2025 Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (1.1), Spain
45th edition: Saturday, February 15, 2025
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Jumilla - Murcia, 199.6 km
Fabio Christen is the race winner. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Murcia at 2:30 PM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the east at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from third-place Cristian Scaroni's XDS Astana Team:
The one-day race Vuelta a la Región de Murcia took place in Spain. The riders of XDS Astana Team had a great race, always staying at the front of the action. First, Christian Scaroni, Simone Velasco, Lorenzo Fortunato, and Clément Champoussin joined a big breakaway.
Later, on the main climb of the day, Alto Collado Bermejo, a group of four riders, including Simone Velasco, broke away. When the breakaway was caught, Christian Scaroni attacked on the final climb, Alto Cresta del Gallo. However, after the descent, the chasing group caught him. In the end, everything was decided in the sprint, where Scaroni finished third, followed by Clément Champoussin (4th place) and Lorenzo Fortunato (5th place).
The 2025 podium, from left: Aurélien Paret-Peintre (2nd), Fabio Christen (1st), & Cristian Scaroni (3rd). Photo: Sprint Cycling
Cristian Scaroni:
“The last 100 kilometers were very intense; everyone gave their all. We were always at the front, trying to control the race. On the main climb of the day, UAE Team increased the pace, but we stayed in the leading positions. Then, a breakaway formed with Simone Velasco, which was a good situation for us. However, the break was caught, and new attacks started. I attacked on the final climb and gained a small advantage, but I was caught on the descent.
"In the sprint, I did my best, but a faster rider won today. Still, I think we can be happy with our podium finish and the way our team raced today. We were very active, trying to attack in the last ten kilometers because we knew there were faster sprinters. Well, we couldn't win, but we put on a great race and earned important points for the team, which is also very valuable”.
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Complete results:
199.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.056 km/hr
| 1 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4hr 38min 9sec |
| 2 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 3 | Cristian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Clément Champoussin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Lorenzo Fortunato | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Isaac Del Toro Romero | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | Tim Wellens | UAE Team Emirates | @ 2sec |
| 9 | Adria Pericas Capdevila | UAE Team Emirates | 0:05" |
| 10 | Jordan Labrosse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:10" |
| 11 | Carlos Canal Blanco | Movistar Team | 0:21" |
| 12 | Clement Alleno | Burgos Burpellet Bh | 0:33" |
| 13 | Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego | Burgos Burpellet Bh | s.t. |
| 14 | Clément Berthet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 15 | Igor Arrieta | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 16 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | 0:35" |
| 17 | Louis Barre | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:44" |
| 18 | Milan Vader | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Pau Marti Soriano | Seleccin Española Sub-23 | s.t. |
| 20 | Jonathan Caicedo | Petrolike | s.t. |
| 21 | Edgar David Cadena | Petrolike | s.t. |
| 22 | Jose Felix Parra Cuerda | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 23 | Fausto Masnada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 24 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 25 | Simone Gualdi | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:47" |
| 26 | Fernando Barcelo Aragon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1'22" |
| 27 | Martin Marcellusi | VF Group Bardiani CSF-Faizane | s.t. |
| 28 | Luca Covili | VF Group Bardiani CSF-Faizane | s.t. |
| 29 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | 02'00" |
| 31 | Gotzon Martin Sanz | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 02'01" |
| 32 | Joris Delbove | TotalEnergies | 02'14" |
| 33 | Francisco Joel Peñuela | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 34 | Fabian Lienhard | Tudor Procycling Team | s.t. |
| 35 | José Luis Faura Asensio | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 36 | Kieran Haug | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
| 37 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 38 | Joel Nicolau | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 02'34" |
| 39 | Mikel Retegi Goni | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 40 | Antonio Gonzalez Torres | Seleccin Española Sub-23 | s.t. |
| 41 | Danny Van Der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 02'55" |
| 42 | Alex Molenaar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 43 | Edison Alejandr Callejas | Petrolike | s.t. |
| 44 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 45 | Brandon Mcnulty | UAE Team Emirates | 03'35" |
| 46 | Pablo Carrascosa Miller | Equipo Kern Pharma | 04'43" |
| 47 | Luca Paletti | VF Group Bardiani CSF-Faizane | s.t. |
| 48 | María García Soriano José | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | 05'14" |
| 49 | Thomas Gachignard | TotalEnergies | 05'54" |
| 50 | Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Callum Scotson | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 52 | Iker Soriano Garcia | Seleccin Española Sub-23 | 08'40" |
| 53 | Samuel Fernández | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 09'48" |
| 54 | David Gonzalez Lopez | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Filippo Turconi | VF Group Bardiani CSF-Faizane | s.t. |
| 56 | Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Sjoerd Bax | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Darren Van Bekkum | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 60 | Luca Van Boven | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 61 | Unai Esparza | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 62 | Alexy Faure Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 63 | Matts Wenzel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 64 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 65 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Procycling Team | 13'16" |
| 67 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Procycling Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Procycling Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 70 | Cesar Perez Lopez | Seleccin Española Sub-23 | s.t. |
| 71 | Louis Sutton David | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 16'13" |
| 72 | Maxence Place | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 73 | Mattia Stenico | VF Group Bardiani CSF-Faizane | s.t. |
| 74 | Juan Pedro Lozano | Seleccin Española Sub-23 | s.t. |
| 75 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 76 | Samuel Boardman | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
| 77 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 78 | Alvaro Garcia Gimenez | Seleccin Española Sub-23 | s.t. |
| 79 | Michele Gazzoli | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Kamiel Bonneu | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 81 | Ibon Ruiz Sedano | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 82 | Stephen Bassett | Project Echelon Racing | s.t. |
| 83 | Filippo D'Aiuto | Petrolike | s.t. |
| 84 | Unai Zubeldia Eldubien | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 85 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 16'18" |
| 86 | Cade Bickmore | Project Echelon Racing | 18'11" |
| 87 | Carlos Alfonso García | Petrolike | 20'27" |
| 88 | Aaron Van Poucke | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 89 | Yenti Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 90 | Brem Deman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
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Course map & profile:
2025 Tour of Murcia map
2025 Tour of Murcia map
Start list with back numbers, February 14, 2025:
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale Team | |
| 1 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre |
| 2 | Clément Berthet |
| 3 | Jordan Labrosse |
| 4 | Noa Isidore |
| 5 | Callum Scotson |
| 6 | Johannes Staune-Mittet |
| Movistar Team | |
| 11 | Nairo Quintana |
| 12 | Gregor Mühlberger |
| 13 | Carlos Canal |
| 14 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| 15 | Lorenzo Milesi |
| 16 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 17 | Mathias Norsgaard Jorgensen |
| UAE Team Emirates - XRG | |
| 21 | Marc Soler |
| 22 | Tim Wellens |
| 23 | Isaac Del Toro |
| 24 | Brandon McNulty |
| 25 | Igor Arrieta |
| 26 | Adrià Pericas |
| 27 | Matthias Schwarzbacher |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 31 | Clément Champoussin |
| 32 | Lorenzo Fortunato |
| 33 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 34 | Fausto Masnada |
| 35 | Christian Scaroni |
| 36 | Darren Van Bekkum |
| 37 | Simone Velasco |
| Intermarché - Wanty | |
| 41 | Louis Barré |
| 42 | Kamiel Bonneu |
| 43 | Alexy Faure Prost |
| 44 | Simone Gualdi |
| 45 | Maxence Place |
| 46 | Victor Hannes |
| 47 | Luca Van Boven |
| VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè | |
| 51 | Luca Covili |
| 52 | Martin Marcellusi |
| 53 | Luca Colnaghi |
| 54 | Luca Paletti |
| 55 | Mattia Stenico |
| 56 | Filippo Turconi |
| 57 | Alessio Martinelli |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 61 | Walter Calzoni |
| 62 | Fabio Christen |
| 63 | Mark Donovan |
| 64 | David González |
| 65 | Milan Vader |
| 66 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 67 | Nicolò Parisini |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 71 | Alberto Dainese |
| 72 | Petr Kelemen |
| 73 | Fabian Lienhard |
| 74 | Miká Heming |
| 75 | Aivaras Mikutis |
| 76 | Roland Thalmann |
| 77 | Marco Haller |
| Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | |
| 81 | Fernando Barceló |
| 82 | Francisco Joel Peñuela |
| 83 | Eduard Prades |
| 84 | Joel Nicolau |
| 85 | Samuel Fernández |
| 86 | Alex Molenaar |
| 87 | Julen Arriola-Bengoa |
| Burgos Burpellet BH | |
| 91 | Luis Faura José |
| 92 | Eric Antonio Fagúndez |
| 93 | Clément Alleno |
| 94 | Daniel Cavia |
| 95 | Hugo De La Calle |
| 96 | José Manuel Díaz |
| 97 | Ángel Fuentes |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 101 | Pablo Carrascosa |
| 102 | Ibon Ruiz |
| 103 | José Félix Parra |
| 104 | Ibai Azanza |
| 105 | Iván Ramiro Sosa |
| 106 | Mats Wenzel |
| 107 | Mikel Retegi |
| Team Flanders - Baloise | |
| 111 | Siebe Deweirdt |
| 112 | Aaron Van Poucke |
| 113 | Yentl Vandevelde |
| 114 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 115 | Victor Vercouillie |
| 116 | Toon Clynhens |
| 117 | Brem Deman |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 121 | Alexys Brunel |
| 122 | Florian Dauphin |
| 123 | Joris Delbove |
| 124 | Fabien Doubey |
| 125 | Thomas Gachignard |
| 126 | Jordan Jegat |
| 127 | Nicola Marcerou |
| Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 141 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 142 | Iker Bonillo |
| 143 | Danny Van Der Tuuk |
| 144 | Unai Zubeldia |
| 145 | Iker Mintegi |
| 146 | Gotzon Martín |
| Illes Balears Arabay | |
| 151 | José María García |
| 152 | Edgar Curto |
| 153 | Sergio Trueba |
| 154 | Unai Esparza |
| 155 | Joan Albert Riera |
| 156 | Joan Gamundi |
| 157 | Ricard Fitó |
| Petrolike | |
| 161 | Jonathan Klever Caicedo |
| 162 | Filippo D'Aiuto |
| 163 | José Juan Prieto |
| 164 | Carlos Alfonso Garcia |
| 165 | Cesar Macias |
| 166 | Lorenzo Peschi |
| 167 | Edison Alejandro Callejas |
| Project Echelon Racing | |
| 171 | Cade Bickmore |
| 172 | Caleb Classen |
| 173 | Ethan Craine |
| 174 | Stephen Bassett |
| 175 | Samuel Boardman |
| 176 | Hugo Scala Jr |
| 177 | Kieran Haug |
| Seleccion Española Sub-23 | |
| 181 | Juan Pedro Lozano |
| 182 | Antonio González |
| 183 | Álvaro García |
| 185 | Pau Martí |
| 186 | César Pérez |
| 187 | Héctor Álvarez |
| Cofidis | |
| 191 | Piet Allegaert |
| 192 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 193 | Eddy Finé |
| 194 | Sergio Samitier |
| 196 | Sylvain Moniquet |
| 197 | Hugo Toumire |
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