2023 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

The 2023 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was a road cycling stage race that took place from 1 to 5 February 2023 in the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendars, and was the 74th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.^[1]

2023 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

2023 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	1–5 February 2023
Stages	5
Distance	779 km (484.0 mi)
Winning time	19h 10' 06"
Results
Winner  Rui Costa (POR) (Intermarché–Circus–Wanty)   Second  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo)   Third  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers) Points  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo) Mountains  Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) (Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè) Youth  Thomas Gloag (GBR) (Team Jumbo–Visma)   Team UAE Team Emirates
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Teams

Ten of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams and nine UCI ProTeams made up the nineteen teams that took part in the race. All but one team entered a full squad of seven riders; Trek–Segafredo only entered five riders. In total, 130 riders started the race, as Mikkel Bjerg of UAE Team Emirates did not start the first stage.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
• Movistar Team
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Human Powered Health
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	1 February	Orihuela to Altea	189.4 km (117.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Biniam Girmay (ERI)
2	2 February	Novelda to Alto del Pino	178.2 km (110.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)
3	3 February	Bétera to Sagonte	145.1 km (90.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Simone Velasco (ITA)
4	4 February	Burriana to Alto de la Cueva Santa	181.6 km (112.8 mi)		Mountain stage	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)
5	5 February	Paterna to Valencia	93.2 km (57.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Rui Costa (POR)
Total			787.5 km (489.3 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

1 February 2022 — Orihuela to Altea, 89.4 km (55.6 mi)^[3]

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty 4h 38' 11" 2  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Iván García Cortina (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 4  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Antonio Jesús Soto (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 0" 7  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 8  Fernando Barceló (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 9  Louis Bendixen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty 4h 38' 01" 2  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 4" 3  Iván García Cortina (ESP) Movistar Team + 6" 4  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 5  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 6  Antonio Jesús Soto (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 10" 7  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 10" 8  Fernando Barceló (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 10" 9  Louis Bendixen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10" 10  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 10"

Stage 2

2 February 2022 — Novelda to Alto del Pino, 178.2 km (110.7 mi)^[5]

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 4h 38' 59" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3   Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Mikel Landa (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 5  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0" 6  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 8  Thomas Gloag (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 9  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 6"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 9h 17' 00" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 4  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 5  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10" 6  Thomas Gloag (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 7  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 10" 8  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 9  Mikel Landa (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 10" 10  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 16"

Stage 3

3 February 2022 — Bétera to Sagonte, 145.1 km (90.2 mi)^[7]

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Simone Velasco (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team 3h 13' 47" 2  Bob Jungels (LUX) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 3" 5  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team + 3" 6  Fred Wright (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3" 7  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 3" 8  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 3" 9  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3" 10  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 3"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 12h 30' 50" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 4  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 10" 5  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10" 6  Thomas Gloag (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 7  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 10" 8  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 9  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 16" 10  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 18"

Stage 4

4 February 2022 — Burriana to Alto de la Cueva Santa, 181.6 km (112.8 mi)^[9]

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 4h 32' 00" 2  Thomas Gloag (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 4 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Mikel Landa (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 6  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 7  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0" 8  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 9  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 10  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 6"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10)[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 17h 02' 46" 2  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 4" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 7" 4 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 8" 5  Thomas Gloag (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 8" 6  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 14" 7  Mikel Landa (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 14" 8  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 20" 9  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 20" 10  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 20"

Stage 5

5 February 2022 — Paterna to Valencia, 93.2 km (57.9 mi)^[11]

Stage 5 Result (1–10)[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty 2h 07' 16" 2  Thymen Arensman (NED) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 3  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 7" 4  Marc Soler (ESP) UAE Team Emirates + 7" 5  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 21" 6  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 23" 7  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 28" 8  Fred Wright (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious + 30" 9  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 30" 10  Omar Fraile (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 30"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10)[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rui Costa (POR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty 19h 10' 06" 2  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 16" 3  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 19" 4  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 21" 5 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 25" 6  Thomas Gloag (GBR) Team Jumbo–Visma + 34" 7  Mikel Landa (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 40" 8  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 45" 9  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 46" 10  Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) Ineos Grenadiers + 46"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Biniam Girmay	Biniam Girmay	Biniam Girmay	Marc Soler	Biniam Girmay	Movistar Team
2	Giulio Ciccone	Giulio Ciccone	Giulio Ciccone	Samuele Zoccarato	Anthon Charmig	UAE Team Emirates
3	Simone Velasco		Alex Aranburu
4	Tao Geoghegan Hart		Giulio Ciccone		Thomas Gloag
5	Rui Costa	Rui Costa
Final		Rui Costa	Giulio Ciccone	Samuele Zoccarato	Thomas Gloag	UAE Team Emirates

• On stage 2, Olav Kooij, who was second in the points classification, wore the orange jersey, because first-placed Biniam Girmay wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Samuele Battistella, who was third in the young rider classification behind Girmay and Kooij, wore the white jersey.

Current classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Rui Costa (POR)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	19h 10' 06"
2	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 16"
3	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 19"
4	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 21"
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 25"
6	Thomas Gloag (GBR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 34"
7	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 40"
8	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 45"
9	Alex Aranburu (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 46"
10	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 46"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	60
2	Rui Costa (POR)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	54
3	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	52
4	Alex Aranburu (ESP)	Movistar Team	42
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Bora–Hansgrohe	34
6	Thomas Gloag (GBR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	29
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	27
8	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	26
9	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	26
10	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Movistar Team	26

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Samuele Zoccarato (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	40
2	Javier Romo (ESP)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	17
3	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	16
4	Mulu Hailemichael (ERI)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	16
5	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)	Team Jayco–AlUla	15
6	Aleksandr Vlasov	Bora–Hansgrohe	14
7	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	12
8	Lawson Craddock (USA)	Team Jayco–AlUla	11
9	Joan Bou (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	10
10	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	10

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Thomas Gloag (GBR)	Team Jumbo–Visma	19h 10' 40"
2	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 11"
3	Carlos Rodriguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 12"
4	Anthon Charmig (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 54"
5	Thymen Arensman (NED)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 6' 25"
6	Filippo Conca (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 7' 44"
7	Samuele Battistella (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 14' 20"
8	Alex Tolio (ITA)	Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 15' 45"
9	Pelayo Sánchez (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 22' 18"
10	Jon Barrenetxea (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 27' 11"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[12]

Rank	Team	Time
1	UAE Team Emirates	57h 32' 55"
2	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 17"
3	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 47"
4	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 5' 01"
5	Trek–Segafredo	+ 5' 38"
6	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 7' 50"
7	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 9' 40"
8	Movistar Team	+ 9' 43"
9	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 11' 01"
10	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 11' 03"