2023 Vuelta a Asturias

The 2023 Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo was a road cycling stage race that took place between 28 and 30 April 2023 in the Asturias region of northwestern Spain. It was the 65th edition of the Vuelta Asturias and was part of the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar as a category 2.1 event.

2023 Vuelta Asturias

2023 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	28–30 April 2023
Stages	3
Distance	511 km (317.5 mi)
Winning time	12h 42' 33"
Results
Winner  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) (Eolo–Kometa)   Second  Einer Rubio (COL) (Movistar Team)   Third  Iván Sosa (COL) (Movistar Team) Points  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) (Eolo–Kometa) Mountains  Ollie Jones (NZL) (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) Sprints  Víctor Martínez Garcia (ESP) (Electro Hiper Europa) Team Euskaltel–Euskadi
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Teams

One UCI WorldTeam, nine UCI ProTeams, and five UCI Continental teams made up the fifteen teams that participated in the race.^[1] All but two teams fielded the maximum of seven riders: Bolton Equities Black Spoke and Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team entered six and Team TotalEnergies entered five. There was a total of 101 riders that started the race.

UCI WorldTeams

• Movistar Team

UCI ProTeams

• Bolton Equities Black Spoke
• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Eolo–Kometa
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Team TotalEnergies

UCI Continental Teams

• Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé
• Efapel Cycling
• Electro Hiper Europa
• Global 6 United
• NSJBI Victoria Sports

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2][3][4]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	28 April	Oviedo to Pola de Lena	182 km (113 mi)		Mountain stage	Damien Howson (AUS)
2	29 April	Candás to Cangas del Narcea	182.6 km (113.5 mi)		Mountain stage	Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)
3	30 April	Cangas del Narcea to Oviedo	146.5 km (91.0 mi)		Mountain stage	Pelayo Sánchez (ESP)
Total			511 km (318 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

28 April 2023 – Oviedo to Pola de Lena, 182 km (113 mi)^[5]

Stage 1 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 4h 39' 58" 2  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 4" 3  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 4" 4  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 4" 5  Steff Cras (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 4" 6  Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar Team + 4" 7  Iván Sosa (COL) Movistar Team + 4" 8  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 4" 9  Joaquim Silva (POR) Efapel Cycling + 4" 10  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 4"

General classification after Stage 1[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 4h 39' 48" 2  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 8" 3  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 10" 4  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 14" 5  Steff Cras (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 14" 6  Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar Team + 14" 7  Iván Sosa (COL) Movistar Team + 14" 8  Ander Okamika (ESP) Burgos BH + 14" 9  Joaquim Silva (POR) Efapel Cycling + 14" 10  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 14"

Stage 2

29 April 2023 – Candás to Cangas del Narcea, 182.6 km (113.5 mi)^[6]

Stage 2 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Eolo–Kometa 4h 35' 11" 2  Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar Team + 27" 3  Iván Sosa (COL) Movistar Team + 27" 4  José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Burgos BH + 37" 5  José Félix Parra (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 38" 6  Steff Cras (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 38" 7  Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 38" 8  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 38" 9  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 38" 10  Fernando Tercero (ESP) Eolo–Kometa + 38"

General classification after Stage 2[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Eolo–Kometa 9h 15' 03" 2  Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar Team + 31" 3  Iván Sosa (COL) Movistar Team + 33" 4  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 34" 5  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 44" 6  Steff Cras (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 48" 7  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 48" 8  Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 48" 9  Joaquim Silva (POR) Efapel Cycling + 48" 10  Fernando Tercero (ESP) Eolo–Kometa + 59"

Stage 3

30 April 2023 – Cangas del Narcea to Oviedo, 146.5 km (91.0 mi)^[7]

Stage 3 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Pelayo Sánchez (ESP) Burgos BH 3h 27' 13" 2  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 17" 3  Steff Cras (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 17" 4  Orluis Aular (VEN) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 17" 5  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 17" 6  Joan Bou (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 17" 7  Alan Jousseaume (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 17" 8  Jesús del Pino (ESP) Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé + 17" 9  Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar Team + 17" 10  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 17"

Final general classification[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Eolo–Kometa 12h 42' 33" 2  Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar Team + 31" 3  Iván Sosa (COL) Movistar Team + 33" 4  Damien Howson (AUS) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 34" 5  Steff Cras (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 44" 6  Roger Adrià (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 44" 7  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 48" 8  Joaquim Silva (POR) Efapel Cycling + 48" 9  Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 48" 10  Fernando Tercero (ESP) Eolo–Kometa + 59"