the belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) is the first leader of the 73rd Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana by winning the first stage, disputed between Les Alqueries and Torralba del Pinar over 166.7 kilometers, on a mountainous day in which he attacked from a group with Carlos Rodriguez, Enrique More or Alexander Valverde.
El Alto de Costur, El Remolcador, Ayodar and finally Torralba del Pinar were the heights of this first stage of the Valencia round, where Remco Evenepoel He decided to attack, on the Torralba ramps, to open his particular 2022 with a stage and leadership.
Although the cyclist Enrique More (Movistar Team) tried to break the group of favourites, it was the Belgian who left and the Russian Alexander Vlasov (BORA-hansgrohe) who unsuccessfully tried to follow him and hunt him down, entering 16 seconds behind Evenepoel at the finish line, with the Spanish Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) third at 31 seconds, just ahead of the ‘group’ by Enric Mas or Alexander Valverde (Movistar Team).
This Thursday the second stage takes place, between Bétera and Torrent over 171.5 kilometres. A stage again on irregular terrain, with five mountain passes including La Muela (2nd, with 4.7 kilometers at an average gradient of 4.6 percent), although with a less demanding and descending finish.
Source: Eitb
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