2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Male Team 06 - 10 Feb

V. Comunitat Valenciana

646 Kilometers 5 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Héctor Carretero
  3. Rubén Fernández
  4. Nelson Oliveira
  5. Rafa Valls
  6. Jürgen Roelandts
  7. Carlos Verona
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TV

Eurosport will be the race's official broadcaster, with each and every of the five stages live at 2pm CET.
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Timetable

Finish schedules are quite early for European standards, with stages one, two and four expected to end around 3.15pm and Friday / Sunday to be concluded before 4pm.
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Bonus

NO bonuses will be awarded during this race.
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Social Media

The event's official Twitter account is @VueltaCV; the hashtag should be #VCV2019.
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Score

The Movistar Team has won the race GC five times (Gorospe, 1993, Colom, 2006, Valverde, 2007...), including the two most recent ones, held after a long stop for the race before being back in 2016: one with Nairo Quintana (2017) and the last to date (2018) with Alejandro Valverde.

Stages

Analysis

01
Orihuela (CRI / ITT) (10.2km)
06 February
  1. 01 Edvald Boasson Hagen Dimension Data 12'55"
  2. 02 Ion Izagirre Astana Pro Team +5"
  3. 03 Tony Martin Jumbo – Visma +7"
  4. 06 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +11"
  5. 08 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +14"
  6. 15 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team +24"
  7. 42 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +41"
  8. 54 Rafa Valls Movistar Team +47"
  9. 62 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +52"
  10. 96 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +1'05"
02
Alicante - Alicante (166km)
07 February
  1. 01 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton-Scott 4h10'12"
  2. 02 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis "
  3. 03 Ben Swift Team Sky "
  4. 12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  5. 30 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
  6. 62 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  7. 79 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  8. 89 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  9. 91 Rafa Valls Movistar Team "
  10. 107 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
03
Quart de Poblet - Chera (194.3km)
08 February
  1. 01 Greg van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 5h00'16"
  2. 02 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton-Scott "
  3. 03 Luis León Sánchez Astana Pro Team "
  4. 04 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  5. 21 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
  6. 67 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +3'24"
  7. 76 Rafa Valls Movistar Team +4'07"
  8. 82 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  9. 83 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  10. 100 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +7'41"
04
Vila-real - Alcossebre (188km)
09 February
  1. 01 Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott 4h54'57"
  2. 02 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  3. 03 Pello Bilbao Astana Pro Team +2"
  4. 21 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team +55"
  5. 46 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team +1'49"
  6. 53 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +2'12"
  7. 55 Rafa Valls Movistar Team +2'14"
  8. 56 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  9. 60 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team +2'25"
05
Paterna - Valencia (88.5km)
10 February
  1. 01 Dylan Groenewegen Jumbo – Visma 1h50'17"
  2. 02 Alexander Kristoff UAE Team Emirates "
  3. 03 Matteo Trentin Mitchelton-Scott "
  4. 13 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  5. 25 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  6. 51 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  7. 79 Rafa Valls Movistar Team "
  8. 91 Rubén Fernández Movistar Team "
  9. 96 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team "
  10. 114 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "

Analysis

Always an attractive race, the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana will again have Alejandro Valverde as the main headline prior to its 70th edition, the ‘Bala’ set to defend his 2018 overall victory – and really close to home. Orihuela, in southern Alicante, will hold the opening ITT (10.2km, Wednesday 6th), with Alejandro having already inspected the ascent before his Mallorca debut.

The race will offer no respite for the next three days. The finish in Alicante (Thursday 7th) will be preceeded by a demanding course through the interior of its province; the arrival to Chera (st. 3, Friday 8th) will be a beautiful, hilly race, with six rated climbs plus lots of small ascents. Last, but not least, the Ermita de Santa Llúcia climb at Alcossebre (Saturday 9th) will tear the bunch apart and decide the GC outcome. The final stage to Valencia, a really short one at only 88km, will share its route with the first-ever women’s Vuelta CV, with the Blue ladies also present.