Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.Pro)

Winners, podium, distance, average speed

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a stage race with a venerable history, dating back to its first edition in 1929 (won by Salvador Cardona).

Since the last recession, the race has has been plagued with financial problems. The last edition until 2016 was run in 2008. Organizers tried to run the race in 2010 and 2011, but were unsuccessful.

Former racing pro Angel Casero tried to get the race going again in 2015, but was unsuccessful. But in 2016 the race found its legs.

It is currently an early season race, occupying a place on the February racing calender.

Recent podium history:

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1998	Pascal Chanteur 21h 50min 19sec	Bo Hamburger @ s.t.	Santos Gonzalez @ s.t.	853 km	39.059 km/hr
1999	Alexandre Vinokourov 19hr 50min 14sec	Wladimir Belli @ 8sec	Javier Pascual-Rodriguez @ 35sec	768.6 km	38.745 km/hr
2000	Abraham Olano 20hr 9min 42sec	Juan-Carlos Dominguez @ 21sec	Alberto Martinez @ 47sec	797.8 km	39.570 km/hr
2001	Fabian Jeker 16hr 22min 48sec	Michael Boogerd @ 13sec	Alexandre Vinokourov @ 32sec	672.5 km	41.056 km/hr
2002	Alex Zulle 17hr 7min 6sec	Ivan Basso @ 9sec	Claus Michael Muller @ 48sec	668.2 km	39.320 km/hr
2003	Dario Frigo 15hr 34min 7sec	David Bernabeu @ 15sec	Javier Pascual-Llorente @ s.t.	650.2 km	41.795 km/hr
2004	Alejandro Valverde 20hr 4min 45sec	Antonio Colom @ 9sec	David Blanco @ 22sec	818.4 km	40.758 km/hr
2005	Alessandro Petacchi 19hr 7min 31sec	Aitor Perez @ 34sec	Antonio Colom @ 38sec	787.4 km	41.170 km/hr
2006	Antonio Colom 19hr 19min 17sec	Ricardo Serrano @ 11sec	David Bernabeu @ 12sec	799.5 km	41.739 km/hr
2007	Alejandro Valverde 18hr 7min 2sec	Tadej Valjavec @ 8sec	Frank Schleck @ 12sec	774.1 km	42.727 km/hr
2008	Ruben Plaza 19hr 54min 49sec	Manuel Vazquez @ 5sec	Xavier Florencio @ 21sec	826.5 km	41.504
2009 - 2015 No race held
2016	Wouter Poels 14hr 15min 51sec	Luis Leon Sanchez @ 46sec	Benat Intxausti @ 56sec	599.7 km	42.042
2017	Nairo Quintana 15hr 21min 49sec	Ben Hermans @ 13sec	Manuel Senni @ 32sec	609 km	39.639 km/hr
2018	Alejandro Valverde 16hr 14min 53sec	Luis Leon Sanchez @ 14sec	Jakob Fuglsang @ 26sec	661.6 km	40.719 km/hr
2019	Ion Izagirre 16hr 8min 44sec	Alejandro Valverde @ 7sec	Pello Bilbao @ s.t.	647 km	40.073 km/hr
2020	Tadej Pogacar 18hr 43min 0sec	Jack Haig @ 6sec	Tao Geoghegan Hart @ s.t.	803.7 km	42.753 km/hr