2024 Vuelta a España by BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at the start city of Lisbon at 1:00 PM, local time: 32C (89F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: First rider off will be Luis Angel Mate (Euskatel-Euskadi) at 4:23 PM, local time.

Here's the race organizer's stage 1 summary.

Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) already left his mark in the history of La Vuelta with an outstanding performance to win stage 1 and claim La Roja as the first leader of the 2024 edition, on Saturday. With an average speed of 57.2km/h to cover the 12km from Lisbon to Oeiras, he achieved the fastest time-trial ever in the history of the Spanish Grand Tour. McNulty narrowly edged Lidl-Trek’s Mathias Vacek (+2’’) and Belgium’s Wout van Aert (+3’’) to pursue the USA rule on La Vuelta, after Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the overall in 2023.

The Sun was flamboyant over Lisbon and it provided a spectacular setting for a historical day, as the Portuguese capital hosted a super fast time trial for the 5th Gran Salida outside of Spain in the history of La Vuelta. Race veteran Luis Angel Maté (Euskaltel Euskadi) was the first rider to start in front of the Jerónimos Monastery, next to the Belém Tower, at 16:23. And the first contenders immediately showed impressive speeds.

After 22 riders had completed the 12-km course on the coast towards Oeiras, Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike) led the way with an outstanding average of 56.6km/h (12’43’’), already smashing the fastest average ever achieved in a La Vuelta ITT (54.1km/h when Samuel Sanchez won stage 20 of the 2007 edition, over 20km).

The intensity of the wind increased along the afternoon, with strong gusts blowing from the north-west. British wonderkid Joshua Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers), the ITT European champion, nevertheless started with a very strong pace. He was 3’’ ahead of Affini after 7.3km… But he eventually finished 0.28’’ behind, as he couldn’t resist the Italian over the last 4.7km, more exposed to the wind.

Still, there was room to improve Affini’s time. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) was the first to do so, with a significant margin of 5’’. But that was not enough to resist Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), who maintained an average speed of 57.2km/h to set the best time: 12’35’’, 2 seconds faster than Vacek. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), the last rider on the road, claimed the 3rd best time, 3’’ behind McNulty.

Results & GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Brandon McNulty (UAE team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates)
Best young rider: Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

12 kilometers raced at an average speed of 57.219 km/hr

1	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	12min 35sec
2	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	@ 2sec
3	Wout van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:03
4	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:06
5	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:08
6	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	0:16
8	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:17
9	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:18
10	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:19
11	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:20
12	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:21
13	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	0:22
14	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
15	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:26
16	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	0:27
18	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	0:28
20	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:29
21	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
22	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:30
25	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	0:31
26	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	0:32
28	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:33
29	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	0:34
30	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
31	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
32	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:39
33	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
36	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	0:42
39	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:44
41	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:45
47	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
48	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:46
49	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:47
51	Chris Harper	Jayco-AlUla	0:48
52	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:49
53	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:50
54	Kobe Goossens	Intermarché-Wanty	0:51
55	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:52
58	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
59	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:53
60	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
63	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto Dstny	0:54
64	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
69	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
70	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:55
71	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:56
73	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
74	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	0:57
76	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	0:59
79	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty	1:00
82	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:01
83	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	1:03
85	Andreas Kron	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
86	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:04
87	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
88	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:05
89	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	1:06
94	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	1:07
96	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:08
97	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	1:09
98	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
101	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	1:10
102	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
103	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11
104	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
107	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	1:12
108	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	1:13
111	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:14
112	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
113	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
115	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	1:15
116	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	1:16
117	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:18
118	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	1:19
119	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
120	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
121	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	1:20
122	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	s.t.
123	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:21
124	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
125	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
126	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:22
127	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
128	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:23
129	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
130	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
131	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	1:24
132	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
133	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
135	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:25
136	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
137	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
138	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
139	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
140	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
141	Dylan van Baarle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:27
142	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
143	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	1:28
144	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:29
146	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
147	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	1:30
148	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
149	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:31
150	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:32
151	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
152	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	1:33
153	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
154	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:34
155	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
156	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
157	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
158	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	1:36
159	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:37
160	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:41
161	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:42
162	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:43
163	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
164	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	1:48
165	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:50
166	Kenny Elissonde	Cofidis	1:53
167	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	1:54
168	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
169	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:56
170	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
171	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:01
172	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
173	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	2:03
174	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:04
175	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:09
176	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:14