Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2016: Stage 1 Results

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World champion Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky at during the prologue (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Wouter Poels (Team Sky) claimed the first leader's jersey of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, after claiming victory in the prologue. The Dutchman completed the 16.2km course in a time of 22:34:73, beating home favourite Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) by 14 seconds. Poels' teammate and current time trial world champion Vasil Kiryienka took third at 20 seconds down.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky	0:22:34
2	Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana	0:00:15
3	Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky	0:00:21
4	Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana	0:00:22
5	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:26
6	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottNLo-Jumbo	0:00:27
7	Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx-QuickStep	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky	0:00:29
9	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:00:30
10	Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:32
12	Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Benat Intxausti (Spa) Team Sky	0:00:33
14	Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling	0:00:35
15	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep	0:00:36
16	José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-QuickStep	0:00:37
18	Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:38
19	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:00:43
21	Víctor De La Parte (Spa) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:00:47
23	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep	0:00:49
25	Hector Saez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:50
26	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:00:55
27	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky	0:00:56
29	Sergei Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:00:59
30	Dmitrii Sokolov (Rus) Lokosphinx	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:01:00
32	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:01:01
33	Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx-QuickStep	0:01:02
35	Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	0:01:03
37	Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana	0:01:04
39	Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Lokosphinx	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:05
41	Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha	0:01:07
42	Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling	0:01:08
43	Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:01:09
44	Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha	0:01:11
45	Alex Peters (Gbr) Team Sky	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	0:01:15
48	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:01:17
50	Imanol Estevez (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling	0:01:18
52	Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana	0:01:20
54	Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH	0:01:22
55	Eloy Teruel (Spa) Spain	0:01:23
56	Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:01:24
57	Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Andre Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:25
60	Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep	0:01:26
62	Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Carlos Verona (Spa) Etixx-QuickStep	0:01:27
64	Albert Torres (Spa) Spain	0:01:28
65	Huub Duyn (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	0:01:29
66	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Julen Amezqueta (Ven) Southeast-Venezuela	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Sebastia Mora (Spa) Spain	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:01:30
70	Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha	0:01:31
72	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling	0:01:33
74	Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep	0:01:37
75	Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling	0:01:38
76	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:01:41
78	Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Jon Ander Insausti (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	0:01:44
80	Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:01:46
82	Cristian Rodriguez (Ita) Southeast-Venezuela	0:01:47
83	Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:01:48
84	Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:49
85	Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Alexander Vdovin (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:01:51
87	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:01:52
88	Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	0:01:53
90	Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky	0:01:54
91	Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:01:55
92	Andrey Sazanov (Rus) Euopa-GM Ovini	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Team Roth	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Adria Moreno (Spa) Spain	0:01:56
95	Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Southeast-Venezuela	0:01:58
97	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:01:59
98	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana	0:02:00
99	Artem Samolenkov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:02:02
100	David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:02:03
101	Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	0:02:04
102	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	0:02:05
103	Alexander Serov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF	Row 103 - Cell 2
105	Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha	0:02:08
106	Bruno Pires (Por) Team Roth	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Jesus Del Pino (Spa) Burgos BH	0:02:10
108	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:11
110	Matti Breschel (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling	Row 109 - Cell 2
111	Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast-Venezuela	0:02:12
113	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling	Row 112 - Cell 2
114	Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	0:02:14
115	Marcos Garcia (Spa) Kinan Cycling Team	0:02:15
116	Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:02:16
117	Vadim Zhuravlev (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:02:17
118	Marc Demaar (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	Row 117 - Cell 2
119	Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	0:02:18
120	Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale Pro Cycling	0:02:19
121	Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:02:20
122	Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	Row 121 - Cell 2
123	Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	Row 122 - Cell 2
124	Mikel Iturria (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	0:02:21
125	Jaime Roson (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:02:22
126	David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling	0:02:23
127	Lukas Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Row 126 - Cell 2
128	Vicente Garcia-D.M. (Spa) Spain	0:02:28
129	Marinus Corneli Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:02:29
130	Aritz Bagües (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	0:02:30
131	Michel Kreder (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	0:02:33
132	Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha	0:02:34
133	Benat Txoperena (Spa) Eusakdi Basque Country	0:02:36
134	Arnau Sole (Spa) Burgos BH	Row 133 - Cell 2
135	Viktor Manakov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	0:02:37
136	Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos BH	Row 135 - Cell 2
137	Jorge Cubero (Spa) Burgos BH	0:02:39
138	Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Row 137 - Cell 2
139	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:02:41
140	Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF	Row 139 - Cell 2
141	Jose Marquez (Spa) Euopa-GM Ovini	Row 140 - Cell 2
142	Vasilii Neustroev (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:02:42
143	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:02:43
144	Andrei Nechita (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	Row 143 - Cell 2
145	Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	Row 144 - Cell 2
146	Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Team Katusha	0:02:46
147	Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana	Row 146 - Cell 2
148	David Belda Garcia (Spa) Team Roth	0:02:48
149	Martin Lestido (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	Row 148 - Cell 2
150	Matthias Krizek (Aut) Team Roth	0:02:49
151	Giorgio Bocchiola (Ita) D'Amico Bottachia	Row 150 - Cell 2
152	Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast-Venezuela	0:02:52
153	Jai Crawford (Aus) Kinan Cycling Team	Row 152 - Cell 2
154	Sebastia Mascaro (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	Row 153 - Cell 2
155	Nico Brüngger (Swi) Team Roth	0:02:53
156	Daniel Lopez (Spa) Burgos BH	0:02:54
157	Marco Tizza (Ita) D'Amico Bottachia	0:02:57
158	Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling	Row 157 - Cell 2
159	Antonio Parrinello (Ita) D'Amico Bottachia	0:03:00
160	Martin Kohler (Swi) Team Roth	Row 159 - Cell 2
161	Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:03:01
162	Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credit	0:03:05
163	Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton	0:03:07
164	Juan Carlos Riutort (Spa) Burgos BH	0:03:15
165	Julio Amores (Spa) Spain	0:03:16
166	Filippo Fortin (Ita) Euopa-GM Ovini	0:03:17
167	Federico Burchio (Ita) Euopa-GM Ovini	Row 166 - Cell 2
168	Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Roth	0:03:18
169	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) D'Amico Bottachia	0:03:19
170	Pablo Torres (Spa) Burgos BH	0:03:22
171	Daniel Gines (Spa) D'Amico Bottachia	0:03:27
172	Cristian Torres (Spa) Spain	0:03:29
173	David Lucas (Spa) Spain	0:03:33
174	Fabio Tommassini (Ita) D'Amico Bottachia	0:03:34
175	Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:03:37
176	Jose Miralles (Spa) Tusnad Cycling team	0:03:41
177	Sergey Vdovin (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:03:46
178	Szabolcs Sebestyen (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	0:03:47
179	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast-Venezuela	Row 178 - Cell 2
180	Shigetomo Nakanishi (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team	0:03:54
181	Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Kinan Cycling Team	0:03:57
182	Davide Pacchiardo (Ita) Euopa-GM Ovini	0:04:05
183	Keisuke Aso (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team	0:04:13
184	Ryoma Nonaka (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team	0:04:14
185	Valentin Bailifard (Swi) Team Roth	0:04:24
186	Fabio Chinelo (Ita) D'Amico Bottachia	0:04:25
187	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team	0:04:31
188	Andrea Ruscetta (Ita) Euopa-GM Ovini	0:04:36
189	Daniel Crista (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	0:04:47
190	Vlad-Nicolae Dobre (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	0:05:30
191	Carol-Eduard Novak (Rou) Tusnad Cycling team	0:06:01

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Points Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky	25	pts
2	Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana	20	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky	16	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana	14	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team	12	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottNLo-Jumbo	10	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx-QuickStep	9	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky	8	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling	7	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team	6	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team	5	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo	4	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Benat Intxausti (Spa) Team Sky	3	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling	2	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep	1	Row 14 - Cell 3

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Mountains Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky	6	pts
2	Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana	4	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky	2	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Team Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Team Sky	1:08:32
2	Movistar Team	1:09:10
3	Astana Pro Team	1:09:14
4	Etixx - Quick-Step	1:09:22
5	IAM Cycling	1:09:55
6	Team LottoNL-Jumbo	1:10:11
7	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	1:10:21
8	Gazprom-Rusvelo	1:10:32
9	Caja Rural-Seguros Rga	1:10:39
10	Lokosphinx Lok	1:10:44
11	Ccc Sprandi Polkowice	1:10:55
12	Team Katusha	1:11:24
13	Cannondale Pro Cycling	1:11:27
14	Euskadi Basque Country	1:11:54
15	Sel. Española Esp	1:12:02
16	Wanty - Groupe Gobert	1:12:06
17	Bardiani Csf	1:12:16
18	Southeast - Venezuela	1:12:56
19	Roompot - Oranje Peloton	1:13:00
20	Burgos Bh Bur	1:13:50
21	Team Roth	1:14:33
22	Gm Europa Ovini Gme	1:15:35
23	Tusnad Cycling Team	1:16:05
24	D'Amico Bottachia Are	1:16:28
25	Kinan Cycling Team Kin	1:16:43

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