The 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana was a women's cycle stage race that was held in
Spain
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from 22 to 25 February,
2018
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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
Hannah Barnes
Hannah Mary Barnes (born 4 May 1993) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Alice Barnes, who rides for .
Career
Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Barnes grew up in Bladon, ...
, 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 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, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Katarzyna Niewiadoma in the top-ten overall.
Teams
29 teams participated in the 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana.
Route
Stages
Stage 1
;22 February 2018 — Ròtova to Gandia,
Stage 2
;23 February 2018 — Castellón de la Plana to Villarreal,
Stage 3
;24 February 2018 — Sagunto to Valencia,
Stage 4
;25 February 2018 — Benidorm to Benidorm,
Classification leadership table
References
External links
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2018 in Spanish road cycling
February 2018 sports events in Spain
2018 in women's road cycling
2018 in the Valencian Community