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2018 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

Tour of Catalonia

98th edition: March 19 - March 25, 2018

Sunday,March 25: 7th & final stage, Barcelona - Barcelona, 154.8 km

Simon Yates

Simon Yates takes a solo win in Barcelona

The race: Here's the stage summary from GC winner Alejandro Valverde's Movistar team.

Alejandro Valverde confirmed his third overall success in the Volta a Catalunya in Montjuïc on Sunday, following splendid work from the Movistar Team all over the seven-day event. The Spaniard and his six team-mates overcame all attacks and difficulties during a lively 154km stage seven around Catalonia’s capital – finishing with eight laps of the traditional circuit around the Barcelona mountain – and rounded off a week of impressive results.

The Blues leave this race with two stage wins by ‘Bala’, plus the individual GC and the KOM ranking; a 2nd spot overall for Nairo Quintana, third-place finisher atop La Molina; a 5th in the GC for Marc Soler, second to Simon Yates (MTS) on Sunday; and a resounding teams’ classification win for the whole group managed by Eusebio Unzué, an absolute reference in the peloton this last week.

Valverde, who becomes the new leader of the 2018 UCI WorldTour individual ranking, equals Miguel Indurain with three Volta triumphs and, thanks to his 116th success as a pro competitor, chains three stagerace wins this season out of three he’s lined up at so far, following the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and the Abu Dhabi Tour.

The Telefónica-backed squad only suffered one setback during the week. José Joaquín Rojas crashed just before the final lap of today’s stage by sliding into one of the fast turns leading riders towards the closing straight – with Egan Bernal (SKY), 2nd overall heading into this final day, crashing out of the race.

REACTION / Alejandro Valverde:
“They always say that a race is not won until the final finish line is crossed, and it was a really nervous, fast stage today, where we had no respite. The roads were always a little bit wet, with some light rain falling over the final circuit – that made for a very dangerous course, worse than usual. We saw two motorbikes from the organisers and TV crashing, and later on, my team-mate José Joaquín Rojas went down together with Bernal at a point where one of those motors might have left some oil from its crash.

“It’s really sad to see what happened to Egan [Bernal, who crashed out]. He was again really strong on the circuit today, jumping across to the breaks – I really had to dig deep to follow his wheel and neutralize the attempt. Things just happen where you don’t expect them to do. He’s a talented guy, with lots of future and already some big results to his name – I just hope he recovers well and quickly, as well him as my team-mate José Joaquín.”

“It was a difficult race again today, but my team-mates, just like they’ve done all week, were able to keep things under control. When things got the craziest, I just accelerated on the climb to keep neutralizing those moves which were more dangerous, to make things easier for my team-mates. We worked again a little bit after my attack, because Yates was sort of a threat for the overall result. All in all, things turned out really well.

“It’s been a fantastic week for us, with Nairo’s second place, the fifth by Marc, the two stage wins… The team have worked their hearts out for the seven days, and we really deserve these results. It was awful to see Rojas crashing and not being able to join us on the podium after finishing, though. In my case, there’s no better way to start a season, especially considering where I was coming from. A fourth Volta title in 2019? I don’t know. We’ve got three now, which is fantastic, and above all, it’s three stageraces already for me this season!”

Complete Results:

154.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.640 km/hr

1	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	3hr 28min 4sec
2	SOLER Marc	Movistar	@ 13sec
3	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:18
4	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
8	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
9	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
10	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
12	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
14	MARTINEZ Daniel	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
15	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	0:51
18	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	1:06
19	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:09
21	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
23	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
24	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
25	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
26	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	1:11
28	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	1:41
29	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
30	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
31	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
33	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
35	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
36	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
37	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
38	LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
39	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
41	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
42	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
48	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
49	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
50	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
51	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
54	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
55	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
56	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
58	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
60	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
61	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
63	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
64	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
65	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
66	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
67	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
68	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
69	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:01
70	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	2:30
71	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	3:08
72	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
73	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
74	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
75	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
76	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:51
77	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	4:39
78	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
79	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	5:11
80	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	5:35
82	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
83	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
84	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
85	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	5:38
86	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:03
87	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	7:09
88	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
90	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
91	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
92	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
93	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
94	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	7:34
95	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
96	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
97	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
98	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
100	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
102	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
103	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
104	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	9:53
105	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
106	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	9:54
107	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
108	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
109	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
110	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	11:36
112	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
113	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 7:

Final GC leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Mountains classification winner: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Sprint classification winner: Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Best young rider: Marc Soler (Movistar)
Best Catalonian rider: Marc Soler (Movistar)
Team classification winner: Movistar

1,136.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.99 km/hr

1	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	28hr 25min 7sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	@ 29sec
3	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:47
4	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	SOLER Marc	Movistar	1:10
6	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:23
7	MARTINEZ Daniel	EF Education First-Drapac	1:29
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:31
9	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
10	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	1:34
11	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	1:35
12	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	1:45
13	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	2:18
14	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:30
15	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	2:40
16	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	2:54
17	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	2:56
18	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	3:31
19	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	3:32
20	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	3:43
21	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:59
22	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	4:08
23	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	4:12
24	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
25	HIRT Jan	Astana	6:23
26	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	6:27
27	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	7:04
28	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	7:09
29	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	7:16
30	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	7:23
31	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	7:38
32	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:23
33	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	8:25
34	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	8:30
35	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	8:41
36	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	8:43
37	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	9:13
38	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	9:19
39	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	9:36
40	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	9:48
41	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	10:14
42	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	10:32
43	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	10:58
44	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	11:03
45	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	11:17
46	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	11:43
47	BILBAO Pello	Astana	12:39
48	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	13:15
49	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	13:19
50	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	13:48
51	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	15:12
52	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	18:02
53	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:17
54	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	19:09
55	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	20:16
56	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	20:18
57	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	20:57
58	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	21:14
59	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	21:26
60	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	21:30
61	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	22:14
62	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	22:15
63	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	22:46
64	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	23:04
65	ATAPUMA John	UAE-Team Emirates	24:23
66	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	24:42
67	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	25:29
68	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	25:53
69	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	27:03
70	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	27:05
71	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	27:09
72	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	27:18
73	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:46
74	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	27:52
75	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	29:12
76	WYSS Danilo	BMC	29:27
77	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	30:05
78	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	30:18
79	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:19
80	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	30:37
81	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	31:13
82	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
83	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:35
84	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	31:44
85	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	32:30
86	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	32:47
87	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	33:50
88	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	34:21
89	LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	34:51
90	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	35:23
91	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	35:57
92	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	36:23
93	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	37:27
94	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	38:25
95	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	38:31
96	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	38:56
97	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	39:58
98	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	42:05
99	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	44:25
100	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	46:32
101	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	47:20
102	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	47:48
103	BOHLI Tom	BMC	48:15
104	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	49:13
105	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	49:15
106	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	49:47
107	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	51:55
108	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	52:08
109	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	56:57
110	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	58:19
111	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	1:03:28
112	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	1:04:20
113	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:10:52

Saturday, March 24: Stage 6, Vielha Val d'Aran - Torrefarrera, ~~194.2 km~~ 117 km

Max Schachmann

Max Schachmann finishes just ahead of Diego Rubio.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Max Schachmann's Quick-Step team.

August 2nd, 2017. Maximilian Schachmann is part of a small breakaway group which took off at the start of a short stage marred by grim weather, between Olimp Nagawczyna and Rzeszow, but both his race and season came to a premature conclusion after sliding into a corner on the wet roads and suffering multiple fractures in his right calcaneus, which led to a long recovery and an even longer absence, with the German making his return to competition only in February.

March 24th, 2018. More than seven months from that setback, the 24-year-old went into a two-man breakaway which nobody gave too many chances of going all the way. After all, the original stage 6 of Volta a Catalunya had been shortened and the profile, despite including a second-category climb, was to the liking of the sprinters. But the escapees somehow survived until the finish and Max Schachmann sprinted to his maiden pro victory and the first of a German rider in the race since 2010, punching the air as he roared over the line.

Schachmann and Diego Rubio (Burgos BH) were the only riders who believed in the chances of a breakaway, attacking after the start, ignoring the pouring rain and establishing a four-minute lead which was reduced to just two inside the final 30 kilometers, when the echelons wreaked havoc and split the bunch into four groups. In the closing ten kilometers, the gap hovered around the 50-second mark and the peloton looked poised to take the stage, but the leading duo rode admirably and fended off the efforts of the chasers.

Under the flamme rouge, Max and Rubio were more than 15 seconds clear, making it obvious that the stage will be played between the two of them. Schachmann perfectly judged the final, jumping from the wheel of his Spanish opponent with around 200 meters to go and claiming Quick-Step Floors 19th victory of the year and his first since turning pro, which made him the ninth different rider of the team to taste success this season.

"On the profile, it might have looked like a sprinters' stage, but in the end it turned out to be a tough one. It was shorter than planned, but the weather made it really tough. Despite that, I went into the breakaway, and even though it was just me and Rubio there, we worked hard and gave everything on the roads to Torrefarrera. When the peloton began the chase, our gap went down and with 20 kilometers to go we had under two minutes, but we continued to do our job and pull hard", the German said after visiting the podium.

"I am so happy, you can't believe it! I have felt good for a long period, but today being able to take my first victory is amazing. I will always remember this day. I had good sensations from the morning, actually already since yesterday. I tried a few times yesterday, but it didn't work out. Today it was different and worked out perfectly. I was ready from the morning, even opting for my aero bike despite that climb, because I wanted to be in the break to try and get a result. This win is also for Petr Vakoč, my teammate who is out with an injury. Last year it was me, but today I proved it's possible to come back stronger, and if I can do it, he can too!"

Max, who is the sixth German in history to win a Volta a Catalunya stage, continued: "I felt good and fast today on my Specialized Venge, despite shivering at one point on the descent and suffering from cramps. The two roundabouts in the final five kilometers played into our favour, we took the best line there and didn't lose any time. Then, after the last corner, I was in the better position and opened the sprint with 150 meters to go. This victory came as a result of a great team spirit, which brings confidence, confidence that we are turning into a lot of victories. So a big thanks to my team for believing in me and giving me the environment and opportunities to grow as a rider."

Complete results:

117 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.461 km/hr

1	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	2hr 34min 25sec
2	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
3	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 18sec
4	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
5	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
6	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
7	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
8	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
9	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
10	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
11	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
12	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
13	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
15	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
17	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
18	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
19	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
21	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
24	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
25	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
26	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
27	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
29	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
30	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
34	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
35	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
36	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
37	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
38	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
40	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
41	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
42	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
43	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
45	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
47	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
48	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
49	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
50	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
52	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
53	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
56	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
58	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
59	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
60	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
61	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
62	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
63	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
65	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
67	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
69	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
71	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
73	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
75	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
77	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
78	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
79	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
80	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
81	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
82	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
83	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	0:54
84	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	0:58
85	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:27
86	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	3:10
87	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
89	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
91	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	s.t.
93	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
94	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
95	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
97	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
99	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
101	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
102	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
103	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
105	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
106	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
108	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
109	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
110	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
112	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
114	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
115	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
117	LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
118	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
119	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
122	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
123	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
124	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
125	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
126	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
127	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
128	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
129	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
130	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
131	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
132	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
133	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
134	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
135	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
136	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
137	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
138	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
139	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
140	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
141	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
142	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
143	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
144	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
145	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
146	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	3:49
147	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	5:07
148	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	5:10
149	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	11:04

GC after Stage 6:

981.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.356 km/hr

1	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	24hr 56min 48sec
2	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	@ 16sec
3	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:26
4	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:48
5	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	1:12
6	SOLER Marc	Movistar	1:18
7	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:20
8	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	1:24
9	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	1:26
10	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	1:28
11	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
13	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	1:30
14	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	1:31
15	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	1:32
16	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:36
17	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	1:42
18	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	1:54
19	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	2:05
20	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	2:37
21	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	2:38
22	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2:40
23	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	2:42
24	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	2:45
25	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	2:46
26	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
27	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:08
28	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	3:40
29	HIRT Jan	Astana	4:57
30	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	5:01
31	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
32	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	5:34
33	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	5:48
34	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	5:57
35	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	6:12
36	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	6:28
37	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	6:33
38	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:57
39	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
40	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	7:04
41	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	7:17
42	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
43	BILBAO Pello	Astana	7:19
44	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
45	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	7:29
46	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	7:53
47	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	8:10
48	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	8:22
49	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	8:48
50	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:37
51	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	9:51
52	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	10:04
53	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	10:09
54	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	10:17
55	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	10:29
56	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	10:41
57	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	11:49
58	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	11:53
59	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	11:55
60	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	12:22
61	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	13:38
62	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	14:07
63	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	14:47
64	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	14:49
65	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	15:27
66	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:31
67	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	17:23
68	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	17:41
70	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	18:48
71	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	18:52
72	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	19:22
73	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	19:31
74	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:48
75	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	20:15
76	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	20:48
77	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	21:45
78	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	21:58
79	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	22:13
80	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	22:18
81	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	22:56
82	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	23:29
83	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	24:03
84	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	24:27
85	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	24:50
86	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	24:58
87	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	25:37
88	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:20
89	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	26:26
90	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	27:02
91	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	27:22
92	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	27:25
93	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	27:27
94	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	27:58
95	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:59
96	WYSS Danilo	BMC	28:01
97	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	28:04
98	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	28:06
99	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	28:39
100	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:03
101	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:28
102	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	29:47
103	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
104	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	30:19
105	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	30:34
106	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	30:59
107	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	31:04
108	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	31:12
109	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	31:27
110	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	31:31
111	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	31:37
112	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	32:24
113	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	32:27
114	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	33:04
115	LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	33:25
116	LOPEZ David	Sky	33:35
117	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	34:40
118	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	35:20
119	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	35:32
120	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	36:01
121	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	36:53
122	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	37:31
123	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
124	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	37:54
125	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	39:35
126	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	40:01
127	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	40:08
128	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	40:39
129	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	40:54
130	BOHLI Tom	BMC	40:56
131	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	41:25
132	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	42:16
133	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	43:44
134	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	44:22
135	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	44:58
136	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	46:58
137	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	49:15
138	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	49:22
139	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	50:04
140	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	50:18
141	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	52:01
142	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	52:27
143	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
144	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	53:49
145	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	54:18
146	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	54:41
147	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	55:08
148	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	56:20
149	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:04:04

Friday, March 23: Stage 5, Llivia - Vielha Val d'Aran, 212.9 km

Jarlinson Pantano

Jarlinson Pantano wins stage five.

The race: Here's the report from 2nd-place Vegard Laengen's UAE team.

Vegard Stake Laengen spent a long 190 kilometres in the escape group trying to take his first WorldTour win. He went free with 11 others in the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya, the 212.9-kilometre day to Vielha Val d’Aran with three hard climbs. He could not pull it off, though.

The generous Norwegian, used to long escapes, was just beat near the finish by Colombian Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo). On the last climb of the course, after the tunnel of Vielha (-14 km to the finish), Laengen and Pantano rode free and held off the classification men on the descent. Pantano took the glory, however.

Martin and Ravasi crossed the line with the main group, 14 seconds off the winner. In the race overall, the Irishman is 18th overall at 1’54” from the overall leader Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).

Atapuma crashed at the start of the race, but was able to rejoin the group before the line despite some bruising on his left knee and problems with his right hand, which will be looked at tonight by our medical team.

“It was positive day for me for many reasons” Laengen said. “I‘m in good condition, even if it’s only my second race of the season, and I had the team giving me the green light to try to take advantage of the escape.

"There were some tough riders in the group, the final was very tough, so the situation was hard to control. The head-wind did not allow for a solo attack. I considered Pantano a good companion to try to get away to the line and hold off the classification group behind from returning. After the roundabout, I didn’t have good position to be well-place for the sprint. It’s bad I lost this good occasion.”

Complete Results:

212.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.809 km/hr

1	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	5hr 20min 53sec
2	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	@ 10sec
4	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
5	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
6	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	0:12
7	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	0:14
8	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
9	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
10	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
12	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
13	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
14	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
17	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
20	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
21	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
23	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
25	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
26	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
27	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
29	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
31	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
32	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
33	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
37	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
38	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
39	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
43	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
45	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
46	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
47	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
48	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
49	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
50	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
51	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
52	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	CHAVES Johan	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
54	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
55	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
56	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
58	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
59	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
61	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	MARTINEZ Daniel	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
63	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
64	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
65	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
66	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
67	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
69	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
71	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
72	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
73	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
74	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
75	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
76	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	0:31
79	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
81	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
83	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
84	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
85	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
87	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	0:34
88	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
89	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
90	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
91	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	0:38
92	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
93	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
94	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
95	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
97	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
98	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
99	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
100	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
101	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	0:44
103	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
104	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	0:59
105	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	1:14
106	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	1:17
107	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	1:18
108	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:25
109	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
111	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	3:32
112	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
113	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	4:02
114	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
115	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	4:04
117	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	4:09
118	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
119	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	4:10
120	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	4:30
121	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
122	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	6:08
123	LUNKE Sindre Skjostad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
124	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
125	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
126	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	8:50
127	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	9:06
128	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
129	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
130	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	13:19
132	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	13:33
133	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
134	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
135	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
136	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
138	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
139	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
140	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
141	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
142	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
143	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
144	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
145	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
146	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
147	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
148	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
149	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
151	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
152	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:30
153	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

864.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.662 km/hr

1	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	22hr 22min 5sec
2	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	@ 16sec
3	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:26
4	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:48
5	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	1:12
6	SOLER Marc	Movistar	1:18
7	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:20
8	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	1:24
9	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	1:26
10	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	1:28
11	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
13	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	1:30
14	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	1:31
15	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	1:32
16	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:36
17	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	1:42
18	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	1:54
19	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	2:05
20	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
21	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	2:37
22	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	2:38
23	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2:40
24	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	2:42
25	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
26	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	2:45
27	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	2:46
28	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
29	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	2:56
30	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	3:02
31	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:08
32	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	3:20
33	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	3:36
34	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	3:40
35	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	3:48
36	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:05
37	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
38	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	4:12
39	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	4:37
40	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	5:01
41	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	5:18
44	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	5:56
45	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	5:57
46	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	6:59
47	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	7:12
48	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	7:17
49	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
50	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
51	BILBAO Pello	Astana	7:19
52	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
53	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	7:25
54	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	7:37
55	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	8:23
56	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	9:30
57	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	9:32
58	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:37
59	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	11:15
60	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	11:49
61	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	11:53
62	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	11:55
63	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
64	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	13:38
65	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	14:49
66	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
67	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	15:27
68	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:31
69	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	16:39
70	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	17:23
71	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
72	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	17:56
74	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	18:48
75	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	18:52
76	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	19:22
77	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:48
78	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	20:37
79	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	21:45
80	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	21:58
81	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	22:06
82	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	22:13
83	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
84	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	22:45
85	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	22:56
86	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:28
87	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	24:27
88	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	24:33
89	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
90	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	24:50
91	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	25:06
92	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	25:07
93	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	25:12
94	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	25:37
95	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	25:47
96	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	26:07
97	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	26:26
98	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	26:55
99	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
100	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	27:22
101	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	27:26
102	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	27:27
103	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	WYSS Danilo	BMC	28:01
105	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	28:07
106	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	28:12
107	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	28:39
108	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	28:45
109	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:03
110	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:28
111	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	29:32
112	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	29:35
113	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	30:12
114	LUNKE Sindre Skjostad	Fortuneo-Samsic	30:33
115	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	30:34
116	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	31:12
117	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	31:27
118	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	31:48
119	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	32:28
120	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	33:09
121	LOPEZ David	Sky	33:35
122	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	34:01
123	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	34:39
124	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
125	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	35:02
126	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	35:16
127	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	35:32
128	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	36:43
129	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	38:02
130	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	38:33
131	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	39:24
132	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	40:01
133	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	40:39
134	BOHLI Tom	BMC	40:56
135	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	41:30
136	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	43:44
137	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	44:22
138	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	45:34
139	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	46:05
140	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	46:58
141	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	47:26
142	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	49:15
143	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	49:22
144	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	49:35
145	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	50:04
146	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	50:30
147	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	51:26
148	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	51:49
149	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	52:05
150	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	52:27
151	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	53:49
152	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	55:08
153	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:01:12

Thursday, March 22: Stage 4, Llanars - La Molina, 170.8 km

Alejandro Valverde

Alejandro Valverde wins the stage and retakes the GC lead.

The race: Here's the report from Alejandro Valverde's Movistar team.

The Movistar Team took advantage on Thursday from their strength in numbers and courageous attitude to strike a hard blow to the overall standings in the 2018 Volta a Catalunya, with Alejandro Valverde back in the lead via his second stage victory in this year’s race atop La Molina (Cat-1). The Spaniard took to fruition a splendid job from all of his six team-mates in the Queen stage, the Blues always staying calm and keeping the race under control before going on the attack all over the final ascent.

After keeping the day’s two most dangerous breakaways -one by Esteban Chaves (MTS) over the climbs to Jou (Cat-1) and La Creueta (Especial); the other, by Matej Mohoric (TBM), into the last downhill to Alp- with a sensational Erviti, Pedrero, Anacona and Rojas, Marc Soler started -just like on yesterday’s stage- the attacks into the GC group with 10km remaining. The Catalan youngster created a severe selection and anticipated Valverde’s first attack, quickly joined by Nairo Quintana’s coverage of the moves behind the Spaniard. The three Movistar Team riders were even able to form a seven-man group midway through the ascent, later reduced to a four-rider mover -with Nairo, ‘Bala’, Latour (ALM) and Bernal (SKY)- made possible by Soler’s excellent pressure. The moves by Bernal did not make Valverde nervous, and after some late help from Quintana, Alejandro took a convincing sprint victory at Alp’s decisive slope.

Valverde, who gets back to the Volta GC lead with 19″ on Bernal and 26″ to Nairo (3rd) -Soler now in 7th, 1’18” behind-, has claimed already his seventh win in 2018 (115 as a pro cyclist) and the 10th so far this season for the Movistar Team, which will have to continue defending the ‘white-green’ jersey of its team leader in the three days remaining. Friday will bring a long (212km), tough course to Vielha, the last route in the Pyrenees before heading down south to reach Barcelona, where the race will end on Sunday.

REACTION / Alejandro Valverde:
“It was a really tough day, more importantly because of the cold temperatures. I suffered a lot at the late part of La Creueta and its descent. The move by Mitchelton on the Joy climb was a really good one, but didn’t make us become nervous for two reasons: one, it was a very tough stage, and two, it was quite harder for a solo rider to reach the finish. That’s why Chaves cracked near the final climb and couldn’t continue his action. The team was phenomenal, all day – they kept the race always under control and stayed calm. At the descent of La Creueta I went after that move from Mohoric on the downhill, but he took such risks into a couple of turns that I chose not to continue, because I didn’t want to hurt myself. I preferred to eat, complete the rest of the descent in a more relaxed way and wait for my team-mates.

“I was so happy to see things unfold in such a great way for us into that last climb. With help from our team directors and with some good organisation between the three of us, everything went to perfection. Still, it wasn’t really that hard, the strategy for me was simple: should Soler or Nairo attack, I just had to wait and let others go after their moves. Being three into those groups, we had a strong advantage. I just had to stay on their wheels and then go for the stage win. I won’t get tired of saying it: Nairo, Marc and all team-mates were ‘A-plus’ today. Bernal now becomes the most dangerous contender for the GC. He’s a brilliant rider at this moment and he’ll be even better in the future. We should keep an eye on him all the way to Sunday. I trust my team-mates and we’ll fight to keep this jersey until the very end.”

Complete Results:

170.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.541 km/hr

1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	4hr 25min 54sec
2	Egan Bernal	Sky	s.t.
3	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	@6sec
4	Pierre Latour	Ag2r La Mondiale	+23''
5	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	+53''
6	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
7	Simon Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
8	George Bennett	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
9	Hugh Carthy	EF Education First-Drapac	+59''
10	Daniel Martínez	EF Education First-Drapac	+1' 03''
11	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
12	Steven Kruijswijk	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Jesper Hansen	Astana	s.t.
14	Tejay van Garderen	BMC	+1' 05''
15	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	+1' 07''
16	Mathias Frank	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1' 11''
17	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	+1' 17''
18	Jan Hirt	Astana	+1' 20''
19	Daniel Martin	UAE-Team Emirates	+1' 29''
20	Louis Vervaeke	Team Sunweb	+1' 43''
21	Warren Barguil	Fortuneo-Samsic	+2' 12''
22	Pierre Rolland	EF Education First-Drapac	+2' 13''
23	Carlos Verona	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	Garikoitz Bravo	Euskadi Basque Country	+2' 15''
25	Louis Meintjes	Dimension Data	+2' 17''
26	Andrey Zeits	Astana	s.t.
27	Sergio Henao	Sky	+2' 20''
28	Bob Jungels	Quick-Step Floors	+2' 21''
29	Ricardo Vilela	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
30	Sébastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	+2' 31''
31	Jhojan García	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
32	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2' 43''
33	Hernán Aguirre	Manzana Postobon	+3' 02''
34	Bjorg Lambrecht	Lotto-Soudal	+3' 11''
35	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain-Merida	+3' 23''
36	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Elie Gesbert	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
38	Jhonatan Narváez	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
39	Rubén Plaza	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
40	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	Steff Cras	Katusha-Alpecin	+4' 36''
42	Georg Preidler	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Enrico Gasparotto	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
44	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Tsgabu Grmay	Trek-Segafredo	+4' 41''
46	Amaël Moinard	Fortuneo-Samsic	+5' 12''
47	Kenny Elissonde	Sky	+6' 22''
48	Enric Mas	Quick-Step Floors	+6' 47''
49	Robert Power	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	Jarlinson Pantano	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	+6' 52''
52	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
53	Eduard Prades	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
54	Pello Bilbao	Astana	+6' 54''
55	Joe Dombrowski	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
56	Vegard Laengen	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Fabio Duarte	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
58	Davide Formolo	Bora-hansgrohe	+9' 07''
59	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9' 12''
60	Clément Chevrier	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	Giovanni Visconti	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
62	Floris De Tier	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
63	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar	+11' 30''
64	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
65	Daryl Impey	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
66	Winner Anacona	Movistar	s.t.
67	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	s.t.
68	Pawel Poljanski	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	s.t.
70	Nathan Earle	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
71	Esteban Chaves	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
72	Sergey Chernetsky	Astana	s.t.
73	Laurens ten Dam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	+11' 44''
75	Fabio Aru	UAE-Team Emirates	+12' 23''
76	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	Michael Storer	Team Sunweb	s.t.
78	Nicholas Schultz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Merhawi Kudus	Dimension Data	s.t.
80	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Jay McCarthy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Jack Haig	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
83	Darwin Atapuma	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
85	Igor Merino	Burgos-BH	s.t.
86	Diego Rubio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
87	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+17' 21''
88	Robert Kišerlovski	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
89	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+19' 02''
90	Bram Tankink	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
91	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	+19' 27''
92	Jérémy Maison	Fortuneo-Samsic	+21' 48''
93	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Aldemar Reyes	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
95	James Knox	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
96	Toms Skujinš	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Rory Sutherland	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	Jacques Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	Edward Ravasi	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	Nicolas Roche	BMC	s.t.
103	Stef Clement	LottoNL-Jumbo	+24' 02''
104	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
105	Jordi Simón	Burgos-BH	s.t.
106	Cyril Barthe	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
107	Jorge Cubero	Burgos-BH	+24' 05''
108	Valerio Agnoli	Bahrain-Merida	+24' 06''
109	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	+24' 08''
110	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Dorian Godon	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Lluís Mas	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
114	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
116	Guillaume Bonnafond	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
118	Tom Bohli	BMC	s.t.
119	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Sunweb	s.t.
120	Andriy Grivko	Astana	s.t.
121	Danilo Wyss	BMC	s.t.
122	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Cofidis	s.t.
123	Nathan Brown	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	Michael Mørkøv	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
125	Maximilian Schachmann	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
126	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
127	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	s.t.
130	Michael Woods	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
131	Jérémy Roy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	Arthur Vichot	Groupama-FDJ	+24' 14''
133	Pablo Torres	Burgos-BH	s.t.
134	Sindre Lunke	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
135	William Bonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	Benoît Jarrier	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
137	David López	Sky	+24' 18''
138	Jetse Bol	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
139	Wilmar Paredes	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
140	Willie Smit	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
141	Alex Howes	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
142	Joaquim Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
143	Philip Deignan	Sky	s.t.
144	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	s.t.
145	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	Domen Novak	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
147	Markel Irizar	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
148	Enrique Sanz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
149	Laurent Didier	Trek-Segafredo	+24' 27''
150	Niccolò Bonifazio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
151	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	+24' 32''
152	Stéphane Rossetto	Cofidis	+24' 33''
153	Florian Vachon	Fortuneo-Samsic	+24' 56''
154	Roberto Ferrari	UAE-Team Emirates	+25' 37''
155	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	+28' 46''
156	Matteo Fabbro	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
157	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

651.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.349 km/hr

1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	17hr 0min 58sec
2	Egan Bernal	Sky	@ 19sec
3	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	+26''
4	Pierre Latour	Ag2r La Mondiale	+48''
5	Simon Yates	Mitchelton-Scott	+1' 12''
6	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	+1' 14''
7	Marc Soler	Movistar	+1' 18''
8	George Bennett	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 20''
9	Hugh Carthy	EF Education First-Drapac	+1' 24''
10	Steven Kruijswijk	LottoNL-Jumbo	+1' 28''
11	Jesper Hansen	Astana	s.t.
12	Ben Hermans	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
13	Daniel Martínez	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
14	Tejay van Garderen	BMC	+1' 30''
15	Ben O'Connor	Dimension Data	+1' 32''
16	Mathias Frank	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1' 36''
17	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	+1' 42''
18	Jan Hirt	Astana	+1' 45''
19	Daniel Martin	UAE-Team Emirates	+1' 54''
20	Louis Vervaeke	Team Sunweb	+2' 05''
21	Warren Barguil	Fortuneo-Samsic	+2' 37''
22	Pierre Rolland	EF Education First-Drapac	+2' 38''
23	Carlos Verona	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	Garikoitz Bravo	Euskadi Basque Country	+2' 40''
25	Andrey Zeits	Astana	+2' 42''
26	Louis Meintjes	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Sergio Henao	Sky	+2' 45''
28	Bob Jungels	Quick-Step Floors	+2' 46''
29	Ricardo Vilela	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
30	Jhojan García	Manzana Postobon	+2' 56''
31	Sébastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3' 08''
33	Bjorg Lambrecht	Lotto-Soudal	+3' 36''
34	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain-Merida	+3' 48''
35	Jelle Vanendert	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
36	Elie Gesbert	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
37	Sergio Pardilla	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Rubén Plaza	Israel Cycling Academy	+3' 48''
39	Jhonatan Narváez	Quick-Step Floors	+4' 37''
40	Enrico Gasparotto	Bahrain-Merida	+5' 01''
41	Georg Preidler	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Steff Cras	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Amaël Moinard	Fortuneo-Samsic	+5' 37''
45	Tsgabu Grmay	Trek-Segafredo	+5' 39''
46	Kenny Elissonde	Sky	+6' 47''
47	Enric Mas	Quick-Step Floors	+7' 12''
48	Eduard Prades	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
49	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	+7' 17''
50	Pello Bilbao	Astana	+7' 19''
51	Vegard Laengen	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
52	Fabio Duarte	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
53	Hernán Aguirre	Manzana Postobon	+7' 25''
54	Jarlinson Pantano	Trek-Segafredo	+8' 01''
55	Robert Power	Mitchelton-Scott	+8' 03''
56	Davide Formolo	Bora-hansgrohe	+9' 32''
57	Giovanni Visconti	Bahrain-Merida	+9' 37''
58	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
59	Floris De Tier	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
60	Sander Armée	Lotto-Soudal	+10' 11''
61	Daryl Impey	Mitchelton-Scott	+11' 49''
62	Sergey Chernetsky	Astana	+11' 55''
63	Esteban Chaves	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
64	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
65	Fabio Aru	UAE-Team Emirates	+12' 48''
66	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+13' 38''
67	Nathan Earle	Israel Cycling Academy	+14' 00''
68	Joey Rosskopf	BMC	+14' 49''
69	Laurens ten Dam	Team Sunweb	+14' 49''
70	José Manuel Díaz	Israel Cycling Academy	+15' 27''
71	Winner Anacona	Movistar	s.t.
72	Clément Chevrier	Ag2r La Mondiale	+15' 31''
73	Joe Dombrowski	EF Education First-Drapac	+16' 15''
74	Jay McCarthy	Bora-hansgrohe	+17' 15''
75	Merhawi Kudus	Dimension Data	+17' 23''
76	Jack Haig	Mitchelton-Scott	+17' 23''
77	Nicholas Schultz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Robert Kišerlovski	Katusha-Alpecin	+18' 35''
79	Sebastián Henao	Sky	+18' 48''
80	Igor Merino	Burgos-BH	+18' 55''
81	Pawel Poljanski	Bora-hansgrohe	+19' 48''
82	Fabricio Ferrari	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+20' 17''
83	Darwin Atapuma	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
84	Jai Hindley	Team Sunweb	+21' 21''
85	Michael Storer	Team Sunweb	+21' 28''
86	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	+21' 43''
87	Chris Hamilton	Team Sunweb	+21' 57''
88	Toms Skujinš	Trek-Segafredo	+22' 13''
89	Aldemar Reyes	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
90	Nicolas Roche	BMC	s.t.
91	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Soudal	+22' 21''
92	Diego Rubio	Burgos-BH	+22' 45''
93	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto-Soudal	+23' 52''
94	Bram Tankink	LottoNL-Jumbo	+24' 11''
95	James Shaw	Lotto-Soudal	+24' 18''
96	Jordi Simón	Burgos-BH	+24' 27''
97	Stef Clement	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
98	Maximilian Schachmann	Quick-Step Floors	+24' 33''
99	Michael Woods	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
100	Peter Stetina	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
101	Sindre Lunke	Fortuneo-Samsic	+24' 39''
102	Alex Howes	EF Education First-Drapac	+24' 43''
103	Joaquim Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	David López	Sky	s.t.
105	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	+25' 06''
106	James Knox	Quick-Step Floors	+25' 30''
107	Wilmar Paredes	Manzana Postobon	+25' 37''
108	François Bidard	Ag2r La Mondiale	+25' 45''
109	Domen Novak	Bahrain-Merida	+26' 05''
110	Jérémy Maison	Fortuneo-Samsic	+26' 26''
111	Nathan Brown	EF Education First-Drapac	+26' 38''
112	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskadi Basque Country	+26' 55''
113	Mathias Le Turnier	Cofidis	+27' 02''
114	Axel Domont	Ag2r La Mondiale	+27' 27''
115	Dorian Godon	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Nikita Stalnov	Astana	+27' 37''
117	Andriy Grivko	Astana	+28' 00''
118	Danilo Wyss	BMC	+28' 05''
119	Jacques Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	+28' 07''
120	Igor Antón	Dimension Data	+28' 12''
121	Willie Smit	Katusha-Alpecin	+28' 15''
122	Edward Ravasi	UAE-Team Emirates	+28' 45''
123	Gregor Mühlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	+29' 11''
124	Matteo Fabbro	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
125	Lluís Mas	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+29' 29''
126	Valerio Agnoli	Bahrain-Merida	+31' 03''
127	Daniel Turek	Israel Cycling Academy	+31' 10''
128	Guillaume Bonnafond	Cofidis	+31' 12''
129	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	+31' 47''
130	Rory Sutherland	UAE-Team Emirates	+32' 38''
131	Pablo Torres	Burgos-BH	+32' 45''
132	Arthur Vichot	Groupama-FDJ	+32' 46''
133	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Soudal	+32' 55''
134	Jorge Cubero	Burgos-BH	+33' 01''
135	Philip Deignan	Sky	+33' 05''
136	Stéphane Rossetto	Cofidis	+33' 36''
137	Michael Mørkøv	Quick-Step Floors	+34' 07''
138	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Sunweb	s.t.
139	Zakkari Dempster	Israel Cycling Academy	+34' 14''
140	Daniel Teklehaimanot	Cofidis	+34' 15''
141	Jetse Bol	Manzana Postobon	+34' 17''
142	Tom Bohli	BMC	+35' 02''
143	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	+35' 56''
144	Benoît Jarrier	Fortuneo-Samsic	+36' 03''
145	Niccolò Bonifazio	Bahrain-Merida	+36' 16''
146	William Bonnet	Groupama-FDJ	+36' 42''
147	Florian Vachon	Fortuneo-Samsic	+36' 45''
148	Steve Cummings	Dimension Data	+37' 08''
149	Mads Würtz	Katusha-Alpecin	+38' 07''
150	Jérémy Roy	Groupama-FDJ	+38' 30''
151	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	+39' 00''
152	Markel Irizar	Trek-Segafredo	+39' 08''
153	Laurent Didier	Trek-Segafredo	+39' 29''
154	Enrique Sanz	Euskadi Basque Country	+41' 00''
155	Roberto Ferrari	UAE-Team Emirates	+41' 49''
156	Cyril Barthe	Euskadi Basque Country	+43' 10''
157	Antonio Molina	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+44' 56''

Wednesday, March 21: Stage 3, Sant Cugat del Vallès - Camprodon, 153.2 km

Thomas De Gendt

Thomas De Gent wins stage three in style.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Simon Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team.

Paris-Nice stage winner Simon Yates sprinted to second place on a shortened third stage today in Volta Ciclista Catalunya.

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) took the stage victory and moved into the overall race lead after attacking away from the breakaway and holding off the chase for a solo win.

It was looking good for Yates to put time into some of the general classifcation contenders after breaking away with three other riders in the final 10kilometres, but in the end the chasing group rejoined to finish on the same time as the British GC hopeful.

Brother Adam Yates was unfortunatly unable to finish the stage after crashing hard with one kilometre remaining.

Shortened stage
Due to adverse weather conditions with cold and snow in the mountains, today’s stage three was reduced from 199kilometres to 154kilometres with an amended finish in Camprodon, which meant missing out the tough climb up to Valter 2000.

Forcing the pace on the climbs
Like in yesterday’s stage, Mitchelton-SCOTT used their strengths with a team stacked full of climbers to set the tempo on the main climbs of the day.

After a breakaway of five riders hovered around three minutes ahead of the peloton for most of the day, with 50kilometres to go on the first category climb, the Australian outfit set a high tempo and gradually began to draw back the leaders, which reduced down from five riders to just three.

Unpredictable finale
On the final climb of the day, De Gendt dropped his remaining breakaway companions and opened up his lead over the peloton. With just 10kilometres remaining it looked good for De Gendt as his advantage continue to remain one and half minutes ahead of the peloton, until four riders, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) Thibaut Pinaut (FDJ) Mattias Frank (AG2R) and Yates attacked away from the bunch and charged towards the solo leader.

Holding his distance, De Gendt was able to take a solo win with Yates taking the sprint for second place, just ahead of the peloton, which rejoined the four in the final metres of the stage.

Daryl Impey remains in third place on the general classification with Yates taking six seconds at the finish line to move up to fourth place, both at 29seconds behind.

Adam Yates out of the race: Dave McPartland - Sport Director
“Adam crashed just one kilometre from the finish, we tried to get him to ride to the finish but he couldn’t. He hit his back on the curb and he tried to stand up but had to sit down again and had a lot of pain in his pelvic. He has gone to hospital now for checks.”

“Simon had an awesome ride to finish second, but obviously we missed out on the stage win, that isn’t our priority here, the priority is the GC but at one point it looked like he would put time into Valverde’s group but unfortunatly it didn’t and the group came back just at the finish.”

“At least Simon took six seconds at the finish, it was a hard fought six seconds but maybe that could be crucial later in the week.”

“We are still in a good place and have options to still make it a hard race. After they cut out the hardest part of the stage upto Valter 2000, we have to look at the positives to still come second on the this stage.”

Complete Results:

153.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.217 km/hr

1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	4hr 13min 48sec
2	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 20sec
3	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
5	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
6	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
8	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
9	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
10	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
13	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
14	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
15	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
16	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
17	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
19	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
25	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
27	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
28	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
29	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
32	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
33	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
35	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
36	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
37	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
39	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
42	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
43	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
45	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
46	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
47	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
48	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
50	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
51	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
52	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
54	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
57	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	SAEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
59	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
60	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
61	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
65	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
67	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
68	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
69	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
70	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
71	LUNKE Sindre SkjOstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
72	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
75	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
76	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
77	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
78	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
79	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	0:46
80	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	0:53
81	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
83	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:11
84	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	1:14
85	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	1:16
86	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	1:22
87	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	@ 20sec
88	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	1:59
89	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
90	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	2:03
91	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:25
92	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
94	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
95	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
96	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
99	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
100	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
101	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
102	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
103	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
104	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
105	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
106	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
107	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
108	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
109	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
110	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
112	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
114	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
115	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
117	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
118	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
119	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
120	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
121	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
122	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	@ 20sec
123	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	5:25
125	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
126	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
127	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
129	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
130	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
132	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
133	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
134	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	8:20
136	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
137	IRIZAR Julen	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
138	BERHANE Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
139	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
140	HERKLOTZ Silvio	Burgos-BH	8:27
141	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
142	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
143	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
144	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
145	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
146	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
147	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
148	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
150	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
151	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
152	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
153	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
154	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
155	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
156	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
157	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
158	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
159	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
160	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
161	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
162	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
163	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
164	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	8:44
165	HODEG Álvaro José	Quick-Step Floors	12:50
166	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
167	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
168	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
169	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
170	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
171	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
172	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
173	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 20sec

GC after stage 3:

481.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.238 km/hr

1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	12hr 34min 54sec
2	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	@ 23sec
3	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	0:27
4	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:29
5	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	0:31
7	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:34
8	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	0:35
9	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
10	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
11	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
12	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
16	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
19	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
22	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
23	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
24	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
26	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
30	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
31	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
32	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
34	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
37	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
38	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
39	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
40	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
41	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
43	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
44	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
45	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
46	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
47	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
48	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
49	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
50	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
53	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
54	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
55	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
56	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
57	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
58	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
59	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
60	LUNKE Sindre SkjOstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
61	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
62	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
64	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
65	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
66	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
67	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
68	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
69	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
70	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
72	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
76	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
77	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	1:01
78	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	1:08
79	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	1:24
81	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
82	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
83	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:26
84	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	1:29
85	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	1:37
86	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	1:57
87	SAEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	2:02
88	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	2:07
89	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	2:14
90	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
91	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	2:18
92	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	2:40
93	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
94	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
95	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
97	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
98	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	3:29
99	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
100	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
101	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
102	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
103	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
104	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
105	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
106	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
107	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	3:52
108	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	4:02
109	WYSS Danilo	BMC	4:07
110	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
111	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
112	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
113	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
114	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	4:14
115	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	4:33
116	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
117	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	4:40
118	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	4:48
119	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:19
120	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:35
121	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	5:57
122	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:29
123	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
124	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	7:07
125	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
126	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	7:12
127	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	7:14
128	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	8:28
129	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	8:41
130	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	8:42
131	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	8:57
132	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
133	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	9:06
134	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	9:13
135	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	9:24
136	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	9:31
137	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
138	IRIZAR Julen	Euskadi Basque Country	10:02
139	HERKLOTZ Silvio	Burgos-BH	10:07
140	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
141	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	10:09
142	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
143	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
145	BERHANE Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
146	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
147	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	10:16
148	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	10:17
149	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	11
150	BOHLI Tom	BMC	11:04
151	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	11:59
152	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
153	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
154	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
155	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
156	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
157	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
158	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	12:16
159	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	12:38
160	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	13:10
161	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	14:32
162	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	Bora-hansgrohe	14:39
163	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	14:52
164	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	15:00
165	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	15:12
166	HODEG Álvaro José	Quick-Step Floors	16:12
167	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	16:18
168	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	16:22
169	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	16:52
170	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	19:18
171	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	19:21
172	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	19:35
173	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:58

Tuesday, March 20: Stage 2, Mataro - Valls, 175.6 km

Alejandro Valverde

Alejandro Valverde is the fastest man of the day.

Weather at the finish city of Valls at 2:30 PM local time: 12C (53F), Fair, with the wind from the WSW at 27 km/hr (17 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from 3rd-place Jay McCarthy's Bora-hansgrohe team.

The second day of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya ended with another bunch sprint. After the breakaway of the day was caught, the race went on fire. In the finale, BORA – hansgrohe rider Gregor Mühlberger led the race and set the pace for his teammate Jay McCarthy. He was in a good position but in the final metres A. Valverde made his move and took the win. The BORA – hansgrohe rider finished, like yesterday, in third position but moved up second in the GC.

The Stage
The second stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya took the riders from Mataró to Valls over 175km. A categorised climb (Cat. 3) awaited the peloton right after the start. Two intermediate sprints were at the 100 and 150 kilometres mark. Shortly before the finish, the peloton had to pass another categorised climb

The Team Tactics
After yesterday´s good results the team was more than motivated to give it another try. For the second stage the German Team worked for Jay McCarthy, the winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race.

The Race
From drop of the flag, the day's breakaway formed as a trio went up the road. After 30km of racing the trio had an advantage of more than three minutes. Team BORA – hansgrohe were represented in the peloton. It was Quick-Step Floors, who took control over the main bunch and tried to keep the gap low. With 72km remaining, the breakaway was forced to stop at a level crossing but after some minutes they were able to move on and the peloton was held to re-establish the gap. The group in front of the race worked good together but with 47km remaining the escapees were caught. BORA – hansgrohe stayed together in the back of the pack to save energy for the finale. 40km before the finish, one rider launched an attack from the main bunch and distanced himself with some seconds advantage. Team Movistar set the pace and shortly before the last climb of the day the race was back together.

On the climb the race fell apart, but BORA – hansgrohe riders Gregor Mühlberger and Jay McCarthy were in the first group. In the finale, Gregor Mühlberger led the race and made the pace for his teammate Jay McCarthy. Jay gave it all but in the final metres A. Valverde (Team Movistar) made his move and took the win ahead of D. Impey (Mitchelton-Scott). BORA – hansgrohe rider Jay McCarthy finished on third place. Due to this result, Jay moved up second in the GC, four seconds behind the new leader Valverde.

From the Finish Line
“Yesterday, Jay made a really long and strong lead-out for Sam and finished third, which showed his shape. Today´s stage was a stage for Jay and his skills, so we supported him as best as possible. The guys worked good together and, in the finale, Gregor did a great lead-out for Jay. It´s a pity that we missed the victory but I think, we can be satisfied that we have achieved another podium result. For the upcoming mountain stages, we have with Davide and Gregor strong riders in our line-up and we are confident to accomplish some good results.” – Christian Pömer, sports director

“The boys did an awesome job the whole day. Especially Gregor did a great lead-out for me. I was on the 4th wheel, as we came out of the last corner but unfortunately the sprint was too long for me to go for the victory. Valverde and Impey were able to pass me on the final metres. I am looking forward to help Gregor and Davide in the upcoming mountain stages.” – Jay McCarthy

Complete Results:

175.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.384 km/hr

1	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	4hr 41min 50sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
5	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
8	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
9	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
11	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
12	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
13	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
14	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
15	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
16	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
17	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
18	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
22	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
23	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
25	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
26	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
27	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
28	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
29	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
30	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
31	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
32	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
34	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
36	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
38	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
40	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
44	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
46	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
47	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
49	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
52	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
53	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
54	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
55	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
56	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
57	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
58	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
59	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
60	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
61	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
64	LUNKE Sindre Skjostad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
65	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
68	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
69	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
70	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
71	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
74	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
75	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
77	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
78	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
79	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
81	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
82	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
83	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
86	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
88	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
90	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
92	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
93	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
94	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
95	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	@ 49sec
96	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
97	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
100	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
101	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
102	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
103	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
104	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
105	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
106	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
107	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
109	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
110	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
112	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
113	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
114	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
116	HERKLOTZ Silvio	Burgos-BH	1:25
117	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	1:27
118	IRIZAR Julen	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
119	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
120	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
121	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
122	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
123	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
124	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
125	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
126	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
127	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
128	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
129	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
130	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
131	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
132	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
133	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
134	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
135	SAEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
136	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	1:34
137	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
138	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
139	BERHANE Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
140	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
141	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
142	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
143	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
144	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
145	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
146	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
147	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
148	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
149	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:39
150	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	3:17
151	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
152	HODEG Álvaro José	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
153	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
154	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
155	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
156	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
157	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
158	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
159	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
160	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
161	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
162	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
163	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
164	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
165	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
166	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
167	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
168	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
169	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	3:56
170	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	6:16
171	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
172	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
173	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

327.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.258 km/hr

1	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	8hr 21min 9sec
2	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:06
4	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:11
5	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	0:12
6	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
8	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
9	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
10	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
11	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
12	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
16	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
20	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
22	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
24	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
25	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
26	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
27	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
28	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
33	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
34	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
35	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
36	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
37	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
41	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
42	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
43	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
44	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
45	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
47	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
48	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
49	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
50	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
53	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
54	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
55	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
56	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
57	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
58	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
59	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
60	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
62	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
63	LUNKE Sindre Skjostad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
64	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
65	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
66	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
67	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
69	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
70	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
71	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
73	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
74	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
75	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
77	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
79	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
83	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
84	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
85	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
86	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
87	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
89	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
91	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
94	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
95	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	1:01
96	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
97	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
99	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
100	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
101	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
102	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
103	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
104	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
105	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
106	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
107	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
108	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
110	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
113	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	1:34
114	HERKLOTZ Silvio	Burgos-BH	1:37
115	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	1:39
116	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
117	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
118	IRIZAR Julen	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
119	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
120	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
121	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
122	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
123	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
124	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
125	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
126	SAEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
127	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
128	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
129	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	1:44
130	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
131	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	1:45
132	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	Bora-hansgrohe	1:46
133	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
134	BERHANE Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
137	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
138	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	2:05
139	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
140	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:12
141	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	2:30
142	BOHLI Tom	BMC	2:34
143	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:51
144	HODEG Álvaro José	Quick-Step Floors	3:19
145	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	3:29
146	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
147	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
148	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
149	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
150	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
151	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
152	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
153	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
154	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
155	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
156	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
157	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
158	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
159	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
160	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	4:08
161	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	6:00
162	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	6:22
163	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	6:25
164	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	6:28
165	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	6:38
166	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	6:42
167	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
168	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	6:45
169	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	7:42
170	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	7:48
171	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	7:49
172	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	9:32
173	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:28

Monday, March 19: Stage 1, Calella - Calella, 152.3 km

Weather at Calella, Spain at 3:00 PM, local time: 14C (58F), fair, with the wind from the SSW at 27 km/hr (17 mph).

Avaro Hodeg

Alvaro Hodeg takes the first stage in front of Sam Bennett and Jay McCarthy.

The race: Team Bora-hansgrohe sent me this summary:

The first stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya was a stage for the fast men in the peloton. After the breakaway of the day was caught, the sprinter teams started to form their lead-out. BORA – hansgrohe did a great job and spent the day at the front of the main bunch. In the finale, Jay McCarthy was the last lead-out man for Sam Bennett, but on the last metres A. Hodeg increased the pace and took the win ahead of Sam Bennett, Jay McCarthy finished on third place.

The Stage
With its 98th edition, the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya started in the city of Calella. The race began with the usual sprint stage in Calella, but this year it was a shorter stage than in the previous years. The first stage covered nearly 155km with two intermediate sprints and one categorised climb, shortly before the finish.

The Team Tactics
Today´s stage was earmarked for the fast men in the peloton.
The German squad focused on their Irish sprinter Sam Bennett. The plan was to try to keep the race together, so that it would come to a bunch sprint. In the final few kilometres, the team was to concentrate their efforts on bringing Sam into an optimal position, to give him the best chance at producing a strong result.

The Race
The race started under clear skies as a group of five riders went up the road. Their gap increased to over three minutes and after some kilometres a sixth rider was able to join the breakaway. BORA – hansgrohe stayed together in the main bunch and took control over the pace. With 21km remaining the group was caught and the race came together to the climb, “Port de Collsacreu”. The German team BORA – hansgrohe was in front of the race, to be in a good position for the descent. 14km before the finish, Team Movistar took control over the main bunch and increased the pace.

The race headed into the final kilometres, BORA – hansgrohe formed their lead-out for Sam Bennett. Jay McCarthy was the last man for the Irish sprinter. Together the two BORA – hansgrohe riders were in the first positions with Quick-Step Floors. But A. Hodeg (Quick-Step Floors) was the fastest man today and took the win. Sam Bennett crossed the line second, teammate Jay McCarthy finished in third place.

From the Finish Line
“First, I have to say, the boys did a great job today. Especially Pawel, he was always at the front to control the pace. As expected we had a bunch sprint and the guys worked very well together and brought Sam in a good position. Unfortunately, A. Hodeg was the fastest man today, nevertheless, we took second and third, which is a good result. Of course, a victory would be nice but we have some stages left to try something.” – Jens Zemke, sports director

“What can I say, the team worked really good. I want to thank my teammates for the support the whole day. Due to illness I left Paris – Nice and now I am missing some race kilometres. I felt good today but I hadn´t the legs to go for the victory but I am satisfied with my second place.” – Sam Bennett

Complete Results:

152.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.628 km/hr

1	HODEG Alvaro	Quick-Step Floors	3hr 39min 31sec
2	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
5	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
6	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	BOUHANNI Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
8	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
9	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
10	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
11	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
12	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
13	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
14	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
16	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
18	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
19	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
21	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
23	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
24	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
26	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
29	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
30	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
31	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
32	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
33	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
35	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
37	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
38	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
39	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
41	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
42	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
45	IRIZAR Julen	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
46	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
47	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
48	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
53	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
54	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
55	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
56	HERKLOTZ Silvio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
57	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
59	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
60	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
62	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
63	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	BERHANE Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
65	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
66	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
68	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
69	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
73	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
75	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
79	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
80	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
81	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
83	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
84	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
86	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
87	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
88	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
89	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
90	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
94	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
95	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
96	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
98	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
99	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
100	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	LUNKE Sindre SkjOstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
102	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
103	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
104	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
105	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
106	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
107	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
109	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
111	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
112	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
113	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
115	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
116	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
117	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
118	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
119	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
121	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
123	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
125	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
126	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
127	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
128	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
129	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
130	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
131	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
133	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
134	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
135	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
136	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
138	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
140	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
141	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
142	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
143	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
144	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
145	SAEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
146	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
147	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
148	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
150	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
151	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
152	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
153	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
154	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
155	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
156	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
157	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
158	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
159	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
160	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	@ 26sec
161	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
162	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
163	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	0:44
164	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
165	BOHLI Tom	BMC	1:38
166	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	3:13
167	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
168	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	4:59
169	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
170	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
171	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	6:03
172	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
173	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
174	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
175	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1	HODEG Alvaro	Quick-Step Floors	3hr 39min 21sec
2	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	0:05
4	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	0:06
5	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	0:10
6	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
8	BOUHANNI Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
9	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
10	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
11	DEMPSTER Zakkari	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
12	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
13	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
14	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
17	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	JUNGELS Bob	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
19	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
20	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
22	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
25	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
26	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	PREIDLER Georg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
30	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
31	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
32	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
33	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
34	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	BOL Jetse	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
36	BONNET William	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
38	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
39	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
40	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
42	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
43	FORMOLO Davide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	CHAVES Johan Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
46	IRIZAR Julen	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
47	HENAO Sergio Luis	Sky	s.t.
48	BARGUIL Warren	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
49	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
51	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
54	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
55	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
56	HERKLOTZ Silvio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
57	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
59	JARRIER Benoit	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
60	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
62	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
63	DÍAZ José Manuel	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	BERHANE Natnael	Dimension Data	s.t.
65	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
66	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
68	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
69	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
73	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	ARU Fabio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
75	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	VISCONTI Giovanni	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
79	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
80	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
81	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
83	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
84	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
86	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
87	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
88	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
89	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
90	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
94	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
95	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
96	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
98	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
99	ZEITS Andrey	Astana	s.t.
100	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	LUNKE Sindre SkjOstad	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
102	MOINARD Amaël	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
103	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
104	DUARTE Fabio	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
105	HIRT Jan	Astana	s.t.
106	GODON Dorian	Cofidis	s.t.
107	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
109	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
111	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	s.t.
112	VACHON Florian	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
113	SCHULTZ Nick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	REYES Aldemar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
115	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
116	VILELA Ricardo	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
117	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
118	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
119	RODRÍGUEZ Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
121	MEINTJES Louis	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
123	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	FERRARI Fabricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
125	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
126	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
127	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
128	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
129	GARCIA Jhojan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
130	GESBERT Elie	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
131	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	PAREDES Wilmar	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
133	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
134	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
135	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
136	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
138	REICHENBACH Sebastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
140	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
141	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
142	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
143	MAISON Jérémy	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
144	SILVA Joaquim	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
145	SAEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
146	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
147	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
148	ROY Jérémy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
150	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
151	DEIGNAN Philip	Sky	s.t.
152	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
153	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
154	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
155	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
156	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
157	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
158	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
159	BONNAFOND Guillaume	Cofidis	s.t.
160	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	0:36
161	AGUIRRE Hernan	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
162	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
163	TUREK Daniel	Israel Cycling Academy	0:53
164	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	0:54
165	BOHLI Tom	BMC	1:43
166	GOLDSTEIN Roy	Israel Cycling Academy	3:23
167	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
168	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	5:09
169	ROSSETTO Stephane	Cofidis	s.t.
170	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
171	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	6:12
172	IRIZAR Markel	Trek-Segafredo	6:13
173	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
174	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
175	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.

Start list with back numbers, March 18, 2018:

	-MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
1	VALVERDE, Alejandro (ESP)
2	QUINTANA, Nairo (COL)
3	ROJAS, José (ESP)
4	ANACONA, Winner A. (COL)
5	ERVITI, Imanol (ESP)
6	SOLER, Marc (ESP)
7	PEDRERO, Antonio (ESP)
	Dir.:Jose Luis ARRIETA
	-TEAM SKY (GBR)
11	HENAO, Sergio L. (COL)
12	GEOGHEGAN, Tao (GBR)
13	HENAO, Sebastian (COL)
14	DEIGNAN, Philip (IRL)
15	ELISSONDE, Kenny (FRA)
16	BERNAL, Egan A. (COL)
17	LOPEZ, David (ESP)
	Dir.:Brett LANCASTER
	-QUICK - STEP FLOORS (BEL)
21	JUNGELS, Bob (LUX)
22	MAS, Enric (ESP)
23	NARVAEZ, Jhonnatan (ECU)
24	SCHACHMANN, Maximilian (GER)
25	MORKOV, Michael (DEN)
26	HODEG, Alvaro J. (COL)
27	KNOX, James (GBR)
	Dir.:Brian HOLM
	-BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
31	VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (USA)
32	BOOKWALTER, Brent (USA)
33	ROCHE, Nicolas (IRL)
34	BOHLI, Tom (SUI)
35	WYSS, Danilo (SUI)
36	SCOTSON, Miles (AUS)
37	ROSSKOPF, Joseph (USA)
	Dir.:PIVA, Valerio
	-TEAM SUNWEB (NED)
41	VERVAEKE, Louis (BEL)
42	TEN, Laurens (NED)
43	WALSCHEID, Maximilian R. (GER)
44	HAMILTON, Christopher (AUS)
45	FRÖHLINGER, Johannes (GER)
46	HINDLEY, Jai (AUS)
47	STORER, Michael (AUS)
	Dir.:Luke ROBERTS
	-TREK - SEGAFREDO (USA)
51	PANTANO, Jarlinson (COL)
52	STETINA, Peter (USA)
53	GRMAY, Tsgabu G. (ETH)
54	DIDIER, Laurent (LUX)
55	EG, Niklas (DEN)
56	IRIZAR, Markel (ESP)
57	SKUJINS, Toms (LAT)
	Dir.:Steven DE JONGH
	-MITCHELTON - SCOTT (AUS)
61	YATES, Simon (GBR)
62	YATES, Adam (GBR)
63	CHAVES, Jhoan E. (COL)
64	POWER, Rob (AUS)
65	HAIG, Jack (AUS)
66	IMPEY, Daryl (RSA)
67	VERONA, Carlos (ESP)
	Dir.:David MCPARTLAND
	-BORA - HANSGROHE (GER)
71	BENNETT, Sam (IRL)
72	FORMOLO, Davide (ITA)
73	POLJANSKI, Pawel (POL)
74	MÜHLBERGER, Gregor (AUT)
75	SARAMOTINS, Aleksejs (LAT)
76	BENEDETTI, Cesare (ITA)
77	MCCARTHY, Jay (AUS)
	Dir.:Christian PÖMER
	-AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
81	FRANK, Mathias (SUI)
82	LATOUR, Pierre R. (FRA)
83	GASTAUER, Ben (LUX)
84	CHEREL, Mikael (FRA)
85	DOMONT, Axel (FRA)
86	BIDARD, François (FRA)
87	CHEVRIER, Clement (FRA)
	Dir.:Stephane GOUBERT
	-TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST - (USA)
91	ROLLAND, Pierre (FRA)
92	WOODS, Michael (CAN)
93	MARTINEZ, Daniel F. (COL)
94	BROWN, Nathan (USA)
95	CARTHY, Hugh J. (GBR)
96	HOWES, Alex (USA)
97	DOMBROWSKI, Joseph L. (USA)
	Dir.:Tom SOUTHAM
	-TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN (SUI)
101	RESTREPO, Jhonatan (COL)
102	KISERLOVSKI, Robert (CRO)
103	SCHMIDT, Mads W. (DEN)
104	BELKOV, Maxim (RUS)
105	CRAS, Steff (BEL)
106	FABBRO, Matteo (ITA)
107	SMIT, Willem J. (RSA)
	Dir.:Claudio COZZI
	-UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAE)
111	MARTIN, Daniel (IRL)
112	ARU, Fabio (ITA)
113	ATAPUMA, Jhon D. (COL)
114	LAENGEN, Vegard S. (NOR)
115	FERRARI, Roberto (ITA)
116	SUTHERLAND, Rory (AUS)
117	RAVASI, Edward (ITA)
	Dir.:Jose A. FERNANDEZ
	-LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)
121	SHAW, James (GBR)
122	DE GENDT, Thomas (BEL)
123	ARMEE, Sander (BEL)
124	MONFORT, Maxime (BEL)
125	VANENDERT, Jelle (BEL)
126	HANSEN, Adam J. (AUS)
127	LAMBRECHT, Bjorg (BEL)
	Dir.:Bart LEYSEN
	-BAHRAIN - MERIDA (BRN)
131	MOHORIC, Matej (SLO)
132	VISCONTI, Giovanni (ITA)
133	BONIFAZIO, Niccolo (ITA)
134	BOLE, Grega (SLO)
135	GASPAROTTO, Enrico (ITA)
136	AGNOLI, Valerio (ITA)
137	NOVAK, Domen (SLO)
	Dir.:Harald MORSCHER
	-ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)
141	HANSEN, Jesper (DEN)
142	BILBAO, Pello (ESP)
143	CHERNETSKI, Sergei (RUS)
144	ZEITS, Andrey (KAZ)
145	STALNOV, Nikita (KAZ)
146	GRIVKO, Andrey (UKR)
147	HIRT, Jan (CZE)
	Dir.:Alexander SHEFER
	-TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (NED)
151	KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (NED)
152	BENNETT, George (NZL)
153	TANKINK, Bram (NED)
154	CLEMENT, Stef (NED)
155	GESINK, Robert (NED)
156	DE TIER, Floris (BEL)
157	LINDEMAN, Bert-Jan (NED)
	Dir.:Frans MAASSEN
	-FDJ (FRA)
161	PINOT, Thibaut (FRA)
162	REICHENBACH, Sébastien (SUI)
163	GAUDU, David (FRA)
164	VICHOT, Arthur (FRA)
165	PREIDLER, Georg (AUT)
166	BONNET, William (FRA)
167	ROY, Jérémy (FRA)
	Dir.:Thierry BRICAUD
	-TEAM DIMENSION DATA (RSA)
171	MEINTJES, Louis (RSA)
172	KUDUS, Merhawi (ERI)
173	ANTON, Igor (ESP)
174	JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacqu (RSA)
175	O'CONNOR, Ben (AUS)
176	BERHANE, Natnael (ERI)
177	CUMMINGS, Stephen (GBR)
	Dir.:Alex SANS
	-BURGOS - BH (ESP)
181	HERKLOTZ, Silvio (GER)
182	CUBERO, Jorge (ESP)
183	EZQUERRA, Jesus (ESP)
184	MERINO, Igor (ESP)
185	RUBIO, Diego (ESP)
186	TORRES, Pablo (ESP)
187	SIMON, Jordi (ESP)
	Dir.:Jose CABEDO
	-CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA (ESP)
191	MAS, Luis G. (ESP)
192	MOLINA, Antonio (ESP)
193	PARDILLA, Sergio (ESP)
194	RODRIGUEZ, Cristian (ESP)
195	SCHULTZ, Nicholas (AUS)
196	SILVA, Joaquim (POR)
197	FERRARI, Fabricio (URU)
	Dir.:Eugenio GOIKOETXEA
	-EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY (ESP)
201	BIZKARRA, Mikel (ESP)
202	BRAVO, Garikoitz (ESP)
203	BARTHE, Cyril (FRA)
204	SAEZ, Hector (ESP)
205	IRIZAR, Julen (ESP)
206	SANZ, Enrique (ESP)
207	PRADES, Eduard (ESP)
	Dir.:Ruben PEREZ
	-COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (FRA)
211	GODON, Dorian (FRA)
212	LE TURNIER, Mathias (FRA)
213	TEKLEHAIMANOT, Daniel (ERI)
214	BONNAFOND, Guillaume (FRA)
215	BOUHANNI, Nacer (FRA)
216	ROSSETTO, Stéphane (FRA)
217	NAVARRO, Daniel (ESP)
	Dir.:Roberto DAMIANI
	-ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY (ISR)
221	HERMANS, Ben (BEL)
222	PLAZA, Ruben (ESP)
223	DEMPSTER, Zakkari (AUS)
224	DIAZ, Jose M. (ESP)
225	EARLE, Nathan (AUS)
226	GOLDSTEIN, Roy (ISR)
227	TUREK, Daniel (CZE)
	Dir.:Oscar GUERRERO
	-MANZANA POSTOBON TEAM (COL)
231	AGUIRRE, Hernan R. (COL)
232	BOL, Jetse (NED)
233	DUARTE, Fabio A. (COL)
234	GARCIA, Jhojan O. (COL)
235	PAREDES, Wilmar A. (COL)
236	REYES, Aldemar (COL)
237	VILELA, Ricardo (POR)
	Dir.:Luis F. SALDARRIAGA
	-TEAM FORTUNEO - SAMSIC (FRA)
241	BARGUIL, Warren (FRA)
242	MAISON, Jérémy (FRA)
243	LUNKE, Sindre S. (NOR)
244	GESBERT, Elie (FRA)
245	JARRIER, Benoit (FRA)
246	MOINARD, Amael (FRA)
247	VACHON, Florian (FRA)
	Dir.:Yvon LEDANOIS

2018 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

Tour of Catalonia

98th edition: March 19 - March 25, 2018

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