2020 Vuelta a Murcia

2020 Vuelta a Murcia

2020 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	14–15 February 2020
Stages	2
Distance	357.2 km (222.0 mi)
Winning time	8h 45' 55"
Results
Winner Xandro Meurisse (BEL) (Circus–Wanty Gobert)   Second Josef Černý (CZE) (CCC Team)   Third Lennard Kämna (GER) (Bora–Hansgrohe) Points Xandro Meurisse (BEL) (Circus–Wanty Gobert) Mountains Omar Fraile (ESP) (Astana)   Team Astana

The 2020 Vuelta a Murcia was the 40th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race. It was from 14 to 15 February 2020 as a UCI Europe Tour category 2.1 race. The race was won by Xandro Meurisse of the Circus–Wanty Gobert team.

Teams

Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• Movistar Team
• CCC Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Rally Cycling
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Burgos BH
• Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Circus–Wanty Gobert
• Riwal Readynez
• Fundación–Orbea

UCI Continental team

• Lokosphinx
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Aviludo–Louletano
• Kometa Xstra Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	14 February	Los Alcázares to Caravaca de la Cruz	177.6 km (110.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Xandro Meurisse (BEL)
2	15 February	Santomera to Murcia	179.6 km (111.6 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 Result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 4h 24' 00" 2 Adam de Vos (CAN) Rally Cycling + 4" 3 Josef Černý (CZE) CCC Team + 11" 4 Thibault Guernalec (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 11" 5 Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 17" 6 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) Astana + 20" 7 Jefferson Cepeda (ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 23" 8 Sergio García González (ESP) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team + 29" 9 Héctor Carretero (ESP) Movistar Team + 37" 10 Antonio Jesús Soto (ESP) Fundación–Orbea + 50"

General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 4h 24' 00" 2 Adam de Vos (CAN) Rally Cycling + 4" 3 Josef Černý (CZE) CCC Team + 11" 4 Thibault Guernalec (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 11" 5 Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 17" 6 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) Astana + 20" 7 Jefferson Cepeda (ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 23" 8 Sergio García González (ESP) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team + 29" 9 Héctor Carretero (ESP) Movistar Team + 37" 10 Antonio Jesús Soto (ESP) Fundación–Orbea + 50"

Stage 2

Stage 1 Result

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Astana	4h 21' 04"
2	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Astana	+ 7"
3	Josef Černý (CZE)	CCC Team	+ 7"
4	Xandro Meurisse (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	+ 7"
5	Lennard Kämna (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 7"
6	Vicente García de Mateos (ESP)	Aviludo–Louletano	+ 7"
7	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 20"
8	Felix Großschartner (AUT)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 20"
9	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	CCC Team	+ 20"
10	Kamil Małecki (POL)	CCC Team	+ 5' 25"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Teams classification
1	Xandro Meurisse	Xandro Meurisse	Nikita Stalnov	Xandro Meurisse	Arkéa–Samsic
2	Luis León Sánchez		Omar Fraile		Astana
Final		Xandro Meurisse	Omar Fraile	Xandro Meurisse	Astana

Final classification standings

Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 4h 24' 00" 2 Josef Černý (CZE) CCC Team + 11" 3 Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 17" 4 Thibault Guernalec (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 5' 49" 5 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) Astana + 5' 58" 6 Jefferson Cepeda (ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 6' 01" 7 Héctor Carretero (ESP) Movistar Team + 6' 15" 8 Sergio García González (ESP) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team + 11' 16" 9 Antonio Jesús Soto (ESP) Fundación–Orbea + 11' 35" 10 Adam de Vos (CAN) Rally Cycling + 12' 45"

Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana 18 2 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) Astana 18 3 Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 13 4 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 12 5 Jefferson Cepeda (ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 10 6 Vicente García de Mateos (ESP) Aviludo–Louletano 9 7 Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 6 8 Héctor Carretero (ESP) Movistar Team 6 9 Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) Astana 6 10 Nélson Oliveira (POR) Movistar Team 6

Final points classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 Xandro Meurisse (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 39 2 Josef Černý (CZE) CCC Team 32 3 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana 25 4 Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 24 5 Adam de Vos (CAN) Rally Cycling 20 6 Omar Fraile (ESP) Astana 20 7 Thibault Guernalec (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 14 8 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) Astana 10 9 Vicente García de Mateos (ESP) Aviludo–Louletano 10 10 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 10

Final teams classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 EF Pro Cycling 26h 57' 07" 2 CCC Team + 08" 3 Circus–Wanty Gobert + 5' 237" 4 Bora–Hansgrohe + 6' 45" 5 Movistar Team + 11' 56" 6 Arkéa–Samsic + 16' 39" 7 Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 21' 39" 8 Fundación–Orbea + 22' 26" 9 Burgos BH + 27' 45" 10 Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles + 27' 49"