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2022 Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (2.Pro), Spain.

68th edition: February 16 - 20, 2022
Complete results

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:

Final GC leader: Wouter Poels (Bahrain Merida)
Mountains classification winner: Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Points classification winner: Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates)
Team classification winner: Astana Qazaqstan Team

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

Bill and Carol McGann's book The Story of the Giro d'Italia, A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy, Vol 1: 1909 - 1970 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 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

Stage 2 photos

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.

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Stage 2 complete results:

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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.

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Wednesday, February 16: Stage 1, Ubrique - Iznájar, 200.7 km

Stage 1 photos

Rune Herregots takes the first stage. Sirotti picture

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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:

Photos

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.