2024 Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista del Sol (2.Pro), Spain

70th edition: February 14 - 18 16, 2024
Complete results

Vuelta a Andalucia podium history | 2023 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

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Friday, February 16: Stage 3, Alcaudete 4.95 km individual time trial

Stage 3 map & profile

Maxim Van Gils wins the stage and the 2024 Ruta del Sol. Photo: PhotoNews

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Weather at the race city of Alcaudete at 1:40 PM, local time: 13C (55F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The race: The race organization announced that the scheduled Saturday and Sunday stages will not be run because the needed race course security provided by law enforcement will not be available because of ongoing farmers' protests. The Stage 3 time trial is the only race in this year's Ruta del Sol.

Here's the race report from winner Maxim Van Gils' Team Lotto Dstny:

Maxim Van Gils immediately takes his first win in his first race of the season, in the only stage of the Ruta del Sol this year.

Unfortunately the Ruta del Sol consists only of one stage this year. Due to farmer protests, the organisation saw no other solution than to cancel the other stages. The stage that did take place today was an individual time trial over 5 kilometers in Alcaudete.

Maxim Van Gils set the fastest time and with that he also took home the general classification. Van Gils crossed the line in 8 minutes 17 seconds, 10 seconds faster than Juan Ayuso. "Firstly I didn't want to lose too much time, with the stage of tomorrow. During the recon I heard that the stage wouldn't take place tomorrow either, which of course wasn't nice to hear, but I was motivated to give it my all and such a short uphill time trial suits me. I immediately felt that I had good legs, but I never expected that I would win", says Van Gils.

"I also immediately rode to the bus after the time trial, then I heard that I had won and had to go to the podium, so it was great, it's still the Ruta del Sol. I felt good after the altitude training camp in Tenerife, it's a pity that the other stages have been cancelled now, but it is what it is. This was actually comparable to a 10-minute test on training camp, it's a good sign that I could win and it gives me confidence for what comes next."

Complete Results and Final GC after stage 3:

4.95 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.855 km/hr

1	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Dstny	8min 17sec
2	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates	@ 10sec
3	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13
5	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	0:14
6	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
7	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	0:15
8	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:21
9	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:23
10	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	0:24
11	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:25
12	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:27
13	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:28
15	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:30
16	Javier Romo	Movistar	0:32
17	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:33
18	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
19	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Mark Donovan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:34
21	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar	s.t.
22	Axel Laurance	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:35
23	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	0:37
24	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:38
25	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates	0:39
27	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	0:41
29	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	0:43
30	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
31	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Lawson Craddock	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:44
35	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
36	Robbe Ghys	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:45
38	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar	s.t.
39	Kamiel Bonneu	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
40	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:46
41	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	0:47
42	Lennert Belmans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:48
43	Eric Fagundez	Burgos-BH	0:49
44	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	0:50
45	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:51
46	Alex Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
47	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:52
48	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
50	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:53
52	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	0:54
54	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	0:55
56	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
57	Lars Craps	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:56
58	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
59	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	0:57
61	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:58
62	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Iker Mintegi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar	s.t.
65	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
66	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	0:59
67	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
68	Siebe Roesems	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:00
69	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	1:01
73	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:02
74	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
75	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:03
76	Elias Maris	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:04
77	Carl Fredrik Hagen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:05
78	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06
79	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06
80	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
81	Mulu Hailemichael	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:07
82	James Whelan	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:08
83	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
84	Toon Clynhens	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:10
85	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos-BH	1:13
86	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:14
88	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos-BH	1:15
89	Ander Okamika	Burgos-BH	1:16
90	Sebastian Mora	Burgos-BH	s.t.
91	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Daniil Marukhin	Astana Qazaqstan	1:17
93	David Martin	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
94	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti Kometa	1:23
95	Milan Menten	Lotto Dstny	1:25
96	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	1:28
97	Ibai Azurmendi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
98	Ward Vanhoof	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:31
99	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	1:34
100	Rüdiger Selig	Astana Qazaqstan	1:43
101	Yentl Vandevelde	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:47
102	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:50

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 (labeled Stage 1) map & profile

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Thursday, February 15: Stage 2, Vélez-Málaga - Alcaudete, 158.8 km cancelled

Stage 2 map & profile

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Stage two is cancelled because the farmers' protests in the region are using the police the race organizer's need to keep the course safe. The organizer's expect they will be able to run stage three on Frida.

Here is the offical press release announcing the cancellation:

The Ruta del Vuelta Cyclist to Andalucia will resume next Friday with a time trial in Alcaudete and will conclude next Sunday.

Due to the inability to count on state security members, the race organization had to reduce the race to three stages, partly modifying the route of the stages. Waiting at all times for the problems arising from agricultural and transport claims in Spain to be resolved.

After the meeting between the organization, technical jury and team managers the stages of the Andalusian round will be: Friday 16 February time-time in Alcaudete (Jaén), Saturday 17 Lucena - Lucena Alto of Nuestra Señora de Araceli in Cordoba and, awaiting news about the development of The protests will be decided on the route of the last stage on Sunday February 18.

Friday's stage in Alcaudete will change to be a time-time race in a five-kilometer circuit in the town of Jienense. The next day, the test will take place at a circuit in Lucena city. It will be 100 kilometers with an accumulated slope of 2000 meters with ascent to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Araceli. This spectacular final witnessed the victory of Alejandro Valverde in 2012, in 2003 of Javier Pascual Llorente and in 1998 of Marcelino Garcia. The urban circuit in Lucena will be in the opposite direction initially planned on the initial route but with that hard arrival to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Araceli.

The last planned stage, between the towns of Benahavís (Málaga) and the Linea de la Concepción (Cádiz) is expected to be able to travel as it was planned in the route book, although there is an option b in the case where you cannot count on the maximums security measures that require a test of this category.

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, February 14: Stage 1, Almuñécar - Cádiar, 162.3 km Cancelled

Stage 1 map & profile

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Weather at the finish city of Cádiar

The race: Stage cancelled because of farmers' protests. The race organizer posted this explantion (machine translated from Spanish):

The organization of the 70th edition of the Ruta del Sol Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucía has been forced to suspend the first stage of the race that would have to link the towns of Almuñecar La Herradura and Cádiar in the province of Granada due to the absence of police force. There was public disorder caused by demonstrations in the agricultural and transportation sectors. The absence of the Civil Guard meant there wasn’t the necessary security for the race.

The suspension of the first stage of the Andalusian round has been motivated by the absence of law enforcement operations as the presence of the troops assigned to the race for the control of agricultural mobilizations and Spanish transportation was required.

The general director of Deporinter, the organizing company, stated that “the reason for the suspension is the lack of members of the Civil Guard who have had to go to their different detachments. "We took 100 troops plus the rural Civil Guard to pass through the different towns to ensure the safety of the test."

At the moment we are already working to find solutions for the next few days "we are going to meet with the technical jury and members of the team organization to shape the various solutions that we are considering so that the test can continue from tomorrow".

As we learn about these solutions, we will announce the measures taken by the organization through official channels and we ask for understanding in the face of a situation that has occurred due to problems beyond the control of this organization.

Complete results: None

Stage 1 map & profile:

2024 Ruta del Sol stage 1 map

2024 Ruta del Sol stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, February 13, 2024:

	UAE Team Emirates
1	Igor Arrieta
2	Juan Ayuso
3	Domen Novak
4	Tim Wellens
5	Alessandro Covi
6	Marc Soler
7	Rafal Majka
	Bahrain Victorious
11	Santiago Buitrago
12	Damiano Caruso
13	Jack Haig
14	Wout Poels
15	Fran Miholjevic
16	Jasha Sütterlin
17	Antonio Tiberi
	Movistar
21	Jorge Arcas
22	Jon Barrenetxea
23	Ruben Guerreiro
24	Gonzalo Serrano
25	Nelson Oliveira
26	Gregor Mühlberger
27	Javier Romo
	Jayco-Alula
31	Alessandro De Marchi
32	Welay Berhe
33	Lawson Craddock
34	Grøndahl Jansen Amund
35	Christopher Juul-Jensen
	Astana Qazaqstan
41	Lorenzo Fortunato
42	Max Kanter
43	Rüdiger Selig
44	Vadim Pronskiy
45	Daniil Marukhin
46	Gleb Brussenskiy
47	Santiago Umba
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
51	Nicola Conci
52	Robbe Ghys
53	Jimmy Janssens
54	Timo Kielich
55	Axel Laurance
56	Siebe Roesems
57	Lennert Belmans
	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale
61	Alex Baudin
62	Dries De Bondt
63	Sander De Pestel
64	Felix Gall
65	Paul Lapeira
66	Oliver Naesen
67	Andrea Vendrame
	Burgos-BH
71	Sebastian Mora
72	Antonio Angulo
73	Jose Manuel Diaz
74	Sinuhé Fernandez
75	Jetse Bol
76	Ander Okamika
77	Eric Fagundez
	Team Polti Kometa
81	Mattia Bais
82	Matteo Fabbro
83	Alex Martin
84	David Martin
85	Diego Sevilla
86	Fernando Tercero
87	Andrea Pietrobon
	Lotto Dstny
91	Victor Campenaerts
92	Milan Menten
93	Jasper De Buyst
94	Sébastien Grignard
95	Sylvain Moniquet
96	Eduardo Sepulveda
97	Maxim Van Gils
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
101	Gotzon Martín
102	Mikel Bizkarra
103	Joan Bou
104	Mikel Iturria
105	Ibai Azurmendi
106	Angel Mate Luis
107	Iker Mintegi
	Equipo Kern Pharma
111	Jon Agirre
112	Jorge Gutiérrez
113	José Félix Parra
114	Pablo Castrillo
115	Ibon Ruiz
116	Antonio Soto
117	Urko Berrade
	Team Flanders-Baloise
121	Kamiel Bonneu
122	Ward Vanhoof
123	Elias Maris
124	Toon Clynhens
125	Lars Craps
126	Yentl Vandevelde
127	Dylan Vandenstorme
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
131	Joel Nicolau
132	Fernando Barceló
133	Sebastian Berwick
134	Jefferson Cepeda
135	David González
136	Joseba Lopez
137	Mulu Hailemichael
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
141	Mark Donovan
142	Frederik Frison
143	Carl Fredrik Hagen
144	Fabio Christen
145	Jannik Steimle
146	James Whelan
147	Damien Howson