September 16, 2018 (Madrid, Spain) – Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott, 26, rolled across the line in Madrid to claim his first-ever Grand Tour victory winning the 2018 Vuelta a Espana. Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) took home his first-ever Grand Tour stage victory en route to 34th overall.

The final stage from Alcorcón to Madrid, 109km ended with the usual and spectacular bunch sprint as Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors took the win over Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe in second and Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo in third.

Joining Yates on the final Vuelta podium were Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors in second and Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team in third. It was the fifth Grand Tour victory in a row for British riders as well as the first for an Australian-owned team, Mitchelton-SCOTT.

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

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