March 20/17 15:19 pm - Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 03/20/17
Davide Cimolai is the first leader of the 2017 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, defeating Nacer Bouhanni in bunch sprint.
The 178.9 km stage was held over six mountain passes, and yet the final decision came down to a mass sprint.
The stage started with numerous escape attempts that were not resolved until shortly before the first climb of the day, the Alto de Parpers (3rd category). After which a group of four formed by Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac), Antonio Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Magno Prado Nazaret and Murilo Affonso (Soul Brasil). Affonso became the first leader of the mountain classification by taking max points on 4 of the days 6 climbs.
In the second last climb an attack by Jetse Bol (Manzana-Postobón) and Axel Domont (AG2R), gained a minute advantage before being reeled back by the peloton. Cimolai won the bunch sprint over Bouhanni (photo finish),
Micheal Woods (Cannondale-Drapac) was top Canadian in 95th, same time as winner. Svein Tuft (Orica - Scott) finished 172nd at 3:30 back
| Stage 1: Calella to Calella, 178.9 km | |
| 1 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ | 4:28:21 |
| 2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 3 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data | |
| 4 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 5 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 6 Jose Rojas (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 7 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott | |
| 8 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 9 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 11 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 12 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 13 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 14 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 15 Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 16 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 17 Jordi Simon (Esp) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 18 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 20 Valerio Conti (Ita) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 21 Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 22 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 23 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 24 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 25 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 26 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 27 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 28 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 29 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 31 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 32 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 33 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 34 Caio Godoy (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 35 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | |
| 36 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 37 Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 38 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 39 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb | |
| 40 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon | |
| 41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 42 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 43 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 44 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 45 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 46 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 47 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 48 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 49 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 50 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 51 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 52 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 53 Darwin Atapuma (Col) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 54 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon | |
| 55 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 56 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 57 Alberto Contador (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 58 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 59 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 60 Rafael Valls (Esp) Lotto Soudal | |
| 61 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 62 Jérémy Maison (Fra) FDJ | |
| 63 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 64 Hernando Bohorquez (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 65 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 66 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 67 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 68 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 69 Juan Felipe Osorio (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 70 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 71 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 72 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 73 Annas Ait el Abdia (Mor) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 74 Matteo Bono (Ita) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 75 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 76 David Gaudu (Fra) FDJ | |
| 77 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 78 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 79 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 80 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data | |
| 81 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 82 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 83 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 84 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 85 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 86 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 87 Eduard Prades (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 88 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 89 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 90 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott | |
| 91 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 92 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 93 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 94 Mikel Nieve (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 95 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 96 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 97 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 98 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 99 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 100 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 101 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | |
| 102 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 103 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 104 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 105 Mikel Landa (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 106 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 107 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 108 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data | |
| 109 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| 110 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 111 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 112 Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ | |
| 113 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 114 Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 115 Antonio Piedra (Esp) Manzana Postobon | |
| 116 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 117 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 118 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky | |
| 119 Hernan Aguirre (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 120 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 121 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 122 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 123 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 124 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 125 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 126 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ | |
| 127 Sergio Pardilla (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 128 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 129 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 130 Kilian Frankiny (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 131 Diego Rubio (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 132 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 133 Carlos Verona (Esp) Orica-Scott | |
| 134 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 135 Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 136 Ruben Plaza (Esp) Orica-Scott | |
| 137 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 138 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 139 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 140 Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 141 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 142 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 143 Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 144 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 145 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) BMC Racing Team | |
| 146 Daniel Navarro (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 147 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 148 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 149 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 150 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 151 Antonio Molina (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 152 Luis Mas (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 153 Ángel Vicioso (Esp) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 154 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 155 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 156 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | all s.t. |
| 157 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:43 |
| 158 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Lot | 1:47 |
| 159 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 3:30 |
| 160 Piotr Brozyna (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 161 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | |
| 162 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick - Step Floors | |
| 163 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 164 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale Drapac | |
| 165 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 166 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 167 Magno P. Nazaret (Bra) Soul Brasil | |
| 168 Murilo Affonso (Bra) Soul Brasil | |
| 169 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 170 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Drapac | |
| 171 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Emirates | |
| 172 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica - Scott | all s.t. |
| 173 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 6:06 |
| 174 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | |
| 175 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica - Scott | |
| 176 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin | |
| 177 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain - Merida | all s.t. |
| 178 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Lot | 6:57 |
| 179 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 9:08 |
| 180 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb | 10:49 |
| 181 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 10:53 |
| 182 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 183 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | |
| 184 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 185 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 186 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora - Hansgrohe | |
| 187 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 188 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 189 Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Lot | |
| 190 Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 191 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 192 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | all s.t. |
| 193 Hector Saez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 17:03 |
| 194 Pedro Nicacio (Bra) Soul Brasil | 17:56 |
| 195 Dylan Page (Sui) Caja Rural - Seguros Rga | |
| 196 Gabriel Machado (Bra) Soul Brasil | |
| 197 Flavio Cardoso (Bra) Soul Brasil | |
| 198 Raphael Pires (Bra) Soul Brasil | all s.t. |
| 199 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida | 37:31 |
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