49	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:45
50	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:00
51	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:18
52	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:49
54	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
55	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
58	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
60	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
63	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	12:41
68	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
69	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
71	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
86	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
87	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
88	Sergio Samitier	Movistar Team	s.t.
89	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	12:58
91	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	15:15
92	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	19:06
94	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	19:15
96	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
97	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	20:03
99	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
100	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	20:19
101	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:15
104	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
106	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:52
107	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	23:56
108	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
109	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
113	Juan Jose Lobato	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
114	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	23:59
116	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	5hr 4min 19sec
2	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	@ 38sec
3	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	1:38
6	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:39
7	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:41
11	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:52
12	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
14	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:55
16	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	2:41
17	Matteo Sobrero	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
22	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
23	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
25	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
29	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:48
31	Tsgabu Grmay	Jayco-AlUla	2:49
32	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Vito Braet	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:43
34	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
37	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
38	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	4:50
39	Jérémy Cabot	TotalEnergies	4:54
40	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	4:58
41	Camilo Ardila	Burgos-BH	6:08
42	Julen Amezqueta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Fernando Tercero	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
44	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:25
46	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	7:11
47	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:13
48	Frederik Frison	Lotto Dstny	8:14
49	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:45
50	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:00
51	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:18
52	Kevin Colleoni	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:49
54	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
55	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
58	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
60	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
63	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Lotto Dstny	12:41
68	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	TotalEnergies	s.t.
69	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
71	Jenno Berckmoes	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Hector Carretero	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
76	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
77	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Fabio Felline	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
86	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
87	Simone Raccani	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
88	Sergio Samitier	Movistar Team	s.t.
89	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Alex Martin	EOLO-Kometa	12:58
91	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	15:15
92	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	19:06
94	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	19:15
96	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
97	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	20:03
99	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
100	Dries Van Gestel	TotalEnergies	20:19
101	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Aimé De Gendt	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:15
104	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
106	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:52
107	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	23:56
108	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
109	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Cyril Barthe	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
113	Juan Jose Lobato	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
114	Samuel Gaze	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	23:59
116	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

2023 Ruta del Sol stage 1 map

2023 Ruta de Sol stage 1 profile