2018 Vuelta a Madrid
Male Team 04 - 06 May

Vuelta a Madrid

406 Kilometers 3 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Carlos Barbero
  2. Daniele Bennati
  3. Nuno Bico
  4. Héctor Carretero
  5. Jaime Castrillo
  6. Jaime Rosón
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TV

For the first time ever, the Vuelta a Madrid will be broadcast live at regional TV station laOtra from Telemadrid. The feed will start at 12.30pm (Fri-Sat) and 10.30am (Sunday).
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Timetable

The whole race is held in the morning: the opening two stages will finish around 1.30pm local (CEST), while Sunday's circuit race in Madrid -contrary to what the timetable says, since it belongs to the 2017 race- will end at 11.30am (start at 9am).
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Bonus

There are no bonuses up for grabs at any point of the race. It was key for the 2017 result, with many top-ten places down to position countback after stage three.
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Social Media

The race unveiled a new official Twitter account just before the event, @VueltaMadrid18, which uses the hashtag #VueltaMadrid18. Over at @Movistar_Team we'll be on site, covering the finishes of all three stages live and bringing you pictures and reactions from the Spanish race.
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Score

The Movistar Team has won the GC of the Vuelta a Madrid three times, always with its current title sponsor: 2011 (Rui Costa), 2013 (Javi Moreno) and 2016 (Juanjo Lobato). In 2017, the Blues took two stage victories with Carlos Barbero (Valdemoro) and Jasha Sütterlin (Madrid).

Stages

Analysis

01
Manzanares El Real (176km)
04 May
  1. 01 Edgar Pinto Vito-Feirense 4h08'16"
  2. 02 Jonathan Caicedo Medellín "
  3. 03 Xuban Errazkin Vito-Feirense "
  4. 05 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  5. 18 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team +37"
  6. 41 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +48"
  7. 68 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +6'09"
  8. 92 Nuno Bico Movistar Team +13'11"
  9. 105 Daniele Bennati Movistar Team +20'15"
02
Alcobendas - SS Reyes (135km)
05 May
  1. 01 Nelson Soto Caja Rural 3h01'46"
  2. 02 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team "
  3. 03 Enrique Sanz Euskadi-Murias "
  4. 19 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  5. 53 Daniele Bennati Movistar Team +24"
  6. 65 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +1'13"
  7. 84 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +13'27"
  8. 86 Nuno Bico Movistar Team "
03
Madrid (Pº Castellana) (95km)
06 May
  1. 01 Carlos Barbero Movistar Team 2h11'12''
  2. 02 Oscar Pelegrí Radio Popular-Boavista "
  3. 03 Luis Mendonça Aviludo-Louletano "
  4. 12 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  5. 22 Daniele Bennati Movistar Team "
  6. 64 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  7. 73 Nuno Bico Movistar Team "
  8. 74 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team "

Analysis

The 31st edition of the Vuelta a Madrid its presenting again in 2018 an unpredictable, really open route, with no terribly hard stages yet demanding enough for the biggest names present at the start in Manzanares El Real to have a shot at the winner’s red, starred jersey.

The opening stage (Friday 4th May) will be the toughest, due to its length (176km) and, above that and despite containing only two rated climbs, also because of its tough finale, with the Alto de Cotos (Cat-2; almost 13km at 5%) just 35 kilometers from the finish, later taking on a short flat to Navacerrada and a long downhill to Manzanares.

The other two routes on the weekend’s program are softer, both in the northern part of the Comunidad de Madrid. On Saturday 5th, riders will tackle pre-Sierra hills -El Espartal, La Trampa and Uceda (Cat-3)- near Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes (135km), and on Sunday 6, 19 laps will be covered around Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana, just next to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.