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| Dates | 30 April – 2 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 510.3 km (317.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo was a road cycling stage race that took place between 30 April and 2 May 2021 in the Asturias region of northwestern Spain. It was the 63rd edition of the Vuelta Asturias and was part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour calendar as a category 2.1 event. [1]
One UCI WorldTeam, ten UCI ProTeams, and four UCI Continental teams made up the fifteen teams that participated in the race. All but two teams fielded the maximum of seven riders: Team Novo Nordisk entered six and Team Medellín–EPM entered five. There was a total of 102 riders that started the race. [2] [3]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| 1 | 30 April | Oviedo to Pola de Lena | 184.5 km (114.6 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Nairo Quintana (COL) | |
| 2 | 1 May | Candás to Cangas del Narcea | 200.5 km (124.6 mi) | | Mountain stage |  Héctor Carretero (ESP) | |
| 3 | 2 May | Cangas del Narcea to Alto del Naranco | 125.3 km (77.9 mi) | | Mountain stage |  Pierre Latour (FRA) | |
| Total | 510.3 km (317.1 mi) | ||||||
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Sprints classification | Young rider classification | Team classification  |
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| 1 | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | José Manuel Gutiérrez | Daniel Viegas | Alejandro Osorio | Movistar Team |
| 2 | Héctor Carretero | Einer Rubio | |||||
| 3 | Pierre Latour | ||||||
| Final | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | José Manuel Gutiérrez | Daniel Viegas | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | |
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Denotes the winner of the general classification |  | Denotes the winner of the sprints classification |
 | Denotes the winner of the points classification |  | Denotes the winner of the team classification |
 | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | ||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Arkéa–Samsic | 13h 34' 27" |
| 2 | Antonio Pedrero (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 36" |
| 3 | Pierre Latour (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | + 54" |
| 4 | Víctor de la Parte (ESP) | Total Direct Énergie | + 1' 01" |
| 5 | Einer Rubio (COL) | Movistar Team | + 1' 08" |
| 6 | Alejandro Osorio (COL) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 1' 26" |
| 7 | Roger Adrià (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 1' 52" |
| 8 |  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | Gazprom–RusVelo | + 2' 00" |
| 9 |  Nelson Oliveira (POR) | Movistar Team | + 2' 43" |
| 10 | Julen Amezqueta (ESP) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 3' 03" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Arkéa–Samsic | 57 |
| 2 | Pierre Latour (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | 48 |
| 3 | Antonio Pedrero (ESP) | Movistar Team | 44 |
| 4 | Alejandro Osorio (COL) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 36 |
| 5 | Einer Rubio (COL) | Movistar Team | 33 |
| 6 | Roger Adrià (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | 30 |
| 7 | Víctor de la Parte (ESP) | Total Direct Énergie | 28 |
| 8 | Héctor Carretero (ESP) | Movistar Team | 25 |
| 9 | Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | Gazprom–RusVelo | 18 |
| 10 | Nelson Oliveira (POR) | Movistar Team | 15 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Manuel Gutiérrez (ESP) | Gios | 19 |
| 2 | Víctor de la Parte (ESP) | Total Direct Énergie | 16 |
| 3 | Pierre Latour (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | 15 |
| 4 | Antonio Pedrero (ESP) | Movistar Team | 13 |
| 5 | Daniel Viegas (POR) | Eolo–Kometa | 13 |
| 6 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Arkéa–Samsic | 11 |
| 7 | Einer Rubio (COL) | Movistar Team | 11 |
| 8 | Ángel Madrazo (ESP) | Burgos BH | 9 |
| 9 | Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 9 |
| 10 | Alejandro Osorio (COL) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 8 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Viegas (POR) | Eolo–Kometa | 12 |
| 2 | José Manuel Gutiérrez (ESP) | Gios | 4 |
| 3 | Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | 2 |
| 4 | Kévin Ledanois (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 1 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Einer Rubio (COL) | Movistar Team | 13h 35' 35" |
| 2 | Alejandro Osorio (COL) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 18" |
| 3 | Roger Adrià (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 44" |
| 4 |  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) | Eolo–Kometa | + 2' 04" |
| 5 | Jhojan García (COL) | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 4' 34" |
| 6 | José Félix Parra (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 4' 49" |
| 7 | Daniel Méndez (COL) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 7' 09" |
| 8 | Cristian Scaroni (ITA) | Gazprom–RusVelo | + 7' 30" |
| 9 | Unai Cuadrado (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 10' 18" |
| 10 | Jon Agirre (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 11' 40" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Movistar Team | 40h 47' 27" |
| 2 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 6' 11" |
| 3 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 8' 54" |
| 4 | Total Direct Énergie | + 9' 16" |
| 5 | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 11' 50" |
| 6 | Gazprom–RusVelo | + 11' 56" |
| 7 | Burgos BH | + 16' 38" |
| 8 | Arkéa–Samsic | + 19' 57" |
| 9 | Delko | + 25' 27" |
| 10 | Team Medellín–EPM | + 29' 12" |
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