Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) started the new season with a triumph in the opening stage of Vuelta a Andalucia after breaking away with Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) on the last climb.
Fuglsang and Landa proved to be the strongest the final climb, setting themselves up for a two-up battle for the stage on the short and sharp rise to the line.
The Astana rider attacked in the last kilometre -on the cobbled stretch- and he left Landa behind, which gave him the victory of the day.
Dylan Teuns finished first in the chasing group, ahead of Mitchelton-Scott rider Jack Haig and Pello Bilbao.
The second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia on Thursday includes a flatter stretch of 198.1km between Seville and Iznajar.
??@jakob_fuglsang of ??@AstanaTeam wins stage 1 of ??@VCANDALUCIA #66RdS (?@SenalDeportes) pic.twitter.com/d4heP4Mgdq
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) February 19, 2020
Vuelta a Andalucia 2020 – stage 1 results (Alhaurin de la Torre – Grazalema):
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) | 4:11:08 |
| 2 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) | +06” |
| 3 | Dylan Teuns (Bahrain McLaren) | +25” |
| 4 | Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) | +27” |
| 5 | Pello Bilbao (Bahrain McLaren) | ,, |
| 6 | Ion Izagirre (Astana) | +30” |
| 7 | Chris Harper (Jumbo-Visma) | +54” |
| 8 | David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) | +01’03” |
| 9 | Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 10 | Ruben Fernandez (Fundacion-Orbea) | +01’07” |
Vuelta a Andalucia 2020 – general classification after stage 1:
| 1 | Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) | 4:11:08 |
| 2 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) | +06” |
| 3 | Dylan Teuns (Bahrain McLaren) | +25” |
| 4 | Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) | +27” |
| 5 | Pello Bilbao (Bahrain McLaren) | ,, |
| 6 | Ion Izagirre (Astana) | +30” |
| 7 | Chris Harper (Jumbo-Visma) | +54” |
| 8 | David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) | +01’03” |
| 9 | Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 10 | Ruben Fernandez (Fundacion-Orbea) | +01’07” |
