2025 Classica Comunitat Valenciana 1969-GP Valencia (1.1), Spain
5th edition: Sunday, January 26, 2025
Classica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 podium history | 2024 edition
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Valencia - La Nucia , 184 km
Marc Hirschi wins in La Nucia.
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Weather at the finish city of La Nucia at 3:00 PM, local time: 18C (64F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from third-place Antonio Morgado's UAE team Emirates.
After his impressive victory yesterday, Antonio Morgado topped-off a dream week of racing for UAE Team Emirates-XRG with a third place podium at the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana in Spain. The race was won by Marc Hirschi (Tudor Pro Cycling) in a two-up sprint with Christian Scaroni (XDS-Astana) on the 184km test from Valencia to La Nucia.
With the race coming down to the last climb of the Alto de Turron Duro it was Christen who attacked aggressively in pursuit of Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious), along with Hirschi and Scaroni. The group took the lead, cresting the summit with a sizeable advantage over the rest of the peloton.
However, with around 9km remaining Scaroni launched the first attack on the descent, quickly joined by Hirschi. Christen was unable to respond, paying for his early efforts.
In the final sprint between Hirschi and Scaroni, it was the Swiss rider who triumphed and claimed the win, with a fast finishing Morgado a handful of seconds behind in 3rd. Jan Christen managed to hang on for 5th spot.
Alessandro Covi was involved in a crash over the top of the Coll de Rates, but was fortunate to escape with only some abrasions and will be fit for his next races in Mallorca.
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Complete results:
184 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.423 km/hr
| 1 | Marc Hirschi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4hr 26min 31sec |
| 2 | Cristian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | @ 2sec |
| 3 | António Morgado | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 0:07 |
| 4 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 5 | Jan Christen | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 0:25 |
| 6 | Anthon Charmig | XDS Astana Team | 0:26 |
| 7 | Clément Champoussin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 9 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 10 | Davide Piganzoli | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 11 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 12 | Ruben Fernandez | Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 14 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 15 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 0:32 |
| 16 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Alex Molenaar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:36 |
| 18 | Jenno Berckmoes | Team Lotto | s.t. |
| 19 | Alex Aranburu | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 20 | Jon Agirre | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 21 | Thomas Silva | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 22 | Clément Braz Afonso | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 23 | Alexys Brunel | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 24 | Jaume Guardeño | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 25 | Sergio Chumil | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 26 | Paul Double | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 27 | José Félix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 28 | Ewen Costiou | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 29 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 1:00 |
| 30 | Thibaud Gruel | Groupama-FDJ | 1:02 |
| 31 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 32 | Arjen Livyns | Team Lotto | s.t. |
| 33 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Ludovico Crescioli | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 35 | Pierre Latour | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 36 | Merhawi Kudus | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 37 | Alvaro Sagrado Perez | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 38 | Alex Tolio | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 39 | Filippo Zana | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 40 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Mikel Bizkarra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:05 |
| 42 | Carlos Garcia | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 43 | Lenny Martinez | Bahrain Victorious | 1:28 |
| 44 | Vicente Rojas | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 45 | Louis Leidert | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 46 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 1:30 |
| 47 | Patrick Frydkjær | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | 1:32 |
| 48 | Filippo Baroncini | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 49 | Hugo de la Calle | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 50 | Lorenzo Milesi | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 53 | Victor Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 54 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 55 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Team Lotto | s.t. |
| 56 | Alessio Martinelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 57 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:34 |
| 58 | Mats Wenzel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:38 |
| 59 | Melvin Crommelinck | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 60 | Fernando Tercero | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 61 | Luca Paletti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 62 | Jose Maria Garcia | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 63 | Matteo Scalco | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:42 |
| 64 | Rémi Capron | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:46 |
| 65 | Milan Donie | Team Lotto | 1:47 |
| 66 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:52 |
| 67 | Lorenzo Germani | Groupama-FDJ | 2:16 |
| 68 | Samuele Zoccarato | Team Polti VisitMalta | 3:50 |
| 69 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | 4:07 |
| 70 | Diego Sevilla | Team Polti VisitMalta | 4:39 |
| 71 | Javier Serrano | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 72 | Oliver Knight | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 73 | Alec Segaert | Team Lotto | s.t. |
| 74 | Thomas Bonnet | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 75 | Clément Alleno | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 76 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 77 | Alexis Guérin | Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Davide De Pretto | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:47 |
| 79 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team | 4:49 |
| 80 | Filippo Turconi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 4:54 |
| 81 | Enea Sambinello | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 82 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ | 5:22 |
| 83 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 84 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 85 | Lawrence Warbasse | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 86 | Matej Mohoric | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 87 | Lucas Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 88 | Fernando Barceló | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 89 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 90 | Valentin Ferron | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 91 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar Team | 5:43 |
| 92 | Matthias Schwarzbacher | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 93 | Pablo Garcia | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 94 | Mikel Retegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 95 | Baptiste Planckaert | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 6:13 |
| 96 | Daniel Cavia | Burgos Burpellet BH | 7:27 |
| 97 | Felix Engelhardt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 98 | Amaury Capiot | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 99 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 100 | Iker Mintegi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7:36 |
| 101 | Maximilien Juillard | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 8:10 |
| 102 | Davide Ballerini | XDS Astana Team | 9:33 |
| 103 | Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | 9:38 |
| 104 | Andrea Bessega | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 105 | Ricard Fito | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 106 | Cyril Barthe | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 107 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 108 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 109 | Joseba Lopez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 110 | Eduard Prades | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 111 | Unai Esparza | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 112 | Alan Jousseaume | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 113 | Cees Bol | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Sergio Samitier | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 115 | Francisco Peñuela | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 116 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 117 | Jasha Sütterlin | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 118 | Harrison Wood | Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 119 | Michel Ries | Arkea-B&B Hotels | 11:37 |
| 120 | Victor Martinez Garcia | Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team | 14:01 |
| 121 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 122 | Seb Grindley | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 123 | Matteo Milan | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |
| 124 | Louis Sutton | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 125 | Jenthe Biermans | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 126 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Team Lotto | s.t. |
| 127 | Mathieu Kockelmann | Team Lotto | s.t. |
| 128 | Haimar Etxeberria | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 129 | Edgar Curto Pellicer | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 130 | Baptiste Vadic | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 131 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 132 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 133 | Rafael Reis | Sabgal-Anicolor Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 134 | Unai Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 135 | Sergio Trueba | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 136 | Gonzalo Ariño Bolinches | Illes Balears Arabay Cycling | s.t. |
| 137 | Marcos Freire | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
| 138 | Fabian Lienhard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 139 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 140 | Alessandro De Marchi | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 141 | Emmanuel Morin | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 142 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 143 | Martin Pedersen | Lidl-Trek Future Racing | s.t. |