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2014 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

Stage 1 Results

94th edition: March 24 - March 30, 2014

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Monday, March 24: Stage 1, Calella - Calella, 169.7 km

The Race: Giant-Shimano has a wealth of sprinting talent. As L'Equipe noted, even with John Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel racing elsewhere, the team can still contest and win sprints, as it did here in the first stage of the Catalonian tour. Giant-Shimano's Luka Mezgec is having a terrific start to the season, having won the Handzame Classic in Belgium a few days before. He and Leigh Howard had a rather physical sprint with a few elbows thrown as Howard tried to box in the Slovenian stage winner.

All the big names finished in good order with but one notable exception: Richie Port came in two minutes fifty-eight seconds after the main group. With all the horsepower in this race, that will be a difficult difference to make up.

Complete Results:

176 riders started and finished. 40.853 km/hr average speed

1 Luka Mezgec TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 4hr 9min 13sec 
2 Leigh Howard ORICA GreenEDGE .
3 Julian Alaphilippe OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK  
4 Paul Martens BELKIN  
5 Tosh Van Der Sande LOTTO BELISOL  
6 Daniele Ratto CANNONDALE  
7 Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM  
8 Roberto Ferrari LAMPRE-MERIDA  
9 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R LA MONDIALE  
10 Kévin Reza TEAM EUROPCAR  
11 Gianluca Brambilla OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP  
12 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr  
13 Davide Vigano CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
14 Julian Kern AG2R LA MONDIALE  
15 Michel Kreder WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
16 Martin Kohler BMC RACING TEAM  
17 Angel Madrazo CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
18 David Tanner BELKIN  
19 Christian Meier ORICA GreenEDGE  
20 Jan Polanc LAMPRE-MERIDA  
21 Joaquin Rodriguez TEAM KATUSHA  
22 Pieter Serry OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP  
23 A. Acevedo Javier GARMIN SHARP  
24 Beppu Fumiyuki TREK FACTORY RACING  
25 Alberto Contador TINKOFF-SAXO  
26 Romain Bardet AG2R LA MONDIALE  
27 Rory Sutherland TINKOFF-SAXO  
28 Warren Barguil TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO  
29 Cédric Pineau FDJ.fr  
30 Samuel Sanchez BMC RACING TEAM  
31 Brett Lancaster ORICA GreenEDGE  
32 Luis_Leon Sanchez CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
33 Wilco Kelderman BELKIN  
34 Carlos Betancur AG2R LA MONDIALE  
35 Daniel Martin GARMIN SHARP  
36 Georg Preidler TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO  
37 Giampaolo Caruso TEAM KATUSHA  
38 Yohan Bagot COFIDIS   
39 Arnold Jeannesson FDJ.fr  
40 Kanstantsin Siutsou TEAM SKY  
41 Dennis Vanendert LOTTO BELISOL  
42 Giacomo Nizzolo TREK FACTORY RACING  
43 Maciej Paterski CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
44 Stéphane Poulhies COFIDIS   
45 Tejay Van Garderen BMC RACING TEAM  
46 Laurens Ten Dam BELKIN  
47 Christopher Froome TEAM SKY  
48 Natnael Berhane TEAM EUROPCAR  
49 J. Sarmiento Cayetano CANNONDALE  
50 George Bennett CANNONDALE  
51 Ben Gastauer AG2R LA MONDIALE  
52 Andrew Talansky GARMIN SHARP  
53 Adam Yates ORICA GreenEDGE  
54 Danilo Hondo TREK FACTORY RACING  
55 Mikel Nieve TEAM SKY  
56 Mattia Cattaneo LAMPRE-MERIDA  
57 Marco Minnaard WANTY - GROUPE GOBERt  
58 Romain Hardy COFIDIS   
59 Thomas Degand WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
60 Eros Capecchi MOVISTAR TEAM  
61 Paolo Tiralongo ASTANA PRO TEAM  
62 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
63 Fabio Aru ASTANA PRO TEAM  
64 Ryder Hesjedal GARMIN SHARP  
65 Simon Clarke ORICA GreenEDGE  
66 Christopher Horner LAMPRE-MERIDA  
67 Christophe Le Mevel COFIDIS SOLUTIONS C  
68 Michel Koch CANNONDALE  
69 Damien Howson ORICA GreenEDGE  
70 Jurgen V.Den Broeck LOTTO BELISOL  
71 Bruno Pires TINKOFF-SAXO  
72 Sébastien Minard AG2R LA MONDIALE  
73 Robert Kiserlovski TREK FACTORY RACING  
74 Pablo Lastras MOVISTAR TEAM  
75 Daniel Moreno TEAM KATUSHA  
76 Pawel Poljanski TINKOFF-SAXO  
77 Marc Marino Jean CANNONDALE  
78 José Herrada MOVISTAR TEAM  
79 Davide Rebellin CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
80 David Arroyo CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
81 Branislau Samoilau CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
82 Rigoberto Uran OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP  
83 Julian Arredondo TREK FACTORY RACING  
84 Nathan Earle TEAM SKY  
85 Nairo Quintana MOVISTAR TEAM  
86 Rudy Molard COFIDIS   
87 E. Chaves Jhoan ORICA GreenEDGE  
88 Kevin Seeldraeyers WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
89 Lukasz Owsian CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
90 Yannick Eijssen BMC RACING TEAM  
91 R. Parra Heiner CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
92 Jussi Veikkanen FDJ.fr  
93 Johannes Fröhlinger TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO  
94 Cameron Wurf CANNONDALE  
95 Carlos Verona OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP  
96 Alberto Losada TEAM KATUSHA  
97 Bart De Clercq LOTTO BELISOL  
98 Adrian Honkisz CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
99 Stig Broeckx LOTTO BELISOL  
100 Pierre Rolland TEAM EUROPCAR  
101 Peter Stetina BMC RACING TEAM  
102 Sander Armee LOTTO BELISOL  
103 Eduard Vorganov TEAM KATUSHA  
104 Phillip Gaimon GARMIN SHARP  
105 Jakob Fuglsang ASTANA PRO TEAM  
106 Alexandre Geniez FDJ.fr  
107 Thomas Danielson GARMIN SHARP  
108 Steven Kruijswijk BELKIN-PRO  
109 Maxim Belkov TEAM KATUSHA  
110 Darwin Atapuma BMC RACING TEAM  
111 Koldo Fernandez GARMIN SHARP  
112 Pavel Brutt TEAM KATUSHA  
113 Domenico Pozzovivo AG2R LA MONDIALE  
114 Marcos Garcia CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
115 Amets Txurruka CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
116 Stef Clement BELKIN  
117 Cristiano Salerno CANNONDALE  
118 Kenny Elissonde FDJ.fr  
119 Martijn Keizer BELKIN  
120 Ivan Basso CANNONDALE  
121 Lawrence Warbasse BMC RACING TEAM  
122 Winner Anacona LAMPRE-MERIDA  
123 Mikael Cherel AG2R LA MONDIALE  
124 Daniel Navarro COFIDIS SOLUTIONS C  
125 Lieuwe Westra ASTANA PRO TEAM  
126 Przemyslaw Niemiec LAMPRE-MERIDA  
127 Kristof Vandewalle TREK FACTORY RACING  
128 Chris Sörensen TINKOFF-SAXO  
129 Kristijan Durasek LAMPRE-MERIDA  
130 Javier Moreno MOVISTAR TEAM  
131 Mikel Landa ASTANA PRO TEAM  
132 Jérôme Baugnies WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
133 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr  
134 Igor Anton MOVISTAR TEAM  
135 Antonio Piedra CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS  
136 Thomas De Gendt OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP  
137 Ruben Plaza MOVISTAR TEAM  
138 Andrey Zeits ASTANA PRO TEAM  
139 Jérémy Roy FDJ.fr  
140 Jesper Hansen TINKOFF-SAXO  
141 Jesus Hernandez TINKOFF-SAXO  
142 Angel Mate Luis COFIDIS  
143 David Lopez TEAM SKY  
144 Fredrik Kessiakoff ASTANA PRO TEAM  
145 Jens Voigt TREK FACTORY RACING  
146 Serge Pauwels OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK  
147 Maxime Mederel TEAM EUROPCAR  
148 Tomasz Marczynski CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
149 Jose Serpa LAMPRE-MERIDA  
150 Nathan Brown GARMIN SHARP  
151 Sergio Paulinho TINKOFF-SAXO  
152 Boris Vallee LOTTO BELISOL  
153 Mateusz Taciak CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE  
154 Davide Malacarne TEAM EUROPCAR  
155 Francis De Greef WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
156 Thomas Voeckler TEAM EUROPCAR  
157 Chad Haga TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO  
158 Jonathan Castroviejo MOVISTAR TEAM  
159 Thomas Damuseau TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO  
160 Angel Vicioso TEAM KATUSHA  
161 Jack Bobridge BELKIN  
162 Perrig Quemeneur TEAM EUROPCAR  
163 Greg Henderson LOTTO BELISOL 2:58
164 Sam Bewley ORICA GreenEDGE  
165 Cheng Ji TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO  
166 Alexsandr Dyachenko ASTANA PRO TEAM  
167 Christophe Kern TEAM EUROPCAR  
168 Romain Lemarchand COFIDIS  
169 Nico Sijmens WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
170 Haimar Zubeldia TREK FACTORY RACING  
171 Gregory Habeaux WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT  
172 Danny Pate TEAM SKY  
173 Richie Porte TEAM SKY  
174 Petr Vakoc OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP  
175 Joshua Edmondson TEAM SKY  
176 Thomas Peterson TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 6:29

GC after Stage 1:

1 Luka Mezgec TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 4hr 9min 3sec 
2 Leigh Howard ORICA GreenEDGE 4"
3 Julian Alaphilippe OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK 6"
4 Boris Vallee LOTTO BELISOL 8"
5 Cédric Pineau FDJ.fr 9"
6 Paul Martens BELKIN s.t.
7 Tosh Van Der Sande LOTTO BELISOL s.t.
8 Daniele Ratto CANNONDALE s.t.
9 Marcus Burghardt BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
10 Roberto Ferrari LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
11 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
12 Kévin Reza TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
13 Gianluca Brambilla OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP s.t.
14 Anthony Roux FDJ.fr s.t.
15 Davide Vigano CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
16 Julian Kern AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
17 Michel Kreder WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT s.t.
18 Martin Kohler BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
19 Angel Madrazo CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
20 David Tanner BELKIN s.t.
21 Christian Meier ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
22 Jan Polanc LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
23 Joaquin Rodriguez TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
24 Pieter Serry OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP s.t.
25 A. Acevedo Javier GARMIN SHARP s.t.
26 Beppu Fumiyuki TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
27 Alberto Contador TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
28 Romain Bardet AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
29 Rory Sutherland TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
30 Warren Barguil TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO s.t.
31 Samuel Sanchez BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
32 Brett Lancaster ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
33 Luis_Leon Sanchez CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
34 Wilco Kelderman BELKIN s.t.
35 Carlos Betancur AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
36 Daniel Martin GARMIN SHARP s.t.
37 Georg Preidler TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO s.t.
38 Giampaolo Caruso TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
39 Yohan Bagot COFIDIS  s.t.
40 Arnold Jeannesson FDJ.fr s.t.
41 Kanstantsin Siutsou TEAM SKY s.t.
42 Dennis Vanendert LOTTO BELISOL s.t.
43 Giacomo Nizzolo TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
44 Maciej Paterski CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
45 Stéphane Poulhies COFIDIS  s.t.
46 Tejay Van Garderen BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
47 Laurens Ten Dam BELKIN s.t.
48 Christopher Froome TEAM SKY s.t.
49 Natnael Berhane TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
50 J. Sarmiento Cayetano CANNONDALE s.t.
51 George Bennett CANNONDALE s.t.
52 Ben Gastauer AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
53 Andrew Talansky GARMIN SHARP s.t.
54 Adam Yates ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
55 Danilo Hondo TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
56 Mikel Nieve TEAM SKY s.t.
57 Mattia Cattaneo LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
58 Marco Minnaard WANTY - GROUPE GOBERt s.t.
59 Romain Hardy COFIDIS  s.t.
60 Thomas Degand WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT s.t.
61 Eros Capecchi MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
62 Paolo Tiralongo ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
63 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
64 Fabio Aru ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
65 Ryder Hesjedal GARMIN SHARP s.t.
66 Simon Clarke ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
67 Christopher Horner LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
68 Christophe Le Mevel COFIDIS SOLUTIONS C s.t.
69 Michel Koch CANNONDALE s.t.
70 Damien Howson ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
71 Jurgen V.Den Broeck LOTTO BELISOL s.t.
72 Bruno Pires TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
73 Sébastien Minard AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
74 Robert Kiserlovski TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
75 Pablo Lastras MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
76 Daniel Moreno TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
77 Pawel Poljanski TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
78 Marc Marino Jean CANNONDALE s.t.
79 José Herrada MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
80 Davide Rebellin CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
81 David Arroyo CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
82 Branislau Samoilau CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
83 Rigoberto Uran OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP s.t.
84 Julian Arredondo TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
85 Nathan Earle TEAM SKY s.t.
86 Nairo Quintana MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
87 Rudy Molard COFIDIS  s.t.
88 E. Chaves Jhoan ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
89 Kevin Seeldraeyers WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT s.t.
90 Lukasz Owsian CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
91 Yannick Eijssen BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
92 R. Parra Heiner CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
93 Jussi Veikkanen FDJ.fr s.t.
94 Johannes Fröhlinger TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO s.t.
95 Cameron Wurf CANNONDALE s.t.
96 Carlos Verona OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP s.t.
97 Alberto Losada TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
98 Bart De Clercq LOTTO BELISOL s.t.
99 Adrian Honkisz CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
100 Stig Broeckx LOTTO BELISOL s.t.
101 Pierre Rolland TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
102 Peter Stetina BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
103 Sander Armee LOTTO BELISOL s.t.
104 Eduard Vorganov TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
105 Phillip Gaimon GARMIN SHARP s.t.
106 Jakob Fuglsang ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
107 Alexandre Geniez FDJ.fr s.t.
108 Thomas Danielson GARMIN SHARP s.t.
109 Steven Kruijswijk BELKIN-PRO s.t.
110 Maxim Belkov TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
111 Darwin Atapuma BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
112 Koldo Fernandez GARMIN SHARP s.t.
113 Pavel Brutt TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
114 Domenico Pozzovivo AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
115 Marcos Garcia CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
116 Amets Txurruka CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
117 Stef Clement BELKIN s.t.
118 Cristiano Salerno CANNONDALE s.t.
119 Kenny Elissonde FDJ.fr s.t.
120 Martijn Keizer BELKIN s.t.
121 Ivan Basso CANNONDALE s.t.
122 Lawrence Warbasse BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
123 Winner Anacona LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
124 Mikael Cherel AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
125 Daniel Navarro COFIDIS SOLUTIONS C s.t.
126 Lieuwe Westra ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
127 Przemyslaw Niemiec LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
128 Kristof Vandewalle TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
129 Chris Sörensen TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
130 Kristijan Durasek LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
131 Javier Moreno MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
132 Mikel Landa ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
133 Jérôme Baugnies WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT s.t.
134 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr s.t.
135 Igor Anton MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
136 Antonio Piedra CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS s.t.
137 Thomas De Gendt OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP s.t.
138 Ruben Plaza MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
139 Andrey Zeits ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
140 Jérémy Roy FDJ.fr s.t.
141 Jesper Hansen TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
142 Jesus Hernandez TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
143 Angel Mate Luis COFIDIS s.t.
144 David Lopez TEAM SKY s.t.
145 Fredrik Kessiakoff ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
146 Jens Voigt TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
147 Serge Pauwels OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK s.t.
148 Maxime Mederel TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
149 Tomasz Marczynski CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
150 Jose Serpa LAMPRE-MERIDA s.t.
151 Nathan Brown GARMIN SHARP s.t.
152 Sergio Paulinho TINKOFF-SAXO s.t.
153 Mateusz Taciak CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
154 Davide Malacarne TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
155 Francis De Greef WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT s.t.
156 Thomas Voeckler TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
157 Chad Haga TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO s.t.
158 Jonathan Castroviejo MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
159 Thomas Damuseau TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO s.t.
160 Angel Vicioso TEAM KATUSHA s.t.
161 Jack Bobridge BELKIN s.t.
162 Perrig Quemeneur TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
163 Romain Lemarchand COFIDIS 3:05
164 Greg Henderson LOTTO BELISOL 3:08
165 Sam Bewley ORICA GreenEDGE s.t.
166 Cheng Ji TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO s.t.
167 Alexsandr Dyachenko ASTANA PRO TEAM s.t.
168 Christophe Kern TEAM EUROPCAR s.t.
169 Nico Sijmens WANTY - GROUPE GOBER s.t.
170 Haimar Zubeldia TREK FACTORY RACING s.t.
171 Gregory Habeaux WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT s.t.
172 Danny Pate TEAM SKY s.t.
173 Richie Porte TEAM SKY s.t.
174 Petr Vakoc OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP s.t.
175 Joshua Edmondson TEAM SKY s.t.
176 Thomas Peterson TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 6:39