CONFIRMED | Remco Evenepoel leads Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at Volta a Comunitat Valenciana; Pellizzari and Marit join
CyclingTuesday, 03 February 2026 at 12:08
The Volta a Comunitat Valenciana begins this Wednesday the 4th of February and with it come a whole array of stars. With some mild weather, difficult stages and roads that are close to his home in Spain, it was no a difficult choice for Remco Evenepoel who selected this five-day race as his opening stage-race of the year, where he will be leading Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe.
The Belgian comes in with good form and as the man to beat. The route features an individual time trial on the second day of racing with 17 kilometers in distance where he will be the absolute favourite; but in the stages that involve climbing he is not lagging behind in any way, as shown by his recent victories at the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana and Trofeo Andratx.
Evenepoel is off to a very strong start to the season and despite the strong competition, which involves amongst others João Almeida, there is no doubt that he begins the race as the rider with the best chances of winning the overall classification. This is supported by the fact that he brings in a luxurious lineup to support him in the hilly stages.
Giulio Pellizzari will be teaming up with the Belgian for the first time and will be a key support rider for the climbs, whilst Aleksandr Vlasov himself was a former winner of this race back in 2022 and could provide the same deal of support. Giovanni Aleotti and Ben Zwiehoff's presence is also focused around this very goal.
The lineup is concluded by Arne Marit, recent winner of the Trofeo Palma who has here in the opening stage a chance to take a victory; and Emil Herzog who will be supporting him on this day, as well as being a domestique for the team's needs in all terrains throughout the week.
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- It is interesting - until now most of the riders peaked at around 24-26 years old or later (judging on World Championships winners) - Pogacar, Kwiatkowski, Sagan... At the age of 18 they were mostly average. Now we have 18-years old with huge achievments and the question is, where they will be at the age of 25 or 30? Better or already burned out?averagecyclist03-02-2026
- New obsession, GOAT youngsters, well, I guess if you don’t make it any further you can tell that the rest of your life. I could have become the best but I had to stop early. Same discussion in tennis now, but by people who forgot (or didn’t experience) the Borgs and BeckersMistermaumau03-02-2026
- Getting a taste of winter Olympics before cyclocross gets added ;-)Mistermaumau03-02-2026
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- This is such a shame. I live very near parts of Stage 1. I cycle on much of the route. I've already earmarked the best places to watch it from the roadside! It is tragic that the British public in general are just not going to get a look at the wonderful views of the countryside around here when the peloton rolls by and into the Scottish border lands. If you do intend to come from any part of the world and watch it first hand, you can be sure of a warm welcome from the Scottish people.Cyclingsbestfan03-02-2026
- Do you all realize the king of small races Remco Mustafa Evenepoel would be proclaimed "king" of cycling if Pogi had decided to take a break after the Tour 2025? Imagine that game with fools claiming Remco is on par with Pogi and Vini. I would start hearing that Pogacar is a class worse than that fraud from Belgium. Just shut the f*** up and figure out how stupid these remarks are.NikkoNicco03-02-2026
- Broken, fractured, injured, reporters certainly don’t help readers get an idea of the situation. Can you guys not kind of agree to use the same term after checking the official statement? Yes Wout, parents tend to fall ill more often once kids socialise, not only because they bring new variants in but also because parenting, like training depletes the body’s resources including the immune system. And unless you were just a donor, no matter how much you remove yourself or insulate your bedroom, that extra stress of knowing, worrying, caring already works on you. As for Corona, I doubt that has much to do with it except for certain individuals otherwise we’d ALL be feeling this way and you’d have noticed the same amongst your fellow riders. For a while after Covid it was logical we all went through a phase of catching up on illnesses due to the break our immune systems got (instead of the training it needs to stay up to date) from distancing, lockdowns and changes in routine but that’s over now, we’re all back to getting exposed to just about everything in our own time. Belgium, lime much of Europe hasn’t exactly had a great winter for avoiding contagion, especially for athletes having to train outside. I’m afraid it’s mostly just you so don’t get paranoid coz it will make things worse. Wish you a great season but don’t rush it as that also won’t do your system any good. Better to peak later than not at all.Mistermaumau03-02-2026
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leedorney03-02-2026 - You may very well be right, sadly i think we'll miss a great opportunity for cycling because of money!slappers6602-02-2026
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🇪🇸 #VCV2026 The racing in Spain continues. This is our line-up for the Volta Comunitat Valenciana 2026 ⤵️
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