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{{Infobox cycling race report | name = 2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana | image = | image_caption = | image_size = | series = 2018 UCI Europe Tour | race_no = | season_no = | date = 31 January–4 February 2018 | stages = 5 | distance = 661.6[1] | unit = km | time = 16h 14' 53" | first = Alejandro Valverde | first_nat = ESP | second = Luis León Sánchez | second_nat = ESP | third = Jakob Fuglsang | third_nat = DEN | mountains = Preben Van Hecke | mountains_nat = BEL | sprints = Thomas Sprengers | sprints_nat = BEL | youth = Kilian Frankiny | youth_nat = SUI | combination = Thomas Sprengers | combination_nat = BEL | team = {{ct|AST|2018}} | previous = 2017 | next = 2019 }}The 69th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 31 January to 4 February 2018. It was run over five stages, of which one team time trial, covering a total distance of 691.8 km. It was a 2.1 event of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia, starting in Orpesa and finishing in Valencia.[2] The race was won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of {{ct|MOV|2018}}, who also won two stages. Luis León Sánchez was second, Jakob Fuglsang third.[3] Valverde's overall win was his third in the race after 2004 and 2007, which made him the recordholder of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. TeamsTwenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:[4] {{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI WorldTeams|MOV|BMC|TLJ|ORS|ALM|DDD|SKY|KAT|TBM|EFD|AST}}{{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI Professional teams|CCC|GAZ|ICA|RLY|Euskadi|NIP|COF|SVB|DEN|CJR|BBH}}{{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI Continental teams|PLK|DCT|EUK}}RouteStage characteristics and winners[5][6]Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner |
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1 | 31 January | Oropesa del Mar to Peniscola | {{convert|191.5|km|abbr=on}} | Flat stage | Danny van Poppel|NED}} |
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2 | 1 February | Bétera to Albuixech | {{convert|153.9|km|abbr=on}} | Medium mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} |
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3 | 2 February | Benitachell / El Poble Nou de Benitatxell to Calp | {{convert|23.2|km|abbr=on}} | Team time trial | BMC|2018}} |
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4 | 3 February | Orihuela to Cocentaina | {{convert|181|km|abbr=on}} | Mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} |
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5 | 4 February | Paterna to Valencia | {{convert|135.2|km|abbr=on}} | Flat stage | Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}} |
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StagesStage 1Stage 1 result[5][7]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Danny van Poppel|NED}} | TLJ|2018}} | {{nowrap|4h 34' 13"}} | 2 | Luka Mezgec|SLO}} | ORS|2018}} | s.t. | 3 | Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}} | BMC|2018}} | s.t. | 4 | Daniel McLay|GBR}} | EFD|2018}} | s.t. | 5 | Clément Venturini|FRA}} | ALM|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | Hugo Hofstetter|FRA}} | COF|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}} | SKY|2018}} | s.t. | 8 | Oliver Naesen|BEL}} | ALM|2018}} | s.t. | 9 | Marco Canola|ITA}} | NIP|2018}} | s.t. | 10 | Angelo Tulik|FRA}} | DEN|2018}} | s.t. |
| | General classification after Stage 1[5][7]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Danny van Poppel|NED}} | TLJ|2018}} | {{nowrap|4h 34' 03"}} | 2 | Luka Mezgec|SLO}} | ORS|2018}} | + 4" | 3 | Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}} | BMC|2018}} | + 6" | 4 | Daniel McLay|GBR}} | EFD|2018}} | + 10" | 5 | Clément Venturini|FRA}} | ALM|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | Hugo Hofstetter|FRA}} | COF|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}} | SKY|2018}} | s.t. | 8 | Oliver Naesen|BEL}} | ALM|2018}} | s.t. | 9 | Marco Canola|ITA}} | NIP|2018}} | s.t. | 10 | Angelo Tulik|FRA}} | DEN|2018}} | s.t. |
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Stage 2Stage 2 result[5][8]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | {{nowrap|3h 53' 55"}} | 2 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 4 | Giovanni Visconti|ITA}} | TBM|2018}} | + 19" | 5 | Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}} | BMC|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | Merhawi Kudus|ERI}} | DDD|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Pello Bilbao|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 8 | Alexis Vuillermoz|FRA}} | ALM|2018}} | s.t. | 9 | Ben Hermans|BEL}} | ICA|2018}} | s.t. | 10 | Adam Yates|GBR}} | ORS|2018}} | s.t. |
| | General classification after Stage 2[5][8]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | {{nowrap|8h 27' 58"}} | 2 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 4" | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | + 6" | 4 | Wout Poels|NED}} | SKY|2018}} | + 29" | 5 | Diego Rosa|ITA}} | SKY|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | Pello Bilbao|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}} | BMC|2018}} | s.t. | 8 | David de la Cruz|ESP}} | SKY|2018}} | s.t. | 9 | Primož Roglič|SLO}} | TLJ|2018}} | s.t. | 10 | Brent Bookwalter|USA}} | BMC|2018}} | s.t. |
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Stage 3The time trial result was neutralised.[5] Stage 3 result[5][9]Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | BMC|2018}} | {{nowrap|27' 24"}} | 2 | AST|2018}} | + 1' 08" | 3 | ALM|2018}} | + 1' 12" | 4 | GAZ|2018}} | + 1' 36" | 5 | CCC|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | KAT|2018}} | + 1' 43" | 7 | Euskadi|2018}} | + 1' 46" | 8 | SVB|2018}} | + 1' 54" | 9 | COF|2018}} | + 2' 14" | 10 | DEN|2018}} | + 2' 15" |
| | General classification after Stage 3[5][9]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | {{nowrap|8h 27' 58"}} | 2 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 4" | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | + 6" | 4 | Wout Poels|NED}} | SKY|2018}} | + 29" | 5 | Diego Rosa|ITA}} | SKY|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | Pello Bilbao|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}} | BMC|2018}} | s.t. | 8 | David de la Cruz|ESP}} | SKY|2018}} | s.t. | 9 | Primož Roglič|SLO}} | TLJ|2018}} | s.t. | 10 | Brent Bookwalter|USA}} | BMC|2018}} | s.t. |
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Stage 4Stage 4 result[5][10]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | {{nowrap|4h 48' 35"}} | 2 | Adam Yates|GBR}} | ORS|2018}} | + 4" | 3 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 4 | Jesús Herrada|ESP}} | COF|2018}} | + 9" | 5 | Primož Roglič|SLO}} | TLJ|2018}} | + 10" | 6 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Pello Bilbao|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 15" | 8 | Roman Kreuziger|CZE}} | ORS|2018}} | + 18" | 9 | Kilian Frankiny|SUI}} | BMC|2018}} | + 24" | 10 | Ben Hermans|BEL}} | ICA|2018}} | + 30" |
| | General classification after Stage 4[5][10]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | {{nowrap|13h 16' 23"}} | 2 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 14" | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | + 26" | 4 | Adam Yates|GBR}} | ORS|2018}} | + 37" | 5 | Jesús Herrada|ESP}} | COF|2018}} | + 48" | 6 | Primož Roglič|SLO}} | TLJ|2018}} | + 49" | 7 | Pello Bilbao|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 54" | 8 | Roman Kreuziger|CZE}} | ORS|2018}} | + 57" | 9 | Kilian Frankiny|SUI}} | BMC|2018}} | + 1' 03" | 10 | Amaro Antunes|POR}} | CCC|2018}} | + 1' 09" |
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Stage 5Stage 5 result[5][11]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jürgen Roelandts|BEL}} | BMC|2018}} | {{nowrap|2h 58' 26"}} | 2 | Danny van Poppel|NED}} | TLJ|2018}} | s.t. | 3 | Clément Venturini|FRA}} | ALM|2018}} | + 1" | 4 | Nelson Soto|COL}} | CJR|2018}} | s.t. | 5 | Baptiste Planckaert|BEL}} | KAT|2018}} | s.t. | 6 | Christophe Noppe|BEL}} | SVB|2018}} | s.t. | 7 | Marco Canola|ITA}} | NIP|2018}} | s.t. | 8 | Yevgeniy Gidich|KAZ}} | AST|2018}} | s.t. | 9 | Jonas Koch|GER}} | CCC|2018}} | s.t. | 10 | Hugo Hofstetter|FRA}} | COF|2018}} | s.t. |
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ClassificationsFinal general classification[11]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | {{nowrap|16h 14' 53"}} | 2 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 14" | 3 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | + 26" | 4 | Adam Yates|GBR}} | ORS|2018}} | + 37" | 5 | Jesús Herrada|ESP}} | COF|2018}} | + 48" | 6 | Primož Roglič|SLO}} | TLJ|2018}} | + 49" | 7 | Pello Bilbao|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | + 54" | 8 | Roman Kreuziger|CZE}} | ORS|2018}} | + 57" | 9 | Kilian Frankiny|SUI}} | BMC|2018}} | + 1' 03" | 10 | Amaro Antunes|POR}} | CCC|2018}} | + 1' 09" |
| | Final combined classification[11]Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Thomas Sprengers|BEL}} | SVB|2018}} | 56 | 2 | Ibai Salas|ESP}} | BBH|2018}} | 100 | 3 | Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}} | SKY|2018}} | 106 | 4 | Paul Ourselin|FRA}} | DEN|2018}} | 124 | 5 | Mathias Van Gompel|BEL}} | SVB|2018}} | 130 | 6 | Jon Ander Insausti|ESP}} | TBM|2018}} | 135 | 7 | José Manuel Díaz|ESP}} | ICA|2018}} | 158 | 8 | Jesús Alberto Rubio|ESP}} | DCT|2018}} | 179 |
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Final mountains classification[11]Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Preben Van Hecke|BEL}} | SVB|2018}} | 27 | 2 | Cristián Rodríguez|ESP}} | CJR|2018}} | 21 | 3 | Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | 20 | 4 | Mathias Van Gompel|BEL}} | SVB|2018}} | 17 | 5 | Garikoitz Bravo|ESP}} | Euskadi|2018}} | 17 | 6 | Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | AST|2018}} | 12 | 7 | Jon Ander Insausti|ESP}} | TBM|2018}} | 11 | 8 | Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}} | AST|2018}} | 9 | 9 | Bryan Nauleau|FRA}} | DEN|2018}} | 9 | 10 | Adam Yates|GBR}} | ORS|2018}} | 8 |
| | Final young rider classification[11]Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Kilian Frankiny|SUI}} | BMC|2018}} | {{nowrap|16h 15' 56"}} | 2 | Gianni Moscon|ITA}} | SKY|2018}} | + 10" | 3 | Merhawi Kudus|ERI}} | DDD|2018}} | + 18" | 4 | Neilson Powless|USA}} | TLJ|2018}} | + 52" | 5 | Matteo Fabbro|ITA}} | KAT|2018}} | + 1' 01" | 6 | Steff Cras|BEL}} | KAT|2018}} | + 3' 20" | 7 | Alex Aranburu|ESP}} | CJR|2018}} | + 3' 54" | 8 | Jaime Rosón|ESP}} | MOV|2018}} | + 4' 24" | 9 | Aleksandr Vlasov|RUS}} | GAZ|2018}} | + 4' 27" | 10 | Luka Pibernik|SLO}} | TBM|2018}} | + 4' 33" |
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Final teams classification[11]Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | AST|2018}} | {{nowrap|48h 46' 25"}} | 2 | SKY|2018}} | + 2' 13" | 3 | BMC|2018}} | + 2' 29" | 4 | ORS|2018}} | + 3' 30" | 5 | ALM|2018}} | + 6' 25" | 6 | TLJ|2018}} | + 6' 40" | 7 | TBM|2018}} | + 9' 53" | 8 | KAT|2018}} | + 11' 50" | 9 | CCC|2018}} | + 13' 10" | 10 | Euskadi|2018}} | + 14' 24" |
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/valenciana/volta-comunitat-valenciana-index.html|title=Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.1)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=7 March 2019}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Recorrido|url=https://www.vueltacv.com/recorrido|website=vueltacv.com|accessdate=12 April 2018|language=Spanish}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Valverde wins Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/stage-5/results/|website=Cyclingnews|publisher=Immediate Media Company|accessdate=12 April 2018|archivedate=4 February 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=319&y=2018&k=start|title=2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Startlist|work=FirstCycling|accessdate=7 March 2019}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/valenciana/2018-volta-comunitat-valenciana.html|title=2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.1)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=7 March 2019}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/|title=Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2018|work=Cycling News|accessdate=7 March 2019}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/stage-1/results/|title=Danny van Poppel wins Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana opener|work=Cycling News|accessdate=18 March 2019}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/stage-2/results/|title=Valverde wins stage 2 at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana|work=Cycling News|accessdate=18 March 2019}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/stage-3/results/|title=BMC Racing wins team time trial at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana|work=Cycling News|accessdate=18 March 2019}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/stage-4/results/|title=Valverde wins stage 4 at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana|work=Cycling News|accessdate=18 March 2019}} 11. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana-2018/stage-5/results/|title=Valverde wins Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana|work=Cycling News|accessdate=11 March 2019}}
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