The 70th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ''(English: Tour of the Valencian Community)'' was held from 6 to 10 February 2019. It was run over five stages, of which one was a

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, covering a total distance of 647 km. It was a 2.1 event on the

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. The race was run entirely in the

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, starting in

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and finishing in

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. The race was won by Spaniard

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of the team.

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and

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, also from Spain, finished second and third.

Teams

Twenty-four teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:

Route

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Classifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, 2019

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