The Valencia Classic 2025 (Classic Valencian Community 1969) will take place this Sunday January 26with a journey of 184 km between Valence and La Nucía. The course includes three climbsincluding the novelty of this 41st edition, Alt del Canongea particularly difficult pass. The peloton will be composed of 160 riders divided into 22 teams, including 8 WorldTeams. Names like Michael Matthews, Matej Mohoric et Santiago Buitrago are expected at the start.
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Ce Sunday January 26, 2025the Valencia Classic returns for its 41st edition. This one day race, classified UCI 1.1marks the start of the European road cycling calendar. With a departure at Valence and an arrival at La Nuciathe journey of 184 km promises intense and strategic moments.
Course and profile of the 2025 Valencia Classic
The race will start at 12h15 on the Passeig de l'Albereda in Valencia, between the Exposició bridge and the Flors bridge. After a neutralization, the peloton will set off for a long flat section of 120 kmideal for the first escapes. Three passes will then punctuate the race :
L'Alt de Barx (3rd category, 6 km at 5.6%) in the La Safor region.
The legendary Coll de Rates (2nd category, 6.6 km at 5.3%), a must for Spanish cycling.
L'Alt del Canonge (Hard Nougat)new to this edition. This wall of 3,5 kmwith an average slope of 9,5 % and points 18 %is located at less than 10 km of arrival. Its narrow and winding ascent could be decisive for victory.
After the summit of Turrón Duro, a rapid descent will take runners to La Nuciawhere the arrival is expected around 16h30 to the Camilo Cano Sports City.
Follow the race live on Youtube
Cycling fans will be able to follow the race live on YouTube, with a broadcast starting at 13h45.
Startlist – Who are the entrants and favorites for the 2025 Valencia Classic?
PROVISIONAL STARTLIST. The list of participating riders and teams is updated as the teams communicate the names of their starters present at the start. At the end of the race, withdrawals are noted on this same startlist.
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Team Jayco AlUla (WorldTeam)
BERHE Welay Hagos
CONSTRUCTOR Koen
DE MARCHI Alessandro
DE PRETTO Davide
DOUBLE Paul
JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
MATTHEWS Michael
UAE Team Emirates – XRG (WorldTeam) ✅
BARONCINI Filippo
CHRISTIAN Jan
COVI Alessandro
MORGADO Antonio
FREIRE Marcos
SAMBINELLO Aeneas
SCHWARZBACHER Matthias
Movistar Team (WorldTeam)
ARKS Jorge
BARENETXEA Jon
FORMULUS David
MILESI Lorenzo
PEDRERO Antonio
ROMEO Ivan
SERRANO Gonzalo
Bahrain – Victorious (WorldTeam) ✅
BUITRAGO Santiago
GRADEK Kamil
HAIG Jack
MOHORIČ Matej
MARTINEZ Lenny
THE TREE Torstein
ZAMBANINI Edward
XDS Astana Team (WorldTeam) ✅
BOL Cees
DANCERS Davide
CHAMPOUSSIN Clément
CHARMING Anthon
KAJAMINI Florian Samuel
SCARONI Christian
VELASCO Simone
Groupama – FDJ (WorldTeam)
BARTHE Cyril
GERMANI Lorenzo
GRUEL Thibaud
JACOBS Johan
MADOUAS Valentin
HENRY Paul
BRAZ AFONSO Clément
Cofidis (WorldTeam) ✅
ARANBURU Alex
SAMITIER Sergio
FERRON Valentin
LEFT Clément
KNIGHT Oliver
LASTRA Jonathan
OLDANI Stefano
Arkéa – B&B Hotels (WorldTeam) ✅
BIERMANS Jenthe
CAPIOT Amaury
GUERNALEC Thibault
GUERNALEC Victor
Ewen's COSTS
RIES Michel
SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret
Caja Rural – RGA Insurance (ProTeam)
BOU Joan
GUARDEÑO Jaume
MILLER Alex
PRADES Eduard
SILVA Guillermo Thomas
STITES Tyler
LÓPEZ Joseba
Burgos Burpellet BH (ProTeam) ✅
GARCÍA PIERNA Carlos
HOLY Merhawi
CAVIA Daniel
FROM Hugo STREET
CHUMIL Sergio Geovani
FAGÚNDEZ Eric Antonio
ALLENO Clement
Equipo Kern Pharma (ProTeam) ✅
BERRADE Urko
NEW HOME Haimar
GALVAN Francisco
PARRA José Félix
RETEGI Mikel
WENZEL Mats
AZNAR Unai
Euskaltel – Euskadi (ProTeam) ✅
MARTÍN Gotzon
LOPEZ Jordi
SUTTON Louis
BACK Mikel
AGIRRE Jon
MURGUIALDAY Jokin
SEMINAR Research
Lotto (ProTeam) ✅
BERCKMOES Jenno
DONIE Milan
KOCKELMANN Mathieu
LIVYNS Everyday
SEGAERT Alec
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
WEISTROFFER Baptiste
Team TotalEnergies (ProTeam) ✅
BONNET Thomas
BRUNEL Alexys
DUJARDIN Sandy
JOUSSEAUME Alan
LATOUR Pierre
TURGIS Anthony
VADIC Baptists
Team Polti VisitMalta (ProTeam) ✅
SERRANO Javier
CRESCIOLI Ludovico
GARCIA Pablo
ZOCCARATO Samuele
PIGANZOLI Davide
SEVILLE Diego Pablo
THIRD Fernando
Tudor Pro Cycling Team (ProTeam) ✅
ERIKSSON Jacob
KLUCKERS Arthur
LIENHARD Fabian
MAYRHOFER Marius
WARBASSE Larry
ERIKSSON Lucas
HIRSCHI Marc
VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè (ProTeam) ✅
SCALCO Matteo
RED Vicente
Tolio Alex
TURCONI Filippo
MARTINELLI Alessio
PALETTI Luca
PINARELLO Alessandro
Lidl – Trek Future Racing (Continental)
BESSEGA Andrea
MY DEAR Patrick Boje
GRINDLEY Sebastian
LEADERS Louis
MILAN Matteo
PEDERSEN Martin
SÖDERQVIST Jakob
Sabgal / Anicolor (Continental)
MARTINEZ Victor
DUTRA André
WOOD Harrison
KINGS Rafael
GUERIN Alexis
FERNÁNDEZ Ruben
CANELLAS Xavier
Van Rysel Roubaix (Continental) ✅
CAPRON Rémi
GUILLON Célestin
JARNET Maxime
JUILLARD Maximilien
MOLLY Kenny
MORIN Emmanuel
PLANCKAERT Baptiste
Illes Baleares Arabay (Continental) ✅
ARIÑO Gonzalo
SHORT Edgar
ESPARZA Unai
FITÓ Ricard
GARCIA José María
SACRED Alvaro
TEST Sergio
Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur (Continental)
HÄNNINEN Jaakko
NARBONNE ZUCCARELLI Axel
DAMN Andrea
RABBIT Alexander
GIRARD Damien
CROMMELINCK Melvin
GUICHARD Carter
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