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June 30, 2019
National Championships 2019 – Spain – Los Alcazares – Murcia : 194,9 km
The Spanish National Road Race Championships are held annually to decide the Spanish cycling champions in the road race discipline,
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June 30, 2019
National Championships 2019 – Spain – Los Alcazares – Murcia : 194,9 km
The Spanish National Road Race Championships are held annually to decide the Spanish cycling champions in the road race discipline, across various categories. The event was first held in 1897.
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) claimed his third Spanish national road race title on Sunday in his home town of Murcia.
The world champion beat Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) in a two-up sprint, with Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) taking the final spot on the podium 16 seconds later.
The trio had gone clear of the rest of the field on the final time up the Santuario de la Fuensanta (1km at 8 per cent), the climb that punctuated the 19km finishing circuit that was covered four times. With the bunch already well reduced, Herrada attacked early, and later had company when Sanchez accelerated and Valverde followed.
They took a slim lead down the descent before starting to attack each other on the flat final part. Sanchez, who’d tried a couple of times, produced a stinging attack with just over 3.5km to go, but while Herrada was dropped, Valverde, despite a little hesitation, responded and hauled himself back on terms.
The world champion then refused to work with Sanchez, who shook his head but continued to lead the way. Valverde remained in the wheel until the final 150 metres, before coming through to take the title, although the winning margin was tight.
Valverde took to the podium to pull on the red and yellow Spanish champion’s jersey, but won’t be able to wear it in a race until his time as world champion is over, given his rainbow jersey takes precedence. The 2019 Worlds road race takes place in Yorkshire on September 29, and it is not inconceivable that Valverde could win again and thus never race in his Spanish champion’s jersey.
“I’m sorry that I’m not going to be able to enjoy this jersey for the time being, but I couldn’t let a victory like that slip through my fingers,” Valverde said.
“I went after Luis Leon and I told him I wasn’t going to come through, and if the group behind came back I’d try and sprint for that. And he pulled. It’s a shame not to be able to enjoy this jersey but if not now then next year.”
Results :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 4:33:49
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
3 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:00:16
4 Diego Rubio (Spa) Burgos BH 0:00:18
5 Benjami Prades (Spa) Ukyo Team
6 Antonio Angulo (Spa) Efapel
7 Fernando Barcelo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
9 Julio Alberto Amores (Spa) Electro Hiper Europa
10 Vicente Garcia D.M. (Spa) Aviludo Louletano
11 Juan Camacho (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
12 Jesus Alfonso Arozamena (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
13 Jorge M. Montenegro (Spa) Aluminios Cortizo
14 Jesus Del Pino (Spa) Vito Feirense Pnb
15 Sergio Roman Martin (Spa) Caja Rural Urbasa-Seguros RGA
16 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Kinan Cycling Team
18 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Vorarlberg Team
19 Samuel Blanco (Spa) Vigo-Rías Baixas
20 Juan Pedro Lopez (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
21 Oscar Hernandez (Spa) Aviludo Louletano
22 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:25
23 Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:28
25 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:33
27 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:35
28 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Gsport Plat. C. Iberum Wolfbi 0:00:50
29 Miguel A. Ballesteros (Spa) Valverde Team-Terra Fecundis
30 Joan Bou (Spa) Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizan
31 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits
32 Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33 Ibai Azurmendi (Spa) Team Euskadi
34 Iñaki Gozalbez (Spa) Mutua Levante-Ale
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Matrix Powertag
36 Martin Lestido (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
37 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
38 Diego Noriega (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 0:00:55
39 Oscar Rodriguez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
40 Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
41 Javier Gil (Spa) Baqué Berango 0:01:20
42 Mauro Rato (Spa) Kuota-C. Paulino
43 Ivan Moreno (Spa) Lizarte
44 Marti Marquez (Spa) Lizarte
45 Sebastian Mora (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
46 Isaac Canton (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
47 Guillem Muñoz (Spa) Bike Kids
48 Ivan Martinez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
49 Mikel Iturria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:43
50 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:47
51 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Eusebio Pascual (Spa) Caja Rural Urbasa-Seguros RGA
53 David Galarreta (Spa) Guerciotti – Kiwi Atlantico 0:05:46
54 Mikel Alonso (Spa) Team Euskadi
55 Eric Valiente (Spa) Vib Sports
56 Xavier Cañellas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Hector Saez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:07:20
58 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:36
 claimed his third Spanish national road race title on Sunday in his home town of Murcia.
The world champion beat Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) in a two-up sprint, with Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) taking the final spot on the podium 16 seconds later.
The trio had gone clear of the rest of the field on the final time up the Santuario de la Fuensanta (1km at 8 per cent), the climb that punctuated the 19km finishing circuit that was covered four times. With the bunch already well reduced, Herrada attacked early, and later had company when Sanchez accelerated and Valverde followed.
They took a slim lead down the descent before starting to attack each other on the flat final part. Sanchez, who'd tried a couple of times, produced a stinging attack with just over 3.5km to go, but while Herrada was dropped, Valverde, despite a little hesitation, responded and hauled himself back on terms.
The world champion then refused to work with Sanchez, who shook his head but continued to lead the way. Valverde remained in the wheel until the final 150 metres, before coming through to take the title, although the winning margin was tight.
Valverde took to the podium to pull on the red and yellow Spanish champion's jersey, but won't be able to wear it in a race until his time as world champion is over, given his rainbow jersey takes precedence. The 2019 Worlds road race takes place in Yorkshire on September 29, and it is not inconceivable that Valverde could win again and thus never race in his Spanish champion's jersey.
"I'm sorry that I'm not going to be able to enjoy this jersey for the time being, but I couldn't let a victory like that slip through my fingers," Valverde said.
"I went after Luis Leon and I told him I wasn't going to come through, and if the group behind came back I'd try and sprint for that. And he pulled. It's a shame not to be able to enjoy this jersey but if not now then next year."
<strong>Results :</strong>
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 4:33:49
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
3 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits 0:00:16
4 Diego Rubio (Spa) Burgos BH 0:00:18
5 Benjami Prades (Spa) Ukyo Team
6 Antonio Angulo (Spa) Efapel
7 Fernando Barcelo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
9 Julio Alberto Amores (Spa) Electro Hiper Europa
10 Vicente Garcia D.M. (Spa) Aviludo Louletano
11 Juan Camacho (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
12 Jesus Alfonso Arozamena (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
13 Jorge M. Montenegro (Spa) Aluminios Cortizo
14 Jesus Del Pino (Spa) Vito Feirense Pnb
15 Sergio Roman Martin (Spa) Caja Rural Urbasa-Seguros RGA
16 Hector Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Kinan Cycling Team
18 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) Vorarlberg Team
19 Samuel Blanco (Spa) Vigo-Rías Baixas
20 Juan Pedro Lopez (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
21 Oscar Hernandez (Spa) Aviludo Louletano
22 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:25
23 Ion Izaguirre (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:28
25 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:33
27 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:35
28 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Gsport Plat. C. Iberum Wolfbi 0:00:50
29 Miguel A. Ballesteros (Spa) Valverde Team-Terra Fecundis
30 Joan Bou (Spa) Nippo - Vini Fantini - Faizan
31 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis Solutions Credits
32 Jonathan Lastra (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
33 Ibai Azurmendi (Spa) Team Euskadi
34 Iñaki Gozalbez (Spa) Mutua Levante-Ale
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Matrix Powertag
36 Martin Lestido (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
37 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
38 Diego Noriega (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 0:00:55
39 Oscar Rodriguez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
40 Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
41 Javier Gil (Spa) Baqué Berango 0:01:20
42 Mauro Rato (Spa) Kuota-C. Paulino
43 Ivan Moreno (Spa) Lizarte
44 Marti Marquez (Spa) Lizarte
45 Sebastian Mora (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
46 Isaac Canton (Spa) Kometa Cycling Team
47 Guillem Muñoz (Spa) Bike Kids
48 Ivan Martinez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
49 Mikel Iturria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:43
50 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:47
51 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Eusebio Pascual (Spa) Caja Rural Urbasa-Seguros RGA
53 David Galarreta (Spa) Guerciotti - Kiwi Atlantico 0:05:46
54 Mikel Alonso (Spa) Team Euskadi
55 Eric Valiente (Spa) Vib Sports
56 Xavier Cañellas (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57 Hector Saez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:07:20
58 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:36)
