2016 Vuelta a Asturias | |
Series: | 2016 UCI Europe Tour |
Date: | – |
Stages: | 3 |
Distance: | 460.7 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 11h 50' 53" |
Speed: | 38.884 |
First: | Hugh Carthy |
First Nat: | GBR |
First Color: | blue |
Second: | Sergio Pardilla |
Second Nat: | ESP |
Third: | Daniel Moreno |
Third Nat: | ESP |
Points: | Daniel Moreno |
Points Nat: | ESP |
Points Color: | green |
Mountains: | |
Mountains Nat: | ESP |
Mountains Color: | white |
Sprints: | Diego Milán |
Sprints Nat: | DOM |
Sprints Color: | newspaper |
Youth: | Hugh Carthy |
Youth Nat: | GBR |
Previous: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Vuelta a Asturias was the 59th edition of the Vuelta a Asturias cycling stage race. The race included three stages: it started on 30 April with a stage from Oviedo to Alto del Acebo (Cangas del Narcea) and finished on 2 May with a stage that started in Bueño and then finished back in Oviedo. The defending champion was Igor Antón .
The race was won by Hugh Carthy, who won a solo victory on the first stage and then finished in the third position on the last stage to secure victory by 22 seconds.
A total of 14 teams and one national combined team raced in the 2016 Vuelta a Asturias: one UCI World Team, another UCI Professional Continental team and 12 UCI Continental teams.
The race included three road stages on consecutive days.
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1 | 30 April | Oviedo to Alto del Acebo | 152.5km (94.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
2 | 1 May | 186.7km (116miles) | Medium-mountain stage | ||||
3 | 2 May | 121.5km (75.5miles) | Medium-mountain stage | ||||
Total | 460.7km (286.3miles) |
30 April – Oviedo to Alto del Acebo, 152.5km (94.8miles)
1 May – Cangas del Narcea to Pola de Lena, 186.7km (116miles)
2 May – Bueño to Oviedo, 121.5km (75.5miles)
The race included four principal classifications, the leaders of which wore jerseys. The leader in the general classification wore a blue jersey; the leader in the points classification wore a blue jersey; the leader in the mountains classification wore a green jersey; the leader of the intermediate sprints classification wore a black and white jersey.[1]
Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Intermediate sprint classification | Youth classification | Teams classification | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugh Carthy | Hugh Carthy | Hugh Carthy | Diego Milán | Hugh Carthy | |||
2 | Carlos Betancur | Sergio Pardilla | ||||||
3 | Daniel Moreno | Daniel Moreno | ||||||
Final | Hugh Carthy | Daniel Moreno | Diego Milán | Hugh Carthy |