Lobato wins opening stage at Vuelta a Burgos
By Cycling News published
Movistar man beats Dani Moreno in uphill finish
Juan José Lobato (Movistar) claimed victory on the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos after outgunning Dani Moreno (Katusha) in the uphill finish on the climb of El Castillo.
Moreno had won atop El Castillo in 2012, and finished second while helping his teammate Joaquim Rodriguez to victory there the previous year, and it was no surprise that the Katusha team approached the base of the final climb as though it were their private fiefdom.
Alexander Kolobnev was particularly prominent on the front, expertly marshalling Moreno through the cobbled section midway up the short climb before swinging over as the road steepened in the final approach to the finish.
Before Moreno could land his anticipated blow, however, he was beaten to the punch by Giant-Shimano’s Thomas Damuseau. The young French talent opened a small gap when he jumped with 300 metres to go.
Almost immediately afterwards, Lobato unrolled a crisp acceleration of his own and danced clear of the field. Although Moreno battled gamely to get back on terms, Lobato had time to sit up and savour his win, pointing to the sky as soon as he swung through the final right-hand bend.
Moreno took second place in the same time, while Damuseau hung on for third, three seconds back, just ahead of Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Jonathan Fumeaux (IAM Cycling).
A stage winner at the Tour de Wallonnie last month, Lobato confirmed his fine recent form with an emphatic victory on the opening day in Burgos, though as the race progresses, the former Euskaltel-Euskadi man will likely be pressed into the service of defending champion, Nairo Quintana.
In his first competitive outing since winning the Giro d’Italia, Quintana appeared comfortable towards the head of the peloton throughout, and crossed the line in 11th place, five seconds down on Lobato.
Quintana's compatriot Carlos Betancur (Ag2r-La Mondiale) was competing in his first race since Fleche Wallonne in April and camed home 5:28 down on the stage.
Early break
The stage was animated by a break featuring Luis Más (Caja Rural-RGA), Mirko Tedeschi (Neri-Sottoli), Ibai Salas (Burgos - BH) and Victor Etxebarria (Euskadi), who escaped inside the opening ten kilometres and gained a maximum advantage of three minutes.
Movistar’s was a visible presence at the head of the peloton in the finale, however, and their efforts helped to whittle the break’s lead down to just 40 seconds with 20 kilometres remaining, at which point Más and Tedeschi opted to press on without their erstwhile companions.
The duo were still out in front by the time they reached the entry to the finishing circuit around Burgos, and they held a 15-second lead as they climbed El Castillo for the first time, where Tedeschi tried to inch away from Más.
The pair led over the summit with 11 kilometres remaining, but the peloton was almost upon them, and Sebastien Turgot (Ag2r-La Mondiale) duly swept past them on the descent. His forearms resting across the tops of the handlebars in the style of Michele Bartoli, Turgot maintained a small advantage over the bunch on the approach to the finish, and received reinforcements when first Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) and then Giorgio Cecchinel (Neri Sottoli) bridged across.
The peloton remained in sight, however, and Turgot’s final dig with 3.5km remaining could do nothing to prevent their ineluctable recapture at the base of the final climb.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 3:29:37 |
2 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Team Katusha | |
3 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:03 |
4 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
5 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
6 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:05 |
7 | Daan Oliver (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | |
8 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
9 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | |
11 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
12 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Euskadi | |
13 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:09 |
14 | David Belda (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
15 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli | |
16 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 0:00:11 |
17 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | |
18 | Sergio Pardilla Bellón (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka | |
19 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha | |
20 | Juan José Oroz (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
21 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling | |
22 | Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:16 |
23 | José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | |
24 | Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | |
25 | Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskadi | |
26 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
27 | Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
28 | Peio Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
29 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
30 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
31 | Igor Anton (Spa) Movistar Team | |
32 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Rusvelo | |
33 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
34 | Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
35 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 0:00:23 |
36 | Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | |
37 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
38 | Bakhtiyar Kozhataye (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
39 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
40 | Rubén Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team | |
41 | Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
42 | Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:31 |
43 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:33 |
44 | Ivan Balykin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
45 | Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 0:00:36 |
46 | Fco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
47 | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka | |
48 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha | |
49 | Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
50 | Tom Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | |
51 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
52 | Sebastien Minard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
53 | Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:41 |
54 | Víctor Martín (Spa) Burgos - BH | 0:00:43 |
55 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | 0:00:44 |
56 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
57 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:47 |
58 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | |
59 | Dario Hernandez (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
60 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
61 | Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:55 |
62 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling | 0:01:04 |
63 | Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
64 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 0:01:11 |
65 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Rusvelo | |
66 | Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:22 |
67 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:24 |
68 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
69 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | |
70 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Team Katusha | 0:01:28 |
71 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:02:08 |
72 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 0:02:18 |
73 | Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
74 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Rusvelo | 0:03:37 |
75 | Jon Larrinaga (Spa) Euskadi | |
76 | Mikel Iturria (Spa) Euskadi | 0:05:28 |
77 | Beñat Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi | |
78 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
79 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | |
80 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | |
81 | Carlos Alberto Betancur (Col) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
82 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | |
83 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:06:11 |
84 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
85 | Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
86 | Pablo Torres (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
87 | Guiseppe Fonzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
88 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
89 | Mikel Landa (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
90 | Sergei Pomoshinikov (Rus) Rusvelo | 0:06:14 |
91 | Víctor Etxeberria (Spa) Euskadi | 0:10:17 |
92 | Illart Zuazubiskar (Spa) Euskadi | 0:10:18 |
93 | Pablo Lechuga (Spa) Euskadi | |
94 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:12:03 |
95 | Patrick Shelling (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:13:34 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 3 | pts |
2 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 2 | |
3 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 3 | pts |
2 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2 | |
3 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 3 | pts |
2 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 2 | |
3 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 25 | pts |
2 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Team Katusha | 20 | |
3 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 16 | |
4 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 14 | |
5 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | 12 | |
6 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale | 10 | |
7 | Daan Oliver (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 9 | |
8 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 8 | |
9 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Rusvelo | 7 | |
10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | 6 | |
11 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 5 | |
12 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Euskadi | 4 | |
13 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 3 | |
14 | David Belda (Spa) Burgos - BH | 2 | |
15 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 6 | pts |
2 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 4 | |
3 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2 | |
4 | Víctor Etxeberria (Spa) Euskadi | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 6 | pts |
2 | Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 4 | |
3 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2 | |
4 | Daan Oliver (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | pts |
2 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Team Katusha | 4 | |
3 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 2 | |
4 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Movistar Team | 10:29:12 |
2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:09 |
3 | IAM Cycling | |
4 | Burgos - BH | 0:00:15 |
5 | Rusvelo | 0:00:16 |
6 | MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:17 |
7 | Neri Sottoli | 0:00:22 |
8 | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:23 |
9 | Team Giant-Shimano | |
10 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
11 | Team Katusha | 0:00:26 |
12 | Euskadi | 0:03:37 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 3:29:37 |
2 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Team Katusha | |
3 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:03 |
4 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
5 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
6 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:05 |
7 | Daan Oliver (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | |
8 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
9 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | |
11 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
12 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Euskadi | |
13 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:09 |
14 | David Belda (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
15 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli | |
16 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 0:00:11 |
17 | Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | |
18 | Sergio Pardilla Bellón (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka | |
19 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha | |
20 | Juan José Oroz (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
21 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling | |
22 | Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:16 |
23 | José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | |
24 | Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | |
25 | Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskadi | |
26 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | |
27 | Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
28 | Peio Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
29 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
30 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
31 | Igor Anton (Spa) Movistar Team | |
32 | Serguei Klimov (Rus) Rusvelo | |
33 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
34 | Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
35 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 0:00:23 |
36 | Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | |
37 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
38 | Bakhtiyar Kozhataye (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
39 | Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
40 | Rubén Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team | |
41 | Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
42 | Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:31 |
43 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:33 |
44 | Ivan Balykin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
45 | Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 0:00:36 |
46 | Fco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
47 | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka | |
48 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha | |
49 | Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
50 | Tom Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | |
51 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
52 | Sebastien Minard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
53 | Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:41 |
54 | Víctor Martín (Spa) Burgos - BH | 0:00:43 |
55 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | 0:00:44 |
56 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Rusvelo | |
57 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:47 |
58 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | |
59 | Dario Hernandez (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
60 | Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
61 | Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:55 |
62 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling | 0:01:04 |
63 | Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
64 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 0:01:11 |
65 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Rusvelo | |
66 | Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:22 |
67 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:24 |
68 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
69 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | |
70 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Team Katusha | 0:01:28 |
71 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:02:08 |
72 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 0:02:18 |
73 | Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
74 | Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Rusvelo | 0:03:37 |
75 | Jon Larrinaga (Spa) Euskadi | |
76 | Mikel Iturria (Spa) Euskadi | 0:05:28 |
77 | Beñat Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi | |
78 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | |
79 | Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling | |
80 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | |
81 | Carlos Alberto Betancur (Col) Ag2r La Mondiale | |
82 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | |
83 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 0:06:11 |
84 | Mattia Pozzo (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
85 | Pablo Torres (Spa) Burgos - BH | |
86 | Guiseppe Fonzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | |
87 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
88 | Mikel Landa (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
89 | Sergei Pomoshinikov (Rus) Rusvelo | 0:06:14 |
90 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:06:31 |
91 | Víctor Etxeberria (Spa) Euskadi | 0:10:17 |
92 | Illart Zuazubiskar (Spa) Euskadi | 0:10:18 |
93 | Pablo Lechuga (Spa) Euskadi | |
94 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:12:03 |
95 | Patrick Shelling (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:13:34 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 25 | pts |
2 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Team Katusha | 20 | |
3 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 16 | |
4 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 14 | |
5 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | 12 | |
6 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale | 10 | |
7 | Daan Oliver (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 9 | |
8 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 8 | |
9 | Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Rusvelo | 7 | |
10 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | 6 | |
11 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 5 | |
12 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Euskadi | 4 | |
13 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 3 | |
14 | David Belda (Spa) Burgos - BH | 2 | |
15 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 8 | pts |
2 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 6 | |
3 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 4 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Neri Sottoli | 10 | pts |
2 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | |
3 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos - BH | 6 | |
4 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Team Katusha | 4 | |
5 | Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 4 | |
6 | Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 4 | |
7 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 2 | |
8 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 1 | |
9 | Daan Oliver (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 1 | |
10 | Víctor Etxeberria (Spa) Euskadi | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Movistar Team | 10:29:12 |
2 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:09 |
3 | IAM Cycling | |
4 | Burgos - BH | 0:00:15 |
5 | Rusvelo | 0:00:16 |
6 | MTN - Qhubeka | 0:00:17 |
7 | Neri Sottoli | 0:00:22 |
8 | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:23 |
9 | Team Giant-Shimano | |
10 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
11 | Team Katusha | 0:00:26 |
12 | Euskadi | 0:03:37 |

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