August 25, 2018 (Malaga, Spain) – Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team took the opening Stage 1 ITT 8 km victory in Malaga as the Vuelta a Espana got underway. Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) was 122nd and Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ finished 126th.

Results

1. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9:39
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:06
3. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07
4. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:17
5. Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:20
6. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:21
7. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Team Sky
8. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
9. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 0:22
10. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
11. Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
12. Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
13. Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:23
14. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
15. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
16. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 0:24
17. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
18. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Sky
19. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:25
20. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:27
21. Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:28
22. Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
23. Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
24. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 0:29
25. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
26. Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
28. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
29. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Dimension Data
30. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
31. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30
32. Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
33. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team
34. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
35. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
36. Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:31
37. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors
38. Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
39. Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:33
40. Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors 0:34
41. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
42. Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43. Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:35
44. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
45. Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
46. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
47. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
48. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49. Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36
50. Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
51. Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Katusha-Alpecin
52. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:38
53. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
54. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
55. Michael Albasini (Sui) Mitchelton-Scott
56. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
58. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
59. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:39
60. Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:40
61. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
62. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
63. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
64. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
64. Adam Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
66. Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
67. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team 0:41
68. Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
69. Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42
70. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo
72. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
73. Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
74. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
75. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
76. Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
77. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
78. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:43
79. Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team 0:44
80. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:45
81. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky
82. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
83. Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:46
84. Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
85. Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:47
86. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
87. Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
88. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:48
89. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
90. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:49
91. Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
92. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
92. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
94. Hector Saez Benito (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:50
95. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
96. Daniel Moreno (Esp) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
97. Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:51
98. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
99. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
100. Igor Anton (Esp) Dimension Data
101. Ivan Garcia (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
102. Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:52
103. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:53
104. Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
105. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
106. Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:54
107. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
108. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
109. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
110. Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:55
111. Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
112. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:56
113. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:57
114. Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Esp) Burgos BH
115. Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
116. Diego Rubio Hernandez (Esp) Burgos BH 0:58
117. Eduard Prades Reverter (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
117. Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
119. Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:59
120. Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
121. Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
122. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
123. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
124. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
125. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:00
126. Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
127. Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:01
128. Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
129. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:02
130. Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
131. Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
132. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
133. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
134. Antonio Molina Canet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:03
135. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
136. Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH 1:04
137. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138. José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH
139. Omar Fraile (Esp) Astana Pro Team
140. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:05
141. Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
142. Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
143. Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:06
144. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
145. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:07
146. Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
147. Jorge Cubero Galvez (Esp) Burgos BH
148. Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
149. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
150. Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
151. Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 1:08
152. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:09
153. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:10
154. Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
155. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
156. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:11
157. Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
158. Pablo Torres Muiño (Esp) Burgos BH 1:12
159. Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
160. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:13
161. Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162. Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:14
163. Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:15
164. Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
165. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
166. Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:16
167. Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
168. Mikel Iturria Segurola (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
169. Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:17
170. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 1:18
171. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:20
172. Jordi Simon Casulleras (Esp) Burgos BH 1:23
173. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:34
174. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
175. Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 1:38
176. Oscar Cabedo Carda (Esp) Burgos BH 1:42

GC after Stage 1

1. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9:39
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 6
3. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 7
4. Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:17
5. Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:20
6. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:21
7. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Team Sky
8. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
9. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 0:22
10. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
11. Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
12. Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
13. Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:23
14. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
15. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
16. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 0:24
17. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
18. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Sky
19. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:25
20. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:27
21. Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:28
22. Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
23. Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
24. Benjamin King (USA) Dimension Data 0:29
25. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
26. Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
28. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
29. Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Dimension Data
30. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
31. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30
32. Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
33. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team
34. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
35. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
36. Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:31
37. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Floors
38. Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
39. Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:33
40. Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors 0:34
41. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
42. Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
43. Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 0:35
44. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
45. Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
46. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
47. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
48. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
49. Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36
50. Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida
51. Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Katusha-Alpecin
52. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:38
53. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo
54. Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
55. Michael Albasini (Sui) Mitchelton-Scott
56. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
58. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
59. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:39
60. Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:40
61. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data
62. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
63. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
64. Adam Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
65. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
66. Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
67. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team 0:41
68. Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
69. Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42
70. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo
72. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
73. Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
74. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
75. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
76. Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
77. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
78. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:43
79. Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team 0:44
80. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:45
81. David De La Cruz (Esp) Team Sky
82. Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
83. Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:46
84. Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
85. Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:47
86. Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
87. Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
88. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:48
89. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
90. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:49
91. Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
92. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
93. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
94. Hector Saez Benito (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:50
95. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
96. Daniel Moreno (Esp) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
97. Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:51
98. Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
99. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
100. Igor Anton (Esp) Dimension Data
101. Ivan Garcia (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
102. Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:52
103. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:53
104. Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
105. Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
106. Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:54
107. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
108. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
109. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
110. Floris De Tier (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:55
111. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:56
112. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:57
113. Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Esp) Burgos BH
114. Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
115. Diego Rubio Hernandez (Esp) Burgos BH 0:58
116. Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
117. Eduard Prades Reverter (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
118. Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:59
119. Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
120. Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
122. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
123. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
124. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:00
125. Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
126. Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:01
127. Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
128. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:02
129. Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
130. Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
131. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
132. Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
133. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
134. Antonio Molina Canet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:03
135. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
136. Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos BH 1:04
137. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
138. José Mendes (Por) Burgos BH
139. Omar Fraile (Esp) Astana Pro Team
140. Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:05
141. Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
142. Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
143. Nelson Andres Soto Martinez (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:06
144. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
145. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:07
146. Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
147. Jorge Cubero Galvez (Esp) Burgos BH
148. Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
149. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
150. Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
151. Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 1:08
152. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:09
153. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:10
154. Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
155. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
156. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:11
157. Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
158. Pablo Torres Muiño (Esp) Burgos BH 1:12
159. Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
160. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:13
161. Jose Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
162. Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:14
163. Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:15
164. Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
165. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
166. Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:16
167. Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
168. Mikel Iturria Segurola (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
169. Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:17
170. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 1:18
171. Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:20
172. Jordi Simon Casulleras (Esp) Burgos BH 1:23
173. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:34
174. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
175. Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Esp) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 1:38
176. Oscar Cabedo Carda (Esp) Burgos BH 1:42