March 28/21 11:58 am - Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Stage 7 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 03/28/21
Ineos-Grenadiers was the team to beat before the start of the 2021 Volta a Catalunya and they did not disappoint. Adam Yates, who was second at the last edition in 2019, was proclaimed the final overall winner, accompanied on the final podium by team mates: Australian Richie Porte, winner in 2015, and Geraint Thomas, winner of the Tour de France 2018.
The top 3 only had to defend their pre-stage placings during the final stage, with 133 kilometres starting and finishing in Barcelona. With the final 50km 6 laps of climbing the Castell de Montjuic to the finish.
Belgian Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), a member of the break achieved his fifth victory at the Volta a Catalunya, which is added to those achieved in the 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019
De Gendt crossed the finish line with 22 seconds over the Slovenian Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), his breakaway partner from the first of the laps of the Barcelona circuit. The two had set out from a large group of 32 cyclists who had been at the head of the race from kilometre 50 after a very active start until the Coll de la Creu de l'Ordal (3rd category). Included in the group Marc Soler (Movistar Team) and David De Cruz (UAE Team Emirates).
At 1:46 behind De Gendt, a group with leader Adam Yates (Ineos-Grenadiers) crossed the finish line. The group made up of about twenty favourites who crossed the finish at the same time despite the efforts of the Movistar Team, who worked to try and get Alejandro Valverde onto the final podium. Valverde was very active during the last four laps.
The defense of the British team was impeccable, ensuring an historic final podium for Yates, Porte and Thomas.
Michael Woods (Israel Start-up Nation) finished 6th on the stage and 11th overall
Results from the seventh and final stage in Spain
| Stage 7: Barcelona to Barcelona, 133km | |
| 1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 3:06:10 |
| 2 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | at 0:22 |
| 3 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ | 1:42 |
| 4 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 1:46 |
| 5 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 6 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 7 Marc Hirschi (Sui) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 8 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 9 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 10 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 11 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 12 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 13 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 14 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 15 Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Team BikeExchange | |
| 16 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 17 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 18 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 19 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 20 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 21 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 22 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange | all s.t. |
| 23 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation | 1:58 |
| 24 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Esp) Cofidis | 2:07 |
| 25 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 26 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 27 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 28 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep | all s.t. |
| 29 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:25 |
| 30 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange | |
| 31 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | both s.t. |
| 32 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | 3:04 |
| 33 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team | 3:40 |
| 34 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 35 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 3:49 |
| 36 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 37 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 38 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 39 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM | all s.t. |
| 40 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 4:11 |
| 41 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos | 4:18 |
| 42 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos | 4:26 |
| 43 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 4:28 |
| 44 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 45 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 46 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 47 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
| 48 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 49 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 50 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 51 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 52 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 53 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM | |
| 54 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 55 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 56 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 57 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 58 Jonas Wilsly (Den) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 59 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 60 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 61 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange | all s.t. |
| 62 David de la Cruz (Esp) UAE Team Emirates | 4:41 |
| 63 Enric Mas Nicolau (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 64 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 5:06 |
| 65 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 66 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 67 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 68 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 69 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 70 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 71 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 72 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange | |
| 73 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 74 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 75 Joe Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 76 Lennard Kämna (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 77 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | all s.t. |
| 78 Connor Brown (NZl) Team Qhubeka Assos | 6:10 |
| 79 Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 80 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
| 81 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis | |
| 82 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 83 Gotzon Martin (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 84 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 85 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | all s.t. |
| 86 Ide Schelling (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe | 6:26 |
| 87 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma | 7:00 |
| 88 Harold Alfonso Tejada (Col) Astana-Premier Tech | 7:08 |
| 89 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 8:47 |
| 90 Michael Valgren Hundahl (Den) EF Education-Nippo | 9:01 |
| 91 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 9:03 |
| 92 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 93 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 94 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 95 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
| 96 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM | |
| 97 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 98 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 99 Andres Camilo Ardila (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 100 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 101 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team | 10:42 |
| 102 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo | 10:49 |
| 103 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 104 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 105 Kilian Frankiny (Sui) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 106 Frederik Wandahl (Den) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 107 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 108 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 109 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 110 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | |
| 111 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 112 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | |
| 113 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 114 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 115 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 116 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 117 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | |
| 118 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 119 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 120 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM | |
| 121 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 122 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo | |
| 123 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | |
| 124 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 125 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM | |
| 126 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 127 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 128 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| 129 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 130 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo | all s.t. |
| 131 Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team | 14:00 |
| DNS Sylvain Moniquet (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNS Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| DNS Jordi Meeus (Bel) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| DNF Joan Bou Company (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| DNF Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Rally Cycling | |
| DNF Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | |
| DNF Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| DNF Jeremy Bellicaud (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| DNF Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| DNF Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 26:16:41 |
| 2 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | at 0:45 |
| 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:49 |
| 4 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:03 |
| 5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:03 |
| 6 Johan Esteban Chaves (Col) Team BikeExchange | 1:04 |
| 7 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1:05 |
| 8 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-Nippo | 1:20 |
| 9 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange | 1:32 |
| 10 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 1:35 |
| 11 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 1:48 |
| 12 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | 1:50 |
| 13 Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 2:19 |
| 14 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic | 3:49 |
| 15 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 4:42 |
| 16 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 5:14 |
| 17 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 5:28 |
| 18 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | 5:57 |
| 19 Enric Mas Nicolau (Esp) Movistar Team | 6:02 |
| 20 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis | 6:42 |
| 21 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 7:27 |
| 22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 8:14 |
| 23 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education-Nippo | 10:46 |
| 24 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | 11:43 |
| 25 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-up Nation | 13:18 |
| 26 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 13:39 |
| 27 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana-Premier Tech | 14:23 |
| 28 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 17:06 |
| 29 David de la Cruz (Esp) UAE Team Emirates | 17:51 |
| 30 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 18:00 |
| 31 Lennard Kämna (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 18:45 |
| 32 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Groupama-FDJ | 23:35 |
| 33 Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange | 24:03 |
| 34 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 25:01 |
| 35 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 26:27 |
| 36 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 27:11 |
| 37 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 27:25 |
| 38 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ | 27:46 |
| 39 Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 29:13 |
| 40 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 29:27 |
| 41 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Esp) Movistar Team | 29:51 |
| 42 Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM | 30:07 |
| 43 Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 31:06 |
| 44 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 32:05 |
| 45 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | 32:15 |
| 46 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 32:35 |
| 47 Joe Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 33:07 |
| 48 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education-Nippo | 34:06 |
| 49 Marc Hirschi (Sui) UAE Team Emirates | 34:39 |
| 50 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | 34:49 |
| 51 Harold Alfonso Tejada (Col) Astana-Premier Tech | 35:45 |
| 52 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-Nippo | 35:48 |
| 53 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange | 35:59 |
| 54 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana-Premier Tech | 36:32 |
| 55 Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 36:38 |
| 56 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 37:36 |
| 57 Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM | 39:17 |
| 58 Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 41:14 |
| 59 Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team | 41:16 |
| 60 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma | 41:20 |
| 61 Gotzon Martin (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 41:24 |
| 62 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana-Premier Tech | 42:12 |
| 63 Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 42:43 |
| 64 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 45:01 |
| 65 Jonas Wilsly (Den) Astana-Premier Tech | 45:08 |
| 66 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 46:04 |
| 67 Andres Camilo Ardila (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 46:47 |
| 68 Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team | 46:49 |
| 69 Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-up Nation | 46:59 |
| 70 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education-Nippo | 47:03 |
| 71 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | 47:33 |
| 72 Michael Valgren Hundahl (Den) EF Education-Nippo | 48:07 |
| 73 Kilian Frankiny (Sui) Team Qhubeka Assos | 49:40 |
| 74 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | 49:48 |
| 75 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team | 49:57 |
| 76 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 50:09 |
| 77 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 51:15 |
| 78 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Gazprom-RusVelo | 51:27 |
| 79 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | 52:36 |
| 80 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team | 52:43 |
| 81 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-up Nation | 53:50 |
| 82 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 54:48 |
| 83 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 55:12 |
| 84 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 55:52 |
| 85 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 57:27 |
| 86 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 58:10 |
| 87 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Esp) Movistar Team | 58:53 |
| 88 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM | 1:02:12 |
| 89 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1:02:17 |
| 90 Sean Bennett (USA) Team Qhubeka Assos | 1:02:47 |
| 91 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers | 1:03:11 |
| 92 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange | 1:03:52 |
| 93 Ide Schelling (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:04:21 |
| 94 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Team Arkea-Samsic | 1:05:55 |
| 95 Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 1:06:00 |
| 96 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis | 1:06:01 |
| 97 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | 1:06:13 |
| 98 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Israel Start-up Nation | 1:06:15 |
| 99 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Esp) Cofidis | 1:07:05 |
| 100 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team | 1:07:25 |
| 101 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM | 1:08:05 |
| 102 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis | 1:08:09 |
| 103 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling | 1:09:13 |
| 104 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis | 1:09:22 |
| 105 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:09:30 |
| 106 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:09:35 |
| 107 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:11:07 |
| 108 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation | 1:11:42 |
| 109 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 1:11:44 |
| 110 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:12:02 |
| 111 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | 1:12:27 |
| 112 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos | 1:12:43 |
| 113 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-Nippo | 1:14:05 |
| 114 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech | 1:19:28 |
| 115 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:19:37 |
| 116 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos | 1:20:00 |
| 117 Josef Cerny (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1:20:40 |
| 118 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:22:23 |
| 119 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ | 1:22:33 |
| 120 Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 1:23:29 |
| 121 Connor Brown (NZl) Team Qhubeka Assos | 1:23:55 |
| 122 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:24:12 |
| 123 Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:24:13 |
| 124 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:25:11 |
| 125 Simon Guglielmi (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 1:25:53 |
| 126 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:27:21 |
| 127 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 1:27:34 |
| 128 Max Kanter (Ger) Team DSM | 1:32:31 |
| 129 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:36:29 |
| 130 Alan Riou (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic | 1:44:26 |
| 131 Frederik Wandahl (Den) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:55:09 |
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