TIM WELLENS SI SALVA, LA CRONO VA A DAVID DE LA CRUZ

Missione compiuta per Tim Wellens in terra andalusa. L’ultimo ostacolo tra lui e il successo finale erano i 14,2Km contro il tempo dell’ultima tappa. Grazie al tempo di 17’26” paga solo tre secondi a Wout Poels e si aggiudica la vittoria finale. La tappa è invece andata a David De La Cruz.

Gli avversari di Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) che gli contendevano la vittoria finale della Vuelta a Andalucía-Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2018 si sono presentati al via della crono finale di Barbate in questa situazione: Mikel Landa (Movistar) a 5”, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) a 12”, Wout Poels (Team Sky) e Floris De Tier (LottoNL-Jumbo) a 13″ e Marc Soler ( Movistar) a 17”.
Come spesso accade nelle cronometro delle corse a tappe, lo svolgimento si dipana su un doppio binario, quello di chi cerca la vittoria di tappa e quello di chi cerca di migliorare la sua posizione in classifica o, quantomeno, di difenderla. Essendo poi la tappa odierna quella finale, questo secondo sviluppo di gara acqusiva ancora maggior interesse essendo finalizzato alla vittoria finale.
Nonostante la prima metà di gara su sterrato, la prova contro il tempo non ne ha risentito e la vittoria è andata ad un altro uomo Sky, David De La Cruz, autore del tempo di 17’11”, mai messo in discussione da coloro che sono arrivati dopo di lui. Seconda piazza per il costaricense Andrey Amador (Movistar) e terza per l’olandese Stef Clement (LottoNL-Jumbo), rispettivamente staccati di 6 e 7 secondi.
Per quanto riguarda la prova finalizzata alla conquista della maglia rossa finale gli unici a fare meglio di Tim Wellens (17’26”) sono stati il portacolori della Movistar Marc Soler (17’21”) e l’ex capoclassifica Wout Poels (17’23”), con distacchi che non hanno impensierito la leadership del belga.
Per lo spagnolo il tempo impiegato ha fatto sì che riuscisse guadagnasse la terza piazza del podio finale ai danni della coppia Astana Fuglsang-Sánchez e di Mikel Landa, partito secondo e terminato sesto a 42” da Wellens.

Mario Prato

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky 0:17:12
2 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:06
3 Stef Clement (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:06
4 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:07
5 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:09
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:11
7 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:11
8 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:14
9 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:24
10 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:24
11 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:27
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30
13 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:35
14 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:37
15 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:40
16 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:42
17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:47
18 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:49
19 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:50
20 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:56
21 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally Cycling 0:00:58
22 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:06
23 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie 0:01:06
24 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:01:07
25 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:08
26 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:09
27 Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:09
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:10
29 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:11
30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:12
31 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling 0:01:14
32 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:18
33 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:19
35 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:20
36 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:20
37 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:20
38 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:23
39 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:25
40 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:01:26
41 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:01:26
42 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:26
43 Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:26
44 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:01:26
45 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:01:29
46 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:01:31
47 José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH 0:01:31
48 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:01:31
49 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:32
50 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:33
51 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:01:33
52 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:33
53 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:33
54 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:34
55 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:35
56 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:01:36
57 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:36
58 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:01:39
59 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:40
60 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:40
61 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:41
62 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:41
63 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:01:41
64 Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:42
65 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:44
66 Senne Leysen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:44
67 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:45
68 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:45
69 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:46
70 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:47
71 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:47
72 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:48
73 Michael Goolaerts (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:49
74 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:50
75 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:52
76 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:01:54
77 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:55
78 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:56
79 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:57
80 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling 0:01:58
81 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:59
82 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:00
83 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:02
84 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:02:03
85 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:03
86 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:04
87 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:04
88 Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:02:05
89 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:06
90 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:07
91 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:07
92 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:07
93 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:08
94 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:16
95 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:02:17
96 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:18
97 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:19
98 Robbert de Greef (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:02:19
99 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:20
100 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:20
101 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:02:21
102 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:02:21
103 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:02:23
104 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:02:23
105 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:25
106 Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:25
107 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:26
108 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:02:28
109 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:02:29
110 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:29
111 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:30
112 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:30
113 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:33
114 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:35
115 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:37
116 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:02:38
117 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:38
118 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:40
119 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:40
120 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:42
121 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:02:46
122 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:49
123 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:52
124 Marko Kump (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:02:55
125 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:02:57
126 Egoitz Fernandez Ayarzaguena (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:02:57
127 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:02:58
128 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:59
129 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:02:59
130 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:03:02
131 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH 0:03:08
132 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:03:09
133 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:14
134 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:16
135 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:21
136 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:27

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 17:41:50
2 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:08
3 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:27
4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30
5 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
6 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:42
7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:19
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:41
9 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:01:51
10 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:57
11 Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:30
12 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:33
13 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:47
14 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:54
15 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:03:04
16 José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH 0:03:05
17 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:07
18 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:10
19 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:03:11
20 Stef Clement (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:03:34
21 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:03:38
22 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:03:43
23 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:03:53
24 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:03:55
25 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:03:59
26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:50
27 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:00
28 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:05:36
29 Diego Rubio Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:05:41
30 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:54
31 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:06:00
32 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Burgos BH 0:06:05
33 Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally Cycling 0:06:13
34 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:06:16
35 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:18
36 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:07:16
37 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:07:23
38 David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky 0:07:32
39 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
40 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:07:49
41 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:07:55
42 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:12
43 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:08:31
44 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:39
45 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:44
46 Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:09:54
47 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:03
48 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:10:05
49 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:10:21
50 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:10:24
51 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:11:28
52 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:11:41
53 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:11:56
54 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:11:59
55 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:04
56 Pablo Torres Muiño (Spa) Burgos BH 0:12:16
57 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:12:17
58 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:13:18
59 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:15:17
60 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:16:05
61 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:16:22
62 Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:17:35
63 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:58
64 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:18:08
65 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos BH 0:18:12
66 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:18:59
67 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:19:19
68 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:19:43
69 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:20:10
70 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:20:31
71 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:42
72 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20:48
73 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling 0:21:13
74 Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:21:14
75 Sean De Bie (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:21:38
76 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:22:03
77 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:23:04
78 Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:08
79 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:47
80 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:24:36
81 Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:24:45
82 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:24:55
83 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:26:17
84 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie 0:26:56
85 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:28:06
86 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:30:08
87 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:30
88 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:31:27
89 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:32:54
90 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH 0:33:55
91 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
92 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:34:01
93 Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:34:31
94 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:34:53
95 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:35:00
96 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:35:16
97 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:35:55
98 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
99 Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:35:56
100 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:37:02
101 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:37:40
102 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:38:13
103 Senne Leysen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:40:26
104 Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:40:56
105 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:41:03
106 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:41:09
107 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:41:24
108 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:41:33
109 Michael Goolaerts (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:41:40
110 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:41:46
111 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:41:52
112 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:41:58
113 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:41:59
114 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:42:09
115 Kyle Murphy (USA) Rally Cycling 0:42:17
116 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:42:45
117 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:43:08
118 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:43:10
119 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:43:14
120 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:43:24
121 Robbert de Greef (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:43:25
122 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:43:49
123 Evgeny Kobernyak (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:44:01
124 Marko Kump (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:44:27
125 Aaron Verwilst (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:44:56
126 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
127 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:45:12
128 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:45:51
129 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:46:44
130 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:47:42
131 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:47:51
132 Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:48:16
133 Egoitz Fernandez Ayarzaguena (Spa) Team Euskadi 0:53:47
134 Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:54:01
135 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:55:22