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Donostia - Donostia (Basque for the city of San Sebastián), 228.7 km

Julian Alaphilippe beats Bauke Mollema to the line at San Sebastian.

The race: Here's the report from winner Julian Alaphilippe's Quick-Step team.

Julian Alaphilippe's hot summer continued at the 38th edition of Clasica San Sebastian, where the Quick-Step Floors Frenchman took his eighth win of the year, one which can easily go down as one of the finest a rider has had this century. Fresh off his strong performance at the Tour de France, where he conquered two mountain stages and the KOM classification, Julian was one of the top favourites at Spain's only World Tour one-day event and he played it perfectly at the sharp end of the 229km race, whose fight for victory was once again shaped by the brutal Murgil Tortorra climb.

The steep 1800m-long hill, which made its first appearance on the course two years ago, awaited the riders with its insane 11.3% average gradient, where the race exploded and the peloton got blown to pieces, as more and more riders began to struggle and lose contact. First moves came more than a kilometer from the top of the ascent, but didn't prove to be decisive, only consequence being that they stirred things up and opened the road for other men to attack.

Alaphilippe unleashed a powerful acceleration with 500 meters left as the gradient stiffened even more and escaped together with Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), opening a 20-second gap over the top of the climb, which they extended on the technical descent despite the chasing group being a numerous one. In the two-up sprint on San Sebastian's famous Boulevard, Julian remained cool as a cucumber despite leading out and used his strong kick to get the better of the Dutchman and take the victory after six hours in the saddle.

"I knew that the race suited my characteristics, but I honestly didn't expect to win today. I didn't feel very good, as I was tired after a long and hard Tour de France, but stayed focused in the final and made my effort at the right time, using the last climb as launch pad. I want to say a big thank you to my teammates, who protected and helped me throughout the day, believing in my chances. I am very happy after this win, because San Sebastian is a special race which I like a lot and it means a lot to conclude this part of the season with another beautiful victory", said Julian, who went up to third in the World Tour individual classification, while helping Quick-Step Floors increase its lead in the team standings.

Saturday's victory cemented Julian Alaphilippe's status as one of the season's top riders, having built a stunning palmares in the past four months, one that includes Flèche Wallonne, two stages apiece at Vuelta al Pais Vasco and the Tour de France, the KOM jersey, and now Clasica San Sebastian, which came just before a well-deserved rest for the 26-year-old.

Complete Results:

228.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.724 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	6hr 3min 45sec
2	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	@ 16sec
4	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
5	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	s.t.
6	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
8	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
9	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
10	TOLHOEK Antwan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
12	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	0:43
13	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	0:48
14	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	0:49
15	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:51
16	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
17	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
18	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
19	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
20	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
21	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
22	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
24	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:52
25	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
26	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	1:13
27	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
30	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
31	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	1:40
32	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	2:22
33	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
34	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
35	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
36	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
37	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
40	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
41	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
42	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	3:32
43	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	4:24
48	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
49	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	4:26
50	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	4:49
51	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
52	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
53	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
54	BOL Jetse	Burgos-BH	5:21
55	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5:47
56	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
57	SCHAR Michael	BMC	6:43
58	TUSVELD Martijn	Team Sunweb	6:55
59	KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar	Astana	s.t.
60	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	7:54
61	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
62	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
63	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	8:37
64	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
66	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
67	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	9:21
68	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	RODRÍGUEZ Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
70	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
71	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
72	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
74	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:15
75	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	10:29
76	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
78	ASGREEN Kasper	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
79	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
80	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	11:35
81	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	13:31
82	MACHADO Tiago	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.

Race Profile

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Start list with back numbers, August 3, 2018:

	TEAM SKY
	Director Xabier ZANDIO
1	Egan BERNAL
2	Jonatan CASTROVIEJO
3	David DE LA CRUZ
4	Vasil KIRYIENKA
5	Tao GEOGHENGAN HART
6	Sebastián HENAO
7	David LOPEZ
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
	Director Julien JURDIE
11	Tony GALLOPIN
12	François BIDART
13	Hubert DUPONT
14	Mathias FRANK
15	Alexandre GENIEZ
16	Pierre LATOUR
17	Mattéo MONTAGUTI
	ASTANA PRO TEAM
	Director Dmitri SEDOUN
21	Miguel Ángel LÓPEZ MORENO
22	Pello BILBAO
23	Dario CATALDO
24	Omar FRAILE
25	Jan HIRT
26	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV
27	Nikita STALNOV
	BAHRAIN MERIDA
	Director Alberto VOLPI
31	Ion IZAGIRRE
32	Manuele BOARO
33	Gorka IZAGIRRE
34	Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS
35	Hermann PERNSTEINER
36	Luka PIBERNIK
37	Kanstantsin SIUTSOU
	BMC RACING TEAM
	Director Allan PEIPER
41	Greg VAN AVERMAET
42	Patrick BEVIN
43	Simon GERRANS
44	Michael SCHAR
45	Miles SCOTSON
46	Francisco VENTOSO
47	Loic VLIEGEN
	BORA - HANSGROHE
	Director Jens ZEMKE
51	Jay McCARTHY
52	Felix GROßSCHARTNER
53	Gregor MÜHLBERGER
54	Cristoph PFINGSTEN
55	Juraj SAGAN
56	Aleksejs SARAMOTINS
57	Andreas SCHILLINGER
	BURGOS - BH
	Director José CABEDO
61	Jordi SIMON
62	Jetse BOL
63	Jorge CUBERO
64	Jesus EZQUERRA
65	Jose MENDES
66	Diego RUBIO
67	Pablo TORRES
	CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
	Director Eugenio GOICOECHEA
71	Sergio PARDILLA
72	Julen AMEZQUETA
73	Alexander ARANBURU
74	Jonathan LASTRA
75	Luis MAS
76	Nicholas SCHULTZ
77	Nelson Andres SOTO
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
	Director Christian GUIBERTEAU
81	Daniel NAVARRO
82	Rayane BOUHANNI
83	Loic CHETOUT
84	Nicolas EDET
85	Anthony PEREZ
86	Julien SIMON
87	Michael VAN STAEYEN
	EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS
	Director Xabier MURIEL
91	Garikoitz BRAVO
92	Aritz BAGÜES
93	Cyril BARTHE
94	Mikel BIZKARRA
95	Julen IRIZAR
96	Mikel ITURRIA
97	Sergio RODRIGUEZ
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
	Director Marc MADIOT
101	Arthur VICHOT
102	David GAUDU
103	Matthieu LADAGNOUS
104	Tobias LUDVIGSSON
105	Rudy MOLARD
106	Steve MORABITO
107	Anthony ROUX
	LOTTO SOUDAL
	Director Frederik WILLEMS
111	Tim WELLENS
112	Frederik FRISON
113	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI
114	Rémy MERTZ
115	Maxime MONFORT
116	Tosh VAN DER SANDE
117	Jelle VANENDERT
	MITCHELTON - SCOTT
	Director Matthew WHITE
121	Mikel NIEVE
122	Hans Jacob BAUER
123	Luke DURBRIDGE
124	Michael HEPBURN
125	Mathew HAYMAN
126	Daryl IMPEY
127	Svein TUFT
	MOVISTAR TEAM
	Director José Luis ARRIETA
131	Mikel LANDA
132	Andrey AMADOR
133	Winner Andrew ANACONA
134	Victor DE LA PARTE
135	Nelson OLIVEIRA
136	Marc SOLER
137	Rafael VALLS
	QUICK - STEP FLOORS
	Director Wilfried PEETERS
141	Julian ALAPHILIPPE
142	Kasper ASGREEN
143	Rémi CAVAGNA
144	Bob JUNGELS
145	James KNOX
146	Jhonnatan NARVAEZ
147	Pieter SERRY
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA
	Director Bingen FERNANDEZ
151	Louis MEINTJES
152	Igor ANTON
153	Stephen CUMMINGS
154	Ben KING
155	Merhawi KUDUS
156	Tom-Jelte SLAGTER
157	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG
	TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC
	Director Tom SOUTHAM
161	Rigoberto URAN
162	Matti BRESCHEL
163	Simon CLARKE
164	Lawson CRADDOCK
165	Daniel MARTINEZ POVEDA
166	Sebastian LANGEVELD
167	Tom VAN ASBROECK
	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
	Director Dmitri KONYCHEV
171	Ilnur ZAKARIN
172	Ian BOSWELL
173	Matteo FABBRO
174	Pavel KOCHETKOV
175	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV
176	Tiago MACHADO
177	Willem SMIT
	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
	Director Frans MAASSEN
181	Primoz ROGLIC
182	Robert GESINK
183	Steven KRUIJSWIJK
184	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN
185	Paul MARTENS
186	Bram TANKINK
187	Antwan TOLHOEK
	TEAM SUNWEB
	Director Luke ROBERTS
191	Michael MATTHEWS
192	Simon GESCHKE
193	Chad HAGA
194	Christopher HAMILTON
195	Jai HINDLEY
196	Edward THEUNS
197	Martijn TUSVELD
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
	Director Dirk DEMOL
201	Bauke MOLLEMA
202	Eugenio ALAFACI
203	Julien BERNARD
204	Koen DE KORT
205	Michael GOGL
206	Markel IRIZAR
207	Toms SKUJINS
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
	Director José Antonio FERNANDEZ
211	Daniel MARTIN
212	Kristijan DURASEK
213	Vegard Stake LAENGEN
214	Manuele MORI
215	Jan POLANC
216	Aleksandr RIABUSHENKO
217	Diego ULISSI