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Sunday, May 1: 3rd & Final Stage, Cangas del Narcea - Oviedo, 122 km
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:
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
Saturday, April 30: Stage 2, Candas - Cangas del Narcea, 202 km
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
1 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 5hr 12min 39sec |
2 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | @ 11sec |
3 | Igor Arrieta | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:12 |
4 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 0:34 |
5 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
6 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
7 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | 1:08 |
8 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:19 |
9 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
10 | Kevin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | 2:03 |
11 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
12 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 2:07 |
13 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 2:17 |
14 | Joaquim Silva | Efapel Cycling | 2:22 |
15 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 3:08 |
16 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:32 |
17 | Mikel Nieve | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
18 | Henrique Casimiro | Efapel Cycling | 3:46 |
19 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:45 |
20 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
21 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
22 | Jesus Del Pino | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
23 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 6:11 |
24 | Sergio Araiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
25 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
26 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | 7:24 |
27 | Unai Iribar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
28 | Joao Benta | Efapel Cycling | 7:55 |
29 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
30 | Thomas Armstrong | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 8:20 |
31 | Mateu Estelrich | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 8:42 |
32 | Eduardo Perez-Landaluce | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
33 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 8:48 |
34 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
35 | Ivan Garcia | Movistar | 11:29 |
36 | Pelayo Sanchez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
37 | Nuno Meireles | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
38 | Tanel Kangert | BikeExchange-Jayco | 11:33 |
39 | Fernando Barcelo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
40 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
41 | Iker Ballarin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
42 | Roberto Gonzalez | Java Kiwi Atlantico | 13:55 |
43 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
44 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
45 | Ivan Moreno | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
46 | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
47 | Yesid Pira | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 15:59 |
48 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
49 | Mario Aparicio | Burgos-BH | 16:02 |
50 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
51 | Miguel Ballesteros | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
52 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 17:58 |
53 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 18:07 |
54 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 19:39 |
55 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
56 | Carlos Oyarzun | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
57 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
58 | Alessandro Fancellu | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
59 | Pedro Andrade | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
60 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
61 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | 20:43 |
62 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 22:45 |
63 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
64 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 22:48 |
65 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 22:49 |
66 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | 23:36 |
67 | Marcos Jurado | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
68 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 23:42 |
69 | Raul Rota | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
70 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 24:22 |
71 | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 24:41 |
72 | Pablo Alonso | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 29:32 |
73 | Jose Garcia | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
74 | Francisco Guerreiro | Efapel Cycling | 31:40 |
75 | Rafael Silva | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
76 | Fabio Fernandes | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
77 | Rui Rodrigues | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
78 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
79 | Edwin Torres | Java Kiwi Atlantico | s.t. |
80 | Bruno Araujo | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | s.t. |
81 | Juan Martin | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
82 | Xavier Canellas | Java Kiwi Atlantico | s.t. |
83 | Daniel Jimenez | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
84 | Isaac Canton | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
85 | Jhojan Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
GC after stage 2:
371 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.416 km/hr
1 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 9hr 39min 27sec |
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 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | 1:18 |
8 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:48 |
9 | Kevin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | 2:32 |
10 | Joaquim Silva | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
11 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 3:02 |
12 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 3:14 |
13 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 3:30 |
14 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:42 |
15 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 6:59 |
16 | Unai Iribar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8:12 |
17 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 8:36 |
18 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 8:38 |
19 | Jesus Del Pino | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
20 | Mikel Nieve | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 9:58 |
21 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 11:06 |
22 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11:11 |
23 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 11:19 |
24 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | 12:01 |
25 | Henrique Casimiro | Efapel Cycling | 12:13 |
26 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | 13:45 |
27 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | 13:50 |
28 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 13:59 |
29 | Eduardo Perez-Landaluce | Manuela Fundacion | 14:32 |
30 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 15:14 |
31 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
32 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | 16:35 |
33 | Thomas Armstrong | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 16:47 |
34 | Ivan Garcia | Movistar | 17:55 |
35 | Tanel Kangert | BikeExchange-Jayco | 17:59 |
36 | Mateu Estelrich | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 19:22 |
37 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 19:49 |
38 | Pelayo Sanchez | Burgos-BH | 19:56 |
39 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 20:21 |
40 | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
41 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 20:27 |
42 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | 21:29 |
43 | Iker Ballarin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 21:39 |
44 | Mario Aparicio | Burgos-BH | 22:18 |
45 | Roberto Gonzalez | Java Kiwi Atlantico | 22:22 |
46 | Nuno Meireles | Louletano-Loul Concelho | 22:52 |
47 | Joao Benta | Efapel Cycling | 23:11 |
48 | Ivan Moreno | Equipo Kern Pharma | 24:01 |
49 | Sergio Araiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 24:06 |
50 | Yesid Pira | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 24:26 |
51 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 25:33 |
52 | Fernando Barcelo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 25:46 |
53 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 27:16 |
54 | Carlos Oyarzun | Louletano-Loul Concelho | 28:06 |
55 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa | 28:44 |
56 | Pedro Andrade | Efapel Cycling | 29:06 |
57 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 29:11 |
58 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
59 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 29:14 |
60 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 29:15 |
61 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 29:58 |
62 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | 32:01 |
63 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 33:14 |
64 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 33:23 |
65 | Alessandro Fancellu | EOLO-Kometa | 34:55 |
66 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
67 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 38:51 |
68 | Rafael Silva | Efapel Cycling | 39:07 |
69 | Daniel Jimenez | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
70 | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 40:40 |
71 | Francisco Guerreiro | Efapel Cycling | 41:46 |
72 | Miguel Ballesteros | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 42:41 |
73 | Juan Martin | Manuela Fundacion | 43:22 |
74 | Isaac Canton | Manuela Fundacion | s.t. |
75 | Bruno Araujo | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | 45:56 |
76 | Marcos Jurado | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 47:01 |
77 | Raul Rota | Manuela Fundacion | 47:07 |
78 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 48:35 |
79 | Jhojan Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
80 | Jose Garcia | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 49:13 |
81 | Pablo Alonso | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 52:57 |
82 | Fabio Fernandes | Efapel Cycling | 54:05 |
83 | Edwin Torres | Java Kiwi Atlantico | s.t. |
84 | Rui Rodrigues | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
85 | Xavier Canellas | Java Kiwi Atlantico | s.t. |
Stage 2 map & profile:
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Friday, April 29: Stage 1, Oviedo - Pola de Lena, 169 km
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
1 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4hr 26min 44sec |
2 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | @ 14sec |
3 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
4 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
5 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
6 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
7 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
8 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
9 | Joaquim Silva | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
10 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
11 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
12 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 0:18 |
13 | Kevin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:33 |
14 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
15 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:52 |
16 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
17 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
18 | Igor Arrieta | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
19 | Unai Iribar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
20 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 0:59 |
21 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 1:17 |
22 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 3:55 |
23 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:57 |
24 | Jesus Del Pino | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
25 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:59 |
26 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
27 | Eduardo Perez-Landaluce | Manuela Fundación | 5:54 |
28 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
29 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 5:58 |
30 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:20 |
31 | Mario Aparicio | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
32 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 6:30 |
33 | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
34 | Mikel Nieve | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
35 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
36 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
37 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
38 | Tanel Kangert | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
39 | Ivan Garcia | Movistar | s.t. |
40 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
41 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
42 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
43 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
44 | Daniel Jimenez | Manuela Fundación | 8:31 |
45 | Thomas Armstrong | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
46 | Rafael Silva | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
47 | Carlos Oyarzun | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
48 | Roberto Gonzalez | Java Kiwi Atlántico | s.t. |
49 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | s.t. |
50 | Pedro Andrade | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
51 | Henrique Casimiro | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
52 | Pelayo Sanchez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
53 | Yesid Pira | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
54 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | 10:02 |
55 | Ivan Moreno | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:10 |
56 | Francisco Guerreiro | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
57 | Iker Ballarin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
58 | Mateu Estelrich | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 10:44 |
59 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 11:27 |
60 | Nuno Meireles | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
61 | Juan Martin | Manuela Fundación | 12:46 |
62 | Isaac Canton | Manuela Fundación | s.t. |
63 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
64 | Fernando Barcelo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 14:17 |
65 | Joao Benta | Efapel Cycling | 15:20 |
66 | Alessandro Fancellu | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
67 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
68 | Bruno Araujo | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | s.t. |
69 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
70 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
71 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
72 | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 16:06 |
73 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
74 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 17:59 |
75 | Tomas Contte | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
76 | Sergio Araiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
77 | Jhojan Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
78 | Jose Garcia | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 19:49 |
79 | Mauro Rato | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | 22:56 |
80 | Xavier Canellas | Java Kiwi Atlántico | 23:29 |
81 | Pablo Alonso | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
82 | Edwin Torres | Java Kiwi Atlántico | s.t. |
83 | Fabio Fernandes | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
84 | Raul Rota | Manuela Fundación | s.t. |
85 | Rui Rodrigues | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
86 | Marcos Jurado | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
87 | Benjamin Mestre | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | s.t. |
88 | Franklin Chacon | Manuela Fundación | 26:43 |
89 | Alessio Gasparini | Java Kiwi Atlántico | s.t. |
90 | Miguel Ballesteros | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
91 | Jose Mendes | Louletano-Loul Concelho | 27:41 |
GC after stage one:
1 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4hr 26min 34sec |
2 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | @ 18sec |
3 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | 0:20 |
4 | Jonathan Lastra | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:24 |
5 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
6 | Nicolas Edet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
7 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
8 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
9 | Joaquim Silva | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
10 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
11 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
12 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 0:28 |
13 | Kevin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:43 |
14 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
15 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:02 |
16 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
17 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
18 | Igor Arrieta | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
19 | Unai Iribar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
20 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 1:09 |
21 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 1:27 |
22 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 4:05 |
23 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:07 |
24 | Jesus Del Pino | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
25 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:09 |
26 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
27 | Eduardo Perez-Landaluce | Manuela Fundación | 6:04 |
28 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
29 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 6:08 |
30 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:30 |
31 | Mario Aparicio | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
32 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 6:40 |
33 | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
34 | Mikel Nieve | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
35 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
36 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
37 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
38 | Tanel Kangert | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
39 | Ivan Garcia | Movistar | s.t. |
40 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
41 | Unai Cuadrado | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
42 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
43 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
44 | Daniel Jimenez | Manuela Fundación | 8:41 |
45 | Thomas Armstrong | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
46 | Rafael Silva | Efapel Cycling | 8:41 |
47 | Carlos Oyarzun | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
48 | Roberto Gonzalez | Java Kiwi Atlántico | s.t. |
49 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | s.t. |
50 | Pedro Andrade | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
51 | Henrique Casimiro | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
52 | Pelayo Sanchez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
53 | Yesid Pira | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
54 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | 10:12 |
55 | Ivan Moreno | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:20 |
56 | Francisco Guerreiro | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
57 | Iker Ballarin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
58 | Mateu Estelrich | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 10:54 |
59 | Jesus Ezquerra | Burgos-BH | 11:37 |
60 | Nuno Meireles | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
61 | Juan Martin | Manuela Fundación | 12:56 |
62 | Isaac Canton | Manuela Fundación | s.t. |
63 | Alex Martin | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
64 | Fernando Barcelo | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 14:27 |
65 | Joao Benta | Efapel Cycling | 15:30 |
66 | Alessandro Fancellu | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
67 | Iñigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
68 | Bruno Araujo | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | s.t. |
69 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
70 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
71 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
72 | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 16:13 |
73 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 16:16 |
74 | Tomas Contte | Louletano-Loul Concelho | 18:04 |
75 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:09 |
76 | Sergio Araiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
77 | Jhojan Garcia | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
78 | Jose Garcia | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | 19:55 |
79 | Mauro Rato | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | 23:06 |
80 | Xavier Canellas | Java Kiwi Atlántico | 23:39 |
81 | Pablo Alonso | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
82 | Edwin Torres | Java Kiwi Atlántico | s.t. |
83 | Fabio Fernandes | Efapel Cycling | s.t. |
84 | Raul Rota | Manuela Fundación | s.t. |
85 | Rui Rodrigues | Louletano-Loul Concelho | s.t. |
86 | Marcos Jurado | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
87 | Benjamin Mestre | BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda | s.t. |
88 | Franklin Chacon | Manuela Fundación | 26:53 |
89 | Alessio Gasparini | Java Kiwi Atlántico | s.t. |
90 | Miguel Ballesteros | Electro Hiper Europa-Caldas | s.t. |
91 | Jose Mendes | Louletano-Loul Concelho | 27:51 |
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
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