Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

February 6, 2022

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 – Stage 5 – Paterna – Valencia : 92 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.

Fabio Jakobsen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) won the final sprint stage 5 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, with Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) securing overall victory.

After being blocked-in during Saturday’s sprint, QuickStep-AlphaVinyl doubled their efforts and lead-out the sprint with even Remco Evenepoel and Yves Lampaert playing a key role in the final three kilometres. Lead-out man Michael Morkov then positioned Jakobsen perfectly in the final 500 metres. The Dutchman opened up his sprint in the final 150 metres, giving his rivals little chance of matching his speed.

Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) and Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) finished second and third.

Vlasov finished carefully in the peloton and so kept the leader’s yellow jersey and celebrated his first ever stage race success. Evenepoel finished 32 seconds down, with talented young Spaniard Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) third overall at 36 seconds.

Vlasov dethroned Evenepoel on the dirt road climb to the Antenas del Maigmó hilltop finish on stage 3 and then Bora-Hansgrohe rode carefully on the two remaining sprint stages to protect his lead.

The final stage of the Volta a la Ciclista Valenciana was a blistering 92km from Paterna to Valencia, on a route raced on by the women’s peloton and won by Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) earlier in the morning.

There were a couple of small climbs on route but in general the day was meant for the sprinters in the field.

Vincenzo Nibali and Manuele Boaro, teammates at Astana Qazaqstan, lead an early breakaway that also included Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Gotzon Martin (Euskaltel-Euskadi), pushing their lead out to a minute after the first 15km of racing, and then stretching out to nearly two minutes at the halfway point of the race.

Overall leader Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe) sat comfortably behind in the main field as rival teams Intermarche, QuickStep-AlphaVinyl and Trek-Segafredo led the peloton. As the race headed south back toward Valencia, the gap to the breakaway narrowed to under 45 seconds on the fast roads toward the finish.

Boaro led the break onto the city streets inside 15km to go, but with a gap down to 20 seconds, and Bora-Hansgrohe helping to pick up the chase behind, their efforts seems almost futile during the closing portion of the race.

The quartet rode as hard as they could, and continued to work together, but the gap was slashed in half with 13km out from the finish line, and then they were swarmed by the field a short time later, paving the way for a fast bunch sprint.

Bora-Hansgrohe lead the race in to Valencia and then Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, QuickStep and Trek-Segafredo took control.

However when Evenepoel and then Lampaert hit the front, their rivals could only stay in the wheels, allowing Morkov and Jakobsen to produce a textbook lead and and victorious sprint.

“It’s an honour to be part of this team. I think everybody saw today what a textbook lead is. I’m happy to have the legs to finish it off,” Jakobsen explained.

“Yesterday I was boxed-in and couldn’t sprint. That’s frustrating for a sprinter but we had a talk and today we made a plan and stuck to it. I have to thank all the guys, we controlled the stage and did the lead out and I was the fastest.

Jakobsen’s success and 2022 form confirmed he has put his Tour de Pologne crash injuries behind him.

“I enjoyed a normal winter preparation like in the years before I crashed and so I guess I’m now at this level and now we go on. I ride the Volta ao Algarve next, then Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne and then Paris-Nice,” he said.

Jakobsen was also praising of Remco Evenepoel, who failed to win overall but who finished second and worked for Jakobsen in the sprints.

“He’s a special kid. He’s like a little brother to me. We have a special bond. Him helping me says a lot about him. He’s a perfect teammate and look forward to racing with him together.”

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

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