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Dates | April 30, 2016 | –May 2, 2016||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 460.7 km (286.3 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 11hr 50' 53" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner | Hugh Carthy (GBR) | (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | |
Second | Sergio Pardilla (ESP) | (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | |
Third | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | (Movistar Team) | |
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Points | Daniel Moreno (ESP) | (Movistar Team) | |
Mountains | Raúl Alarcón (ESP) | (W52–FC Porto–Porto Canal) | |
Youth | Hugh Carthy (GBR) | (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | |
Sprints | Diego Milán (DOM) | (Inteja–MMR Dominican Cycling Team) | |
Team | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA |
The 2016 Vuelta a Asturias was the 59th edition of the Vuelta a Asturias cycling stage race. The race included three stages: it started on 30 April with a stage from Oviedo to Alto del Acebo (Cangas del Narcea) and finished on 2 May with a stage that started in Bueño and then finished back in Oviedo. The defending champion was Igor Antón (Movistar Team).
The race was won by Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA), who won a solo victory on the first stage and then finished in the third position on the last stage to secure victory by 22 seconds.
A total of 14 teams and one national combined team raced in the 2016 Vuelta a Asturias: one UCI World Team, another UCI Professional Continental team and 12 UCI Continental teams.
World Tour teams
Professional Continental teams
Continental teams
The race included three road stages on consecutive days.
30 April – Oviedo to Alto del Acebo, 152.5 km (94.8 mi)
1 May – Cangas del Narcea to Pola de Lena, 186.7 km (116.0 mi)
2 May – Bueño to Oviedo, 121.5 km (75.5 mi)
The race included four principal classifications, the leaders of which wore jerseys. The leader in the general classification wore a blue jersey; the leader in the points classification wore a blue jersey; the leader in the mountains classification wore a green jersey; the leader of the intermediate sprints classification wore a black and white jersey.