After the World Tour kicked off in Australia last month, the 71st edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana kicks off in Spain this week on Wednesday. CyclingNews will bring you live reports, post-race reports, results, and news throughout the five days of racing.

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The race, led by Tadej Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) before the final stage, has seen the Slovenian win two stages and Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) win sprint victories on stages 1 and 3.

In addition to Pogachar, stars on the start list include three-time winner Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Michał Kwiatkowski (Team Ineos).

2019 winner Ion Izaguirre (Astana) returns to defend his title with teammate and last year's third-place finisher Pero Bilbao, while Dan Martin (Israel Startup Nation), Dylan Tiuns, and Wout Poels (both Bahrain McLaren) are new team debut. Other GC hopefuls on the starting list include James Knox (Deceuninck Quickstep), Jack Hague (Mitchelton Scott), and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Ineos).

Only one stage remains, Sunday's 97.7 km stage from Paterna to Valencia. He is expected to battle with Fabio Jacobsen (Deceuninck-Quickstep), John Degenkolb (Lotto-Soudal), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), and the CCC duo of Matteo Trentin and Greg Van Avermaat (CCC).

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Wednesday, February 5: Stage 1: Castelho to Vila Real, 180 km

Start: 11:58 CET, 05:58 EST

Finish: 16:15 CET, 10:15 EST

Thursday, February 6: Stage 2: Trento ~Cullera, 181km

Start: 11:51 CET, 05:51 EST

Finish: 16:15 CET, 10:15 EST

Friday, February 7: Stage 3: Orihuela-Trevieja, 174.6km

Start: 12 :12 CET, 06:12 EST

Finish: 16:15 CET, 10:15 EST

Saturday, February 8: Stage 4: Calp - Altea (Sierra de Bérnia), 170km

Start: 11:47 CET, 05:47 EST

Finish: 16:15 CET, 10:15 EST

Sunday, February 9: Stage 5 Paterna - Valencia, 97.7km

Start: 13:33 CET, 07:33 EST

Finish: 15:46 CET, 09 :46 EST [55] [55