Euskaltel-Euskadi runs the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Euskaltel-Euskadi tofront this week Return to the Valencian Communityto be played between Wednesday and Sunday in five stages online and with a peloton of 23 teams, 15 of them in the WorldTour category. After a remarkable Challenge de Mallorca, the team hopes to maintain that leading line.

Xabier Mikel Azparren, Ibai Azurmendi, Joan Bou, who runs at home, Mikel Iturria, Txomin Juaristi, Gotzon Martín and Antonio Soto are the seven cyclists who will have Jorge Azanza.

The classification It must be decided in the third stage on Friday, in the Antenas del Maigmó (1,080 meters), 5.5 kilometers at more than 10% and with several previous ports, Rates (2nd), Fageca (3rd), Benifallim (2nd) and Tibi (3rd). The first day will also be demanding and will select the race, arriving in Torralba del Pinar and on sterrato. The second day presents a leg-breaking profile, while the sprinters will have their chance in the fourth and fifth stages.

Jorge Azanza, sports director: “We carry a complete team and the runners arrive well as they have shown in Mallorca. It is a very high level race and, despite the fact that with the WorldTour teams it is always more difficult to achieve results, we will go out with ambition. It is about fighting each and every one of the stages, going day by day, knowing that one of our signs of identity is to always show ourselves in the fight and to be seen in all the battles”.