Volta a Catalunya: Van Wilder in the mix on punchy finish

Volta a Catalunya: Van Wilder in the mix on punchy finish

Sant Feliu de Guixols, a small town lying on the Mediterranean coast not far from Girona, one of the hottest cycling destinations in the world, welcomed again the peloton of the Volta a Catalunya for the opening stage of the 103rd edition.

The profile of this 174km journey was a hilly one, comprising numerous climbs of which three were classified. The last was Alt de San Grau, averaging 3.5% over 7.2 kilometers, crested by the bunch with 20 kilometers to go. On the fast descent that followed, Mauri Vansevenant accelerated and tried to get away only for the others to react and shut down this audacious move, keeping things together.

Going into the final kilometer, a series of tricky corners awaited just before the ramp to the line, and it was there that Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) took off and soloed to victory. Soudal Quick-Step’s Ilan Van Wilder came home together with the main group, taking a solid seventh – a good result for the Belgian ahead of Vallter 2000, the first of the week’s three summit finishes.

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Nick Schultz
Israel - Premier Tech
4:11:38
2 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
3 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
4 Dorian Godon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
5 Axel Laurance
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
6 Rémy Rochas
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
7 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
8 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
9 Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
10 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
12 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
16 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
29 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
51 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
57 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
75 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
0:59
1 Nick Schultz
Israel - Premier Tech
4:11:28
2 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
0:02
3 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
0:06
4 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
0:07
5 Laurens De Plus
INEOS Grenadiers
0:09
6 Dorian Godon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:10
7 Axel Laurance
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:10
8 Rémy Rochas
Groupama - FDJ
0:10
9 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
10 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
0:10
14 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
18 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
31 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
52 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
58 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
81 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
1:09
1 Nick Schultz
Israel - Premier Tech
10 pt
2 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
8 pt
3 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel
Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 pt
4 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
4 pt
5 Simone Petilli
Intermarché - Wanty
4 pt
6 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
3 pt
7 Laurens De Plus
INEOS Grenadiers
1 pt
8 Alex Baudin
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
1 pt
9 Ådne Holter
Uno-X Mobility
1 pt
1 Kenny Elissonde
Cofidis
8 pt
2 Marc Soler Giménez
UAE Team Emirates
5 pt
3 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel
Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 pt
4 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
3 pt
5 Simone Petilli
Intermarché - Wanty
3 pt
6 Sepp Kuss
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
2 pt
7 Ide Schelling
Astana Qazaqstan Team
1 pt
8 Ådne Holter
Uno-X Mobility
1 pt
1 Axel Laurance
Alpecin - Deceuninck
4:11:38
2 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
4 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
5 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
6 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
7 Raúl García Pierna
0:00
8 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Equipo Kern Pharma
0:00
9 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
10 Henri Uhlig
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
1 Israel - Premier Tech 12:34:54
2 Soudal Quick-Step 0:00
3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:00
4 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:00
5 Lidl - Trek 0:00
6 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00
7 UAE Team Emirates 0:00
8 Movistar Team 0:00
9 Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
10 Array 0:00

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