Spanish cyclist Mikel Landa won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos in Alto del Castillo today.
Team Sky’s Mikel Landa won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos in Alto del Castillo today. Photo: filip bossuyt (licensed)
The Team Sky rider was followed home by Astana Pro Team’s Sergei Chernetski and Quick-Step Floors’ Julian Alaphilippe.
“I have a special affection for this race and I wanted to achieve something beautiful here,” said Landa.
“Now I have a small lead ahead the two mountainous days later in the week.”
The stage winner carries the overall lead into Wednesday’s second stage, with Chernetski and Alaphilippe two and three second behind respectively.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky | 3:25:58 |
| 2 | Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team | +2" |
| 3 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | +3" |
| 4 | Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | +5" |
| 5 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | +7" |
| 6 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 7 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon | |
| 8 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 9 | Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 10 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 11 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 12 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 13 | Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 14 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 15 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 16 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 17 | Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 18 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 19 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data | |
| 20 | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 21 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 22 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 23 | Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data | |
| 24 | Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 25 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | +18" |
| 26 | Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 27 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 28 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 29 | Mikel Iturria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 30 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 31 | Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 32 | David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 33 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
| 34 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 35 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 36 | Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 37 | Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 38 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 39 | Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 40 | Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 41 | Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon | |
| 42 | Hernan Aguirre (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 43 | Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 44 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 45 | Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 46 | Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 47 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 48 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 49 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 50 | Hernando Bohorquez (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 51 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 52 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 53 | Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team | +31" |
| 54 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 55 | Bernardo Suaza (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 56 | Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 57 | Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 58 | Pablo Torres (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 59 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | +35" |
| 60 | Fernando Barcelo (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 61 | John Anderson Rodriguez (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 62 | Juan Felipe Osorio (Col) Manzana Postobon | +40" |
| 63 | Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 64 | Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | +43" |
| 65 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | +45" |
| 66 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | +47" |
| 67 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | +52" |
| 68 | Julen Irizar (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | +1'08" |
| 69 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky | +1'09" |
| 70 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | +1'30" |
| 71 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | +1'33" |
| 72 | Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | +2'09" |
| 73 | Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | +2'45" |
| 74 | Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | +2'52" |
| 75 | Marcos Jurado (Spa) Burgos BH | +3'22" |
| 76 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | +3'24" |
| 77 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | +3'26" |
| 78 | Aritz Bagues (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | +3'29" |
| 79 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 80 | Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos BH | +4'28" |
| 81 | Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 82 | Eugeniy Koberniak (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 83 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | +4'30" |
| 84 | Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie | |
| 85 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie | |
| 86 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 87 | Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 88 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 89 | Oscar Quiroz (Col) Burgos BH | |
| 90 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 91 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 92 | Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 93 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 94 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 95 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 96 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 97 | Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 98 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 99 | Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 100 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 101 | Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 102 | Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 103 | Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 104 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 105 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 106 | Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 107 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | +4'52" |
| 108 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | +4'58" |
| 109 | Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data | +5'32" |
| 110 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | +7'21" |
| 111 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 112 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 113 | Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | +7'55" |
| 114 | David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky | +8'49" |
| 115 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 116 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 117 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | |
| 118 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | +9'22" |
| 119 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | +10'28" |
| 120 | Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 121 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | +12'16" |
| 122 | Oscar Linares (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 123 | Fernando Orjuela (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 124 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 125 | Joan Bou (Spa) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 126 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 127 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 128 | Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 129 | Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 130 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 131 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 132 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 133 | Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 134 | Ander Barrenetxea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 135 | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 136 | Alvaro Robredo (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 137 | Mikel Aristi (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
General classification
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky | 3:25:58 |
| 2 | Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team | +2" |
| 3 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | +3" |
| 4 | Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | +5" |
| 5 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team | +7" |
| 6 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 7 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon | |
| 8 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 9 | Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 10 | Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 11 | Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 12 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 13 | Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 14 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 15 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 16 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 17 | Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 18 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 19 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data | |
| 20 | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 21 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 22 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 23 | Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data | |
| 24 | Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 25 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | +18" |
| 26 | Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 27 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 28 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 29 | Mikel Iturria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 30 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 31 | Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 32 | David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 33 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
| 34 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 35 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 36 | Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 37 | Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 38 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 39 | Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 40 | Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 41 | Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon | |
| 42 | Hernan Aguirre (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 43 | Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 44 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 45 | Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 46 | Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 47 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 48 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 49 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 50 | Hernando Bohorquez (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 51 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 52 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 53 | Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team | +31" |
| 54 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 55 | Bernardo Suaza (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 56 | Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 57 | Jeremy Cornu (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 58 | Pablo Torres (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 59 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | +35" |
| 60 | Fernando Barcelo (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 61 | John Anderson Rodriguez (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 62 | Juan Felipe Osorio (Col) Manzana Postobon | +40" |
| 63 | Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 64 | Luis Mas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | +43" |
| 65 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | +45" |
| 66 | Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | +47" |
| 67 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | +52" |
| 68 | Julen Irizar (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | +1'08" |
| 69 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky | +1'09" |
| 70 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team | +1'30" |
| 71 | Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | +1'33" |
| 72 | Ben King (USA) Dimension Data | +2'09" |
| 73 | Aleksei Rybalkin (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | +2'45" |
| 74 | Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | +2'52" |
| 75 | Marcos Jurado (Spa) Burgos BH | +3'22" |
| 76 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | +3'24" |
| 77 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | +3'26" |
| 78 | Aritz Bagues (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | +3'29" |
| 79 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 80 | Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos BH | +4'28" |
| 81 | Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 82 | Eugeniy Koberniak (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 83 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | +4'30" |
| 84 | Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie | |
| 85 | Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie | |
| 86 | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 87 | Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 88 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 89 | Oscar Quiroz (Col) Burgos BH | |
| 90 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 91 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 92 | Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 93 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 94 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 95 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 96 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 97 | Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 98 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 99 | Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM | |
| 100 | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 101 | Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie | |
| 102 | Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 103 | Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 104 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 105 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro | |
| 106 | Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 107 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | +4'52" |
| 108 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | +4'58" |
| 109 | Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data | +5'32" |
| 110 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | +7'21" |
| 111 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 112 | Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 113 | Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | +7'55" |
| 114 | David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky | +8'49" |
| 115 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 116 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 117 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | |
| 118 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | +9'22" |
| 119 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | +10'28" |
| 120 | Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 121 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | +12'16" |
| 122 | Oscar Linares (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 123 | Fernando Orjuela (Col) Manzana Postobon | |
| 124 | Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 125 | Joan Bou (Spa) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 126 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 127 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 128 | Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 129 | Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | |
| 130 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 131 | Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom Rusvelo | |
| 132 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 133 | Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 134 | Ander Barrenetxea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country | |
| 135 | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 136 | Alvaro Robredo (Spa) Burgos BH | |
| 137 | Mikel Aristi (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM |
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