The 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana was a women's cycle stage race that was held in

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from 22 to 25 February,

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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 ...

. The race was won by British rider

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, 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 road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th and in the ...

(), while the podium was completed by the highest-placed home rider,

Alicia González Blanco Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results ;2012 : 10th Road race, 2012 European Road Championships, UEC ...

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 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (born 10 February 1992) is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's World Tour team Visma–Lease a Bike Ferrand-Prévot has also competed in Mountain Biking and cyclo-cross during her career ...

and

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in the top-ten overall.

Teams

29 teams participated in the 2018 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana.

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;22 February 2018 —

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Stage 2

;23 February 2018 —

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Stage 3

;24 February 2018 —

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Stage 4

;25 February 2018 —

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to Benidorm,

Classification leadership table

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, 2018 2018 in Spanish road cycling February 2018 sports events in Spain 2018 in women's road cycling 2018 in the Valencian Community