2024 Vuelta a España stage 12 by BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at the city of Puebla de Trives, on the route, 16.7 km from the finish, at 1:30 PM, local time: 23C (73F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

Rated ascent:

Km 137.4: Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda, 15.4 km @ 4.7%. Cat 1

The race: Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) did not start. He is experiencing significant discomfort in his lungs and will undergo further medical examination in Belgium. Early in the stage Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ) abandoned.

Here's the race organizer's stage 12 summary:

Pablo Castrillo (Kern Pharma) claimed a supremely emotional victory on day 12 of La Vuelta 24. Not only did the young Spaniard take his first professional victory and his team’s first ever Grand Tour stage win… He did so on the day after their emblematic founder and leader Manolo Azcona passed away, at the age of 71. Some 70 riders turned professional through Azcona’s teams and Castrillo is one of the latest to have done so, a couple of years ago. A fierce battle on the slopes leading to the Manzaneda mountain resort saw him get the better of his breakaway companions, with Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) coming second, ahead of Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), another disciple of Azcona. The GC contenders finished together ahead of another stage over the Galiacian summits.

The race:
Stage 12 of La Vuelta 24 is the third set in Galicia. After Pontevedra and A Coruña, the riders visit the province of Ourense, where Carlos Canal (the only Galician rider in La Vuelta 24) hails from. The riders will head to a summit finish at the Manzaneda ski resort. There are no categorised climbs prior to the final ascent but the day will be demanding nonetheless, with constant ups and downs adding up to a total elevation of 3,100m.

It's about time to race.

An inspired breakaway
The terrain inspires the early attackers, who quickly initiate a fierce battle for the breakaway. Ten riders go clear after they’ve covered 42.1km in the first hour, on a rolling terrain: Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Jhonatan Narvaez, Oscar Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers), Mauri Vansevenant (T-Rex Quick-Step), Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek), Mauro Schmid (Jayco AlUla), Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty), Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL), Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan) and Pablo Castrillo (Kern Pharma).

Three of them - Soler, Rodriguez and Castrillo - rode for the iconic development team Lizarte (now Finisher), built by Manolo Azcona, founder of the Asociacion Deportiva Galibier in 1993, the structure that also gave birth to Equipo Kern Pharma. A moment of silence was observed at the start to celebrate the memory of Azcona, who passed away on Wednesday at 71 years old.

The peloton 20 km into the stage.

Castrillo, for Azcona
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale drive the bunch and the gap goes up to 10’12’’ at km 86. The pace gradually picks up towards the decisive climb but the ten attackers are still 7’15’’ away at the bottom.

Soler attacks with 14 kilometres to go… But his rivals react. Verona counter-attacks but it isn’t enough either. And then, Castrillo sets off with 10km to go. He only looks back inside the last kilometre to see he could hold off Poole and raise a finger to the sky, for Manolo Azcona.

The GC contenders finished together, with a gap of 6’30’’.

Pablo Castrillo wins stage 12.

Complete results:

Stage 12 photos

137.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.131 km/hr

1	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	3hr 36min 12sec
2	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	@ 8sec
3	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
4	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	0:23
5	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:34
6	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	0:40
7	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	0:49
8	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	1:03
9	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	1:14
10	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:52
11	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	6:29
12	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
14	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
16	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
23	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
27	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:40
33	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
36	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	6:55
37	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	6:58
38	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	7:04
39	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	7:20
40	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:27
41	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:30
43	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Einer Rubio	Movistar	7:39
45	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:44
46	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	8:01
47	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	8:37
48	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	8:44
49	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	9:01
50	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
51	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	10:00
53	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
54	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
56	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	10:02
58	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	10:13
60	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	10:30
61	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	10:58
62	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	11:17
63	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:20
64	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	11:43
65	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:54
66	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
68	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	13:51
69	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
72	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	13:58
73	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
77	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
80	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
81	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
83	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
84	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	14:41
88	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:24
89	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
91	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	s.t.
94	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
95	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
97	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:36
98	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	15:44
100	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	16:06
103	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
105	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
110	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	16:19
113	Wout van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:26
114	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
117	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
119	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
120	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
123	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
124	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
125	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
126	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
128	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
130	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
131	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	17:44
132	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:07
133	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
136	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	18:19
138	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	18:26
139	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	18:27
140	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	18:40
141	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	18:49
142	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
143	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
144	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
145	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
146	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
147	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	19:01
149	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	20:03
150	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
151	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	21:02
152	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	21:32
153	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	22:49

GC after stage 12:

GC leader: Ben O'Connor (Decathlon Ag2r LA Mondiale)
Mountains classification leader: Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

1,907.1 Kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.043 km/hr

1	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	47hr 37min 35sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 3min 16sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar	3:58
4	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	4:10
5	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	4:40
6	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	5:23
7	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:29
8	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	5:30
9	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	5:30
10	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	5:46
11	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	5:55
12	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	6:41
13	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	6:49
14	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:13
15	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8:16
16	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	8:19
17	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:46
18	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	11:37
19	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	11:50
20	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	12:29
21	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	12:40
22	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	24:32
23	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	26:09
24	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	27:47
25	Félix Parra José	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:24
26	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	35:49
27	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	37:00
28	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	37:52
29	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	38:01
30	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	38:42
31	Einer Rubio	Movistar	39:07
32	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	40:22
33	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	40:40
34	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	41:56
35	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	42:27
36	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	42:39
37	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty	43:18
38	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:35
39	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	45:17
40	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	45:55
41	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	47:31
42	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	48:17
43	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	49:41
44	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	52:20
46	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	52:52
47	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	53:10
48	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	53:34
49	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	56:38
50	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	58:53
51	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	59:23
52	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:01:02
53	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:06:51
54	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:07:10
55	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:07:39
56	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:12:53
57	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:13:14
58	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14:18
59	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:14:26
60	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:14:30
61	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:14:36
62	Wout van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:16:23
63	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	1:17:08
64	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:17:16
65	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	1:18:35
66	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	1:19:11
67	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:20:45
68	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:21:15
69	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:21:37
70	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:21:54
71	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:23:10
72	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:23:25
73	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:24:26
74	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	1:24:41
75	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:24:57
76	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:25:48
77	Carlos Canal	Movistar	1:27:05
78	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	1:29:03
79	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:29:35
80	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:30:47
81	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	1:31:25
82	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:33:28
83	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	1:33:50
84	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:33:55
85	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	1:35:01
86	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:38:48
87	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:39:26
88	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	1:40:01
89	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:41:23
90	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
91	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	1:42:00
92	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:42:03
93	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	1:43:01
94	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	1:43:06
95	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	1:43:21
96	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	1:44:25
97	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	1:44:39
98	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	1:45:00
99	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
100	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	1:45:11
101	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	1:45:16
102	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:46:30
103	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:49:44
104	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:50:05
105	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:50:18
106	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:51:05
107	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	1:51:10
108	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:51:24
109	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:51:45
110	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	1:51:58
111	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:53:21
112	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	1:53:42
113	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	1:53:44
114	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:55:02
115	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:56:25
116	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	1:56:36
117	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:57:08
118	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:00:15
119	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	2:01:03
120	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:02:08
121	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:02:58
122	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:04:35
123	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:05:21
124	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	2:05:26
125	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	2:05:27
126	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:07:23
127	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:09:53
128	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	2:10:10
129	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	2:10:56
130	Welay Berhe	Jayco-AlUla	2:12:40
131	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:12:45
132	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	2:15:10
133	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:15:45
134	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:15:58
135	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:16:14
136	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	2:17:15
137	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	2:17:29
138	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	2:18:29
139	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:18:43
140	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	2:18:50
141	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	2:20:12
142	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	2:21:00
143	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	2:22:47
144	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:23:45
145	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:23:55
146	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:25:00
147	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:26:17
148	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	2:27:15
149	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	2:30:11
150	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	2:31:50
151	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:35:37
152	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:39:30
153	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:41:52