The 2023 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ''(English: Tour of the Valencian Community)'' was a
road cycling
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stage race
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that took place from 1 to 5 February 2023 in the Spanish
autonomous community of Valencia
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...
. The race was rated as a category
2.Pro event on the
2023 UCI ProSeries
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The calendar consists of 57 events, of whi ...
calendars, and was the 73rd edition of the
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...
.
Teams
Ten of the 18
UCI WorldTeams and nine
UCI ProTeams made up the 19 teams that took part in the race. All but one team entered a full squad of seven riders; only entered five riders. In total, 130 riders started the race, as
Mikkel Bjerg
Mikkel Bjerg (born 3 November 1998 in Copenhagen) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bjerg won the under-23 individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – becoming the first rider to ...
of did not start the first stage.
UCI WorldTeams
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;1 February 2022 —
Orihuela to
Altea
Altea (, ) is a city and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain, on the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca.
At present, the economy of Altea is based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of i ...
,
Stage 2
;2 February 2022 —
Novelda to Alto del Pino,
Stage 3
;3 February 2022 —
Bétera to
Sagonte,
Stage 4
;4 February 2022 —
Burriana to Alto de la Cueva Santa,
Stage 5
;5 February 2022 —
Paterna
Paterna is a city and a municipality in the province of Valencia in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located northeast of the comarca of '' L'Horta de Valencia'', northwest of the inland suburbs of Valencia, and on the left bank of the riv ...
to Valencia,
Classification leadership table
* On stage 2, Olav Kooij, who was second in the points classification, wore the orange jersey, because first-placed Biniam Girmay wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Samuele Battistella, who was third in the young rider classification behind Girmay and Kooij, wore the white jersey.
Current classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
External links
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Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, 2023
2023 UCI Europe Tour
2023 UCI ProSeries
2023 in Spanish road cycling
February 2023 sports events in Spain