Clásica San Sebastián 2017 [FULL RACE]

July 29, 2017

Clásica San Sebastián 2017 – San Sebastián – San Sebastián : 231 km km

The 2017 Clásica de San Sebastián was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 July in San Sebastián, Spain. It was the 37th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián and the twenty-sixth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski sprinted to victory in Saturday’s Clasica San Sebastian, proving quickest to the line out of a select group of late escapees in the hilly one-day race. Lotto Soudal’s Tony Gallopin was second across the line for runner-up honours, with last year’s winner Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) rounding out the podium in third.

Kwiatkowski’s teammate Mikel Landa forced a crucial selection going over the short but steep final climb, attacking and pulling Gallopin and Mollema with him to form a select trio in the closing kilometres. Kwiatkowski joined up with Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin to bridge across to the group, setting up a five-rider battle in San Sebastian.

A late surge by Landa allowed Kwiatkowski to follow the wheels of his rivals into the final kilometre, paving the way for a sprint as the quintet regrouped. Kwiatkowski won convincingly, taking his third WorldTour one-day race victory of the season after winning Strade Bianche and Milan-San Remo in the spring.

“Such amazing Basque Spanish guys in the team today,” Kwiatkowski said after the finish, acknowledging not only Landa, but also Mikel Nieve, who fired off an attack with around nine kilometres to go just after a solo move by teammate Gianni Moscon was reeled in.

“They were supporting me so well and I’m very thankful to the team. You could see Mikel Landa playing his crucial role in the end, and I could go for the sprint easily. I’m very thankful to Mikel that he waited in the group in the front. Today was just amazing, the team spirit, we believed that we could win the race.”

How it unfolded

The lumpy 231km race kicked off under clear conditions in San Sebastian, with a seven-rider escape going clear early. Loïc Chetout and Matthias Le Turnier (Cofidis), Sven Erik Bystrom (Katusha-Alpecin), Jon Insausti (Bahran-Merida), Mickaël Delage (FDJ), Imanol Erviti (Movistar) and Christophe Pfingsten (Bora-Hansgrohe) formed the main break of the day.

As the riders scaled the Meaga, Iturburu and Alkiza climbs, the pack allowed the break to push the gap up to a maximum of five minutes before it stabilised at around four and a half minutes. The advantage remained there or thereabouts through the midway point of the race before it began to fall rapidly on the first of two circuits taking on the Jaizkibel and Arkale climbs.

The gap was down around two minutes with 70 kilometres to go, spurring Erviti to solo away. Before long, his six former breakaway companions were swept up. The Spaniard made it up and over the second ascent of the Jaizkibel but was reeled in before the second passage of the Arkale climb.

The short but challenging Arkale saw splits opening in the peloton, and Moscon found himself well-placed in a small group off the front with around 25 kilometres to go. He seized the opportunity to solo clear, jumping out to an advantage of half a minute before the pack gradually pulled him back, making the catch with 10 kilometres to race.

Sky did not let up, with Nieve jumping away almost immediately. He too was brought back as the Iturba loomed.

The steep ascent quickly strung out the peloton, opening the door for Landa to shoot off the front. Only Gallopin and Mollema could follow. The trio opened a gap going over the top with Kwiatkowski and Dumoulin coming together in pursuit as the likes of Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), Simon Yates (Orica-Scott), Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) and Rigoberto Urán (Cannondale-Drapac) found themselves distanced in a larger group of around 20 riders.

With his fast-finishing teammate attempting to bridge, Landa eased off the throttle in the lead trio, and three became five with around five kilometres left to chase.

The five leaders raced into San Sebastian more or less together before Landa put in his final dig, drawing out a response from Dumoulin but opening a gap to the other three. Mollema took up the job of closing down the move, allowing Kwiatkowski to sit at the back.

The 27-year-old Pole pulled into position for a sprint as the reorganised quintet hit the final kilometre. He quickly surged away in the final kick with Gallopin and Mollema settling for podium spots.

“It was a perfect day. We took control from the beginning, we took the responsibility of chasing the breakaway. We believed from before the start that we could win today. It’s really nice race. I don’t have really good experience from the past from San Sebastian but it’s always a pleasure to race here,” Kwiatkowski said.

Results :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 5:52:53
2 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
5 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:02
6 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:28
7 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:00:38
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
9 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
11 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb
14 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
15 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
16 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
17 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
18 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
19 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
20 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
21 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
22 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:21
25 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
27 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
28 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:32
30 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
31 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
32 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
33 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:12
34 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
35 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott
36 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
37 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
38 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
39 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
40 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
41 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:57
42 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
43 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:03:38
44 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
45 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
46 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
47 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team
49 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:48
50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb
51 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
52 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
53 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:04:53
54 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:05:44
55 Ion Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:06:00
56 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:06:24
57 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
58 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:41
59 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:08:21
60 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
61 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
62 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
63 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott 0:08:27
64 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
64 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:11:01
65 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
66 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
67 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:11:48
68 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
69 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
70 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida
71 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
72 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
73 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
74 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott
75 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
76 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
77 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
78 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
79 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott
80 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
81 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:23
82 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:13:19
83 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
84 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:15:34
85 Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:19:56
DNF Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
DNF Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
DNF Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
DNF Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
DNF Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
DNF Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
DNF Leopold Konig (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Hector Saez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
DNF Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ
DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
DNF Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
DNF Léo Vincent (Fra) FDJ
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
DNF Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott
DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott
DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
DNF David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
DNF Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
DNF Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
DNF Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
DNF Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
DNF Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Team Sky
DNF David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
DNF Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb
DNF Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Sunweb
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNF Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates