Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Race details | |
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Date | Early February |
Region | Valencian Community, Spain |
English name | Tour of the Valencian Community |
Local name(s) | Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (Valencian) Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (in Spanish) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Web site | vueltacv |
History | |
First edition | 1929 (1929) |
Editions | 75 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Salvador Cardona (ESP) |
Most wins | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Brandon McNulty (USA) |
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈvɔlta a la komuniˈtad valensiˈana]; English: Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana), Spain.[1] Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the Grand Tours which take place later in the season.[2]
No editions of the race were held between 2008 and 2015 because of funding issues. A first attempt to revive it for the 2010–11 UCI Europe Tour was unsuccessful.[3] During 2015 a second attempt was started by Ángel Casero and his brother Rafael. In September the UCI granted the race a 2.1 status and made way for the return of the race which took place in early February.[4] The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Results
Previous winners
Multiple winners
Number of wins | Rider | Editions |
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3 wins | Alejandro Valverde | 2004, 2007, 2018 |
2 wins | Salvador Botella | 1954, 1961 |
Fédérico Ezquerra | 1931, 1940 | |
José Pérez Francés | 1965, 1967 | |
Fernando Manzaneque | 1960, 1962 | |
Melcior Mauri | 1991, 1992 | |
Alex Zülle | 1995, 2002 |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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47 | Spain |
5 | Switzerland |
4 | France |
3 | Belgium Italy |
2 | Netherlands Russia West Germany |
1 | Colombia Ireland Kazakhstan Portugal Slovenia Sweden United States |
Classifications
As of the 2021 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Yellow Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Orange Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
- Polkadot Jersey – Worn by the leader of the climber classification.
- White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
References
- General
- "Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana – Race profile". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Specific
- ^ "Volta Comunitat Valenciana". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Esp) - Cat.2.ProS". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French).
- ^ "La Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana tampoco verá la luz en 2011 (Comunicado)". Biciciclismo.com (in Spanish). 2 December 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana to return to UCI calendar in 2016". Cyclingnews.com. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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