GP Miguel Indurain 2018: Results

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Alejandro Valverde wins GP Miguel Indurain (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Miguel Indurain congratulates Alejandro Valverde (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Nick Schultz, Alejandro Valverde and Carlos Verona on the GP Miguel Indurain podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Nick Schultz and Alejandro Valverde (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Alejandro Valverde with the 2018 GP Miguel Indurain trophy (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Nick Schultz (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) finishes third at GP Miguel Indurain (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Eduard Prades and Carlos Betancur (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) continued his run of spring success on Saturday, winning the GP Miguel Indurain race with a solo attack.

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The 37-year-old had been tempted to stay in Belgium for Sunday's Tour of Flanders after impressing at the mid-week Dwars door Vlaanderen. However, he preferred to head back to Spain and captained the Movistar team to take his ninth victory of 2018 in what is the team's home race.

Mitchelton-Scott only had five riders in the warm-up race for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco but still tried to take on Movistar in the finale, sending Jack Haig up the road in the early break and then in a solo move. However, Valverde used his teammates wisely to lead the chase and launch other attacks, before making his own move on the Alto de Muru, the final climb of the race.

Carlos Verona tried to defend Mitchelton-Scott's pride and went with him but was dropped on a short climb two kilometres from the finish. Valverde savoured a solo victory in Estella and was immediately congratulated by Miguel Indurain in person.

Verona finished 20 seconds behind, with Australian Nick Schulz (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) an impressive third at 1:04, leading home a front group of 14 riders that formed in the finale.

"I'm very happy to be able to win this edition for all that it means, with a tribute to (former team manager) José Miguel Echávarri. It's always a beautiful race but this time I wanted to come and ride for him," Valverde said, confirming the real reason why he preferred to return to Spain and miss the Tour of Flanders.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	4:41:18
2	Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton Scott	0:00:20
3	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga	0:01:04
4	Eduard Prades (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -	0:01:16
5	Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
6	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:19
7	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin	0:01:30
8	Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie	0:01:43
9	Simon Pilak (Slo) Team Katusha Alpecin
10	Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:02:03
11	Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -	0:02:59
12	César Fonte (Por) W52-Fc Porto	0:04:08
13	Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team	0:05:19
14	Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:05:28
15	Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling	0:06:26
16	Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:07:36
17	Robert Power (Aus) Mitchelton Scott	0:07:55
18	Fernando Barcelo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -	0:08:11
19	Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -	0:08:13
20	Alexander Vdovin (Rus) Lokosphinx
21	Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence
22	Jordi Simon (Spa) Burgos - Bh
23	Robert Kišerlovski (Cro) Team Katusha Alpecin
24	Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga
25	Rui Vinhas (Por) W52-Fc Porto
26	Ibai Azurmendi (Spa) Team Euskadi
27	Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling	0:08:23
28	David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordis
29	Willem Jakobus Smit (RSA) Team Katusha Alpecin
30	Oscar Cabedo (Spa) Burgos - Bh
31	Joao Rodrigues (Por) W52-Fc Porto
32	Beñat Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -
33	Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga
34	Luís Gomes (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista
35	Michel Ries (Lux) Polartec Kometa	0:08:27
36	Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence
37	Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga	0:08:31
38	Aritz Bagues (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -	0:08:32
39	Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Team Euskadi	0:08:33
40	Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Interpro Stradalli Cyclin
41	Ian Boswell (USA) Team Katusha Alpecin
42	Juan A Lopez-Cozar (Spa) Team Euskadi
43	Jokin Etxabe Leturia (Spa) Interpro Stradalli Cyclin
44	Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga
45	Josu Zabala (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga
46	Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling	0:08:42
47	Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling
48	Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton Scott	0:08:47
49	José Fernandes (Por) W52-Fc Porto
50	Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling	0:08:55
51	Dmitrii Sokolov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:08:57
52	Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence	0:09:10
53	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence	0:09:21
54	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie	0:09:58
55	Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence	0:11:34
56	Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling	0:13:20
57	Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos - Bh	0:13:26
58	Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Team Euskadi
59	Daniel Lopez (Spa) Burgos - Bh
60	Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga
61	Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Team Euskadi	0:13:31
62	Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Burgos - Bh	0:13:33
63	Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) Delko Marseille Provence	0:17:02
64	Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordis	0:18:36
65	Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordis
66	Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Burgos - Bh	0:18:46
67	Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally Cycling	0:18:51
68	Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton Scott	0:20:41
69	Michael Albasini (GBr) Mitchelton Scott
70	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie	0:21:19
71	Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
72	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
73	Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie
74	Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
75	Emanuel Mini (Arg) Team Novo Nordis	0:21:30
76	Hendrus Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordis
77	Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordis
78	Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordis
79	Jon Ander Insausti (Spa) Team Euskadi	0:22:51
80	Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Team Euskadi	0:23:32
81	Mikel Elorza (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling
82	Artem Samolenkov (Rus) Lokosphinx
83	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling
DNF	Winner A. Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
DNF	Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF	Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF	Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Katusha Alpecin
DNF	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha Alpecin
DNF	Javier Moreno (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence
DNF	Oscar Rodriguez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country -
DNF	Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Burgos - Bh
DNF	Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling
DNF	Juan Camacho (Spa) Polartec Kometa
DNF	Awet Habtom Tekle (Eri) Polartec Kometa
DNF	Diego P. Sevilla (Spa) Polartec Kometa
DNF	Miguel Ballesteros (Spa) Polartec Kometa
DNF	Isaac Canton (Spa) Polartec Kometa
DNF	Patrick Gamper (Aut) Polartec Kometa
DNF	Jose Alfredo Aguirre (Mex) Inteja Dominican Cycling
DNF	Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Inteja Dominican Cycling
DNF	Adrian S Nuñez (Dom) Inteja Dominican Cycling
DNF	Jesus Alberto Rubio (Spa) Inteja Dominican Cycling
DNF	Yukinori Hishinuma (Jpn) Interpro Stradalli Cyclin
DNF	Jayson Rousseau (Fra) Interpro Stradalli Cyclin
DNF	Ken-Levi Eikeland (Nor) Interpro Stradalli Cyclin
DNF	Jonas Hjorth (Nor) Interpro Stradalli Cyclin
DNF	Yury Trofimov (Rus) Radio Popular - Boavista
DNF	Egor Silin (Rus) Radio Popular - Boavista
DNF	João Salgado (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista
DNF	Filipe Cardoso (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista
DNF	Oscar Pelegri (Spa) Radio Popular - Boavista
DNF	Mamyr Stash (Rus) Lokosphinx
DNF	Angel Lorenzo Sanchez (Spa) W52-Fc Porto
DNF	António Carvalho (Por) W52-Fc Porto
DNF	Tiago Ferreira (Por) W52-Fc Porto