The 2021 Vuelta a Murcia was the 41st edition of the
Vuelta a Murcia road cycling
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race. It was held on 23 May 2021 in the
titular region of southeastern
Spain as a category
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event on the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
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calendar. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the race was postponed from mid-February to late May. As a result, the race reverted to the one-day nature it had previously held before 2019.
The long race started in
Los Alcázares and finished in
Alcantarilla
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.
It was won by Alcantarilla-born
Antonio Jesús Soto
Antonio Jesús Soto Guirao (born 15 February 1996) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Major results
;2020
: 9th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
;2021
: 1st Vuelta a Murcia
: 10th Circuito de Getxo
;2022
: 5th Clàssica Comu ...
(), who was part of the race's initial breakaway. During the rain-soaked race, Soto dropped his breakaway companions on the last climb and soloed to victory, his first ever as a professional. The chasing bunch finished just over half a minute after Soto, with
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() winning the sprint for second ahead of
Gonzalo Serrano
Gonzalo Serrano Rodríguez (born 17 August 1994, in Madrid) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.
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(), who rounded out the podium.
Teams
Three
UCI WorldTeams, seven
UCI ProTeams, and five
UCI Continental teams made up the fifteen teams that participated in the race. Nine teams each fielded seven riders, which was the maximum allowed, while six teams each fielded six; these six teams were , , , , , and . Of the 100 riders to start the race, only 46 finished, with a further 17 riders finishing over the time limit.
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Results
References
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