Blues' two GC references confirm their results after short, quick final stage, won by Jakobsen (QST) at bunch sprint.
The 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana crossed its final finish line on Sunday as Russian Alexander Vlasov (BOH) took overall honours at the end of the 92km stage five between Paterna and Valencia -a carbon copy of the women’s race, held this very Sunday in the morning-, won, at the inevitable bunch sprint, by Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen (QST).
Despite some early attacks from the likes of Remco Evenepoel (QST), things didn’t change in the GC as the Movistar Team’s two contenders, Enric Mas y Alejandro Valverde, finished just next to the podium in fourth and fifth overall, respectively.
An invaluable job from Jorge Arcas, Gregor Mühlberger and Iñigo Elosegui, following early abandons from Rubio and Hollmann, made possible a notable collection of end results for the Blues, who came noticeable close to a stage win at the Antenas del Maigmó mountain-top finish on Friday.