2018 Vuelta a Murcia
Male Team 10 Feb

Vuelta a Murcia

208.3 Kilometers
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Andrey Amador
  3. Imanol Erviti
  4. José Joaquín Rojas
  5. Eduardo Sepúlveda
  6. Marc Soler
  7. Rafa Valls
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TV

Live, unrestricted footage will be offered by local station 7TV Región de Murcia for the final section of the race, starting at 2.30pm Spanish time.
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Timetable

The race's neutral start will be held at 10.45am. The finish at Murcia's Gran Vía is scheduled between 4pm and 4.30pm local.
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Social Media

The event's official Twitter handle is @VueltaMurcia; the hashtag proposed by the organisers is #VueltaCiclistaMurcia2018. Over at our account, @Movistar_Team, we will be following the performances of Alejandro Valverde and the Blues live, as with every race.
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Score

The Abarca Sports organisation won the race five times when it was held as a multi-day event, with names including Miguel Indurain (1986), Melcior Mauri (1994), Alejandro Valverde (2007, 2008) and Nairo Quintana (2012). Alejandro has also notched up two victories with the current, one-day format in 2014 and 2017. The marvel from Murcia has the record of wins here, as he took a fifth one with the Kelme squad back in 2004.

Route

Beniel - Murcia (208.3km)
10 February

Analysis

Once again, Alejandro Valverde will be the man attraction of the Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia, a race whose 38th edition has significantly reduced the influence of what will nevertheless remain its decisive climb: the Cat-1 Collado Bermejo, approached this time from the west and not from the most usual, longer route from Totana and Aledo.

Located 62km from the finish, the Collado will be the most demanding point (7.2km uphill, averaging 6.9%) of a race which will previously tackle the Alto de Cieza (Cat-3, 68km) and the biggest change of the race, the Alto de la Zarzadilla (Cat-2, 119km), just before entering the mountain range of Sierra Espuña. The Alto de Gebas -not categorized this time; 36km from the end- will be the last uphill section of a race heading fast towards Alcantarilla and Murcia’s finish in the Gran Vía boulevard from that point on.