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Dates | 31 January–4 February 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 661.6 [1] km (411.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 16h 14' 53" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 69th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana(English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 31 January to 4 February 2018. It was run over five stages, of which one team time trial, covering a total distance of 691.8 km. It was a 2.1 event of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia, starting in Orpesa and finishing in Valencia. [2]
The race was won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Movistar Team, who also won two stages. Luis León Sánchez was second, Jakob Fuglsang third. [3] Valverde's overall win was his third in the race after 2004 and 2007, which made him the recordholder of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
Twenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders: [4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional teams
UCI Continental teams
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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1 | 31 January | Oropesa del Mar to Peniscola | 191.5 km (119.0 mi) | Flat stage | Danny van Poppel (NED) | |
2 | 1 February | Bétera to Albuixech | 153.9 km (95.6 mi) | Medium mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | |
3 | 2 February | Benitachell / El Poble Nou de Benitatxell to Calp | 23.2 km (14.4 mi) | Team time trial | BMC Racing Team | |
4 | 3 February | Orihuela to Cocentaina | 181 km (112 mi) | Mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | |
5 | 4 February | Paterna to Valencia | 135.2 km (84.0 mi) | Flat stage | Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) |
Stage 2 result [5] [8]
| General classification after Stage 2 [5] [8]
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The time trial result was neutralised. [5]
Stage 3 result [5] [9]
| General classification after Stage 3 [5] [9]
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Stage 4 result [5] [10]
| General classification after Stage 4 [5] [10]
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Stage 5 result [5] [11]
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Final general classification [11]
| Final combined classification [11]
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Final mountains classification [11]
| Final young rider classification [11]
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Final teams classification [11]
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Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad.
David López García is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2018 for the Café Baqué, Euskaltel–Euskadi, Movistar Team and Team Sky squads.
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Nicolas Mateos, Fuji–Servetto, Euskaltel–Euskadi, Movistar Team, Team Sky and Euskadi–Murias teams.
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Nelson Filipe dos Santos Simões Oliveira is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.
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Ion Izagirre Insausti is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider from the Basque Country, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izaguirre, to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography.
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