2025 Ruta de la Cerámica-Gran Premio Castellón (1.1), Spain
2nd edition: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Ruta de la Cerámica-Gran Premio Castellón podium history | Course map & profile | Start list
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Castellón - Onda, 171.7 km
Antonio Morgado wins in Onda.
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Weather at the finish city of Onda at 2:35 PM, local time: 17C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 38% chance of rain during the afternoon.
The race: Here's the race report from winner Antonio Morgado's UAE Team Emirates.
After the spectacular stage win by Jhonatan Narvaez in his debut race for the team at the Tour Down Under, Antonio Morgado has opened the European season in equally brilliant fashion by winning the Gran Premio Castellón in Spain.
The young Portuguese cyclist, at just 20 years old, showcased his talent and determination with a stubborn and powerful effort which blew his breakaway companies off the wheel on the final rise to the line of the 171km test.
The 2025 European racing season begins.
The race unfolded on an undulating route which took the riders from Castellón to Onda with damp conditions marking the day. With the early breakaway being absorbed inside the final -20km, it was UAE Team Emirates-XRG who lit things up with Jan Christen first to attack on the final slope which peaked at -11km from the line. The peloton gave chase until Alessandro Covi broke the elastic over the top of the climb with online five riders able to follow the Italian, including Morgado.
The gap would remain slim with the likes of Tudor and Jayco-AlUla giving chase, however a big insertion of power from Morgado, who took the front with over 2km to go would see nobody able to come around him. Covi held on for 4th spot, narrowly missing out on the podium.
Morgado : “It was a very hard race. At the top of the climb I managed to get to the front but I had to suffer a lot: I’m not a pure climber. Over the top myself and Covi ended up in a small group and we gave everything until the finish. It was a big fight in the end. I’m tired but I’m very happy to start the year with a win, it’s a great start for the team so far.”
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Complete results:
171.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.063 km/hr
| 1 | António Morgado | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3hr 59min 14sec |
| 2 | Eric Antonio Fagúndez | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 3 | Clément Champoussin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 5 | Christian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Matevž Govekar | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 7 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Mike Teunissen | XDS Astana Team | @ 5sec |
| 9 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 10 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 11 | Amaury Capiot | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 12 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 13 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Alex Aranburu | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 15 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 17 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:08 |
| 18 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Guillermo Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 20 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 21 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto | s.t. |
| 22 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 23 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | 0:11 |
| 24 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 25 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 26 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 27 | Rubén Fernández | Sabgal / Anicolor | s.t. |
| 28 | Sergio Geovani Chumil | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 29 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Clément Alleno | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 31 | Jelte Krijnsen | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 32 | Joseba López | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 33 | Daniel Årnes | Van Rysel Roubaix | s.t. |
| 34 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 35 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 36 | Louis Sutton | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:17 |
| 37 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 38 | José María García | Illes Balears Arabay | 0:19 |
| 39 | Nicolas Breuillard | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 40 | Ibon Ruiz | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:21 |
| 41 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 42 | Márton Dina | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 43 | Samuele Zoccarato | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 44 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 45 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 46 | Milan Vader | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | David González | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:25 |
| 48 | Alvaro Sagrado | Illes Balears Arabay | 0:29 |
| 49 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 0:31 |
| 50 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | 0:35 |
| 51 | Alec Segaert | Lotto | s.t. |
| 52 | Davide Bais | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 53 | Filippo Zana | Team Jayco AlUla | 0:40 |
| 54 | Fred Wright | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 55 | Jan Christen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:50 |
| 56 | Lucas Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:53 |
| 57 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Matej Mohorič | Bahrain-Victorious | 0:55 |
| 59 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 60 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | 1:01 |
| 61 | David De La Cruz | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:09 |
| 62 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:17 |
| 63 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 64 | Lucas Beneteau | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 1:45 |
| 65 | Léandre Lozouet | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 1:46 |
| 66 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:53 |
| 67 | Davide Ballerini | XDS Astana Team | 2:00 |
| 68 | Alexis Guerin | Sabgal / Anicolor | s.t. |
| 69 | Tyler Stites | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:03 |
| 70 | Milan Menten | Lotto | s.t. |
| 71 | Rafael Reis | Sabgal / Anicolor | 2:12 |
| 72 | Valentin Tabellion | Van Rysel Roubaix | s.t. |
| 73 | Diego Pablo Sevilla | Team Polti VisitMalta | 2:14 |
| 74 | Luis Faura José | Burgos Burpellet BH | 2:18 |
| 75 | Joseph Brookes | AVC Aix Provence Dole | 2:19 |
| 76 | Carlos García Pierna | Burgos Burpellet BH | 2:31 |
| 77 | Merhawi Kudus | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 78 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:35 |
| 79 | Enea Sambinello | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 80 | Eduardo Sepúlveda | Lotto | 2:39 |
| 81 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Lotto | s.t. |
| 82 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | 2:45 |
| 83 | Jordi López | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:53 |
| 84 | Daniel Cavia | Burgos Burpellet BH | 2:59 |
| 85 | Tristan Delacroix | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 86 | Francisco Joel Peñuela | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:07 |
| 87 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 88 | Mael Soranzo | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 89 | Nicolás Alustiza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 90 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:12 |
| 91 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:18 |
| 92 | Gonzalo Ariño | Illes Balears Arabay | 3:21 |
| 93 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | 3:23 |
| 94 | Rait Ärm | Van Rysel Roubaix | s.t. |
| 95 | Valentin Retailleau | Team TotalEnergies | 3:34 |
| 96 | Fabian Weiss | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 97 | Fabian Lienhard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Rayan Boulahoite | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 99 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 100 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 101 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel Roubaix | s.t. |
| 102 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 103 | Hugo Lennartsson | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 104 | Matthias Schwarzbacher | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 105 | Dillon Corkery | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 106 | Kamil Gradek | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 107 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 108 | Alan Riou | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 109 | Michele Gazzoli | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 110 | Clément Delcros | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 111 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | 5:08 |
| 112 | Davide De Cassan | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 113 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | 5:10 |
| 114 | Morné Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 5:41 |
| 115 | Larry Warbasse | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 116 | Victor Guernalec | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 117 | Jack Brough | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 118 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 119 | Ricard Fitó | Illes Balears Arabay | s.t. |
| 120 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel Roubaix | 5:45 |
| 121 | Javier Serrano | Team Polti VisitMalta | 6:46 |
| 122 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel Roubaix | 7:29 |
| 123 | Iván Cobo | Equipo Kern Pharma | 7:31 |
| 124 | Xavier Cañellas | Sabgal / Anicolor | s.t. |
| 125 | Alan Jousseaume | Team TotalEnergies | 7:36 |
| 126 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain-Victorious | 7:40 |
| 127 | Finlay Pickering | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 128 | Victor Martínez | Sabgal / Anicolor | 8:03 |
| 129 | Edgar Curto | Illes Balears Arabay | s.t. |
| 130 | Kamil Małecki | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 8:05 |
| 131 | Clément Izquierdo | Cofidis | 8:18 |
| 132 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 133 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 134 | Marcel Camprubí | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 135 | Unai Esparza | Illes Balears Arabay | s.t. |
| 136 | Marcos Freire | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 137 | Cees Bol | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 138 | Jokin Murguialday | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 139 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain-Victorious | 8:56 |
| 140 | Nil Gimeno | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:30 |
| 141 | Jamie Meehan | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 142 | Harrison Wood | Sabgal / Anicolor | 14:38 |
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Start list with back numbers, January 24, 2025:
| TEAM JAYCO ALULA | |
| 1 | Michael Matthews |
| 2 | Alessandro De Marchi |
| 3 | Davide De Pretto |
| 4 | Christopher Juul-Jensen |
| 5 | Jelte Krijnsen |
| 6 | Jasha Sütterlin |
| 7 | Filippo Zana |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | |
| 11 | Jan Christen |
| 12 | Filippo Baroncini |
| 13 | Alessandro Covi |
| 14 | Marcos Freire |
| 15 | Antonio Morgado |
| 16 | Enea Sambinello |
| 17 | Matthias Schwarzbacher |
| MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| 21 | Ivan Garcia Cortina |
| 22 | Jorge Arcas |
| 23 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 24 | Davide Formolo |
| 25 | Lorenzo Milesi |
| 26 | Antonio Pedrero |
| 27 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| 31 | Matej Mohoric |
| 32 | Matevž Govekar |
| 33 | Kamil Gradek |
| 34 | Xavier Finlay Pickering |
| 35 | Torstein Træen |
| 36 | Vlad Van Mechelen |
| 37 | Fred Wright |
| XDS ASTANA TEAM | |
| 41 | Simone Velasco |
| 42 | Cees Bol |
| 43 | Davide Ballerini |
| 44 | Clément Champoussin |
| 45 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 46 | Christian Scaroni |
| 47 | Mike Teunissen |
| COFIDIS | |
| 51 | Alex Aranburu |
| 52 | Sergio Samitier |
| 53 | Valentin Ferron |
| 54 | Clement Izquierdo |
| 55 | Oliver Knight |
| 56 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 57 | Stefano Oldani |
| ARKÉA-B&B HOTELS | |
| 61 | Amaury Capiot |
| 62 | Jenthe Biermans |
| 63 | Thibault Guernalec |
| 64 | Victor Guernalec |
| 65 | Léandre Lozouet |
| 66 | Michel Ries |
| 67 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng |
| BURGOS BURPELLET BH | |
| 71 | Luis Faura Jose |
| 72 | Clement Alleno |
| 73 | Antonio Eric Fagundez |
| 74 | Daniel Cavia |
| 75 | Sergio Chumil |
| 76 | Carlos Garcia Pierna |
| 77 | Merhawi Kudus |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | |
| 81 | Fernando Barcelo |
| 82 | Joan Bou |
| 83 | Joseba Lopez |
| 84 | Francisco Joel Peñuela |
| 85 | Eduard Prades |
| 86 | Thomas Silva Guillermo |
| 87 | Tyler James Stites |
| EQUIPO KERN PHARMA | |
| 91 | Pau Miquel |
| 92 | Ivan Cobo |
| 93 | Haimar Etxeberria |
| 94 | Francisco Galvan |
| 95 | Nil Gimeno |
| 96 | Mikel Retegi |
| 97 | Ibon Ruiz |
| EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI | |
| 101 | Márton Dina |
| 102 | Nicolás Alustiza |
| 103 | Jordi Lopez |
| 104 | Gotzon Martín |
| 105 | Iker Mintegi |
| 106 | Jokin Murguialday |
| 107 | David Louis Sutton |
| TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 111 | Jacob Eriksson |
| 112 | Arthur Kluckers |
| 113 | Fabian Lienhard |
| 114 | Marius Mayrhofer |
| 115 | Lawrence Warbasse |
| 116 | Fabian Weiss |
| 117 | Lucas Eriksson |
| LOTTO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 121 | Eduardo Sepulveda |
| 122 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 123 | Mathieu Kockelmann |
| 124 | Arjen Livyns |
| 125 | Milan Menten |
| 126 | Alec Segaert |
| 127 | Baptiste Veistroffer |
| Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 131 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo |
| 132 | Marcel Camprubi |
| 133 | Fabio Christen |
| 134 | David González |
| 135 | Kamil Malecki |
| 136 | Joseph Pidcock |
| 137 | Milan Vader |
| TEAM POLTI VISITMALTA | |
| 141 | Davide Bais |
| 142 | Davide De Cassan |
| 143 | Francisco Muñoz |
| 144 | Davide Piganzoli |
| 145 | Javier Serrano |
| 146 | Diego Pablo Sevilla |
| 147 | Samuele Zoccarato |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| 151 | Anthony Turgis |
| 152 | Thomas Bonnet |
| 153 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 154 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 155 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 156 | Alan Jousseaume |
| 157 | Valentin Retailleau |
| ILLES BALEARS ARABAY CYCLING | |
| 161 | Gonzalo Ariño |
| 162 | Edgar Curto |
| 163 | Unai Esparza |
| 164 | Ricard Fito |
| 165 | Jose Maria Garcia |
| 166 | Alvaro Sagrado |
| 167 | Sergio Trueba |
| SABGAL/ANICOLOR | |
| 171 | Victor Martinez |
| 172 | Xavier Cañellas |
| 173 | Andre Dutra |
| 174 | Ruben Fernández |
| 175 | Alexis Guerin |
| 176 | Rafael Reis |
| 177 | Harrison Wood |
| VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX | |
| 181 | Rait Ärm |
| 182 | Daniel Årnes |
| 183 | Kévin Avoine |
| 184 | Emmanuel Morin |
| 185 | Baptiste Planckaert |
| 186 | Valentin Tabellion |
| 187 | Killian Theot |
| ST MICHEL-PREFERENCE HOME-AUBER 93 | |
| 191 | Lucas Beneteau |
| 192 | Nicolas Breuillard |
| 193 | Thomas Champion |
| 194 | Dillon Corkery |
| 195 | Alan Riou |
| 196 | Romain Cardis |
| 197 | Morne Van Niekerk |
| AVC AIX PROVENCE DOLE | |
| 201 | Joseph Brookes |
| 202 | Tristan Delacroix |
| 203 | Clément Delcros |
| 204 | Hugo Lennartsson |
| 205 | Jack Brough Thomas |
| 206 | Jamie Meehan |
| 207 | Mael Soranzo |