2014 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain
Tour of Catalonia
94th edition: March 24 - March 30, 2014
Volta a Catalunya podium history | 2013 edition | 2015 edition |
Startlist | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 |
Sunday, March 30: 7th and Final Stage, Barcelona - Barcelona (Montjuic), 120.7 km
Winner's average speed: 46.354 km/hr
147 starters, 101 classified finishers, 46 abandons
The Race: Joaquin Rodriguez (winner in 2010 and second in 2013) has been nursing a 4-second lead over Alberto Contador for days. Despite (or because of) today's rain and hilly Montjuic circuit, the Katusha rider defended his lead and won the 2014 Volta a Catalunya.
The day's winner, Lieuwe Westra, had been part of an early break of thirteen riders. He left the others behind to time trial 20 kilometers to a substantial winning margin.
Alberto Contador tried to take the few needed seconds on the eighth and final Montjuic ascent, but Rodriguez, who hasn't won a stage race since 2011, was on him like stink on poo.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Lieuwe Westra | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 2hr 36min 14sec |
| 2 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC RACING TEAM | @ 1min 22sec |
| 3 | Thomas Voeckler | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 4 | Maciej Paterski | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | 1:26 |
| 5 | Yohan Bagot | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 1:36 |
| 6 | Jan Polanc | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 2:07 |
| 7 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
| 8 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | |
| 10 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | |
| 11 | Jakob Fuglsang | ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
| 12 | Jérôme Baugnies | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 13 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | |
| 14 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 15 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | |
| 16 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 17 | Warren Barguil | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | |
| 18 | Maxime Mederel | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 19 | Robert Kiserlovski | TREK FACTORY RACING | |
| 20 | Wilco Kelderman | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 21 | Gianluca Brambilla | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | |
| 22 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 23 | Daniel Martin | GARMIN SHARP | |
| 24 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | |
| 25 | Luis Angel Mate | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | |
| 26 | Ryder Hesjedal | GARMIN SHARP | |
| 27 | Sander Armee | LOTTO BELISOL | |
| 28 | David Lopez | TEAM SKY | |
| 29 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 30 | Mikel Landa | ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
| 31 | Samuel Sanchez | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 32 | Romain Hardy | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 2:15 |
| 33 | Sergio Paulinho | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
| 34 | Christian Meier | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 35 | Andrey Zeits | ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
| 36 | Davide Malacarne | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 37 | Kévin Reza | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 38 | José Herrada | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 39 | Davide Rebellin | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | |
| 40 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 41 | Luis-Leon Sanchez | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | 2:20 |
| 42 | Mikael Cherel | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 2:43 |
| 43 | Lawrence Warbasse | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 44 | Daniel Moreno | TEAM KATUSHA | |
| 45 | Perrig Quemeneur | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 46 | George Bennett | CANNONDALE | 2:49 |
| 47 | Carlos Verona | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | |
| 48 | Adam Yates | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 49 | Fabio Aru | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 2:58 |
| 50 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | LOTTO BELISOL | 3:02 |
| 51 | Danny Pate | TEAM SKY | |
| 52 | Branislau Samoilau | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | |
| 53 | Michel Koch | CANNONDALE | 3:13 |
| 54 | Thomas Degand | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | 3:15 |
| 55 | Stef Clement | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 56 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | |
| 57 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 58 | Martin Kohler | BMC RACING TEAM | 3:19 |
| 59 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | |
| 60 | Jose Serpa | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 3:37 |
| 61 | Michel Kreder | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 62 | Rudy Molard | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | |
| 63 | Daniel Navarro | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | |
| 64 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 65 | Javier Moreno | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 66 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 67 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ.fr | |
| 68 | Boris Vallee | LOTTO BELISOL | 4:09 |
| 69 | Rigoberto Uran | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | 4:17 |
| 70 | Johannes Fröhlinger | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 4:20 |
| 71 | Thomas Damuseau | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | |
| 72 | Koldo Fernandez | GARMIN SHARP | 4:24 |
| 73 | Ruben Plaza | MOVISTAR TEAM | 4:27 |
| 74 | Peter Stetina | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 75 | Giampaolo Caruso | TEAM KATUSHA | |
| 76 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | 4:50 |
| 77 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | 4:57 |
| 78 | Pablo Lastras | MOVISTAR TEAM | 7:38 |
| 79 | Lukasz Owsian | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | |
| 80 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ.fr | |
| 81 | Beppu Fumiyuki | TREK FACTORY RACING | |
| 82 | Jonathan Castroviejo | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 83 | Jens Voigt | TREK FACTORY RACING | |
| 84 | Nico Sijmens | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 85 | Cayetano Sarmiento | CANNONDALE | |
| 86 | Rory Sutherland | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
| 87 | Jhoan Chaves | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 88 | Angel Vicioso | TEAM KATUSHA | |
| 89 | Eduard Vorganov | TEAM KATUSHA | |
| 90 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | 8:44 |
| 91 | Pavel Brutt | TEAM KATUSHA | 9:57 |
| 92 | Stéphane Poulhies | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | |
| 93 | Angel Madrazo | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | |
| 94 | Martijn Keizer | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 95 | Laurens Ten Dam | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 96 | Winner Anacona | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 11:57 |
| 97 | Amets Txurruka | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | |
| 98 | Javier Acevedo | GARMIN SHARP | |
| 99 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | |
| 100 | Natnael Berhane | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 101 | Julian Kern | AG2R LA MONDIALE |
Final GC after stage 7: 1,167.90 km raced at an average speed of 39.333 km/hr
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 29hr 41min 34sec |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 4 seconds |
| 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 7 |
| 4 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 10 |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | 10 |
| 6 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 17 |
| 7 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | 18 |
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 26 |
| 9 | Warren Barguil | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 42 |
| 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | TREK FACTORY RACING | 48 |
| 11 | Jakob Fuglsang | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 1:00 |
| 12 | Wilco Kelderman | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 1:01 |
| 13 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | 1:20 |
| 14 | Angel Mate Luis | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 1:24 |
| 15 | Ryder Hesjedal | GARMIN SHARP | 1:26 |
| 16 | Daniel Martin | GARMIN SHARP | 1:49 |
| 17 | David Lopez | TEAM SKY | 1:54 |
| 18 | Daniel Moreno | TEAM KATUSHA | 1:58 |
| 19 | Sander Armee | LOTTO BELISOL | 1:58 |
| 20 | Fabio Aru | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 2:34 |
| 21 | Carlos Verona | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | 3:37 |
| 22 | Adam Yates | ORICA GreenEDGE | 3:42 |
| 23 | Yohan Bagot | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 3:44 |
| 24 | Daniel Navarro | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 3:47 |
| 25 | Mikael Cherel | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 4:00 |
| 26 | José Herrada | MOVISTAR TEAM | 4:42 |
| 27 | Luis-Leon Sanchez | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | 4:49 |
| 28 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ.fr | 5:21 |
| 29 | Rigoberto Uran | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | 6:26 |
| 30 | Gianluca Brambilla | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | 7:25 |
| 31 | George Bennett | CANNONDALE | 7:28 |
| 32 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC RACING TEAM | 8:16 |
| 33 | Davide Malacarne | TEAM EUROPCAR | 8:23 |
| 34 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | LOTTO BELISOL | 8:49 |
| 35 | Mikel Landa | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 9:24 |
| 36 | Peter Stetina | BMC RACING TEAM | 9:25 |
| 37 | Amets Txurruka | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | 12:07 |
| 38 | Jose Serpa | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 12:49 |
| 39 | Giampaolo Caruso | TEAM KATUSHA | 12:58 |
| 40 | Christian Meier | ORICA GreenEDGE | 14:19 |
| 41 | Ruben Plaza | MOVISTAR TEAM | 14:53 |
| 42 | Branislau Samoilau | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | 14:54 |
| 43 | Jonathan Castroviejo | MOVISTAR TEAM | 15:12 |
| 44 | Stef Clement | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 16:08 |
| 45 | Samuel Sanchez | BMC RACING TEAM | 16:53 |
| 46 | Jhoan Chaves | ORICA GreenEDGE | 17:05 |
| 47 | Davide Rebellin | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | 18:37 |
| 48 | Lawrence Warbasse | BMC RACING TEAM | 18:50 |
| 49 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 19:15 |
| 50 | Andrey Zeits | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 23:03 |
| 51 | Javier Moreno | MOVISTAR TEAM | 23:27 |
| 52 | Rudy Molard | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 24:06:00 |
| 53 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | 24:31:00 |
| 54 | Maxime Mederel | TEAM EUROPCAR | 24:55:00 |
| 55 | Lieuwe Westra | ASTANA PRO TEAM | 25:24:00 |
| 56 | Cayetano Sarmiento | CANNONDALE | 25:44:00 |
| 57 | Maciej Paterski | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | 25:55:00 |
| 58 | Jan Polanc | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 26:09:00 |
| 59 | Martin Kohler | BMC RACING TEAM | 26:14:00 |
| 60 | Johannes Fröhlinger | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 27:06:00 |
| 61 | Winner Anacona | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 27:43:00 |
| 62 | Laurens Ten Dam | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 27:44:00 |
| 63 | Jens Voigt | TREK FACTORY RACING | 28:08:00 |
| 64 | Koldo Fernandez | GARMIN SHARP | 28:52:00 |
| 65 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | 29:08:00 |
| 66 | Romain Hardy | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | 29:21:00 |
| 67 | Rory Sutherland | TINKOFF-SAXO | 29:23:00 |
| 68 | Kévin Reza | TEAM EUROPCAR | 29:57:00 |
| 69 | Javier Acevedo | GARMIN SHARP | 30:38:00 |
| 70 | Thomas Degand | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | 32:14:00 |
| 71 | Perrig Quemeneur | TEAM EUROPCAR | 33:30:00 |
| 72 | Adrian Honkisz | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | 35:00:00 |
| 73 | Martijn Keizer | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 35:17:00 |
| 74 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 35:37:00 |
| 75 | Eduard Vorganov | TEAM KATUSHA | 36:06:00 |
| 76 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC RACING TEAM | 36:30:00 |
| 77 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC RACING TEAM | 36:38:00 |
| 78 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | 36:49:00 |
| 79 | Sergio Paulinho | TINKOFF-SAXO | 36:56:00 |
| 80 | Thomas Damuseau | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 37:24:00 |
| 81 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 37:47:00 |
| 82 | Nico Sijmens | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | 38:04:00 |
| 83 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | 39:16:00 |
| 84 | Boris Vallee | LOTTO BELISOL | 39:20:00 |
| 85 | Beppu Fumiyuki | TREK FACTORY RACING | 39:22:00 |
| 86 | Michel Kreder | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | 40:45:00 |
Saturday, March 29: Stage 6, El Vendrell - Vilanova I La Geltru, 162 km
Winner's average speed: 40.715 km/hr
Complete Stage 6 results and GC
The Race: Though the day's stage had some hot racing, the only ascent on the road to Vilanova didn't affect the general classification. Joaquin Rodriguez still leads Alberto Contador by just four seconds.
Nine riders successfully escaped the peloton: Stef Clement (BEL), Rudy Molard (COF), Pieter Serry (OPQ), Jens Voigt (TFR), Marek Rutkiewicz (CCC), Antonio Piedra (CJR), Pierre Rolland (EUC), Damien Howson (OGE), Nico Sijmens (WGG).
After members of the break repeatedly attacked each other, stage winner Stef Clement left the powerful break with two kilometers to go and time trialed to the finish.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Stef Clement | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 3hr 58min 44sec |
| 2 | Rudy Molard | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDIT | @ 3 seconds |
| 3 | Pieter Serry | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | |
| 4 | Jens Voigt | TREK FACTORY RACING | |
| 5 | Marek Rutkiewicz | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | |
| 6 | Antonio Piedra | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | |
| 7 | Pierre Rolland | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 8 | Damien Howson | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 9 | Nico Sijmens | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | 9 |
| 10 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | 55 |
| Complete Stage 6 results and GC | |||
GC after Stage 6: 1,047 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.708 km/hr
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 27hr 3min 13sec |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 4 seconds |
| 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 7 |
| 4 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 10 |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 6 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 17 |
| 7 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | 18 |
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 26 |
| 9 | Warren Barguil | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 42 |
| 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | TREK FACTORY RACING | 48 |
| Complete Stage 6 results and GC | |||
Friday, March 28: Stage 5, Llanars (Vall de Camprodon) - Valls, 218.2 km
Complete Stage 5 results and GC
The Race: He's done it again. Luka Mezgec won his third stage out of five so far this Tour of Catalonia. And again, 21-year old Julian Alaphilippe has come close to victory, but so far he has yet to win a pro race. Alaphilippe got an excellent lead-out in the sprint from his Omega Pharma team, but Luka Mezgec is on song this spring.
It was an uphill sprint and Alberto Contador tried to win the stage with about eight kilometers to go, but the speedsters were having none of that.
Joaquin Rodriguez remains the overall leader with Contador just four seconds behind.
41.430 km/hr average speed. 159 starters, 153 classified finishers
Complete Results:
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 5hr 16min 0sec |
| 2 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
| 3 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 4 | Paul Martens | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 5 | Michel Kreder | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 6 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | |
| 7 | Adam Yates | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 8 | Kévin Reza | TEAM EUROPCAR | |
| 9 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | |
| 10 | Davide Vigano | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | |
| Complete stage 5 results and GC | |||
Complete GC after Stage 5: 885.20 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.388 km/hr
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 23hr 3min 34sec |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 4 seconds |
| 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 7 |
| 4 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 10 |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | 10 |
| 6 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 17 |
| 7 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | 18 |
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 26 |
| 9 | Warren Barguil | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 42 |
| 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | TREK FACTORY RACING | 48 |
| Complete stage 5 results and GC | |||
Thursday, March 27: Stage 4, Alp - Vallter 2000 (Setcases), 166.4 km
Complete stage 4 results and GC
The Race: Neither 2013 Vuelta winner Chris Horner nor 2014 Paris-Nice champion Carlos Betancur started today's mountainous stage.
A four-man break survived until halfway up the Vallter 2000 HC climb. It was bitterly cold and snowing, but Tejay Van Garderen left the other favorites a few seconds behind. Second-place Romain Bardet was furious with how things came out because it was his attack that Van Garderen joined. With about 25 meters to go Van Garderen took the lead and the stage.
Joaquin Rodriguez remains the leader with Alberto Contador only four seconds behind in the overall.
164 starters, 159 classified finishers. 34.487 km/hr average speed
Results:
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 4hr 49min 30sec |
| 2 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 3 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 3 seconds |
| 4 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 4 |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | 5 |
| 6 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | 8 |
| 7 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 8 |
| 8 | Warren Barguil | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 15 |
| 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 16 |
| 10 | Robert Kiserlovski | TREK FACTORY RACING | 21 |
| Complete stage 4 results and GC | |||
GC after Stage 4: 667.0 km raced so far at an average speed of 37.487 km/hr
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 17hr 47min 34sec |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 4 seconds |
| 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 7 |
| 4 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 10 |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 6 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 17 |
| 7 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | 18 |
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 26 |
| 9 | Warren Barguil | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 42 |
| 10 | David Arroyo | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | 45 |
| Complete stage 4 results and GC | |||
Wednesday, March 26: Stage 3, Banyoles - La Molina, 162.9 km
Complete stage 3 results and GC
33.597 km/hr average speed
The Race: 34-year old Joaquin Rodriguez punched his way up the final climb of the day (5.3 km @ 6% average gradient), leaving Alberto Contador (who so far had been showing superb form) five seconds behind.
Rodriguez wasn't going to wait for the sprint. He took off with 350 meters to go. It was a double win for the Catalonian as he won both the stage and the overall race lead.
It was a another cold day and for some of the race Rodriguez even wore a muffler to keep warm.
Complete results:
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 4hr 50min 55sec |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 5 seconds |
| 3 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | 0:00:09 |
| 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 0:00:11 |
| 5 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 0:00:13 |
| 6 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:00:14 |
| 7 | Wilco Kelderman | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 0:00:14 |
| 8 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | 0:00:14 |
| 9 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 0:00:14 |
| 10 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 0:00:20 |
| Complete stage 3 results and GC | |||
Complete GC after stage 3:
500.6 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.607 km/hr
| 1 | Joaquin Rodriguez | TEAM KATUSHA | 12hr 58min 0sec |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | TINKOFF-SAXO | @ 5 seconds |
| 3 | Nairo Quintana | MOVISTAR TEAM | 9 |
| 4 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC RACING TEAM | 11 |
| 5 | Christopher Froome | TEAM SKY | 13 |
| 6 | Wilco Kelderman | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | 14 |
| 7 | Romain Bardet | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 8 | Andrew Talansky | GARMIN SHARP | |
| 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 10 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 20 |
| Complete stage 3 results and GC | |||
Tuesday, March 25: Stage 2, Mataró - Girona, 168 km
Complete Stage 2 results and GC
42.386 km/hr average speed. 176 riders started, 171 classified finishers.
The Race: A wet, cold day. A early break of six riders never got much of a lead. From that group, with about 25 kilometers to go Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) took off alone. it looked like France's number one escape artist might make his attack stick, but he was caught with about five kilometers remaining. Not bad for a rider who fractured his clavicle at the Tour Down Under in January.
The peloton was together for another sprint and Luka Megec won his second consecutive stage.
Richie Porte (Sky) abandoned.
Results:
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 3hr 57min 49sec |
| 2 | Roberto Ferrari | LAMPRE-MERIDA | |
| 3 | Daniele Ratto | CANNONDALE | |
| 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP | |
| 5 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 6 | Davide Vigano | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS | |
| 7 | Boris Vallee | LOTTO BELISOL | |
| 8 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | |
| 9 | Leigh Howard | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 10 | Maciej Paterski | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | 3" |
| Complete Stage 2 results and GC | |||
GC after Stage 2: 337.70 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.631 km/hr
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 8hr 6min 42sec |
| 2 | Roberto Ferrari | LAMPRE-MERIDA | 14" |
| 3 | Leigh Howard | ORICA GreenEDGE | |
| 4 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP | 16" |
| 5 | Daniele Ratto | CANNONDALE | |
| 6 | Boris Vallee | LOTTO BELISOL | 18" |
| 7 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC RACING TEAM | 20" |
| 8 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | |
| 9 | Davide Vigano | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS | |
| 10 | Michel Koch | CANNONDALE | |
| Complete Stage 2 results and GC | |||
Monday, March 24: Stage 1, Calella - Calella, 169.7 km
Complete Stage 1 Result and GC
The Race: Giant-Shimano has a wealth of sprinting talent. As L'Equipe noted, even with John Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel racing elsewhere, the team can still contest and win sprints, as it did here in the first stage of the Catalonian tour. Giant-Shimano's Luka Mezgec is having a terrific start to the season, having won the Handzame Classic in Belgium a few days before. He and Leigh Howard had a rather physical sprint with a few elbows thrown as Howard tried to box in the Slovenian stage winner.
All the big names finished in good order with but one notable exception: Richie Port came in two minutes fifty-eight seconds after the main group. With all the horsepower in this race, that will be a difficult difference to make up.
Results:
176 riders started and finished. 40.853 km/hr average speed
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 4hr 9min 13sec |
| 2 | Leigh Howard | ORICA GreenEDGE | s.t. |
| 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK | s.t. |
| 4 | Paul Martens | BELKIN | s.t. |
| 5 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | s.t. |
| 6 | Daniele Ratto | CANNONDALE | s.t. |
| 7 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 8 | Roberto Ferrari | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
| 9 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 10 | Kévin Reza | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
| Complete Stage 1 Results and GC | |||
GC after Stage 1:
| 1 | Luka Mezgec | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | 4hr 9min 3sec |
| 2 | Leigh Howard | ORICA GreenEDGE | 4" |
| 3 | Julian Alaphilippe | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK | 6" |
| 4 | Boris Vallee | LOTTO BELISOL | 8" |
| 5 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | 9" |
| 6 | Paul Martens | BELKIN | s.t. |
| 7 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO BELISOL | s.t. |
| 8 | Daniele Ratto | CANNONDALE | s.t. |
| 9 | Marcus Burghardt | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 10 | Roberto Ferrari | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
| Complete Stage 1 results and GC | |||
Startlist with backnumbers: March 23, 2014
GARMIN - SHARP
Director: Johnny Weltz
1. MARTIN Daniel
2. HESJEDAL Ryder
3. FERNANDEZ Koldo
4. DANIELSON Tom
5. ACEVEDO COLLE Janier Alexis
6. BROWN Nathan
7. TALANSKY Andrew
8. GAIMON Phillip
KATUSHA
Director: Dmitry Konyshev
11. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
12. LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
13. MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel
14. VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
15. CARUSO Giampaolo
16. BELKOV Maxim
17. BRUTT Pavel
18. VORGANOV Eduard
MOVISTAR
Director: José L. Laguia
21. QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
22. ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
23. CAPECCHI Eros
24. MORENO BAZAN Javier
25. PLAZA MOLINA Ruben
26. CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan
27. LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo
28. HERRADA LOPEZ José
TINKOFF-SAXO
Director: Philippe Mauduit
31. CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
32. SØRENSEN Chris Anker
33. PIRES Bruno
34. HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus
35. POLJANSKI Pawel
36. SUTHERLAND Rory
37. PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira
38. HANSEN Jesper
OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
Director: Jan Schaffrath
41. URAN Rigoberto
42. SERRY Pieter
43. BRAMBILLA Gianluca
44. DE GENDT Thomas
45. VAKOC Petr
46. PAUWELS Serge
47. ALAPHILIPPE Julian
48. VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos
SKY
Director: Nicolas Portal
51. FROOME Christopher
52. EDMONDSON Joshua
53. LOPEZ GARCIA David
54. NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel
55. PORTE Richie
56. SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
57. PATE Danny
58. EARLE Nathan
AG2R-LA MONDIALE
Director: Didier Jannel
61. BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
62. DUMOULIN Samuel
63. BARDET Romain
64. MINARD Sébastien
65. GASTAUER Ben
66. CHEREL Mickaël
67. KERN Julian
68. POZZOVIVO Domenico
ASTANA
Director: Dmitri Sedoun
71. LANDA MEANA Mikel
72. AGNOLI Valerio
73. ARU Fabio
74. DYACHENKO Alexsandr
75. KESSIAKOFF Fredrik
76. TIRALONGO Paolo
77. WESTRA Lieuwe
78. ZEITS Andrey
BELKIN
Director: Frans Maassen
81. TEN DAM Laurens
82. CLEMENT Stef
83. BOBRIDGE Jack
84. KRUIJSWIJK Steven
85. KELDERMAN Wilco
86. MARTENS Paul
87. TANNER David
88. KEIZER Martijn
BMC
Director: Yvon Iedanols
91. SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
92. VAN GARDEREN Tejay
93. STETINA Peter
94. ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
95. BURGHARDT Marcus
96. EIJSSEN Yannick
97. KOHLER Martin
98. WARBASSE Lawrence
CANNONDALE
Director: Dario Mariuzzo
101. BASSO Ivan
102. WURF Cameron
103. BENNETT George
104. RATTO Daniele
105. KOCH Michel
106. MARINO Jean-Marc
107. SALERNO Cristiano
108. SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Cayetano José
FDJ.FR
Director: Yvon Madiot
111. PINOT Thibaut
112. ROY Jérémy
113. ELISSONDE Kenny
114. JEANNESSON Arnold
115. VEIKKANEN Jussi
116. PINEAU Cedric
117. GENIEZ Alexandre
118. ROUX Anthony
LAMPRE-MERIDA
Director: Joxean Fernandez
121. HORNER Christopher
122. NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
123. ANACONA Winner
124. DURASEK Kristijan
125. FERRARI Roberto
126. SERPA PEREZ José Rodolfo
127. POLANC Jan
128. CATTANEO Mattia
LOTTO-BELISOL
Director: Mario Aerts
131. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
132. ARMEE Sander
133. BROECKX Stig
134. DE CLERCQ Bart
135. HENDERSON Gregory
136. VALLEE Boris
137. VAN DER SANDE Tosh
138. VANENDERT Dennis
ORICA-GREENEDGE
Director: Neil Stephens
141. MEIER Christian
142. BEWLEY Sam
143. LANCASTER Brett
144. CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
145. CLARKE Simon
146. HOWSON Damien
147. YATES Adam
148. HOWARD Leigh
EUROPCAR
Director: Andy Flickinger
151. VOECKLER Thomas
152. BERHANE Natnael
153. KERN Christophe
154. MALACARNE Davide
155. MEDEREL Maxime
156. QUEMENEUR Perrig
157. REZA Kévin
158. ROLLAND Pierre
GIANT-SHIMANO
Director: Lionel Marie
161. BARGUIL Warren
162. DAMUSEAU Thomas
163. FROHLINGER Johannes
164. HAGA Chad
165. PETERSON Thomas
166. PREIDLER Georg
167. JI Cheng
168. MEZGEC Luka
TREK FACTORY RACING
Director: Alain Gallopin
171. ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
172. ARREDONDO MORENO Julian
173. HONDO Danilo
174. NIZZOLO Giacomo
175. VANDEWALLE Kristof
176. VOIGT Jens
177. BEPPU Fumiyuki
178. KISERLOVSKI Robert
CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
Director: Eugenio Gocoechea
181. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
182. ARROYO DURAN David
183. PIEDRA PEREZ Antonio
184. TXURRUKA ANSOLA Amets
185. MADRAZO Ángel
186. VIGANO Davide
187. GARCIA FERNANDEZ Marcos
188. PARRA BUSTAMENTE Heiner Rodrigo
CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE
Director: Piotr Wadecki
191. REBELLIN Davide
192. HONKISZ Adrian
193. MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
194. TACIAK Mateusz
195. PATERSKI Maciej
196. OWSIAN Lukasz
197. RUTKIEWICZ Marek
198. SAMOILAU Branislau
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
Director: Alain Gallopin
201. NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
202. MATE MARDONES Luis Angel
203. BAGOT Yohan
204. HARDY Romain
205. LE MEVEL Christophe
206. MOLARD Rudy
207. POULHIES Stéphane
208. LEMARCHAND Romain
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
Director: Steven de Neef
211. DEGAND Thomas
212. BAUGNIES Jérôme
213. DE GREEF Francis
214. GILBERT Jérôme
215. KREDER Michel
216. MINNAARD Marco
217. SEELDRAEYERS Kevin
218. SIJMENS Nico