• Volta a Catalunya stage 3 summary

    From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Wed Mar 22 18:17:11 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 3 - Olost-La Molina (Alp) 180.6 km

    1 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal - Quick Step 4:40:43
    2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:02
    3 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:13
    4 Jai Hindley (Aus) BORA - hansgrohe 0:13
    5 Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:13
    6 Mikel Landa (Spa) Bahrain - Victorious 0:13
    7 Michael Woods (Can) Israel - Premier Tech 0:13
    8 Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) BORA - hansgrohe 0:13
    9 Esteban Chaves (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:13
    10 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:13


    Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +48 Adam Yates
    +40 Tsgabu Grmay
    +32 Maxim Van Gils
    +31 Joel Nicolau
    +29 Wout Poels
    +27 Romain Combaud
    +25 Txomin Juaristi
    +25 Stephen Williams
    +25 Pau Miquel
    +24 Unai Cuadrado

    Biggest losers by position :
    -49 Callum Scotson
    -49 Torstein Traen
    -37 Andres Camilo Ardila
    -37 Laurens Huys
    -37 Victor Langellotti
    -32 Simon Carr
    -32 Tobias Halland Johannessen
    -29 Sylvain Moniquet
    -23 Jose Herrada
    -22 Harold Tejada
    -21 Rein Taaramae

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:06 Remco Evenepoel

    Biggest losers by time :
    -25:55 Anders Halland Johannessen
    -25:51 Ivo Oliveira
    -25:51 Jon Aberasturi
    -25:50 Tobias Halland Johannessen
    -25:50 Torstein Traen
    -25:25 Marc Brustenga
    -25:17 Abel Balderstone
    -25:17 Alessandro De Marchi
    -25:17 Alexandre Delettre
    -25:17 Andres Camilo Ardila
    -25:17 Andrey Amador

    Favourites by position :
    +48 Adam Yates
    +14 Gino Mader
    +5 Romain Bardet
    +4 Jack Haig
    +3 Guillaume Martin
    +2 Rigoberto Uran
    +2 Ben O'Connor
    +1 Jai Hindley
    -5 Richard Carapaz
    -12 Egan Bernal
    -17 Geraint Thomas

    Favourites by time :
    +0:06 Remco Evenepoel
    -0:17 Romain Bardet
    -0:17 Mikel Landa
    -0:17 Joao Almeida
    -0:17 Jai Hindley
    -0:17 Ben O'Connor
    -0:26 Rigoberto Uran
    -0:58 Adam Yates
    -1:00 Jack Haig
    -2:34 Guillaume Martin
    -8:52 Richard Carapaz
    -10:28 Egan Bernal
    -12:03 Gino Mader
    -12:03 Geraint Thomas

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Primoz Roglic 12:42:17 (unchanged)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:06)
    3 Giulio Ciccone 0:19 (was 3rd at 0:06)
    4 Mikel Landa 0:44 (was 4th at 0:27)
    5 Joao Almeida 0:44 (was 5th at 0:27)
    6 Jai Hindley 0:48 (was 7th at 0:31)
    7 Michael Woods 0:48 (was 6th at 0:31)
    8 Esteban Chaves 0:48 (was 8th at 0:31)
    9 Cian Uijtdebroeks 0:58 (was 9th at 0:41)
    10 Marc Soler 1:12 (was 10th at 0:46)
    11 Ben O'Connor 1:41 (was 13th at 1:24)
    12 Rigoberto Uran 1:50 (was 14th at 1:24)
    13 Romain Bardet 2:05 (was 18th at 1:48)
    .....
    18 Jack Haig 3:26 (was 22nd at 2:26)
    .....
    26 Guillaume Martin 5:25 (was 29th at 2:51)
    .....
    34 Adam Yates 12:00 (was 82nd at 11:02)
    .....
    40 Richard Carapaz 12:28 (was 35th at 3:36)
    .....
    44 Egan Bernal 13:39 (was 32nd at 3:11)
    .....
    53 Geraint Thomas 15:50 (was 36th at 3:47)
    .....
    67 Gino Mader 22:37 (was 81st at 10:34)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Primoz Roglic 22 (was 1st with 16 points)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 20 (was 3rd with 10 points)
    3 Giulio Ciccone 14 (was 2nd with 10 points)
    4 Simone Petilli 8 (was 4th with 5 points)
    5 Rune Herregodts 4 (unchanged)
    6 Guillaume Martin 4 (was 0 points)
    7 Ide Schelling 4 (unchanged)
    8 Jetse Bol 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
    9 Richard Carapaz 3 (was 0 points)
    10 Oscar Onley 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 EVENEPOEL Remco 10 (was 3rd with 4 points)
    2 ROGLIC Primoz 6 (unchanged)
    3 CICCONE Giulio 4 (was 1st with 10 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 UAE Team Emirates 38:10:22 (was 1st at 24:06:44)
    2 EF Education-EasyPost 4:13 (was 3rd at 3:41)
    3 Movistar Team 5:39 (was 5th at 4:02)
    4 BORA - hansgrohe 5:54 (was 2nd at 2:31)
    5 Bahrain - Victorious 8:47 (was 6th at 4:56)
    6 AG2R Citroen Team 11:59 (was 4th at 3:49)
    7 Soudal - Quick Step 16:19 (was 10th at 7:47)
    8 Jumbo-Visma 16:54 (was 11th at 9:35)
    9 Cofidis 18:53 (was 9th at 7:20)
    10 Intermarche - Circus - Wanty 23:06 (was 7th at 6:00)
    11 Israel - Premier Tech 28:24 (was 12th at 11:25)
    12 INEOS Grenadiers 28:38 (was 8th at 6:18)
    13 Trek - Segafredo 33:38 (was 16th at 14:47)
    14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 35:42 (was 14th at 13:39)
    15 Team DSM 36:39 (was 15th at 14:41)
    16 Lotto Dstny 42:21 (was 18th at 16:39)
    17 Burgos-BH 49:43 (was 17th at 14:48)
    18 Groupama - FDJ 54:21 (was 20th at 19:56)
    19 Equipo Kern Pharma 56:56 (was 13th at 13:15)
    20 Team Jayco AlUla 59:29 (was 19th at 19:05)
    21 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:03:29 (was 22th at 23:08)
    22 Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:12:29 (was 23th at 23:57)
    23 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:14:05 (was 21th at 21:35)
    24 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:26:39 (was 25th at 37:13)
    25 Team Arkea Samsic 1:30:43 (was 24th at 36:11)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Alexandre Balmer (Team Jayco AlUla) 3 <<<
    Clement Davy (Groupama - FDJ) 3 <<<
    Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 2
    Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
    Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto Dstny) 2
    Hugo Hofstetter (Team Arkea Samsic) 2
    Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 2
    Kristian Sbaragli (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 2
    Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH) 2
    Dario Cataldo (Trek - Segafredo) 1
    Luke Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers) 1
    Maxime Bouet (Team Arkea Samsic) 1
    Total retirements : 12


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  • From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Wed Mar 20 18:15:20 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 3 : Sant Joan de les Abadesses > Port Aine (176.7 km)

    1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) 4:34:25
    2 Mikel Landa (Spa) 0:48
    3 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) 1:03
    4 Wout Poels (Ned) 1:03
    5 Sepp Kuss (USA) 1:03
    6 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) 1:10
    7 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) 1:10
    8 Chris Harper (Aus) 1:10
    9 Lenny Martinez (Fra) 1:10
    10 Enric Mas (Spa) 1:10


    Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +56 Matthew Riccitello
    +50 Mikel Bizkarra
    +45 Victor De La Parte
    +43 Johannes Adamietz
    +40 Rein Taaramae
    +34 Robert Gesink
    +34 Michel Ries
    +33 Romain Combaud
    +31 Eduardo Sepulveda
    +29 Kenny Elissonde

    Biggest losers by position :
    -62 Jose Manuel Diaz
    -42 Marc Soler
    -40 Remy Rochas
    -30 Ide Schelling
    -29 Lilian Calmejane
    -29 Simon Yates
    -27 Dylan Teuns
    -27 Javier Romo
    -25 Harold Tejada
    -25 Jaakko Hanninen
    -24 Cyril Barthe

    Biggest gainers by time :

    Biggest losers by time :
    -33:47 Alex Jaime
    -33:47 Anders Halland Johannessen
    -33:47 Arne Marit
    -33:47 Bryan Coquard
    -33:47 Cesare Benedetti
    -33:47 Cyril Barthe
    -33:47 Domen Novak
    -33:47 Eddy Le Huitouze
    -33:47 Emils Liepins
    -33:47 Harrison Wood
    -33:47 Ide Schelling

    Favourites by position :
    +25 Louis Meintjes
    +18 Geraint Thomas
    +7 Jan Hirt
    +5 Damiano Caruso
    +5 Cian Uijtdebroeks
    +2 Sepp Kuss
    +2 Enric Mas
    -2 Nairo Quintana
    -6 Joao Almeida
    -8 Sergio Higuita
    -21 Jack Haig
    -29 Simon Yates

    Favourites by time :
    -0:52 Mikel Landa
    -1:13 Sepp Kuss
    -1:17 Aleksandr Vlasov
    -1:20 Enric Mas
    -1:30 Cian Uijtdebroeks
    -1:56 Joao Almeida
    -3:32 Nairo Quintana
    -4:22 Geraint Thomas
    -4:22 Damiano Caruso
    -5:22 Jan Hirt
    -6:07 Sergio Higuita
    -6:49 Louis Meintjes
    -25:34 Simon Yates
    -25:34 Jack Haig

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Tadej Pogacar 13:38:12 (unchanged)
    2 Mikel Landa 2:27 (was 2nd at 1:35)
    3 Aleksandr Vlasov 2:55 (was 3rd at 1:38)
    4 Lenny Martinez 3:21 (was 5th at 2:01)
    5 Chris Harper 3:22 (was 6th at 2:02)
    6 Enric Mas 3:27 (was 8th at 2:07)
    7 Sepp Kuss 3:34 (was 9th at 2:21)
    8 Wout Poels 3:34 (was 12th at 2:21)
    9 Egan Bernal 3:50 (was 7th at 2:02)
    10 Joao Almeida 3:52 (was 4th at 1:56)
    .....
    16 Cian Uijtdebroeks 4:33 (was 21st at 3:03)
    .....
    20 Nairo Quintana 6:17 (was 18th at 2:45)
    .....
    22 Damiano Caruso 7:38 (was 27th at 3:16)
    .....
    24 Geraint Thomas 8:10 (was 42nd at 3:48)
    .....
    31 Jan Hirt 9:04 (was 38th at 3:42)
    32 Sergio Higuita 9:17 (was 24th at 3:10)
    .....
    45 Louis Meintjes 17:05 (was 70th at 10:16)
    .....
    69 Simon Yates 29:18 (was 40th at 3:44)
    .....
    78 Jack Haig 32:32 (was 57th at 6:58)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Tadej Pogacar 28 (was 1st with 18 points)
    2 Mikel Landa 12 (was 5th with 6 points)
    3 Nick Schultz 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
    4 Aleksandr Vlasov 7 (was 7th with 4 points)
    5 Mikel Bizkarra 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
    6 Xabier Isasa 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
    7 Jimmy Janssens 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
    8 Antonio Tiberi 4 (was 0 points)
    9 Stephen Williams 4 (was 8th with 4 points)
    10 Simone Petilli 4 (was 9th with 4 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Tadej Pogacar 55 (was 1st with 29 points)
    2 Mikel Landa 40 (was 2nd with 20 points)
    3 Harold Tejada 37 (was 0 points)
    4 Aleksandr Vlasov 26 (was 3rd with 16 points)
    5 Joao Almeida 24 (was 4th with 14 points)
    6 Steven Kruijswijk 20 (was 0 points)
    7 Antonio Tiberi 16 (was 0 points)
    8 Attila Valter 16 (was 0 points)
    9 Sepp Kuss 14 (was 15th with 2 points)
    10 Wout Poels 14 (was 0 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 Movistar Team 41:08:35 (was 2nd at 2:22)
    2 Bahrain - Victorious 1:14 (was 4th at 3:34)
    3 INEOS Grenadiers 2:24 (was 5th at 3:47)
    4 Israel - Premier Tech 7:12 (was 15th at 7:36)
    5 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 7:28 (was 12th at 6:07)
    6 Soudal Quick-Step 9:25 (was 3rd at 2:49)
    7 EF Education - EasyPost 11:18 (was 14th at 7:19)
    8 UAE Team Emirates 13:45 (was 1st at 27:16:42)
    9 BORA - hansgrohe 14:15 (was 6th at 4:48)
    10 Lidl - Trek 14:40 (was 7th at 5:09)
    11 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 15:50 (was 9th at 5:43)
    12 Equipo Kern Pharma 24:44 (was 16th at 8:32)
    13 Arkea - B&B Hotels 25:13 (was 10th at 5:47)
    14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 26:11 (was 18th at 12:04)
    15 Burgos - BH 32:19 (was 8th at 5:35)
    16 Astana Qazaqstan Team 34:57 (was 11th at 6:01)
    17 Team Jayco AlUla 36:47 (was 13th at 6:46)
    18 Uno-X Mobility 39:51 (was 19th at 15:13)
    19 Groupama - FDJ 44:10 (was 17th at 11:39)
    20 Intermarche - Wanty 51:41 (was 21th at 25:41)
    21 Cofidis 1:01:15 (was 23th at 35:31)
    22 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:05:51 (was 20th at 18:06)
    23 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 1:19:06 (was 22th at 34:03)
    24 Lotto Dstny 1:33:53 (was 25th at 54:11)
    25 Alpecin - Deceuninck 1:45:03 (was 24th at 39:47)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Loe Van Belle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 3 <<<
    Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny (PRT)) 3 <<<
    Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (WT)) 3 <<<
    Samuel Gaze (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 3 <<<
    Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates (WT)) 2
    Lars Boven (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 2
    Bart Lemmen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 1
    Laurens Huys (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 1
    Patrick Bevin (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (WT)) 1
    Total retirements : 9


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  • From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Wed Mar 26 20:05:08 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 3 : Viladecans The Style Outlets > La Molina (218.6 km)

    1 Juan Ayuso (Spa) 5:49:29
    2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) 0:00
    3 Mikel Landa (Spa) 0:02
    4 Lenny Martinez (Fra) 0:04
    5 Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) 0:04
    6 Enric Mas (Spa) 0:04
    7 Egan Bernal (Col) 0:04
    8 Harold Martin Lopez (Ecu) 0:04
    9 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) 0:04
    10 Adam Yates (GBr) 0:04


    Changes in GC, stage 3 compared to stage 2 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +70 Johannes Staune-Mittet
    +70 Geraint Thomas
    +66 Mikel Bizkarra
    +60 Geoffrey Bouchard
    +50 Remy Rochas
    +49 Eduardo Sepulveda
    +48 Louis Meintjes
    +47 Sam Oomen
    +43 Gianmarco Garofoli
    +42 Esteban Chaves

    Biggest losers by position :
    -102 Kaden Groves
    -98 Tibor Del Grosso
    -95 Edward Planckaert
    -89 Pavel Bittner
    -84 Andrea Vendrame
    -61 Dorian Godon
    -58 Anders Foldager
    -58 Matthew Brennan
    -58 Stanislaw Aniolkowski
    -54 Gal Glivar
    -50 Menno Huising

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:13 Juan Ayuso
    +0:09 Primoz Roglic
    +0:05 Mikel Landa

    Biggest losers by time :
    -39:11 Daniel Babor
    -27:28 Albert Torres
    -27:28 Edward Planckaert
    -27:28 Jimmy Janssens
    -27:28 Jon Aberasturi
    -27:28 Kaden Groves
    -27:28 Patrick Eddy
    -27:28 Timo Roosen
    -27:28 Will Barta
    -26:59 Danny Van Der Tuuk
    -26:58 Henok Mulubrhan

    Favourites by position :
    +70 Geraint Thomas
    +48 Louis Meintjes
    +41 Felix Gall
    +35 Sepp Kuss
    +31 Lennard Kamna
    +15 Mikel Landa
    +12 Adam Yates
    +10 Simon Yates
    +10 Ben O'Connor
    +9 Richard Carapaz
    +5 Nairo Quintana
    +4 Primoz Roglic
    +4 Juan Ayuso

    Favourites by time :
    +0:13 Juan Ayuso
    +0:09 Primoz Roglic
    +0:05 Mikel Landa
    -0:01 Simon Yates
    -0:01 Sepp Kuss
    -0:01 Richard Carapaz
    -0:01 Felix Gall
    -0:01 Enric Mas
    -0:01 Ben O'Connor
    -0:01 Adam Yates
    -0:16 Nairo Quintana
    -2:19 Louis Meintjes
    -2:19 Geraint Thomas
    -8:59 Lennard Kamna

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Juan Ayuso 14:30:49 (was 5th at 0:13)
    2 Primoz Roglic 0:06 (was 6th at 0:15)
    3 Mikel Landa 0:11 (was 18th at 0:16)
    4 Enric Mas 0:14 (was 4th at 0:13)
    5 Junior Lecerf 0:17 (was 9th at 0:16)
    6 Lenny Martinez 0:17 (was 17th at 0:16)
    7 Richard Carapaz 0:17 (was 16th at 0:16)
    8 Laurens De Plus 0:17 (was 14th at 0:16)
    9 Lennert Van Eetvelt 0:17 (was 19th at 0:16)
    10 Egan Bernal 0:17 (was 22nd at 0:16)
    .....
    14 Ben O'Connor 0:32 (was 24th at 0:31)
    .....
    18 Adam Yates 0:32 (was 30th at 0:31)
    19 Simon Yates 0:32 (was 29th at 0:31)
    .....
    23 Nairo Quintana 0:47 (was 28th at 0:31)
    .....
    28 Sepp Kuss 2:52 (was 63rd at 2:51)
    .....
    32 Felix Gall 3:09 (was 73rd at 3:08)
    .....
    45 Louis Meintjes 9:07 (was 93rd at 6:48)
    .....
    62 Geraint Thomas 14:23 (was 132nd at 12:04)
    .....
    74 Lennard Kamna 17:51 (was 105th at 8:52)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Matthew Brennan 16 (unchanged)
    2 Juan Ayuso 13 (was 10th with 3 points)
    3 Ethan Vernon 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
    4 Kaden Groves 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
    5 Primoz Roglic 7 (was 13th with 1 points)
    6 Mats Wenzel 6 (was 0 points)
    7 Jan Castellon 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
    8 Diego Uriarte 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
    9 Danny Van Der Tuuk 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
    10 Calum Johnston 4 (was 7th with 4 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Bruno Armirail 31 (was 0 points)
    2 Mats Wenzel 28 (was 0 points)
    3 Alex Molenaar 18 (was 0 points)
    4 Danny Van Der Tuuk 16 (was 1st with 16 points)
    5 Lorenzo Germani 16 (was 0 points)
    6 Pablo Torres 12 (was 0 points)
    7 Mario Aparicio 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
    8 Juan Ayuso 10 (was 0 points)
    9 Pavel Sivakov 10 (was 0 points)
    10 Primoz Roglic 8 (was 0 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 43:33:33 (was 3rd at 0:15)
    2 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:11 (was 4th at 0:30)
    3 XDS Astana Team 1:07 (was 6th at 1:07)
    4 Soudal Quick-Step 2:53 (was 5th at 0:52)
    5 Burgos Burpellet BH 4:19 (was 15th at 4:05)
    6 INEOS Grenadiers 4:38 (was 11th at 2:35)
    7 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 4:53 (was 9th at 2:25)
    8 Lidl - Trek 7:06 (was 7th at 2:17)
    9 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 7:44 (was 8th at 2:25)
    10 Arkea - B&B Hotels 10:18 (was 19th at 5:59)
    11 Israel - Premier Tech 10:40 (was 13th at 2:50)
    12 Movistar Team 11:20 (was 14th at 3:07)
    13 Lotto 13:23 (was 10th at 2:32)
    14 EF Education - EasyPost 13:34 (was 17th at 4:31)
    15 Groupama - FDJ 15:54 (was 12th at 2:47)
    16 Equipo Kern Pharma 20:54 (was 16th at 4:21)
    17 Cofidis 35:06 (was 18th at 4:42)
    18 Bahrain - Victorious 37:05 (was 2nd at 0:00)
    19 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 38:48 (was 20th at 7:44)
    20 Team Jayco AlUla 41:55 (was 22th at 9:59)
    21 Intermarche - Wanty 43:19 (was 21th at 8:57)
    22 Alpecin - Deceuninck 56:36 (was 1st at 26:04:39)
    23 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1:11:19 (was 24th at 25:04)
    24 Team Picnic PostNL 1:26:55 (was 23th at 10:10)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Elie Gesbert (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 3 <<<
    Haoyu Su (XDS Astana Team (WT)) 3 <<<
    Henri Vandenabeele (Lotto (PRT)) 3 <<<
    Laurens Huys (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 3 <<<
    Rainer Kepplinger (Bahrain - Victorious (WT)) 3 <<<
    Stan Van Tricht (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 3 <<<
    Nolann Mahoudo (Cofidis (WT)) 2
    Simon Clarke (Israel - Premier Tech (PRT)) 2
    Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 2
    Jon Agirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi (PRT)) 1
    Jose Luis Faura (Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT)) 1
    Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 1
    Total retirements : 12


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