Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2021 start list
The Spanish stage race is set for a host of big riders in its new slot in the 2021 calendar
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2021 is set to take place on April 14 after it was postponed earlier in the year due to Covid-19.
Among the big names starting at the Volta a Valenciana are Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Enric Mas (Movistar).
The five-stage race kicks off on Wednesday (April 14) with a mix of testing lumpy stages, flat sprint opportunities, a summit finish and an individual time trial on stage four.
Last year’s edition was won by Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), with Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) rounding out the podium.
This year's line-up does not see Pogačar or even his team return to race in 2021 along with various other top teams. This has meant that some smaller teams have been able to field up to nine riders. Just four WorldTour teams are in attendance.
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2021 start list
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Movistar Team
MAS Enric
ERVITI Imanol
ROJAS José Joaquín
ALBA Juan Diego
MORA Sebastián
GONZÁLEZ Abner
OLIVEIRA Nelson
Groupama-FDJ
DÉMARE Arnaud
KÜNG Stefan
BALMER Alexandre
SINKELDAM Ramon
GUARNIERI Jacopo
RAUGEL Antoine
SCOTSON Miles
Cofidis
HERRADA José
CONSONNI Simone
SAJNOK Szymon
VIVIANI Attilio
BERHANE Natnael
CARVALHO Andre
ROCHAS Rémy
Lotto-Soudal
EWAN Caleb
DEGENKOLB John
DE BUYST Jasper
HOLMES Matt
CONCA Filippo
THIJSSEN Gerben
EvoPro Racing
RHIM Brendan
NOLAN Seán
MONK Cyrus
BROWN Jonny
WALSH Ben
SCHIZZI Vitor Zucco
NISU Oskar
EYSKENS Jeroen
Mg.K Vis VPM
DOUBLE Paul
WRIGHT Paul
DRAGHI Guido
RADICE Raffaele
SALVIETTI Niccolò
CAROLLO Francesco
DI FELICE Francesco
Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-Wallonie Bruxelles
DUPONT Timothy
VANENDERT Jelle
PAASSCHENS Mathijs
VANDEPITTE Nathan
HUYS Laurens
PEYSKENS Dimitri
MERTS Rémy
MEENS Johan
REX Laurenz
B&B Hotels p/b KTM
BAGIOLI Nicola
LIETAER Eliot
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
HIVERT Jonathan
BONNAMOUR Franck
BOILEAU Alan
CAM Maxime
FERRASSE Thibault
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
LASTA Jonathan
ABERASTURI Jon
AULAR Orluis
IRISARRI Jon
LAZKANO Oier
CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro
OSORIO Alejandro
Arkéa-Samsic
GESBERT Élie
LOUVEL Matis
WELTEN Bram
ROSA Diego
LEDANOIS Kévin
GUERNALEC Thibault
RIOU Alan
Burgos-BH
NAVARRO Daniel
ÁVILA Edwin
OSORIO Juan Felipe
MOLENAAR Alex
EZQUERRA Daniel
ORTS Felipe
MADRAZO Ángel
APARICIO Matio
FUENTEZ Ángel
Euskaltel-Euskadi
BIZKARRA Mikel
MATÉ Luis Ángel
ARISTI Mikel
BOU Joan
AZPARREN Xabier Mikel
ANGULO Antonio
CUADRADO Unai
MARTÍN Gotzon
JUARISTI Txomin
Equipo Kern Pharma
GARCÍA PIERNA Carlos
RUIZ Ibon
LOPEZ Diego
LÓPEZ Jordi
MENDEZ Daniel Alejandro
NOVIKOV Savva
JAIME Álex
MORENO Ivan
ARAIZ Sergio
Rally Cycling
BASSETT Stephen
JOYCE Colin
SHEFFIELD Magnus
ROSSKOPF Joey
CARPENTER Robin
BROWN Nathan
Tarteletto-Isorex
WOUTERS Enzo
SEFA Yiber
MARCHAND Gianni
TEUGELS Lennert
D'HEYGERE Gil
DE POORTER Maxime
VAN DE KERKHOVE Brent
DE DECKER Alfdan
VAN DEN BRANDE Julien
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