The 2018 Vuelta a Asturias was the 61st edition of the
Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UC ...
cycling
stage race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...
, that took place over three stages from 27 to 29 2018. The defending champion was
Raúl Alarcón ().
Richard Carapaz
Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race. In July 2021, ...
(
Movistar Team) won the race.
Route
The race includes three road stages on consecutive days.
Teams
A total of 15 teams will race in the 2018 Vuelta a Asturias.
Stages
Stage 1
;27 April 2018 —
Oviedo
Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...
to
Pola de Lena,
Stage 2
;28 April 2018 —
Soto de Ribera to
Alto del Acebo,
Stage 3
;29 April 2018 —
Cangas del Narcea
Cangas del Narcea is the oldest municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is also the largest municipality in Asturias. It is in the southwest of Asturias, on the Asturian border with León. Formerly, Cangas del Narcea was kn ...
to Oviedo,
Classification leadership table
The race included four principal classifications, the leaders of which were awarded jerseys. The leader in the
general classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi- stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumula ...
wore a blue jersey; the leader in the
points classification
The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...
wore a green jersey; the leader in the
mountains classification
The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used.
While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...
wore a white jersey, while the leader of the intermediate sprints classification wore a black and white newspaper-style jersey sponsored by
La Nueva España
''La Nueva España'' is a daily newspaper in Spain. Published in Oviedo, it serves Asturias. The publisher of the paper is Editoral Prensa Asturiana. It is published in tabloid format. The paper has an independent political stance.
Letizia Orti ...
.
Final standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Sprints classification
Team classification
References
External links
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