Vuelta a España: More rain in Catalunya

Lots of rain, sketchy roads and neutralizations at the last Grand Tour of the season due to the harsh weather conditions, which forced the organisers to take the GC time at nine kilometers to go on the second stage of the race. The bonifications were left in place at the top of the Montjuic and on the line in Barcelona, but the red jersey favourites decided not to take any unnecessary risks on the wed roads and the tricky descent to the finish.
This didn’t mean that Soudal Quick-Step wasn’t prominent, Andrea Bagioli – winner of the Barcelona stage at last year’s Volta a Catalunya – booking a place in the reduced small group which made it over the top of the climb. Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny) sailed to victory, while the young Italian finished only a few seconds behind in fourth place.
The 24-year-old from Sondrio is now our team’s highest-ranked in the general classification ahead of the race’s first summit finish, in Andorra, where a major shake-up of the rankings should take place.
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Race details
1 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
4:10:25 |
2 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
3 |
Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
4 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
5 |
Fernando Barceló Aragón Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
0:00 |
6 |
Iván García Cortina Movistar Team |
0:00 |
7 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
8 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
9 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
10 |
Kobe Goossens Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
41 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
91 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
92 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
105 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
113 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
117 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
130 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
1 |
Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost |
4:27:23 |
2 |
Javier Romo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:11 |
3 |
Iván García Cortina Movistar Team |
0:13 |
4 |
Romain Bardet Team dsm - firmenich |
0:13 |
5 |
Max Poole Team dsm - firmenich |
0:13 |
6 |
Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team |
0:13 |
7 |
Imanol Erviti Ollo Movistar Team |
0:13 |
8 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
0:13 |
9 |
Einer Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
0:13 |
10 |
Sean Flynn Team dsm - firmenich |
0:13 |
13 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
16 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
19 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
22 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
23 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
124 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:44 |
125 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:44 |
126 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:48 |
1 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
30 pt |
2 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
25 pt |
3 |
Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team |
22 pt |
4 |
Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost |
20 pt |
5 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
19 pt |
6 |
Javier Romo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
17 pt |
7 |
Fernando Barceló Aragón Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
17 pt |
8 |
Iván García Cortina Movistar Team |
15 pt |
9 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
15 pt |
10 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
13 pt |
1 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
6 pt |
2 |
Javier Romo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
6 pt |
3 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
3 pt |
4 |
Joel Nicolau Beltran Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
3 pt |
5 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
2 pt |
6 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
1 pt |
1 |
Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost |
4:27:23 |
2 |
Javier Romo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:11 |
3 |
Max Poole Team dsm - firmenich |
0:13 |
4 |
Einer Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
0:13 |
5 |
Sean Flynn Team dsm - firmenich |
0:13 |
6 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
0:15 |
7 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
0:17 |
8 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
9 |
Diego Andrés Camargo Pineda EF Education-EasyPost |
0:19 |
10 |
Samuel Watson Groupama - FDJ |
0:19 |
11 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:19 |
1 | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:47:35 |
2 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:11 |
3 | Team dsm - firmenich | 0:13 |
4 | Movistar Team | 0:13 |
5 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:19 |
6 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:19 |
7 | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:23 |
8 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:33 |
9 | Cofidis | 0:35 |
10 | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:41 |