The 69th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 31 January to 4 February 2018. It was run over five stages, of which one team time trial, covering a total distance of 691.8 km. It was a 2.1 event of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia, starting in Orpesa and finishing in Valencia.
The race was won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of , who also won two stages. Luis León Sánchez was second, Jakob Fuglsang third. Valverde's overall win was his third in the race after 2004 and 2007, which made him the recordholder of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
Teams Twenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:
Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Stage winner 1 31 January Oropesa del Mar to Peniscola Flat stage 2 1 February Bétera to Albuixech Medium mountain stage 3 2 February Benitachell / El Poble Nou de Benitatxell to Calp Team time trial 4 3 February Orihuela to Cocentaina Mountain stage 5 4 February Paterna to Valencia Flat stage
Stages Stage 1 Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 4" 3 + 6" 4 + 10" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 2 Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 + 19" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 4" 3 + 6" 4 + 29" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 3 The time trial result was neutralised.
Stage 3 result Rank Team Time 1 2 + 1' 08" 3 + 1' 12" 4 + 1' 36" 5 s.t. 6 + 1' 43" 7 + 1' 46" 8 + 1' 54" 9 + 2' 14" 10 + 2' 15"General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 4" 3 + 6" 4 + 29" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 4 Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 4" 3 s.t. 4 + 9" 5 + 10" 6 s.t. 7 + 15" 8 + 18" 9 + 24" 10 + 30"General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 26" 4 + 37" 5 + 48" 6 + 49" 7 + 54" 8 + 57" 9 + 1' 03" 10 + 1' 09"
Stage 5 Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 1" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Classifications Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 26" 4 + 37" 5 + 48" 6 + 49" 7 + 54" 8 + 57" 9 + 1' 03" 10 + 1' 09"Final combined classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 56 2 100 3 106 4 124 5 130 6 135 7 158 8 179
Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 27 2 21 3 20 4 17 5 17 6 12 7 11 8 9 9 9 10 8Final young rider classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 18" 4 + 52" 5 + 1' 01" 6 + 3' 20" 7 + 3' 54" 8 + 4' 24" 9 + 4' 27" 10 + 4' 33"
Final teams classification Rank Team Time 1 2 + 2' 13" 3 + 2' 29" 4 + 3' 30" 5 + 6' 25" 6 + 6' 40" 7 + 9' 53" 8 + 11' 50" 9 + 13' 10" 10 + 14' 24"
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