Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2019 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

February 22, 2019

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2019 – Stage 3 ITT – Mancha Real – La Guardia de Jaen : 16 km

A notably tougher version of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol starts this Wednesday, with stage 4’s incursion into the mountains of Sierra Nevada all but certain to decide the five-day race. The tougher format also continues to set Spain’s highest-ranked early-season stage race apart from the Volta ao Algarve – the other 2.HC race which runs concurrently with the Ruta del Sol and has a route more to the liking of the Classics specialists.

Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) won the individual time trial of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol, confirming that he has been working hard on his time trialing skills and giving him a shot at overall victory in the early-season Spanish stage race.

Wellens stopped the clock with a time of 22:25 for the rolling course. He was two-second faster than Jakob Fuglsang, with his Astana teammate Ion Izagirre third at nine seconds.

Wellens’ second consecutive stage win cemented his overall lead, with the top of the GC board reflected the stage results. Fuglsang is now second overall at seven seconds, and Izagirre third at 14 seconds. Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) is fourth overall at 18 seconds and so still an overall contender.

The stage looked set to be dominated by twins Adam and Simon Yates, who took turns in the hot seat after setting the fastest times. However they were eventually knocked off the top step, although both remained in the top ten for the day. Adam was fifth at 15 seconds and Simon was eighth at 22 seconds.

The time trial was highly technical, with barely a flat section of road through the olive trees and fields. A steady grind up a category 3 climb lead to a very fast and long descent. The 16.2km route finished with a short climb up to the finish line, with 500 meters of the 1.75km climb at 11.4 per cent.

Simon Yates came into the stage over 14 minutes down but put up an early fast time of 22:47. He was joined on the provisional podium by teammate Esteban Chaves, with a time of 23:38, although the Colombian soon started dropping down the list.

Many riders were visibly suffering and exhausted at the finish, zigzagging across the road to conquer the gradients. A number of riders were on their usual road bikes, rather than the time trial machines due to the nature of the course.

Late on, Adam Yates knocked his twin brother out of the hot seat, giving himself the se best provisional time of 22:40.

The top ten in the overall classification and thus the last ten to race, set off with a two-minute gap. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) was the first to come close to the Yates twins, at 22:50. Pello Bilbao (Astana) came in at 22:44, in second place by four seconds.

Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) powered his way to the lead with a best time of 22:34.5 to knock the second Yates brother off the top step of the podium. But his time was beaten – by a tenth of a second, when Ion Izagirre turned on the gas in the closing meters to cross the line in a time of 22:34.4.

Then Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) powered his way in with a time of 22.27, only to have race leader Wellens top that time, coming in with a time 22.25.

That gave Wellens his second straight stage win and allowed him to retain the overall lead.

Results :
1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:22:25
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:02
3 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:09
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
5 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:14
6 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:16
7 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19
8 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:21
9 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:25
10 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:00:47
11 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida
12 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:00:50
13 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:54
14 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:59
15 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Equipo Euskadi 0:01:03
16 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
17 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:11
18 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:13
19 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
20 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:14
21 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team
22 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:17
24 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:18
25 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:19
27 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team 0:01:22
28 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:25
29 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:01:37
30 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
31 José Fernandes Neves (Por) Burgos-BH 0:01:39
32 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:01:41
33 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
34 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
35 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles
36 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
37 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
38 Corentin Ermenault (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:01:42
39 IAleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:01:44
40 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:45
41 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
42 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:49
43 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
44 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:54
45 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH 0:01:55
46 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:58
47 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:00
48 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:01
49 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
50 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:02:03
51 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:02:08
53 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:09
54 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:12
55 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:14
56 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:16
57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:18
58 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
59 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:02:21
60 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:02:26
61 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:29
62 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Equipo Euskadi
63 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:30
64 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:02:31
65 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:32
66 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
67 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:34
68 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:35
69 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:37
70 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
72 Marc Fournier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
73 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
74 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:02:38
75 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:39
76 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:40
77 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:41
78 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
79 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
80 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:02:42
81 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:02:43
82 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:02:44
83 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:45
84 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:47
85 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:48
86 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:49
87 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:02:50
88 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:55
89 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
90 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:02:56
91 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
92 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:02:57
93 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
94 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:02:58
95 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:02:59
96 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:03:04
97 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:03:09
98 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:03:10
99 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
100 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
101 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
102 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert
103 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:03:11
104 Svein Tuft (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:03:13
105 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:03:20
106 Sean De Bie (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:03:22
107 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:03:27
108 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:28
109 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:03:32
110 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:03:33
111 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:03:34
112 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:03:39
113 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:03:40
114 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
115 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:43
116 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:51
117 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:56
118 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:03
119 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:04
120 Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Blr) Equipo Euskadi 0:04:07
121 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:10
122 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:18
123 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:04:21
124 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:04:26
125 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:04:43
126 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:04:45
127 Alexandr Kulikovskiy (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
Alan Banaszek (Pol) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10:42:05
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:07
3 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:18
5 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:21
6 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:28
7 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:39
8 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:00:56
9 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:04
10 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:16
11 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Equipo Euskadi 0:01:19
12 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:23
13 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:27
14 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:32
15 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:34
16 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:35
17 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:36
18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:44
19 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:46
20 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
21 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:59
22 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:11
23 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:14
24 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:02:19
25 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:26
26 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:31
27 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
28 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:36
29 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH 0:02:42
30 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
31 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:02:49
32 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team
33 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:50
34 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:53
35 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:55
36 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:56
37 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:02:58
38 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:03:02
39 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:03:08
40 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
41 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:11
42 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
43 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:13
44 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:03:18
45 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
46 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:03:23
47 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:03:28
48 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:03:31
49 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:03:33
50 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
51 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:52
52 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:53
53 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:03:57
54 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:04:08
55 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:10
56 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:04:13
57 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 0:04:23
58 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:04:33
59 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:36
60 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:04:39
61 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:43
62 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:50
63 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:05:22
64 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:26
65 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:28
66 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:05:29
67 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:05:32
68 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:05:46
69 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:55
70 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:05
71 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:06:08
72 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:06:13
73 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:06:21
74 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:06:37
75 IAleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:06:40
76 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:06:51
77 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:06:52
78 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:06:53
79 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:06:56
80 Corentin Ermenault (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:07:00
81 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:07:28
82 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:07:32
83 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:07:50
84 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:08:02
85 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:08:16
86 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:08:41
87 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:08:49
88 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:08:55
89 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:09:01
90 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:09:10
91 Svein Tuft (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:09:23
92 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:10:20
93 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:10:38
94 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:10:46
95 Sean De Bie (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:11:48
96 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:12:09
97 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:12:15
98 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:12:55
99 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:13:13
100 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:13:57
101 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:14:01
102 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:14:18
103 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:14:27
104 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:47
105 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:14:48
106 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:15:14
107 José Fernandes Neves (Por) Burgos-BH 0:15:28
108 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
109 Marc Fournier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:15:33
110 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:15:50
111 Daniel Lopez Parada (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:15:56
112 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:16:21
113 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:16:37
114 Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:16:58
115 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:17:47
116 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:17:55
117 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:19:31
118 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:19:41
119 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:49
120 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:22:11
121 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:28:20
122 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:28:50
123 Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Blr) Equipo Euskadi 0:31:36
124 Alexandr Kulikovskiy (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:31:50
125 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:31:53
126 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
127 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:35:44