Gran Camiño 2022 – Stage 3 [LAST 10 KM]

February 26, 2022

Gran Camiño 2022 – Stage 3 – Maceda – Luintra : 148,4 km

Born from the ashes of the Volta a Galicia, a multi-day stage race that was struck off the professional calendar in 2000, Gran Camiño is a new addition to the UCI’s Europe Tour this year and hopes to pick up from where that old race left off – by attracting top talent from across the globe to its startline. The first ever tour of Galicia took place way back in 1933, but it struggled to find a regular spot on the calendar during the time of the Spanish Civil War and Second World War. In the mid-80s it finally found solid footing and, for the next 15 years, it became a big target for riders looking to snatch a result before they wrapped up their seasons in early autumn.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won stage 3 at Gran Camiño in Luintra. The Spaniard took the win ahead of overall race leader Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), while Ivan Sosa (also Movistar) finished third after leading out his teammate for the stage win.

“So happy with this nice success. We kept the race under control at all times. Third on Thursday, second yesterday, and the win today – and we’re close up there in the GC, so we must feel really proud,” Valverde said following the stage.

“We really went for the stage today; you can get it or not, because the opposition was strong, but things turned out well. I didn’t know those final climbs and it was a steep series! Roads were difficult, downhills were technical… and we really needed to keep a good position.

“We had a really strong Sosa, an excellent team all-around in all phases of the race, and then it was down to that final. I knew I was faster than Woods, and Sosa led me out perfectly to claim that win. We’ve done really well so far this week, and let’s hope we can crown it tomorrow. It will be a tough ITT, not flat at all. Let’s see how we did recover, and we’ll give everything that’s left to take yellow.”

Woods leads the overall classification by 10 seconds ahead of Valverde and 50 seconds ahead of Sosa as the race heads into the finale stage 4 15.8km time trial held in Sarria on Sunday.

How it unfolded
The third stage offered the field a 148km between Maceda and Luintra that included three categorised climbs over Alto de Noqueira (102km), Alto de Seragude (124km) and lastly Alto de Moura (139km) before a descent to the finish line.

Sosa, Valverde and Woods opened a gap up the Alto de Seragude with less than 30km to go, with a select group that included Jefferson Cepeda (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Mark Padun (EF Education-EasyPost), Ion Izagirre and Rubén Fernández (both Cofidis), Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma), Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), José Gonçalves (W52 / FC Porto).

Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) attacked on the climb and gained 10 seconds but Sosa and Gorka Izagirre (Movistar) set the pace from the select group behind, which grew as riders caught back up, to keep him at a manageable distance before bringing him back near the top.

Movistar, with four riders, led the front group down the descent and into the final climb Alto de Moura. On the steep slopes, Movistar set a pace that caused riders, one-by-one, to fall off pace. Woods, sitting on the Movistar wheels had only one Isreal-Premier teammate, Jakob Fuglsang, to help on the climb.

Woods attacked with 4.6km to the top (6.9km our from the finish), midway up the ascent, with Sosa and Valverde the only two riders able to follow. Woods tried several efforts but could not shake the Movistar duo. Sosa then set the pace to stop Woods from attacking.

Sosa led the three through the KOM over the top of Alto de Moura with 1.5km to go, and all the way down the descent and onto the finish streets of Luintra. As he swung off, Valverde came through to take the stage win, leaving Woods to settle for second.

Results :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 3:42:42
2 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
3 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team
4 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:00:51
5 Mark Padun (Ukr) EF Education-EasyPost
6 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis
7 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
8 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:31
9 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
10 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
11 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Israel-Premier Tech 0:01:58
12 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
13 José Fernandes (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:02:30
14 Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling 0:02:37
15 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
16 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel
17 Davide Villella (Ita) Cofidis
18 Alexander Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:03:28
19 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
20 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:05:10
21 Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
22 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis
23 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
24 Chad Haga (USA) Human Powered Health 0:05:28
25 Tiago Machado (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:06:07
26 Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel
27 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
29 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
30 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH
31 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
32 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
33 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:07:40
34 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:09:08
35 Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
37 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:09:10
38 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:10:14
39 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:34
40 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
41 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
42 Rui Vinhas (Por) W52 / FC Porto
43 Alberto Gallego Ruiz (Spa) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista
44 Alvaro Trueba Diego (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel
45 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
46 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Efapel Cycling
47 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) EF Education-EasyPost
48 Ricardo Vilela (Por) W52 / FC Porto
49 Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
50 Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
51 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team
53 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
54 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
55 Savva Novikov (Rus) Equipo Kern Pharma
56 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH
57 Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling
58 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:41
59 Isaac Canton Serrano (Spa) Manuela Fundacion 0:16:08
60 Daniel Jimenez Martinez (Spa) Manuela Fundacion
61 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:16:20
62 Stephen Bassett (USA) Human Powered Health 0:18:01
63 Kyle Murphy (USA) Human Powered Health
64 Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
65 Marco Frigo (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech
66 Rafael Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling
67 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost
68 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost
69 Jóni Brandão (Por) W52 / FC Porto
70 Amaro Antunes (Por) W52 / FC Porto
71 José Gonçalves (Por) W52 / FC Porto
72 Daniel Freitas (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista
73 Luís Fernandes (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista
74 Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
75 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
76 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech 0:18:31
78 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
79 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech
80 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
81 Samuel Blanco Prol (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel 0:20:36
82 Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
83 João Benta (Por) Efapel Cycling
84 Válter Pereira (Por) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel
85 Ben King (USA) Human Powered Health
86 Guilherme Mota (Por) W52 / FC Porto
87 Asier Etxeberria Zafra (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88 Joan Marti Bennassar Rossello (Spa) Manuela Fundacion
89 Franklin Chacon Colmenares (Ven) Manuela Fundacion
90 Omar El Gouzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
91 Calum Johnston (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
92 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Burgos-BH
93 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Human Powered Health
94 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Human Powered Health
95 Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
96 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
97 Ricardo Alejandro Zurita Garcia (Spa) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:21:22
98 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:25
99 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH
100 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
101 Daniel Viegas (Por) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
102 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel-Premier Tech
103 Guillermo Garcia Janeiro (Spa) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:22:36
104 Alessio Nieri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:23:05
105 César Martingil (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:24:08
106 Francisco Guerreiro (Por) Efapel Cycling
107 Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel
108 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost 0:32:18
109 Santiago Mesa Pietralunga (Col) Manuela Fundacion
DNF Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNS Pedro Miguel Lopes Goncalves (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista
DNS Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
DNS Eduardo Perez-Landaluce (Spa) Manuela Fundacion

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 12:15:16
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:10
3 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:50
4 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 0:01:39
5 Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:07
6 Mark Padun (Ukr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:02:09
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis 0:02:21
8 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:02:33
9 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:02:52
11 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Israel-Premier Tech 0:02:54
12 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:03:16
13 José Fernandes (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:03:32
14 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel 0:03:36
15 Davide Villella (Ita) Cofidis 0:03:39
16 Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling
17 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:14
18 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:49
19 Alexander Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH
20 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:06:06
21 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:06:12
22 Chad Haga (USA) Human Powered Health 0:06:49
23 Roger Adria Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:07:09
24 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:07:21
25 Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel 0:07:32
26 Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech 0:07:41
27 Tiago Machado (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:07:45
28 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:54
29 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:08:09
30 Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:08:22
31 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:09:05
32 Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:11:12
33 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:11:27
34 Unai Iribar Jauregi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:30
35 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:11:35
36 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:11:51
37 Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:12:08
38 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:12:51
39 Joaquim Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling 0:13:43
40 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:13:59
41 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) EF Education-EasyPost 0:14:10
42 Davide Bais (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team
43 Ricardo Vilela (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:14:30
44 Alberto Gallego Ruiz (Spa) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:14:41
45 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Efapel Cycling 0:14:52
46 Rui Vinhas (Por) W52 / FC Porto
47 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:54
48 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:14:55
49 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:16:02
50 Davide Gabburo (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
51 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:06
52 Alvaro Trueba Diego (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel 0:16:15
53 Aritz Bagües Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:17
54 Jordi Lopez Caravaca (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:18:24
55 Isaac Canton Serrano (Spa) Manuela Fundacion 0:18:34
56 Adria Moreno Sala (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:18:43
57 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:53
58 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:18:54
59 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:19:33
60 Erik Fetter (Hun) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:19:39
61 Luís Fernandes (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:19:48
62 Savva Novikov (Rus) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:19:49
63 Daniel Freitas (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:19:55
64 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech 0:19:56
65 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 0:19:59
66 Alessandro Fancellu (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:20:05
67 José Gonçalves (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:20:16
68 Amaro Antunes (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:20:19
69 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:20:37
70 Daniel Jimenez Martinez (Spa) Manuela Fundacion 0:20:40
71 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:20:55
72 Rafael Silva (Por) Efapel Cycling 0:21:38
73 Calum Johnston (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:22:40
74 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Human Powered Health 0:22:43
75 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel-Premier Tech 0:22:45
76 Omar El Gouzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:23:01
77 Samuel Blanco Prol (Spa) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel 0:23:11
78 Stephen Bassett (USA) Human Powered Health 0:23:12
79 Kyle Murphy (USA) Human Powered Health 0:23:15
80 Ben King (USA) Human Powered Health 0:23:24
81 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:24:14
82 Marco Frigo (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech 0:24:16
83 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
84 Asier Etxeberria Zafra (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:24:19
85 Diego Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:24:24
86 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:25:46
87 Jóni Brandão (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:25:58
88 João Benta (Por) Efapel Cycling 0:26:04
89 Válter Pereira (Por) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel
90 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Human Powered Health 0:26:40
91 Franklin Chacon Colmenares (Ven) Manuela Fundacion 0:26:47
92 Alex Tolio (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:26:51
93 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel-Premier Tech 0:26:53
94 Guilherme Mota (Por) W52 / FC Porto 0:27:10
95 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:27:13
96 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:27:36
97 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:27:39
98 Ricardo Alejandro Zurita Garcia (Spa) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:27:47
99 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:27:51
100 Brandon Alejandro Rojas Vega (Col) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli 0:28:18
101 Alessio Nieri (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:28:59
102 Daniel Viegas (Por) Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team 0:29:28
103 Carlos Salgueiro (Por) Atum General/Tavira/AP Maria Nova Hotel 0:31:30
104 César Martingil (Por) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:31:33
105 Francisco Guerreiro (Por) Efapel Cycling 0:33:52
106 Joan Marti Bennassar Rossello (Spa) Manuela Fundacion 0:36:52
107 Guillermo Garcia Janeiro (Spa) Radio Popular-Paredes-Boavista 0:40:53
108 Santiago Mesa Pietralunga (Col) Manuela Fundacion 0:51:03
109 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost 1:08:03