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2026 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.Pro), Spain

77th edition: February 4 - 8, 2026

Overall map of the 2026 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Valencia sits on the eastern coast of Spain, facing the Mediterranean Sea

Sunday, February 8: 5th & final stage, Bétera - València, 94.7 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Raul Garcia wins the final stage. Photo: Getty Images.

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Weather at the finish city of València at 3:00 PM local time: 62F (17C), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 31 km/hr (19 mph). There is a 38% chance of rain at 3:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.

Remco Evenepoel defended his overall lead on the final stage of the Volta Valencia. Giulio Pellizzari was also not to be displaced from the top of the young rider classification.

On the final day of the five-day tour, Emil Herzog only just missed out on the stage win in second place. Emil was part of the breakaway group throughout the day, which ultimately sprinted to victory with a minimal lead over the field. At one point, the 21-year-old even tried to go solo. At the finish line, he was only half a bike length behind the winner.

Meanwhile, there was nothing left to play for in the overall standings. The team remained in control at all times during the short but challenging 95 kilometres from Bétera to Valencia. Remco and Giulio were always on their guard, so that the first and third places in the final result remained unchanged. With Aleksandr Vlasov in seventh place, a third professional from the team also made it into the top 10.

"It was a super good week that started well with Arne on second place," said Remco, who was celebrating his fifth win of the season. "And day by day weg get better, finishing lot of stage in the front. Now we are first and third in the final GC. It was an amaizing week in Valencia."

And Klaas Lodewyck, Sporting Director of the team during the race, alsWe are really happy with the way the Boys defended the Jersey today. First and third - Yellow and White. After Yesterday it was an objective to keep both. Especially after the time Trial that didn't count for GC, there was a little setback. But we won it and the guys kept the Moral very high. The fact that Emil was in the breakaway today wasn't really planed but it turned out well. In general we did more than we could ask from the riders. we could have asked of the riders."

Complete results:

94.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.798 km/hr

1	Raúl García	Movistar Team	2hr 9min 44sec
2	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
6	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
7	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
8	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
12	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
16	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Michel Heßmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
23	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
27	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
28	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
31	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
32	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
33	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
34	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
36	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
38	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
41	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
42	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	0:14
43	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	0:16
44	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	0:41
45	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
46	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
49	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
52	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
54	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
55	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
57	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
58	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
59	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
60	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
63	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	1:06
65	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
67	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:37
68	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	1:57
70	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	2:01
71	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:26
72	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	2:49
73	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
74	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	3:19
76	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	3:21
77	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:26
78	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
80	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
82	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
83	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
84	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
86	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
87	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
88	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
89	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
90	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	3:32
91	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	4:10
92	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	4:20
93	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	4:57
94	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
96	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
97	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
98	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
100	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
102	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	5:21
103	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	5:27
104	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	6:22
105	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	7:34
106	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
107	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	7:34
108	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:09
109	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	14:36

Final GC after stage 5:

GC winner: Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mountains classification winner: Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification winner: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Best young rider: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Teams classification winner: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

602.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.725 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13hr 10min 12sec
2	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 31sec
3	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:34
4	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:50
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:16
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:02
8	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:10
9	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:15
10	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	2:17
11	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	2:20
12	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:21
13	Raúl García	Movistar Team	2:44
14	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	2:47
15	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:51
16	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:57
17	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:57
21	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	3:06
22	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:17
23	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:33
24	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:42
25	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:45
26	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:50
27	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:56
28	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	4:55
29	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:49
30	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:49
31	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:49
32	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	6:01
33	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	6:34
34	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	8:24
35	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	10:06
36	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	10:09
37	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:28
39	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	10:30
40	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	11:08
41	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	11:29
42	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:57
43	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	14:02
44	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:02
45	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	15:24
46	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	16:14
47	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:23
48	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	18:41
49	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	18:52
50	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	19:20
51	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	19:42
52	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	19:44
53	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	20:25
54	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	20:38
55	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	21:12
56	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:15
57	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	21:19
58	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	21:35
59	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	22:01
60	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:08
61	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	22:58
62	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24:25
63	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	24:50
64	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	25:03
65	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:12
66	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	28:09
67	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	28:16
68	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	28:26
69	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	28:37
70	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	29:31
71	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	30:11
72	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	30:50
74	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
75	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	31:15
77	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	31:16
78	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	31:36
79	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	32:04
80	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:11
81	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:39
82	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	32:58
83	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	33:04
84	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
85	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	33:11
86	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	33:27
87	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	33:35
88	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	34:22
89	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	34:35
90	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	35:06
91	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	37:55
92	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	38:10
93	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	38:46
94	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:18
95	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	39:46
96	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	40:04
97	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	40:11
98	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
99	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	41:35
100	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	42:01
101	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	43:25
102	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	43:44
103	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	43:49
104	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:59
105	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	46:38
106	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	55:01
107	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	59:19
108	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	1:02:03
109	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	1:10:04

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, February 7: Stage 4, La Nucia - Teulada Moraira, 172 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Remco Evenepoel wins again. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the finish city of Teulada Moraira at 2:20 PM, local time: 16C (60F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.

Valencia: Remco Evenepoel wins 4th stage with a 13-kilometre solo ride and takes the lead in the overall classification

With his second stage victory in the current Volta Valencia, Remco Evenepoel has climbed to the top of the overall standings. On the fourth stage of the race, the queen stage, the Belgian broke away from the leading group 13 kilometres before the finish and then rode solo to his fourth victory of the season.

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe used the penultimate climb of the 172-kilometre stage from La Nucía to Teulada Moraira to thin out the field with an aggressive riding style. One climb later, Remco finished the job. By the finish line, he had built up a 24-second lead over Joao Almeida. Giulio Pellizzari finished strong in third place, tying with him in time.

The daily classification also reflects the overall standings. Before the final stage of the tour, Remco now has a 29-second lead over Almeida, who is two seconds ahead of Giulio. The 21-year-old has thus taken the lead in the young rider classification.

"It was really difficult towards the line. Of course I went quite all out on the hill. But there was headwind on big road to the finish. It was tough, but I knew it was tough for the guys in the back. So I kept pushing.

"The team was really incredible today. They helped me from the first to the very last metre. It's great that Giulio managed to finish third, even though he gave so much for me." — Remco Evenepoel

"We had a clear plan today. And that was to make the race as difficult as possible. Everyone really committed. It was impressive by the guys. It's a big win. Now we need to recover and then hopefully protect the result tomorrow." — Klaas Lodewyck

Complete results:

172 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.627 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 14min 1sec
2	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 24sec
3	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:36
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:48
8	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	1:56
9	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:01
10	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	2:03
11	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	2:06
12	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:07
13	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:20
14	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:28
15	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	2:43
16	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
17	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
20	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
21	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
22	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
24	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
27	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
28	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:48
29	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:49
30	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:52
31	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
32	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:54
33	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	3:06
34	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	3:33
35	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	4:47
36	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
37	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:04
39	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
40	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:32
41	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
42	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:52
46	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
47	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:55
49	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
52	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
54	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
55	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	10:36
57	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:56
58	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
59	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
60	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:30
64	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	17:21
65	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
66	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	19:30
67	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
68	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
69	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
75	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	s.t.
76	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
82	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
90	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
92	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
95	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
97	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
98	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
100	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
101	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
102	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
104	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
105	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
106	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	26:04
107	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	28:27
108	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	28:29
109	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
110	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	28:34
111	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	28:42

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Best young rider: Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

507.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.103 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11hr 0min 29sec
2	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 29sec
3	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:31
4	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	0:35
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:47
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	1:13
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:59
8	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	2:07
9	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	2:12
10	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	2:14
11	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	2:17
12	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	2:18
13	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	2:44
14	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:48
15	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:51
16	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:54
17	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
18	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
20	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Raúl García	Movistar Team	2:57
22	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:00
23	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:03
24	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
25	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:08
26	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:14
27	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:53
28	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	4:58
29	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:07
30	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
31	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
32	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	5:46
33	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	5:52
34	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:24
35	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	8:07
36	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:46
37	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	10:03
38	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	10:06
39	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	10:29
41	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	11:05
42	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	11:26
43	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:12
44	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:58
45	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:59
46	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	14:16
47	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	15:25
48	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	15:26
49	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:41
50	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	17:11
51	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	18:34
52	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	18:38
53	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	18:38
54	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	19:22
55	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	19:31
56	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	19:41
57	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
59	Erik Bystrøm Sven	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	19:43
61	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	20:30
62	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:33
63	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	21:32
64	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	21:36
65	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	22:47
66	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:34
67	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	25:06
68	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	25:10
69	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	26:04
70	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:17
71	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	27:27
72	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	27:56
73	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	28:09
74	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	28:13
75	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:31
77	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	29:37
78	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
80	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	30:05
81	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	30:08
82	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
88	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	30:34
91	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	31:29
92	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	31:32
93	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
94	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	35:13
96	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
97	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	36:37
99	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	37:03
100	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
101	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	38:27
102	Jose Lopez Juan	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
103	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	38:46
104	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	39:04
105	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:56
106	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	46:37
107	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	47:26
108	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	47:26
109	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	51:44
110	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:00:32
111	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	1:03:14

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Friday, February 6: Stage 3, Orihuela - San Vicente del Raspeig, 158 km

Stage 3 map & profile

AJ August takes stage three. Uno-X Mobility photo

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Weather at the finish city of San Vicente del Raspeig at 2:50 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 13% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner AJ August's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

AJ August pulled off a superb stage victory on day three at Volta Comunitat Valenciana.

The 20-year-old American claimed his first professional win in style, keeping a cool head as a four-man breakaway sprinted it out into San Vicente del Raspeig.

With sprinter Ben Turner behind in the chasing peloton, August was able to sit in during a nail-biting run-in, before launching a powerful sprint in the final metres.

After a number of near-misses in 2025, the win marks the next step in August's career.

The foundations for success were laid earlier, with the Grenadiers able to place numbers up front following the ascent of the Puerto de Tibi. Magnus Sheffield, Kim Heiduk and Turner were all present before the group swelled further on the run-in, and August made a decisive move.

In the bunch sprint behind Turner came home second, equating to sixth on the stage as he moved up to eighth overall. He is joined by Sheffield and Victor Langellotti just 10 seconds back on leader Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team).

Complete results:

158 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.188 km/hr

1	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 20min 54sec
2	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
3	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	@ 4sec
6	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
10	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
21	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
22	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
23	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
24	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
27	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
28	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	0:13
40	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
42	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
43	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
44	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
46	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
48	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
49	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	0:28
53	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	0:50
54	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:03
55	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:07
56	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:31
57	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
58	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	1:43
59	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:10
60	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:39
61	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:28
62	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	8:05
63	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	8:05
64	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	8:33
65	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	8:36
66	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
67	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
68	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
69	JoseAntonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
70	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
73	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
74	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
78	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
79	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
82	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
83	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
84	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
86	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
92	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
95	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
97	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:44
98	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	10:00
99	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	s.t.
104	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
105	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
106	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
108	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
112	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	10:04
114	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	16:09
115	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	17:32
116	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
117	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	17:37

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Best young rider: Mats Wenzel (Equipo Kern Pharma)
Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

318 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.939 km/hr

1	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	6hr 46min 29sec
2	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
3	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 2sec
4	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:06
5	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:07
6	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:09
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
8	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
14	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
18	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
19	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
20	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
21	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
25	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
27	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Raúl García	Movistar Team	0:13
35	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:19
36	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
37	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
39	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
43	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
44	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	0:34
45	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:09
46	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	1:51
47	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	2:01
48	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	2:05
49	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:14
50	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
52	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:14
53	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:16
54	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:08
55	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:32
56	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:39
57	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	7:56
58	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	8:38
59	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
60	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	8:42
61	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
62	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
66	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:50
67	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:55
68	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:29
69	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:00
70	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	10:06
71	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	10:06
72	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	10:10
75	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	10:34
76	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	10:37
77	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
78	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
79	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
80	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
81	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
83	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
88	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	12:01
91	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
93	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	12:10
94	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	12:22
95	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	14:29
96	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	15:42
97	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	17:06
100	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
101	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	17:32
102	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
103	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	17:43
105	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	18:56
106	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
109	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	19:15
110	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	19:33
111	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	23:01
112	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
113	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	23:15
114	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	24:25
115	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	31:57
116	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:40
117	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	34:46

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, February 5: Stage 2, Carlet - Alginet 17.5 km individual time trial

Stage 2 map & profile

Stage winner Remco Evenepoel, the world time trial champion, showing how it is done.

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Weather at the finish city of Alginet at 3:20 PM, local time: 21C (70F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the west-southwest at 40 km/hr (25 mph). The rain is forecast to end at 4:15.

The race: Because of the high winds, though the stage is being run, the results will not count towards the GC.

Here's the official statement: As a result of the safety protocol meeting, comprising the various departments previously communicated, and following a thorough analysis of the situation and the conditions under which the stage will be conducted, the decision has been taken to proceed with the start in accordance with the planned route.

Nevertheless, it has been agreed that the times recorded will not count towards the general classification. The stage will have a stage winner, and the corresponding podium ceremony will be held in accordance with the established protocol.

Guillaume Boivin (NSN Cycling Team) & Giacomo Villa (Petrolike) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe:

The world champion against the clock secured his third individual victory of the season on stage 2 and the sixth for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe in the course of the year.

Aleksandr Vlasov also achieved a strong result, finishing second, just eight seconds behind Remco after 17.5 kilometers.

Due to strong winds, the jury and race organizers, in consultation with the teams, decided that the competition should be held on normal road bikes and that the times would not count towards the overall classification. However, a stage victory was still up for grabs. This made it possible to minimize risk.

There was still a stage win to grab and I also wanted to respect the organisation. They decided to keep the race go for a stage result and I decided to do a race. We also need to be real sportsmen in our minds and be ready for flexibility as well. For me it was not a big difference because I know I can also ride pretty fast on a normal bike. We decided to race for the victory and I think it was a good decision.Aleks and I are in first and second place today, which is a pretty good result for us. We prepared all day like it was a normal TT day. It was a good test with a nice result.

Complete results:

These times do not count towards the GC.

17.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.980 k/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20min 12sec
2	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 8sec
3	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	0:16
4	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
5	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:30
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:34
7	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:35
8	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:49
9	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	0:51
10	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	0:52
11	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:56
13	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	0:57
14	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	1:06
16	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:24
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:30
18	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	1:31
21	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:32
22	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:40
23	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
24	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:43
25	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	1:45
26	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	1:48
27	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:51
28	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:52
29	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:53
30	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:57
31	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	2:02
32	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
33	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	2:03
34	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	2:04
35	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:05
38	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:06
39	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:07
40	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	2:09
41	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:11
42	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	2:14
43	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	2:15
44	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	2:17
45	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	2:19
46	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	2:23
47	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:24
48	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	2:25
49	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	2:28
50	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
51	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	2:31
52	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:36
53	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:46
56	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:47
57	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	2:49
58	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	2:50
59	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	2:53
60	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	2:55
61	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	2:56
62	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:58
63	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	2:59
64	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	3:04
65	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:05
67	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	3:09
68	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	3:10
69	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	3:11
70	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	3:16
72	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	3:17
73	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
74	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	3:18
76	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	3:20
77	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	3:22
78	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	3:23
79	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	3:26
80	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	3:28
81	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	3:29
82	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	3:30
83	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	3:35
84	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:35
85	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	3:41
86	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	3:42
87	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:43
88	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:44
89	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	3:45
91	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
93	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:46
94	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
95	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	3:51
96	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	3:52
97	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	3:53
99	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	3:59
100	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:06
101	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:17
102	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4:24
103	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4:25
104	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:27
105	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:28
106	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	4:36
107	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4:41
108	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	4:43
109	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	4:54
110	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	4:57
111	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	5:14
112	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	5:16
113	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
114	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	5:23
115	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	5:51
116	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:56
117	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:10
118	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:45
119	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	9:04

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Mountains classification leader: Danny Van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Best young rider: Mats Wenzel (Equipo Kern Pharma)
Teams Classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.674 km/hr

1	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	3hr 25min 31sec
2	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:06
4	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
5	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
6	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:07
7	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:009
8	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	0:10
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
15	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
24	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
29	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
36	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
42	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
46	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
49	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
51	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
56	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
61	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:23
62	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
63	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:05
64	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
68	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
72	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
74	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
75	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
78	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
82	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
88	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
89	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
90	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
93	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	7:10
95	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
96	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
97	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
101	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	9:00
102	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
103	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
105	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
106	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
107	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
108	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
109	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	10:43
110	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
111	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
112	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:29
113	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
114	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
115	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
116	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:44
118	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
1119	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	24:50

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Wednesday, February 4: Stage 1, Segorbe - Torreblanca, 160 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Biniam Girmay takes the first stage. Team Polti-VisitMalta photo

Weather at the finish city of Torreblanca, Castellón at 2:50 PM, local time: 16C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 14 km/hr (8 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

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The race: Here's the report from second-place Arne Marit's Team Polti-VisitMalta:

Team Polti VisitMalta had a strong and ambitious start to the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The first stage resulted in a greater selection than expected in the middle section, and although the sprinters managed to rejoin the peloton in the final kilometers, the battle was fierce in this opening stage of the competition.

Earlier, a breakaway of four riders, including Diego Pablo Sevilla, who gave the Alberto Contador Foundation ProTeam a prominent role, contested the key points of the day. Time bonuses on the Alto del Madroño climb went to a very active Sevilla, allowing him to move into fifth place overall, tied on time with Lonardi.

And indeed, the Italian sprinter, perfectly guided in the final kilometer by Mirco Maestri, was able to launch his sprint for victory. Only Girmay (NSN) and Marit (Red Bull Bora) managed to beat him, in another impressive performance at the start of this season.

Giovani Lonardi: “The objectives were met perfectly, thanks to a great effort from the whole team. Diego Sevilla broke away while the rest of us tried to maintain our positions and save energy for the end. My positioning in the sprint was excellent, and I was just centimetres away from winning. I got right on Girmay’s wheel, but I lacked a bit of power when he attacked from so far out, and I tried to catch up. The feeling was great, the team worked flawlessly, and I’m very happy with the podium finish. Let’s try to keep this up!”

Tomorrow, the competition continues with the 17-kilometer individual time trial between the towns of Carlet and Alginet.

Completeresults:

160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.674 km/hr

1	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	3hr 25min 41sec
2	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
4	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
8	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
9	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
11	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
14	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
19	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
20	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
24	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
25	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
33	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
40	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
41	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
45	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
49	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
51	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
53	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
55	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
56	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
61	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 13sec
62	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
63	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:55
64	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
68	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
72	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
74	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
75	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
78	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
82	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
88	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
89	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
90	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
93	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	7:00
96	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
97	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
102	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	8:50
103	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
107	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
108	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
109	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	10:33
111	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
112	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
113	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:19
114	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
115	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
116	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
117	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:34
119	Giacomo Villa	Petrolike	s.t.
120	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	24:40

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Mountains classification leader: Danny Van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
Best young rider: Mats Wenzel (Equipo Kern Pharma)
Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

1	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	3hr 25min 31sec
2	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:06
4	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
5	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
6	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:07
7	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:009
8	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	0:10
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Alberto Bruttomesso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Tommaso Nencini	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
12	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
13	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
15	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Jonathan Lastra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
24	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	Viktor Soenens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	s.t.
29	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
36	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Fernando Tercero	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
42	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Jasper Schoofs	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
46	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Bálint Feldhoffer	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
49	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
51	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Adam Lewis	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Ådne Holter	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
56	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Pau Marti	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Raúl García	Movistar Team	s.t.
61	Emil Herzog	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:23
62	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
63	Moritz Mauss	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:05
64	Daniele Forlin	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Conn McDunphy	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Giosue Epis	Petrolike	s.t.
68	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Pablo Garcia	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
72	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
74	Cesar Macias	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
75	Steff Cras	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Roberto Gonzalez	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
78	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Patrick Welch	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
82	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	Iker Villar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Kamiel Bonneu	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
88	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
89	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
90	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
92	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
93	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	7:10
96	Jose Antonio Prieto	Petrolike	s.t.
97	Hamish Beadle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
98	Hamish Armitt	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Ethan Dunham	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
102	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	9:00
103	Liam Flanagan	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Juan Jose Lopez	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
106	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	s.t.
107	Alexandre Mayer	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
108	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
109	Cian Keogh	APS Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	10:43
111	Martin Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
112	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
113	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:29
114	Michele Gazzoli	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
115	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
116	Vojtech Kminek	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
117	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:44
119	Giacomo Villa	Petrolike	s.t.
120	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Eddy Huntsman	APS Pro Cycling	24:50

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, February 3, 2026:

	Bahrain Victorious
1	Antonio Tiberi
2	Nikias Arndt
3	Alberto Bruttomesso
4	Damiano Caruso
5	Matevz Govekar
6	Mathijs Paasschens
7	Bálint Feldhoffer
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
11	João Almeida
12	Felix Grossschartner
13	Moritz Mauss
14	Brandon McNulty
15	Adria Pericas
16	Marc Soler
17	Florian Vermeersch
	Lidl-Trek
21	Julien Bernard
22	Tao Geoghegan Hart
23	Martin Pedersen
24	Bauke Mollema
25	Mathias Norsgaard
26	Mads Pedersen
27	Mathias Vacek
	INEOS Grenadiers
31	AJ August
32	Tobias Foss
33	Kim Heiduk
34	Victor Langellotti
35	Magnus Sheffield
36	Artem Shmidt
37	Ben Turner
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
41	Giovanni Aleotti
42	Remco Evenepoel
43	Emil Herzog
44	Arne Marit
45	Giulio Pellizzari
46	Aleksandr Vlasov
47	Ben Zwiehoff
	Soudal Quick-Step
51	Ayco Bastiaens
52	Steff Cras
53	Yves Lampaert
54	Viktor Soenens
55	Dries van Gestel
56	Jonathan Vervenne
57	Jasper Schoofs
	Movistar Team
61	Pablo Castrillo
62	Raúl García
63	Michel Hessmann
64	Nelson Oliveira
65	Iván Romeo
66	Cian Uijtdebroeks
67	Daniele Forlin
	Uno-X Mobility
71	Sven Erik Bystrøm
72	Johannes Kulset
73	Ådne Holter
74	William Blume Levy
75	Sakarias Koller Løland
76	Magnus Cort
77	Carl-Frederik Bevort
	NSN Cycling Team
81	Lewis Askey
82	Guillaume Boivin
83	Biniam Girmay
84	Matis Louvel
85	Pau Marti
86	Riley Sheehan
87	Tom Van Asbroeck
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
91	Axel van der Tuuk
92	Jon Agirre
93	Mikel Bizkarra
94	Jonathan Lastra
95	Xabier Isasa
96	Txomin Juaristi
97	Danny van der Tuuk
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
101	Abel Balderstone
102	Joan Bou
103	Joel Nicolau
104	Joseba Lopez
105	Francisco Peñuela
106	Jakub Otruba
107	Iker Villar
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
111	Mattia Bais
112	Fernando Tercero
113	Diego Sevilla
114	Alessandro Tonelli
115	Giovanni Lonardi
116	Mirco Maestri
117	Pablo Garcia
	Team Novo Nordisk
121	Hamish Armitt
122	Hamish Beadle
123	Sam Brand
124	Lucas Dauge
125	Juan Jose Lopez
126	David Lozano
127	Antonio Polga
	Equipo Kern Pharma
131	Ibai Azanza
132	Hugo Aznar
133	Urko Berrade
134	Iñigo Elosegui
135	Mikel Retegi
136	Diego Uriarte
137	Mats Wenzel
	Burgos Burpellet BH
141	Clément Alleno
142	Cesar Macias
143	Jose Manuel Diaz
144	Sinuhé Fernandez
145	Alexandre Mayer
146	Vojtech Kminek
147	Carlos Garcia
	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali
151	Kamiel Bonneu
152	Tommaso Nencini
153	Matteo Fabbro
154	Alessandro Iacchi
155	Michele Gazzoli
156	Roberto Gonzalez
157	Matteo Regnanti
	Petrolike
161	Jonathan Caicedo
162	Alejandro Callejas
163	Andrii Ponomar
164	José Juan Prieto
165	Jose Antonio Prieto
166	Giosue Epis
167	Giacomo Villa
	APS Pro Cycling-Cadence Cyclery
171	Conn McDunphy
172	Adam Lewis
173	Liam Flanagan
174	Cian Keogh
175	Ethan Dunham
176	Patrick Welch
177	Eddy Huntsman

2026 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.Pro), Spain

77th edition: February 4 - 8, 2026

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