April 27, 2019 (Spain) – Canada’s Guillaume Boivin (Israel Cycling Academy) won the Sprints Classification en route to second overall at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon that wrapped up today in Spain with the final 151.8km Stage 3 road race from Leon to Villafranca del Bierzo. Boivin’s teammate Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy) took the overall victory winning the first two stages.

Boivin looked stellar in the first two stages, taking 8th on the opening 181 km Stage 1 after a bunch sprint. He moved into second overall finishing just off the podium in 4th on the second stage from Fromista to Villada,170.3 km, after getting into a break for most of the day.

The lone Canuck at the three-day stage race in the northwestern region of Spain he took home the silver medal placing 27th on the final stage of the tour with the same time as the winner. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie claimed the final spot on the final GC podium taking third overall.

Results (brief)

Stage 1 – April 25 – Belorado to Castrojeriz – 181 km
1. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 5:08
2. Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
3. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
4. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
5. Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team
6. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:01
7. Hector Saez Benito (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
8. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
9. Eduard Prades (Esp) Movistar Team 0:04
10. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team

Stage 2 – April 26 – Fromista to Villada – 170.3 km
1. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 4:08:13
2. Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
3. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
4. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
5. Stefano Oldani (Ita) Kometa Cycling Team
6. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
7. Diego Rubio Hernandez (Esp) Burgos-BH
8. Hector Saez Benito (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
9. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10. Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 0:25

Stage 3 – April 27 – Leon to Villafranca del Bierzo – 151.8 km
1. Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 3:54:17
2. João Carlos Araújo Matias (Por) Vito-Feirense-PNB
3. Jordan Arley Parra Arias (Col) Manzana Postobon
4. Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
5. Stefano Oldani (Ita) Kometa Cycling Team
6. Oscar Pelegri Ferrandis (Esp) Vito-Feirense-PNB
7. Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Esp) Burgos-BH
8. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
9. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
10. Mario Gonzalez Salas (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias

27. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy

Final GC

1. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 13:02:18
2. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:15
3. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:16
4. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 0:17
5. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:20
6. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:21
7. Hector Saez Benito (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
8. Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:56
9. Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 1:11
10. Eduard Prades (Esp) Movistar Team 1:17

Final Sprints Classification

1. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 6 pts
2. Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 3
3. Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Esp) Efapel 3
4. Jaume Sureda Morey (Esp) Burgos-BH 3
5. Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3
6. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 3
7. Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Esp) Burgos-BH 3
8. Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 2
9. Alvaro Trueba Diego (Esp) Sporting-Tavira 2
10. Marcos Jurado Rodriguez (Esp) Efapel 2
11. Eduard Prades (Esp) Movistar Team 1
12. Frederico José Oliveira Figueiredo (Por) Sporting-Tavira 1
13. Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon 1
14. Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 1