The 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana was a women's cycle stage race that was held in

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from 22 to 25 February,

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. The 2018 edition of the race was the second edition of the

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in ...

. The race was won by British rider

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, riding for the team, taking two stage victories during the event. Barnes finished 17 seconds clear of her closest competitor, South Africa's

Ashleigh Moolman Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional female road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing ...

(), while the podium was completed by the highest-placed home rider,

Alicia González Blanco Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results ;2012 : 10th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2013 : National Road Champions ...

of the , a further eight seconds in arrears. In the other classifications, Moolman won the polka-dot jersey for winning the mountains classification, while Cristina Martínez () won the yellow jersey for top rider from the Valencian Community. Other jerseys were won by Belle De Gast (mountains for ) and Abby-Mae Parkinson (young rider for ), while won the teams classification, placing Barnes,

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and

Katarzyna Niewiadoma Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma (born 29 September 1994) is a Polish racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Among her wins are the Amstel Gold Race, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the stage race The Women's Tour. She is a former nati ...

in the top-ten overall.

Teams

29 teams participated in the 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana.

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;22 February 2018 —

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Gandia Gandia ( es, Gandía) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar (or ''Costa dels Tarongers''), south of Valencia and north of Alicante. Vehicles can acce ...

Stage 2

;23 February 2018 —

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Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...

Stage 3

;24 February 2018 —

Sagunto Sagunto ( ca-valencia, Sagunt) is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, cl ...

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Stage 4

;25 February 2018 —

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to Benidorm,

Classification leadership table

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, 2018 2018 in Spanish road cycling February 2018 sports events in Spain 2018 in women's road cycling 2018 in the Valencian Community