Volta a Catalunya: Ben O'Connor takes solo win, race lead atop La Molina
Ayuso and Quintana lead chasers home six seconds down
Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) powered to a solo victory on stage 3 atop La Molina at the Volta a Catalunya, taking the overall race lead in the process.
The Australian made his bid for victory inside the last eight kilometres on the decisive final ascent and narrowly held off the select chase group. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) crossed the line in second and Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) in third.
"It's been hard the last month because I got very sick, so to come out here and win again is amazing. Every year I set myself a goal to win and it's nice to get it done early in the year," O'Connor said of his first win of the season.
"I've been very confident this week because I know that my form is there. I didn't expect to be solo. I was hoping some guys would come with me, but in the end I just had to go myself. I was lucky to hang on."
O'Connor's efforts have pushed him up into the overall lead by 10 seconds ahead of Ayuso and 12 seconds ahead of Quintana, while Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) sits 16 seconds back in fourth. The peloton will tackle another mountaintop finish at Boí Taüll during stage 4 on Thursday where O'Connor said he will give it his best effort to defend the leader's jersey.
"It is another climb that suits me and I can hold my own on the big mountains. I just have to be smart tomorrow to follow who attacks. I don't know what was happening behind me, but it's up to other teams to make the race hard. It's a tricky race and always super hard but I will do my best and I'm confident that I can hold the lead."
How it unfolded
Stage 3 offered the peloton the first of two back-to-back mountain-top finishes at La Molina, with the second held on stage 4 to Boí Taüll on Thursday.
The 161.1km race started in Perpignan and travelled gradually uphill toward the first-category climb at Mont-Louis (9.2km at 5.6 per cent) located 77km into the stage.
The route then descended toward two intermediate sprints at Llivia (97km) and Puigcerda (103km) before embarking on the last two ascents of the day at Collada de Toses, a lengthy 20km at 3.1 per cent that peaked at the 128km mark, followed by the climb to the finish line atop La Molina.
An early breakaway set off that included Simone Petilli (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH), Casper Pedersen (Team DSM). At 50km into the stage, the quartet had pushed their lead out to a sizeable eight minutes ahead of the main field that was primarily led by Movistar.
Over the first climb of the day, Mont-Louis, Okamika took the full 10 mountain classification points ahead of Bizkarra, Pedersen and Petilli.
The pace behind the four escapees caused some riders to struggle and fall off the back including overall race leader Jonas Hvideberg (Team DSM), stage 1 winner Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) and Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma). Dumoulin and Matthews later abandoned the race, while Hvideberg managed to claw his way back up to the group only to be dropped again on the final ascent.
Okamika took the full points at the first intermediate sprint in Llivia while Petilli grabbed the points at the second and final sprint in Puigcerda.
The second climb of the day, Collada de Toses, proved a bit more of a challenge, and as Okamika, again, took the mountain points over the top and solidified his place as the mountain classification leader, but the gap to the field behind fell to three minutes as Jumbo-Visma led the chase into the base of the decisive final climb La Molina.
La Molina
As the four breakaway riders reached the final and decisive ascent of La Molina, Bizkarra surged along the lower slopes and the increased pace caused Pedersen to fall off pace first followed by Okamika and then Petilli.
In the main field behind, overnight race leader Hvideberg struggled to stay in contact with the fast-forming selection of climbers and GC contenders and he appeared to know that his time in the leader's jersey would be short-lived.
The Norwegian rider, who took over the race lead after stage 2, smiled at the TV cameras and signalled to fans watching the race that he was done for the day, unable to hang on to the blistering pace of the main field as the roads began to steepen.
Team DSM's Henri Vandenabeele was the first to attack out of the field and bridged across to the last breakaway rider standing, Bizkarra. He then surged passed the Spaniard and built his lead out to 20 seconds as BikeExchange set a pace that quickly thinned out the field.
The second attack came from O'Connor, who crossed the slim gap to Vandenabeele inside the final 8km of the ascent. The Australian dropped his companion over the next few hundred metres of road, and extended his lead to 25 seconds.
Ineos Grenadiers moved to the front with Jonathan Castroviejo holding the gap to O'Connor at, what initially seemed, a manageable 18 seconds. Castroviejo's pace was also fast enough to rid the likes of Simon Yates (BikeExchange) from the fast-dwindling group. EF Education-EasyPost launched two successive attacks first with Esteban Chaves and then Hugh Carthy, but neither managed to gain any real ground.
Attacks also came from Ilan van Wilder (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) followed by Attia Valter (Groupama-FDJ), Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), but with 3km to go, O'Connor gritted his teeth and pushed onward with a small but hopeful margin.
Inside the final kilometre Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) jumped from the field in a last-ditch bid to catch O'Connor but the Australian, mouth hung open from the massive effort, made another desperate push to stay out front. The small group swept up Soler, but O'Connor sprinted out of his saddle, rounded the final bend, and took the victory atop La Molina.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team | 4:12:51 |
2 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:06 |
3 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic | |
4 | Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
5 | João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
6 | Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | |
7 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
8 | Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
9 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | |
10 | Damien Howson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:00:09 |
11 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
12 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | |
13 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team | |
14 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
15 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
16 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
17 | George Bennett (NZl) UAE Team Emirates | |
18 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | |
19 | Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
20 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis | |
21 | Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM | |
22 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
23 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
24 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team | |
25 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
26 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
27 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious | |
28 | Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:00:15 |
29 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:00:17 |
30 | Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:18 |
31 | Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
32 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
33 | Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:21 |
34 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
35 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:23 |
36 | Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | |
37 | Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
38 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:00:29 |
39 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:31 |
40 | Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:00:39 |
41 | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:44 |
42 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:00:57 |
43 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:01:36 |
44 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | |
45 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) EF Education-EasyPost | |
46 | Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ | 0:01:45 |
47 | Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:01:55 |
48 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
49 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:02:27 |
50 | Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
51 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:02:29 |
52 | Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:02:43 |
53 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:03:01 |
54 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:03:25 |
55 | Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:03:56 |
56 | Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
57 | Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic | |
58 | Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
59 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
60 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
61 | Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis | |
62 | Jonas Gregaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
63 | Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team | |
64 | Joe Dombrowski (USA) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
65 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
66 | Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
67 | Laurens Huys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
68 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
69 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
70 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
71 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech | |
72 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | |
73 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM | 0:04:11 |
74 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
75 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05:45 |
76 | Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:05:56 |
77 | Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
78 | Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:07:24 |
79 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:07:43 |
80 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 0:08:38 |
81 | Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 0:09:12 |
82 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Arkea-Samsic | 0:09:13 |
83 | Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | 0:09:32 |
84 | Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
85 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:09:38 |
86 | Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
87 | Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
88 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:09:43 |
89 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:10:10 |
90 | Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:10:17 |
91 | Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:10:38 |
92 | Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:11:15 |
93 | Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | |
94 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
95 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
96 | Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Arkea-Samsic | |
97 | Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
98 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
99 | Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis | |
100 | Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
101 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
102 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | |
103 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
104 | Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis | |
105 | William Barta (USA) Movistar Team | |
106 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
107 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
108 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | |
109 | Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH | 0:11:20 |
110 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:12:14 |
111 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
112 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech | |
113 | Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
114 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma | |
115 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH | |
116 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
117 | Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech | |
118 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
119 | Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
120 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
121 | Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis | |
122 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
123 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:12:55 |
124 | Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:14:46 |
125 | Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team | |
126 | Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
127 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM | |
128 | Jacob Hindsgaul (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
129 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM | |
130 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:16:31 |
131 | Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal | 0:17:43 |
132 | Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:18:17 |
133 | Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:18:24 |
134 | Idar Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:20:59 |
135 | Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
136 | Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:21:01 |
137 | Valerio Conti (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:27:04 |
138 | Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
139 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
140 | Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
141 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
142 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | |
143 | Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
144 | Cesare Benedetti (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
145 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM | |
146 | Marc Brustenga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:27:10 |
147 | Michal Schlegel (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
148 | Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 0:27:11 |
149 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:27:17 |
150 | Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 0:27:20 |
151 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis | |
152 | David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
DNS | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | |
DNF | Fausto Masnada (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
DNF | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
DNF | Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
DNF | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
DNF | Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | |
DNF | Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Team DSM | |
DNF | Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 3 |
2 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
3 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 3 |
2 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | 2 |
3 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team | 10 |
2 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 6 |
3 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic | 4 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 10 |
2 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8 |
3 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | 6 |
4 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 4 |
5 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
6 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 10 |
2 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8 |
3 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | 6 |
4 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 4 |
5 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
6 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 4:12:57 |
2 | Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
3 | João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
4 | Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
5 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | 0:00:03 |
6 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team | |
7 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
8 | Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
9 | Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM | |
10 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
11 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:00:11 |
12 | Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:12 |
13 | Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
14 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:00:15 |
15 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:25 |
16 | Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ | 0:01:39 |
17 | Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:01:49 |
18 | Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:02:37 |
19 | Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:03:50 |
20 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
21 | Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis | |
22 | Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
23 | Laurens Huys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
24 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
25 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
26 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM | 0:04:05 |
27 | Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:07:18 |
28 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:07:37 |
29 | Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | 0:09:26 |
30 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:09:32 |
31 | Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
32 | Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
33 | Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:11:09 |
34 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
35 | Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH | 0:11:14 |
36 | Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:12:08 |
37 | Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech | |
38 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
39 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:12:49 |
40 | Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:14:40 |
41 | Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team | |
42 | Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
43 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM | |
44 | Jacob Hindsgaul (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
45 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM | |
46 | Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal | 0:17:37 |
47 | Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:18:18 |
48 | Idar Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:20:53 |
49 | Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
50 | Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:26:58 |
51 | Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
52 | Marc Brustenga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:27:04 |
53 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis | 0:27:14 |
54 | David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 12:38:54 |
2 | Bahrain Victorious | 0:00:03 |
3 | Movistar Team | 0:00:06 |
4 | Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:26 |
5 | Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:53 |
6 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:01:20 |
7 | Ineos Grenadiers | 0:02:58 |
8 | Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:03:50 |
9 | Cofidis | |
10 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
11 | Lotto Soudal | 0:04:02 |
12 | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:05:29 |
13 | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:05:47 |
14 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:06:25 |
15 | QuickStep-AlphaVinyl | 0:07:55 |
16 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:09:27 |
17 | Jumbo-Visma | 0:12:11 |
18 | Arkea-Samsic | 0:12:19 |
19 | Burgos-BH | 0:12:35 |
20 | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:13:27 |
21 | AG2R Citroen Team | 0:14:50 |
22 | Team DSM | 0:15:14 |
23 | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:16:28 |
24 | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:19:37 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team | 12:44:20 |
2 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:10 |
3 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic | 0:00:12 |
4 | Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:16 |
5 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
6 | Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
7 | Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | |
8 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | |
9 | João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
10 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:00:19 |
11 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
12 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |
13 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | |
14 | Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM | |
15 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
16 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | |
17 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious | |
18 | George Bennett (NZl) UAE Team Emirates | |
19 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team | |
20 | Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:00:25 |
21 | Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:28 |
22 | Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:33 |
23 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:52 |
24 | Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
25 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team | |
26 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
27 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
28 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
29 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis | |
30 | Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:01 |
31 | Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
32 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:01:04 |
33 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:06 |
34 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:01:12 |
35 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:14 |
36 | Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:01:22 |
37 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:01:40 |
38 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:01:46 |
39 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | 0:02:19 |
40 | Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ | 0:02:28 |
41 | Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:02:38 |
42 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:03:06 |
43 | Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:03:07 |
44 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
45 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:03:38 |
46 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:06 |
47 | Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team | |
48 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:04:36 |
49 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:04:39 |
50 | Jonas Gregaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
51 | Laurens Huys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
52 | Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
53 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:04:54 |
54 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM | |
55 | Damien Howson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:05:35 |
56 | Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic | 0:06:05 |
57 | Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:06:39 |
58 | Anton Palzer (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
59 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:08:26 |
60 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Arkea-Samsic | 0:09:23 |
61 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:09:52 |
62 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:09:53 |
63 | Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | 0:10:15 |
64 | Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:10:21 |
65 | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:10:42 |
66 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:11:16 |
67 | Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:11:20 |
68 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 0:11:25 |
69 | Mikaël Cherel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:11:58 |
70 | Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis | |
71 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
72 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:12:08 |
73 | Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:12:22 |
74 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:12:24 |
75 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
76 | Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 0:12:40 |
77 | Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:12:48 |
78 | Joe Dombrowski (USA) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
79 | Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:12:57 |
80 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:13:21 |
81 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:13:35 |
82 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:13:38 |
83 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM | 0:14:45 |
84 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:15:23 |
85 | Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:15:29 |
86 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:15:43 |
87 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma | |
88 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:16:08 |
89 | Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:17:12 |
90 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:17:43 |
91 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:17:50 |
92 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:17:54 |
93 | Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | 0:17:58 |
94 | Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:18:04 |
95 | Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:18:28 |
96 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:18:58 |
97 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:19:19 |
98 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:20:54 |
99 | Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
100 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:21:33 |
101 | Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
102 | Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
103 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:21:39 |
104 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:21:53 |
105 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH | |
106 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech | |
107 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:22:41 |
108 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | |
109 | Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:22:50 |
110 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:23:52 |
111 | Christopher Juul-Jensen (Den) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:24:36 |
112 | Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis | 0:24:59 |
113 | Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH | 0:25:10 |
114 | Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:26:03 |
115 | Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 0:27:14 |
116 | Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Arkea-Samsic | 0:27:17 |
117 | Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 0:27:26 |
118 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:27:47 |
119 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 0:28:19 |
120 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:28:48 |
121 | Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:28:52 |
122 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:29:04 |
123 | Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis | 0:29:18 |
124 | Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:29:34 |
125 | Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:30:50 |
126 | Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis | 0:31:11 |
127 | William Barta (USA) Movistar Team | 0:31:21 |
128 | Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:31:52 |
129 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM | 0:32:23 |
130 | Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:32:34 |
131 | Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:34:42 |
132 | Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 0:34:53 |
133 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:35:15 |
134 | Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal | 0:35:20 |
135 | Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:35:54 |
136 | Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:36:10 |
137 | Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:36:16 |
138 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Team DSM | 0:36:43 |
139 | Valerio Conti (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
140 | Michal Schlegel (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:36:49 |
141 | Jacob Hindsgaul (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:37:03 |
142 | Marc Brustenga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:38:41 |
143 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:38:53 |
144 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis | 0:41:41 |
145 | Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:41:44 |
146 | Idar Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:41:57 |
147 | Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 0:43:51 |
148 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | 0:44:02 |
149 | Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:44:08 |
150 | David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:44:57 |
151 | Cesare Benedetti (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:49:31 |
152 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:49:44 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM | 11 |
2 | Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team | 10 |
3 | Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 10 |
4 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 6 |
5 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | 6 |
6 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 4 |
7 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4 |
8 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic | 4 |
9 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 4 |
10 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 4 |
11 | Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic | 4 |
12 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 3 |
13 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | 3 |
14 | Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH | 3 |
15 | Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2 |
16 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 20 |
2 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 16 |
3 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM | 12 |
4 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11 |
5 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM | 10 |
6 | Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 8 |
7 | Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH | 4 |
8 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jumbo-Visma | 3 |
9 | Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH | 3 |
10 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 2 |
11 | Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 2 |
12 | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 2 |
13 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
14 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | 1 |
15 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 1 |
16 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 12:44:30 |
2 | Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:06 |
3 | Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
4 | João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
5 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:00:09 |
6 | Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM | |
7 | Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:18 |
8 | Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:42 |
9 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team | |
10 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
11 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
12 | Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:51 |
13 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:00:54 |
14 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:04 |
15 | Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ | 0:02:18 |
16 | Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:02:28 |
17 | Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:56 |
18 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:04:29 |
19 | Laurens Huys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
20 | Viktor Verschaeve (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
21 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM | 0:04:44 |
22 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:09:42 |
23 | Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | 0:10:05 |
24 | Joel Nicolau Beltran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:10:11 |
25 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:11:06 |
26 | Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:12:12 |
27 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:12:14 |
28 | Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech | 0:12:47 |
29 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:13:28 |
30 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM | 0:14:35 |
31 | Clément Berthet (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:15:19 |
32 | Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:17:02 |
33 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:17:44 |
34 | Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team | 0:18:18 |
35 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:19:09 |
36 | Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:21:23 |
37 | Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis | 0:24:49 |
38 | Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH | 0:25:00 |
39 | Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:25:53 |
40 | Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:29:24 |
41 | Raul Garcia Pierna (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:30:40 |
42 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM | 0:32:13 |
43 | Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:32:24 |
44 | Torjus Sleen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:34:32 |
45 | Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:35:05 |
46 | Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal | 0:35:10 |
47 | Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:36:00 |
48 | Jacob Hindsgaul (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:36:53 |
49 | Marc Brustenga (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:38:31 |
50 | Alexandre Delettre (Fra) Cofidis | 0:41:31 |
51 | Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:41:34 |
52 | Idar Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:41:47 |
53 | Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 0:43:58 |
54 | David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:44:47 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 38:13:51 |
2 | Bahrain Victorious | 0:00:03 |
3 | Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:26 |
4 | Movistar Team | 0:00:39 |
5 | Groupama-FDJ | 0:01:59 |
6 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:02:26 |
7 | Ineos Grenadiers | 0:03:31 |
8 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:50 |
9 | Cofidis | 0:04:23 |
10 | Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:04:56 |
11 | Lotto Soudal | 0:05:41 |
12 | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:06:35 |
13 | QuickStep-AlphaVinyl | 0:07:55 |
14 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:08:04 |
15 | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:09:57 |
16 | Jumbo-Visma | 0:12:11 |
17 | Arkea-Samsic | 0:12:19 |
18 | AG2R Citroen Team | 0:15:23 |
19 | Team DSM | 0:15:47 |
20 | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:16:01 |
21 | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:17:34 |
22 | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:19:59 |
23 | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:20:51 |
24 | Burgos-BH | 0:28:09 |
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