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2022 Vuelta a Asturias (2.1), Spain

64th edition: April 29 - May 1, 2022

Vuelta a Asturias podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

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Sunday, May 1: 3rd & Final Stage, Cangas del Narcea - Oviedo, 122 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Simon Yates wins two stages in three days. BikeExchange-Jayco photo

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Weather at the finish city of Oviedo at 1:40 PM, local time: 13C (56F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Simon Yates' Team BikeExchange-Jayco.

Stage one winner Simon Yates has taken a second victory at the three-day Vuelta Asturias, attacking on today’s final climb and riding away solo, to snatch another spectacular win as part of the 'Final Touches' to his Giro d'Italia preparations.

After bringing back a breakaway of four riders ahead of the final climb, Team BikeExchange-Jayco continued to set a fierce tempo at the head of the peloton, leading into ‘Violeo,’ a short 3.1km climb with sections as steep as 20% and an average gradient of 9.2%.

Australian powerhouse Callum Scotson then launched an attack on the bottom slopes of the climb which Yates used as a launch pad, jumping across to his teammate before darting away again, with just one rider able to hold on his wheel initially.

As the road continued to head north, Yates pressed on the pedals once again, riding away from his rivals to crest the top of the climb and barrel down a technical descent alone, and towards the finish line with a healthy advantage.

The 29-year-old maintained his lead over a small group of chasers on the flat road to the finishing town of Oviedo, crossing the line with a 37 second gap to take his second victory of the race. The success brings both Yates and the Australian outfit confidence ahead of the upcoming Giro d’Italia, starting on Friday, 6th May.

Simon Yates – 1st place:
“It was a good race today in the end. I had a little bit of a bad day yesterday, just with the heat. It was the first really hot race that I had done all year but today I bounced back very well, the legs felt good and the team rode really well again.

"They controlled all day, set me up well for the final attack on the last climb, so it all went to plan and now we are looking forward to the Giro, which starts already in five days.”

Matt White – Head Sport Director:
“Today was a short, intense and relatively flat day. We had a really crucial and very, very tough climb to the finish. As we have been for the last couple of days, we continued our process of preparing for the Giro, we controlled the day and brought the break back and the boys put Simon in a very good position at the bottom of the climb.

"Callum Scotson slipped away on the bottom slopes of the climb and Simon went across to him. He rode a tempo that nobody could follow, then he was in the safest place to be, ahead solo, on a very tricky descent where there was a crash in the main group behind.

"Simon was too strong, and it was a good comeback after yesterday. We know the reason why Simon suffered yesterday. Traditionally he suffers with the first shock of high temperatures and humidity in the season, and we have now got that out of the way with two hot days here.

"We walk away with two wins from this race, the team is in a really good place, and we built some really good cohesiveness. Now it’s legs up, recover and focus on getting across to Budapest to start the Giro d’Italia next week.”

Complete results:

122 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.796 km/hr

1	Simon Yates	BikeExchange-Jayco	2hr 47min 8sec
2	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	@ 37sec
3	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
4	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	s.t.
7	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
8	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
9	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
11	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
14	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	0:41
16	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	1:09
17	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:35
18	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
20	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
22	Jesus Del Pino	Louletano-Loul Concelho	s.t.
23	Vojtech Repa	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:55
24	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
29	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
30	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	2:29
32	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce	Manuela Fundacion	3:05
34	Mateu Estelrich	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	s.t.
35	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	3:09
36	Nuno Meireles	Louletano-Loul Concelho	s.t.
37	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:32
38	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:39
39	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	3:44
40	Joao Benta	Efapel Cycling	3:56
41	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	4:36
42	Inigo Elosegui	Movistar	s.t.
43	Carlos Oyarzun	Louletano-Loul Concelho	s.t.
44	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
46	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:58
47	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
48	Raul Rota	Manuela Fundacion	s.t.
49	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	5:26
50	Rui Rodrigues	Louletano-Loul Concelho	5:28
51	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	6:09
52	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	6:13
53	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	6:40
54	Roberto Gonzalez	Java Kiwi Atlantico	7:58
55	Francisco Guerreiro	Efapel Cycling	8:07
56	Fabio Fernandes	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
57	Pablo Alonso	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	s.t.
58	Edwin Torres	Java Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
59	Xavier Canellas	Java Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
60	Isaac Canton	Manuela Fundacion	s.t.
61	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	Daniel Jimenez	Manuela Fundacion	s.t.
63	Ivan Moreno	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
65	Adria Moreno	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Miguel Ballesteros	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	s.t.
70	Thomas Armstrong	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	s.t.
71	Pedro Andrade	Efapel Cycling	s.t.
72	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	8:11
75	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
76	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Alex Gutierrez	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
78	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
79	Peio Goikoetxea	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
80	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	10:53
81	Bruno Araujo	BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda	10:56
82	Jose Garcia	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	12:55
83	Marcos Jurado	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	s.t.
84	Juan Martin	Manuela Fundacion	13:24
85	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:02

 

Final GC after stage 3:

• GC winner: Ivan Sosa (Movistar)
• Mountains classification winner: Isaac Canton (Manuela Fundacion)
• Points classification winner: Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco)
• Best young rider: Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma)

493 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.588 km/hr

1	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	12hr 27min 12sec
2	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	@ 15sec
3	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	0:44
4	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
5	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	0:48
6	Igor Arrieta	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:56
7	Kevin Vauquelin	Arkéa-Samsic	2:28
8	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:46
9	Joaquim Silva	Efapel Cycling	3:04
10	Alexis Vuillermoz	TotalEnergies	3:14
11	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:42
12	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	4:00
13	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	4:28
14	Cristian Rodriguez	TotalEnergies	6:50
15	Jesus Del Pino	Louletano-Loul Concelho	9:36
16	Unai Iribar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:03
17	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	10:28
18	Simon Yates	BikeExchange-Jayco	10:32
19	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:39
20	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	12:01
21	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	12:24
22	Henrique Casimiro	Efapel Cycling	13:31
23	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	13:53
24	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:05
25	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	14:29
26	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	15:03
27	Jose Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	16:12
28	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	16:39
29	Eduardo Perez-Landaluce	Manuela Fundacion	17:00
30	Mikel Nieve	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:32
31	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	19:35
32	Pelayo Sanchez	Burgos-BH	19:56
33	Adria Moreno	Burgos-BH	21:20
34	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	21:39
35	Mateu Estelrich	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	21:50
36	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	21:54
37	Tanel Kangert	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:20
38	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	22:47
39	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	24:14
40	Thomas Armstrong	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	24:17
41	Nuno Meireles	Louletano-Loul Concelho	25:24
42	Iker Ballarin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:38
43	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	25:52
44	Joao Benta	Efapel Cycling	26:30
45	Fernando Barcelo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:44
46	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	27:54
47	Nick Schultz	BikeExchange-Jayco	28:01
48	Roberto Gonzalez	Java Kiwi Atlantico	29:43
49	Callum Scotson	BikeExchange-Jayco	29:58
50	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	30:21
51	Vojtech Repa	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:29
52	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:33
54	Ivan Moreno	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:31
55	Sergio Araiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	31:36
56	Yesid Pira	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:56
57	Carlos Oyarzun	Louletano-Loul Concelho	32:05
58	Pierre Latour	TotalEnergies	33:03
59	Alex Gutierrez	EOLO-Kometa	36:18
60	Pedro Andrade	Efapel Cycling	36:36
61	Christopher Juul-Jensen	BikeExchange-Jayco	36:48
62	Vinicius Rangel	Movistar	36:50
63	Inigo Elosegui	Movistar	37:22
64	Rafael Silva	Efapel Cycling	41:39
65	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	42:23
66	Alessandro Fancellu	EOLO-Kometa	42:25
67	Mark Christian	EOLO-Kometa	43:30
68	Lawson Craddock	BikeExchange-Jayco	46:25
69	Daniel Jimenez	Manuela Fundacion	46:37
70	Peio Goikoetxea	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:14
71	Francisco Guerreiro	Efapel Cycling	49:16
72	Miguel Ballesteros	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	50:11
73	Isaac Canton	Manuela Fundacion	50:52
74	Raul Rota	Manuela Fundacion	51:28
75	Jhojan Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	56:05
76	Juan Martin	Manuela Fundacion	56:09
77	Bruno Araujo	BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda	56:15
78	Rui Rodrigues	Louletano-Loul Concelho	58:56
79	Marcos Jurado	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	59:19
80	Pablo Alonso	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	1:00:27
81	Jose Garcia	Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas	1:01:31
82	Xavier Canellas	Java Kiwi Atlantico	1:01:33
83	Fabio Fernandes	Efapel Cycling	1:01:35
84	Edwin Torres	Java Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
85	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:02:00

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Saturday, April 30: Stage 2, Candas - Cangas del Narcea, 202 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Stage winner Ivan Sosa on the attack with Lorenzo Fortunato right behind him. Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency

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Weather at the finish city of Cangas del Narcea at 1:50 PM, local time: 21C (70C), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Ivan Sosa's Team Movistar:

Telefónica-backed squad brilliantly protects talented Colombian climber as he flies towards Cangas del Narcea to claim Blues' ninth success in 2022, take GC lead in Asturias with just one day remaining.

He had been deserving this since the very start of the 2022 season, and finally, on Saturday’s Queen stage of the Vuelta a Asturias, Iván Sosa (Movistar Team) raised his arms victorious for the very first time with a Telefónica-backed squad that has really embraced the talent and charm of this young climber. The Colombian is the new GC leader of the so-called ‘La Vueltina’ after a great performance on the tough slopes of the Alto del Acebo, following excellent teamwork from the Blues all day.

Vinícius Rangel freed his team-mates from any pressure in the bunch by getting himself into a long-fought breakaway, where Iván García Cortina and Iñigo Elosegui also tried to be at. Behind, Rojas, a strong Antonio Pedrero (4th) and an excellent Sergio Samitier, with a final ‘leadout’ for Sosa as they started the main climb of the day, took care of Sosa before his decisive attack, almost from the foot of the Acebo. The eve’s winner and race leader, Simon Yates (BEX), was soon left behind, completely shattered, out of any chances.

Sosa kept alive until the very end a slim margin, barely a dozen seconds, which he crested the climb with against Lorenzo Fortunato (EOK), and increased to nine wins the Abarca Sports organisation’s account in 2022, four from a men’s squad that will try to defend on Sunday’s Violeo (Cat-2) slopes the 15″ margin Iván holds heading into stage three of the Vuelta a Asturias.

Iván Sosa:
“The legs today felt way better than yesterday. The Carabanzo climb was maybe too explosive, not so good for us, but things changed for the real better today. I’m so happy with the team’s work today – they were so strong and well coordinated. We got to the foot of the Acebo in perfect position, saw riders struggling all over the group, and I asked my team-mates to push as hard as possible – the work as impressive. We saw BikeExchange and Yates doing so strong yesterday, in what was already a demanding stage, but the situation was in our favour today.

"The pace was hard from the beginning, they had to work from early, and we were pretty much equal for the final climb. We were a bit down in morale after yesterday, but we knew we were strong, and could turn the tables today. We came here to Asturias with the aim of improving our form heading into the Giro, to do well in Italy afterwards. Now that we’ve got this lead, we have to defend it and continue this progression towards Italy.”

Complete results:

202 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.764 km/hr

GC after stage 2:

371 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.416 km/hr

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Friday, April 29: Stage 1, Oviedo - Pola de Lena, 169 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Simon Yates takes a solo win. Photo: Vuelta Asturias

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The race: Here's the report from stage winner Simon Yates' Team BikeExchange-Jayco.

Simon Yates has started as he means to go on, taking a spectacular solo victory on the opening stage of the three-day Vuelta Asturias. The 29-year-old headed to the race, using it as the final touches to his preparations for the Giro d’Italia starting next week, and today demonstrated top form by riding away from his rivals in the final and to his second victory of the season.

Confident in his ability, Team BikeExchange-Jayco allowed an early breakaway group of five riders to gain momentum and ride out to a maximum advantage of just under 10 minutes, during the 170km hilly stage from Oviedo to Pola de Lena.

The squad then took up position at the head of the peloton for the majority of the stage, keeping the breakaway in check, before picking up the pace inside the final 50km and eventually making the catch with 35km to go as the race headed into the more selective, hilly section.

Working to neutralise any further breakaway attempts, the Australian outfit stayed attentive while also keeping team leader Yates well protected. Damien Howson then made a tactful acceleration at the base of the final climb and opened up a gap with Ivan Sosa which set up Yates perfectly, putting pressure on the remains of the peloton and allowing the Brit to launch his damaging attack around one kilometre from the summit of the final climb.

Yates successfully powered away from his opponents and maintained his advantage on the predominantly flat run-in to the finish line, to take the win by 14 seconds, and in doing so, took the overall lead of the race.

Simon Yates – 1st place:
“First of all, I have to thank all of my teammates for the great work they have done all day long. In the finale, we kept the pace high to avoid some attacks and be in the top positions at the start of the last climb. Damien Howson made a move, got a gap and then I attacked over the top.

"The sensations are good, and the legs responded very well. Tomorrow is the Queen stage, and it would be nice to be able to win again, also because my goal remains to win the overall.”

Matt White – Head Sport Director:
“It took 20 or 30km for the breakaway to get away, then we took control for most of the stage. When we got to the more selective part of the race, the last 35km, Movistar pushed the pace and then we carried it on especially with Callum Scotson. Callum did an incredible 15km and by the time he finished, the bunch was only around 15 or 20 riders left on the penultimate climb.

"Then going into the bottom of the last climb, Damien Howson attacked so that allowed Simon to come from behind. Damien got out there with Sosa, Simon jumped across to them and then continued again on his own.

"It was nice work by the team and a nice exhibition by Simon who went only in the last kilometre of the last climb with around 5 or 6km from the finish line. He won solo by 14 seconds which gives us a nice buffer with the bonus seconds going into the next two days.”

Complete results:

169 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.014 km/hr

GC after stage one:

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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