Valenciana organisation rejects Evenepoel's criticism of crunch climb conditions

TORRALBA DEL PINAR SPAIN FEBRUARY 02 Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl attacks to win the 73rd Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana 2022 Stage 1 a 1667km stage from Les Alqueries to Torralba Del Pinar 735m VCV2022 on February 02 2022 in Torralba Del Pinar Spain Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) (Image credit: Dario BelingheriGetty Images)

The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana have insisted Remco Evenepoel’s comments about the poor conditions of their crucial off-road summit finish on Friday are no longer valid after improvements were made to the ascent on Tuesday.

The 5.5-kilometre sterrato climb of Alto Antenas del Maigmó Tibi on Friday is the race’s only summit finish and with two flat stages afterwards, it is very likely to decide the overall classification.

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.