Quintana wins Volta a Catalunya
Tsatevich takes stage victory, despite late attacks
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has become the third Colombian to win the Volta a Catalunya on Sunday, with the stage victory on a hilly final stage through Montjuic Park in Barcelona going to Katusha’s Alexei Tsatevich, one of the last survivors of a day-long break.
The attacks rained down on Quintana on the eight circuits of the hilly six-kilometre Montjuic circuit, with Fabio Aru (Astana), second placed Alberto Contador (Tinkoff), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural) - ninth overall and Best Young Rider - Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) all amongst those attempting to wrench their way clear of Movistar’s grip on the race.
But although Aru opened a gap of 30 seconds at one point and Froome briefly left the rest of the pack reeling in his wake, the attacks cancelled each other out as the finish line steadily approached.
Finally the only alteration in the highest GC positions was Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep), who snatched a bonus second early on in the stage in a hot spot sprint. As a result, Martin, already a stage winner and briefly the leader, moved up from fourth to third ahead of BMC Racing’s Richie Porte, Martin’s fourth top-three position in the Volta a Catalunya of his career.
The stage itself saw a break of 12 go clear early on, gaining a maximum advantage of 3:15 when they reached the first of the eight final laps of the Montjuic circuit.
Mallorca’s Lluis Mas (Caja Rural) was the first to go clear from the dozen leaders, with around 48 kilometres to go, followed by former U-23 World Champion Matej Mohoric (Lampre-Merida), whilst Contador briefly tested the water in the bunch a first time, without any effect. Fabio Aru’s drive clear, though, was much more effective, enabling the 2015 Vuelta a España winner to gain up to half a minute after Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin) and a perpetually aggressive Louis Vervaecke (Lotto-Soudal) bridged across.
Movistar gradually pegged back the difference but no sooner had they done so than Vasil Kiryenka (Team Sky) opened up the throttle, and Chris Froome followed up his teammate’s lead-out with a searing attack of his own. When Quintana finally reached the Briton with Contador, Martin, Rodriguez and Dani Navarro (Cofidis) in his wake, it looked briefly as if Quintana, isolated from his teammates, could be vulnerable.
But instead, as the leading group of favourites hesitated, the group once again swelled in size, only to see Carthy briefly having a go, but finally being swallowed up by the chasers.
Yet more brief digs followed, but as Mohoric was overtaken by Tcatevich for the stage win, Froome and Contador’s second challenges, followed by one last attack from Dan Martin and a longer move by Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) all failed to work out. Instead, Quintana crossed the line with his overall lead intact for his first stage race victory since Tirreno-Adriatico in 2015.
Quintana’s final margin of seven seconds is the four smallest in the 96 editions of the Volta a Catalunya, but ever since the Colombian moved into the lead on the stage to Port Ainé, the tide was flowing strongly in his favour.
The final three stages, none of them with exceptionally hilly terrain, made it difficult for the rest of the field to challenge the Colombian, who has become the first winner from Colombia of the race since Hernan Buenahora in 1998.
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Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Aleksei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 3:13:33 |
2 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | 0:00:14 |
4 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:23 |
31 | Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:29 |
38 | Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:39 |
39 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre - Merida | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:10 |
41 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Dimension Data | 0:01:14 |
42 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:32 |
43 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ | 0:02:07 |
48 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:02:30 |
50 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ | 0:02:41 |
51 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Tinkoff Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Carlos Verona (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:03:29 |
61 | Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre - Merida | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | 0:03:35 |
67 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:04:14 |
68 | Matej Mohoric (Slo) Lampre - Merida | 0:04:57 |
69 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:05:25 |
70 | Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Adam Stachowiak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:47 |
72 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Karel Hnik (Cze) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Felix Grosschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Dimension Data | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre - Merida | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Jérémy Maison (Fra) FDJ | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre - Merida | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:50 |
111 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | 0:06:54 |
115 | Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling | 0:07:18 |
116 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:08:18 |
118 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:08:53 |
119 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:09:16 |
121 | Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Jonas Koch (Ger) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton | 0:11:07 |
DNF | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Team | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcin Mrozek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pawel Franczak (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jiri Polnicky (Pol) Verva ActiveJet Pro Cycling Team | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNS | José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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