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Volta Comunitat Valenciana 2026 - Stage 3

Orihuela > Sant Vicent del Raspeig, 158.0km

04.02-08.02

AJ August (Ineos Grenadiers) claimed the first professional victory of his career after sprinting to victory from a group of four on stage 3 of the Volta Comunitat Valenciana.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 AJ August Netcompany INEOS 3:20:54
2 Ådne Holter Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
3 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
4 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
5 Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
6 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
7 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
8 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 00.04
9 Mirco Maestri Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.04
10 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
11 Matevz Govekar Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
12 Remco Evenepoel Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
13 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.04
14 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
15 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
16 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
17 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.04
18 Viktor Soenens Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
19 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek + 00.04
20 Marc Soler UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.04
21 Iván Romeo Movistar Team + 00.04
22 João Almeida UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.04
23 Clément Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.04
24 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
25 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
26 Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.04
27 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
28 Riley Sheehan NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
29 Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
30 Pau Marti NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
31 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.04
32 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.04
33 Victor Langellotti Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
34 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
35 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.04
36 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
37 Jasper Schoofs Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
38 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
39 Andrii Ponomar Petrolike + 00.13
40 Abel Balderstone Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.13
41 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.13
42 Jonathan Caicedo Petrolike + 00.13
43 Pablo Castrillo Movistar Team + 00.13
44 Raúl García Movistar Team + 00.13
45 Sinuhé Fernandez Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.13
46 Jakub Otruba Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.13
47 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.13
48 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.13
49 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.13
50 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.13
51 Steff Cras Soudal Quick-Step + 00.13
52 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.28
53 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 00.50
54 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.03
55 Kamiel Bonneu Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 01.07
56 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01.31
57 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek + 01.31
58 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 01.43
59 Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 02.10
60 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 05.39
61 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta + 07.28
62 Matis Louvel NSN Cycling Team + 08.05
63 Carlos Garcia Burgos Burpellet BH + 08.05
64 David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk + 08.33
65 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 08.36
66 Cesar Macias Burgos Burpellet BH + 08.36
67 Giosue Epis Petrolike + 08.36
68 Roberto Gonzalez Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 08.36
69 Jose Antonio Prieto Petrolike + 08.36
70 Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard Lidl-Trek + 08.36
71 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 08.36
72 Vojtech Kminek Burgos Burpellet BH + 08.36
73 William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility + 08.36
74 Martin Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 08.36
75 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk + 08.36
76 Mathijs Paasschens Bahrain Victorious + 08.36
77 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility + 08.36
78 Moritz Mauss UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 08.36
79 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious + 08.36
80 Hamish Beadle Team Novo Nordisk + 08.36
81 Giovanni Lonardi Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.36
82 Matteo Fabbro Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 08.36
83 Tommaso Nencini Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 08.36
84 Iker Villar Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 08.36
85 Adria Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 08.36
86 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step + 08.36
87 Ayco Bastiaens Soudal Quick-Step + 08.36
88 Francisco Peñuela Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 08.36
89 Joan Bou Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 08.36
90 Hamish Armitt Team Novo Nordisk + 08.36
91 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team + 08.36
92 Mikel Bizkarra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 08.36
93 Xabier Isasa Euskaltel-Euskadi + 08.36
94 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 08.36
95 Michel Heßmann Movistar Team + 08.36
96 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.36
97 Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 08.44
98 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 10.00
99 Patrick Welch APS Pro Cycling + 10.00
100 Lucas Dauge Team Novo Nordisk + 10.00
101 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 10.00
102 Iñigo Elosegui Equipo Kern Pharma + 10.00
103 Daniele Forlin Movistar Team + 10.00
104 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious + 10.00
105 Alessandro Iacchi Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 10.00
106 Eddy Huntsman APS Pro Cycling + 10.00
107 Alexandre Mayer Burgos Burpellet BH + 10.00
108 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 10.00
109 Liam Flanagan APS Pro Cycling + 10.00
110 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 10.00
111 Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 10.00
112 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 10.00
113 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team + 10.04
114 Antonio Polga Team Novo Nordisk + 16.09
115 Tom Van Asbroeck NSN Cycling Team + 17.32
116 Michele Gazzoli Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 17.32
117 Bálint Feldhoffer Bahrain Victorious + 17.37
- Ibai Azanza Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Alejandro Callejas Petrolike DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team 6:46:29
2 Ådne Holter Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
3 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.02
4 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.06
5 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.07
6 Remco Evenepoel Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.09
7 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
8 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS + 00.10
9 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 00.10
10 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.10
11 Matevz Govekar Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
12 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS + 00.10
13 Clément Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.10
14 Viktor Soenens Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
15 Iván Romeo Movistar Team + 00.10
16 Joseba Lopez Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.10
17 Mirco Maestri Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.10
18 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
19 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
20 Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
21 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
22 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
23 Victor Langellotti Netcompany INEOS + 00.10
24 Marc Soler UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
25 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 00.10
26 Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.10
27 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.10
28 Tao Geoghegan Hart Lidl-Trek + 00.10
29 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uno-X Mobility + 00.10
30 João Almeida UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.10
31 Riley Sheehan NSN Cycling Team + 00.10
32 Jasper Schoofs Soudal Quick-Step + 00.10
33 Pau Marti NSN Cycling Team + 00.10
34 Raúl García Movistar Team + 00.13
35 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.19
36 Jonathan Caicedo Petrolike + 00.19
37 Abel Balderstone Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.19
38 Andrii Ponomar Petrolike + 00.19
39 Pablo Castrillo Movistar Team + 00.19
40 Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi + 00.19
41 Urko Berrade Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.19
42 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.19
43 Kim Heiduk Netcompany INEOS + 00.33
44 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.34
45 Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.09
46 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 01.51
47 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step + 02.01
48 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 02.05
49 Jose Manuel Diaz Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.14
50 Steff Cras Soudal Quick-Step + 02.14
51 Sinuhé Fernandez Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.14
52 Jakub Otruba Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.14
53 Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 02.16
54 Kamiel Bonneu Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 03.08
55 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 03.32
56 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 05.39
57 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 07.56
58 Giovanni Lonardi Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.38
59 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta + 08.38
60 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility + 08.42
61 Tommaso Nencini Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 08.42
62 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step + 08.42
63 Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard Lidl-Trek + 08.42
64 Michel Heßmann Movistar Team + 08.42
65 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team + 08.42
66 Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 08.50
67 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 08.55
68 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta + 09.29
69 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 10.00
70 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious + 10.06
71 Carlos Garcia Burgos Burpellet BH + 10.06
72 Matis Louvel NSN Cycling Team + 10.06
73 Adam Lewis APS Pro Cycling + 10.06
74 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team + 10.10
75 David Lozano Team Novo Nordisk + 10.34
76 Conn McDunphy APS Pro Cycling + 10.37
77 Giosue Epis Petrolike + 10.37
78 Cesar Macias Burgos Burpellet BH + 10.37
79 Moritz Mauss UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 10.37
80 Roberto Gonzalez Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 10.37
81 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious + 10.37
82 Xabier Isasa Euskaltel-Euskadi + 10.37
83 Ayco Bastiaens Soudal Quick-Step + 10.37
84 Mathijs Paasschens Bahrain Victorious + 10.37
85 Francisco Peñuela Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 10.37
86 Iker Villar Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 10.37
87 Adria Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 10.37
88 Joan Bou Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 10.37
89 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 10.37
90 Daniele Forlin Movistar Team + 12.01
91 Patrick Welch APS Pro Cycling + 12.01
92 Iñigo Elosegui Equipo Kern Pharma + 12.01
93 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek + 12.10
94 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek + 12.22
95 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 14.29
96 Jose Antonio Prieto Petrolike + 15.42
97 Hamish Beadle Team Novo Nordisk + 15.42
98 Hamish Armitt Team Novo Nordisk + 15.42
99 Lucas Dauge Team Novo Nordisk + 17.06
100 Alessandro Iacchi Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 17.06
101 Sam Brand Team Novo Nordisk + 17.32
102 William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility + 17.32
103 Mikel Bizkarra Euskaltel-Euskadi + 17.32
104 Bálint Feldhoffer Bahrain Victorious + 17.43
105 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 18.56
106 Cian Keogh APS Pro Cycling + 18.56
107 Liam Flanagan APS Pro Cycling + 18.56
108 Alexandre Mayer Burgos Burpellet BH + 18.56
109 Martin Pedersen Lidl-Trek + 19.15
110 Tom Van Asbroeck NSN Cycling Team + 19.33
111 Vojtech Kminek Burgos Burpellet BH + 23.01
112 Matteo Fabbro Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 23.01
113 Antonio Polga Team Novo Nordisk + 23.15
114 Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 24.25
115 Michele Gazzoli Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 31.57
116 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 32.40
117 Eddy Huntsman APS Pro Cycling + 34.46
- Ibai Azanza Equipo Kern Pharma DNS
- Alejandro Callejas Petrolike DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma 6:46:35
2 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 00.04
3 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.04
4 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS + 00.04
5 Viktor Soenens Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
6 Iván Romeo Movistar Team + 00.04
7 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
8 Johannes Kulset Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
9 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
10 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
11 Jasper Schoofs Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
12 Pau Marti NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
13 Raúl García Movistar Team + 00.07
14 Andrii Ponomar Petrolike + 00.13
15 Pablo Castrillo Movistar Team + 00.13
16 Fernando Tercero Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.13
17 Lewis Askey NSN Cycling Team + 00.28
18 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 01.45
19 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step + 01.55
20 Ethan Dunham APS Pro Cycling + 07.50
21 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility + 08.36
22 Michel Heßmann Movistar Team + 08.36
23 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 08.49
24 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta + 09.23
25 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious + 10.00
26 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team + 10.04
27 Giosue Epis Petrolike + 10.31
28 Cesar Macias Burgos Burpellet BH + 10.31
29 Moritz Mauss UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 10.31
30 Xabier Isasa Euskaltel-Euskadi + 10.31
31 Francisco Peñuela Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 10.31
32 Iker Villar Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 10.31
33 Adria Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 10.31
34 Hugo Aznar Equipo Kern Pharma + 10.31
35 Daniele Forlin Movistar Team + 11.55
36 Patrick Welch APS Pro Cycling + 11.55
37 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS + 14.23
38 Jose Antonio Prieto Petrolike + 15.36
39 Hamish Armitt Team Novo Nordisk + 15.36
40 William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility + 17.26
41 Bálint Feldhoffer Bahrain Victorious + 17.37
42 Juan Jose Lopez Team Novo Nordisk + 18.50
43 Axel van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi + 24.19
44 Diego Uriarte Equipo Kern Pharma + 32.34
45 Eddy Huntsman APS Pro Cycling + 34.40

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team 37
2 AJ August Netcompany INEOS 25
3 Ådne Holter Uno-X Mobility 20
4 Arne Marit Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 20
5 Florian Vermeersch UAE Team Emirates-XRG 19
6 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 18
7 Giovanni Lonardi Team Polti VisitMalta 16
8 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS 15
9 Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step 14
10 Carl-Frederik Bevort Uno-X Mobility 14
11 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek 12
12 Mikel Retegi Equipo Kern Pharma 11
13 Alberto Bruttomesso Bahrain Victorious 10
14 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility 9
15 Tommaso Nencini Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali 9
16 Mirco Maestri Team Polti VisitMalta 7
17 Dries van Gestel Soudal Quick-Step 7
18 Clément Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH 6
19 Remco Evenepoel Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 5
20 Matevz Govekar Bahrain Victorious 5
21 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma 4
22 Raúl García Movistar Team 4
23 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta 2
24 Magnus Sheffield Netcompany INEOS 2
25 Yves Lampaert Soudal Quick-Step 2
26 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta 2
27 Jonathan Lastra Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
28 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
29 Artem Shmidt Netcompany INEOS 1

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Danny van der Tuuk Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
2 Raúl García Movistar Team 6
3 Mattia Bais Team Polti VisitMalta 2
4 Diego Sevilla Team Polti VisitMalta 2
5 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma 1
6 Pablo Garcia Team Polti VisitMalta 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 INEOS Grenadiers 20:19:56
2 Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
3 Soudal Quick-Step + 00.00
4 UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.00
5 Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 00.04
6 Team Polti VisitMalta + 00.04
7 Bahrain Victorious + 00.04
8 NSN Cycling Team + 00.04
9 Equipo Kern Pharma + 00.13
10 Movistar Team + 00.22
11 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.22
12 Lidl-Trek + 01.31
13 Burgos Burpellet BH + 04.12
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi + 05.57
15 Petrolike + 10.49
16 Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali + 22.01
17 APS Pro Cycling + 23.08
18 Team Novo Nordisk + 41.32

Race profile

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

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