Male Team 17 - 20 Feb Setmana Valenciana
Setmana Valenciana 
484 Kilometers 4 Stages
Participants list
- Alicia González
- Lourdes Oyarbide
- Gloria Rodríguez
- Paula Patiño
- Katrine Aalerud
- Annemiek van Vleuten
- Sara Martín
TV
Regional TV station À Punt will cover all four stages live (1530 / 1545 / 1545 / 1400 CET) on its website.
Bonus
There will be 10-6-4″ at every finish, plus 3-2-1″ at intermediate sprints.
Score
The Movistar Team has one stage win + one GC victory to its name in the Setmana Valenciana, both achieved by Annemiek van Vleuten in 2021.
Stages
Analysis
01
Tavernes de la Valldigna - Gandia (114km)
17 February
- 01 Elisa Balsamo Trek-Segafredo 3h00'30"
- 02 Ruby Roseman-Gannon Team BikeExchange "
- 03 Anouska Koster Jumbo – Visma "
- 14 Annemiek van Vleuten Movistar Team +6"
- 21 Katrine Aalerud Movistar Team "
- 52 Paula Patiño Movistar Team +2'18"
- 75 Alicia González Movistar Team +4'55"
- 138 Lourdes Oyarbide Movistar Team +8'34"
- 139 Sara Martín Movistar Team "
- 140 Gloria Rodríguez Movistar Team "
02
Altea - Cocentaina (117km)
18 February
- 01 Ellen van Dijk Trek-Segafredo 3h20'47"
- 02 Soraya Paladin Canyon-SRAM "
- 03 Marta Bastianelli UAE Team ADQ +3"
- 04 Annemiek van Vleuten Movistar Team "
- 12 Katrine Aalerud Movistar Team "
- 56 Paula Patiño Movistar Team +13'47"
- 98 Lourdes Oyarbide Movistar Team +16'14"
- 99 Alicia González Movistar Team "
- 117 Gloria Rodríguez Movistar Team +23'34"
- 123 Sara Martín Movistar Team +28'23
03
Vila-real - Vistabella (135km)
19 February
- 01 Annemiek van Vleuten Movistar Team 4h07'46"
- 02 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig FDJ Nv. Aquit. Futuroscope +1'07"
- 03 Marta Cavalli FDJ Nv. Aquit. Futuroscope +1'51"
- 14 Katrine Aalerud Movistar Team +2'43"
- 24 Paula Patiño Movistar Team +4'54"
- 72 Sara Martín Movistar Team +14'04"
- 99 Alicia González Movistar Team +21'44"
- 107 Lourdes Oyarbide Movistar Team +27'08"
- 117 Gloria Rodríguez Movistar Team +34'22"
04
Sagunto - Valencia (118km)
20 February
- 01 Marta Bastianelli UAE Team ADQ 2h56'23"
- 02 Elisa Balsamo Trek-Segafredo "
- 03 Susanne Andersen Uno-X "
- 52 Paula Patiño Movistar Team +5"
- 56 Annemiek van Vleuten Movistar Team "
- 62 Katrine Aalerud Movistar Team "
- 105 Alicia González Movistar Team +4'41"
- 120 Lourdes Oyarbide Movistar Team +11'19"
- 121 Gloria Rodríguez Movistar Team "
- 122 Sara Martín Movistar Team "
Analysis
In a calendar full of one-day events in the first three months of racing, the Setmana Valencia is almost the only exception until late April. It will be the Movistar Team’s sole multi-day event until the end of the classics campaign, and also the debut race of its main sporting reference, Annemiek van Vleuten. It will be the start of a long approach to the Grand Tours for the Olympic champion, the Dutchwoman set to ride all three of them in the summer.
The climbs of Barxeta (Cat-4) and Barx (Cat-2), where ‘Miek’ absolutely destroyed her opposition in 2021, will again be present on day one (Thursday 17th), finishing in Gandía. A lumpy start to a very demanding race which will head south on Friday 18th, finishing in Cocentaina after lots of ups and downs, with only one categorized climb -Confrides (Cat-1)- yet absolutely no respite in the interior of Alicante.
Saturday 19th will take the riders over a Queen stage holding true to that name. A respectable 135km with a profile containing 2,800 meters of vertical gain, over the Alto del Remolcador (Cat-1) and, more importantly, the combination of the Alto Collao (Cat-1; 13km, 5%) with the finishing ascent to Vistabella (Cat-1; 7km, 5.5%). The GC will be decided there, as the last stage (Sunday 20th), even if containing the Alto de l’Oronet, will be one for the sprinters.