Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2019 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE + Ceremony Awards]

February 24, 2019

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2019 – Stage 5 – Otura – Alhaurin de la Torre : 164 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.

Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) won the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta del Sol, finishing safely in the peloton on the final stage won by Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott).

Fuglsang took the race leader’s yellow and black jersey after Saturday’s Queen stage through the Sierra Nevada mountains to Granada and his Astana team was never challenged during the final stage to Alhaurín de la Torre on the coast.

Fuglsang is the first Danish winner of the early-season Spanish stage race and took yet another victory for Astana. His teammate Ion Izaguirre finished second overall at seven seconds, with Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) third at 11 seconds. Britain’s Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) was fifth overall at 57 seconds.

Trentin was given a high-speed lead out by Mitchelton-Scott and then kicked away on the right of the road with 150 metres to race. He had the power and speed to beat Enrique Sanz (Euskadi-Murias) and Carlos Barbero (Movistar).

Following Alexey Lutsenko’s win in the Tour of Oman earlier this week, Fuglsang has continued what is a remarkably successful early season for the Kazakh team, with their sixth stage race of 2019.

“I’m very happy,” Fuglsang said. “My teammates did a lot of work today because we really didn’t want to let this one go.”

Sunday’s final stage was all about Mitchelton-Scott though after Simon Yates, already the winner of Saturday’s toughest mountain stage, took part in a long break through the hillier early part of the day.

Although finally reeled in with some 30 kilometres to go, Mitchelton-Scott took control of the peloton and lead out the sprint, allowing Trentin to time his move perfectly on the uphill sprint to Alhaurin de la Torre and claim his second victory of the Vuelta a Andalucia and Mitchelton-Scott’s third.

“It was tricky because there was one roundabout after another in the finale, but we knew it because we checked out the finish this morning and I said to the guys that the best way to win was to give me a clear run to the last kick,” Trentin said afterwards.

“And that’s what I did. Chapeau to Eduardo Affini, he was dropped, he came back and he did a massive pull to get into the last roundabout. It was really good on his debut, and from all the other guys too, because they were all climbers. When you see a guy like Esteban Chaves pulling for a sprint, it’s something nice.”

A fast final stage

Although the rolling first part of the stage from Otura through the hills of central Andalucia clearly lent itself to a break, the presence of Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) in an early attack was not so expected.

The large move, comprising of Carlos Verona (Movistar), Yates, Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida); Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Gobert), Nick Van Der Lijke (Roompot-Charles); Joan Bou (Nippo-Fantini-Faizane) Fausto Masnada and Matteo Montaguti (Androni Giocatelli-Sidermec) as well as Lorenzo Rota (Bardiani-CSF), was never allowed too large a gap, with Astana and Movistar combining to keep the margin at under four minutes.

Despite all the efforts of the previous day, Yates was the strongest of the break, claiming maximum points on each of the climbs to boost his lead in the King of the Mountains competition.

Having shed all of his companions by the final categorised ascent of the day, the third category Alto del Valle de la Vida, Yates was sucked in on an unclassified climb. Astana then opened up the throttle to ensure any late breaks were kept to a minimum.

The final series of roundabouts and a strong crosswind made it tough for the bunch to stay together on the exposed, slowing rising roads to Alhaurain de la Torre. But Jumbo-Visma and Mitchelton-Scott managed to ensure the 50-strong group did not fall apart completely.

On the stiff little rise to the finish, Trentin could claim his third win of the 2019 season, whilst Fuglsang took his first stage race win since the Criterium du Dauphiné in 2017.

Results :
1 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 3:58:19
2 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
3 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
7 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
8 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles
9 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
11 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
12 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
13 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team
14 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
15 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert
16 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
18 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
19 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
20 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
21 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
22 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
23 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
24 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
26 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Roompot-Charles
27 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Equipo Euskadi
28 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida
29 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
30 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
31 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
32 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert
33 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
34 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:12
35 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
36 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team
37 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles
38 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:15
39 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:00:16
40 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH
41 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team
42 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH
43 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
44 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
45 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:00:20
46 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
47 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:00:22
48 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:25
49 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
50 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:00:28
51 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:29
52 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
53 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
54 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
55 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
56 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:00:32
57 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:33
58 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
59 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Equipo Euskadi
60 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:35
61 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH
62 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
63 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:38
64 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
65 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
66 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
67 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
68 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:42
69 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:44
70 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
71 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Equipo Euskadi
72 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
73 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
74 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:50
75 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:51
76 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
77 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:00:54
78 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
79 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
80 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:57
81 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
82 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
83 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
84 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:01:02
85 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:04
86 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:10
87 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:11
88 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
89 Svein Tuft (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:23
90 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma
91 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:45
92 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:52
93 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:01:58
94 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:01:59
95 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
96 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
97 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
98 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:05:16
99 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
100 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
101 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:05:19
102 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert
103 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:06:46
104 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:51
105 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Charles
106 José Fernandes Neves (Por) Burgos-BH
107 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
108 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
109 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
110 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
111 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
112 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:06:55
113 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:06:57
114 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:23
DNF Sean De Bie (Bel) Roompot-Charles
DNF Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNF Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma

Final General Classification :
1 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 17:42:00
2 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:07
3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:11
4 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:21
5 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:57
6 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:08
7 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Equipo Euskadi 0:01:12
8 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:01:43
9 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:53
10 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:41
11 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:04:02
12 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:05
13 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:09
14 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:29
15 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:04:32
16 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:44
17 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:05:07
18 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:05:16
19 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:40
20 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:05:49
21 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:07:25
22 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:07:35
23 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:07:47
24 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:07:52
25 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:07:56
26 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:08:40
27 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:08:52
28 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:11:27
29 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:12:12
30 Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:12:20
31 Ricardo Augusto Afonso Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH 0:13:23
32 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:13:42
33 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:13:52
34 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:13:56
35 Gavin Mannion (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:14:16
36 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:14:26
37 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:14:30
38 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:14:41
39 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:15:48
40 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:15:56
41 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:13
42 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:47
43 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:18:20
44 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:18:22
45 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:18:33
46 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:19:17
47 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:20
48 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:19:21
49 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:19:54
50 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:20:11
51 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:20:13
52 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:20:17
53 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:35
54 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:21:20
55 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team 0:21:28
56 Antonio Jesus Soto Guirao (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:21:36
57 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:21:38
58 Lars Boom (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:21:45
59 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
60 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:21:55
61 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:22:00
62 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:22:07
63 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:22:10
64 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:22:19
65 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:22:27
66 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:22:35
67 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:23:08
68 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:23:11
69 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:23:17
70 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:23:32
71 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:23:41
72 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:23:48
73 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:23:49
74 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:23:55
75 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:24:13
76 Nelson Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:25:01
77 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:25:24
78 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:26:04
79 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
80 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:26:08
81 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:26:25
82 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:26:57
83 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:59
84 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:27:58
85 Svein Tuft (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:29:13
86 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
87 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:29:25
88 José Fernandes Neves (Por) Burgos-BH 0:30:27
89 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Gobert 0:30:39
90 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:30:47
91 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:31:26
92 Xavier Cañellas Sanchez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:31:31
93 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:31:51
94 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:32:54
95 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling 0:33:38
96 Unai Cuadrado Ruiz De Gauna (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:33:39
97 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 0:33:43
98 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:34:07
99 Petr Rikunov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:34:12
100 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Equipo Euskadi 0:34:50
101 Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:36:01
102 Michaël Van Staeyen (Bel) Roompot-Charles 0:36:59
103 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:37:31
104 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:39:11
105 Moreno Moser (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 0:39:15
106 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:40:06
107 Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:42:10
108 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:42:49
109 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:43:41
110 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:44:40
111 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:47:29
112 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:48:07
113 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:54:40
114 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:55:08