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Volta Comunitat Valenciana 2026 - Stage 1

Segorbe > Torreblanca, 160.0km

04.02-08.02

Biniam Girmay won stage 1 of the Volta Comunitat Valenciana in Torreblanca for NSN Cycling Team, claiming his first victory since the 2024 Tour de France after holding off Arne Marit in a reduced bunch sprint. The stage blew apart on the Puerto Los Madroños when Remco Evenepoel’s Red Bull squad forced a split, and Giulio Pellizzari briefly went clear solo before being caught under the flamme rouge. Girmay now wears yellow heading into the stage 2 time trial, where Evenepoel is the clear favourite for the stage win and overall lead.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team 3:25:41
2 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
3 Giovanni Lonardi Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
4 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
5 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
6 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious + 00.00
7 Tommaso Nencini Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.00
8 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
9 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
10 Clément Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.00
11 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS + 00.00
12 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 00.00
13 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
14 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS + 00.00
15 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.00
16 Matevz Govekar Bahrain Victorious + 00.00
17 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.00
18 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
19 Jonathan Caicedo Petrolike + 00.00
20 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.00
21 Viktor Soenens Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
22 Abel Balderstone Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.00
23 Michel Heßmann Movistar Team + 00.00
24 Andrii Ponomar Petrolike + 00.00
25 Pablo Castrillo Movistar Team + 00.00
26 Iván Romeo Movistar Team + 00.00
27 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
28 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
29 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team + 00.00
30 Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
31 Remco Evenepoel Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
32 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
33 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
34 Victor Langellotti Netcompany INEOS + 00.00
35 Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
36 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.00
37 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
38 Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard Lidl-Trek + 00.00
39 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
40 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
41 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious + 00.00
42 Jasper Schoofs Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
43 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
44 Mirco Maestri Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
45 Bálint Feldhoffer Bahrain Victorious + 00.00
46 Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
47 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 00.00
48 Marc Soler UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
49 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
50 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team + 00.00
51 Riley Sheehan NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
52 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.00
53 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 00.00
54 Ådne Holter Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
55 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
56 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek + 00.00
57 João Almeida UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
58 Pau Marti NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
59 Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.00
60 Raúl García Movistar Team + 00.00
61 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.13
62 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 00.23
63 Moritz Mauss UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.55
64 Daniele Forlin Movistar Team + 01.55
65 Xabier Isasa Euskaltel-Euskadi + 01.55
66 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 01.55
67 Giosue Epis Petrolike + 01.55
68 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious + 01.55
69 David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk + 01.55
70 Tom Van Asbroeck NSN Cycling Team + 01.55
71 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.55
72 Ayco Bastiaens Soudal Quick-Step + 01.55
73 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.55
74 Cesar Macias Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.55
75 Steff Cras Soudal Quick-Step + 01.55
76 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step + 01.55
77 Roberto Gonzalez Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.55
78 Francisco Peñuela Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.55
79 Patrick Welch APS Pro Cycling + 01.55
80 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 01.55
81 Carlos Garcia Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.55
82 Jakub Otruba Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.55
83 Sinuhé Fernandez Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.55
84 Iker Villar Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.55
85 Joan Bou Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.55
86 Iñigo Elosegui Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.55
87 Kamiel Bonneu Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.55
88 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 01.55
89 Adria Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.55
90 Mathijs Paasschens Bahrain Victorious + 01.55
91 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.55
92 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.55
93 Matis Louvel NSN Cycling Team + 01.55
94 Guillaume Boivin NSN Cycling Team + 01.55
95 Lucas Dauge Team Novo Nordisk + 07.00
96 Jose Antonio Prieto Petrolike + 07.00
97 Hamish Beadle Team Novo Nordisk + 07.00
98 Hamish Armitt Team Novo Nordisk + 07.00
99 Antonio Polga Team Novo Nordisk + 07.00
100 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 07.00
101 Alessandro Iacchi Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 07.00
102 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk + 08.50
103 Liam Flanagan APS Pro Cycling + 08.50
104 Mikel Bizkarra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 08.50
105 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 08.50
106 Alejandro Callejas Petrolike + 08.50
107 Alexandre Mayer Burgos Burpellet BH + 08.50
108 William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility + 08.50
109 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 08.50
110 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 10.33
111 Martin Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 10.33
112 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek + 10.33
113 Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 14.19
114 Michele Gazzoli Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.19
115 Matteo Fabbro Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.19
116 Vojtech Kminek Burgos Burpellet BH + 14.19
117 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 14.19
118 Ibai Azanza Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.34
119 Giacomo Villa Petrolike + 22.34
120 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.34
121 Eddy Huntsman APS Pro Cycling + 24.40
- Matteo Regnanti Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali DNF
- José Juan Prieto Petrolike DNF
- Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek DNF
- Tobias Foss Netcompany INEOS DNF
- Txomin Juaristi Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team 3:25:31
2 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
3 Giovanni Lonardi Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.06
4 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.06
5 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.06
6 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.07
7 Remco Evenepoel Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.09
8 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
9 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
10 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
11 Tommaso Nencini Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 00.10
12 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.10
13 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
14 Clément Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.10
15 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS + 00.10
16 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 00.10
17 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
18 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS + 00.10
19 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.10
20 Matevz Govekar Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
21 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.10
22 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.10
23 Jonathan Caicedo Petrolike + 00.10
24 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.10
25 Viktor Soenens Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
26 Abel Balderstone Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.10
27 Michel Heßmann Movistar Team + 00.10
28 Andrii Ponomar Petrolike + 00.10
29 Pablo Castrillo Movistar Team + 00.10
30 Iván Romeo Movistar Team + 00.10
31 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.10
32 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.10
33 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team + 00.10
34 Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
35 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
36 Victor Langellotti Netcompany INEOS + 00.10
37 Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
38 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.10
39 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
40 Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard Lidl-Trek + 00.10
41 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.10
42 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
43 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
44 Jasper Schoofs Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
45 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
46 Mirco Maestri Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.10
47 Bálint Feldhoffer Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
48 Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.10
49 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
50 Marc Soler UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
51 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
52 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team + 00.10
53 Riley Sheehan NSN Cycling Team + 00.10
54 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 00.10
55 Ådne Holter Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
56 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek + 00.10
57 João Almeida UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
58 Pau Marti NSN Cycling Team + 00.10
59 Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
60 Raúl García Movistar Team + 00.10
61 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.23
62 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 00.33
63 Moritz Mauss UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.05
64 Daniele Forlin Movistar Team + 02.05
65 Xabier Isasa Euskaltel-Euskadi + 02.05
66 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 02.05
67 Giosue Epis Petrolike + 02.05
68 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious + 02.05
69 David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk + 02.05
70 Tom Van Asbroeck NSN Cycling Team + 02.05
71 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta + 02.05
72 Ayco Bastiaens Soudal Quick-Step + 02.05
73 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.05
74 Cesar Macias Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.05
75 Steff Cras Soudal Quick-Step + 02.05
76 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step + 02.05
77 Roberto Gonzalez Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 02.05
78 Francisco Peñuela Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.05
79 Patrick Welch APS Pro Cycling + 02.05
80 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 02.05
81 Carlos Garcia Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.05
82 Jakub Otruba Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.05
83 Sinuhé Fernandez Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.05
84 Iker Villar Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.05
85 Joan Bou Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.05
86 Iñigo Elosegui Equipo Kern Pharma + 02.05
87 Kamiel Bonneu Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 02.05
88 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 02.05
89 Adria Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.05
90 Mathijs Paasschens Bahrain Victorious + 02.05
91 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 02.05
92 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 02.05
93 Matis Louvel NSN Cycling Team + 02.05
94 Guillaume Boivin NSN Cycling Team + 02.05
95 Lucas Dauge Team Novo Nordisk + 07.10
96 Jose Antonio Prieto Petrolike + 07.10
97 Hamish Beadle Team Novo Nordisk + 07.10
98 Hamish Armitt Team Novo Nordisk + 07.10
99 Antonio Polga Team Novo Nordisk + 07.10
100 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 07.10
101 Alessandro Iacchi Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 07.10
102 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk + 09.00
103 Liam Flanagan APS Pro Cycling + 09.00
104 Mikel Bizkarra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 09.00
105 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 09.00
106 Alejandro Callejas Petrolike + 09.00
107 Alexandre Mayer Burgos Burpellet BH + 09.00
108 William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility + 09.00
109 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 09.00
110 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 10.43
111 Martin Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 10.43
112 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek + 10.43
113 Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 14.29
114 Michele Gazzoli Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.29
115 Matteo Fabbro Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 14.29
116 Vojtech Kminek Burgos Burpellet BH + 14.29
117 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 14.29
118 Ibai Azanza Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.44
119 Giacomo Villa Petrolike + 22.44
120 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.44
121 Eddy Huntsman APS Pro Cycling + 24.50
- Matteo Regnanti Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali DNF
- José Juan Prieto Petrolike DNF
- Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek DNF
- Tobias Foss Netcompany INEOS DNF
- Txomin Juaristi Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma 3:25:37
2 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
3 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
4 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.04
5 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 00.04
6 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
7 Viktor Soenens Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
8 Michel Heßmann Movistar Team + 00.04
9 Andrii Ponomar Petrolike + 00.04
10 Pablo Castrillo Movistar Team + 00.04
11 Iván Romeo Movistar Team + 00.04
12 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
13 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team + 00.04
14 Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
15 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
16 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
17 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.04
18 Jasper Schoofs Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
19 Bálint Feldhoffer Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
20 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
21 Pau Marti NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
22 Raúl García Movistar Team + 00.04
23 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.17
24 Moritz Mauss UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.59
25 Daniele Forlin Movistar Team + 01.59
26 Xabier Isasa Euskaltel-Euskadi + 01.59
27 Giosue Epis Petrolike + 01.59
28 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta + 01.59
29 Cesar Macias Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.59
30 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step + 01.59
31 Francisco Peñuela Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.59
32 Patrick Welch APS Pro Cycling + 01.59
33 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 01.59
34 Iker Villar Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.59
35 Adria Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.59
36 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 01.59
37 Jose Antonio Prieto Petrolike + 07.04
38 Hamish Armitt Team Novo Nordisk + 07.04
39 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 07.04
40 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 08.54
41 William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility + 08.54
42 Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 14.23
43 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 14.23
44 Ibai Azanza Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.38
45 Giacomo Villa Petrolike + 22.38
46 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 22.38
47 Eddy Huntsman APS Pro Cycling + 24.44

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team 25
2 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 20
3 Giovanni Lonardi Team Polti VisitMalta 16
4 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility 14
5 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 12
6 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious 10
7 Tommaso Nencini Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 9
8 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma 8
9 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step 7
10 Clément Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH 6
11 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS 5
12 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek 4
13 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 3
14 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS 2
15 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
2 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta 2
3 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 10:17:03
2 INEOS Grenadiers + 00.00
3 Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.00
4 Bahrain Victorious + 00.00
5 Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
6 Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.00
7 Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
8 Movistar Team + 00.00
9 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.00
10 NSN Cycling Team + 00.00
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.00
12 UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
13 Lidl-Trek + 00.00
14 Petrolike + 00.55
15 Burgos Burpellet BH + 03.50
16 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 03.50
17 APS Pro Cycling + 03.50
18 Team Novo Nordisk + 15.55

Race profile

Race
Volta Comunitat Valenciana
Start date
04.02.2026
End date
08.02.2026
Total distance
160.0 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.Pro
Country
Spain
Discipline
Road
First edition
1929

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