2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.1)

70th edition: February 6 - February 10, 2019

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana podium history | 2018 edition | 2020 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

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Sunday, February 10: 5th and Final Stage, Paterna - Valencia, 88.5 km

Stage 5 profile

Dylan Groenewegen takes the final stage. Cor Vos photo.

Weather in the finish city of Valencia at 2:30 PM, local time: 17C (62F), fair, with the wind from the west at 32 km/hr (20 mph).

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Dylan Groenewegen's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Dylan Groenewegen has won the final stage of the Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The 25-year-old sprinter was the fastest in the bunch sprint in the streets of Valencia. The fast Dutchman not only claimed his first win of the season, it was also the first of his team Team Jumbo-Visma.

The short stage in Valencia was marked by the traditional early breakaway, which was caught in the final by Team-Jumbo Visma. In the chaotic final kilometre, Groenewegen had to come from far, but he managed to take the stage victory in the final metres.

“This is a victory for the entire team”, Groenewegen said. “It was a tough final with many corners and the pace was very high. In the last corner I had to come from too far back, but by jumping from wheel to wheel, I managed to claim the victory. The team did a great job the entire day by controlling the race and I’m glad I finished it off. For me, this victory is very important. It gives confidence to the races that are yet to come. Today was a moment to do so. Not only is it my first win of the season, but also the first for the team under the new name. I am very happy.”

Complete results:

88.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.149 km/hr

1	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	1hr 50min 17sec
2	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
7	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
8	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
9	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
11	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
12	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
13	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
14	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	s.t.
15	Cort, Magnus	Astana	s.t.
16	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	s.t.
17	Swift, Ben	Sky	s.t.
18	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
19	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
21	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
23	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
26	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
27	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
28	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
29	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	s.t.
30	Higuita, Sergio	Team Euskadi	s.t.
31	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
32	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
36	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
39	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
40	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
42	Cras, Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
44	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
45	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
46	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
47	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
51	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
52	Herrada, José	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
54	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
56	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
57	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	s.t.
59	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	Alonso, Mikel	Team Euskadi	s.t.
61	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
62	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
63	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Rosa, Diego	Sky	s.t.
65	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
68	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
69	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
72	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
73	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
77	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
78	Soto, Antonio	Team Euskadi	s.t.
79	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
80	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
81	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
82	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
83	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
84	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
85	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
86	Fraile, Omar	Astana	s.t.
87	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
88	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
90	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
91	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
92	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
93	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
94	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
95	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
96	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
97	King, Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
98	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
99	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	s.t.
101	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
102	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
103	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
104	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
105	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
106	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
107	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
108	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
109	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
110	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
111	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
113	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
114	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
115	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
117	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
118	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
120	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	@ 2min 19sec
121	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	De La Cruz, David	Sky	s.t.
123	Martín, Gotzon	Team Euskadi	s.t.
124	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
125	Stannard, Ian	Sky	s.t.
126	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
127	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	s.t.
129	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	s.t.
130	Houle, Hugo	Astana	s.t.
131	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
132	Zabel, Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
133	Smit, Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
134	Gonçalves, José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
135	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
136	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
137	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
138	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
139	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
140	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
141	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
142	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
143	Lawless, Chris	Sky	s.t.
144	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
145	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
146	Goikoetxea, Peio	Team Euskadi	4' 25''
147	Azurmendi, Ibai	Team Euskadi	s.t.
148	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
149	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
150	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
151	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.

Final GC after stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Ion Izagirre (Astana)
• Mountains classification winner: Diego Rubio (Burgos-BH)
• Best young rider: Sergio Higuita (Team Euskadi)
• Team classification winner: Astana

647 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.073 km/hr

1	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	16hr 8min 44sec
2	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	@ 7sec
3	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	s.t.
4	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	16''
5	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	18''
6	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	29''
7	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	33''
8	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	34''
9	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	46''
10	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	48''
11	Rosa, Diego	Sky	57''
12	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	59''
13	Higuita, Sergio	Team Euskadi	1' 06''
14	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	1' 14''
15	De La Cruz, David	Sky	1' 15''
16	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 17''
17	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	1' 18''
18	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	1' 27''
19	Cras, Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	1' 45''
20	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	1' 46''
21	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	1' 50''
22	Swift, Ben	Sky	1' 51''
23	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1' 58''
24	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	2' 02''
25	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	2' 10''
26	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	2' 10''
27	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2' 17''
28	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	2' 19''
29	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	2' 26''
30	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2' 30''
31	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	2' 35''
32	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 37''
33	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	2' 48''
34	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	2' 54''
35	Gonçalves, José	Katusha-Alpecin	3' 03''
36	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	3' 06''
37	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 16''
38	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	3' 23''
39	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 42''
40	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	3' 45''
41	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	3' 56''
42	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	4' 01''
43	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 08''
44	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	4' 27''
45	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	4' 28''
46	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 51''
47	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	5' 03''
48	Herrada, José	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	5' 47''
50	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	5' 58''
51	Fraile, Omar	Astana	6' 01''
52	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	6' 02''
53	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	6' 05''
54	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	6' 31''
55	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	6' 38''
56	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	6' 48''
57	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	7' 01''
58	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	7' 11''
59	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	7' 19''
60	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
61	Soto, Antonio	Team Euskadi	7' 44''
62	Smit, Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	7' 47''
63	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	7' 54''
64	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	8' 18''
65	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	8' 23''
66	Martín, Gotzon	Team Euskadi	8' 25''
67	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	8' 43''
68	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	8' 47''
69	Stannard, Ian	Sky	9' 07''
70	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	9' 10''
71	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC Cycling	9' 12''
72	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	9' 13''
73	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	9' 24''
74	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9' 55''
75	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	10' 00''
76	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	10' 09''
77	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	10' 19''
78	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	10' 26''
79	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	10' 37''
80	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	10' 45''
81	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	10' 46''
82	King, Ben	Dimension Data	10' 54''
83	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	11' 06''
84	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	12' 00''
85	Azurmendi, Ibai	Team Euskadi	12' 31''
86	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	12' 34''
87	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	13' 13''
88	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	13' 21''
89	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	13' 39''
90	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	13' 52''
91	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	14' 49''
92	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	15' 02''
93	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	15' 31''
94	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16' 08''
95	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	16' 22''
96	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	16' 52''
97	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	16' 56''
98	Cort, Magnus	Astana	17' 01''
99	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	17' 34''
100	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	18' 29''
101	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	18' 41''
102	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18' 50''
103	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	19' 07''
104	Houle, Hugo	Astana	19' 33''
105	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	19' 34''
106	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	19' 53''
108	Zabel, Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	20' 21''
109	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	20' 26''
110	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	21' 27''
111	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22' 01''
112	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22' 07''
113	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	22' 14''
114	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	22' 30''
115	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	23' 06''
116	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	23' 18''
117	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	25' 05''
118	Lawless, Chris	Sky	25' 40''
119	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	25' 50''
120	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	26' 00''
121	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	26' 12''
122	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	26' 16''
123	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	26' 54''
124	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	27' 03''
125	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	27' 22''
126	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	27' 58''
127	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	29' 08''
128	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	29' 14''
129	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	29' 32''
130	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	29' 52''
131	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	31' 02''
132	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	31' 07''
133	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	32' 05''
134	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	32' 53''
135	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	33' 36''
136	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36' 19''
137	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	36' 44''
138	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC Cycling	38' 24''
139	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	39' 32''
140	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	40' 44''
141	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	40' 59''
142	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	41' 35''
143	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	46' 08''
144	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	46' 43''
145	Goikoetxea, Peio	Team Euskadi	47' 30''
146	Alonso, Mikel	Team Euskadi	48' 34''
147	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	51' 30''
148	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	54' 42''
149	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	58' 45''
150	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	58' 50''
151	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	59' 46''

Stage 5 profile:

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Saturday, February 9: Stage 4, Vila real - Alcalà Alcossebre, 188 km

Stage 4 profile

Adams Yates takes the stage ahead of Alejandro Valverde.

Weather at the start city of Vila-real at 2:00 PM, local time: 17C (53F), fair, with the wind from the SE at 10 km/hr (10 mph)

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team.

Briton Adam Yates has claimed an impressive stage victory on the tough Queen stage at the Volta a la Valenciana today, his first victory of the season and the second win of the tour for Mitchelton-SCOTT.

Yates timed his effort to perfection up the steep slopes to the Ermita Santa Lucía, getting the better of world champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Pello Bilbao (Astana) to take the seventh victory of the 2019 season for the men’s team.

It was Team Dimension-Data who controlled the breakaway for most of the day until other teams decided to join in with the workload, including Mitchelton-SCOTT, with around 40km to go to draw back the escapees ahead of the final climb.

The day’s effort took its toll and three leaders started to split up on approach to the final climb, with Silvan Dillier (AG2R La Mondiale) remaining ahead, fighting on to maintain a gap of two minutes over the peloton.

With the chase constantly picking up speed behind, by the time Dillier entered the bottom of the climb with just 3.5km to go, his gap had dropped to just 30seconds and shortly after the catch was made by the quickly reducing bunch.

Having ridden the climb before at the 2017 Vuelta a España, the attacks began early but Yates bided his time until 1.5kilometres to go when he launched a move and forced more riders to drop off the testing pace.

Conquering 20% sections, Yates had enough left to continue to push on, leading the small surviving group before attacking again up the brutal stopes inside the final 500m, crossing the line ahead of the current world champion to claim his first win of the season.

Adam Yates:
“We wanted it all to come together for the finish and for the break not to stay away. Dimension-Data actually did a pretty good job of controlling the break and it was only in the final we had to put some guys at front to close the gap.

“The run in was always tricky, I’ve done it before at the Vuelta a España so I knew how tricky it was. I knew how steep the climb was and I just had to pace my effort and that’s what I did.

“It feels good, I’ve had a really good off-season, I’ve been really consistent with my training and doing everything correct and it just goes to show when you commit like that everything comes together so it is a really good feeling.”

Complete results:

188 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.244 km/hr

1	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	4hr 54min 57sec
2	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
3	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	@ 2sec
4	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	s.t.
5	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	04''
6	Higuita, Sergio	Team Euskadi	05''
7	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	12''
8	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	17''
9	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	25''
11	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	30''
12	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
13	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	42''
14	Kudus, Merhawi	Astana	44''
15	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Rosa, Diego	Sky	s.t.
17	De La Cruz, David	Sky	50''
18	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
20	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	53''
21	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	55''
22	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
23	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 00''
24	Cras, Steff	Team Katusha-Alpecin	1' 04''
25	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
26	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	1' 10''
27	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	1' 12''
28	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 13''
29	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	1' 19''
31	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
32	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1' 27''
33	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
35	Azurmendi, Ibai	Team Euskadi	s.t.
36	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
37	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
38	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
39	Swift, Ben	Sky	s.t.
40	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	1' 31''
41	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Gonçalves, José	Team Katusha-Alpecin	1' 34''
44	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	1' 38''
45	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 39''
46	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	1' 49''
47	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	1' 51''
48	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	1' 59''
49	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	2' 03''
50	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2' 05''
51	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	2' 07''
52	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
53	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	2' 12''
54	Martín, Gotzon	Team Euskadi	2' 13''
55	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	2' 14''
56	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
57	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
58	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	2' 23''
59	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	2' 25''
60	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
61	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
62	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 35''
63	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	2' 42''
64	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	2' 46''
65	Smit, Willie	Team Katusha-Alpecin	2' 47''
66	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	3' 14''
67	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
68	Herrada, José	Cofidis	3' 20''
69	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
70	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	3' 33''
72	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
73	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC Cycling	3' 36''
74	Hollenstein, Reto	Team Katusha-Alpecin	3' 57''
75	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	4' 01''
76	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
77	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	4' 03''
78	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
79	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
80	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	4' 06''
81	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	4' 07''
82	Stannard, Ian	Sky	4' 08''
83	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
84	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	4' 33''
85	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 49''
87	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
91	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	5' 08''
92	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	5' 13''
93	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	5' 17''
96	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	5' 22''
97	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	5' 25''
98	Soto, Antonio	Team Euskadi	5' 30''
99	Fraile, Omar	Astana	s.t.
100	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
101	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	5' 44''
102	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
103	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
104	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	5' 55''
105	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	6' 07''
106	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	6' 08''
107	Schmidt, Mads	Team Katusha-Alpecin	6' 10''
108	Cort, Magnus	Astana	s.t.
109	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
110	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
111	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
112	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
113	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
114	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
115	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	Houle, Hugo	Astana	s.t.
117	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	s.t.
118	King, Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
119	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	6' 17''
120	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
121	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	6' 18''
122	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
123	Zabel, Rick	Team Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
124	López, Diego	Team Euskadi	6' 22''
125	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	6' 49''
126	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6' 51''
127	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6' 57''
128	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
129	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7' 19''
130	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	7' 25''
131	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
132	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
133	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	7' 28''
134	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
135	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	8' 23''
136	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	s.t.
137	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	8' 36''
138	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	8' 45''
139	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	10' 59''
140	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	11' 38''
141	Lawless, Chris	Sky	11' 48''
142	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
143	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	12' 12''
144	Goikoetxea, Peio	Team Euskadi	12' 45''
145	Alonso, Mikel	Team Euskadi	12' 47''
146	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13' 05''
147	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	13' 58''
148	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 05''
149	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	14' 42''
150	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	17' 12''
151	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	19' 58''
152	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
153	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	20' 07''
154	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	20' 46''
155	Tanfield, Harry	Team Katusha-Alpecin	21' 10''

GC after stage 4:

558.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.036 km/hr

1	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	14hr 18min 27sec
2	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	@ 7sec
3	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	s.t.
4	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	16''
5	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	18''
6	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	29''
7	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	33''
8	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	34''
9	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	46''
10	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	48''
11	Rosa, Diego	Sky	57''
12	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	59''
13	Higuita, Sergio	Team Euskadi	1' 06''
14	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	1' 14''
15	De La Cruz, David	Sky	1' 15''
16	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 17''
17	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	1' 18''
18	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	1' 27''
19	Cras, Steff	Team Katusha-Alpecin	1' 45''
20	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	1' 46''
21	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	1' 50''
22	Swift, Ben	Sky	1' 51''
23	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1' 58''
24	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	2' 02''
25	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	2' 10''
26	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2' 17''
28	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	2' 19''
29	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	2' 26''
30	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2' 30''
31	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	2' 35''
32	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 37''
33	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	2' 48''
34	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	2' 54''
35	Gonçalves, José	Team Katusha-Alpecin	3' 03''
36	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	3' 06''
37	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 16''
38	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	3' 23''
39	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 42''
40	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	3' 45''
41	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	3' 56''
42	Kudus, Merhawi	Astana	3' 58''
43	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	4' 01''
44	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 08''
45	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	4' 27''
46	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	4' 28''
47	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 51''
48	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	5' 03''
49	Herrada, José	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	5' 47''
51	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	5' 58''
52	Fraile, Omar	Astana	6' 01''
53	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	6' 02''
54	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	6' 05''
55	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	6' 31''
56	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	6' 38''
57	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	6' 48''
58	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	7' 01''
59	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	7' 11''
60	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	7' 19''
61	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
62	Soto, Antonio	Team Euskadi	7' 44''
63	Smit, Willie	Team Katusha-Alpecin	7' 47''
64	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	7' 54''
65	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	8' 18''
66	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	8' 23''
67	Martín, Gotzon	Team Euskadi	8' 25''
68	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	8' 43''
69	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	8' 47''
70	Stannard, Ian	Sky	9' 07''
71	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	9' 10''
72	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC Cycling	9' 12''
73	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	9' 13''
74	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	9' 24''
75	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	9' 55''
76	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	10' 00''
77	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	10' 09''
78	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	10' 19''
79	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	10' 26''
80	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	10' 37''
81	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	10' 45''
82	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	10' 46''
83	King, Ben	Dimension Data	10' 54''
84	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	11' 06''
85	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	12' 00''
86	Azurmendi, Ibai	Team Euskadi	12' 31''
87	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	12' 34''
88	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	13' 13''
89	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	13' 21''
90	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	13' 39''
91	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	13' 52''
92	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	14' 49''
93	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	15' 02''
94	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	15' 31''
95	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16' 08''
96	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	16' 22''
97	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	16' 52''
98	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	16' 56''
99	Cort, Magnus	Astana	17' 01''
100	Hollenstein, Reto	Team Katusha-Alpecin	17' 34''
101	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	18' 29''
102	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	18' 41''
103	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18' 50''
104	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	19' 07''
105	Houle, Hugo	Astana	19' 33''
106	Schmidt, Mads	Team Katusha-Alpecin	19' 34''
107	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	19' 53''
109	Zabel, Rick	Team Katusha-Alpecin	20' 21''
110	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	20' 26''
111	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	21' 27''
112	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22' 01''
113	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22' 07''
114	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	22' 14''
115	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	22' 30''
116	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	23' 06''
117	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	23' 18''
118	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	25' 05''
119	Lawless, Chris	Sky	25' 40''
120	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	25' 50''
121	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	26' 00''
122	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	26' 12''
123	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	26' 16''
124	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	26' 54''
125	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	27' 03''
126	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	27' 22''
127	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	27' 58''
128	López, Diego	Team Euskadi	28' 59''
129	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	29' 08''
130	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	29' 14''
131	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	29' 32''
132	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	29' 52''
133	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	31' 02''
134	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	31' 07''
135	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	32' 05''
136	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	32' 53''
137	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	32' 53''
138	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	33' 36''
139	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36' 19''
140	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	36' 44''
141	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC Cycling	38' 24''
142	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	39' 32''
143	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	40' 44''
144	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	40' 59''
145	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	41' 35''
146	Goikoetxea, Peio	Team Euskadi	43' 05''
147	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	43' 49''
148	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	46' 43''
149	Alonso, Mikel	Team Euskadi	48' 34''
150	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	51' 30''
151	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	54' 42''
152	Tanfield, Harry	Team Katusha-Alpecin	58' 28''
153	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	58' 45''
154	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	58' 50''
155	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	59' 46''

Stage 4 profile:

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Friday, February 8: Stage 3, Quart de Poblet - Chera, 194.3 km

Stage 3 profile

Greg van Avermaet is getting a great start to the 2019 season. He was the day's fastest rider.

Weather at the finish city of Chera at 3:30 PM, local time: 13C (56F), Sunny, with the wind from the SW at 19 km/hr (12 mph).

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Greg van Avermaet's CCC Team.

A punchy finale to Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana stage three gave Greg Van Avermaet the perfect opportunity to show his strong early-season form with the CCC Team leader powering to victory after an impressive display of teamwork in the final kilometers of the day.

It took around 20 kilometers for the day’s ten-rider breakaway to form and with a relaxed peloton behind them, their advantage was sitting at seven minutes as they crossed the finish line after climbing the Sot de Chera and the Salto de la Mora for the first time.

Over the next two categorized climbs, and the undulating roads in between, the gap started to to fall with race leader, Edvald Boasson Hagen’s Team Dimension Data teammates and Astana Pro Team setting the tempo at the front of the main bunch.

With 30 kilometers to go, and the peloton still pushing hard behind them, the breakaway’s advantage had fallen to inside three minutes and it looked certain that the race would come back together before the start of the second ascent of the Sot de Chera.

At the same time, CCC Team signalled its intention by moving up to the front of the bunch to protect Van Avermaet and help guide him into position ahead of what was to be an exciting and explosive finale.

It was Alessandro De Marchi and Łukasz Wisniowski at the front of the reduced field as the final rider from the breakaway was reeled in with seven kilometers to go before more strong teamwork saw CCC Team chasing down a flurry of late attacks to defend the interests of Van Avermaet.

Guillaume Van Keirsbulck led Van Avermaet onto the base of the final climb, setting a pace that put pressure on the rest of the field and allowed Van Avermaet to maintain his position at the front of the bunch as the road began to weave up into Chera. 

In the end, Van Avermaet proved that he was the strongest at the end of 194.3-kilometer long stage, powering around the final corner and up the drag to the line to seal victory number one of 2019.

Interview with Greg Van Avermaet:

Congratulations, Greg. How do you feel after your first win of 2019?

“I am really happy to take this win and it’s actually my first individual win here after winning the team time trial in 2017 and 2018. It’s always great to start the season with a win and especially on a hard parcours like this with everyone on the limit. I felt really strong today though and the team did a really good job all day but especially on the final climbs. In the end, I was in a good position on the last switchback, I was positioned perfectly, so I started my sprint hoping that nobody would come around me. It’s really good to start the season like this.”

You were named as one of the favorites coming into today. Were you confident in your form ahead of the stage?

“You train during the off-season and you hope to have good legs directly after a training camp but you never know. I think my form was there today and all the effort in the months leading up to this paid off. That’s always a nice feeling to have.”

“I felt good but I was keeping an eye on Valverde as he is one of the strongest on an uphill finish like this plus there were also some good sprinters still there. I think the fact that I’m a little bit of better climber than them played on my side. There were some attacks at the end, but the team rode really well and it was nice to see four of my teammates up there with me in the final. I just had to finish it off.”

You’ve mentioned the strong teamwork in the final kilometers of the race. How important was that today?

“It was really important on a day like this. We worked really well together at the start and we all survived the second to last climb. Then, I asked Guillaume to put me into a good position at the bottom of the final one. He did a perfect job and was even able to go a few kilometers further into the climb for me. I was quite surprised that we still had four guys from our team there.”

“De Marchi did a really good job to set a hard pace and Wisniowski and Antunes were still there too and that was really important. A lot of us here are still new to one another but it was great to see the guys working for me as well as they did today. It was all about position in the final corners and the guys made sure I was in the right place. To deliver a win with these guys is special as it’s not easy especially with the field we have here.”

Complete results:

194.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.826 km/hr

1	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	5hr 0min 16sec
2	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	s.t.
4	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
5	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Higuita, Sergio	Team Euskadi	s.t.
7	Swift, Ben	Sky	s.t.
8	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
9	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	s.t.
10	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
11	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	s.t.
12	Rosa, Diego	Sky	s.t.
13	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
14	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
17	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
18	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	Fraile, Omar	Astana	s.t.
21	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
22	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
23	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
24	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
25	Taaramäe, Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
26	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	De La Cruz, David	Sky	s.t.
29	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	11"
31	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
32	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Cras, Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
34	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
35	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
37	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
38	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
39	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
40	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	19''
42	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
43	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	24''
44	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	30''
45	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	33''
46	Azurmendi, Ibai	Team Euskadi	46''
47	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	48''
48	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
49	Gonçalves, José	Katusha-Alpecin	1' 06''
50	Herrada, José	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Silva, Joaquim	W52-FC Porto	00''
52	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 26''
53	Soto, Antonio	Team Euskadi	s.t.
54	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	1' 28''
56	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	1' 41''
57	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
58	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
60	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 56''
61	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	2' 32''
62	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
64	Kudus, Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
65	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	3' 01''
66	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
67	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	3' 24''
68	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	3' 32''
69	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	3' 43''
70	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC Cycling	3' 59''
71	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	4' 07''
72	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
73	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
75	Smit, Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
76	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
77	King, Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
78	Stannard, Ian	Sky	s.t.
79	Martín, Gotzon	Team Euskadi	s.t.
80	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
81	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
82	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
83	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
84	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
86	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
87	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
88	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	5' 18''
89	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5' 21''
90	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	5' 28''
91	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	5' 36''
92	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	5' 54''
93	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6' 12''
94	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	6' 23''
95	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
96	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	7' 41''
97	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
99	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
100	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
101	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	7' 43''
102	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	8' 36''
103	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	9' 06''
104	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	10' 13''
105	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
107	Vinhas, Rui	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
108	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
109	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
110	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	10' 15''
113	Cort, Magnus	Astana	s.t.
114	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
115	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
116	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
117	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
118	López, Diego	Team Euskadi	s.t.
119	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	13' 02''
121	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
122	Houle, Hugo	Astana	s.t.
123	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
124	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	s.t.
125	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
126	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
127	Zabel, Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
128	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
129	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
130	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
131	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
132	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	s.t.
133	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
134	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
135	Lawless, Chris	Sky	s.t.
136	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
137	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
138	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	s.t.
139	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
140	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
141	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
142	Goikoetxea, Peio	Team Euskadi	s.t.
143	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
144	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	15' 55''
145	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
146	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
147	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	19' 23''
148	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	19' 28''
149	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	20' 26''
150	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	21' 11''
151	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
152	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
153	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	s.t.
154	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
155	Fortin, Filippo	Cofidis	s.t.
156	Nizzolo, Giacomo	Dimension Data	s.t.
157	Tanfield, Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
158	Riabushenko, Aleksandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
159	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
160	Alonso, Mikel	Team Euskadi	s.t.
161	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	23' 23''

GC after Stage 3:

370.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.464 km/hr

1	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	9hr 9min 23sec
2	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	@ 5sec
3	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	08''
4	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	11''
5	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	12''
6	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	14''
7	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	19''
8	Rosa, Diego	Sky	20''
9	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	23''
10	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	24''
11	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	25''
12	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	28''
14	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	30''
15	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	30''
16	Swift, Ben	Sky	31''
17	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
18	De La Cruz, David	Sky	32''
19	Fraile, Omar	Astana	38''
20	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
21	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	39''
22	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	41''
23	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	42''
25	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	43''
26	Cras, Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	48''
27	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	54''
28	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
29	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	56''
30	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	59''
31	Silva, Joaquim	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
32	Taaramäe, Rein	Direct Energie	1' 01''
33	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	1' 04''
34	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1' 05''
36	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	1' 06''
37	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	1' 07''
38	Higuita, Sergio	Team Euskadi	1' 08''
39	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	1' 10''
40	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	1' 11''
41	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	1' 14''
42	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1' 21''
43	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1' 25''
44	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 31''
46	Gonçalves, José	Katusha-Alpecin	1' 36''
47	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1' 38''
48	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 44''
49	Herrada, José	Cofidis	1' 50''
50	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	1' 51''
52	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	2' 09''
53	Soto, Antonio	Team Euskadi	2' 21''
54	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	2' 36''
56	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2' 59''
57	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 11''
58	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	3' 12''
59	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	3' 18''
60	Kudus, Merhawi	Astana	3' 21''
61	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
62	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	3' 37''
63	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	3' 55''
64	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	4' 01''
65	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	4' 05''
66	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	4' 12''
67	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	4' 25''
68	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	4' 30''
69	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	4' 38''
70	King, Ben	Dimension Data	4' 51''
71	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	4' 54''
72	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	4' 55''
73	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	5' 05''
74	Stannard, Ian	Sky	5' 06''
75	Smit, Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	5' 07''
76	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	5' 12''
77	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	5' 23''
78	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	5' 39''
79	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	5' 43''
80	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC Cycling	s.t.
81	Martín, Gotzon	Team Euskadi	6' 19''
82	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	6' 38''
83	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	6' 39''
84	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	6' 52''
85	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	8' 29''
86	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	8' 32''
87	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	8' 40''
88	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	8' 55''
89	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	8' 59''
90	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	9' 10''
91	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	10' 13''
92	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	10' 36''
93	Cort, Magnus	Astana	10' 58''
94	Azurmendi, Ibai	Team Euskadi	11' 11''
95	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
96	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	11' 14''
97	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	11' 15''
98	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	11' 19''
99	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	11' 23''
100	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11' 42''
102	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12' 00''
103	Vinhas, Rui	W52-FC Porto	12' 07''
104	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	12' 13''
105	Houle, Hugo	Astana	13' 30''
106	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	13' 31''
107	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	13' 35''
108	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	13' 44''
109	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	13' 58''
110	Lawless, Chris	Sky	13' 59''
111	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 01''
112	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	14' 04''
113	Zabel, Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	14' 10''
114	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	14' 23''
115	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	14' 35''
116	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	14' 41''
117	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14' 49''
118	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	15' 09''
120	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	15' 32''
121	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	17' 31''
122	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19' 39''
123	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19' 55''
124	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	20' 12''
125	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	20' 27''
126	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	21' 00''
127	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	21' 05''
128	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	21' 22''
129	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	22' 12''
130	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	22' 15''
131	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	22' 24''
132	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	22' 35''
133	López, Diego	Team Euskadi	22' 44''
134	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	23' 05''
135	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	23' 11''
136	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	24' 15''
137	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	24' 31''
138	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	25' 54''
139	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	26' 25''
140	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	26' 42''
141	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC Cycling	26' 43''
142	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	27' 33''
143	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	27' 37''
144	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	29' 58''
145	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	30' 02''
146	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30' 16''
147	Goikoetxea, Peio	Team Euskadi	30' 27''
148	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	30' 51''
149	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	32' 42''
150	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	33' 26''
151	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	34' 38''
152	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	34' 49''
153	Fortin, Filippo	Cofidis	35' 42''
154	Alonso, Mikel	Team Euskadi	35' 54''
155	Tanfield, Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	37' 25''
156	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	37' 37''
157	Riabushenko, Aleksandr	UAE-Team Emirates	38' 02''
158	Nizzolo, Giacomo	Dimension Data	38' 40''
159	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	38' 50''
160	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	38' 54''
161	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	39' 55''

Stage 3 profile:

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Thursday, February 7: Stage 2, Alicante - Alicante, 166 km

Matteo Trentin wins stage two ahead of Nacer Bouhanni and Ben Swift

Weather in Alicante at 3:20 PM, local time: 18C (64F), Sunny, wind from east at 10 km/hr (6 mph)

The race: Here's the stage summary from winner Matteo Trentin's Mitchelton-Scott team.

European champion Matteo Trentin has claimed the first European victory of the 2019 season for Mitchelton-SCOTT today, with an impressive sprint victory on the second stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.

After a big effort from the team throughout the stage, Trentin knew he needed to finish things off and that his positioning into the final roundabout with 200metres to go would prove crucial.

The 29-year-old took the race on, exiting the roundabout in first position and was able to hold on to take his first win of the season.

In the opening kilometres teams were happy to let a group of eight riders jump ahead, leaving the bunch relaxed to settle into a rhythm, with many riders finding their feet again riding in the peloton.

It was Team Dimension-Data who led the bunch for the first half of the stage, monitoring the distance to the escapees, keeping them within striking distance as they head over two of the three climbs on the day’s menu.

As the finish line was drawing closer with around 70kilometres to go, Mitchelton-SCOTT sent two Giro d’Italia stage winners, Mikel Nieve and Esteban Chaves, to the head of the bunch to share the workload with Team Astana, picking up the tempo to try and hurt the legs of the pure sprinters.

The peloton came back together again with 50km to go and the race was on for a likely sprint finish. With a combination of twists and turns and wide open sections, the final five kilometres where strung out at a blistering pace led by Team Sky.

Trentin bided his time, moving up into position for the final kilometre, entering the all important final roundabout in prime position to hold on for the victory in Alicante.

Matteo Trentin
“It feels really good, especially because I was working really hard during the whole winter and actually seeing the whole team so committed on this first road stage, the first race for us in Europe, it gave me that extra motivation for sure.”

“I was feeling good, my numbers in training have been alright but numbers and racing are two different things. Today I was never struggling, I was surfing in the wheels and in the final I think I pulled up a really good sprint coming at the right moment, in the right position, so I am really happy.

“We knew that the second position was the maximum position to come out of the roundabout to win the stage. When you leave the roundabout so close to the finish, for sure if you are in fourth position then the guys in front start sprinting and you are still cornering. I preferred to just give it a go as the first guy and I came really fast, so it was a good move."

Complete results:

166 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.808 km/hr

1	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	4hr 10min 12sec
2	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Swift, Ben	Sky	s.t.
4	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
5	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
8	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
9	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
10	Lawless, Chris	Sky	s.t.
11	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
12	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
13	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
14	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Fraile, Omar	Astana	s.t.
16	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
17	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	s.t.
18	Cort, Magnus	Astana	s.t.
19	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
22	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	s.t.
23	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	s.t.
24	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
25	Zabel, Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
27	Martín, Gotzon	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
28	Soto, Antonio	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
29	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
31	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
32	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
33	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
34	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
35	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC	s.t.
36	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
37	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Rosa, Diego	Sky	s.t.
40	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC	s.t.
41	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
42	Gonçalves, José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	De La Cruz, David	Sky	s.t.
46	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
48	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
49	Kudus, Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
50	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
51	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	s.t.
52	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
53	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	Cras, Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
58	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
60	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Herrada, José	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
63	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
65	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
66	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
67	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
68	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
69	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	s.t.
70	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
71	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
72	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
73	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Smit, Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Taaramäe, Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
77	Houle, Hugo	Astana	s.t.
78	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
79	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
80	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
81	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
82	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
83	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
85	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
87	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
88	Higuita, Sergio	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
89	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
90	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
91	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
92	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
93	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
94	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
95	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC	s.t.
96	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
97	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
98	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
99	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
100	Silva, Joaquim	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
101	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
104	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
105	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	s.t.
106	Vinhas, Rui	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
107	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
108	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
109	King, Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
111	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
112	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
113	Stannard, Ian	Sky	s.t.
114	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
115	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
116	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	24"
117	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
118	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	56''
119	Emden, Jos van van	Jumbo-Visma	1' 48''
120	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	8' 28''
121	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
122	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
123	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
124	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
125	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
126	Azurmendi, Ibai	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
127	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	11' 24''
128	Van Gompel, Mathias	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
129	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
130	López, Diego	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
131	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
132	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12' 34''
133	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
134	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
135	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
136	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
137	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
138	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
139	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
140	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
141	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
142	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC	12' 37''
143	Ellsay, Nigel	Rally UHC	s.t.
144	Alonso, Mikel	Equipo Euskadi	12' 39''
145	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	s.t.
146	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
147	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
148	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
149	Fortin, Filippo	Cofidis	s.t.
150	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC	s.t.
151	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	15' 54''
152	Riabushenko, Aleksandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
153	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
154	Nizzolo, Giacomo	Dimension Data	s.t.
155	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	s.t.
156	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
157	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
158	Tanfield, Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
159	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
160	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
161	Goikoetxea, Peio	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
162	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
163	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	s.t.
164	Koren, Kristjan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

176.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.180 km/hr

1	Hagen, Edvald Boasson	Dimension Data	4hr 23min 7sec
2	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	@ 5sec
3	Martin, Tony	Jumbo-Visma	07''
4	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	08''
5	Oliveira, Nelson	Movistar	11''
6	Bilbao, Pello	Astana	12''
7	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	14''
8	Tratnik, Jan	Bahrain-Merida	18''
9	Martin, Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	19''
10	Rosa, Diego	Sky	20''
11	Thomas, Geraint	Sky	s.t.
12	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	23''
13	Roelandts, Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
14	Gasparotto, Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	Herrada, Jesús	Cofidis	24''
16	Dillier, Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Colbrelli, Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	25''
18	Costa, Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Wiśniowski, Łukasz	CCC Team	27''
20	Houle, Hugo	Astana	28''
21	Trentin, Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
23	Van Hoecke, Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
24	Schmidt, Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	29''
25	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	30''
26	Puccio, Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
27	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
28	Gonçalves, José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	Terpstra, Niki	Direct Energie	31''
30	Joyce, Colin	Rally UHC	s.t.
31	Swift, Ben	Sky	s.t.
32	De La Cruz, David	Sky	32''
33	Chaves, Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	36''
34	Mohorič, Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
35	Cras, Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	37''
36	Fraile, Omar	Astana	38''
37	Shilov, Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	40''
38	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Fernández, Rubén	Movistar	41''
40	Yates, Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
41	Hollenstein, Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	42''
42	Kreuziger, Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Vlasov, Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	43''
44	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	s.t.
45	Cort, Magnus	Astana	s.t.
46	Pernsteiner, Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
47	Herrada, José	Cofidis	44''
48	King, Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
49	Valls, Rafael	Movistar	47''
50	Bouwman, Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
51	Carpenter, Robin	Rally UHC	48''
52	Kudus, Merhawi	Astana	49''
53	Rodrigues, João	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
54	Carretero, Héctor	Movistar	51''
55	Bouchard, Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	53''
56	Fernandes, José	Burgos-BH	53''
57	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	54''
58	Soto, Antonio	Equipo Euskadi	55''
59	López, Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
60	Boudat, Thomas	Direct Energie	56''
61	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
63	Hermans, Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
64	Lawless, Chris	Sky	57''
65	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	58''
66	Antunes, Amaro	CCC Team	59''
67	Silva, Joaquim	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
68	Plaza, Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
69	Stannard, Ian	Sky	s.t.
70	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
71	Smit, Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	1' 00''
72	Taaramäe, Rein	Direct Energie	1' 01''
73	Ezquerra, Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	1' 02''
75	Pinto, Edgar	W52-FC Porto	1' 03''
76	Verona, Carlos	Movistar	1' 05''
77	Canola, Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
78	Bagioli, Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1' 06''
79	Mori, Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Arslanov, Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 07''
81	Maté, Luis Angel	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Sáez, Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	1' 08''
83	Higuita, Sergio	Equipo Euskadi	s.t.
84	Zabel, Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
85	Vilela, Ricardo	Burgos-BH	1' 10''
86	Lastra, Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Marcato, Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	1' 10''
88	Bravo, Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
89	Ries, Michel	Kometa Cycling	1' 14''
90	Caldeira, Samuel	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
91	Van Hecke, Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 15''
92	Ligthart, Pim	Direct Energie	1' 16''
93	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1' 18''
94	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 20''
95	Oldani, Stefano	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
96	Gaudin, Damien	Direct Energie	1' 21''
97	Lobato, Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1' 24''
98	Teunissen, Mike	Jumbo-Visma	1' 25''
99	Nieve, Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1' 27''
100	Molina, Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	Claeys, Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Chevrier, Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 29''
103	Roosen, Timo	Jumbo-Visma	1' 32''
104	Samitier, Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	1' 37''
105	Carvalho, António	W52-FC Porto	1' 39''
106	Vanbilsen, Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Iturria, Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	1' 42''
108	Oronte, Emerson	Rally UHC	1' 44''
109	González, David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1' 45''
110	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1' 47''
111	Bouhanni, Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Vinhas, Rui	W52-FC Porto	1' 54''
113	Sanz, Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
114	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	1' 58''
115	Andemeskel, Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	2' 06''
116	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	2' 07''
117	Martín, Gotzon	Equipo Euskadi	2' 12''
118	Madrazo, Ángel	Burgos-BH	2' 32''
119	Enger, Sondre	Israel Cycling Academy	2' 36''
120	Petit, Adrien	Direct Energie	9' 13''
121	Barthe, Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	9' 52''
122	Alarcón, Raúl	W52-FC Porto	9' 57''
123	Sagiv, Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	10' 09''
124	Azurmendi, Ibai	Equipo Euskadi	10' 25''
125	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	10' 28''
126	Winden, Dennis van	Israel Cycling Academy	10' 45''
127	Moser, Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	12' 11''
128	López, Diego	Equipo Euskadi	12' 29''
129	Grellier, Fabien	Direct Energie	12' 46''
130	Lonardi, Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	12' 52''
131	Van Gompel, Mathias	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13' 08''
132	Gougeard, Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	13' 23''
133	Van Keirsbulck, Guillaume	CCC Team	13' 24''
134	Ellsay, Nigel	Rally UHC	13' 25''
135	Evtuschenko, Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	13' 27''
136	Kulikov, Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	13' 36''
137	Bak, Lars	Dimension Data	13' 38''
138	Tuft, Svein	Rally UHC	13' 40''
139	Murphy, Kyle	Rally UHC	13' 41''
140	Moreira, Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13' 43''
141	Bou, Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	13' 51''
142	Noppe, Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 02''
143	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa Cycling	14' 07''
144	Garcia, José	Kometa Cycling	14' 14''
145	Van Poucke, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 18''
146	Barceló, Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	14' 18''
147	Hatsuyama, Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	14' 31''
148	Fortin, Filippo	Cofidis	14' 31''
149	De Vylder, Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 35''
150	Alonso, Mikel	Equipo Euskadi	14' 43''
151	Tanfield, Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	16' 14''
152	Camacho, Juan	Kometa Cycling	16' 47''
153	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	16' 50''
154	Riabushenko, Aleksandr	UAE-Team Emirates	16' 51''
155	Thomson, Jay	Dimension Data	16' 56''
156	Koren, Kristjan	Bahrain-Merida	17' 14''
157	Mora, Sebastian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
158	Goikoetxea, Peio	Equipo Euskadi	17' 25''
159	Nizzolo, Giacomo	Dimension Data	17' 29''
160	Gazzoli, Michele	Kometa Cycling	17' 31''
161	Kurbatov, Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	17' 39''
162	Stash, Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	17' 43''
163	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	17' 49''
164	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	18' 44''

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Wednesday, February 6: Orihuela 10.2 km individual time trial

Weather at Orihuela, Spain at 4:00 PM: 21C (70F), Sunny, with the wind from the south at 10 km/hr (6 mph).

Edvald Boasson Hagen was the day's fastest rider. Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images

The race: Here's the report from winner Edvald Boasson Hagen's Dimension Data team.

Edvald Boasson Hagen got Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s 2019 season off to a sensational start, racing to the stage victory and overall race lead at today’s opening 10.2km time trial at the Vuelta a Communitat Valenciana.

Boasson Hagen had clocked the fastest time of the day with a 12’55” when he reached the finish in Orihuela, but the Norwegian champion then had to endure a nervous 90 minutes in the hot seat, as the remainder of the field completed the course.

In the end, Boasson Hagen’s effort stood the test of time, securing Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s first victory of the 2019 season. Speaking shortly after the stage finished, Boasson Hagen was somewhat pleasantly surprised with the result.

“It is great to get a win again, and so early in the new season too. I was happy with how my ride went and the sensations I felt on our new BMC time trial bike. At first I thought it might end up just being a “good” time, but then I started to get nervous when I was still leading and there were only 10 or so riders left. I am happy with this win, it is a nice way for us and for all our new partners to start the year together.” – Boasson Hagen

The Norwegian will start tomorrow’s 2nd stage in the overall race leaders yellow jersey alongside his 6 other teammates, who all also got through today’s ITT course in good shape- Enrico Gasparotto being our next best placed today in 16th.

Complete results & GC:

10.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.381 km/hr

1	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Dimension Data	12min 55sec
2	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	@ 5sec
3	MARTIN Tony	Jumbo-Visma	0:07
4	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-Merida	0:08
5	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:10
6	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	0:11
7	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:13
8	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	0:14
9	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain-Merida	0:19
10	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:20
11	ROSA Diego	Sky	0:21
12	TANFIELD Harry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
13	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
14	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:23
15	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	0:24
16	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
17	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
18	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:25
19	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	GAUDIN Damien	Direct Energie	s.t.
22	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	0:27
23	HOULE Hugo	Astana	0:28
24	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
25	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	0:29
26	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
27	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:30
29	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
30	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
31	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	0:31
32	TERPSTRA Niki	Direct Energie	s.t.
33	JOYCE Colin	Rally UHC	0:32
34	SWIFT Ben	Sky	s.t.
35	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	0:33
36	CHAVES Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	0:36
37	MOHORIČ Matej	Bahrain-Merida	0:37
38	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	0:38
39	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
40	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:40
41	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:41
42	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
43	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	0:42
44	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	0:43
46	VLASOV Aleksandr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
47	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
48	CORT Magnus	Astana	0:44
49	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
51	KING Ben	Dimension Data	0:45
52	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	0:46
54	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	0:47
55	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	0:48
56	MOSER Moreno	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
57	CARPENTER Robin	Rally UHC	s.t.
58	ELLSAY Nigel	Rally UHC	0:49
59	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana	s.t.
60	RODRIGUES João	W52-FC Porto	0:50
61	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	0:51
62	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	0:52
63	EVTUSHENKO Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:53
64	CAMACHO Juan	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
65	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:54
66	FERNANDES José	Burgos-BH	s.t.
67	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	SOTO Antonio Jesus	Team Euskadi	0:55
69	LOPEZ Juan Pedro	Kometa Cycling	0:56
70	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
71	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
72	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
73	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:57
74	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
75	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
76	LAWLESS Chris	Sky	s.t.
77	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	0:58
78	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:59
79	ANTUNES Amaro	CCC Team	s.t.
80	SILVA Joaquim	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
81	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
82	PLAZA Rubén	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
83	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
84	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
85	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
86	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	1:01
87	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
88	EZQUERRA Jesús	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	KULIKOV Vladislav	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:02
90	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
91	THOMSON Jay Robert	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	MURPHY Kyle	Rally UHC	1:03
93	PINTO Edgar	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
94	TUFT Svein	Rally UHC	s.t.
95	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	1:04
96	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	1:05
97	CANOLA Marco	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:06
98	LOPEZ Diego	Team Euskadi	s.t.
99	BAGIOLI Nicola	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
100	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:07
102	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	1:08
103	SÁEZ Héctor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
104	HIGUITA Sergio	Team Euskadi	s.t.
105	ZABEL Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
106	MOREIRA Mauricio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:10
107	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
108	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
110	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	1:11
111	RIES Michel	Kometa Cycling	1:14
112	CALDEIRA Samuel José	W52-FC Porto	1:15
113	CARVALHO Antonio	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
114	VAN HECKE Preben	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:16
115	LIGTHART Pim	Direct Energie	1:17
116	BOU Joan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
117	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:19
118	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:20
119	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
120	OLDANI Stefano	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
121	MORA Sebastián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:21
122	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	1:22
123	LOBATO Juan José	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:24
124	BARTHE Cyril	Euskadi Basque Country	1:25
125	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	1:26
126	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	1:27
127	MOLINA Antonio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
128	NOPPE Christophe	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:28
129	SEVILLA Diego Pablo	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
130	LONARDI Giovanni	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:29
131	ALARCÓN Raúl	W52-FC Porto	s.t.
132	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
133	GOIKOETXEA Peio	Team Euskadi	1:31
134	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	1:33
135	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Dimension Data	1:35
136	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country	1:37
137	GAZZOLI Michele	Kometa Cycling	s.t.
138	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:40
139	GARCÍA José Antonio	Kometa Cycling	1:41
140	SAGIV Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	1:42
141	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
142	VAN POUCKE Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:44
143	ORONTE Emerson	Rally UHC	s.t.
144	VAN GOMPEL Mathias	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:45
145	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
146	KURBATOV Alexey	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
147	GONZALEZ David	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
148	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:47
149	BOUHANNI Nacer	Cofidis	s.t.
150	STASH Mamyr	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:50
151	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:52
152	FORTIN Filippo	Cofidis	1:53
153	VINHAS Rui	W52-FC Porto	1:54
154	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	1:55
155	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	1:56
156	AZURMENDI Ibai	Team Euskadi	1:57
157	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Cycling Academy	2:00
158	DE VYLDER Lindsay	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:01
159	ALONSO Mikel	Team Euskadi	2:04
160	GEBREMEDHIN Awet	Israel Cycling Academy	2:06
161	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	2:07
162	MARTIN Gotzon	Team Euskadi	2:12
163	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	2:18
164	DE TIER Floris	Jumbo-Visma	2:24
165	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	2:33
166	ENGER Sondre Holst	Israel Cycling Academy	2:36
167	PEÑALVER Manuel	Burgos-BH	2:51

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Start list with back numbers, February 6, 2018:

	Movistar Team
Mgr:	GARCIA ACOSTA, Jose
1	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE
2	HÉCTOR CARRETERO
3	RUBÉN FERNÁNDEZ
4	NELSON OLIVEIRA
5	JÜRGEN ROELANDTS
6	RAFAEL VALLS
7	CARLOS VERONA
	Team Sky
MGR:	KNAVEN, Henricus
11	DAVID DE LA CRUZ
12	CHRIS LAWLESS
13	SALVATORE PUCCIO
14	DIEGO ROSA
15	IAN STANNARD
16	BEN SWIFT
17	GERAINT THOMAS
	UAE Team Emirates
MGR:	PEIPER, Allan
81	RUI COSTA
82	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF
83	MARCO MARCATO
84	DAN MARTIN
85	MANUELE MORI
86	EDWARD RAVASI
87	ALEXANDR RIABUSHENKO
	Mitchelton Scott
MGR:	LAPAGE, Laurenzo
31	MATTEO TRENTIN
32	ADAM YATES
33	ESTEBAN CHAVES
34	MIKEL NIEVE
35	JACK HAIG
36	CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN
37	LUKA MEZGEC
	AG2R La Mondiale
MGR:	ABEL, Alexandre
71	GEOFFREY BOUCHARD
72	CLÉMENT CHEVRIER
73	SILVAN DILLIER
74	JULIEN DUVAL
75	ALEXIS GOUGEARD
76	OLIVER NAESEN
77	STIJN VANDENBERGH
	Team Katusha - Alpecin
MGR	KONYCHEV, Dmitri
91	JOSÉ GONÇALVES
92	RETO HOLLENSTEIN
93	STEFF CRAS
94	WILLIE SMIT
95	HARRY TANFIELD
96	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT
97	RICK ZABEL
	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
MGR:	VERBRUGGHE, Rik
51	SONNY COLBRELLI
52	IVÁN GARCIA CORTINA
53	KRISTIJAN KOREN
54	MATEJ MOHORIČ
55	HERMANN PERNSTEINER
56	DYLAN TEUNS
57	JAN TRATNIK
	Astana Pro Team
MGR:	SEDOUN, Dmitri
41	LUIS LEÓN SÁNCHEZ
42	PELLO BILBAO
43	HUGO HOULE
44	ION IZAGIRRE
45	OMAR FRAILE
46	MAGNUS CORT
47	MERHAWI KUDUS
	Team Jumbo Visma
MGR	ENGELS, Addy
61	KOEN BOUWMAN
62	JOS VAN EMDEN
63	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN
64	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN
65	TONY MARTIN
66	TIMO ROOSEN
67	FLORIS DE TIER
	Team Dimension Data
MGR:	FERNANDEZ, Bingen
101	LARS YTTING BAK
102	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN
103	ENRICO GASPAROTTO
104	BEN KING
105	ROMAN KREUZIGER
106	GIACOMO NIZZOLO
107	JAY THOMSON
	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
MGR:	GUIBERTEAU, Christian
111	NACER BOUHANNI
112	DIMITRI CLAEYS
113	FILIPPO FORTIN
114	JESÚS HERRADA
115	JOSÉ HERRADA
116	LUIS ÁNGEL MATÉ
117	KENNETH VANBILSEN
	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
MGR:	GOICOECHEA, Eugenio
191	GONZALO SERRANO
192	ANTONIO MOLINA
193	SEBASTIÁN MORA
194	JONATHAN LASTRA
195	DAVID GONZALEZ
196	JON ABERASTURI
197	MAURICIO MOREIRA
	Direct Energie
MGR:	LEBRETON, Lylian
121	THOMAS BOUDAT
122	DAMIEN GAUDIN
123	FABIEN GRELLIER
124	PIM LIGTHART
125	ADRIEN PETIT
126	REIN TAARAMÄE
127	NIKI TERPSTRA
	Israel Cycling Academy
MGR:	GUERRERO, Oscar
131	AWET GEBREMEDHIN
132	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE
133	SONDRE HOLST ENGER
134	OMER GOLDSTEIN
135	BEN HERMANS
136	RUBÉN PLAZA
137	DENNIS VAN WINDEN
	Burgos BH
MGR:	CABEDO, José
221	JOSÉ FERNANDES
222	JESÚS EZQUERRA
223	DIEGO RUBIO
224	RICARDO VILELA
225	MANUEL PEÑALVER
226	JAUME SUREDA
227	ÁNGEL MADRAZO
	Euskadi Basque Country Murias
MGR:	MURIEL, Xabier
161	GARIKOITZ BRAVO
162	CYRIL BARTHE
163	ENRIQUE SANZ
164	FERNANDO BARCELÓ
165	MIKEL ITURRIA
166	HÉCTOR SÁEZ
167	SERGIO SAMITIER
	Gazprom-RusVelo
MGR:	LOCATELLI, Olivano
171	ILDAR ARSLANOV
172	ALEKSANDR VLASOV
173	SERGEY SHILOV
174	ALEXEY KURBATOV
175	MAMYR STASH
176	VLADISLAV KULIKOV
177	ALEXANDER EVTUSHENKO
	Nippo Vini Fantini Faizané
MGR:	MANZONI, Mario
151	MARCO CANOLA
152	NICOLA BAGIOLI
153	JOAN BOU
154	SHO HATSUYAMA
155	JUAN JOSÉ LOBATO
156	GIOVANNI LONARDI
157	MORENO MOSER
	Rally UHC Cycling
MGR:	McCARTY, Jonathan Patrick
201	ROBIN CARPENTER
202	MATTEO DAL-CIN
203	NIGEL ELLSAY
204	COLIN JOYCE
205	EMERSON ORONTE
206	KYLE MURPHY
207	SVEIN TUFT
	Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise
MGR:	DE CLERCQ, Hans
141	LINDSAY DE VYLDER
142	KEVIN DELTOMBE
143	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE
144	THOMAS SPRENGERS
145	DRIES VAN GESTEL
146	MATHIAS VAN GOMPEL
147	PREBEN VAN HECKE
	CCC Team
MGR:	GABRIELE, Missaglia
21	AMARO ANTUNES
22	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI
23	MICHAEL SCHÄR
24	GREG VAN AVERMAET
25	GIJS VAN HOECKE
26	GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK
27	ŁUKASZ WIŚNIOWSKI
	W52 FC Porto
MGR:	RIBEIRO, Nuno
181	RAÚL ALARCÓN
182	JOÃO RODRIGUES
183	RAFAEL REIS
184	JOAQUIM SILVA
185	GUSTAVO CÉSAR VELOSO
186	RUI VINHAS
187	SAMUEL JOSÉ CALDEIRA
	Kometa Cycling Team
MGR:	HERNANDEZ, Jesus
231	JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ
232	MICHEL RIES
233	MICHELE GAZZOLI
234	STEFANO OLDANI
235	JUAN CAMACHO
236	DIEGO PABLO SEVILLA
237	JOSÉ ANTONIO GARCÍA
	Team Euskadi
MGR:	AZANZA, Jorge
211	ANTONIO JESUS SOTO
212	DIEGO LOPEZ
213	SERGIO HIGUITA
214	GOTZON MARTIN
215	IBAI AZURMENDI
216	PEIO GOIKOETXEA
217	MIKEL ALONSO