Volta Catalunya 2018 - Stage 2

Mataró > Valls, 175.6km

19.03-25.03

Volta a Catalunya is a UCI WorldTour stage race held each March in Spain, taking place in the region of Catalonia. Known for its climbing heavy route and high altitude finishes, the race is one of the key early season tests for general classification riders. First held in 1911, it is one of the oldest stage races in professional cycling and regularly attracts a strong international field.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team 4:41:50
2 Daryl Impey Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
3 Jay McCarthy Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.00
4 Egan Bernal Team Sky + 00.00
5 Matej Mohoric Bahrain - Merida + 00.00
6 Enrico Gasparotto Bahrain - Merida + 00.00
7 José Joaquin Rojas Movistar Team + 00.00
8 Tao Geoghegan Hart Team Sky + 00.00
9 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo + 00.00
10 Alex Howes Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.00
11 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team + 00.00
12 Bob Jungels Quick-Step Floors + 00.00
13 Warren Barguil Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.00
14 Eduard Prades Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 00.00
15 Sergey Chernetskiy Astana Pro Team + 00.00
16 Giovanni Visconti Bahrain - Merida + 00.00
17 Pello Bilbao Astana Pro Team + 00.00
18 Lluis Mas Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.00
19 Nick Schultz Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.00
20 Georg Preidler Groupama - FDJ + 00.00
21 Elie Gesbert Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.00
22 Chris Hamilton Team Sunweb + 00.00
23 George Bennett Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.00
24 Adam Yates Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
25 Sergio Henao Team Sky + 00.00
26 Jordi Simon Burgos - BH + 00.00
27 Jelle Vanendert Lotto - Soudal + 00.00
28 Jesper Hansen Astana Pro Team + 00.00
29 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 00.00
30 Bjorg Lambrecht Lotto - Soudal + 00.00
31 Simon Yates Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
32 Pierre Latour AG2R La Mondiale + 00.00
33 Esteban Chaves Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
34 Louis Vervaeke Team Sunweb + 00.00
35 Michael Woods Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.00
36 Jack Haig Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
37 Garikoitz Bravo Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 00.00
38 Steff Cras Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.00
39 Merhawi Kudus Team Dimension Data + 00.00
40 Arthur Vichot Groupama - FDJ + 00.00
41 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.00
42 Gregor Mühlberger Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.00
43 Fabio Aru UAE Team Emirates + 00.00
44 Mathias Frank AG2R La Mondiale + 00.00
45 Stef Clement Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.00
46 Andrey Zeits Astana Pro Team + 00.00
47 Carlos Verona Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
48 Daniel Martin UAE Team Emirates + 00.00
49 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 00.00
50 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale + 00.00
51 Amaël Moinard Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.00
52 Daniel Navarro Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 00.00
53 Louis Meintjes Team Dimension Data + 00.00
54 Aldemar Reyes Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.00
55 Robert Power Mitchelton - Scott + 00.00
56 Ben Hermans Israel Cycling Academy + 00.00
57 Ricardo Vilela Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.00
58 Marc Soler Movistar Team + 00.00
59 Hugh Carthy Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.00
60 Pierre Rolland Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.00
61 James Shaw Lotto - Soudal + 00.00
62 Niklas Eg Trek-Segafredo + 00.00
63 Nathan Brown Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.00
64 Sindre Lunke Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.00
65 Davide Formolo Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.00
66 Cristian Rodriguez Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.00
67 Vegard Stake Laengen UAE Team Emirates + 00.00
68 Thomas De Gendt Lotto - Soudal + 00.00
69 Jan Hirt Astana Pro Team + 00.00
70 Enric Mas Quick-Step Floors + 00.00
71 Floris De Tier Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.00
72 Sergio Pardilla Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.00
73 Nicolas Roche BMC Racing Team + 00.00
74 Tejay van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 00.00
75 David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ + 00.00
76 Jhojan Garcia Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.00
77 Max Schachmann Quick-Step Floors + 00.00
78 Pablo Torres Burgos - BH + 00.00
79 Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ + 00.00
80 Kenny Elissonde Team Sky + 00.00
81 Daniel Martinez Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.00
82 Fabio Duarte Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.00
83 Tsgabu Grmay Trek-Segafredo + 00.00
84 Joaquim Silva Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.00
85 Matteo Fabbro Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.00
86 Sebastien Reichenbach Groupama - FDJ + 00.00
87 Mathias Le Turnier Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 00.00
88 Ben O'Connor Team Dimension Data + 00.00
89 Nathan Earle Israel Cycling Academy + 00.00
90 Peter Stetina Trek-Segafredo + 00.00
91 Sebastian Henao Team Sky + 00.00
92 Wilmar Paredes Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.00
93 David López Team Sky + 00.00
94 Rubén Plaza Israel Cycling Academy + 00.00
95 Domen Novak Bahrain - Merida + 00.49
96 Darwin Atapuma UAE Team Emirates + 00.49
97 Axel Domont AG2R La Mondiale + 00.49
98 Jarlinson Pantano Trek-Segafredo + 00.49
99 Sander Armee Lotto - Soudal + 00.49
100 Dorian Godon Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 00.49
101 Nikita Stalnov Astana Pro Team + 00.49
102 Joey Rosskopf BMC Racing Team + 00.49
103 Maxime Monfort Lotto - Soudal + 00.49
104 Clément Chevrier AG2R La Mondiale + 00.49
105 Mads Würtz Schmidt Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.49
106 Jhonatan Restrepo Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.49
107 Pawel Poljanski Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.49
108 Laurens Ten Dam Team Sunweb + 00.49
109 Daniel Turek Israel Cycling Academy + 00.49
110 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.49
111 Tom Bohli BMC Racing Team + 00.49
112 Jhonnatan Narvaez Quick-Step Floors + 00.49
113 Joe Dombrowski Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.49
114 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data + 00.49
115 Robert Kiserlovski Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.49
116 Silvio Herklotz Burgos - BH + 01.25
117 Jorge Cubero Burgos - BH + 01.27
118 Julen Irizar Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 01.27
119 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 01.27
120 Willie Smit Team Katusha - Alpecin + 01.27
121 Valerio Agnoli Bahrain - Merida + 01.27
122 Johannes Fröhlinger Team Sunweb + 01.27
123 Jetse Bol Manzana - Postobon Team + 01.27
124 Jai Hindley Team Sunweb + 01.27
125 Hernan Aguirre Manzana - Postobon Team + 01.27
126 Edward Ravasi UAE Team Emirates + 01.27
127 François Bidard AG2R La Mondiale + 01.27
128 Michael Mørkøv Quick-Step Floors + 01.27
129 Jose Manuel Diaz Israel Cycling Academy + 01.27
130 Steve Cummings Team Dimension Data + 01.27
131 Winner Anacona Movistar Team + 01.27
132 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 01.27
133 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team + 01.27
134 Jérémy Roy Groupama - FDJ + 01.27
135 Hector Saez Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 01.27
136 Rory Sutherland UAE Team Emirates + 01.34
137 Mikel Bizkarra Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 01.34
138 Jesus Ezquerra Burgos - BH + 01.34
139 Natnael Berhane Team Dimension Data + 01.34
140 Guillaume Bonnafond Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01.34
141 Daniel Teklehaimanot Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01.34
142 Igor Anton Team Dimension Data + 01.34
143 Aleksejs Saramotins Bora - Hansgrohe + 01.34
144 Michael Storer Team Sunweb + 01.34
145 Igor Merino Burgos - BH + 01.34
146 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01.34
147 Zakkari Dempster Israel Cycling Academy + 01.34
148 Cesare Benedetti Bora - Hansgrohe + 01.34
149 Bram Tankink Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 02.39
150 Roy Goldstein Israel Cycling Academy + 03.17
151 Miles Scotson BMC Racing Team + 03.17
152 Alvaro Hodeg Quick-Step Floors + 03.17
153 Niccolo Bonifazio Bahrain - Merida + 03.17
154 Grega Bole Bahrain - Merida + 03.17
155 Florian Vachon Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 03.17
156 Benoît Jarrier Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 03.17
157 Markel Irizar Trek-Segafredo + 03.17
158 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 03.17
159 James Knox Quick-Step Floors + 03.17
160 Enrique Sanz Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 03.17
161 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 03.17
162 Philip Deignan Team Sky + 03.17
163 Laurent Didier Trek-Segafredo + 03.17
164 Adam Hansen Lotto - Soudal + 03.17
165 Diego Rubio Burgos - BH + 03.17
166 Maxim Belkov Team Katusha - Alpecin + 03.17
167 Roberto Ferrari UAE Team Emirates + 03.17
168 Jeremy Maison Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 03.17
169 William Bonnet Groupama - FDJ + 03.56
170 Max Walscheid Team Sunweb + 06.16
171 Cyril Barthe Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 06.16
172 Sam Bennett Bora - Hansgrohe + 06.16
173 Antonio Molina Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 06.16
- Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Credits DNS
- Robert Gesink Team LottoNL-Jumbo DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team 8:21:09
2 Jay McCarthy Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.04
3 Daryl Impey Mitchelton - Scott + 00.06
4 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 00.11
5 Matej Mohoric Bahrain - Merida + 00.12
6 Bob Jungels Quick-Step Floors + 00.12
7 Eduard Prades Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 00.12
8 Enrico Gasparotto Bahrain - Merida + 00.12
9 Jordi Simon Burgos - BH + 00.12
10 Egan Bernal Team Sky + 00.12
11 Tao Geoghegan Hart Team Sky + 00.12
12 Georg Preidler Groupama - FDJ + 00.12
13 Jelle Vanendert Lotto - Soudal + 00.12
14 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo + 00.12
15 Warren Barguil Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.12
16 Bjorg Lambrecht Lotto - Soudal + 00.12
17 Merhawi Kudus Team Dimension Data + 00.12
18 Pierre Latour AG2R La Mondiale + 00.12
19 Sergey Chernetskiy Astana Pro Team + 00.12
20 Daniel Martin UAE Team Emirates + 00.12
21 Alex Howes Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.12
22 Mikaël Chérel AG2R La Mondiale + 00.12
23 Sergio Henao Team Sky + 00.12
24 Adam Yates Mitchelton - Scott + 00.12
25 Esteban Chaves Mitchelton - Scott + 00.12
26 Jack Haig Mitchelton - Scott + 00.12
27 Marc Soler Movistar Team + 00.12
28 Lluis Mas Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.12
29 Simon Yates Mitchelton - Scott + 00.12
30 Gregor Mühlberger Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.12
31 Chris Hamilton Team Sunweb + 00.12
32 Michael Woods Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.12
33 Giovanni Visconti Bahrain - Merida + 00.12
34 George Bennett Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.12
35 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team + 00.12
36 Max Schachmann Quick-Step Floors + 00.12
37 Enric Mas Quick-Step Floors + 00.12
38 David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ + 00.12
39 Davide Formolo Bora - Hansgrohe + 00.12
40 Hugh Carthy Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.12
41 Louis Vervaeke Team Sunweb + 00.12
42 Jesper Hansen Astana Pro Team + 00.12
43 Fabio Aru UAE Team Emirates + 00.12
44 Tejay van Garderen BMC Racing Team + 00.12
45 Mathias Frank AG2R La Mondiale + 00.12
46 Garikoitz Bravo Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 00.12
47 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.12
48 José Joaquin Rojas Movistar Team + 00.12
49 Stef Clement Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.12
50 Nick Schultz Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.12
51 Steff Cras Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.12
52 James Shaw Lotto - Soudal + 00.12
53 Daniel Navarro Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 00.12
54 Kenny Elissonde Team Sky + 00.12
55 Vegard Stake Laengen UAE Team Emirates + 00.12
56 Andrey Zeits Astana Pro Team + 00.12
57 Nathan Brown Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.12
58 Elie Gesbert Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.12
59 Amaël Moinard Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.12
60 Niklas Eg Trek-Segafredo + 00.12
61 Ben Gastauer AG2R La Mondiale + 00.12
62 Pello Bilbao Astana Pro Team + 00.12
63 Sindre Lunke Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 00.12
64 Floris De Tier Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 00.12
65 Aldemar Reyes Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.12
66 Ricardo Vilela Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.12
67 Carlos Verona Mitchelton - Scott + 00.12
68 Louis Meintjes Team Dimension Data + 00.12
69 Jan Hirt Astana Pro Team + 00.12
70 Daniel Martinez Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.12
71 Ben O'Connor Team Dimension Data + 00.12
72 Ben Hermans Israel Cycling Academy + 00.12
73 Nicolas Roche BMC Racing Team + 00.12
74 Mathias Le Turnier Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 00.12
75 Cristian Rodriguez Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.12
76 Fabio Duarte Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.12
77 Tsgabu Grmay Trek-Segafredo + 00.12
78 Pierre Rolland Team EF Education First - Drapac + 00.12
79 Pablo Torres Burgos - BH + 00.12
80 Arthur Vichot Groupama - FDJ + 00.12
81 Sergio Pardilla Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.12
82 Jhojan Garcia Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.12
83 Sebastian Henao Team Sky + 00.12
84 Matteo Fabbro Team Katusha - Alpecin + 00.12
85 Robert Power Mitchelton - Scott + 00.12
86 Nathan Earle Israel Cycling Academy + 00.12
87 Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ + 00.12
88 Thomas De Gendt Lotto - Soudal + 00.12
89 Sebastien Reichenbach Groupama - FDJ + 00.12
90 Wilmar Paredes Manzana - Postobon Team + 00.12
91 Peter Stetina Trek-Segafredo + 00.12
92 Joaquim Silva Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 00.12
93 David López Team Sky + 00.12
94 Rubén Plaza Israel Cycling Academy + 00.12
95 Jarlinson Pantano Trek-Segafredo + 01.01
96 Joey Rosskopf BMC Racing Team + 01.01
97 Axel Domont AG2R La Mondiale + 01.01
98 Mads Würtz Schmidt Team Katusha - Alpecin + 01.01
99 Maxime Monfort Lotto - Soudal + 01.01
100 Clément Chevrier AG2R La Mondiale + 01.01
101 Jhonnatan Narvaez Quick-Step Floors + 01.01
102 Domen Novak Bahrain - Merida + 01.01
103 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg Team Dimension Data + 01.01
104 Laurens Ten Dam Team Sunweb + 01.01
105 Dorian Godon Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01.01
106 Nikita Stalnov Astana Pro Team + 01.01
107 Jhonatan Restrepo Team Katusha - Alpecin + 01.01
108 Fabricio Ferrari Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 01.01
109 Joe Dombrowski Team EF Education First - Drapac + 01.01
110 Darwin Atapuma UAE Team Emirates + 01.01
111 Sander Armee Lotto - Soudal + 01.01
112 Robert Kiserlovski Team Katusha - Alpecin + 01.01
113 Andriy Grivko Astana Pro Team + 01.34
114 Silvio Herklotz Burgos - BH + 01.37
115 Michael Mørkøv Quick-Step Floors + 01.39
116 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 01.39
117 Jetse Bol Manzana - Postobon Team + 01.39
118 Julen Irizar Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 01.39
119 Willie Smit Team Katusha - Alpecin + 01.39
120 Jose Manuel Diaz Israel Cycling Academy + 01.39
121 Johannes Fröhlinger Team Sunweb + 01.39
122 Winner Anacona Movistar Team + 01.39
123 Edward Ravasi UAE Team Emirates + 01.39
124 Valerio Agnoli Bahrain - Merida + 01.39
125 François Bidard AG2R La Mondiale + 01.39
126 Hector Saez Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 01.39
127 Jérémy Roy Groupama - FDJ + 01.39
128 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team + 01.39
129 Daniel Turek Israel Cycling Academy + 01.44
130 Igor Merino Burgos - BH + 01.44
131 Mikel Bizkarra Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 01.45
132 Aleksejs Saramotins Bora - Hansgrohe + 01.46
133 Zakkari Dempster Israel Cycling Academy + 01.46
134 Natnael Berhane Team Dimension Data + 01.46
135 Cesare Benedetti Bora - Hansgrohe + 01.46
136 Igor Anton Team Dimension Data + 01.46
137 Guillaume Bonnafond Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 01.46
138 Jai Hindley Team Sunweb + 02.05
139 Hernan Aguirre Manzana - Postobon Team + 02.05
140 Michael Storer Team Sunweb + 02.12
141 Rory Sutherland UAE Team Emirates + 02.30
142 Tom Bohli BMC Racing Team + 02.34
143 Bram Tankink Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 02.51
144 Alvaro Hodeg Quick-Step Floors + 03.19
145 Niccolo Bonifazio Bahrain - Merida + 03.29
146 Roberto Ferrari UAE Team Emirates + 03.29
147 Grega Bole Bahrain - Merida + 03.29
148 Enrique Sanz Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 03.29
149 Benoît Jarrier Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 03.29
150 Diego Rubio Burgos - BH + 03.29
151 Miles Scotson BMC Racing Team + 03.29
152 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team LottoNL-Jumbo + 03.29
153 James Knox Quick-Step Floors + 03.29
154 Florian Vachon Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 03.29
155 Maxim Belkov Team Katusha - Alpecin + 03.29
156 Adam Hansen Lotto - Soudal + 03.29
157 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 03.29
158 Jeremy Maison Team Fortuneo - Samsic + 03.29
159 Philip Deignan Team Sky + 03.29
160 William Bonnet Groupama - FDJ + 04.08
161 Pawel Poljanski Bora - Hansgrohe + 06.00
162 Sam Bennett Bora - Hansgrohe + 06.22
163 Cyril Barthe Euskadi Basque Country - Murias + 06.25
164 Max Walscheid Team Sunweb + 06.28
165 Jorge Cubero Burgos - BH + 06.38
166 Roy Goldstein Israel Cycling Academy + 06.42
167 Laurent Didier Trek-Segafredo + 06.42
168 Stéphane Rossetto Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 06.45
169 Steve Cummings Team Dimension Data + 07.42
170 Jesus Ezquerra Burgos - BH + 07.48
171 Daniel Teklehaimanot Cofidis, Solutions Credits + 07.49
172 Markel Irizar Trek-Segafredo + 09.32
173 Antonio Molina Caja Rural - Seguros RGA + 12.28
- Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis, Solutions Credits DNS
- Robert Gesink Team LottoNL-Jumbo DNF

Race profile

Race
Volta Catalunya
Start date
19.03.2018
End date
25.03.2018
Total distance
175.6 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.UWT
Country
Spain
Discipline
Road
First edition
1911

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