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Catalunya stage 1: Escape artist De Gendt solos to victory

De Gendt's daring attack pays off in stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya. The Belgian wins his first race of 2019 season.

March 25, 2019 VeloNews.com

Belgian breakaway specialist Thomas De Gendt scored big on Monday in the opening stage of Volta a Catalunya in Spain. With a solo attack, 60km from the finish, De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) rode alone to victory and took the race’s first leader’s jersey in Calella, Spain.

“On the first day, there is no GC leader yet, so then it is difficult to find a team willing to lead the chase,” De Gendt said. “For the sprinters, it was a bit too tough today and I responded well to that. On top of that, I think the GC riders will not care too much about me.”

Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) was second, riding in alone, and Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida) finished third in stage 1.

After infiltrating a six-man breakaway, De Gendt’s winning move began on Port de Santa Fe, the second categorized climb of the day. He went over the top of the 18.6km ascent with Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis), who is also a danger-man in the breakaways.

At that point, they led the peloton by about 3:10.

On his way up the day’s next climb, a combination of Alt El Muntanya and Col de Formic, De Gendt decided to set off alone after sprinting for king of the mountains points.

“I was riding at a very high pace [on Port de Santa Fe], hoping the strongest would survive, but only Luis Maté was able to follow,” De Gendt said. “However, he could not take the lead anymore and he just stayed in my wheel until the next hill, the Col Formic. Because I knew Maté really was at his limit, I attacked again and he had to let go.”

De Gendt did an impressive job of holding the peloton at arm’s reach, keeping his gap at over three minutes until the final kilometers.

Toward the end, the peloton picked up the pace and brought him in to 2:42 by the end of the 163.7km stage

“I was surprised the gap didn’t come down,” De Gendt said. “I was at the limit of my endurance but when I was getting closer I just had to carry on.”

Like Monday’s race, stage 2 will also feature a hilly profile with three categorized climbs on the 166.7km route from Mataró to Sant Feliu de Guixols.

“Tomorrow I should keep the leader’s jersey, but I suppose I will not be able to follow the top riders on the next day,” De Gendt added.

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Stage 1 Results

Stage
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	4:14:32
2	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	2:38
3	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	2:42
4	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	2:42
5	ARISTI Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:42
6	GREIPEL André	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:42
7	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
8	BERNAL Egan	Team Sky	2:42
9	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot - Charles	2:42
10	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	2:42
11	MCCARTHY Jay	BORA - hansgrohe	2:42
12	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	2:42
13	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	2:42
14	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto Soudal	2:42
15	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	2:42
16	SOTO Nelson Andrés	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	2:42
17	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
18	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	2:42
19	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	2:42
20	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
21	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:42
22	MAS Enric	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:42
23	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	2:42
24	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
25	KUSS Sepp	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
26	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
27	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
28	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
29	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
30	HERRADA José	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:42
31	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Team Dimension Data	2:42
32	FORMOLO Davide	BORA - hansgrohe	2:42
33	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
34	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Roompot - Charles	2:42
35	CHAVES Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
36	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Education First	2:42
37	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
38	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	2:42
39	DE WITTE Mathias	Roompot - Charles	2:42
40	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe	2:42
41	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:42
42	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team Sky	2:42
43	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
44	VILLELLA Davide	Astana Pro Team	2:42
45	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
46	O'CONNOR Ben	Team Dimension Data	2:42
47	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana Pro Team	2:42
48	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	2:42
49	BILBAO Pello	Astana Pro Team	2:42
50	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	2:42
51	CRAS Steff	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
52	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
53	GAROSIO Andrea	Bahrain Merida	2:42
54	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
55	CAPECCHI Eros	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:42
56	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
57	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	2:42
58	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First	2:42
59	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama - FDJ	2:42
60	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	2:42
61	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar Team	2:42
62	VERONA Carlos	Movistar Team	2:42
63	HENAO Sebastián	Team Sky	2:42
64	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama - FDJ	2:42
65	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	2:42
66	CICCONE Giulio	Trek - Segafredo	2:42
67	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan	Team Sky	2:42
68	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	2:42
69	ZEITS Andrey	Astana Pro Team	2:42
70	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	2:42
71	SOSA Iván Ramiro	Team Sky	2:42
72	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:42
73	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	2:42
74	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	2:42
75	TEN DAM Laurens	CCC Team	2:42
76	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
77	DOMONT Axel	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
78	PORTE Richie	Trek - Segafredo	2:42
79	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	2:42
80	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:42
81	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
82	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:42
83	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	2:42
84	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
85	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
86	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:42
87	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	2:42
88	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	2:42
89	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	2:42
90	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:42
91	BIDARD François	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
92	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
93	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
94	VACHON Florian	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:42
95	KNEES Christian	Team Sky	2:42
96	BARGUIL Warren	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:42
97	STETINA Peter	Trek - Segafredo	2:42
98	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
99	DE CLERCQ Bart	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
100	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	2:42
101	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
102	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
103	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	2:42
104	LEEZER Tom	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
105	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	2:42
106	MUÑOZ Cristian Camilo	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
107	DE TIER Floris	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
108	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
109	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain Merida	2:42
110	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	2:42
111	NEVES FERNANDES José Carlos Prates	Burgos-BH	2:42
112	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
113	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:42
114	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Team Dimension Data	2:42
115	CAICEDO Jonathan Klever	EF Education First	2:42
116	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:42
117	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:42
118	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:42
119	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Team Dimension Data	2:42
120	NAVARRO Daniel	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
121	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	2:42
122	NIBALI Antonio	Bahrain Merida	2:42
123	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto Soudal	2:42
124	FROOME Chris	Team Sky	2:42
125	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	2:42
126	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	2:56
127	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	5:01
128	FEILLU Brice	Team Arkéa Samsic	5:59
129	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	8:24
130	EG Niklas	Trek - Segafredo	8:33
131	DUIJN Huub	Roompot - Charles	9:25
132	WEENING Pieter	Roompot - Charles	9:25
133	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	9:25
134	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot - Charles	10:01
135	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar Team	10:01
136	MOINARD Amaël	Team Arkéa Samsic	11:34
137	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	11:34
138	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	11:34
139	CUADROS Álvaro	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	11:34
140	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	11:34
141	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	11:34
142	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	11:34
143	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	11:34
144	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	11:34
145	DELAPLACE Anthony	Team Arkéa Samsic	11:34
146	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	16:19
147	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	16:19
148	WYSS Danilo	Team Dimension Data	16:19
149	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	16:19
150	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	16:19
151	CLARKE Will	Trek - Segafredo	16:19
152	MÄDER Gino	Team Dimension Data	16:19
153	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha Alpecin	16:19
154	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	16:19
155	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ	17:34
156	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA - hansgrohe	17:34
157	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck - Quick Step	17:34
158	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck - Quick Step	17:34
159	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	17:34
160	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	17:34
161	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama - FDJ	17:34
162	MORA Sebastián	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	17:34
163	BAŠKA Erik	BORA - hansgrohe	17:34
164	VAKOČ Petr	Deceuninck - Quick Step	17:34
165	VAUGRENARD Benoît	Groupama - FDJ	17:34
166	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	17:34
167	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	18:57
168	MITRI James	Burgos-BH	18:57
169	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	18:57
170	BANASZEK Alan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	18:57

GC
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	4:14:16
2	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	2:48
3	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	2:54
4	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	2:56
5	BERNAL Egan	Team Sky	2:57
6	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:57
7	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	2:58
8	ARISTI Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:58
9	GREIPEL André	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:58
10	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	2:58
11	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot - Charles	2:58
12	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	2:58
13	MCCARTHY Jay	BORA - hansgrohe	2:58
14	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	2:58
15	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	2:58
16	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto Soudal	2:58
17	SOTO Nelson Andrés	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	2:58
18	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
19	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	2:58
20	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	2:58
21	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
22	BERHANE Natnael	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:58
23	MAS Enric	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:58
24	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	2:58
25	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
26	KUSS Sepp	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
27	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
28	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
29	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:58
30	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:58
31	HERRADA José	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:58
32	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Team Dimension Data	2:58
33	FORMOLO Davide	BORA - hansgrohe	2:58
34	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
35	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Roompot - Charles	2:58
36	CHAVES Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	2:58
37	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Education First	2:58
38	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	2:58
39	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	2:58
40	DE WITTE Mathias	Roompot - Charles	2:58
41	MAJKA Rafał	BORA - hansgrohe	2:58
42	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:58
43	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team Sky	2:58
44	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
45	VILLELLA Davide	Astana Pro Team	2:58
46	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
47	O'CONNOR Ben	Team Dimension Data	2:58
48	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana Pro Team	2:58
49	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	2:58
50	BILBAO Pello	Astana Pro Team	2:58
51	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	2:58
52	CRAS Steff	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:58
53	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
54	GAROSIO Andrea	Bahrain Merida	2:58
55	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
56	CAPECCHI Eros	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:58
57	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	2:58
58	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	2:58
59	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First	2:58
60	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama - FDJ	2:58
61	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	2:58
62	CARAPAZ Richard	Movistar Team	2:58
63	VERONA Carlos	Movistar Team	2:58
64	HENAO Sebastián	Team Sky	2:58
65	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama - FDJ	2:58
66	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	2:58
67	CICCONE Giulio	Trek - Segafredo	2:58
68	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan	Team Sky	2:58
69	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	2:58
70	ZEITS Andrey	Astana Pro Team	2:58
71	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	2:58
72	SOSA Iván Ramiro	Team Sky	2:58
73	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:58
74	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	2:58
75	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	2:58
76	TEN DAM Laurens	CCC Team	2:58
77	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:58
78	DOMONT Axel	AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
79	PORTE Richie	Trek - Segafredo	2:58
80	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	2:58
81	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:58
82	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	2:58
83	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:58
84	VILELA Ricardo	Burgos-BH	2:58
85	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
86	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
87	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	2:58
88	ČERNÝ Josef	CCC Team	2:58
89	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	2:58
90	ATAPUMA Darwin	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:58
91	BIDARD François	AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
92	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:58
93	YATES Adam	Mitchelton-Scott	2:58
94	VACHON Florian	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:58
95	KNEES Christian	Team Sky	2:58
96	BARGUIL Warren	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:58
97	STETINA Peter	Trek - Segafredo	2:58
98	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	2:58
99	DE CLERCQ Bart	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:58
100	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	2:58
101	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
102	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	AG2R La Mondiale	2:58
103	BAKELANTS Jan	Team Sunweb	2:58
104	LEEZER Tom	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
105	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	2:58
106	MUÑOZ Cristian Camilo	UAE-Team Emirates	2:58
107	DE TIER Floris	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:58
108	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	2:58
109	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain Merida	2:58
110	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	2:58
111	NEVES FERNANDES José Carlos Prates	Burgos-BH	2:58
112	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:58
113	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:58
114	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	Team Dimension Data	2:58
115	CAICEDO Jonathan Klever	EF Education First	2:58
116	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:58
117	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:58
118	LEDANOIS Kévin	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:58
119	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Team Dimension Data	2:58
120	NAVARRO Daniel	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:58
121	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	2:58
122	NIBALI Antonio	Bahrain Merida	2:58
123	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto Soudal	2:58
124	FROOME Chris	Team Sky	2:58
125	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	2:58
126	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	3:12
127	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	5:17
128	FEILLU Brice	Team Arkéa Samsic	6:15
129	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	8:40
130	EG Niklas	Trek - Segafredo	8:49
131	DUIJN Huub	Roompot - Charles	9:39
132	WEENING Pieter	Roompot - Charles	9:41
133	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	9:41
134	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot - Charles	10:17
135	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar Team	10:17
136	MOINARD Amaël	Team Arkéa Samsic	11:50
137	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	11:50
138	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	11:50
139	CUADROS Álvaro	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	11:50
140	HANSEN Jesper	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	11:50
141	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	11:50
142	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	11:50
143	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	11:50
144	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	11:50
145	DELAPLACE Anthony	Team Arkéa Samsic	11:50
146	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	16:35
147	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	16:35
148	WYSS Danilo	Team Dimension Data	16:35
149	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	16:35
150	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	16:35
151	CLARKE Will	Trek - Segafredo	16:35
152	MÄDER Gino	Team Dimension Data	16:35
153	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha Alpecin	16:35
154	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	16:35
155	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama - FDJ	17:50
156	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA - hansgrohe	17:50
157	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck - Quick Step	17:50
158	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck - Quick Step	17:50
159	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	17:50
160	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	17:50
161	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama - FDJ	17:50
162	MORA Sebastián	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	17:50
163	BAŠKA Erik	BORA - hansgrohe	17:50
164	VAKOČ Petr	Deceuninck - Quick Step	17:50
165	VAUGRENARD Benoît	Groupama - FDJ	17:50
166	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	17:50
167	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	19:13
168	MITRI James	Burgos-BH	19:13
169	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	19:13
170	BANASZEK Alan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	19:13

Points
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	16
2	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	6
3	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	4
4	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	2
5	DUIJN Huub	Roompot - Charles	2
6	BERNAL Egan	Team Sky	1
7	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	1

Mountains
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	34
2	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	24
3	CUADROS Álvaro	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	12
4	DUIJN Huub	Roompot - Charles	9
5	VERONA Carlos	Movistar Team	7
6	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	7
7	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	4
8	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH	3
9	CHAVES Esteban	Mitchelton-Scott	2
10	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	2
11	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	1

Youth
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA - hansgrohe	4:17:04
2	BERNAL Egan	Team Sky	0:09
3	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto Soudal	0:10
4	SOTO Nelson Andrés	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:10
5	MAS Enric	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:10
6	KUSS Sepp	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:10
7	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	0:10
8	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:10
9	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team Sky	0:10
10	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:10
11	O'CONNOR Ben	Team Dimension Data	0:10
12	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Astana Pro Team	0:10
13	CRAS Steff	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:10
14	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	0:10
15	CICCONE Giulio	Trek - Segafredo	0:10
16	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan	Team Sky	0:10
17	SOSA Iván Ramiro	Team Sky	0:10
18	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:10
19	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	0:10
20	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:10
21	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:10
22	RODRÍGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	0:10
23	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:10
24	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	0:10
25	MUÑOZ Cristian Camilo	UAE-Team Emirates	0:10
26	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	0:10
27	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA - hansgrohe	0:10
28	NEVES FERNANDES José Carlos Prates	Burgos-BH	0:10
29	BARCELÓ Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	0:10
30	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Team Dimension Data	0:10
31	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	0:10
32	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto Soudal	0:10
33	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	0:10
34	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	2:29
35	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	5:52
36	EG Niklas	Trek - Segafredo	6:01
37	CUADROS Álvaro	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	9:02
38	SAMITIER Sergio	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	9:02
39	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	9:02
40	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	9:02
41	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	13:47
42	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	13:47
43	MÄDER Gino	Team Dimension Data	13:47
44	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck - Quick Step	15:02
45	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	15:02
46	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	15:02
47	BAŠKA Erik	BORA - hansgrohe	15:02
48	HOFSTETTER Hugo	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	15:02
49	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	16:25
50	MITRI James	Burgos-BH	16:25
51	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	16:25
52	BANASZEK Alan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	16:25

Teams
Rank	Name	Time
1	Lotto Soudal	12:49:00
2	BORA - hansgrohe	2:38
3	Bahrain Merida	2:42
4	EF Education First	2:42
5	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	2:42
6	Roompot - Charles	2:42
7	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:42
8	Mitchelton-Scott	2:42
9	Team Sky	2:42
10	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2:42
11	Movistar Team	2:42
12	AG2R La Mondiale	2:42
13	Team Sunweb	2:42
14	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	2:42
15	Astana Pro Team	2:42
16	CCC Team	2:42
17	Team Katusha Alpecin	2:42
18	Trek - Segafredo	2:42
19	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias	2:42
20	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
21	Team Arkéa Samsic	2:42
22	Team Dimension Data	2:42
23	Burgos-BH	2:42
24	Groupama - FDJ	2:42
25	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	11:34

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