2018 Vuelta a Asturias | |
Series: | 2018 UCI Europe Tour |
Stages: | 3 |
Distance: | 460 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 11h 22' 26" |
First: | Richard Carapaz |
First Nat: | ECU |
First Color: | blue |
Second: | Jonathan Caicedo |
Second Nat: | ECU |
Third: | Ricardo Mestre |
Third Nat: | POR |
Points: | Jonathan Caicedo |
Points Nat: | ECU |
Points Color: | green |
Mountains: | Fernando Orjuela |
Mountains Nat: | COL |
Mountains Color: | white |
Sprints: | João Rodrigues |
Sprints Nat: | POR |
Sprints Color: | newspaper |
Previous: | 2017 |
Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Vuelta a Asturias was the 61st edition of the Vuelta a Asturias cycling stage race, that took place over three stages from 27 to 29 2018. The defending champion was Raúl Alarcón . Richard Carapaz (Movistar Team) won the race.
The race includes three road stages on consecutive days.
Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 April | Oviedo to Pola de Lena | 176km (109miles) | Medium-mountain stage | |||
2 | 28 April | Soto de Ribera to Alto del Acebo | 166km (103miles) | Mountain stage | |||
3 | 29 April | Cangas del Narcea to Oviedo | 118km (73miles) | Hilly stage | |||
Total | 460km (290miles) |
A total of 15 teams will race in the 2018 Vuelta a Asturias.
The race included four principal classifications, the leaders of which were awarded jerseys. The leader in the general classification wore a blue jersey; the leader in the points classification wore a green jersey; the leader in the mountains classification wore a white jersey, while the leader of the intermediate sprints classification wore a black and white newspaper-style jersey sponsored by La Nueva España.
Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Sprints classification | Team classification | |
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1 | Dmitry Strakhov | Dmitry Strakhov | Dmitry Strakhov | Fernando Orjuela | João Rodrigues | ||
2 | Richard Carapaz | Richard Carapaz | Jonathan Caicedo | ||||
3 | Ricardo Mestre | ||||||
Final | Fernando Orjuela | João Rodrigues |
Legend | ||||
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Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the points classification | |||
Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the sprints classification |
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