Ruta del Sol: Serrano wins stage 1
Movistar rider outsprints Aular and Impey at Zahara de la Sierra
Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar) surged from the peloton in the uphill sprint at Zaharra del la Sierra to win stage 1 of Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol. Finishing with the same time to round out the podium were Orluis Alberto Aular (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), who was second, and Daryl Impey (Israel Start-up Nation). Leading the bunch sprint for fourth was Briton Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers).
Three riders built a nine-minute advantage early in the 152.1km stage, which rolled across three categorised climbs after departing the start from Caja de Mijas - Antonio Jesús Soto (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates) and Thomas Sprengers (Team Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise). After the third and final categorised climb, Oliveira slid out on a corner and went down. He would remount and rejoin the peloton, leaving Soto and Sprengers to fight at the front.
The duo would be caught with less than 15km to go, and leaving Movistar to set up the final sprint for Serrano, who would add a stage win for a second year in a row at Ruta del Sol.
"The Vuelta a Andalucía had also used these roads last years. We knew it, we knew that the little town with 8-9km to go was the place to start pushing. The race was always a little bit up from there, and my teammates put on a really good pace to try and take the sprinters off the group, which we achieved," said Serrano in a team statement.
"I knew that the road narrowed with 2km to go, and there, [José Joaquín] Rojas further picked up the rhythm, then Héctor [Héctor] was incredible – he left me at the 300, 400m to go mark, which was more or less where we planned to launch it.
"I don’t know if it’s just coincidence, the heat here… but in the end, it’s two stages in consecutive years. It makes me so proud to be part of the Movistar Team," added Serrano.
Although scraped by the fall on stage 1, Oliveira also received the polka-dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. Scooping up the sprint sprint points to earn the blue sprint classification jersey was Sprengers.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 3:54:25 |
2 | Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
3 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation | |
4 | Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
5 | Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:00:03 |
6 | Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
7 | Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
8 | Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | |
9 | Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team | |
10 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
11 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
12 | Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
13 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
14 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
15 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:07 |
16 | Rune Herregodts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
17 | Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
18 | Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
19 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
20 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:12 |
21 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:00:14 |
22 | Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:00:17 |
23 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
24 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
25 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:00:20 |
26 | Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
27 | Jonas Gregaard (Den) Astana-Premier Tech | |
28 | Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech | |
29 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:23 |
30 | Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:28 |
31 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:00:31 |
32 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
33 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
34 | Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:34 |
35 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:00:37 |
36 | Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:38 |
37 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange | |
38 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
39 | Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers | |
40 | Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Jumbo-Visma | |
41 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:46 |
42 | Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:00:48 |
43 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
44 | Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:00:52 |
45 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Astana-Premier Tech | |
46 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
47 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:59 |
48 | Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
49 | Edwin Avila Vanegas (Col) Burgos-BH | |
50 | Mathias Vacek (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
51 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
52 | Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | |
53 | James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | |
54 | Isaac Canton Serrano (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
55 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
56 | Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team | |
57 | Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
58 | Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
59 | Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:01:08 |
60 | Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:01:23 |
61 | Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
62 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:01:26 |
63 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange | 0:01:30 |
64 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | 0:01:39 |
65 | Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:01:52 |
66 | Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
67 | Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:01:56 |
68 | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:59 |
69 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:02:07 |
70 | André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:02:18 |
71 | Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix | |
72 | Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
73 | Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:33 |
74 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:02:34 |
75 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | 0:03:02 |
76 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:03:03 |
77 | Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team | 0:03:24 |
78 | Edward Anderson (USA) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:03:29 |
79 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange | |
80 | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:03:35 |
81 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma | |
82 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange | |
83 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
84 | Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
85 | Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:03:47 |
86 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:03:48 |
87 | Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:03:54 |
88 | Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:04:02 |
89 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
90 | Jokin Aranburu Arruti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
91 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:04:17 |
92 | Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:04:44 |
93 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
94 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05:03 |
95 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:05:15 |
96 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:05:24 |
97 | Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:05:28 |
98 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:06:30 |
99 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:06:36 |
100 | Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
101 | Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:07:41 |
102 | Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:09:41 |
103 | Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange | |
104 | Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | |
105 | Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
106 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
107 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
108 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
109 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | |
110 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:11:43 |
111 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:34:36 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 3:54:25 |
2 | Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
3 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation | |
4 | Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
5 | Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:00:03 |
6 | Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
7 | Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
8 | Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | |
9 | Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team | |
10 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
11 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
12 | Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
13 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
14 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
15 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:07 |
16 | Rune Herregodts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
17 | Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
18 | Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
19 | Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
20 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:12 |
21 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:00:14 |
22 | Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | 0:00:17 |
23 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
24 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
25 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:00:20 |
26 | Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
27 | Jonas Gregaard (Den) Astana-Premier Tech | |
28 | Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech | |
29 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:23 |
30 | Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:28 |
31 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:00:31 |
32 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
33 | Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
34 | Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:00:34 |
35 | Ander Okamika Bengoetxea (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:00:37 |
36 | Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:38 |
37 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange | |
38 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
39 | Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Ineos Grenadiers | |
40 | Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Jumbo-Visma | |
41 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:00:46 |
42 | Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:00:48 |
43 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
44 | Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:00:52 |
45 | Benjamin Perry (Can) Astana-Premier Tech | |
46 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
47 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:59 |
48 | Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
49 | Edwin Avila Vanegas (Col) Burgos-BH | |
50 | Mathias Vacek (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
51 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
52 | Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates | |
53 | James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | |
54 | Isaac Canton Serrano (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
55 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Burgos-BH | |
56 | Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team | |
57 | Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
58 | Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
59 | Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:01:08 |
60 | Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:01:23 |
61 | Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
62 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:01:26 |
63 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team BikeExchange | 0:01:30 |
64 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | 0:01:39 |
65 | Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:01:52 |
66 | Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
67 | Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:01:56 |
68 | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:59 |
69 | Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:02:07 |
70 | André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:02:18 |
71 | Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Fenix | |
72 | Owain Doull (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
73 | Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 0:02:33 |
74 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH | 0:02:34 |
75 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | 0:03:02 |
76 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 0:03:03 |
77 | Abner González Rivera (PuR) Movistar Team | 0:03:24 |
78 | Edward Anderson (USA) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:03:29 |
79 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange | |
80 | Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:03:35 |
81 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) Jumbo-Visma | |
82 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange | |
83 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
84 | Robbe Ghys (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
85 | Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:03:47 |
86 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:03:48 |
87 | Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 0:03:54 |
88 | Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:04:02 |
89 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
90 | Jokin Aranburu Arruti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
91 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:04:17 |
92 | Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:04:44 |
93 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
94 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05:03 |
95 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:05:15 |
96 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:05:24 |
97 | Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:05:28 |
98 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation | 0:06:30 |
99 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:06:36 |
100 | Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
101 | Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix | 0:07:41 |
102 | Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:09:41 |
103 | Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange | |
104 | Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | |
105 | Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
106 | Francisco Galvan Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | |
107 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
108 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
109 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix | |
110 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:11:43 |
111 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:34:36 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 25 |
2 | Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 20 |
3 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation | 16 |
4 | Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 14 |
5 | Robert Stannard (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 12 |
6 | Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-RusVelo | 10 |
7 | Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 9 |
8 | Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | 8 |
9 | Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team | 7 |
10 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 6 |
11 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 5 |
12 | Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4 |
13 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma | 3 |
14 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
15 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 12 |
2 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 8 |
3 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4 |
4 | Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 |
5 | Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2 |
6 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation | 1 |
7 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 |
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3 |
2 | Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2 |
3 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 1 |

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