2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

The 70th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 6 to 10 February 2019. It was run over five stages, of which one was a time trial, covering a total distance of 647 km. It was a 2.1 event on the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia, starting in Orihuela and finishing in Valencia.

2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

2019 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	6–10 February 2019
Stages	5
Distance	647[1] km (402.0 mi)
Winning time	16h 08' 44"
Results
Winner  Ion Izagirre (ESP)   Second  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)   Third  Pello Bilbao (ESP)   Mountains  Diego Rubio (ESP)   Youth  Sergio Higuita (COL)   Team Astana
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The race was won by Spaniard Ion Izagirre of the Astana team. Alejandro Valverde and Pello Bilbao, also from Spain, finished second and third.^[2]

Teams

Twenty-four teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• Movistar Team
• UAE Team Emirates
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Bahrain–Merida
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• CCC Team
• Mitchelton–Scott
• AG2R La Mondiale
• Astana
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Sky

UCI Professional teams

• Cofidis
• Burgos BH
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Rally UHC Cycling
• W52 / FC Porto
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Euskadi–Murias
• Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Direct Énergie

UCI Continental teams

• Fundación Euskadi
• Kometa Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[4][5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	6 February	Orihuela to Orihuela	10.2 km (6.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
2	7 February	Alicante to Alicante	166 km (103 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Matteo Trentin (ITA)
3	8 February	Quart de Poblet to Chera	194.3 km (120.7 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
4	9 February	Villarreal to Alcossebre	188 km (117 mi)		Mountain stage	Adam Yates (GBR)
5	10 February	Paterna to Valencia	88.5 km (55.0 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 result[4][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data 12' 55" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 5" 3  Tony Martin (GER) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 4  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 8" 5  Jos van Emden (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 6  Nelson Oliveira (POR) Movistar Team + 11" 7  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 12" 8  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 14" 9  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 10  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 19"

General classification after Stage 1[4][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data 12' 55" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 5" 3  Tony Martin (GER) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 4  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 8" 5  Jos van Emden (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 6  Nelson Oliveira (POR) Movistar Team + 11" 7  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 12" 8  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 14" 9  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 10  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 19"

Stage 2

Stage 2 result[4][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott 4h 10' 12" 2  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 3  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 4  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) Bahrain–Merida s.t. 5  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 6  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data s.t. 7  Thomas Boudat (FRA) Direct Énergie s.t. 8  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) Israel Cycling Academy s.t. 9  Enrique Sanz (ESP) Euskadi–Murias s.t. 10  Chris Lawless (GBR) Team Sky s.t.

General classification after Stage 2[4][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data 4h 23' 07" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 5" 3  Tony Martin (GER) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 4  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 8" 5  Nelson Oliveira (POR) Movistar Team + 11" 6  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 12" 7  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 14" 8  Jan Tratnik (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 9  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 19" 10  Diego Rosa  (ITA) Team Sky + 20"

Stage 3

Stage 3 result[4][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) CCC Team 5h 00' 16" 2  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott s.t. 3  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana s.t. 4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 5  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 6  Sergio Higuita (COL) Fundación Euskadi s.t. 7  Ben Swift (GBR) Team Sky s.t. 8  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) Bahrain–Merida s.t. 9  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana s.t. 10  Marco Canola (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè s.t.

General classification after Stage 3[4][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data 9h 23' 23" 2  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana + 5" 3  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 8" 4  Nelson Oliveira (POR) Movistar Team + 11" 5  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 12" 6  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 14" 7  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 19" 8  Diego Rosa (ITA) Team Sky + 20" 9  Jack Haig (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 23" 10  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 24"

Stage 4

Stage 4 result[4][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott 4h 54' 57" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 2" 4  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana s.t. 5  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 6  Sergio Higuita (COL) Fundación Euskadi + 5" 7  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 12" 8  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 17" 9  Jack Haig (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott s.t. 10  Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Cycling Academy + 25"

General classification after Stage 4[4][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana 14h 18' 27" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 7" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana s.t. 4  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 6  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 29" 7  Jack Haig (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 33" 8  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 34" 9  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data + 46" 10  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 48"

Stage 5

Stage 5 result[4][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 1h 50' 17" 2  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 3  Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott s.t. 4  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Mitchelton–Scott s.t. 5  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 6  Michele Gazzoli (ITA) Kometa Cycling Team s.t. 7  Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) Israel Cycling Academy s.t. 8  Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) Bahrain–Merida s.t. 9  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data s.t. 10  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè s.t.

Classifications

Final general classification[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ion Izagirre (ESP) Astana 16h 08' 44" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 7" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana s.t. 4  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Dylan Teuns (BEL) Bahrain–Merida + 18" 6  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 29" 7  Jack Haig (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 33" 8  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 34" 9  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Dimension Data + 46" 10  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 48"

Final mountains classification[10] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Diego Rubio (ESP) Burgos BH 41 2  Silvan Dillier (SUI) AG2R La Mondiale 18 3  Preben Van Hecke (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise 18 4  João Rodrigues (POR) W52 / FC Porto 12 5  Adam Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott 6 6  Mikel Iturria (ESP) Euskadi–Murias 6 7  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 4 8  Joan Bou (ESP) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè 4 9  Nelson Oliveira (POR) Movistar Team 3 10  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana 3

Final young rider classification[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sergio Higuita (ESP) Fundación Euskadi 16h 09' 50" 2  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 11" 3  Steff Cras (BEL) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 39" 4  Juan Pedro López (ESP) Kometa Cycling Team + 1' 20" 5  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 2' 00" 6  Kevin Deltombe (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 2' 10" 7  Nicola Bagioli (ITA) Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè + 2' 17" 8  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 2' 36" 9  Iván García (ESP) Bahrain–Merida + 2' 50" 10  Sergio Samitier (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 2' 55"

Final teams classification[10] Rank Team Time 1 Astana 48h 27' 22" 2 Team Sky + 2' 25" 3 Mitchelton–Scott + 3' 33" 4 Bahrain–Merida + 3' 51" 5 CCC Team + 3' 52" 6 Movistar Team + 5' 25" 7 Cofidis + 6' 28" 8 Team Dimension Data + 7' 32" 9 Fundación Euskadi + 7' 34" 10 Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè + 8' 18"