2021 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.Pro)

72nd edition: April 14 - 18, 2021

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana podium history | 2020 edition | 2022 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, April 18: 5th & final stage, Paterna - Valencia, 95.5 km

Arnaud Démare takes the final stage.

Weather at the finish city of Valencia at 1:50 PM, local time: 10C (49F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud Démare's & GC winner Stefan Küng's Team Groupama-FDJ:

In the 2021 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, the Groupama-FDJ cycling team stood head and shoulders above their rivals. On the fifth and final day of racing, on Sunday, the team not only secured the overall victory with Stefan Küng, but they also secured a fourth stage win thanks to Arnaud Démare in the sprint. The two national champions and their teammates therefore left Valencia with no less than five wins in their bags. An almost perfect performance.

A rather special stage was set to conclude the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana this Sunday. It was not only a short one (90 kilometers). It also started quite late, after 4pm. In this final day of racing, there were obviously two major goals: to keep the yellow jersey of Stefan Küng and to win the stage with Arnaud Démare. In order to do so, the team first had to control the breakaway, made up of Abner Gonzalez (Movistar), Maxim Cam (B&B Hotels), Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Julien Van der Brande (Tarteletto-Isorex) and Paul Wright (Mg.k Vis VPM) today. “We said from the start that we didn’t want to gamble today, because we really wanted to win with Arnaud,” said Stefan Küng. “So the two youngsters controlled the break well.”

The usual members of the Conti, Alexandre Balmer and Antoine Raugel, then pulled the bunch until the last ten kilometers. “This is what we planned, what we hoped for, and they did it perfectly,” said Thierry Bricaud. “It was a short and intense stage, and they managed it well. They also got good advice from their experienced teammates”. On Sunday, the massive sprint was therefore never in doubt. “We had studied the course, everyone had done a recon of the final and we knew what to expect,” added Thierry. “For the GC, we weren’t particularly worried. We just had to not take unnecessary risks. We were quite relaxed, but still focused”.

With about five kilometres to go, the Groupama-FDJ lead-out train started to get on track, this time with Miles Scotson in front of Stefan Küng. “We had simply changed positions to be sure that I did not suffer from any split in the final,” said the Swiss man. “Then we had a plan for the sprint and we executed it to perfection. We were able to deliver Arnaud in the best conditions”. The Swiss champion, wearing the yellow jersey, took the reins at the flamme rouge and this was then up to Ramon Sinkeldam and Jacopo Guarnieri to lead-out the French sprinter into the last 150 meters. “The sprint went exactly as we expected,” Thierry said. “The light headwind bothered us a bit, and it would have been even smoother without it, but it still went well”.

On the line, the French champion therefore conquered his second win of the week, his third of the season. “There has been real teamwork all week, and we proved it again today with a great lead-out and with the youngsters doing a great job controlling the breakaway,” said Arnaud. “It’s great to finish like this, moreover with the overall for Stefan. It was a great week, we had fun and we gained confidence. Personally, it feels good that I’ve been able to raise my arms three times in the past two weeks”.

With four stage victories, the general classification, the points classification, and ninth place overall for Miles Scotson, Thierry Bricaud could only give an excellent balance for the past week. “Honestly, we didn’t come here expecting to bring back so many victories,” he said. “It’s almost a grand slam, but having won with three different riders is what I like the most. The WorldTeam-Conti mix also makes it more fun, and the youngsters were able to discover the upper step. It was also a very useful race for Arnaud’s group, who hadn’t really had the chance to really set up in a sprint since the Giro. The field was not the most competitive one here, but they were able to finally execute the lead-out properly and take their habits back. They’ve tried twice, they’ve won twice. They’re taking their confidence back and that’s great for the future”. “It was a great week,” added Stefan Küng, a winner for a second time this season thanks to his overall victory. “Everything was perfect and that gives confidence for the future. I will personally follow up with the Tour de Romandie, trying to keep the momentum. I feel very good, and I will build on that and on the confidence I gained here to do the best I can in Romandie”.

At the end of this week of racing, the Groupama-FDJ cycling team has therefore raised its account to eight wins in 2021. “Victory calls for victory, and that takes a weight off everyone’s mind,” concluded Thierry Bricaud. “It gives everyone confidence and makes everyone want to get results. We’ve been looking for that momentum a bit since the start of the season. It’s going well right now, so let’s enjoy it!”

Complete results:

95.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.220 km/hr

1	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	1hr 56min 25sec
2	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
3	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
4	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
6	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
8	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
9	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
11	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
12	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
13	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Alfdan De Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
15	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
16	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
17	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
18	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
22	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
24	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
25	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	s.t.
28	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
29	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
31	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
32	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
33	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
35	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
36	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
38	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
40	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	s.t.
41	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
42	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	s.t.
43	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
44	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	s.t.
46	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
48	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	s.t.
52	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
54	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
55	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
57	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
58	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
59	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
63	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
64	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	s.t.
66	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
67	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
71	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
74	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
75	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
77	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
79	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
80	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
82	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
83	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
84	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
86	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
87	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
88	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
90	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
91	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
92	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
93	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
95	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
96	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
98	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
101	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
102	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	s.t.
105	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	@ 22sec
106	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
107	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	0:25

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification winner: Ibon Ruiz (Kern Pharma)
• Points classification winner: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Victor Lafay (Cofidis)
• Team Classification winner: Movistar

608.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.050 km/hr

1	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	14hr 49min 50sec
2	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	@ 6sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
4	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	0:45
5	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	1:01
6	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:37
7	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	1:53
8	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	2:03
9	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	2:26
10	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	2:43
11	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	2:47
12	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	2:58
13	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:11
14	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	3:20
15	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:30
16	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	3:46
17	Juan Alba	Movistar	4:15
18	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:36
19	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	4:41
20	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
21	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	4:52
22	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	5:15
23	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	5:39
24	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	5:45
25	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	5:55
26	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	6:39
27	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	7:02
28	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:45
29	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:20
30	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	8:32
31	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	9:09
32	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	9:11
33	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	9:39
34	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	10:52
35	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:19
36	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:43
37	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	12:45
38	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	13:46
39	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	14:04
40	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	14:27
41	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	14:54
42	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	15:13
43	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	15:37
44	Jose Rojas	Movistar	15:59
45	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	16:00
46	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	16:51
47	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	17:56
48	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	17:58
49	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	18:04
50	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	18:08
51	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	18:20
52	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	18:25
54	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	18:27
55	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	18:33
56	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	18:41
57	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	19:02
58	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	19:30
59	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	19:53
60	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	20:01
61	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:28
62	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	20:44
63	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	20:47
65	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:32
66	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	21:32
67	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:36
68	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	23:27
69	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	24:25
70	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	26:05
71	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	28:04
72	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	29:23
73	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	29:30
74	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	30:42
75	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:37
76	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	33:00
77	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	36:19
78	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	37:26
79	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	39:10
80	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	39:24
81	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	39:31
82	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	39:36
83	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	40:04
84	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	40:50
85	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	41:59
86	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	43:57
87	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:03
88	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	44:32
89	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	45:08
90	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	45:09
91	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	45:13
92	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	45:41
93	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	46:22
94	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	46:29
95	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	46:32
96	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	46:43
97	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:01
98	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:10
99	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	47:19
100	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:56
101	Alfdan De Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:57
102	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	48:03
103	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	48:43
104	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	48:47
105	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	51:26
106	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	53:43
107	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	54:39

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Saturday, April 17: Stage 4, Xilxes - Playa Almenara 14.3 km individual time trial.

Stefan Küng on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead.

Weather at the finish at Almenara at 1:50 PM, local time: 15C (59F), cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Stefan Küng's Team Groupama-FDJ:

Groupama-FDJ’s week in Valence just keeps getting better. In Saturday’s time trial, Stefan Küng brought the third victory of the team in the race, which is also the first one for him this season. On his terrain, the European champion clearly dominated the event and even took the opportunity to grab the yellow jersey. Miles Scotson and Arnaud Démare, the other winners this week, also made it in the day’s top-5, as the event is set to come to an end on Sunday with another opportunity for the French champion.

At the start of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana’s individual time trial, designed over fourteen kilometers between Xilves and Playa Almenara, Stefan Küng surely was the man to beat. European and Swiss champion, a bronze medallist at the Worlds and second in that event on Tirreno-Adriatico, the Swiss rider indeed had a pedigree to show for his status. “We have to be honest,” said Thierry Bricaud. “We really were hoping to win the stage with Stefan”. Seventh overall this morning, the Swiss man was therefore supposed to be among the last ones to leave the start area. Much earlier though, Arnaud Démare already set a very interesting time, which actually allowed him to sit in the hot seat for about an hour. Thibault Guernalec then came to steal the best time from him, and Miles Scotson only failed for a second to the young Frenchman a little later. Eventually, as the European champion was about to start, two Groupama-FDJ’s riders were already on the provisional stage’s podium.

“I felt very confident considering how I had been going in the previous days,” Stefan explained. “I knew I was able to win on my terrain. However, I still needed to execute and everything was done perfectly. As usual, the bike was prepared like a rocket. The staff did their part and then it was up to me to let the legs do the talking. The time trial was mainly headwind. It was an advantage for me because it made it more difficult and I was able to make the difference as a pure specialist. I did my best and I’m happy with my performance”. Stefan Küng first got to the intermediate point with a large lead and then set the fastest time for 40 seconds when he got to the line. Only Nelson Oliveira managed to enter the fight for the stage win, but the Portuguese eventually lost 11 seconds. “The final result seems easy and logical”, summed up Thierry. “However, if you look closely, Oliveira is not that far. It came down to little details, and in the end, they were on our side. It is very good”. Although the victory was quite expected in the time trial, the battle for the yellow jersey was set to be much tighter.

“I wanted to give the maximum because I knew that by doing a good time, the GC win was still doable,” said Stefan Küng. After eight kilometers, the Swiss had only recovered twenty-one out of the fifty-one seconds needed on Enric Mas. However, things started to look good for the Swiss rider in the second part of the race, where the Spaniard seemed to struggle before he even suffered a flat tire in the dying moments. “At the flamme rouge, Mas had already lost the jersey, and it looks like he punctured after”, added Thierry. “It wouldn’t have changed anything. We are sure that Stefan has taken the jersey with the legs. It’s a shame for Mas, but it did not change anything”. “Right after the intermediate point, I saw on TV that he was starting to struggle,” Stefan said. “Maybe he started too hard. I would have preferred to take the jersey from him without something happening to him, but that’s sport and I’m happy to be in yellow.” A winner for the first time this year, the Swiss rider is also now sitting in first place overall, six seconds ahead of Nelson Oliveira, and thirty-six ahead of Enric Mas.

As for the icing on the cake on Saturday, Miles Scotson (4th) and Arnaud Démare (5th) were also able to enter the final top 5 in the time trial. “The team performance shows that we are doing very well with the equipment and the preparation, and that we know how to execute everything on D-Day,” said Küng. “When a rider wins and his teammates are far away, you can put it down to the rider’s talent. When you have a team performance like today, it’s just proof that the job done by the team is paying off. It’s really nice and I really have the feeling that we have passed a milestone with this new bike”. “It’s always good to do the TT seriously, otherwise you lose the habit of doing it,” added Thierry. “The team works a lot in this area, with the coaches and on the equipment. Everyone is involved and wants to do things well, riders and staff, so it’s good to have some results to show for it in the races”.

On the eve of the last, very short stage (91 km), Groupama-FDJ already got three stage wins, the yellow jersey and also another man in the GC’s top-10 with Miles Scotson (9th). “Our expectations are obviously really met at the moment, but we are not going to stop here”, said Thierry Bricaud. “Knowing the riders, they have only one thing in mind for tomorrow: keep the jersey and go for the sprint. We will do everything to finish the week in style”. “If I had been told at the start of the race that I would be in yellow after the time trial, I would have laughed”, concluded Stefan. “But this is sport, anything is possible! You always have to believe in your chances. We now want to offer Arnaud a last sprint and we have a very good lead-out train to help him. To finish with another victory and the yellow jersey would be perfect for the team”.

Complete results:

14.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.963 km/hr

1	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	16min 12sec
2	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	@ 11sec
3	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	0:40
4	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	0:41
5	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	1:03
6	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	1:08
7	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	1:09
8	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:12
9	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:13
10	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	1:14
11	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:17
12	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	1:18
13	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	1:21
14	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	1:26
15	Enric Mas	Movistar	1:27
16	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:28
17	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	1:34
18	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	1:35
19	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	1:36
20	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	1:38
21	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	s.t.
22	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	1:39
23	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	1:41
24	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	1:43
25	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	1:44
26	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	1:45
27	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:46
28	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	1:51
29	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:54
30	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	1:55
31	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
33	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	1:57
34	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	1:59
35	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	2:00
38	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	2:01
39	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	2:02
41	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	2:03
43	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	2:07
46	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	2:08
47	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	2:09
48	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	2:10
49	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	2:13
50	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:14
51	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	2:20
52	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
53	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	2:21
54	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
55	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:23
56	Giodo Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
57	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:24
58	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	2:25
59	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:26
60	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	2:27
61	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	2:29
62	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	2:30
63	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	2:34
64	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:39
65	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	2:41
66	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
67	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	2:42
69	Juan Alba	Movistar	2:44
70	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
71	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	2:46
72	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	2:47
73	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
74	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	2:56
75	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
77	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	2:57
78	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
79	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	3:00
80	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	3:01
81	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	3:02
83	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:05
84	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:08
85	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
86	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	3:10
87	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	3:18
88	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
89	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	3:19
90	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	3:20
91	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:24
92	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:29
93	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	3:32
94	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	3:33
95	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
96	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	3:46
97	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
98	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:47
99	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	3:52
100	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	3:55
101	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	3:56
102	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	4:17
103	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
104	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:22
105	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	4:23
106	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:24
107	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	4:25
108	Alfdan de Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	4:38

GC after stage 4:

513.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.821 km/hr

1	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	12hr 53min 25sec
2	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	@ 6sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:36
4	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	0:45
5	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	1:01
6	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:37
7	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	1:53
8	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	2:03
9	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	2:26
10	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	2:43
11	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	2:47
12	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	2:58
13	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:11
14	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	3:22
15	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:30
16	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	3:46
17	Juan Alba	Movistar	4:15
18	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:36
19	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	4:41
20	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
21	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	4:52
22	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	5:15
23	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	5:39
24	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	5:45
25	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	5:55
26	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	6:39
27	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	7:02
28	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:45
29	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:20
30	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	8:32
31	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	9:09
32	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	9:11
33	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	9:39
34	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	10:52
35	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:19
36	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:43
37	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	12:45
38	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	13:46
39	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	14:04
40	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	14:27
41	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	14:54
42	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	15:13
43	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	15:41
44	Jose Rojas	Movistar	15:59
45	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	16:00
46	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	16:51
47	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	17:42
48	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	17:56
49	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	17:58
50	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	18:08
51	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	18:20
52	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	18:20
53	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	18:27
54	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	18:28
55	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	18:33
56	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	18:41
57	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	19:02
58	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	19:30
59	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	19:53
60	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	20:01
61	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:28
62	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	20:44
63	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	20:47
65	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	21:07
66	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:32
67	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:33
68	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	22:42
69	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	23:27
70	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	24:25
71	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	26:05
72	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	28:04
73	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	29:30
74	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	30:42
75	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:37
76	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	33:00
77	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	36:19
78	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	37:26
79	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	39:10
80	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	39:24
81	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	39:31
82	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	39:36
83	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	40:04
84	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	40:50
85	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	41:59
87	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:03
88	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	44:07
89	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	44:10
90	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	45:08
91	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	45:09
92	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	45:13
93	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	45:41
94	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	46:22
95	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	46:29
96	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	46:32
97	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	46:43
98	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:01
99	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:10
100	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	47:19
101	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:56
102	Alfdan de Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	47:57
103	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	48:03
104	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	48:43
105	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	48:47
106	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	51:26
107	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	53:43
108	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	54:39

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Friday, April 16: Stage 3, Torrent - Dos Aguas (Alto de la Reina), 160.5 km

Enric Mas takes the 2021 Valencia Tour's queen stage. Photo: Gomez Sport

Weather at the finish city of Dos Aguas at 2:00 PM, local time: 14C (57F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 20% of rain at 3:00, climbing to 80% at 5:00

The race: Here is the report from winner Enric Mas' Team movistar.

It finally came – Enric Mas’ first victory for the Movistar Team, a success long deserved with his consistency over the biggest stage races in the world, arrived on Wednesday as he took honours in the Queen stage of the 2021 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2021, from Torrent to Dos Aguas.

The Mallorca native had excellent support from his six team-mates, initially going on the move -Erviti, Rojas and Abner González involved in the flurry of unsuccessful attacks in the first half of the race-; later controlled the pack, with Imanol as well as Sebastián Mora; and prepared Enric’s move at the GPM of Otonel, picking up the pace with Abner and Juan Diego Alba before Mas surged with about 30km to go.

Enric, supported by a sensational Nelson Oliveira -7th at the finish-, was able to leave behind race leader Miles Scotson (GFC) and later, at the finishing, Cat-2 climb Alto de la Reina, take the better from another big rival, Stefan Küng (GFC), to end up winning ahead of Frenchmen Victor Lafay (COF) and Elie Gesbert (ARK).

Complete results:

160.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.247 km/hr

1	Enric Mas	Movistar	4hr 11min 47sec
2	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	@ 2sec
3	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	0:08
4	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:29
5	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:31
6	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
7	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:35
8	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	0:38
9	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:33
11	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:35
12	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	2:05
13	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:09
16	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
17	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	2:11
18	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
19	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	2:14
20	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	2:18
22	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
23	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:22
24	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	2:40
25	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	3:01
26	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
27	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	3:47
28	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	4:38
29	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
30	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
31	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:03
33	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	5:10
34	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	5:15
35	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	5:56
36	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	6:18
37	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	7:39
38	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	8:41
39	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:19
41	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	11:25
42	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
43	Jose Rojas	Movistar	12:45
44	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
47	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
48	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	s.t.
52	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
55	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	14:08
56	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	15:33
57	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	16:09
58	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
59	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
61	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	s.t.
62	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
63	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
65	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
66	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	s.t.
70	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	16:40
73	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	16:53
74	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:47
75	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	20:53
76	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	22:02
79	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	24:03
80	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:37
81	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	26:27
82	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
84	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
85	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
86	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
88	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
89	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
90	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
91	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
92	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Felipe Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
95	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
98	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
99	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
100	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
101	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
102	Julien van Den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
103	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
104	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	26:32
106	Alfdan De Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
107	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	28:09
108	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	32:10

GC after stage 3:

499.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.584 km/hr

1	Enric Mas	Movistar	12hr 36min 22sec
2	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	@ 8sec
3	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	0:17
4	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:42
5	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	0:44
6	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:46
7	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
8	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:48
10	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:55
11	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	2:18
12	Juan Alba	Movistar	2:22
13	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	2:24
15	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	2:26
16	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	2:27
17	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	2:31
18	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
19	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	2:36
20	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	3:29
21	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	4:00
22	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	4:22
23	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	4:25
24	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	4:45
25	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	4:51
26	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	4:58
27	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	5:28
28	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	6:02
29	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	6:07
30	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:27
31	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	6:34
32	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	8:26
33	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	8:50
34	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	10:05
35	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:43
36	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:47
37	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	12:56
38	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	12:58
39	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	13:25
41	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	14:03
42	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	14:09
43	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
44	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	14:21
47	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	15:13
48	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	15:46
49	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	16:22
50	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	16:50
52	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	17:06
53	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	17:10
54	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	17:33
55	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	s.t.
56	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
57	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
58	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
59	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	17:56
60	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	18:37
61	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:39
62	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	18:53
63	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	19:02
64	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:16
65	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	19:57
66	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:00
67	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:25
68	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	22:17
69	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	23:59
70	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
71	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	25:23
72	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	27:24
73	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	27:41
74	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	27:51
75	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:47
76	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	32:07
77	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	35:17
78	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	35:57
79	Felipe Lloret	Burgos-BH	37:41
80	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
81	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
83	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	37:46
84	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	38:19
85	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	38:46
86	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	39:04
87	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	42:15
88	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	42:40
89	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	43:55
90	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	44:02
91	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	44:05
92	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
93	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
96	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
97	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
98	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
100	Alfdan de Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	44:10
101	Julien van Den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	44:23
102	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	45:00
103	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	45:21
104	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	46:05
105	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	46:47
106	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	48:31
107	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	51:10
108	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	51:13

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Thursday, April 15: Stage 2, Alicante - Alicante, 179 km

Arnaud Démare makes it two in a row from Groupama-FDJ.

Weather at the start/finish city of Alicante at 1:20 PM, local time: 13C (56F), raining, with the wind from the northeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). The rain is expected to continue for several more hours.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Arnaud Démare's Team Groupama-FDJ.

And that makes it two for Groupama-FDJ in Valencia! One day after Miles Scotson’s solo victory in stage 1, a perfect teamwork led to Arnaud Démare’s success in stage 2 on Thursday. In what was a rainy day, each of the French champion’s teammates played his part to enable the sprinter to finish it off in style in Alicante. Involved in the perfect lead-out train in the last kilometre, Miles Scotson also retained the yellow jersey ahead of the queen stage.

Unlike this second stage, the opening stage of the Tour de Valence was not a primary goal coming into the Spanish race. Still, it had already enabled Groupama-FDJ to open its account thanks to Miles Scotson’s unexpected victory on Wednesday. Today in Alicante, the Australian rider then logically showed up with the yellow jersey on his shoulders starting stage 2. However, he quickly had to cover it with a rain jacket given the poor weather in the region.

With the GC leader in its ranks, but also featuring one of the stage favourites, namely Arnaud Démare, the team knew that it would have to take responsibility of the race. “We first told the guys to make sure the breakaway wasn’t too big and didn’t include threatening riders,” Thierry recalled. “Then we had to control. Antoine [Raugel] and Alexandre [Balmer] did that perfectly for almost 160k. In fact, they did most of the day’s work as the “sprinters” group didn’t have to make any effort before the final”. Usually Conti members, the two young men first let five riders gain a maximum lead of four minutes before controlling them about two minutes behind. “Our mission was clear from the start,” Antoine said. “We immediately took the reins with Alexandre and we took turns between us before other teams came to help. Then I tried to push as long as possible, and as hard as possible.”

Coming into the last 30k of the stage, the breakaway however started to hold back the bunch and the gap would not reduce anymore. “Luckily there was Stefan in the final, and he really helped close the gap,” smiled Antoine. The Swiss champion started to pull almost fifteen kilometers from the line and it had an impact straight away. “We knew we wouldn’t get much support just because Arnaud and his train were the ones to beat,” explained Thierry. “At the end, Stefan went to pull because it was getting complicated. We didn’t want to take any risks. We really wanted to bring Arnaud for a sprint. We did not want to gamble. Stefan pulled for about ten kilometers and that will not affect him for tomorrow”.

Thanks to the Swiss rider’s work, in particular, the gap dropped to just ten seconds with five kilometres to go. The breakaway was caught soon after, and the Swiss champion again took the lead shortly before the flamme rouge to get the Arnaud Démare’s lead-out train started. “I was at the back of the bunch at that point but I saw that they were still four ahead of Arnaud in the last kilometre,” Antoine said. “It was beautiful to see and I felt something good was coming”.

Groupama-FDJ indeed never left control from that point on. The race leader Miles Scotson and Ramon Sinkeldam came after Stefan Küng, and Jacopo Guarnieri launched the French champion with 150 meters to go. “We had done a recon of the final during the training camp in January, but also the day before the race,” said Thierry. “It was a textbook sprint! This is exactly what we wanted to do this morning. To make it happen is different… Having four guys in front of Arnaud for the last kilometre was perfect. It doesn’t always go the way you want it to, but that’s what we hoped for today. When it goes like that, there’s not much to say.” “I’m really happy to win today,” said the French champion, whose powerful sprint was enough to hold back his rivals. “I knew that my biggest opponent would be Caleb Ewan but the team did a great job. In the end, we took the lead like we had to. We knew it was going to be quite tense on wet roads. It was a difficult final, it was slippery but luckily we did not crash. It was a tough day from a weather point of view. We rode with 6 degrees and constant rain. We even sprinted in the jackets and neoprene gloves, just to tell! But it ended well for us”.

Winning his second race of the year and the fifth for the team, Arnaud Démare also took his first victory ever on Spanish soil. “It’s a great day with this second victory, and I’m really that I was able to contribute to it,” added Antoine Raugel. The young man will undoubtedly have some work to do tomorrow, defending the yellow jersey that Miles Scotson obviously kept on Thursday. “For the moment, everything is going well”, concluded Thierry Bricaud. “Tomorrow is the queen stage and it should partly decide the overall. We don’t have the best cards, but it’s up to the other teams to try and move. As far as we’re concerned, we will hang on and see how the situation is tomorrow night. Everything is possible and we won’t set ourselves boundaries”. Before the mountaintop finish at the Alto de Reina (7.5km at 5%), Miles Scotson has got half a minute lead ahead of 30-or-so riders. “Today, we are very happy with Arnaud’s victory, because that was the main goal coming into that race,” said the Australian. “It was a great performance from all the guys, a real team effort. I am personally happy to keep the yellow jersey, but the real test will be tomorrow”.

Complete results:

179 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.066 km/hr

1	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 9min 23sec
2	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
3	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
4	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	s.t.
6	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
8	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
9	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
10	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
11	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
12	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
14	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
16	Alfdan de Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
17	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
18	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
22	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	s.t.
24	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
25	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
26	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
29	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	s.t.
33	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
34	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
35	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
38	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
40	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
41	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
47	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
49	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
52	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
53	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
55	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
57	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
58	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
59	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
61	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
62	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
63	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
65	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
69	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
70	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
71	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Andrd Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
77	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
79	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
80	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	@ 18sec
81	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
82	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
83	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	0:55
84	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	0:59
85	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	1:04
86	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	1:06
87	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
88	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	1:16
90	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	s.t.
91	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
92	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	1:23
93	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	1:29
94	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:13
97	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	2:42
98	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:52
99	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	5:07
100	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
101	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
102	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
103	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	7:08
104	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
105	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	Jeroen Eyskens	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
107	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
108	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	7:50
109	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:05

GC after stage 2:

338.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.284 km/hr

1	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	8hr 24min 10sec
2	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	0:32
3	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:34
4	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:35
5	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:36
6	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	0:37
7	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	0:38
8	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
9	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
10	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
12	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
18	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
23	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
24	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
25	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
26	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
30	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
31	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	1:43
34	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	1:49
35	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
36	Jose Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
37	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	s.t.
38	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	s.t.
39	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
41	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
44	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
45	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
47	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
48	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
53	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
54	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	1:54
55	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	2:07
56	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	2:33
57	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	2:53
58	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	s.t.
59	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:55
60	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	3:18
61	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
62	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:41
63	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	6:56
64	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	8:57
67	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:39
68	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	s.t.
69	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	11:39
70	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
71	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
73	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
76	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
77	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
78	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
80	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	11:57
81	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	12:44
82	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	13:02
83	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	13:40
84	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:03
85	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	16:46
86	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	17:53
87	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	18:00
88	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	18:03
89	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
90	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
91	Alfdan de Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
92	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
93	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
97	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
98	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
99	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	18:21
101	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
102	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	18:58
103	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	19:02
104	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	19:19
105	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:13
106	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	20:45
107	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:57
108	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	25:08
109	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	25:11
110	Jeroen Eyskens	EvoPro Racing	s.t.

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Wednesday, April 14: Stage 1, Elche - Ondara, 159.5 km

Miles Scotson finishes a half-minute ahead of his nearest chaser.

The race: The organizer posted this note about the race's re-scheduling: "CV’s 72nd edition will take place from the 14th to 18th of April (2021) after being postponed from last February due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

"The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Gran Premi Banc Sabadell 2021 has announced the new event dates. The 72nd edition of the VCV was originally scheduled for February, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation it was postponed to a later date, together with other 70 cycling events. Now its confirmed that event will take place next April. The race will start from Elche on Wednesday April 14th and will finish in Valencia on Sunday April 18th. The race itinerary will be the same as scheduled for the month of February and the best cyclists on the international peloton will be taking part in the 72nd edition of the VCV.

"The VCV 2021 will follow all the safety protocols established by UCI and the local authorities, this in order to create a safe race environment for the cyclists and the teams. In order to achive a safe event environment, the organization will not publish any specific communication regards to the stage and routes to avoid overcrowding of cycling fans along the route."

Here's the stage 1 summary from winner Miles Scotson's Groupama-FDJ team:

Due to the health situation and its postponement from early February, the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana got underway in mid-April this year. Therefore, the field was quite different with only four WorldTour teams starting, including Groupama-FDJ. With the Swiss and French champions lining up, Thierry Bricaud and Jens Blatter’s squad had some cards to play. However, this first stage did not appear really suitable for the French sprinter.

From Elche to Ondara, about 170 kilometers were to be covered and four categorized climbs were to be crossed on quite hard-going terrain. Although the early scenario looked very usual, with a breakaway of five including Stephen Bassett (Rally Cycling), Maxime Cam (B&B Hotels), Ibon Ruiz (Kern Pharma), Lennert Teugels (Tarteletto-Isorex) and Raffaele Radice (Mg.k Vis VPM), the race really came to life halfway through with the various climbs on the course. “We knew it would be difficult for the sprinters to make it today,” said Thierry. “We usually train on these roads in winter, the riders know them very well and they knew it would be hard to survive one specific part. It was indeed, for everyone. We knew this was not our best opportunity for a sprint”.

The bunch then clearly reduced, and starting the last climb, the team still had Stefan Küng, Miles Scotson and Antoine Raugel in the first group that caught the morning breakaway. The Swiss champion proved to be the first one to make a move and try to escape. However, fifty riders or so eventually got back together after the top. Miles Scotson then gave it a go for the first time on the downhill, but it did not work out. Stefan Küng kept stretching the group on the descent, and Miles Scotson later took advantage of a slight speed reduction to attack yet another time. There were twenty-two kilometers left to cover at the time. “After the last climb, I thought Stefan could probably win solo today,” he said.

“Originally, I thought I’d wait for the sprint, but there was Degenkolb in the group. I thought I was going to attack, and if I was caught, Stefan could go. Actually, my move stayed away”. “Miles perfectly timed his attack,” Stefan testified. “In the back, it was up to us, and to me in particular, to slow down the chase. I always stayed in second position to disturb the other teams’ efforts. I covered every move to protect him.”

Up front, Miles Scotson first got rid of a Movistar rider and then quickly made a gap on what was left of the bunch. Despite the group trying to organize, he managed to increase his lead to 40 seconds or so after the day’s last downhill. “With ten kilometers to go, I was pretty sure I was going to win, but I started thinking too much for the overall, taking as many seconds as I could,” Miles said. “In the end, I threw away a lot of seconds just by trying to not break too much in a roundabout”. With just three kilometers to go, while riding with a minute lead on the bunch, the Australian crashed on the wet road. However, he managed to get back quickly on his bike and continue his effort. “It was really slippery today, it probably hadn’t rained here in a while,” he said. “I was happy that the bike was ok and that I could still get the win”. The former Australian champion fortunately did not suffer any additional incident in the last two kilometres and could celebrate his second pro victory, and his first one for Groupama-FDJ. “I’m super happy,” he said at the finish. “We came here to win a stage with Arnaud. I didn’t expect to win one myself, but I had good legs and took the opportunity.”

“It’s a great reward for Miles,” added Thierry. “He is such an important domestique all year, but he can sometimes give it a go according to the race circumstances. He seized the opportunity the best way possible!” “Miles was very, very strong, and we did a good race as team”, added Stefan, seventh at the finish, twenty-eight seconds behind his Australian teammate, as Antoine Raugel took 13th for his first outing with the WorldTeam. Arnaud Démare got to the line a few minutes later and added: “It’s a great victory for Miles! It’s really nice considering all the work he does all year. He was able to seize his chance. We know he’s a strong time trialist, we know he’s doing well at the moment, but it’s never easy to pull it off. It’s great that he managed to do it. I’m happy for him”. Bringing the fourth victory of the season to the team, Miles Scotson also logically got the yellow jersey on Wednesday. He will now try to live up to it. “Tomorrow, we will probably go for the sprint with Arnaud, and I’ll help him in the final,” he concluded. “On Friday, Stefan and I will try to hang on and limit our losses in the final climb. Stefan can also win the time trial the next day. Today I won with a margin, although it is not as big as I would have liked with the crash. We’ll see if I can hang on in the mountains and then try for the time trial. Anyway, we have plenty of opportunities now”.

Complete results:

159.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.537 km/hr

1	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 14min 57sec
2	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	@ 28sec
3	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
4	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	s.t.
5	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	s.t.
9	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
11	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
12	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
16	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
22	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
23	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
25	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
28	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
30	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
31	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
32	Daniel Mendez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
35	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
36	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	1:07
37	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:39
38	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	s.t.
40	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	s.t.
41	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
44	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
47	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
50	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
52	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	José Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
54	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	s.t.
57	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
58	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
59	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
63	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
64	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
65	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	s.t.
66	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	s.t.
67	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:48
71	Juan Osorio	Burgos-BH	11:29
72	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
74	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
75	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
76	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
77	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Felipe Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
81	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
82	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
83	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
84	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
85	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	13:34
87	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:39
88	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:08
89	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	17:50
90	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
91	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	17:53
92	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
95	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
96	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
97	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
98	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
99	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
100	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
101	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
102	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
105	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
107	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Alfdan De Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
109	Jeroen Eyskens	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
110	Julien van den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
111	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
113	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 14min 47sec
2	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	@ 32sec
3	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:34
4	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:35
5	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:36
6	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	0:37
7	Colin Joyce	Rally Cycling	0:38
8	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Franck Bonnamour	B&B Hotels	s.t.
12	Jonathan Lastra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Remy Mertz	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Paul Wright	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
15	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Antoine Raugel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Jordi Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
19	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Savva Novikov	Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Jesus Ezquerra	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Abner Gonzalez	Movistar	s.t.
24	Diego Lopez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Nicola Bagioli	B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Vitor Zucco	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
30	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
31	Luis Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
32	Daniel Mendez	Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Jefferson Cepeda	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Nathan Brown	Rally Cycling	s.t.
35	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
36	Carlos Garcia	Kern Pharma	1:17
37	Jon Aberasturi	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:49
38	Timothy Dupont	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
39	Magnus Sheffield	Rally Cycling	s.t.
40	Sebastian Mora	Movistar	s.t.
41	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
42	Antonio Angulo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
44	Maxime Cam	B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Alan Boileau	B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
47	André Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Edwin Avila	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Guido Draghi	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
50	Ibon Ruiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
52	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	José Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
54	Daniel Navarro	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Sergio Araiz	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Ivan Moreno	Kern Pharma	s.t.
57	Gotzon Martin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
58	Paul Double	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
59	Alexandre Balmer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
63	Lennert Teugels	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
64	Gianni Marchand	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
65	Stephen Bassett	Rally Cycling	s.t.
66	Robin Carpenter	Rally Cycling	s.t.
67	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
68	Dimitri Peyskens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
69	Jon Irisarri	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Orluis Aular	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:58
71	Juan Felipe Osorio	Burgos-BH	11:39
72	Angel Madrazo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	Jonas van Genechten	B&B Hotels	s.t.
74	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
75	Brendan Rhim	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
76	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
77	Alex Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Felipe Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	Francesco di Felice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
81	Raffaele Radice	MG. K vis VPM	s.t.
82	Jonathan Brown	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
83	Johan Meens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
84	Laurens Huys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
85	Diego Rosa	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
86	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	13:44
87	Alejandro Osorio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:49
88	Oier Lazkano	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:18
89	Niccolo Salvietti	MG. K vis VPM	18:00
90	Brent van de Kerkhove	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
91	Francesco Carollo	MG. K vis VPM	18:03
92	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Bram Welten	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
94	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
95	Nathan Vandepitte	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
96	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
97	Enzo Wouters	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
98	Ben Walsh	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
99	Cyrus Monk	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
100	Maxime de Poorter	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
101	Oskar Nisu	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
102	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Gil D'Heygere	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
105	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Ylber Sefa	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
107	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Alfdan De Decker	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
109	Jeroen Eyskens	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
110	Julien Van Den Brande	Tarteletto-Isorex	s.t.
111	Mario Aparicio	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	Xabier Azparren	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
113	Mikel Aristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.