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2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.Pro)

71st edition: February 5 - February 9, 2020

Sunday, February 8: 5th & Final Stage, Paterna - Valencia, 97.7 km

Stage 5 profile

Tadej Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar is the winner of the 2020 Volta a Valenciana

Weather at the finish city of Valencia at 1:45 PM, local time: 16C (61F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Fabio Jakobsen's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Fabio Jakobsen benefited from a masterful lead-out of his Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammates and earned a well-deserved victory after two frustrating second places on the previous bunch sprints of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. For the 23-year-old, who kicked off his third pro season this week, it was victory number 15 since joining the Wolfpack and continued his love affair with Spain, where last season he clocked up his first ever Grand Tour stages.

“Today was a short but fast stage, and in the end the speed was so high, despite the technical final which included that roundabout and some tricky corners, that positioning was paramount. The team worked hard again today and put me in a perfect position and I’m so happy that I could win for them and myself”, said Fabio before taking to the podium to collect his trophy.

Having chased and reabsorbed the four men that formed Sunday’s breakaway with the likes of Tim Declercq and James Knox, Deceuninck – Quick-Step remained in charge of the bunch as the flamme rouge came in sight and made sure of bringing Fabio Jakobsen in a prime position. From there, the Dutch Champion – perfectly launched by Davide Ballerini – nudged past all his opponents in an incredible rush towards the line and topped countryman Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) and John Degenkolb (Lotto-Soudal), delivering the squad’s seventh victory of the season.

“We came to this race to win a stage and we are glad we have succeeded here in Valencia. The condition is good and so was the team, who worked hard for me on the three days that came down to a bunch sprint. I am very proud of these guys and very happy to be in this team. This win is an important confidence-boost and we want to continue like this”, concluded Fabio, whose next appointment will be the Volta ao Algarve (19-23 February).

Complete results:

97.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.072 km/hr

1	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2hr 4min 32sec
2	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
4	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
5	GARCIA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
6	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	s.t.
8	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
9	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
10	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
11	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
12	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
13	LOBATO Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
14	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
16	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
17	SOTO Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
18	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
19	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
20	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
21	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
22	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
25	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
26	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
27	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
28	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
29	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
30	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
32	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
33	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
34	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
35	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
36	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	s.t.
38	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
39	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	s.t.
40	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
41	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
42	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
43	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
44	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
45	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
46	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
47	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
48	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
49	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
50	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
53	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
54	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
55	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
56	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
57	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
58	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
59	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
60	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
61	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	s.t.
62	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
63	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
64	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
65	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
66	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
67	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
68	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
69	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
70	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
71	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
72	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
73	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	s.t.
75	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
76	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
77	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
78	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
79	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
80	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
81	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
82	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	s.t.
83	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
84	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
85	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
86	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
88	PARRA José Félix	Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
90	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
91	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
92	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
93	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
94	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
96	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
97	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
98	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
101	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
102	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
103	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
104	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
105	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
107	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	@ 23sec
109	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
110	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
111	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	s.t.
113	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	s.t.
114	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
115	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
117	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
118	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	s.t.
119	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
120	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
121	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
122	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
123	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
124	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	0:55
125	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	1:02
126	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:10
127	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:13
128	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	1:17
129	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
130	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
131	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	1:21
133	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
134	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
135	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
136	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	s.t.
137	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	2:40

Final GC after stage five:

Final GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates)
Mountains classification winner: Gonzalo Serrano (Caja Rural)
Points classification winner: Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma)
Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates)
Team classification winner: Bahrain-McLaren

803.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.753 km/hr

1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	18hr 43min 0sec
2	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 6sec
3	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
4	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:13
5	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	0:23
6	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	0:25
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:32
8	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	0:49
9	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	1:11
10	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	1:14
11	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	1:19
12	SOLER Marc	Movistar	1:22
13	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:36
15	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	1:43
16	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	1:46
17	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	1:47
18	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	1:49
19	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	1:53
20	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	1:55
21	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	2:11
22	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:58
23	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	3:09
24	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	3:23
25	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	3:27
26	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	3:36
27	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:39
28	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	4:08
29	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	4:44
30	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	5:04
31	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	5:40
32	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	5:51
33	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	5:57
34	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:10
35	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	6:22
36	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	6:23
37	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:47
38	HOULE Hugo	Astana	7:04
39	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	7:06
40	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:25
41	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	7:48
42	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	7:50
43	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:06
44	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	8:21
45	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:41
46	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	8:59
47	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:26
48	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	10:20
49	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:34
50	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11:09
51	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11:39
52	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:40
53	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	12:19
54	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	12:22
55	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	12:34
56	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:03
57	ROJAS José	Movistar	13:04
58	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	13:29
59	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	13:33
60	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	14:16
61	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:28
62	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	14:39
63	PARRA José Félix	Kern Pharma	14:41
64	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	15:14
65	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	15:34
66	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	15:42
67	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	15:45
68	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:50
69	GARCIA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	16:20
70	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	16:29
71	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	16:53
72	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	17:12
73	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:30
74	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	17:31
75	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:35
76	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	17:40
77	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	17:42
78	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	17:44
79	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:48
80	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	18:03
81	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:53
82	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:54
83	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	19:26
84	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:30
85	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	19:35
86	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	20:19
87	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	20:20
88	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	21:09
89	SOTO Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	21:17
90	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	21:55
91	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	22:00
92	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	22:37
93	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	22:47
94	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:48
95	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	23:09
96	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	23:23
97	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	24:07
98	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	24:13
99	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	24:14
100	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:22
101	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	24:59
102	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25:05
103	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
104	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	25:13
105	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	25:39
106	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	26:00
107	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	27:10
108	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	27:25
109	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	27:29
110	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	27:36
111	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	27:38
112	LOBATO Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	27:57
113	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	27:59
114	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:00
115	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	28:05
116	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	28:29
117	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	28:37
118	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	28:42
119	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
120	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	28:56
121	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	29:23
122	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	29:36
123	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	31:00
124	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	31:04
125	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa Xstra	32:18
126	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	s.t.
127	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	32:56
128	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	33:20
129	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:36
130	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	34:37
131	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	34:51
132	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	34:56
133	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	35:14
134	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	35:20
135	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	36:04
136	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	37:10
137	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	40:56

Stage five profile:

Saturday, February 8: Stage 4, Calp - Altea, 170 km

Stage 4 profile

Tadej Pgacar

Tadej Pogacar takes the stage and the race lead.

Weather at the finish city of Altea at 4:40 PM, local time: 16C (60F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE-Team Emirates.

With the final 5km all at gradients above 10% it was a brutal test for the GC men. Pogačar with the support of his compatriot Jan Poland timed his moves to perfection, breaking clear with 3km to go and passing lone leader Greg Van Avermaet (CCC).

Pogačar now moves into the overall race lead heading into the short final stage 5 from Paterna to Valencia (97.7km) which should be a day for the sprinters.

Pogačar: “Today was a really hard day so we decided to work on the front near the end to get me in the perfect position approaching the climb. Jan made a really hard pull on the final climb and when he stopped I accelerated and went full gas until the end. I attacked on the steepest part of the climb as that’s where I was feeling good . It’s really something special and really satisfying after all the work done in the winter.”

Complete results:

170 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.924 km/hr

1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	4hr 22min 3sec
2	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 6sec
3	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
4	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
5	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	0:23
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:32
8	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	0:42
9	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	0:45
10	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	0:49
11	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	0:57
12	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07
13	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	1:12
14	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	s.t.
15	SOLER Marc	Movistar	1:14
16	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
17	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	1:20
18	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:31
19	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	1:39
20	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	1:45
21	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	1:50
22	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:57
23	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	2:27
24	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:35
25	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	2:38
26	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	2:47
27	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:57
28	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	3:21
29	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	3:41
30	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:47
31	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:49
32	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
33	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	3:52
34	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
35	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	4:01
36	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	4:15
37	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	4:42
38	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
39	HOULE Hugo	Astana	4:59
40	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
41	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:03
42	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:21
43	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	5:28
44	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
45	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	5:38
46	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:40
47	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:41
48	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:50
49	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	5:53
50	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	6:03
51	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	6:07
52	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	6:17
53	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:37
54	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	6:50
55	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	6:56
56	SANCHEZ Luis León	Astana	7:12
57	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	7:41
58	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:11
59	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	8:38
60	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	8:48
61	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	9:17
62	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:20
63	ROJAS José	Movistar	9:32
64	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	9:34
65	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:42
66	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:49
67	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	9:59
68	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:20
69	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:43
70	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	11:12
71	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
73	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	11:15
74	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
75	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
76	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
77	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	11:27
78	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	12:42
79	GARCIA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	12:46
80	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	12:53
81	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	13:01
82	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	13:02
83	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	13:04
84	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	13:07
85	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	13:10
86	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
87	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	13:12
88	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	13:32
89	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	13:34
90	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:36
91	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	13:43
92	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	13:49
93	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:11
94	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	14:19
95	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	14:36
96	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	15:05
97	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	15:24
98	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	15:40
100	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	15:47
101	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	16:11
102	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:14
103	SEVILLA Diego Pablo	Kometa Xstra	16:58
104	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:31
105	SOTO Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	17:38
106	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:56
107	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:24
108	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
109	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	21:35
110	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	21:38
111	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:05
112	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	22:08
113	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
114	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
115	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
116	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
117	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
118	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
119	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
120	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	22:16
121	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	22:20
122	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
123	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	22:22
124	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	22:34
125	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	22:50
126	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	22:54
127	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	22:56
128	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	22:58
129	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	23:22
130	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	23:26
131	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
132	LOBATO Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	23:27
133	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
134	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	23:32
135	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	23:34
136	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
137	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	24:35

GC after stage 4:

706 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.425 km/hr

1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	16hr 38min 28sec
2	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 6sec
3	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
4	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:13
5	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	0:23
6	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	0:25
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	0:32
8	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	0:49
9	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	1:11
10	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	1:14
11	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	1:19
12	SOLER Marc	Movistar	1:22
13	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:36
15	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	1:43
16	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	1:46
17	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	1:47
18	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	1:49
19	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	1:53
20	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	1:55
21	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	2:11
22	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:58
23	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	3:09
24	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	3:23
25	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	3:27
26	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	3:36
27	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:39
28	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	4:08
29	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	4:44
30	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	4:49
31	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	5:04
32	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	5:40
33	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	5:57
34	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:10
35	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	6:22
36	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	6:23
37	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	6:43
38	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:47
39	HOULE Hugo	Astana	7:04
40	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:25
41	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	7:48
42	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	7:50
43	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:06
44	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	8:21
45	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:41
46	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	8:59
47	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:26
48	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	10:20
49	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:34
50	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	11:01
51	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11:09
52	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	11:39
53	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:40
54	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	11:46
55	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	12:19
56	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	12:34
57	ROJAS José	Movistar	13:04
58	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	13:29
59	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	13:33
60	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	14:16
61	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:28
62	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:37
63	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	14:39
64	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	14:41
65	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	14:51
66	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	15:34
67	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	15:42
68	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	15:45
69	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:13
70	GARCIA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	16:20
71	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	16:29
72	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	16:49
73	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	16:53
74	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	17:08
75	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:35
76	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	17:40
77	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	17:42
78	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	17:44
79	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	17:48
80	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	18:03
81	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:31
82	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:53
83	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	19:26
84	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:30
85	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	19:35
86	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	19:56
87	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	19:59
88	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	20:20
89	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	21:16
90	SOTO Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	21:17
91	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	21:55
92	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	22:00
93	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:46
94	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	22:47
95	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:48
96	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	23:23
97	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	23:51
98	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	24:07
99	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	24:13
100	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:22
101	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	24:30
102	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	24:59
103	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	25:05
104	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
105	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	25:13
106	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	25:39
107	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	26:00
108	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	26:38
109	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	27:25
110	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	27:29
111	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	27:36
112	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	27:38
113	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	27:42
114	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	27:47
115	LOBATO Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	27:57
116	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:00
117	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	28:06
118	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	28:14
119	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	28:42
120	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	28:56
121	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	29:00
122	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	29:13
123	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	29:47
124	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	31:00
125	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	31:55
126	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa Xstra	32:18
127	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	32:56
128	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	33:20
129	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:36
130	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	33:53
131	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	34:28
132	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	34:37
133	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	34:43
134	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	34:56
135	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	34:57
136	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	35:53
137	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	40:56

Stage 4 profile:

Friday, February 7: Stage 3, Orihuela - Torrevieja, 175 km

Stage 3 profile

Dylan Groenewegen

Dylan Groenewegen wins again.

Weather at the finish city of Torrejvieja at 6:00 PM, local time: 14C (57F), Fair, with the wind from the east-southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain.

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

After the first stage, Dylan Groenewegen has also won the third stage in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. In Torrevieja, the leader of Team Jumbo-Visma sovereignly sprinted to his second victory of the season. Things became a bit tense in the final after Groenewegen had been involved in a crash, less than fifteen kilometres before the finish.

For Groenewegen, the victory meant his fifty-second career win. It is his fiftieth victory as a member of the team. For Team Jumbo-Visma it is also the second victory of the year.

An early breakaway of six riders animated the race and got a maximum lead of three minutes. Partly due to the efforts of Team Jumbo-Visma, the leaders were taken back in the last ten kilometres. Groenewegen got involved in a crash at less than 15 kilometers from the finish. Thanks to some good communication and a swift response, Groenewegen rejoined the peloton quickly, after which the Dutchman rewarded the teamwork with the victory.

Afterwards, Groenewegen was full of praise for his teammates. “The team did a fantastic job today. Because of the good communication and the fast reaction of the team after my crash, I could return in the front of the peloton quickly. They brought me in an ideal position for the sprint. I perfectly timed it, after which I could finish it off for my teammates. Because of the crash, I had some gear shifting problems that prevented me from sprinting on my biggest gears. I am very grateful to the team, because without these guys I would not have won here today. My shape is good, I have had a good winter and I am already looking forward to the final day. Then we will have another chance. For now, it is a hundred percent score. Two sprints, two wins: that gives a lot of confidence.”

Complete results:

175 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.821 km/hr

1	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 54min 16sec
2	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
4	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
5	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
7	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
8	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
9	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
10	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
11	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	s.t.
12	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
14	GARCIA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
15	LOBATO Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
16	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
18	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
20	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
22	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
23	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
24	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
25	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
26	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
27	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
28	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
29	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
30	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
31	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
32	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
33	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
34	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
35	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
36	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
37	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 5sec
39	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	0:07
40	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
42	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
43	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	s.t.
44	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
46	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
47	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
48	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	s.t.
49	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	s.t.
51	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	s.t.
52	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
53	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	s.t.
57	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
59	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
60	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
61	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
63	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
64	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
66	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
68	SEVILLA Diego Pablo	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
69	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
71	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
72	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	SOTO Antonio Jesus	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
74	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
76	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
77	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
78	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
80	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
81	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
83	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
84	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
85	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
86	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
87	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
88	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	s.t.
90	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
91	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
92	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
93	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	MAITRE Florian	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
95	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
97	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	s.t.
98	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
99	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:23
101	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
102	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
103	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
104	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
105	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
106	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
107	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	0:26
108	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	0:29
109	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
110	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
111	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:31
112	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:39
113	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:48
115	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
116	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
117	PARRA José Félix	Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
119	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
120	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:52
121	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:01
122	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
123	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:03
124	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
125	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
126	RIKUNOV Petr	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:09
127	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	s.t.
128	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:42
129	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	s.t.
130	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	2:00
131	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	2:40
132	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	2:41
133	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	3:42
134	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
135	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	4:31
136	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
137	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
138	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:48
139	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
140	PENALVER Manuel	Burgos-BH	5:55
141	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

536 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.671 km/hr

1	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	12hr 16min 25sec
2	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
4	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
5	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
6	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
7	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
8	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 2sec
9	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:05
10	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
11	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	0:07
12	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
13	SOLER Marc	Movistar	0:08
14	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	0:10
15	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:15
16	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	0:19
17	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
18	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	0:26
19	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	s.t.
20	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
21	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	0:29
22	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	0:33
23	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	0:35
24	SANCHEZ Luis León	Astana	0:38
25	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
26	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	0:40
27	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:42
28	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	0:49
31	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
32	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:52
33	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	0:55
35	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	0:57
36	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	0:58
37	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
38	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
39	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	1:01
40	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	1:09
42	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:15
43	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:19
44	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:29
45	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:35
46	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	1:45
47	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:46
48	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:51
49	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:58
50	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
51	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	2:02
52	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	HOULE Hugo	Astana	2:05
54	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
55	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	2:09
56	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:23
57	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
58	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:30
59	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	2:39
60	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:43
61	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:57
62	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:00
63	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	3:03
65	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:29
66	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	3:32
67	GARCIA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	3:34
68	SOTO Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	3:39
69	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	3:46
70	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:54
71	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	3:55
72	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	4:09
73	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	4:20
74	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	4:30
76	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
77	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
79	LOBATO Juan José	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
80	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	4:40
81	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
82	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	s.t.
83	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
84	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:16
85	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:17
86	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
87	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:29
88	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	5:34
89	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:41
90	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	5:52
91	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	5:56
92	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	6:17
93	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:20
94	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	6:21
95	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6:25
96	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:33
97	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:36
98	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	6:40
99	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:48
100	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:51
101	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	6:52
102	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	6:57
103	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	7:32
104	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	8:05
105	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	8:09
106	MAITRE Florian	Total Direct Energie	8:15
107	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	8:52
108	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	9:40
109	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:44
110	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	9:52
111	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	9:53
112	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	10:17
113	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	10:19
114	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	10:21
115	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	10:31
116	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	10:40
117	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
118	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
119	PARRA José Félix	Kern Pharma	s.t.
120	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	10:51
121	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	11:32
122	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:03
123	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	12:09
124	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:12
125	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:26
126	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	12:40
127	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	13:00
128	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	13:02
129	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	13:15
130	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	13:37
131	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	13:49
132	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	14:13
133	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	14:28
134	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	14:42
135	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	14:48
136	SEVILLA Diego Pablo	Kometa Xstra	15:20
137	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	17:24
138	RIKUNOV Petr	Gazprom-RusVelo	18:15
139	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	19:35
140	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	19:39
141	PENALVER Manuel	Burgos-BH	19:50

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

Thursday, February 6: Stage 2, Torrent - Cullera, 181 km

Stage 2 profile

Tadej Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar beats Alejandro Valverde and Dylan Teuns to the line.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE-Team Emirates.

With the last 2km uphill at an average of 8% the race was designed for the punchy climbers and it was Jan Polanc who made the first big move with 700m to go. This attack would set things up perfectly for his compatriot Pogačar waiting behind before sweeping passed former world champion Alejandro Valverde in the closing metres to claim his maiden victory of the year.

Pogačar now moves into the overall race lead heading into stage 3 from Orihuela to Torrevieja (174.6km) which should be a day for the sprinters.

Pogačar: "On paper I knew that today was a good finish for me but I didn’t expect the win. I wasn’t sure of my form after such a long time without racing so I surprised myself today. My teammates were key and they did a perfect job between them all and especially Jan’s attack at the end really set up the win perfectly. Tomorrow looks like a day for Kristoff with a bunch sprint so we’ll try for him, but also we’ll work hard now to try keep the leaders jersey until the end."

Neil Stephens (DS): "We put Ravasi on the front to work early in the stage, unfortunately Joe Dombrowski had a bit of a crash so wasn’t able to join to help him in the final but thankfully Joe is okay.

"The guys in the final did a great job between Kristoff and De la Cruz putting Tadej into position in the final and then Polanc put in a really hard attack which really strung out the group. Tadej was fantastic, he played it really cool. When you have a former world champion like Valverde attacking off the front it’s hard to keep your cool like he did and he certainly pulled it off. A great talent and it’s looking good for the start of the season for us."

Complete results:

181 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.683 km/hr

1	Pogacar, Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	4hr 14min 26sec
2	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
3	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
4	Martin, Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
5	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
6	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	s.t.
7	Fernández, Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
8	Moscon, Gianni	Team Ineos	s.t.
9	Geoghegan Hart, Tao	Team Ineos	s.t.
10	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	@ 5sec
11	Polanc, Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Mohoric, Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
13	Bilbao, Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
14	Soler, Marc	Movistar	08''
15	Knox, James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	Armée, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	19''
17	Pauwels, Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
18	Poels, Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
19	Rodríguez, Oscar	Astana	s.t.
20	Simon, Julien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
21	Villella, Davide	Movistar	22''
22	De La Cruz, David	UAE-Team Emirates	26''
23	Cabedo, Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
24	De La Parte, Victor	CCC Team	28''
25	Kwiatkowski, Michał	Team Ineos	31''
26	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	s.t.
27	Navarro, Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
28	Dina, Márton	Kometa-Xstra	33''
29	Marczyński, Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	35''
30	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
31	Frank, Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Contreras, Rodrigo	Astana	42''
33	Bizkarra, Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
34	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45''
35	Gilbert, Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	48''
36	Swift, Ben	Team Ineos	s.t.
37	Agirre, Jon	Kern Pharma	51''
38	Berrade, Urko	Kern Pharma	s.t.
39	Taaramäe, Rein	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
40	Bou, Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
41	Cepeda, Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	54''
42	Carboni, Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 00''
43	Smit, Willie	Burgos-BH	1' 06''
44	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	1' 12''
45	Rovny, Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 15''
46	Ballerini, Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1' 22''
47	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Covili, Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 28''
49	Verwilst, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 39''
50	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 51''
51	Moreno, Iván	Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Naesen, Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 58''
53	Van Asbroeck, Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
55	Shalunov, Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
56	Strakhov, Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
57	Houle, Hugo	Astana	s.t.
58	Van Hooydonck, Nathan	CCC Team	2' 16''
59	Schär, Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
60	Hollenstein, Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
61	Romano, Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2' 18''
62	Orsini, Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2' 20''
63	Brändle, Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	2' 23''
64	Scaroni, Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	2' 42''
65	Steels, Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2' 51''
66	Cavagna, Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2' 53''
67	Declercq, Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2' 56''
68	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
69	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3' 00''
70	Rojas, José	Movistar	3' 32''
71	Soto, Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
72	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	Viegas, Daniel	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
74	Osorio, Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	3' 37''
76	Cardis, Romain	Total Direct Energie	3' 46''
77	Grellier, Fabien	Total Direct Energie	3' 46''
78	Wynants, Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	3' 55''
79	Knees, Christian	Team Ineos	3' 58''
80	Grmay, Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 13''
81	Degenkolb, John	Lotto-Soudal	4' 33''
82	Trentin, Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
83	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
84	Puccio, Salvatore	Team Ineos	s.t.
85	Albasini, Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
86	Cataldo, Dario	Movistar	s.t.
87	Pfingsten, Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Rodríguez, Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Lobato, Juan José	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
90	Beullens, Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
91	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	Juaristi, Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
93	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
94	Zana, Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5' 09''
95	Eenkhoorn, Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	5' 10''
96	Inkelaar, Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	5' 10''
97	Niv, Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
98	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	Godon, Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
100	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
101	Martens, Paul	Jumbo-Visma	5' 20''
102	Van Moer, Brent	Lotto-Soudal	5' 25''
103	Frison, Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
104	Sellier, Simon	Total Direct Energie	5' 29''
105	Irizar, Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	5' 33''
106	Cubero, Jorge	Burgos-BH	6' 20''
107	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
108	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
109	Jakobsen, Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6' 23''
110	Emden, Jos van van	Jumbo-Visma	6' 26''
111	Lampaert, Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
112	Wilsly, Jonas	Astana	7' 25''
113	Sáez, Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7' 41''
114	Maître, Florian	Total Direct Energie	8' 08''
115	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	8' 19''
116	Kuznetsov, Vyatcheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	9' 05''
117	Ravasi, Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	9' 33''
118	Davies, Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
119	Arcas, Jorge	Movistar	9' 52''
120	Cantón, Isaac	Burgos-BH	9' 52''
121	Castrillo, Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
122	Parra, José Félix	Kern Pharma	s.t.
123	Stalnov, Nikita	Astana	s.t.
124	Sanz, Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	De Ketele, Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
126	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
127	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	9' 56''
128	Cabot, Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
129	Puppio, Antonio	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
130	Velasco, Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
131	Araiz, Sergio	Kern Pharma	10' 09''
132	Cuadros, Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Samitier, Sergio	Movistar	10' 26''
134	Castroviejo, Jonathan	Team Ineos	10' 56''
135	Mertz, Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	12' 31''
136	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 33''
137	Garavaglia, Giacomo	Kometa-Xstra	12' 36''
138	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 53''
139	Rikunov, Petr	Gazprom-RusVelo	13' 06''
140	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	13' 55''
141	Planckaert, Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 21''
142	Dombrowski, Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

361 kilometers raced so far an an average speed of 43.135 km/hr

1	Pogacar, Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	8hr 22min 9sec
2	Haig, Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	Valverde, Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
4	Fernández, Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
5	Teuns, Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
6	Moscon, Gianni	Team Ineos	s.t.
7	Izagirre, Ion	Astana	s.t.
8	Geoghegan Hart, Tao	Team Ineos	s.t.
9	Martin, Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
10	Mohoric, Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 2sec
11	Polanc, Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	05''
12	Van Avermaet, Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
13	Bilbao, Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
14	Soler, Marc	Movistar	08''
15	Knox, James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	Poels, Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	19''
17	Simon, Julien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
18	Pauwels, Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
19	Rodríguez, Oscar	Astana	s.t.
20	Villella, Davide	Movistar	22''
21	De La Cruz, David	UAE-Team Emirates	26''
22	Cabedo, Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	Kwiatkowski, Michał	Team Ineos	28''
24	De La Parte, Victor	CCC Team	s.t.
25	Sánchez, Luis León	Astana	31''
26	Navarro, Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
27	Dina, Márton	Kometa-Xstra	33''
28	Marczyński, Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	35''
29	Deltombe, Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
30	Frank, Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Contreras, Rodrigo	Astana	42''
32	Bizkarra, Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
33	Swift, Ben	Team Ineos	45''
34	Serrano, Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Gilbert, Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	48''
36	Taaramäe, Rein	Total Direct Energie	51''
37	Bou, Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
38	Agirre, Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
39	Armée, Sander	Lotto-Soudal	54''
40	Cepeda, Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Smit, Willie	Burgos-BH	1' 06''
42	Sureda, Jaume	Burgos-BH	1' 09''
43	Rovny, Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 15''
44	Ballerini, Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1' 19''
45	Vandenbergh, Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 22''
46	Covili, Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 28''
47	Verwilst, Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1' 39''
48	Albanese, Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1' 51''
49	Moreno, Iván	Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Naesen, Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	1' 55''
51	Stannard, Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
52	Van Asbroeck, Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	1' 58''
53	Houle, Hugo	Astana	s.t.
54	Shalunov, Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	1' 58''
55	Strakhov, Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
56	Berrade, Urko	Kern Pharma	2' 02''
57	Hollenstein, Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	2' 16''
58	Van Hooydonck, Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
59	Schär, Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
60	Orsini, Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2' 20''
61	Brändle, Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	2' 23''
62	Steels, Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2' 51''
63	Cavagna, Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2' 53''
64	Juul-Jensen, Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	2' 56''
65	Capiot, Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2' 57''
66	Aberasturi, Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3' 29''
67	Rojas, José	Movistar	3' 32''
68	Viegas, Daniel	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
69	Osorio, Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Soto, Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
71	Cortina, Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	3' 34''
72	Cardis, Romain	Total Direct Energie	3' 46''
73	Grellier, Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
74	Grmay, Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	4' 13''
75	Declercq, Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4' 28''
76	Degenkolb, John	Lotto-Soudal	4' 30''
77	Mezgec, Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
78	Trentin, Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
79	Lobato, Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
80	Kristoff, Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Pfingsten, Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	4' 33''
82	Puccio, Salvatore	Team Ineos	s.t.
83	Cataldo, Dario	Movistar	s.t.
84	Juaristi, Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
85	Zana, Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5' 09''
86	Duval, Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	5' 10''
87	Inkelaar, Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
88	Niv, Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
89	Sprengers, Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5' 18''
90	Martens, Paul	Jumbo-Visma	5' 20''
91	Wynants, Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	5' 27''
92	Sellier, Simon	Total Direct Energie	5' 29''
93	Scotson, Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	5' 37''
94	Frison, Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	5' 49''
95	Albasini, Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	6' 05''
96	Rodríguez, Cristian	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
97	Cimolai, Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	6' 17''
98	Romano, Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	6' 18''
99	Jakobsen, Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6' 20''
100	Rubio, Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
101	Lampaert, Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6' 26''
102	Emden, Jos van	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Godon, Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	6' 44''
104	Beullens, Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6' 48''
105	Wilsly, Jonas	Astana	7' 25''
106	Van Moer, Brent	Lotto-Soudal	7' 40''
107	Sáez, Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7' 41''
108	Cubero, Jorge	Burgos-BH	7' 54''
109	Knees, Christian	Team Ineos	7' 58''
110	Maître, Florian	Total Direct Energie	8' 08''
111	Irizar, Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	8' 31''
112	Ravasi, Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	9' 33''
113	Davies, Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
114	Scaroni, Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	9' 44''
115	Stalnov, Nikita	Astana	9' 52''
116	Arcas, Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
117	Sanz, Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Castrillo, Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
119	Parra, José Félix	Kern Pharma	s.t.
120	Groenewegen, Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	9' 53''
121	Cabot, Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	9' 56''
122	Araiz, Sergio	Kern Pharma	10' 09''
123	Cantón, Isaac	Burgos-BH	10' 10''
124	Puppio, Antonio	Kometa-Xstra	10' 14''
125	Velasco, Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	10' 31''
126	Eenkhoorn, Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	10' 44''
127	Cuadros, Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
128	Castroviejo, Jonathan	Team Ineos	10' 56''
129	De Ketele, Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11' 24''
130	De Marchi, Alessandro	CCC Team	11' 33''
131	Mertz, Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	12' 31''
132	Naesen, Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 33''
133	Garavaglia, Giacomo	Kometa-Xstra	12' 36''
134	Gallopin, Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 53''
135	Samitier, Sergio	Movistar	13' 00''
136	Peñalver, Manuel	Burgos-BH	13' 55''
137	Dombrowski, Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	14' 21''
138	Carboni, Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	14' 41''
139	Planckaert, Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14' 51''
140	Sevilla, Diego	Kometa-Xstra	15' 13''
141	Rikunov, Petr	Gazprom-RusVelo	17' 06''
142	Kuznetsov, Vyatcheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	18' 32''

Stage 2 profile:

Wednesday, February 5: Stage 1, Castello - Vila-Real, 180 km

Dylan Groenewegen

Dylan Groenewegen takes stage one.

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

Dylan Groenewegen has started his season with a sprint victory in the first stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The leader of Team Jumbo-Visma was the fastest in the bunch sprint in Vila-Real. He is also the first overall leader in the first stage race of the European season.

For Groenewegen it is his third stage victory in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. In 2016, he claimed his first victory for the team in this race. Last year he won the final stage. For Team Jumbo-Visma, it is also the first victory of the season.

An early breakaway of four riders got a maximum lead of more than three minutes and was reeled in in the last ten kilometres, partly due to the efforts of Team Jumbo-Visma. Groenewegen started his sprint from afar, but timed his final shot perfectly. He outsprinted his compatriot and national champion Fabio Jakobsen on the line.

The international victory king of 2019 is very happy with his win. “It’s always nice to start the season with a victory. As a sprinter, you feel the pressure to perform right at the beginning of the season. Then it is nice if it works out right away. That really takes off some pressure of me and the team. The team was very strong today. Due to my own fault, I started the sprint a little too far out. In the first race of the season it is always a matter of finding the right feeling and trying to find each other again in the lead out. Eventually I had enough space to sprint and I know I can get far. The first win is in the bag and that is a really nice feeling.”

Complete results & GC:

180 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.607 km/hr

1	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 7min 40sec
2	JAKOBSEN Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	s.t.
5	LOBATO Juan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
6	ABERASTURI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
7	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
8	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
9	GARCIA Iván	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
10	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	CIMOLAI Davide	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
12	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
13	SUREDA Jaume	Burgos-BH	s.t.
14	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
15	BALLERINI Davide	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	ROPERO Alejandro	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
17	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
19	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team INEOS	s.t.
20	MAITRE Florian	Total Direct Energie	@ 3sec
21	POELS Wout	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
22	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	SIMON Julien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
24	BILBAO Pello	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
25	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
26	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
27	ROVNY Ivan	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
28	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizane	s.t.
29	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
30	POGACAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
31	CARDIS Romain	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
32	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
33	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
34	FERNANDEZ Rubén	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
35	DINA Márton	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
36	TAARAMAE Rein	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
37	SAEZ Héctor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	RAVASI Edward	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
39	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
40	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
42	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
43	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
45	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
46	STEELS Stijn	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
47	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
49	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
50	DE LA CRUZ David	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
51	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
53	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	PENALVER Manuel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	VERWILST Aaron	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
56	DOMBROWSKI Joe	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
57	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
58	STALNOV Nikita	Astana	s.t.
59	MOSCON Gianni	Team INEOS	s.t.
60	SMIT Willie	Burgos-BH	s.t.
61	VILLELLA Davide	Movistar	s.t.
62	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	IZAGIRRE Ion	Astana	s.t.
64	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
65	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
66	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
67	RUBIO Diego	Burgos-BH	s.t.
68	FOSS Tobias	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
70	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	SELLIER Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
72	BRANDLE Matthias	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
73	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana	s.t.
74	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
75	BOU Joan	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
76	MORENO Ivan	Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
78	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	SHALUNOV Evgeny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
80	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
81	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Team INEOS	s.t.
82	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
83	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
84	GARAVAGLIA Giacomo	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
85	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
86	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
87	SANZ Enrique	Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	RODRIGUEZ Oscar	Astana	s.t.
89	SERRANO Gonzalo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team INEOS	s.t.
91	MARTIN Dan	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
92	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
93	CASTRILLO Jaime	Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	INKELAAR Kevin	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
95	BIZKARRA Mikel	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
96	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
97	JUARISTI Txomin	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
98	ORSINI Umberto	Bardiani-CSF-Faizane	s.t.
99	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
100	COVILI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizane	s.t.
101	CATALDO Dario	Movistar	s.t.
102	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	DAVIES Scott	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
104	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana	s.t.
105	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
106	CEPEDA Jefferson	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
107	LARSEN Mathias	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
108	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	s.t.
109	ZANA Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizane	s.t.
110	NAVARRO Daniel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
111	GALLOPIN Tony	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	NIV Guy	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
113	SOTO Antonio	Fundacion-Orbea	s.t.
114	ARAIZ Sergio	Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	VAN EMDEN Jos	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	CANTON Isaac	Burgos-BH	0:21
117	PUPPIO Antonio	Kometa Xstra	s.t.
118	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	0:27
119	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	0:30
120	PLANCKAERT Emiel	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:33
121	VELASCO Simone	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:38
122	ARMEE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
123	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
124	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:48
125	BERRADE Urko	Kern Pharma	1:14
126	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	1:35
127	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
128	RODRIGUEZ Cristián	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	DE KETELE Kenny	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
130	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
131	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:37
132	CUBERO Jorge	Burgos-BH	s.t.
133	BEULLENS Cédric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2:18
134	VAN MOER Brent	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
135	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	2:37
136	IRIZAR Julen	Fundacion-Orbea	3:01
137	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	3:17
138	KNEES Christian	Team INEOS	4:03
139	RIKUNOV Petr	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
140	ROMANO Francesco	Bardiani-CSF-Faizane	s.t.
141	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa Xstra	5:24
142	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	5:37
143	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	7:05
144	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:30
145	CARBONI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizane	13:44

2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.Pro)

71st edition: February 5 - February 9, 2020

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