
A day for the breakaway at La Vuelta

Alto de Javalambre (11.1km, 7.8%) – a gruelling climb many have likened to the iconic Mont Ventoux – made its debut at the Vuelta a España, awaiting the peloton with two contrasting halves: a rather manageable first one, followed by five tough kilometers, where the gradient ratcheted up to 10%, putting lead into the riders’ legs as they took on this first mountain test of the 74th edition.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step began the day by taking to the podium in L’Eliana, where for the second consecutive day we received the prize for the best team on the race, following our squad’s excellent results on Monday, when 22-year-old Fabio Jakobsen sprinted to his maiden Grand Tour victory. Another young rider, James Knox, finished as the team’s highest-placed rider on the tough stage 5, won by Angel Madrazo (Burgos BH) from the break, and now sits in the top 30 overall after five days.
A medium mountain stage between Mora de Rubielos and Ares del Maestrat, a 7.9km-long climb averaging 5%, is up next at La Vuelta, more gaps being expected to open between the general classification contenders.
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Race details
1 |
Ángel Madrazo Ruiz Burgos-BH |
4:58:31 |
2 |
Jetse Bol Burgos-BH |
0:10 |
3 |
José Herrada López Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
0:22 |
4 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Astana Pro Team |
0:47 |
5 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
0:59 |
6 |
Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma |
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7 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
1:29 |
8 |
Nairo Quintana Rojas Movistar Team |
1:41 |
9 |
Sepp Kuss Team Jumbo-Visma |
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10 |
Esteban Chaves Rubio Mitchelton-Scott |
1:46 |
41 |
James Knox
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
4:47 |
91 |
Philippe Gilbert
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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113 |
Zdeněk Štybar
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
15:42 |
120 |
Rémi Cavagna
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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152 |
Tim Declercq
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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159 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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165 |
Eros Capecchi
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
21:15 |
166 |
Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
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1 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Astana Pro Team |
18:55:21 |
2 |
Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma |
0:14 |
3 |
Nairo Quintana Rojas Movistar Team |
0:23 |
4 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
0:28 |
5 |
Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb |
0:57 |
6 |
Rigoberto Urán Urán EF Education First |
0:59 |
7 |
Esteban Chaves Rubio Mitchelton-Scott |
1:17 |
8 |
Rafał Majka BORA - hansgrohe |
1:18 |
9 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
1:49 |
10 |
Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb |
1:50 |
27 |
James Knox
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
5:08 |
54 |
Philippe Gilbert
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
12:08 |
67 |
Zdeněk Štybar
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
15:54 |
109 |
Rémi Cavagna
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
24:42 |
122 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
27:52 |
130 |
Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
29:44 |
131 |
Eros Capecchi
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
30:00 |
138 |
Tim Declercq
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
32:28 |
1 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
45 pt |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
34 pt |
3 |
Nairo Quintana Rojas Movistar Team |
33 pt |
4 |
Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma |
28 pt |
5 |
Ángel Madrazo Ruiz Burgos-BH |
26 pt |
6 |
Luka Mezgec Mitchelton-Scott |
25 pt |
7 |
Jetse Bol Burgos-BH |
24 pt |
8 |
Nicolas Roche Team Sunweb |
22 pt |
9 |
Edward Theuns Trek - Segafredo |
22 pt |
10 |
Jon Aberasturi Izaga Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
22 pt |
17 |
Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
16 pt |
40 |
Zdeněk Štybar
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Astana Pro Team |
18:55:21 |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE-Team Emirates |
1:49 |
3 |
Sergio Higuita García EF Education First |
2:40 |
4 |
Ruben Guerreiro Team Katusha Alpecin |
3:18 |
5 |
Óscar Rodríguez Garaicoechea Euskadi Basque Country - Murias |
3:31 |
6 |
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda EF Education First |
3:49 |
7 |
Cristián Rodríguez Martín Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
4:28 |
8 |
James Knox
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
5:08 |
9 |
Mark Padun Bahrain Merida |
5:36 |
10 |
Hugh Carthy EF Education First |
5:43 |
27 |
Rémi Cavagna
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
24:42 |
33 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Deceuninck - Quick Step |
27:52 |
1 |
Ángel Madrazo Ruiz Burgos-BH |
33 pt |
2 |
Jetse Bol Burgos-BH |
11 pt |
3 |
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Movistar Team |
6 pt |
4 |
José Herrada López Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
6 pt |
5 |
Sander Armée Lotto Soudal |
4 pt |
6 |
Jelle Wallays Lotto Soudal |
3 pt |
7 |
Pierre Latour AG2R La Mondiale |
3 pt |
8 |
Jonathan Lastra Martínez Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
3 pt |
9 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Astana Pro Team |
2 pt |
10 |
Ruben Guerreiro Team Katusha Alpecin |
2 pt |
1 | Movistar Team | 56:19:51 |
2 | Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:39 |
3 | EF Education First | 3:47 |
4 | Team Sunweb | 4:24 |
5 | Astana Pro Team | 7:26 |
6 | Mitchelton-Scott | 9:00 |
7 | UAE-Team Emirates | 9:10 |
8 | AG2R La Mondiale | 9:43 |
9 | Bahrain Merida | 10:36 |
10 | Team Dimension Data | 11:42 |