Vuelta a Andalucía 2016 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 Vuelta a Andalucía aka Ruta del Sol ("Route of the Sun"): a spring tune-up in one of the most picturesque areas of Spain. 2016 route details, startlist, live video details below. |
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| 1 | Wednesday, February 17 | 165 km | ||||||||||
| Almonaster la Real → Sevilla | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Thursday, February 18 | 186 km | ||||||||||
| Palomares del Río → Córdoba | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Friday, February 19 | 158 km | ||||||||||
| Monachil → Padul | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Saturday, February 20 | 21 km | ||||||||||
 Alhaurín de la Torre → Alhaurín de la Torre | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Sunday, February 21 | 164 km | ||||||||||
 San Roque → Peñas Blancas | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 694 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Vuelta a Andalucía 2016
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage 
#62RdS Ganador de la Vuelta Andalucía 2016 VALVERDE!!! 4ª Victoria en la Ruta del Sol. Enhorabuena @Movistar_Team pic.twitter.com/2CXw3NIH8B
— Vuelta a Andalucía (@VCANDALUCIA) February 21, 2016
#62RdS Inmejorable Podium final
— Vuelta a Andalucía (@VCANDALUCIA) February 21, 2016
1- Valverde @Movistar_Team
2- Van Garderen @BMCProTeam
3- Mollema @TrekSegafredo pic.twitter.com/EceLaZgyn2
Stage 5 Results 1 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV) 4:46:51 2 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFS) + 36 3 MAJKA, Rafal (TNK) + 42 4 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 48 5 KREUZIGER, Roman (TNK) + 1:07 6 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel (COF) + 1:08 7 KELDERMAN, Wilco (TLJ) + 1:16 8 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 1:19 9 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 1:27 10 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 1:30 Final General Classification 1 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV) 17:41:10 2 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 26 3 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFS) + 52 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco (TLJ) + 56 5 MAJKA, Rafal (TNK) + 1:11 6 KREUZIGER, Roman (TNK) + 1:37 7 POELS, Wouter (SKY) + 1:42 8 BOOKWALTER, Brent (BMC) + 2:03 9 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel (COF) + 2:14 10 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 2:45Full Official Stage 5 Results and Final General Classification — vueltaandalucia.es
Valverde snatchs victory from Van Garderen — cyclingnews
Tejay van Garderen finishes Andalucia in second overall — cyclingnews
Valverde reads the runes correctly to take fourth Vuelta a Andalucia win — cyclingnews
Last 13 Km of Stage 5 (34:37 English) — eurosport
Stage 5 preview: San Roque → Peñas Blancas, 164 km (Mountain)
February 20 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 start time: Sunday 11:00 CET (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for San Roque, Spain
Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 15:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Peñas Blancas, Spain
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
Van Garderen aprovecha la crono y manda en Andalucía https://t.co/6qOsHGIDzi #Ciclismo pic.twitter.com/henu85LlhX
— Polideportivo (@PolideportivoMD) February 20, 2016
Stage 4 Results 1 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 27:05 2 KELDERMAN, Wilco (TLJ) + 2 3 COPPEL, Jerome (IAM) + 7 4 BOOKWALTER, Brent (BMC) + 15 5 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) + 17 6 POELS, Wouter (SKY) + 20 7 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) + 21 8 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV) + 22 9 MORENO BAZAN, Javier (MOV) + 24 10 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (TGA) + 34 11 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 12 TJALLINGII, Maarten (TLJ) + 35 13 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 14 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 36 15 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFS) + 38 16 KIRYIENKA, Vasil (SKY) + 40 17 FELLINE, Fabio (TFS) + 41 18 HERMANS, Ben (BMC) + 44 19 WELLENS, Tim (LTS) 20 ERVITI Imanol (MOVISTAR) + 46 21 MAJKA, Rafal (TNK) + 51 22 PREIDLER, Georg (TGA) + 52 23 KREUZIGER, Roman (TNK) 24 FERNANDEZ, Ruben (MOV) 25 ELMIGER, Martin (IAM) + 56 26 GESCHKE, Simon (TGA) + 59 27 KEIZER, Martijn (TLJ) 28 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) + 1:01 29 MCCARTHY, Jay (TNK) + 1:03 30 OVECHKIN, Artem (GAZ) + 1:06 31 VAN HOECKE, Gijs (TSV) + 1:14 32 BOARO, Manuele (TNK) + 1:15 33 IRIZAR ARANBURU, Markel (TFS) + 1:16 34 DEGAND, Thomas (WGG) + 1:17 35 LUDVIGSSON, Fredrik (TGA) 36 MONFORT, Maxime (LTS) + 1:20 37 SUTHERLAND, Rory (MOV) + 1:21 38 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix (CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE) + 1:22 39 LAPORTE, Christophe (COF) + 1:23 40 LEMOINE, Cyril (COF) General Classification after Stage 4 1 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 12:53:57 2 KELDERMAN, Wilco (TLJ) + 2 3 COPPEL, Jerome (IAM) + 7 4 BOOKWALTER, Brent (BMC) + 15 5 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) + 17 6 POELS, Wouter (SKY) + 20 7 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) + 21 8 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV) + 22 9 MORENO BAZAN, Javier (MOV) + 24 10 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (TGA) + 34 11 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 12 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 35 13 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 36 14 MOLLEMA, Bauke (TFS) + 38 15 KIRYIENKA, Vasil (SKY) + 40 16 FELLINE, Fabio (TFS) + 41 17 HERMANS, Ben (BMC) + 44 18 WELLENS, Tim (LTS) 19 MAJKA, Rafal (TNK) + 51 20 KREUZIGER, Roman (TNK) + 52Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — vueltaandalucia.es
Van Garderen wins key time trial — cyclingnews
Van Garderen crowns succession of early season second places with victory in Andalucia — cn
Final Riders of the Stage 4 ITT (12:47 English) — eurosport
Stage 4 Photos — vueltaandalucia
Stage 4 preview: Alhaurín de la Torre → Alhaurín de la Torre, 21 km (TT)
February 19 update: Stage 4 ITT Start Order and Times (CET) — biciciclismo
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Saturday 13:56 CET (12:56:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Alhaurín de la Torre, Spain
Earliest live video: 16:10 CET (3:10:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:10 CET (4:10:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Alhaurín de la Torre, Spain
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
Strong ride by @gatto_oscar who wins the sprint on stage 3 of #rds2016! pic.twitter.com/NtcHuHyFQJ
— Tinkoff (@tinkoff_team) February 19, 2016
Stage 3 Results 1 GATTO, Oscar (TNK) 3:51:17 2 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) 3 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 4 WELLENS, Tim (LTS) 5 FELLINE, Fabio (TFS) 6 BOOKWALTER, Brent (BMC) 7 GESCHKE, Simon (TGA) 8 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) 9 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 10 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) 11 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV) 12 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 13 FERNANDEZ, Ruben (MOV) 14 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) 15 POELS, Wouter (SKY) General Classification after Stage 3 1 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) 12:26:52 2 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 3 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 4 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) 5 FELLINE, Fabio (TFS) 6 POELS, Wouter (SKY) 7 GESCHKE, Simon (TGA) 8 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOV) 9 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) 10 KELDERMAN, Wilco (TLJ)Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — vueltaandalucia.es
Gatto wins stage 3 in Padul — cyclingnews
Last 10 Km of Stage 3 (12:37 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 3 (01:04 Music) — Oradelciclismo
Stage 3 Photos — vueltaandalucia
Stage 3 preview: Monachil → Padul, 158 km (hilly)
February 18 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Friday 12:30 CET (11:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Monachil, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:39 CET (3:39:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Padul, Spain
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
Nacer Bouhanni del @TeamCOFIDIS vencedor en un emocionante sprint de la 2a. Etapa de la #62RdS. Enhorabuena!! pic.twitter.com/NW3OCV3kSH
— Vuelta a Andalucía (@VCANDALUCIA) February 18, 2016
Stage 2 Results 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (COF) 4:39:33 2 FELLINE, Fabio (TFS) 3 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) 4 LAPORTE, Christophe (COF) 5 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 6 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (MOV) 7 VAN DER SANDE, Tosh (LTS) 8 REIJNEN, Kiel (TFS) 9 BATTAGLIN, Enrico (TLJ) 10 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) General Classification after Stage 2 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (COF) 8:35:35 2 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (MOV) 3 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 4 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) 5 VAN DER SANDE, Tosh (LTS) 6 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 7 REIJNEN, Kiel (TFS) 8 BENNATI, Daniele (TNK) 9 SANZ, Enrique (STH) 10 BATTAGLIN, Enrico (TLJ)Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — vueltaandalucia.es
Bouhanni wins stage 2 in Cordoba — cyclingnews
Bouhanni takes first win of 2016 in Ruta del Sol — cyclingnews
Geschke implies Bouhanni took push on Ruta climb before winning — velonews
Last 10 Km of Stage 2 (10:11 English) — eurosport
Stage 2 preview: Palomares del Río → Córdoba, 186 km (hilly finish)
February 17 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Thursday 12:00 CET (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Palomares del Río, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:07 CET (3:07:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Córdoba, Spain
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
#VueltaaAndalucia: il sipario si apre con una maestosa volata di Daniele #Bennati https://t.co/5bp1tCFGkI pic.twitter.com/SrvKanWvth
— Diretta Ciclismo (@DirettaCiclismo) February 17, 2016
Stage 1 Results 1 BENNATI, Daniele (TNK) 3:56:02 2 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert (TSV) 3 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (MOV) 4 GATTO, Oscar (TNK) 5 VAN HOECKE, Gijs (TSV) 6 BOUHANNI, Nacer (COF) 7 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 8 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 9 VAN DER SANDE, Tosh (LTS) 10 TANNER, David (IAM) 11 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) 12 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC) 13 SOUPE, Geoffrey (COF) 14 REIJNEN, Kiel (TFS) 15 SANZ, Enrique (STH) 16 SBARAGLI, Kristian (DDD) 17 PETIT, Adrien (DEN) 18 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) 19 BATTAGLIN, Enrico (TLJ) 20 BOEV, Igor (GAZ) General Classification after Stage 1 1 BENNATI, Daniele (TNK) 3:56:02 2 VAN LERBERGHE, Bert (TSV) 3 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (MOV) 4 GATTO, Oscar (TNK) 5 VAN HOECKE, Gijs (TSV) 6 BOUHANNI, Nacer (COF) 7 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto (IAM) 8 KREDER, Michel (ROP) 9 VAN DER SANDE, Tosh (LTS) 10 TANNER, David (IAM)Full Official Stage 1 Results and General Classification — vueltaandalucia.es
Bennati wins stage 1 in Sevilla — cyclingnews
Bennati overcomes late puncture to win chaotic bunch sprint in Andalucia — cyclingnews
Last 14 Km of Stage 1 (18:32 English) — eurosport
Stage 1 preview: Almonaster la Real → Sevilla, 165 km (lumpy/flat)
February 16 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Wednesday 12:00 CET (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Almonaster la Real, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:07 CET (3:07:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Sevilla, Spain
2016 Vuelta a Andalucía Preview
February 15 update:Preview: Valverde favourite for fourth title — cyclingnews
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
Algarve, Ruta del Sol provide early season tests — velonews
February 9 update:
Official 2016 Route Presentation (05:55 Spanish/Music) — RutadelSol
2016 Race Promo (01:06 Music) — RutadelSol
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
 
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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage
February 9 update: A work in progress for 2016 Vuelta a Andalucía live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve
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