Male Team 16 - 19 Feb
Setmana Valenciana
480 Kilometers 4 Stages
There will be live pictures of the event at Sportpublic TV‘s YouTube channel.
There will be 10-6-4″ at every finish, plus 3-2-1″ at intermediate sprints.
Annemiek van Vleuten has the honour of being the only rider with two GC victories, consecutive ones, in 2021 and 2022.
Annemiek van Vleuten will start again her season at the 2023 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, which marks the second stagerace of the year for a Movistar Team which will start enjoying the last season of their main reference at a home event.
This year’s course is divided into two parts. The first half features two sprinter-suited stages, in Sagunto (Thursday 16th) and Vila-real (Friday 17th). Saturday 18th will bring the Queen stage, between Agost and Altea, over Tibi (Cat-3), Tudons (Cat-1) and Confrides (Cat-2), the latter placed, however, 33km from the line. And on Sunday 19th, another tough, traditional route will see the peloton take on Barxeta (Cat-4) and Barx (Cat-2) close to the finish in Gandía.