Vuelta a Espana 2018

The 2018 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 25 August and 16 September 2018. The race was the 73rd edition of the Vuelta a España and was the final Grand Tour of the 2018 cycling season. The race started in Málaga and finished in Madrid.

The race was won by British rider Simon Yates from the team Mitchelton–Scott.

2018 Vuelta a España

2018 UCI World Tour, race 31 of 37

Race details

Dates

25 August – 16 September

Stages

21

Distance

3,271.4 km (2,033 mi)

Winning time

82h 05′ 58″

Results


Winner	Simon Yates (GBR)	(Mitchelton–Scott)
Second	Enric Mas (ESP)	(Quick-Step Floors)
Third	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	(Astana)
Points	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	(Movistar Team)
Mountains	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	(Lotto–Soudal)
Youth	Enric Mas (ESP)	(Quick-Step Floors)
Combination	Simon Yates (GBR)	(Mitchelton–Scott)
Combativity	Bauke Mollema (NED)	(Trek–Segafredo)
Team	Movistar Team

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Stages

List of stages
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	25 August	Málaga	8 km (5 mi)	Individual time trial	Rohan Dennis (AUS)
2	26 August	Marbella to Caminito del Rey	163.9 km (102 mi)	Hilly stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
3	27 August	Mijas to Alhaurín de la Torre	182.5 km (113 mi)	Hilly stage	Elia Viviani (ITA)
4	28 August	Vélez-Málaga to Alfacar	162 km (101 mi)	Mountain stage	Ben King (USA)
5	29 August	Granada to Roquetas de Mar	188 km (117 mi)	Intermediate stage	Simon Clarke (AUS)
6	30 August	Huércal-Overa to San Javier	153 km (95 mi)	Flat stage	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)
7	31 August	Puerto Lumbreras to Pozo Alcón	182 km (113 mi)	Hilly stage	Tony Gallopin (FRA)
8	1 September	Linares to Almadén	195.5 km (121 mi)	Hilly stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
9	2 September	Talavera de la Reina to La Covatilla	195 km (121 mi)	Mountain stage	Ben King (USA)
	3 September	Salamanca		Rest day
10	4 September	Salamanca to Fermoselle	172.5 km (107 mi)	Flat stage	Elia Viviani (ITA)
11	5 September	Mombuey to Ribeira Sacra/Luíntra	208.8 km (130 mi)	Intermediate stage	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)
12	6 September	Mondoñedo to Punta de Estaca de Bares	177.5 km (110 mi)	Hilly stage	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)
13	7 September	Candás to La Camperona	175.5 km (109 mi)	Mountain stage	Óscar Rodríguez (ESP)
14	8 September	Cistierna to Les Praeres de Nava	167 km (104 mi)	Mountain stage	Simon Yates (GBR)
15	9 September	Ribera de Arriba to Lakes of Covadonga	185.5 km (115 mi)	Mountain stage	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
	10 September	Santander		Rest day
16	11 September	Santillana del Mar to Torrelavega	32.7 km (20 mi)	Individual time trial	Rohan Dennis (AUS)
17	12 September	Getxo to Oiz	166.4 km (103 mi)	Intermediate stage	Michael Woods (CAN)
18	13 September	Ejea de los Caballeros to Lleida	180.5 km (112 mi)	Flat stage	Jelle Wallays (BEL)
19	14 September	Lleida to Naturlandia (Andorra)	157 km (98 mi)	Mountain stage	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
20	15 September	Escaldes-Engordany (Andorra) to Coll de la Gallina (Andorra)	105.8 km (66 mi)	Mountain stage	Enric Mas (ESP)
21	16 September	Alcorcón to Madrid	112.3 km (70 mi)	Flat stage	Elia Viviani (ITA)
	Total		3,271.4 km (2,033 mi)

Classification leadership

Mountains classification points
Category	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Cima Alberto Fernández	20	15	10	6	4	2
Special-category	15	10	6	4	2
First-category	10	6	4	2	1
Second-category	5	3	1
Third-category	3	2	1

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combination classification	Team classification	Combativity award	Young rider award
1	Rohan Dennis	Rohan Dennis	Rohan Dennis^[a]	not awarded^[a]	Rohan Dennis^[a]	BMC Racing Team	not awarded	Benjamin Thomas
2	Alejandro Valverde	Michał Kwiatkowski	Michał Kwiatkowski^[b]	Luis Ángel Maté	Michał Kwiatkowski^[b]	Team Sky	Luis Ángel Maté	Laurens De Plus
3	Elia Viviani					Team Sky	Jordi Simón	Laurens De Plus
4	Ben King					Astana	Luis Ángel Maté	Enric Mas
5	Simon Clarke	Rudy Molard			Alejandro Valverde		Bauke Mollema
6	Nacer Bouhanni				Michał Kwiatkowski^[c]		Jorge Cubero^[21]
7	Tony Gallopin		Alejandro Valverde		Alejandro Valverde^[d]		Alex Aranburu
8	Alejandro Valverde						Jorge Cubero
9	Ben King	Simon Yates				LottoNL–Jumbo	Lluís Mas	Miguel Ángel López
10	Elia Viviani		Peter Sagan				Jesús Ezquerra
11	Alessandro De Marchi		Alejandro Valverde				Bauke Mollema
12	Alexandre Geniez	Jesús Herrada				Bahrain–Merida	Thomas De Gendt
13	Óscar Rodríguez	Jesús Herrada					Gorka Izagirre
14	Simon Yates	Simon Yates					Michał Kwiatkowski
15	Thibaut Pinot						Bauke Mollema
16	Rohan Dennis					Movistar Team	not awarded	Enric Mas
17	Michael Woods			Thomas De Gendt			Omar Fraile
18	Jelle Wallays						Jetse Bol
19	Thibaut Pinot				Simon Yates^[e]		Jonathan Castroviejo
20	Enric Mas						Jesús Herrada
21	Elia Viviani						not awarded
Final		Simon Yates	Alejandro Valverde	Thomas De Gendt	Simon Yates	Movistar Team	Bauke Mollema	Enric Mas

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the points classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification		Denotes the leader of the combination classification
	Denotes the winner of the combativity award		Denotes the winner of the young rider award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Simon Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	82h 05′ 58″
2	Enric Mas (ESP)	Quick-Step Floors	+ 1′ 46″
3	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Astana	+ 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	+ 6′ 07″
8	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 6′ 51″
9	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Bahrain–Merida	+ 11′ 09″
10	Wilco Kelderman (NED)	Team Sunweb	+ 11′ 11″

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	131
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Bora–Hansgrohe	119
3	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Quick-Step Floors	105
4	Simon Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	104
5	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Astana	103
6	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	95
7	Dylan Teuns (BEL)	BMC Racing Team	93
8	Steven Kruijswijk (NED)	LottoNL–Jumbo	80
9	Danny van Poppel (NED)	LottoNL–Jumbo	80
10	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	76

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	95
2	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Trek–Segafredo	83
3	Luis Ángel Maté (ESP)	Cofidis	64
4	Ben King (USA)	Team Dimension Data	56
5	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Astana	45
6	Simon Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	38
7	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	36
8	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	EF Education First–Drapac	31
9	Michael Woods (CAN)	EF Education First–Drapac	21
10	Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)	Team Sky	20

Combination classification

Final combination classification (1–10)
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Simon Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	11
2	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Astana	13
3	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	18
4	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	19
5	Enric Mas (ESP)	Quick-Step Floors	24
6	Steven Kruijswijk (NED)	LottoNL–Jumbo	29
7	Ben King (USA)	Team Dimension Data	41
8	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	EF Education First–Drapac	45
9	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	47
10	Rafał Majka (POL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	47

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)
Rank	Team	Time
1	Movistar Team	246h 50′ 04″
2	Bahrain–Merida	+ 45′ 36″
3	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 47′ 57″
4	Astana	+ 48′ 10″
5	EF Education First–Drapac	+ 58′ 49″
6	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 1h 27′ 43″
7	Team Dimension Data	+ 1h 31′ 01″
8	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 37′ 13″
9	Team Sky	+ 1h 47′ 43″
10	Euskadi–Murias	+ 1h 47′ 50″

Sources

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