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