2022 Vuelta a España

77th edition: August 19 - September 11, 2022

Stage 1: Friday, April 19, 2022

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Friday, August 19: Stage 1, Utrecht 23.3 kilometer team time trial.

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

Jumbo-Visma racing to victory. Sirotti photo

 

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Weather at the race city of Utrecht at 2:00 PM, local time: 24C (75F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is an 18% chance of rain, growing to 30% - 40% at 4:00 PM.

The race: First team off will be Burgos-BH at 6:30 PM.

In the morning the riders were given Covid-19 tests and Burgos-BH rider Manuel Peñalever was postive and will not start the Vuelta. That leaves the team with seven riders: Jetse Bol, Óscar Cabedo, José Manuel Díaz, Jesús Ezquerra, Victor Langellotti, Dani Navarro and Ander Okamika.

Here is the race organizer's stage one report:

Robert Gesink is the first leader of La Vuelta 22 as Jumbo-Visma dominated the opening team time-trial, a 23.3km challenge covered in 24’40’’ in the streets of Utrecht. On home soil, the Dutch squad was 13’’ faster than Ineos Grenadiers and 14’’ faster than Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl to already put Primoz Roglic in prime position in his bid for a historic fourth consecutive victory in the Spanish Grand Tour. But first, Gesink takes La Roja in his 9th participation. He will enjoy it in the Netherlands as stage 2 runs from 's-Hertogenbosch to Utrecht.

Burgos-BH were the first riders to set off at 18:30, with menacing clouds covering the sky of Utrecht, with a few wet spots on the road. And the Spanish squad naturally sets the first reference, in 26’38’’. Unfortunately, they could only start with 7 riders as Manuel Peñalver returned a late positive test to Covid-19.

BikeExchange set the early reference
Michael Woods and Chris Froome’s Israel Premier Tech are the third team to finish, with a strong time (25’44’’)… Not enough to hold off Groupama-FDJ, whose time of 25’18’’ is then beaten by Simon Yates’ BikeExchange-Jayco, flying over the 23.3km at 55.5km/h to set a time of 25’11’’.

The situation then settles until Bora-Hansgrohe set off with the winner of the Giro, Jai Hindley. At the intermediate point (km 11), they are 2’’ ahead of Team BikeExchange-Jayco. But they trail by 10’’ as they cross the line.

Jumbo-Visma fly on home soil
The intensity rises as we get closer to the last starts, with Ineos Grenadiers (Richard Carapaz), Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl (Remco Evenepoel, Julian Alaphilippe), Movistar (Alejandro Valverde, Enric Mas) and Jumbo-Visma, led by the defending champion Primoz Roglic and the TT expert Rohan Dennis.

Ineos Grenadiers are the first team to go under 25 minutes, with a time of 24’53’’. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl only rail by 0.77’’ on the line… But Jumbo-Visma smash the best time in 24’40’’. Gesink is the first across the line to take La Roja in his ninth participation in La Vuelta.

Complete Results:

Stage 1 photos

23.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 56.676 km/hr

1	JUMBO-VISMA	24min 40sec
2	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 13sec
3	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM	00' 14"
4	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	00' 31"
5	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	00' 33"
6	GROUPAMA-FDJ	00' 38"
7	BORA-HANSGROHE	00' 41"
8	TREK-SEGAFREDO	00' 42"
9	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
10	MOVISTAR TEAM	00' 43"
11	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	00' 46"
12	TEAM DSM	00' 53"
13	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	00' 55"
14	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	00' 57"
15	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	01' 03"
16	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	01' 04"
17	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	01' 19"
18	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	01' 25"
19	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	01' 25"
20	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	01' 32"
21	LOTTO SOUDAL	01' 49"
22	COFIDIS	01' 50"
23	BURGOS-BH	01' 58"

 

GC after stage 1:

1	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	24min 40sec
2	PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
3	CHRIS HARPER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
4	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
5	ROHAN DENNIS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
6	EDOARDO AFFINI	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
7	SAM OOMEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
8	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
9	ETHAN HAYTER	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 13sec
10	RICHARD CARAPAZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
11	PAVEL SIVAKOV	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
12	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
13	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
14	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
15	LUCAS PLAPP	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
16	REMCO EVENEPOEL	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	0' 14''
17	FAUSTO MASNADA	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
18	ILAN VAN WILDER	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
19	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
20	RÉMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
21	PIETER SERRY	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	0' 18''
22	LUKE DURBRIDGE	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	0' 31''
23	SIMON PHILIP YATES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
24	LUCAS HAMILTON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
25	KELLAND O’BRIEN	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
26	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
27	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0' 33''
28	MARC SOLER	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
29	JUAN AYUSO PESQUERA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
30	JOAO PEDRO GONÇALVES ALMEIDA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
31	IVO MANUEL ALVES OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
32	JAN POLANC	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
33	PASCAL ACKERMANN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
34	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 38''
35	QUENTIN PACHER	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
36	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
37	THIBAUT PINOT	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
38	SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
39	JAKE STEWART	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
40	BEN TURNER	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 39''
41	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 41''
42	DANNY VAN POPPEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
43	RYAN MULLEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
44	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
45	JAI HINDLEY	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
46	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0' 42''
47	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
48	JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ PEREZ	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
50	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
51	DARIO CATALDO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
52	MIKEL LANDA	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
53	LUIS LEON SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
54	WOUTER POELS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
55	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
56	EDOARDO ZAMBANINI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
57	FRED WRIGHT	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
58	GINO MÄDER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
59	JASHA SÜTTERLIN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
60	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0' 43''
61	NELSON OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
62	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
63	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
64	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
65	MILES SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 45''
66	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	0' 46''
67	HAROLD ALFONSO TEJADA	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
68	SAMUELE BATTISTELLA	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
69	VINCENZO NIBALI	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
70	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
71	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
72	MICHAEL HEPBURN	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	0' 52''
73	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	TEAM DSM	0' 53''
74	MARK DONOVAN	TEAM DSM	s.t.
75	JORIS NIEUWENHUIS	TEAM DSM	s.t.
76	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
77	NIKIAS ARNDT	TEAM DSM	s.t.
78	THYMEN ARENSMAN	TEAM DSM	s.t.
79	FABIAN LIENHARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 55''
80	NICOLAS PRODHOMME	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
81	ANDREA VENDRAME	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
82	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
83	BOB JUNGELS	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
84	CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
85	ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	0' 57''
86	URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
87	FRANCISCO GALVAN	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
88	PAU MIQUEL DELGADO	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
89	HECTOR CARRETERO	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
90	RAUL GARCIA PIERNA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
91	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 00''
92	YEVGENIY FEDOROV	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	1' 01''
93	ROBERT STANNARD	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	1' 03''
94	JAY VINE	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
95	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
96	JIMMY JANSSENS	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
97	XANDRO MEURISSE	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
98	TIM MERLIER	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
99	LIONEL TAMINIAUX	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
100	VADIM PRONSKIY	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	1' 04''
101	DARYL IMPEY	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
102	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
103	PATRICK BEVIN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
104	MICHAEL WOODS	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
105	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
106	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
107	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	1' 06''
108	DAAN HOOLE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
109	NANS PETERS	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	1' 08''
110	VOJTĚCH ŘEPA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	1' 12''
111	JONATHAN CAICEDO	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	1' 19''
112	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
113	JAMES SHAW	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
114	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
115	MARK PADUN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
116	HUGH JOHN CARTHY	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
117	JULIUS VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	1' 21''
118	ANTOINE RAUGEL	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	1' 25''
119	THIBAULT GUERNALEC	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
120	CLÉMENT RUSSO	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
121	ELIE GESBERT	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
122	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
123	SIMON GUGLIELMI	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
124	GERBEN THIJSSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
125	BOY VAN POPPEL	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
126	REIN TAARAMÄE	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
127	JAN HIRT	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
128	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
129	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
130	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
131	JOSE FELIX PARRA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	1' 27''
132	CARLOS CANAL BLANCO	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	1' 32''
133	JOAN BOU COMPANY	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
134	MIKEL BIZKARRA	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
135	GOTZON MARTIN SANZ	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
136	XABIER MIKEL AZPARREN	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
137	IBAI AZURMENDI	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
138	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	1' 36''
139	LOUIS VERVAEKE	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
140	HENRI VANDENABEELE	TEAM DSM	1' 44''
141	ITAMAR EINHORN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	1' 49''
142	LUIS ANGEL MATE	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
143	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
144	MAXIM VAN GILS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
145	KAMIL MALECKI	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
146	CEDRIC BEULLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
147	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
148	JARRAD DRIZNERS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
149	RÉMY ROCHAS	COFIDIS	1' 50''
150	RUBEN FERNANDEZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
151	BRYAN COQUARD	COFIDIS	s.t.
152	DAVIDE VILLELLA	COFIDIS	s.t.
153	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
154	JESUS EZQUERRA MUELA	BURGOS-BH	1' 58''
155	ANDER OKAMIKA	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
156	JOSE MANUEL DIAZ	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
157	JETSE BOL	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
158	DANIEL NAVARRO	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
159	VICTOR LANGELLOTTI	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
160	DAVIDE CIMOLAI	COFIDIS	1' 59''
161	FILIPPO CONCA	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 01''
162	JULIUS JOHANSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	2' 02''
163	JOSE HERRADA	COFIDIS	2' 11''
164	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 13''
165	MATTEO FABBRO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
166	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	2' 22''
167	MIKEL ITURRIA SEGUROLA	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	2' 29''
168	DANIEL MCLAY	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 32''
169	ANTONIO TIBERI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 33''
170	CALLUM SCOTSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	2' 38''
171	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	BURGOS-BH	2' 41''
172	LUKASZ OWSIAN	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 42''
173	THOMAS CHAMPION	COFIDIS	2' 49''
174	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	3' 03''
175	MATHIAS JØRGENSEN	MOVISTAR TEAM	3' 06''
176	JONAS KOCH	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 12''
177	FLORIS DE TIER	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	3' 24''
178	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	3' 43''
179	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	MOVISTAR TEAM	3' 47''
180	MERHAWI GHEBREMEDHIN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	3' 56''
181	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 58''
182	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TEAM DSM	4' 13''

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team EF Education-EasyPost

12th-place Team DSM

Team Movistar was tenth.

Seventh-place Bora-hansgrohe

Team BikeExchange-Jayco was fourth.

Third-place Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl

INEOS Grenadiers finished a close second.

Jumbo-Visma won the day.

Robert Gesink is the 2022 Vuelta's first GC leader.