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Sunday, February 20: 5th & Final Stage: Huesa - Chiclana de Segura, 146.4 km
Lennard Kämna takes the final stage. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Chiclana de Segura at 2:00 PM, local time: 14C (57F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 3 km/hr (2 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Lennard Kämna's Bora-hansgrohe team.
The fifth and last stage of the Ruta del Sol in southern Spain was on the program for BORA - hansgrohe today. Even though it was the shortest stage of the race, the 146.4 kilometre route between Huesa and Chiclana de Segura brought with it a tough profile once more, including four categorised climbs and an uphill finish for the grand finale. With Lennard Kämna, Emanuel Buchmann and Frederik Wandahl, BORA - hansgrohe put in an active race in the breakaway today. On final climb it was Emanuel Buchmann who prepared the final attack by Lennard Kämna who ultimately took the stage win.
"I’m super happy to take this win today! The team did a really good job today and especially Emanuel and Frederik have worked very hard in the breakaway so I could launch the decisive attack on the last climb. After my break last year it’s the perfect start into a new season and I’m really looking forward to the next races." - Lennard Kämna
"Huge congrats to the whole team! That was the revenge for a disappointing day yesterday and proved that giving up is not an option for us. Emanuel Buchmann did a great job preparing the decisive attack on the final climb and Lennard Kämna just nailed it in the end. I’m really happy for Lennard. Since the Clasica Jaén last monday he showed strong races and good shape. Today he was rewarded with a great win." - Christian Pömer, Sports Director
Complete results:
146.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.375 km/hr
1 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 3hr 43min 5sec |
2 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | @ 4sec |
3 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:10 |
4 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:12 |
5 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 0:25 |
6 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:26 |
7 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
8 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:29 |
9 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:39 |
10 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 0:49 |
11 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:03 |
12 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:23 |
13 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:31 |
14 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:32 |
15 | Wouter Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 1:33 |
16 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | 1:35 |
17 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:38 |
18 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
19 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
20 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:40 |
21 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:43 |
22 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
23 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 1:51 |
24 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:55 |
25 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
26 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 2:00 |
27 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 2:05 |
28 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 2:07 |
29 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
30 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
31 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | 2:09 |
32 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:15 |
33 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
34 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
35 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 2:18 |
36 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
37 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 2:30 |
38 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:32 |
39 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
40 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:39 |
41 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 2:42 |
42 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 2:49 |
43 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 2:53 |
44 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
45 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 2:59 |
46 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 3:06 |
47 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:16 |
48 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 3:40 |
49 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:50 |
50 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:51 |
51 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:24 |
52 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | 5:20 |
53 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
54 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 5:46 |
55 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 5:46 |
56 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 6:04 |
57 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
58 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
59 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
60 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
61 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | s.t. |
62 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
63 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
64 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
65 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
66 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
67 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
68 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
69 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
70 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
71 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
72 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
73 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
74 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
75 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
76 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
77 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
78 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
79 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
80 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
81 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 6:14 |
82 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:36 |
83 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
84 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 6:40 |
85 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 6:47 |
86 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:08 |
87 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 8:13 |
88 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 9:24 |
89 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
90 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
91 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
92 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
93 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
94 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 9:27 |
95 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 9:29 |
96 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 9:34 |
97 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
98 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 10:24 |
99 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
100 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 10:39 |
101 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | 14:47 |
102 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
103 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
104 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
105 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
106 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
107 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
108 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
Final GC after stage five:
818.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.233 km/hr
1 | Wouter Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 20hr 51min 27sec |
2 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | @ 14sec |
3 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:15 |
4 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:19 |
5 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:20 |
6 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 0:22 |
7 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:26 |
8 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:32 |
9 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:34 |
10 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 0:39 |
11 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:18 |
12 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:47 |
13 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 4:56 |
14 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 5:21 |
15 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:56 |
16 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 6:15 |
17 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:23 |
18 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 6:27 |
19 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 7:07 |
20 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 7:12 |
21 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 7:16 |
22 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:10 |
23 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 8:24 |
24 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 8:44 |
25 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 9:01 |
26 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:11 |
27 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 10:13 |
28 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 11:15 |
29 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 11:24 |
30 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 11:33 |
31 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
32 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 11:45 |
33 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 13:22 |
34 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:44 |
35 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 15:37 |
36 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 15:58 |
37 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 15:59 |
38 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 16:46 |
39 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | 17:13 |
40 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 17:25 |
41 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 18:32 |
42 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18:41 |
43 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:53 |
44 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 20:12 |
45 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 20:30 |
46 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:39 |
47 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 20:49 |
48 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 20:54 |
49 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 21:38 |
50 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 21:50 |
51 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | 22:00 |
52 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 22:37 |
53 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 23:00 |
54 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 23:05 |
55 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | 23:24 |
56 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 23:35 |
57 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 23:46 |
58 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 24:05 |
59 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
60 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 24:11 |
61 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | 24:12 |
62 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | 24:41 |
63 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 25:16 |
64 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 25:41 |
65 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 26:53 |
66 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 27:01 |
67 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 27:03 |
68 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 27:07 |
69 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | 27:08 |
70 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 28:16 |
71 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 28:54 |
72 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 29:02 |
73 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 29:24 |
74 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 30:34 |
75 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 30:37 |
76 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 30:47 |
77 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 30:48 |
78 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 31:07 |
79 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | 32:11 |
80 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 32:17 |
81 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 32:19 |
82 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 32:39 |
83 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 32:43 |
84 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 33:09 |
85 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | 33:20 |
86 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 33:45 |
87 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 34:31 |
88 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 34:34 |
89 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 34:38 |
90 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 34:39 |
91 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 36:18 |
92 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 36:27 |
93 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | 38:50 |
94 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 39:06 |
95 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 39:43 |
96 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 40:08 |
97 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 40:49 |
98 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | 42:58 |
99 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 43:23 |
100 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 44:04 |
101 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | 44:17 |
102 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 44:25 |
103 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 51:43 |
104 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 52:12 |
105 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | 56:22 |
106 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | 56:50 |
107 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 57:31 |
108 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:01:58 |
Saturday, February 19: Stage 4, Cullar Vega - Baza, 167.4 km
Wouter Poels enjoys the moment as he wins Ruta del Sol stage four. Photo: SprintCycling
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Weather at the finish city of Baza at 2:25 PM, local time: 12C (53F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is a 7%-16% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Wout Poels' Team Bahrain Victorious.
In a nail biting finale at the 68th Vuelta a Andalucia, Wout Poels outsprinted Alexey Lutsenko to get his first win of the season and take overall lead in the general classification.
A rather mild but windy Cúllar Vega greeted the teams as they started day four in a 167.4km journey to the small town of Baza located in Granada.
In the early phases, there was an aggressive attack by 15 riders, including four of our own – Haig, Caruso, Poels and Landa.
Teams such as UAE Emirates attempted to draw in the leadway group as we approached 110km to go, but the breakaway continued to maintain their distance whilst the race was still in its infancy.
Puerto de Biancares climb came and went and still, the four members of Bahrain Victorious maintained their position.
With just under 50km remaining, one rider dropped off as our four riders kept their position in the breakaway, holding a healthy three minute gap to the peloton.
As the riders descended down from Puerto de Gorfafe, the advantage stood at around three minutes – giving ever increasing confidence that we could push for the win today.
With over 15km to go, Poels pounced and took the lead ahead of the chasing pack with Lutsenko coming along as they both sensed victory.
The quest for glory continued as we came into the final two kilometres where Poels was ‘allowed’ to press ahead of Lutsenko. In the final moments as we advanced towards the finish line, it became a drag race between the two competitors, as we saw Poels use his power and drive to grab a fantastic but gruelling victory.
It leaves Poels sitting in first place in the general classification with a ten second lead.
Wout gave his thoughts after a brilliant win: “A nice but hard day! We had four riders up in the front the whole day and everyone worked perfectly together. In the final phase I still had good legs and followed when Lutsenko went, and in the sprint I could finish it off. Really happy with the win and another hard, last day tomorrow. So let’s see what we have left in the tank!”
Gorazd Stangelj, Sports Director added: “After an expected hard start, we got into a 14 riders breakaway with our four riders. Chasing was strong so also those in front needed to push hard and in the last 20kms there was a big fight for the stage and GC and actually we won everything! Now we have a big objective to defend GC in tomorrow’s stage!”
Complete results:
167.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.404 km/hr
1 | Wouter Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 3hr 56min 52sec |
2 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
3 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | @ 18sec |
4 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
5 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
6 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
7 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
8 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
9 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
10 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
11 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
12 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:22 |
13 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:00 |
14 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 6:32 |
15 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 7:00 |
16 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
17 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
18 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
19 | Raúl García | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
20 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
21 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
22 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
23 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
24 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
25 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
26 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
27 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
28 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
29 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
30 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
31 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
32 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
33 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
34 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
35 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:08 |
36 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
37 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
38 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
39 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
40 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
41 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
42 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
43 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
44 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
45 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
46 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 7:16 |
47 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:27 |
48 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | 7:31 |
49 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 17:50 |
50 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
51 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
52 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
53 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
54 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
55 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
56 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
57 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
58 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
59 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
60 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
61 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
62 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
63 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
64 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
65 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
66 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
67 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
68 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
69 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | s.t. |
70 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
71 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
72 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
73 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
74 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
75 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
76 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
77 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
78 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
79 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
80 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
81 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
82 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
83 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
84 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
85 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
86 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
87 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
88 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
89 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
90 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
91 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
92 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
93 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
94 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
95 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
96 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
97 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
98 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
99 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
100 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
101 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
102 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
103 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
104 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
105 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
106 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
107 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
108 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
109 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
110 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
111 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
112 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
113 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
GC after stage 4:
671.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.261 km/hr
1 | Wouter Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 17hr 6min 49sec |
2 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | @ 10sec |
3 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | 0:12 |
4 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
5 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
6 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
7 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:21 |
8 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
9 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:24 |
10 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:27 |
11 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:56 |
12 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:05 |
13 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 4:22 |
14 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 6:44 |
15 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 6:54 |
16 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
17 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
18 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 7:02 |
19 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:03 |
20 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:11 |
21 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 7:16 |
22 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 7:35 |
23 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:44 |
24 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
25 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 7:52 |
26 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7:59 |
27 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 8:14 |
28 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 8:51 |
29 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 8:57 |
30 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:14 |
31 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | 9:22 |
32 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 10:30 |
33 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 10:38 |
34 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:41 |
35 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 10:46 |
36 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 10:59 |
37 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 11:28 |
38 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 11:53 |
39 | Raúl García | Equipo Kern Pharma | 11:58 |
40 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 12:54 |
41 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 13:07 |
42 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 16:23 |
43 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 16:48 |
44 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18:09 |
45 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 18:29 |
46 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 18:32 |
47 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 18:34 |
48 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 18:39 |
49 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 18:42 |
50 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 19:00 |
51 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:11 |
52 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 19:13 |
53 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:15 |
54 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 19:17 |
55 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 19:22 |
56 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 19:34 |
57 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:36 |
58 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | 19:41 |
59 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | 20:10 |
60 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 20:12 |
61 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 20:18 |
62 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 20:31 |
63 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 21:05 |
64 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 21:17 |
65 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 21:26 |
66 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | 21:28 |
67 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 21:53 |
68 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | 22:18 |
69 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 22:32 |
70 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | 22:37 |
71 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 23:06 |
72 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 23:13 |
73 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 23:14 |
74 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 23:45 |
75 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 23:48 |
76 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 23:51 |
77 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 23:54 |
78 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 23:56 |
79 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 23:58 |
80 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 24:49 |
81 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 25:13 |
82 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | 25:29 |
83 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 25:43 |
84 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 26:17 |
85 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 27:38 |
86 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 28:12 |
87 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | 28:24 |
88 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 28:29 |
89 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 29:38 |
90 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 30:07 |
91 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 30:18 |
92 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 30:22 |
93 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 30:43 |
94 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 33:07 |
95 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 33:21 |
96 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | 33:45 |
97 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | 34:19 |
98 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 34:35 |
99 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 35:12 |
100 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 35:37 |
101 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 36:13 |
102 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 36:18 |
103 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | 36:26 |
104 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 36:34 |
105 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 38:20 |
106 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | 38:27 |
107 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 38:58 |
108 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 42:52 |
109 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | 43:08 |
110 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 44:17 |
111 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | 48:44 |
112 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 51:42 |
113 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | 52:19 |
Friday, February 18: Stage 3, Lucena - Otura, 153.2 km
Magnus Sheffield wins stage three. Getty Sports photo
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Weather at the finish city of Otura at 2:20 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast for the afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Magnus Sheffield's INEOS Grenadiers team.
Magnus Sheffield claimed the first professional victory of his career with a late breakaway win in Andalucia.
The 19-year-old American found himself at the head of the race as a select lead group entered the final kilometre. The Grenadier put his time trialing skills on full display as he powered clear, opening up a gap to win solo into Otura.
The opportunist move was a superb way to claim the win in his neo-pro season, with a strong finish made even better as fellow first-year pro Ben Turner sprinted to fourth.
The Grenadiers had ridden well on the run-in, placing numbers into the front selection as the race split. With 2.4km to go both Carlos Rodriguez and Jhonatan Narvaez were caught up in a crash. Both men were able to finish, and should retain their positions on GC due to the three kilometre rule.
Complete results:
153.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.179 km/hr
1 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 3hr 54min 37sec |
2 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
3 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
4 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
5 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
6 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
7 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
8 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
9 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
10 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
11 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
12 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
13 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
14 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
15 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
16 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
17 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
18 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
19 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
20 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
21 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
22 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
23 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | @ 38sec |
24 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
25 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
26 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
27 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
28 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
29 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
30 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
31 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
32 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
33 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
34 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
35 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
36 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
37 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
38 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
39 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
40 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
41 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
42 | Luis Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
43 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
44 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
45 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
46 | José Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
47 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
48 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
49 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
50 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
51 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
52 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
53 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
54 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
55 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
56 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
57 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
58 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 0:49 |
59 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
60 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
61 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
62 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 0:56 |
63 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:17 |
64 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:24 |
65 | Raúl García | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:26 |
66 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:30 |
67 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:53 |
68 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
69 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:32 |
70 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
71 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
72 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 2:36 |
73 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
74 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
75 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
76 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
77 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | @ 3sec |
78 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 2:36 |
79 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
80 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
81 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 3sec |
82 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 3sec |
83 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:45 |
84 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
85 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | s.t. |
86 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
87 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
88 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
89 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
90 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
91 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
92 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:48 |
93 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 2:51 |
94 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
95 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
96 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:54 |
97 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
98 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:06 |
99 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:07 |
100 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
101 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 3:10 |
102 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
103 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 3:39 |
104 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:43 |
105 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:12 |
106 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
107 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
108 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
109 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
110 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
111 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
112 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
113 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
114 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | s.t. |
115 | Nurbergen Nurlykhassym | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
116 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
117 | Julen Amezqueta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
118 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
119 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
120 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
121 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
122 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 12:23 |
GC after stage 3:
504.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.332 km/hr.
1 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 13hr 9min 41sec |
2 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | @ 8sec |
3 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:10 |
4 | Dries Devenyns | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
5 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
6 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
7 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
8 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
9 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
10 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
11 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 0:16 |
12 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:19 |
13 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:19 |
14 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
15 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
16 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:21 |
17 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:25 |
18 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 0:32 |
19 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:35 |
20 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:40 |
21 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:50 |
22 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 0:51 |
23 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:52 |
24 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:55 |
25 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:58 |
26 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:00 |
27 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
28 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
29 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 1:05 |
30 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:15 |
31 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:26 |
32 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:30 |
33 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
34 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:37 |
35 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:39 |
36 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:41 |
37 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:43 |
38 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:48 |
39 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 1:57 |
40 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:00 |
41 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:02 |
42 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | 2:07 |
43 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
44 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
45 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:30 |
46 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | 2:38 |
47 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:57 |
48 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 3:31 |
49 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:38 |
50 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 3:43 |
51 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:49 |
52 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:52 |
53 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | 3:54 |
54 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
55 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:15 |
56 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:19 |
57 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 4:20 |
58 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 4:30 |
59 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 4:44 |
60 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
61 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 4:58 |
62 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:01 |
63 | Adria Moreno | Burgos-BH | 5:03 |
64 | Raúl García | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:14 |
65 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5:15 |
66 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 5:32 |
67 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 5:39 |
68 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 5:40 |
69 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:56 |
70 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 6:02 |
71 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 6:11 |
72 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 6:14 |
73 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:17 |
74 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 6:20 |
75 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:22 |
76 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 6:24 |
77 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:15 |
78 | Jannik Steimle | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 7:39 |
79 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | 7:55 |
80 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 8:09 |
81 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 8:43 |
82 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 9:31 |
83 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 9:40 |
84 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 9:56 |
85 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 10:04 |
86 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 10:38 |
87 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | 10:50 |
88 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 11:50 |
89 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 12:04 |
90 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 12:33 |
91 | Julen Amezqueta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 12:38 |
92 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 12:44 |
93 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 13:09 |
94 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | 13:26 |
95 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 13:34 |
96 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 15:33 |
97 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 15:47 |
98 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | 16:11 |
99 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | 16:45 |
100 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 17:01 |
101 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 17:38 |
102 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 18:03 |
103 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 18:39 |
104 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 18:44 |
105 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | 18:52 |
106 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 19:00 |
107 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 20:46 |
108 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | 20:53 |
109 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 21:01 |
110 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 21:24 |
111 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 21:45 |
112 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 23:38 |
113 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 25:18 |
114 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | 25:34 |
115 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Fenix | 25:51 |
116 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 26:43 |
117 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 29:26 |
118 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Fenix | 31:08 |
119 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | 31:10 |
120 | Nurbergen Nurlykhassym | Astana Qazaqstan | 33:06 |
121 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 34:08 |
122 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | 34:45 |
Thursday, February 17: Stage 2, Archidona - Alcala La Real, 150.6 km
Alessandro Covi takes stage two and the GC lead. That's Miguel Lopez in the Astana jersey chasing him. Sirotti photo
Bill and Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, Vol 2: 1976 - 2018 is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.
Weather at the finish city of Alcala La Real at 1:50 PM, local time: 18C (64F), sunny, with the wnd from the east at 2 km/hr (1 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Alessandro Covi's UAE Team Emirates.
Alessandro Covi continued his impressive start to the season with a gutsy victory in Stage 2 of the Vuelta Andalucia from Archidona to Alcala de La Real (150.6km).
The 23-year old struck-out in the closing metres on the short but steep final kilometre which had sections of up to 25%, holding onto his lead to take not only the stage but the leaders yellow jersey.
Wout Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) was the first of the lead group to hit-out with 600m to go with Covi latching onto his wheel before powering past the Dutchman and establishing a narrow but important lead over his rivals. Despite an intense battle behind nobody could make contact with the attack of the young talent.
The win for Covi marks his second triumph of the season after a well carved-out move which saw him win the Vuelta Murcia last week. He underscored that form yesterday when he won the bunch gallop for 7th place behind the breakaway on Stage 1.
Covi: “ In the last kilometre I followed the move of Poels and when I saw him slowing up a bit I saw my moment to strike. I suffered a lot in the last few metres but I’m so happy to be able to take this win for the team, and repay their hard work. I’m in a good bit of form at the moment : I worked hard over the winter and managed to lose a bit of weight and I’m just making the most of the good legs I have at the moment and enjoying my cycling. I have the yellow jersey now which is exciting, and I know it will be hard to defend but I’m just going to keep trying hard and take it day by day.”
The Vuelta Andalucia continues tomorrow with a hilly Stage 3 from Lucena to Otura (153.2km) where Covi will wear his first yellow jersey as a professional rider.
Stage 2 complete results:
150.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.004 km/hr
1 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 3hr 57min 46sec |
2 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | @ 2sec |
3 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 0:04 |
4 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
5 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
6 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
7 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
8 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
9 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
10 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
11 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 0:10 |
12 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
13 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
14 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:13 |
15 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
16 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
17 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
18 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
19 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:17 |
20 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:19 |
21 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
22 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
23 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
24 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
25 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
26 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
27 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
28 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:26 |
29 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:32 |
30 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:34 |
31 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
32 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
33 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:36 |
34 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:37 |
35 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
36 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:39 |
37 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
38 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
39 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:42 |
40 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 0:43 |
41 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
42 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
43 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 0:46 |
44 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:49 |
45 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
46 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
47 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
48 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 0:56 |
49 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:06 |
50 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
51 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:26 |
52 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | 1:26 |
53 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
54 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
55 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
56 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:28 |
57 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
58 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
59 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
60 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
61 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:32 |
62 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 1:43 |
63 | Adria Moreno Sala | Burgos-BH | 1:47 |
64 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:10 |
65 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 2:12 |
66 | Benjamin King | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
67 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
68 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:14 |
69 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
70 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
71 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:17 |
72 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 2:18 |
73 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
74 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
75 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:22 |
76 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
77 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 2:24 |
78 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
79 | Raúl García | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
80 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:27 |
81 | Nikolay Cherkasov | Gazprom-RusVelo | 2:30 |
82 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
83 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:37 |
84 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:47 |
85 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 3:02 |
86 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
87 | Mikkel Honore | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 3:05 |
88 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
89 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:25 |
90 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 3:30 |
91 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | 3:45 |
92 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:06 |
93 | Jannik Steimle | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 4:11 |
94 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:21 |
95 | Julen Amezqueta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:27 |
96 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:57 |
97 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 5:34 |
98 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:41 |
99 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
100 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | 6:28 |
101 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 6:29 |
102 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
103 | Stephen Bassett | Human Powered Health | 6:41 |
104 | Alessandro Fedeli | Gazprom-RusVelo | 6:49 |
105 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:24 |
106 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 7:28 |
107 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
108 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 7:37 |
109 | Chad Haga | Human Powered Health | 7:59 |
110 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | 9:28 |
111 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
112 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
113 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 9:33 |
114 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | 9:53 |
115 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | 9:54 |
116 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 9:54 |
117 | Gavin Mannion | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
118 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
119 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
120 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 10:01 |
121 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 10:05 |
122 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Fenix | 11:55 |
123 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
124 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:57 |
125 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
126 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
127 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11:59 |
128 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 12:00 |
129 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 12:02 |
130 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 12:04 |
131 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | 12:36 |
132 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 13:53 |
133 | Nurbergen Nurlykhassym | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
134 | Juraj Sagan | TotalEnergies | 18:34 |
GC after stage 2:
351.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.977 km/hr
1 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 9hr 15min 1sec |
2 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | @ 5sec |
3 | Miguel López | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:08 |
4 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 0:10 |
5 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
6 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
7 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
8 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
9 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
10 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
11 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
12 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 0:16 |
13 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
14 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
15 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:19 |
16 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
17 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
18 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
19 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:20 |
20 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
21 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:23 |
22 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 0:25 |
23 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
24 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
25 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
26 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
27 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 0:30 |
28 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:32 |
29 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
30 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:35 |
31 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:40 |
32 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
33 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:45 |
34 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:51 |
35 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:55 |
36 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
37 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
38 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:02 |
39 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:04 |
40 | Jose Diaz | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:06 |
41 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:08 |
42 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | 1:12 |
43 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 1:13 |
44 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 1:22 |
45 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:25 |
46 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:27 |
47 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | 1:32 |
48 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
49 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
50 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
51 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 1:42 |
52 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
53 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 2:02 |
54 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:11 |
55 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
56 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 2:16 |
57 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:30 |
58 | Adria Sala | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
59 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:31 |
60 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 2:46 |
61 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:53 |
62 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:54 |
63 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 2:56 |
64 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 2:57 |
65 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | 3:01 |
66 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:06 |
67 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 3:07 |
68 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | 3:20 |
69 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:29 |
70 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 3:42 |
71 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:44 |
72 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:49 |
73 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:51 |
74 | Raúl García | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
75 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:01 |
76 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | 5:04 |
77 | Julen Amezqueta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 5:29 |
78 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 5:36 |
79 | Mikkel Honore | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 5:39 |
80 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:42 |
81 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 5:47 |
82 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:00 |
83 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | 6:10 |
84 | Stephen Bassett | Human Powered Health | 6:12 |
85 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:24 |
86 | Jannik Steimle | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 6:25 |
87 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:40 |
88 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 7:13 |
89 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | 7:20 |
90 | Benjamin King | Human Powered Health | 7:23 |
91 | Florian Sénéchal | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 7:34 |
92 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 8:41 |
93 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 9:05 |
94 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 9:21 |
95 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 9:35 |
96 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 9:52 |
97 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | 10:02 |
98 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 10:03 |
99 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 10:04 |
100 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
101 | David González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:29 |
102 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:54 |
103 | Gavin Mannion | Human Powered Health | 11:03 |
104 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 11:35 |
105 | Chad Haga | Human Powered Health | 12:09 |
106 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 12:11 |
107 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | 12:51 |
108 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 12:59 |
109 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 13:00 |
110 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | 13:29 |
111 | Alessandro Fedeli | Gazprom-RusVelo | 13:30 |
112 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | 14:03 |
113 | Nikolay Cherkasov | Gazprom-RusVelo | 14:34 |
114 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 14:36 |
115 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | 15:12 |
116 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 15:51 |
117 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 15:56 |
118 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 16:29 |
119 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 17:15 |
120 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 17:39 |
121 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | 18:20 |
122 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:25 |
123 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 18:42 |
124 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Fenix | 18:42 |
125 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 22:14 |
126 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 22:17 |
127 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Fenix | 23:59 |
128 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | 24:01 |
129 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
130 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 25:56 |
131 | Nurbergen Nurlykhassym | Astana Qazaqstan | 25:57 |
132 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 26:59 |
133 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | 27:36 |
134 | Juraj Sagan | TotalEnergies | 30:38 |
Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
A castle on top of a hill says these lands have been fought over for many centuries.
UAE Team Emirates flogging away at the front. I think that's Matteo Trentin in the lead.
The peloton crosses a river.
Alessandro Covi wins the stage.
Overnight race leader Rune Herregodts in his last moments in the leader's jersey.
Alessandro Covi will start stage three in the GC leader's yellow jersey.
Wednesday, February 16: Stage 1, Ubrique - Iznájar, 200.7 km
Rune Herregots takes the first stage. Sirotti picture
Bill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, Vol 1: 1903 - 1975 is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.
Weather at the finish city of Iznájar at 2:00 PM, local time: 18C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the stage one summary from Team Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl.
The 68th edition of the Spanish race got underway Wednesday with the longest stage of the week, 200.7 kilometers from Ubrique to Iznajar. On the menu, three classified climbs – Puerto de el Boyar, Puerto de Algamitas and Alto La Parilla – but this demanding course didn’t stop eight riders from breaking away right after the start and put a stunning 15 minutes between them and a peloton which began reacting way too late to really have a chance of fighting for victory.
On the last ascent, a 7.8km one averaging 3.3%, all that the chasers could do was reduce the gap to two minutes, but despite the punchy finish awaiting outside Iznajar, it was enough of a buffer for the escapees to battle for the win and the race’s first leader’s jersey, which went to Rune Herregodts (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise).
Behind them, with around 800 meters to go, Zdenek Stybar attacked and stretched out the field. Racing for the first time this season, the experienced Czech opened a small gap but his valiant action was a short-lived one, as the peloton raised the tempo and caught him. The group arrived more than half a minute behind the winner, and our young Belgian Mauri Vansevenant finished in 13th position – a result that augurs well ahead of the next stages.
Complete results & GC:
200.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.019 km/hr
1 | Rune Herregodts | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5hr 16min 44sec |
2 | Stephen Bassett | Human Powered Health | @ 2sec |
3 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
4 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:12 |
5 | Lindsay De Vylder | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:15 |
6 | Mark Christian | EOLO-Kometa | 0:18 |
7 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:31 |
8 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | 0:37 |
9 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
10 | Benoit Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
11 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
12 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
13 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
14 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
15 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
16 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
17 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
18 | Cristian Rodriguez | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
19 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
20 | Jefferson Cepeda | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
21 | Florian Senechal | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
22 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
23 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
24 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
25 | Sergio Martin | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
26 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
27 | Miguel Lopez | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
28 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
29 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
30 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
31 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
32 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
33 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
34 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
35 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
36 | Gotzon Martin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
37 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
38 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
39 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
40 | Floris De Tier | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:47 |
41 | Ibai Azurmendi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
42 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
43 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
44 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 0:50 |
45 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
46 | Jon Barrenetxea | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
47 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
48 | Luis Angel Mate | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
49 | Orluis Aular | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:52 |
50 | Antonio Soto | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
51 | Andres Ardila | UAE Team Emirates | 0:54 |
52 | Jose Diaz | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
53 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:01 |
54 | Jon Agirre | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:02 |
55 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 1:05 |
56 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Soudal | 1:07 |
57 | Kamil Malecki | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
58 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
59 | Dries van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
60 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
61 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
62 | Ward Vanhoof | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
63 | Hector Carretero | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
64 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
65 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:14 |
66 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
67 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
68 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
69 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
70 | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar | s.t. |
71 | Adria Moreno Sala | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
72 | Filippo Conca | Lotto Soudal | 1:26 |
73 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:33 |
74 | Daniel Navarro | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
75 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
76 | Julen Amezqueta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
77 | Gavin Mannion | Human Powered Health | 1:40 |
78 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:43 |
79 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 1:58 |
80 | Raul García | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
81 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 2:01 |
82 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:03 |
83 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:08 |
84 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:09 |
85 | Pieter Serry | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 2:45 |
86 | Jannik Steimle | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
87 | Mikkel Honore | Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl | 3:05 |
88 | Alvaro Cuadros | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
89 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
90 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
91 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
92 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
93 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:23 |
94 | Robbe Ghys | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:37 |
95 | Jenno Berckmoes | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
96 | Jan Bakelants | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | @ 37sec |
97 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:05 |
98 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:06 |
99 | Niccolo Bonifazio | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
100 | Juan Lopez-Cozar | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
101 | Imanol Erviti | Movistar | 4:41 |
102 | Luke Durbridge | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
103 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
104 | Chad Haga | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
105 | Nick Schultz | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:42 |
106 | Benjamin King | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
107 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
108 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 6:54 |
109 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
110 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
111 | Alejandro Ropero | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
112 | David Gonzalez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
113 | Jimmy Janssens | Alpecin-Fenix | 7:12 |
114 | Alessandro Fedeli | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
115 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 7:59 |
116 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 8:26 |
117 | Vojtech Repa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 9:03 |
118 | Ayco Bastiaens | Alpecin-Fenix | 9:19 |
119 | Kamiel Bonneu | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
120 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 9:23 |
121 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 10:46 |
122 | Matteo Fabbro | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
123 | Sander De Pestel | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 10:48 |
124 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 12:34 |
125 | Nikolay Cherkasov | Gazprom-RusVelo | 12:35 |
126 | Felipe Orts Lloret | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
127 | Nurbergen Nurlykhassym | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
128 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
129 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
130 | Juraj Sagan | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
131 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
132 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 12:44 |
133 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
134 | Mikel Iturria | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 15:31 |
135 | Juri Hollmann | Movistar | s.t. |
136 | Cameron Wurf | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
The peloton rides through an Andalucian city.
The peloton riding through the Andalucian countryside.
Greg van Avermaet
Cesare Benedetti of Bora-hansgrohe doing his share of the work,
Simon Yates finished 11th.
Gonzalo Serrano (left) and Matteo Trentin finsihed 8th & 9th.
Rune Herregodts wins the stage.
Rune Herregodts will start stage two in the GC leader's yellow jersey.