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Saturday, April 7: 6th & Final Stage, Eibar - Arrate, 122.2 km

Enric Mas wins the final stage

The race: Here's the report froms stage winner Enric Mas' Quick-Step team.

Enric Mas became one of the youngest winners ever on Arrate, the iconic climb of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, after battling the inclement weather and a raging peloton all day long on the short and punchy stage 6 of the race, which featured eight categorized climbs for a total of 3000 meters of elevation. For Quick-Step Floors, this was the 25th victory of the season, the second-year pro Spaniard becoming the 11th different rider of the squad to earn a win in 2018.

"What can I say? I have always dreamt of winning this stage and now that I did it, I am happy, very happy to break the ice in this amazing race and in such a manner. The last climb was crazy, people were cheering for me, they were yelling my name and showing me their support, it was like being at a concert. It's a fantastic season for our team, we are on a roll and we hope to add many more victories to the ones scored so far."

Heavy rain and low temperatures accompanied the riders throughout the stage right from the start in Eibar and eased off a bit only in the final hour, when the escapees' group got fragmented on the Izua climb, as only a handful of riders were left at the front. With the gap dipping down to one minute, the bunch looked in pole position to fight for the win, but two solid attacks of Mas brought the front group back to life.

It was on the last of the eight ascents that Enric forged his unforgettable win in impressive fashion, as he accelerated from the breakaway and quickly gained 15 seconds on his former companions. From the yellow group, Movistar went to the attack, first with Nairo Quintana, and then with Mikel Landa, who began his pursuit of Mas. Arrate, which was climbed from the harder side, included sections of 15%, but Quick-Step Floors' rider was never in trouble, as he looked composed and got over the top with a 12-second advantage which he increased until the finish, shredding any doubt about who the day's winner will be.

"I had my eyes on this stage from the beginning of the week and after yesterday, where I felt really good but lost some time, I knew I wanted to try something. This morning, we decided that I should give it a go, so I joined the break. On the last climb, as I was riding alone, I heard in the radio that Landa and Quintana were chasing me, but remained confident and pushed really hard in the final two kilometers, gaining some more time and keeping the gap all the way to the finish", Mas said after the podium ceremony.

Saturday's victory helped Enric make a significant jump in the general classification, up to sixth, and also claim the blue jersey, for the best young rider of the race. Not only that, it increased its advantage at the top of the World Tour team standings, Quick-Step Floors leaves the 58th edition of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco also with three stage wins in the bag, just like in 2013.

Complete results:

122.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.149 km/hr

1	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	3hr 17min 22sec
2	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	@ 18sec
3	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:35
4	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	0:39
5	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:42
6	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	0:51
7	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:59
8	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	1:06
9	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
10	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
12	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	1:32
13	BILBAO Pello	Astana	1:50
14	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
18	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	2:30
20	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	2:37
21	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	3:11
22	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	3:24
23	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
24	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	4:07
25	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:53
26	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	4:57
27	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	5:01
28	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	5:11
29	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	5:23
30	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	5:25
32	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
33	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
34	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
35	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:54
36	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	5:56
37	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
38	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
39	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	6:27
40	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	6:33
41	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	6:44
42	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
43	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	7:20
46	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
47	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	7:25
48	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	7:31
49	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	7:53
51	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
52	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	7:55
53	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
54	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
57	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	8:02
58	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	8:08
59	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	8:10
60	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
61	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	8:11
62	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	9:02
63	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	9:20
64	FRAILE Omar	Astana	9:22
65	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	s.t.
66	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
67	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	9:27
71	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	10:25
72	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	10:32
73	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	11:12
74	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	11:16
75	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	11:22
76	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	11:38
77	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	14:41
78	CATALDO Dario	Astana	15:51
79	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	16:29
80	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
81	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	16:32
82	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	17:41
83	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	17:43
84	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
85	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	17:52
86	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
87	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
88	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
89	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	17:56
90	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
92	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	18:36
94	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	18:40
95	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	18:55
96	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
97	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	21:46
98	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	22:28
99	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	24:11

Final GC after Stage 6:

• Final GC leader: Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Mountains classification winner: Carlos Verona (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Points classification winner: Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Best young rider: Enric Mas (Quick-Step)
• Best Basque rider: Mikel Landa (Movistar)
• Team classification winner: Team Movistar

819.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.236 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	20hr 53min 47sec
2	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	@ 1min 9sec
3	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	1:42
4	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	3:14
5	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	3:17
6	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	3:29
7	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	3:50
8	BILBAO Pello	Astana	4:14
9	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	4:15
10	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	5:30
11	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	5:34
12	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	6:29
13	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:08
14	HERRADA José	Cofidis	7:40
15	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	9:29
16	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	10:21
17	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	11:50
18	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	12:55
19	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	13:07
20	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	13:12
21	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	14:03
22	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	14:12
23	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	14:33
24	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	14:35
25	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:43
26	FRAILE Omar	Astana	15:19
27	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	15:30
28	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	16:05
29	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	16:22
30	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	16:25
31	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	17:24
32	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	17:51
33	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	18:45
34	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	18:46
35	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	19:45
36	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	20:12
37	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	21:58
38	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	22:14
39	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	22:24
40	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	24:36
41	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	24:44
42	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	26:38
43	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	27:17
44	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	27:20
45	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	28:32
46	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	28:48
47	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	29:02
48	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	29:28
49	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	30:23
50	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	30:33
51	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	30:38
52	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:10
53	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	31:35
54	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	32:20
55	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	32:37
56	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	32:42
57	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	32:46
58	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	32:48
59	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	33:45
60	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	35:01
61	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	35:13
62	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	36:30
63	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	36:42
64	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	36:44
65	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	37:17
66	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	37:33
67	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	37:43
68	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	38:01
69	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	38:18
70	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	39:01
71	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	39:32
72	LOPEZ David	Sky	40:18
73	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	41:47
74	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	43:19
75	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	43:42
76	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	47:12
77	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	47:28
78	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	48:20
79	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	48:58
80	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	49:48
81	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	50:23
82	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	50:32
83	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	51:20
84	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	51:21
85	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	51:35
86	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	55:14
87	CATALDO Dario	Astana	55:25
88	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	56:33
89	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	57:27
90	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	57:40
91	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	59:49
92	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	1:00:48
93	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:02:49
94	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	1:04:32
95	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	1:04:46
96	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	1:05:00
97	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	1:07:04
98	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	1:15:59
99	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	1:16:14

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Friday, April 6: Stage 5, Vitoria Gasteiz - Eibar, 164.7 km

Stage 5 map and profile

Omar Fraile wins stage five

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Omar Fraile's Astana team.

Astana Team rider and local hero Omar Fraile took a perfect win today at stage 5 of the Itzulia Basque Country in Eibar. Fraile finished in the leading group of 7 riders, beating in sprint the current GC leader Primoz Roglic and the Spaniard Ion Izagirre.

- I am so happy to win here in Eibar! That’s something incredible. This is my home race and today I was super motivated to do maximum possible. My family and my friends all were there at the finish and I really wanted to win. It was not easy to go in a break, but finally, I was able to follow the decisive attack to catch the right group. Yeah, it was a group with a lot of good riders and we worked pretty well. I knew the last climb and as it was expected, there was a head wind. So, when I saw the group of the leader is coming close, I decided to wait for them and to join that group. I knew I could stay with them until the top and later of the descent, which I knew perfectly as well. It was impossible to make any difference on descent and I saw everything is coming to a sprint. I tried to do it smart inside the final kilometers and in sprint just gave my all to win this stage. Now, I am just super happy! – said emotional Omar Fraile.

Stage 5 of the race started in Vitoria and finished after 164,7 km in Eibar. There was a real battle to go in a breakaway in the first kilometers, but later, after around 25 km of racing a big group of 14 riders finally went away and Omar Fraile was there. The group took a good advantage of 5 minutes to hold it until the last climb of the day Azurki Gaina.

At this climb it was Mikel Landa, who made at attack from the peloton and just a few could follow him: the overall leader Primoz Roglic and Ion Izagirre. Step by step this small group caught the breakaway of Omar Fraile, who could keep their wheel until the top of the climb and later on descent.

A powerful sprint on the streets of Eibar brought to Astana rider his debut stage win at the Itzulia Basque Country.

Astana’s leader in this race Pello Bilbao did a very strong race as well. After attack of Mikel Landa he lost some ground, but later was able to join a chasing group of GC contenders with Bauke Mollema and Nairo Quintana among the chasers. Finally, Bilbao finished inside this group 1 minute 27 seconds behind Omar Fraile, winning the sprint and taking a nice 8th place in this stage.

- I think, I can be happy with the way I did this stage. I felt quite good today and just in one moment I had a small crisis on the last climb after the race had exploded with attacks. But, I just found my own rhythm and step by step started to come back, finally, catching the group of Mollema. On the second part and on descent I recovered well and even tried to attack to make the difference, but it was not easy. So, we arrived at the finish with this group and I did a good sprint for another stage Top-10. Tomorrow we will have a very tough day on the road, so let’s see, what we can do, - said Pello Bilbao.

Before the final stage of the race Primoz Roglic still holds a comfortable lead in the general classification, having 1 minute 57 seconds to Mikel Landa and 2 minutes 13 seconds to Ion Izagirre. Pello Bilbao moved up to 7th place, +3.30 behind the current leader.

The final 6th and the hardest stage of the Itzulia Basque Country will be held tomorrow: it will be a short 122,2 km distance from Eibar with 8 categorized climbs, including the final famous climb to Arrate.

Complete results:

164.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.234 km/hr

1	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3hr 53min 59sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
3	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
4	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
6	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
7	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	@ 15sec
8	BILBAO Pello	Astana	@ 1min 27sec
9	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
10	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
12	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
13	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
16	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
17	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
18	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	1:51
19	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	2:15
20	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
21	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
22	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
23	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:48
24	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
25	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
26	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
28	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
30	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
32	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
33	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
35	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
36	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
37	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
38	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
39	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:55
43	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:32
44	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
46	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
47	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
48	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
49	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	7:04
51	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
52	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
56	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
57	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
59	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
60	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	9:25
61	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
63	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	10:26
64	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
65	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
66	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	15:21
68	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
69	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	19:05
71	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
72	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
74	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
75	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
76	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
78	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
80	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
81	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
82	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
85	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
86	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
87	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
88	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
92	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
93	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
94	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
95	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
96	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
97	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
98	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
100	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
101	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
102	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
103	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
107	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
108	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
109	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
111	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
112	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
113	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
114	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
116	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
117	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
119	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	19:43
120	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
121	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
123	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
124	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
125	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	s.t.
126	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
127	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
129	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
130	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	s.t.
131	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	s.t.
132	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
133	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
134	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
135	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
136	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
138	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	19:47
139	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
140	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
142	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
143	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
144	MOSER Moreno	Astana	21:55
145	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	23:05

GC after Stage 5:

697.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.668 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	17hr 35min 19sec
2	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	@ 1min 57sec
3	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	2:13
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	2:55
5	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	3:06
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	3:21
7	BILBAO Pello	Astana	3:30
8	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	3:41
9	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	3:49
10	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	3:57
11	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	4:02
12	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	4:35
13	HERRADA José	Cofidis	5:22
14	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	5:30
15	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	5:45
16	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	6:01
17	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:24
18	FRAILE Omar	Astana	7:03
19	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	7:14
20	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	7:16
21	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	7:21
22	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	7:24
23	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	7:31
24	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:03
25	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	8:05
26	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	8:09
27	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	8:36
28	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	8:55
29	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	9:10
30	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:55
31	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	10:44
32	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	10:58
33	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	11:02
34	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	11:35
35	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	11:42
36	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	11:43
37	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	12:29
38	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:58
39	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	13:10
40	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	13:37
41	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	13:39
42	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	13:56
43	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	15:38
44	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	15:48
45	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	16:25
46	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	16:27
47	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	17:11
48	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	17:55
49	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	18:05
50	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	18:15
51	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
52	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	18:42
53	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	19:52
54	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	20:17
55	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	20:28
56	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	20:33
57	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	20:53
58	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	21:27
59	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	21:41
60	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	22:21
61	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	22:39
62	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	22:54
63	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	23:44
64	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	23:51
65	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	24:08
66	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	24:30
67	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	24:46
68	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:51
69	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	25:16
70	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	26:11
71	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	26:28
72	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	27:14
73	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	27:16
74	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	27:25
75	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	28:04
76	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	28:31
77	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	29:23
78	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	29:41
79	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	31:08
80	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	31:11
81	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	31:39
82	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	31:53
83	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	32:02
84	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	32:13
85	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	32:36
86	WYSS Danilo	BMC	32:43
87	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	32:49
88	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	33:14
89	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	33:15
90	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	33:28
91	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	33:35
92	GERRANS Simon	BMC	33:46
93	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	34:00
94	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	34:45
95	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	34:58
96	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	35:00
97	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	35:03
98	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	35:14
100	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	35:26
101	LOPEZ David	Sky	35:28
102	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	35:33
103	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	36:02
104	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	36:42
105	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	36:59
106	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	37:05
107	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	37:43
108	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	38:10
109	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	38:28
110	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	38:37
111	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	40:09
112	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	40:28
113	CATALDO Dario	Astana	40:40
114	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	40:41
115	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	41:06
116	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	42:42
117	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	42:59
118	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	43:01
119	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	43:05
120	PORTE Richie	BMC	43:26
121	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	43:55
122	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	44:20
123	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	44:27
124	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	44:40
125	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	44:50
126	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	45:22
127	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	45:42
128	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45:59
129	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	46:05
130	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	46:12
131	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	46:14
132	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	46:47
133	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	47:08
134	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	47:16
135	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	50:56
136	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	51:20
137	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	51:30
138	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	51:39
139	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	53:59
140	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	57:44
141	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	59:09
142	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	59:24
143	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	59:42
144	MOSER Moreno	Astana	59:51
145	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	1:02:01

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, April 5: Stage 4, Lodosa 19.4 km individual tme trial

Primoz Roglic riding to a stage victory and GC leadership.

Stage 4 map

Weather at Lodosa Spain at 3:20 PM, local time: 17C (63F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The big novelty of this edition is that the time trial is not disputed on the last day. The course has a completely plain profile that allows the specialists in this discipline to show their skills.

In this edition there are no climbs in the time trial but there is a rival almost more feared than the slopes: the wind. In this region the ‘cierzo’ wind is usually present and it could play an important role in the final result.

The race: Here's the report from winner Primoz Roglic's LottoNL-Jumbo team.

Primoz Roglic has celebrated a successful day in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. By winning the time trial in the fourth stage, the 28-year-old rider of Team LottoNL-Jumbo has taken the lead in the general classification. The Slovenian is now more than half a minute ahead of the number two in the general classification, Julian Alaphilippe.

The stage win meant the ninth victory for Team LottoNL-Jumbo this year, the first at the Bianchi Aquila. For Roglic it was his second victory of the season. Earlier this year he won the third stage in Tirreno-Adriatico.

According to Roglic, it wasn’t easy today. “I knew that all eyes were on me as a pursuer in the gc and as time trial specialist. That provided extra pressure. It was a flat time trial, but there was a lot of wind. At the finish I saw that I had the fastest time, which made me very happy of course.”

By taking the lead in the general classification, Roglic, who finished second twice this week, is also one of the top favourites for the overall victory. “But we should not get ahead of ourselves. At the beginning of the course I already said that I want to take it one day at a time. It’s not going to be easy, but I'm really looking forward to the last stages.”

Complete Results:

19.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.887 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	22min 26sec
2	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	@ 9sec
3	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	0:11
4	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	0:14
5	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	0:20
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:36
7	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	0:37
8	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	0:42
9	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	0:43
10	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
11	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	0:44
12	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	0:46
13	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:51
14	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
15	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	0:52
16	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:53
17	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	0:57
18	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	0:58
19	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
20	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	0:59
21	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:03
22	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	1:06
23	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
25	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	1:07
26	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	BILBAO Pello	Astana	1:11
28	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
29	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	1:14
31	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	1:15
32	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	1:16
33	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
34	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
35	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	1:17
36	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	1:18
37	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	1:19
38	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:20
39	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	1:21
40	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	1:24
41	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	1:26
42	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
43	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:27
44	GERRANS Simon	BMC	1:28
45	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
47	PORTE Richie	BMC	1:30
48	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:31
49	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	1:34
50	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	1:36
51	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	1:37
52	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	1:38
53	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	1:39
54	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:40
55	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:41
57	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
58	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	1:42
59	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
60	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	1:43
61	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	1:45
62	CATALDO Dario	Astana	1:48
63	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:50
64	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	1:51
65	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	1:54
66	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	1:56
67	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	1:57
69	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	1:58
70	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	1:59
71	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
72	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:00
74	WYSS Danilo	BMC	2:01
75	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	2:03
76	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	2:04
78	FRAILE Omar	Astana	2:05
79	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	2:09
81	HERRADA José	Cofidis	2:10
82	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:11
83	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
84	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:12
85	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
86	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
87	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	2:16
88	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	2:17
89	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	2:19
90	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	2:20
92	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	2:22
93	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	2:23
94	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:24
95	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	2:30
96	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	2:31
97	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
98	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
99	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
100	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	2:33
101	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
102	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	2:34
103	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	2:35
104	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
105	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	2:38
106	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	2:40
107	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
108	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	2:41
109	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
110	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	2:43
111	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
112	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2:45
113	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:47
114	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:48
115	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	2:51
116	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	2:52
117	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	2:53
118	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
119	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
120	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:57
121	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
122	MOSER Moreno	Astana	3:01
123	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
125	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	3:02
126	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	3:03
127	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	3:06
128	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	3:07
129	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	3:09
130	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:10
131	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	3:14
132	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	3:15
133	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
134	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	3:16
135	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	3:18
136	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	3:20
137	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
138	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	3:23
139	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
140	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	3:32
141	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:34
142	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	3:36
143	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:37
144	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
145	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	3:38
146	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	3:42
147	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:54
148	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	4:20
149	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	4:52

GC after stage 4:

533.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.932 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	13hr 41min 26sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	@ 34sec
3	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	1:33
4	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	1:36
5	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	1:42
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:48
7	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	1:51
8	BILBAO Pello	Astana	1:57
9	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	2:08
10	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	2:11
11	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	2:14
12	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	2:16
13	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	2:24
14	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	2:27
15	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	2:29
16	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:30
17	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	3:05
18	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	3:20
19	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	3:22
20	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	3:27
21	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	3:28
22	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	3:30
23	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	3:37
24	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	3:40
25	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	3:51
26	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:09
27	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	4:12
28	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	4:15
29	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	4:40
30	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	4:42
31	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	4:57
32	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	5:01
34	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	5:06
35	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	5:16
36	HERRADA José	Cofidis	5:19
37	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:40
38	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:48
39	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	5:57
40	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:01
41	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	6:05
42	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	6:17
43	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	6:29
44	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	6:39
45	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	6:51
46	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	7:00
47	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	7:04
48	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	7:08
49	FRAILE Omar	Astana	7:09
50	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	7:23
51	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	7:32
52	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	7:48
53	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	7:49
54	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	8:03
55	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	8:05
56	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	8:53
57	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	9:12
58	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	9:15
59	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	10:01
60	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	10:02
61	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	10:30
62	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	10:49
63	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	11:09
64	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	11:19
65	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	11:44
66	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	11:50
67	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	12:00
68	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	12:24
69	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
70	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	12:27
71	WYSS Danilo	BMC	12:34
72	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	13:18
73	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	13:25
74	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	13:38
75	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	13:46
76	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	13:56
77	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	14:03
78	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	14:17
79	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
80	GERRANS Simon	BMC	14:35
81	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	15:11
82	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	15:14
83	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	15:34
84	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	15:47
85	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	15:49
86	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:51
87	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	15:52
88	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	16:03
89	LOPEZ David	Sky	16:17
90	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	16:18
91	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	16:22
92	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	16:49
93	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	16:51
94	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:16
95	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	17:48
96	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	17:54
97	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
98	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	18:12
100	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	18:30
101	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	18:32
102	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	18:44
103	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	18:59
104	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	19:17
105	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	19:26
106	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	19:59
107	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	20:20
108	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	20:35
109	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	21:17
110	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:21
111	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	21:25
112	CATALDO Dario	Astana	21:26
113	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	21:30
114	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	23:02
116	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	23:16
117	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:31
118	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	23:48
119	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	23:50
120	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	23:56
121	PORTE Richie	BMC	24:15
122	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	24:31
123	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	24:43
124	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	24:44
125	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	25:16
126	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	25:29
127	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
128	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	25:39
129	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	26:05
130	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	26:12
131	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	26:25
132	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	26:31
133	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:48
134	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	26:58
135	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	27:01
136	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	27:06
137	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	27:57
138	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	28:05
139	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	30:01
140	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	31:07
141	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	31:31
142	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	31:46
143	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	32:19
144	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	33:48
145	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	34:48
146	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	35:58
147	MOSER Moreno	Astana	37:50
148	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	37:55
149	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	39:35
150	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	39:53
151	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	42:12

Stage 4 map: Course is pan flat.

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Wednesday, April 4: Stage 3, Bermeo - Valdegovia, 184.8 km

Stage 3 profile

Jay McCarthy wins stage three.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Jay McCarthy's Bora-hansgrohe team.

After the breakaway was caught, the expected bunch sprint was set up. The BORA – hansgrohe team started to form their lead-out for Jay McCarthy. In a hectic finale, the Australian rider took the stage win confidently, his second WorldTour victory for this still early season.

The Stage
Today´s third stage took the peloton from Bermeo to Valdegovia over 185km undulating course. Two third category climbs awaited the riders directly after the start. The third categorised climb, Barrerilla, (6,5km, 5,6%) was after 90km of racing. Before the riders crossed the finish line, they had to manage a difficult descent on really narrow roads, the whole stage covered an elevation of more than 2.800m. It could be a stage for the sprinters due to the tricky, slightly uphill finish.

The Team Tactics
As in the previous days, the German team focused on their two GC contenders Patrick Konrad and Emanuel Buchmann. But today´s stage was also a stage for their Australian rider Jay McCarthy. Therefore, the team made a double strategy, going for a stage win with Jay and trying to keep the GC spot before tomorrow´s ITT.

The Race
After 15km of racing, two riders led the race, another group tried to bridge across and the peloton was already 1:15 behind. The chasers were able to close the gap, the new eight-man breakaway had an advantage of more than six minutes over the peloton after 55km of racing. 94km before the finish, the lead for the eight escapees were around five minutes but with the gap dropping steadily. With two guys at the front, Felix Großschartner and Cesare Benedetti pulled hard to close the gap. With 3km remaining, it was all back together and the excepted bunch sprint was set up. Gregor Mühlberger worked hard to bring his teammate, Jay McCarthy, in a good position. In the final metres, Jay McCarthy increased the pace and took the stage win, his second WorldTour Victory in this early season.

From the Finish Line
“The team did a stellar job today and worked the whole day really hard to support our GC leaders and help me in the finale, if it all came back together.  Felix and Cece rode super strong to control the race in the last 30km, then Gregor came in the last 5 kilometres to the front and did a great lead-out for me. I started the sprint early and gave it all. I am really happy with this victory and want to thank my teammates for their support.” – Jay McCarthy

“Due to our good position in the general classification, we focused on today´s technical and tricky finale. As the race headed into the finale, Cece and Felix worked really hard and tried to bridge across the leaders at the front. After that, Gregor did a great lead-out for Jay. I am really proud of the whole team, they showed a great team spirit and strong performance. I think we made a good work keeping the GC with Patrick and going for the stage win. In the sprint Jay showed his shape and took an impressive win.” – Christian Pömer, sports director 

Complete results

184.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.281 km/hr

1	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	4hr 49min 39sec
2	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
4	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
6	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
9	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
10	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
12	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
15	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
16	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
17	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
20	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
26	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
27	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
28	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
32	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
34	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
35	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
36	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
37	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
39	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
40	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
44	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
46	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
49	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
50	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
51	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
54	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
58	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
59	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
62	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
63	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
64	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
65	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
66	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
68	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
69	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
70	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
73	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
74	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
75	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
76	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
77	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
79	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
80	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
81	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
82	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
83	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	s.t.
84	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
85	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
87	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
88	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
89	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
91	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
92	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	@ 15sec
94	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	0:20
95	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
96	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	2:25
97	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
98	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
99	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
100	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
101	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
102	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
103	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
104	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
105	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	4:49
106	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
107	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
108	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
109	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
110	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
113	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
114	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
115	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
116	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
117	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
118	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	7:24
119	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
120	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
121	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
123	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
124	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
125	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
126	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
127	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
128	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
129	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
130	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	8:57
131	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
132	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
133	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	9:33
134	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
135	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
136	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
137	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	s.t.
138	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
139	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
140	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	14:28
141	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
142	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
143	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
144	MOSER Moreno	Astana	15:38
145	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
146	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
147	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
149	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
150	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	18:33
151	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

513.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.575 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	13hr 18min 52sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 8sec
3	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	0:39
4	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	0:43
5	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:54
6	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:58
7	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
11	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
12	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
13	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	1:23
15	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	1:26
16	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
17	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
18	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	1:47
19	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
21	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
22	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
23	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:27
24	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
25	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	2:30
26	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	2:33
27	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2:39
29	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	2:46
30	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
31	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	3:01
32	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	3:04
34	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	3:15
35	HERRADA José	Cofidis	3:17
36	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	3:23
37	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:45
38	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:50
39	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	4:14
40	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	4:15
41	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:17
42	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	4:24
43	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	4:31
44	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:34
45	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	4:37
46	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	4:48
47	FRAILE Omar	Astana	5:12
48	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	5:26
49	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:42
50	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5:49
51	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	5:59
52	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
53	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
54	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	6:32
55	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	6:36
56	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	7:07
57	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	7:52
58	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	8:02
59	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	8:16
61	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:28
62	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	8:47
63	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	8:58
64	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	9:02
65	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	9:27
66	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	9:30
67	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	9:55
68	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	10:16
69	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	10:20
70	WYSS Danilo	BMC	10:41
71	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
72	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	11:15
73	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	11:19
74	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	11:21
75	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
77	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	11:23
78	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	12:12
79	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
80	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	12:28
81	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	12:48
82	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
83	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	13:15
84	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
85	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	13:23
86	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	13:46
87	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	14:22
88	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	14:31
89	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	14:40
90	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	14:42
91	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:49
92	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	14:52
93	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	15:29
95	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
96	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	15:38
97	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	15:40
98	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
99	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	16:12
100	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	16:31
101	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	16:47
102	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	16:56
103	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
104	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	17:25
105	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	17:55
107	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	17:59
108	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
109	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	18:15
110	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	18:45
111	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
113	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	19:29
114	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	19:42
115	CATALDO Dario	Astana	19:49
116	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:29
117	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	20:39
118	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	21:17
119	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	21:25
120	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	21:45
121	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	22:14
122	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	22:17
123	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	22:36
124	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	22:41
125	PORTE Richie	BMC	22:53
126	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	22:56
127	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	23:11
128	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:22
129	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	23:37
130	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	23:42
131	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
132	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	23:46
133	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
134	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	23:53
135	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	23:54
136	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	23:55
137	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	25:33
138	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	25:54
139	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	27:22
140	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	27:35
141	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	27:45
142	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	28:28
143	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	28:52
144	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	31:47
145	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	32:14
146	MOSER Moreno	Astana	34:57
147	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:06
148	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	35:09
149	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	35:41
150	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	37:24
151	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	39:17

Stage 3 profile:

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Tuesday, April 3: Stage 2, Zarautz - Bermeo, 166.7 km

Stage 2 profile:

Julian Alaphilippe does it again! He wins stage two.

The race: Stage winner Julian Alaphilippe's Quick-Step team posted this report.

Quick-Step Floors' winning streak continued on Tuesday in stage 2 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, where a confident Julian Alaphilippe blew the race apart on San Pelaio, the 3.3km-long climb averaging 8.1% which featured in the last ten kilometers, before sprinting from a four-man group to a convincing victory in Bermeo, a town which made its return after a 37-year hiatus.

"It's crazy! I was already happy with my win on stage 1 and having the yellow jersey on my shoulders, so to take another victory is just incredible. We're on a fantastic run of success, we're winning everywhere and seeing how the team performs only gives us more confidence. Two victories in two days and three jerseys it's a great harvest for our squad, but we don't want to stop here", Julian said after yet another perfect day in Spain.

Stage 2 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco – before the start of which our riders took it to the podium to get a prize for leading the team classification – contained numerous climbs and got off to a fast and aggressive start, with the crosswinds splitting the field after 30 kilometers and forcing a serious chase from the second group, who at one point was over a minute in arrears. Race leader Julian Alaphilippe and best young rider Enric Mas were at all times at the front, protected by their Quick-Step Floors teammates, who controlled the race behind the large breakaway group, which was pegged back by the time they hit the insane slopes of San Pelaio.

On the double-digit gradients, Julian and Enric put in two searing attacks to soften up their rivals and their efforts paid dividends, with just a handful of riders being capable of responding. Less than 500 meters from the top, Alaphilippe got out of the saddle and dug deep again, taking three riders with him onto the descent: Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Mikel Landa (Movistar) and Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo).

Not only that the quartet kept the chasers at bay, they also stretched out their advantage before the tough and complicated finish in Bermeo, which included a 11% ramp and a tricky corner, where Julian came out on top again, securing his second victory and becoming the first Frenchman in 19 years to take back-to-back wins at Vuelta al Pais Vasco, one of the hardest week-long races of the calendar.

"The stage was on from the start and the crosswinds made it even more brutal, but fortunately I have a great team around me, who set an incredible pace at the front of the bunch, keeping the attackers on a leash, and a very strong Enric, who played a big role in my victory. Unlike yesterday, I had no idea on the final, but stayed calm and confident in my legs and sprint. Despite taking some more bonus seconds and increasing my advantage in the GC, I'm not changing my goal and will continue to take it day by day."

Complete results:

166.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.725 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	4hr 11min 47sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
3	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
4	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
5	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	@15sec
6	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
7	BILBAO Pello	Astana	s.t.
8	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
10	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
11	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
14	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
15	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
16	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
17	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
19	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
20	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
21	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	0:40
22	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	0:55
23	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:58
27	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
29	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	1:01
30	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
31	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
32	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	s.t.
33	HERRADA José	Cofidis	1:22
34	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	1:25
35	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	1:28
36	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
37	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
38	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
39	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
40	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	1:31
41	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
45	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	1:35
46	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
48	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
49	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:44
50	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	1:53
51	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	2:00
52	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
53	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	s.t.
54	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:03
55	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	2:15
57	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	2:53
58	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
59	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
60	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
61	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
62	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
64	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	3:54
65	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
67	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
68	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
69	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
74	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
76	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
78	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	4:02
79	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
80	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
83	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	4:49
84	LOPEZ David	Sky	5:41
85	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
86	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
87	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
88	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	5:46
89	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	5:48
90	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
91	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
92	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
93	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
94	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	s.t.
95	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
97	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
98	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
100	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
101	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
102	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
103	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
104	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
105	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	6:08
106	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:22
107	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	6:46
108	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	7:13
109	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
111	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	s.t.
113	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
115	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
116	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:22
117	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	8:02
118	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
119	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
120	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
121	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
122	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
125	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
126	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
127	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
128	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
129	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
131	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	8:51
132	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
133	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
134	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
135	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
136	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
137	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
138	MOSER Moreno	Astana	9:06
139	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	9:27
140	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	9:52
141	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	9:56
142	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	9:58
143	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:25
144	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
145	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
146	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	10:34
147	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	11:35
148	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	12:43
149	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
150	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
151	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
152	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

328.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.742 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	8hr 29min 13sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 8sec
3	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	0:39
4	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	0:43
5	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:54
6	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	0:58
7	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
8	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
12	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
13	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	1:23
15	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	1:26
16	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
17	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	1:47
19	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
21	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
22	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	2:06
23	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	2:27
24	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	2:30
26	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	2:33
27	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	2:39
29	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	2:43
30	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	3:00
31	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	3:01
32	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	3:03
33	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	3:04
34	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	3:15
35	HERRADA José	Cofidis	3:17
36	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	3:23
37	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:45
38	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:50
39	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	4:04
40	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	4:07
41	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	4:14
42	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	4:15
43	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:17
44	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	4:31
45	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:34
46	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	4:37
47	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	4:48
48	FRAILE Omar	Astana	5:12
49	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	5:26
50	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:42
51	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5:49
52	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	5:59
53	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
54	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	6:08
55	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	6:36
56	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	7:07
57	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	8:02
58	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	8:08
61	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
62	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	8:16
63	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
64	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:28
65	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	8:45
66	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	8:54
67	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	8:58
68	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	9:02
69	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	WYSS Danilo	BMC	9:14
71	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	9:27
72	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	9:30
73	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	9:42
74	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	9:54
75	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	10:15
76	CATALDO Dario	Astana	10:16
77	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	10:19
78	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	10:20
79	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	10:31
80	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	11:21
81	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
82	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
83	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
86	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
87	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
89	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	11:23
90	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
91	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	11:57
92	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	12:07
93	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	12:12
94	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	12:16
95	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
96	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	12:28
97	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	12:36
98	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	12:48
99	LOPEZ David	Sky	13:05
100	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	13:15
101	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
102	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
103	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
104	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
105	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
106	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	13:23
107	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:49
108	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	14:04
109	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	14:06
110	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	14:13
111	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	14:22
112	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
113	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
114	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
115	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	14:40
116	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
117	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:49
118	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	14:52
119	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	14:53
120	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	15:29
121	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
122	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
124	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	15:38
125	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	15:47
126	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	16:18
127	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
128	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	16:36
129	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
130	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
131	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
132	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	17:17
133	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	17:19
134	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	17:25
135	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
136	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	17:52
137	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	17:57
138	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	18:15
139	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	18:30
140	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	18:55
141	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	19:04
142	MOSER Moreno	Astana	19:19
143	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	19:55
144	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	19:58
145	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	20:03
146	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:29
147	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:38
148	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	21:17
149	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	22:56
150	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
151	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
152	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	23:39

Stage 2 profile:

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Monday, April 2: Stage 1, Zarautz - Zarautz, 162.1 km

Stage 1 profile

Julian Alaphilippe takes the first stage.

The race: Here's the report from winner Julian Alaphilppe's Quick-Step team.

Last year, Julian Alaphilippe was left disappointed as he rolled to the finish of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco opening stage, after an untimely puncture outside the final three kilometers stopped his brave attack and ruined any chance of fighting for the win. Twelve months later, Julian emerged as the strongest rider on the first day of the World Tour race, after surging clear on the grueling Elkano climb together with Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo), scorching the fast descent to Zarautz and holding off the Slovenian in a two-man sprint.

Before it came down to crunch time, the 162.1km-long stage had been animated by four riders, who were joined by two others some sixty kilometers from the finish. Despite the new forces, they couldn't stretch out their advantage to more than two minutes and got caught ahead of the fifth and final classified ascent of the day, a real bruiser with 20% maximum gradients, that topped with less than seven kilometers to go.

A natural selection took place halfway through the climb, before Julian Alaphilippe got out of the saddle and launched a stinging attack which dropped all bar one rider. Together with Roglic, the 25-year-old Quick-Step Floors rider, a stage victor in February at the inaugural Colombia Oro y Paz race, put in some strong turns, increasing the gap over the first chasing group, which contained also the young Enric Mas, who permanently kept an eye on the others.

In Zarautz, a small town which hosted a Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage finish for the first time, Julian hit out in the sprint with 200 meters to go and outkicked Roglic for a victory that France had been waiting in this race since 2006. For Quick-Step Floors, this was the 22nd victory of the season, and came just 24 hours after a monumental triumph at the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

"I am very happy, especially as I got sick after Milano-Sanremo and had to rest before returning to training. I was very motivated after this small setback, so I worked hard to be back at my best. The plan was to take a stage here and even though we did a recon of the final climb yesterday and on paper it suited me, I didn't know how my legs would react following that break. I was focused, smart and strong, I worked well together with Roglic, who too was very strong, and in the end I bided my time before powering to this nice win. A big thanks to my team for protecting me today and to the amazing crowds, who cheered for us before the start and at the finish."

First French rider since 1999 to don the leader's jersey at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Julian Alaphilippe – who holds also the points jersey – surprised many at the start of the stage, where he sported a new musketeer-like look, which made fans and riders question him: "Everyone in the peloton asked me what was with the moustache. After my teammates the other day, now the other riders came to me and asked if there was any reason behind this new look. To be frank, there wasn't any and I wasn't even focused on it, but now that I won, I'll keep it."

Enric Mas capped off Quick-Step Floors' beautiful day by finishing in fourth place and grabbing the best young rider jersey. The 23-year-old Spaniard, who at his Pais Vasco debut last season finished in 14th place overall, was content with this result, which helped Quick-Step Floors top the team standings.

"The stage wasn't easy and the peloton grew nervous as the last climb was approaching. Everyone knew there will be fireworks there and battled for a good position. I was at all times attentive and at the front, together with Julian, as I felt good throughout the day and knew it was important to be up there with the strong crosswinds. At the end, I came just outside the podium, but the way my legs responded satisfies me. I lead the youth rankings and the confidence is there, so now I'll just take it one day at a time and see what this race brings in the next stages."

Complete Results:

162.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.732 km/hr

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	4hr 17min 46sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
3	BILBAO Pello	Astana	@ 23sec
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
5	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
11	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
13	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
15	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	0:51
16	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
17	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
21	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
22	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:12
23	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
27	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
28	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
30	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
32	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
34	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	1:35
35	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
36	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
37	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	1:46
38	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
40	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
41	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:54
42	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
44	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
46	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
48	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	2:24
51	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:46
52	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
53	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
55	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
57	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
58	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
59	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
60	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
61	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	2:56
62	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	3:54
63	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
65	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
66	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
68	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
69	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
70	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
71	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
72	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
73	WYSS Danilo	BMC	4:52
74	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	5:15
75	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
78	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
79	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	5:42
80	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	6:31
81	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
82	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	7:00
83	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	7:07
84	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
87	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
88	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
89	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
90	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
92	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
93	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
94	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
96	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
98	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
100	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
101	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
102	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
103	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
105	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
106	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
108	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
110	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
112	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
114	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
115	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
116	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
117	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	7:58
118	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
119	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
120	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	8:14
121	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
122	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
123	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
124	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
125	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	s.t.
127	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
129	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
131	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
134	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
135	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
136	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
137	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	8:24
138	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	9:10
139	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	9:37
140	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
141	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
142	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	9:44
143	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	s.t.
144	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
145	MOSER Moreno	Astana	9:53
146	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
147	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
148	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
149	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
150	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
151	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
152	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	11:44
153	MAMYKIN Matvey	Burgos-BH	16:49

GC after Stage 1:

1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Quick-Step Floors	4hr 17min 36sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 4sec
3	BILBAO Pello	Astana	0:29
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	0:33
5	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
11	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	URAN Rigoberto	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
13	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
15	PRADES Eduard	Euskadi Basque Country	1:01
16	SERRY Pieter	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
17	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	WOODS Michael	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
21	BRAVO Garikoitz	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
22	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:22
23	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
27	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	s.t.
28	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	DE LA CRUZ David	Sky	s.t.
30	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
32	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
34	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	1:45
35	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	s.t.
36	HERRADA José	Cofidis	s.t.
37	PAUWELS Serge	Dimension Data	1:56
38	ARANBURU Alex	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
40	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
41	MAS Lluís Guillermo	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:04
42	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	EZQUERRA Jesus	Burgos-BH	s.t.
44	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	CABEDO Óscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
46	PARDILLA Sergio	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
48	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskadi Basque Country	2:34
51	CATALDO Dario	Astana	2:53
52	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:56
53	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
54	KIŠERLOVSKI Robert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
56	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
57	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	s.t.
58	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
59	TORRES Pablo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
61	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	3:06
62	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	4:04
63	POWLESS Neilson	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
65	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
66	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
68	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
69	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
70	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
71	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
72	CHERNETCKII Sergei	Astana	s.t.
73	WYSS Danilo	BMC	5:02
74	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Sky	5:25
75	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
78	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
79	SIMÓN Jordi	Burgos-BH	5:52
80	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	6:41
81	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
82	BARCELO Fernando	Euskadi Basque Country	7:10
83	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	7:17
84	IRISARRI Jon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	KING Benjamin	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	MERINO Igor	Burgos-BH	s.t.
87	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
88	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
89	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
90	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
92	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	s.t.
93	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
94	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
96	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
98	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Sky	s.t.
100	HOWES Alex	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
101	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
102	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
103	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
105	PELLIZOTTI Franco	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
106	FELLINE Fabio	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
108	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
110	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
112	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	BOSWELL Ian	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
114	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	s.t.
115	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
116	NARVAEZ Jhonatan	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
117	BAGÜES Aritz	Euskadi Basque Country	8:08
118	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
119	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
120	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	8:21
121	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	8:24
122	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
123	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
124	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
125	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	s.t.
127	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
129	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
131	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
132	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
134	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
135	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
136	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	s.t.
137	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	8:34
138	GONZALEZ Aitor	Euskadi Basque Country	9:14
139	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	9:47
140	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
141	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
142	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	9:54
143	SALAS Ibai	Burgos-BH	s.t.
144	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
145	MOSER Moreno	Astana	10:03
146	SANZ Enrique	Euskadi Basque Country	s.t.
147	KUSS Sepp	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
148	SOTO Nelson Andres	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
149	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
150	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos	Astana	s.t.
151	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
152	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	11:54
153	MAMYKIN Matvey	Burgos-BH	16:59

Stage 1 profile:

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Start list with back numbers, April 1, 2018:

	MOVISTAR TEAM
	Director Arrieta, José Luis
1	LANDA, Mikel
2	ANACONA, Winner Andrew
3	BETANCUR, Carlos Alberto
4	DE LA PARTE, Victor
5	QUINTANA, Nairo Alexander
6	ROJAS, José Joaquín
7	VALLS, Rafael
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
	Director Janne, Didier
11	BARDET, Romain
12	DUPONT, Hubert
12	GASTAUER, Ben
14	GAUTIER, Cyril
15	LATOUR, Pierre
16	BAKELANTS, Jan
17	VUILLERMOZ, Alexis
	ASTANA PRO TEAM
	Director Shefer, Alexandr
21	BILBAO, Pello
22	BIZHIGITOV, Zhandos
23	CATALDO, Dario
24	CHERNETSKI, Sergei
25	FRAILE, Omar
26	HANSEN, Jesper
27	MOSER, Moreno
	BAHRAIN MERIDA
	Director Stangelj, Gozard
31	NIBALI, Vincenzo
32	ARASHIRO, Yukiya
33	IZAGIRRE, Gorka
34	IZAGIRRE, Ion
35	PADUN, Mark
36	PELLIZZOTTI, Franco
37	PERNSTEINER, Hermann
	BMC RACING TEAM
	Director Piva, Valerio
41	PORTE, Richie
42	BEVIN, Patrick
43	CARUSO, Damiano
44	DE MARCHI, Alessandro
45	GERRANS, Simon
46	TEUNS, Dylan
47	WYSS, Danilo
	BORA - HANSGROHE
	Director Pömer, Christian
51	PÖSTLBERGER, Lukas
52	BENEDETTI, Cesare
53	BUCHMANN, Emanuel
54	GROBSCHARTNER, Felix
55	KONRAD, Patrick
56	McCARTHY, Jay
57	MÜHLBERGER, Gregor
	BURGOS - BH
	Director Cabedo, José
61	SIMON, Jordi
62	CABEDO, Oscar
63	EZQUERRA, Jesús
64	MAMYKIN, Matvey
65	MERINO, Igor
66	SALAS, Ibai
67	TORRES, Pablo
	CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
	Director Goikoetxea, Eugenio
71	PARDILLA, Sergio
72	AMEZQUETA, Julen
73	ARANBURU, Alexander
74	IRISARRI, Jon
75	LASTRA, Jonathan
76	MAS, Lluis Guillermo
77	SOTO, Nelson Andrés
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
	Director Guiberteau, Christian
81	HERRADA, Jesus
82	EDET, Nicolas
83	HERRADA, Jose
84	MATE, Luis Ángel
85	NAVARRO, Daniel
86	PEREZ, Anthony
87	TEKLEHAIMANOT, Daniel
	EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS
	Director Muriel, Xabier
91	PRADES, Eduardo
92	BAGÜÉS, Aritz
93	BARCELÓ, Fernando
94	BIZKARRA, Mikel
95	BRAVO, Garikoitz
96	GONZALEZ, Aitor
97	SANZ, Enrique
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
	Director Madiot, Yvon
101	MOLARD, Rudy
102	ARMIRAL, Bruno
103	MADOUAS, Valentin
104	MORABITO, Steve
105	VAUGRENARD, Benoit
106	SEIGLE, Romain
107	VINCENT, Leo
	LOTTO SOUDAL
	Director Aerts, Mario
111	ARMEE, Sander
112	DE GENDT, Thomas
113	LAMBRECHT, Bjorg
114	MERTZ, Rémy
115	MONFORT, Maxime
116	VAN DER SANDE, Tosh
117	VANENDERT, Jelle
	MITCHELTON - SCOTT
	Director Dean, Julian
121	ALBASINI, Michael
122	HAIG, Jack
123	HAMILTON, Lucas
124	HOWSON, Damien
125	JUUL JENSEN, Christopher
126	POWER, Robert
127	VERONA, Carlos
	QUICK - STEP FLOORS
	Director Bramati, Davide
131	ALAPHILIPPE, Julian
132	CAPECCHI, Eros
133	CAVAGNA, Rémi
134	KNOX, James
135	MAS, Enric
136	NARVAEZ, Jhonnatan
137	SERRY, Pieter
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA
	Director Fernández, Bingen
141	ANTON, Igor
142	CUMMINGS, Stephen
143	GHEBREIGZABHIER, Amanuel
144	KING, Benjamin
145	MORTON, Lachlan
146	PAUWELS, Serge
147	SLAGTER, Tom-Jelte
	TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC
	Director Garate, Juan Manuel
151	URAN, Rigoberto
152	BROWN, Nathan
153	CANTY, Brendan
154	CARTHY, Hugh
155	CRADDOCK, Lawson
156	HOWES, Alex
157	WOODS, Michael
	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
	Director Konychev, Dmitri
161	ZAKARIN, Ilnur
162	CRAS, Steff
163	BOSWELL, Ian
164	KISERLOVSKI, Robert
165	LAMMERTINK, Maurits
166	SMIT, Willem
167	SPILAK, Simon
	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
	Director Maassen, Frans
171	ROGLIC, Primoz
172	BATTAGLIN, Enrico
173	KUSS, Sepp
174	LINDEMAN, Bert-Jan
175	MARTENS, Paul
176	POWLESS, Neilson
177	DE TIER, Floris
	TEAM SKY
	Director Rasch, Gabriel
181	KWIATKOWSKI, Michal
182	CASTROVIEJO, Jonatan
183	DE LA CRUZ, David
184	GEOGHEGAN, Tae
185	KIRYIENKA, Vasil
186	LOPEZ, David
187	SIVAKOV, Pavel
	TEAM SUNWEB
	Director Visbeek, Aike
191	MATTHEWS, Michael
192	FRÖHLINGER, Johannes
193	HAGA, Chad
194	HINDLEY, Jai
195	STORER, Michael
196	TEN DAM, Laurens
197	TUSVELD, Martijn
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
	Director Andersen, Kim
201	MOLLEMA, Bauke
202	FELLINE, Fabio
203	GOGL, Michael
204	GRMAY, Tsgabu
205	GUERREIRO, Rubén
206	SKUJINS, Toms
207	STETINA, Peter
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
	Director Fernández, José Antonio
211	FARIA DE COSTA, Rui
212	AIT EL ABDIA, Anass
213	BONO, Matteo
214	MORI, Manuelle
215	POLANC, Jan
216	RIABUSHENKO, Aleksandr
217	ULISSI, Diego