The 69th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana(English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 31 January to 4 February 2018. It was run over five stages, of which one
team time trial, covering a total distance of 691.8 km. It was a
2.1 event of the
2018 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the
autonomous community of Valencia, starting in
Orpesa and finishing in
Valencia.[2]
The race was won by Spaniard
Alejandro Valverde of
Movistar Team, who also won two stages.
Luis León Sánchez was second,
Jakob Fuglsang third.[3] Valverde's overall win was his third in the race after 2004 and 2007, which made him the recordholder of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
Teams
Twenty-five teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:[4]