2019 Vuelta a Murcia

The 2019 Vuelta a Murcia was the 39th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race. It was from 15 to 16 February 2018 as a UCI Europe Tour category 2.1 race. The race was won by Luis León Sánchez of the Astana team.

2019 Vuelta a Murcia

2019 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	15–16 February 2019
Stages	2
Distance	366.1 km (227.5 mi)
Winning time	8h 29' 38"
Results
Winner Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Astana)   Second Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third Pello Bilbao (ESP) (Astana) Points Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Astana) Mountains Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (Astana)   Team Astana

Teams

Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Movistar Team
• CCC Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Roompot–Charles
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Rally UHC Cycling
• Euskadi–Murias
• Burgos BH
• Cofidis
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Wanty–Gobert
• Direct Énergie

UCI Continental team

• Kometa Cycling Team
• Fundación Euskadi

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	15 February	Yecla to San Javier	188.8 km (117.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Pello Bilbao (ESP)
2	16 February	Beniel to Murcia	177.3 km (110.2 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 result and general classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana 4h 15' 02" 2 Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana + 3" 3 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana s.t. 4 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 5 Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 6 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana s.t. 7 Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 9" 8 Jempy Drucker (LUX) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 9 Marco Haller (AUT) Team Katusha–Alpecin s.t. 10 Thomas Boudat (FRA) Direct Énergie s.t.

Stage 2

Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana 4h 14' 33" 2 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 3 Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 13" 4 Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 5 Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana s.t. 6 Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) Euskadi–Murias s.t. 7 José Herrada (ESP) Cofidis s.t. 8 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana + 16" 9 Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana s.t. 10 Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 29"

Final classification standings

Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana 8h 29' 38" 2 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 3 Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana + 10" 4 Patrick Konrad (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 13" 5 Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana + 16" 6 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana s.t. 7 Matteo Trentin (ITA) Mitchelton–Scott + 19" 8 José Herrada (ESP) Cofidis s.t. 9 Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) Euskadi–Murias s.t. 10 Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 35"

Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Astana 12 2 Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team 10 3 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 8 4 Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) CCC Team 8 5 Damien Howson (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 6 6 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana 5 7 Ángel Madrazo (ESP) Burgos BH 3 8 Pello Bilbao (ESP) Astana 2 9 Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana 2 10 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling 2

Final team classification Rank Team Time 1 Astana 25h 29' 20" 2 Team Katusha–Alpecin + 4' 36" 3 Mitchelton–Scott + 4' 58" 4 Movistar Team + 5' 22" 5 CCC Team + 5' 56" 6 Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 9' 54" 7 Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 11' 53" 8 Euskadi–Murias + 12' 22" 9 Roompot–Charles + 16' 29" 10 Bora–Hansgrohe + 16' 33"