2016 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Dan Martin ( IRL ) Etixx-Quick-Step 4h 10 ' 06
2 Jesús Herrada ( ESP ) Movistar Team + 2
3 Wout Poels ( NED ) Team Sky + 2
4 Beñat Intxausti ( ESP ) Team Sky + 2
5 Tom-Jelte Slagter ( NED ) Cannondale + 2
6 Jon Izagirre ( ESP ) Movistar Team + 2
7 Luis León Sánchez ( ESP ) Astana + 2
8 Eduard Prades ( ESP ) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 2
9 Dayer Quintana ( COL ) Movistar Team + 2
10 Davide Formolo ( ITA ) Cannondale + 2
The 2016 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Valencian Community between 3 and 7 February 2016. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour. It was the 67th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and the first since 2008; the race was revived by Ángel Casero and his brother Rafael. The race included five stages. The first of these was a individual time trial; this was then followed by four road stages, ending in Valencia. The previous champion, from the 2008 edition, was Rubén Plaza, but his team was not among those invited to start the race. The first stage time trial was won by Wout Poels (), with Luis León Sánchez () second and Poels's teammate Vasil Kiryienka, the world time trial champion third. Poels retained his lead by finishing third on the uphill finish the following day, with Dan Martin () winning the stage. He maintained this the following day, with Dylan Groenewegen ( winning a sprint. Poels extended his lead by winning Stage 4 alone, with his teammate Beñat Intxausti finishing second and moving up to third overall. The final stage was won in a solo break by Stijn Vandenbergh (). Poels won the overall classification, with Sánchez second and Intxausti third.