Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 – Stage 4 [LAST 10 KM]

February 5, 2022

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 – Stage 4 – Orihuela – Torrevieja : 193,1 km

Back in its traditional early-season slot, the 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana will kick off the UCI’s ProSeries calendar this Wednesday and see a handful of world-class talents head to eastern Spain in a bid to start their years on a high. The question is, who’s going to light the fireworks and open up their 2022 victory accounts with a bang? As ever, this race’s dynamic mix of stages and promise of mild weather has encouraged many big-name riders to take to the startline and make their seasonal debuts. The level of competition is much higher this year than it was in last year, when the race was postponed until April, so we should be treated to a much more action-packed GC battle. Day one and day three should decide proceedings, with the strongest climber on both days likely coming out on top overall.

Matteo Moschetti (Trek-Segafredo) won the high-speed sprint finish in Torrevieja, producing a perfectly-timed effort to emerge from the fight for the wheels.

The Italian hit the front coming out of the final corner and had the power and speed to hold off his rivals. Manuel Penalver (Burgos-BH) finished second and Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) was third and Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) was fourth.

Fabio Jakobsen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) was only fifth after struggling to find a way to the front in the final kilometre. Lead-out man Michael Morkov had tried to drag the Dutchman back into position but then Jakobsen dived into the scrum of sprinters instead of taking his own line. He became boxed in and could only watch the sprint unfolded ahead of him.

Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished safely in the peloton after attacks in the crosswinds failed to happen along the coastline and during the final 33.5km loop of the Laguna de Torrevieja. The stage was a controlled affair for the 193km stage with only the fear of crosswinds raising the tension in the peloton.

Manuele Boaro (Astana Astana Qazaqstan), Angel Madrazo (Burgos-BH), Jesus Antonio Soto (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Urko Berrade (Equipo Kern Pharma) and Kenny Molly (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB) formed the early break of the day and opened a three-minute lead but they were swept up in the final loop as some team feared the cross winds and were tempted to make a surge. However, the conditions favoured the sprinters, leaving the overall classification unchanged.

Vlasov still leads Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) by 32 seconds before Sunday’s final flat and short 92km stage to Valencia. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) is third overall at 36 seconds despite a crash during the stage.

Vlasov dethroned Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) on the dirt road climb to the Antenas del Maigmó hilltop finish. He is set to win his first stage race on his season debut with Bora-Hansgrohe.

It was Moschetti’s six career win and his first since last year’s Per Sempre Alfredo race in Tuscany in March. The Italian has always been fast in sprints but missed six months of the 2020 season after fracturing his pelvis early in the year.

No wonder he was happy to be back winning sprints.

“It’s always important to win,” Moschetti said after hugging his Trek-Segafredo teammates in celebration.

“The last kilometres were pretty chaotic and everyone was expecting Jakobsen, Viiviani and all these guys. But on our bus we knew that today could be good for me and the guys did a super nice job, so thanks to my teammates.”

Results :
1 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 4:32:17
2 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
5 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl
6 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
7 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
8 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
9 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
10 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
11 Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
12 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
13 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team
14 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH
15 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
16 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
17 Stephen Bassett (USA) Human Powered Health
18 Alex Jaime Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
19 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Human Powered Health
20 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation
22 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
23 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
24 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl
25 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team
27 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
28 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
29 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
30 Axel Laurance (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
31 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32 Jonas Koch (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
33 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
34 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
35 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
36 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
37 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
39 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
40 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
41 Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Trek-Segafredo
42 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
43 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
44 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
45 Adrien Lagree (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
46 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Gazprom-Rusvelo
47 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Human Powered Health
48 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
49 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl
50 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
51 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH
52 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl
53 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Jordi Warlop (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team
56 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
57 Nicola Conci (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
58 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
59 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
60 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation
61 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team
62 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
63 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
64 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
65 Sergio Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
66 Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
67 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
68 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
69 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious
70 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
71 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious
72 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroen Team
73 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-Up Nation
74 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
75 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH
76 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
78 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
79 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
80 Ivan Cobo Cayon (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
81 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation
82 Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
83 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
84 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
86 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation
87 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious
88 Ben King (USA) Human Powered Health
89 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH
90 Andrea Piccolo (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:00:15
91 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
92 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:20
93 Xabier Azparren (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
94 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
95 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:00:24
96 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:00:30
97 Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
98 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
99 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:34
100 Chad Haga (USA) Human Powered Health 0:00:49
101 Adrien Petit (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:55
102 Antonio Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
104 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:09
105 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
106 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo
107 Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
108 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:41
109 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:01:46
110 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:01:55
111 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
112 Oscar Pelegri Ferrandis (Spa) Burgos-BH
113 Josef Cerny (Cze) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:02:09
114 Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:36
115 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
116 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:10
117 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
118 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:03:20
119 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:02
120 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:06:31
DNS Mikkel Honoré (Den) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl
DNS Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Milan Vader (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
DNS Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNS Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
DNS Leon Heinschke (Ger) Team DSM
DNS Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM
DNS Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Team DSM
DNS Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe 17:00:56
2 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:00:32
3 Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:36
4 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:50
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:02
6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:01:05
7 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:14
8 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:00
9 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:02:05
10 David de la Cruz (Spa) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:02:28
11 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:54
12 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
13 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 0:02:55
14 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:03
15 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:03:10
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:03:14
17 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious 0:03:50
18 Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:02
19 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:28
20 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:04:51
21 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego (Spa) Gazprom-Rusvelo
22 Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:58
23 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:05:07
24 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ 0:05:26
25 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:05:35
26 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:05:54
27 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:09
28 Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:06:48
29 Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:06:51
30 Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:07:21
31 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:33
32 Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroen Team
33 Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:08:17
34 Lars van den Berg (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:41
35 Axel Laurance (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:08:49
36 Gotzon Martin Sanz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:22
37 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:43
38 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:10:14
39 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:10:24
40 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:10:57
41 Asbjørn Hellemose (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:11:00
42 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team 0:11:25
43 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:44
44 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:12:28
45 Cristian Scaroni (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:12:41
46 Antonio Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:57
47 Kristian Aasvold (Nor) Human Powered Health 0:16:38
48 Urko Berrade Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:18:06
49 Nicola Conci (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:18:15
50 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
51 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:19:27
52 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:19:28
53 Valentin Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:20:01
54 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:20:58
55 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:51
56 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:22:38
57 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:22:46
58 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:23:10
59 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain Victorious 0:23:48
60 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers 0:24:23
61 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:24:28
62 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:24:32
63 Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:24:48
64 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:24:53
65 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:25:15
66 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:25:16
67 Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:26:40
68 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:27:05
69 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:27:31
70 Ivan Moreno Sanchez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:27:42
71 Chad Haga (USA) Human Powered Health 0:28:01
72 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:28:04
73 Sergio Martin Galan (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:29:30
74 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:29:40
75 Jonas Koch (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:30:05
76 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:30:18
77 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:30:23
78 Jordi Warlop (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:31:10
79 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:32:22
80 David Gonzalez Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:32:32
81 Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:32:54
82 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:32:59
83 Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:33:11
84 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:33:26
85 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:33:32
86 Alex Jaime Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:33:47
87 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:33:48
88 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:34:10
89 Ivan Cobo Cayon (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:34:12
90 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:34:13
91 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:34:40
92 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:35:19
93 Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Spa) Movistar Team 0:35:21
94 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:35:25
95 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:35:49
96 Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:36:04
97 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:36:06
98 Andrea Piccolo (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:36:25
99 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:36:39
100 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:41
101 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:36:44
102 Adrien Petit (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:36:48
103 Stephen Bassett (USA) Human Powered Health 0:37:35
104 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
105 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Human Powered Health 0:38:04
106 Ben King (USA) Human Powered Health 0:38:53
107 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:38:54
108 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:39:21
109 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:39:45
110 Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:40:15
111 Adrien Lagree (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:40:20
112 Marc Brustenga Masague (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:40:39
113 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma 0:42:59
114 Xabier Azparren (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:44:45
115 Oscar Pelegri Ferrandis (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:45:14
116 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:45:46
117 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:46:37
118 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:47:08
119 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:47:14
120 Josef Cerny (Cze) Quick-Step AlphaVinyl 0:48:44