Volta a Catalunya: Sir Bradley Wiggins looks for first stage-race win of the season

Sir Bradley Wiggins will look to secure his first stage-race victory of the season as the UCI WorldTour heads to north-eastern Spain for the Volta a Catalunya from March 18-24.

Stage 3: Wednesday, March 20 - Vidreres to Vallter 2000 Setcases, 180.1km - map and profile | report Result 1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, 5:01.20
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, +6secs
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, same time
4 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, st
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, +9
6 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
8 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida, st
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Sky, st
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +21 General classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, 12:24.22
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +6secs
3 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +10
4 Michele Sacrponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +13
5 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida, same time
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +22
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco, +36
8 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, +36
9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp, st
10 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +41 Stage 4: Thursday, March 21 - Llanars - Vall de Campodron to Port Aine Rialp, 217.7km - map and profile | report Result 1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp, 6:02.40
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +36secs
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, same time
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Beliso, +47
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco, +51
6 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +1.02
7 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, +1.08 General classification 1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp, 18:48.38
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +10secs
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +32
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky, +36
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +39
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco, +51
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida, +1.00
8 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +1.07
9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, +1.13
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +1.15 Stage 5: Friday, March 22 - Rialp to Lleida, 156.5km - map and profile | report Result 1 Francois Parisien (Can) Argos-Shimano, 3:32.02
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, same time
3 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, st
4 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale, st
5 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC, st
6 Andrew Fenn (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
7 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
8 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
9 Dan Martin (Ire) Garmin-Sharp, st
10 Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Argos-Shimano, st
17 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +3secs
42 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +9
107 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, st General classification 1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp, 22:20.39
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +14
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +42
4 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +46 secs
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +47
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco, +59
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida, +1.10
8 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +1.17
9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, +1.23
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol, +1.15 Stage 6: Saturday, March 23 - Almacelles to Valls, 178.7km - map and profile | report Result 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, 3:55.46
2 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, st
4 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale, st
5 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC, st
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun, st
7 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, st
8 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, st
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana, st
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Sky General classification 1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp, 26:16.22
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +17secs
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +45
4 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +54
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +55
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco, +1.07
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida, +1.18
8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, +1.26
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +1.28
10 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +1.30 Stage 7: Sunday, March 24 - El Vendrell to Barcelona (Montjuic), 122.2km - map and profile | report Result 1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM, 2:45.42
2 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, same time
3 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack-Leopard, st
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +21
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun, st
7 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
8 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
9 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana, st General classification 1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp, 29:02.25
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +17secs
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +34
4 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +45
5 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +54
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco, 1.07
7 Pzemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida, 1.18
8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, 1.26
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +1.28
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +1.41

Teams and riders

Ag2r-La Mondiale: Samuel Dumoulin (Fra), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita), Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra), Julien Bernard (Fra), Blel Kadri (Fra), Mikael Cherel (Fra), Carlos Betancur (Col), Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita). Argos-Shimano: Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe), William Clarke (Aus), Thomas Damuseau (Fra), Patrick Gretsch (Ger), Tom Peterson (USA), Georg Preidler (Aut), Albert Timmer (Ned), Francois Parisien (Can). Astana: Andrea Guardini (Ita), Jakob Fuglsang (Den), Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz), Valerio Agnoli (Ita), Fabio Aru (Ita), Egor Silin (Rus), Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz), Francesco Gavazzi (Ita). Blanco: Robert Gesink (Ned), Moreno Hofland (Ned), Laurens ten Dam (Ned), Jetse Bol (Ned), Stef Clement (Ned), Jack Bobridge (Aus), Steven Kruijswijk (Ned), Robert Wagner (Ger). BMC: Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Stephen Cummings (GB), Yannick Eijssen (Bel), Steve Morabito (Sui), Martin Kohler (Sui), Ivan Santaromita (Ita), Danilo Wyss (Sui), Lawrence Warbasse (USA). Caja Rural: David Arroyo (Spa), Manuel Cardoso (Por), Antonio Piedra (Spa), Amets Txurruka (Spa), Karol Domagalski (Pol), Ivan Velasco (Spa), Marcos Garcia (Spa), Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul). Cannondale: Daniele Ratto (Ita), Lucas Haedo (Arg), Federico Canuti (Ita), Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita), Maciej Paterski (Pol), Cristiano Salerno (Ita), Brian Vandborg (Den), Cameron Wurf (Aus). Cofidis: Daniel Navarro (Spa), Luis Angel Mate (Spa), Yoann Bagot (Fra), Christophe Le Mevel (Fra), Nicolas Edet (Fra), Rudy Molard (Fra), Stephane Poulhies (Fra), Tristan Valentin (Fra). Euskaltel-Euskadi: Igor Anton (Spa), Mikel Nieve (Spa), Jon Aberasturi (Spa), Mikel Astarloza (Spa), Mikel Landa (Spa), Ricardo Mestre (Por), Juan Jose Oroz (Spa), Tarik Chaoufi (Mor). FDJ: Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Sandy Casar (Fra), Kenny Elissonde (Fra), Arnold Jeannesson (Fra), Laurent Mangel (Fra), Cedric Pineau (Fra), Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra), Laurent Pichon (Fra). Garmin-Sharp: Ryder Hesjedal (Can), Koldo Fernandez (Spa), Christian Vande Velde (USA), Tom Danielson (USA), Dan Martin (Ire), Michel Kreder (Ned), Peter Stetina (USA), David Zabriskie (USA). Katusha: Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa), Alberto Losada (Spa), Daniel Moreno (Spa), Denis Menchov (Rus), Giampaolo Caruso (Ita), Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus), Yuri Trofimov (Rus), Simon Spilak (Rus). Lampre-Merida: Michele Scarponi (Ita), Kristijan Durasek (Cro), Maunele Mori (Ita), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg), Matthew Lloyd (Aus), Simone Stortoni (Ita).Lotto-Belisol: Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel), Francis de Greef (Bel), Brian Bulgac (Ned), Adam Hansen (Aus), Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel), Olivier Kaisen (Bel), Joost van Leijen (Ned), Tim Wellens (Bel). Movistar: Alejandro Valverde (Spa), Nairo Quintana (Col), Vladimir Karpets (Rus), Jose Herrada (Spa), Eros Capecchi (Ita), Sylvester Szmyd (Pol), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Ruben Plaza (Spa). Omega Pharma - Quick-Step: Gianluca Brambilla (Ita), Dries Devenyns (Bel), Andrew Fenn (GB), Gianni Meersman (Bel), Michal Golas (Pol), Serge Pauwels (Bel), Julien Vermote (Bel), Carlos Verona (Spa). Orica-GreenEDGE: Allan Davis (Aus), Simon Gerrans (Aus), Christian Meier (Can), Sam Bewley (NZ), Travis Meyer (Aus), Wesley Sulzberger (Aus), Brett Lancaster (Aus). RadioShack-Leopard: Tiago Machado (Por), Nelson Oliveira (Por), Chris Horner (USA), Haimar Zubeldia (Spa), George Bennett (NZ), Matthew Busche (USA), Thomas Rohregger (Aut), Robert Kiserlovski (Cro). Saxo-Tinkoff: Nicolas Roche (Ire), Chris Anker Sorensen (Den), Nicki Sorensen (Den), Karsten Kroon (Ned), Evgeni Petrov (Rus), Mads Christensen (Den), Oliver Zaugg (Sui), Rafal Majka (Pol). Sojasun: Julien Simon (Fra), Jeremie Galland (Fra), Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Jean Marc Marino (Fra), Maxime Mederel (Fra), Jean-lou Paiani (Fra), Christophe Laborie (Fra), Brice Feillu (Fra). Team Sky: Sir Bradley Wiggins (GB), Rigoberto Uran (Col), David Lopez (Spa), Dario Cataldo (Ita), Josh Edmondson (GB), Pete Kennaugh (GB), Danny Pate (USA), Christian Knees (Ger). Vacansoleil-DCM: Thomas de Gendt (Bel), Pim Ligthart (Ned), Maurits Lammertink (Ned), Rob Ruijgh (Ned), Rafael Valls (Spa), Jose Rujano (Ven), Martijn Keizer (Ned), Willem Wauters (Bel).