2023 Vuelta a Castilla y León

The 2023 Vuelta a Castilla y León (English: 2023 Tour of Castile and León) is a road cycling stage race that took place between 26 and 27 July 2023 in the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and is the 37th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León.^[1]

Teams

6 of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, ten UCI ProTeams and three UCI Continental teams made up the 19 teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Stage winner
1	26 July	Soria to Soria	168.9 km (104.9 mi)	Hilly stage	Felix Engelhardt (GER)
2	27 July	Coca to Segovia	186.2 km (115.7 mi)	Hilly stage	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)
Total			355.1 km (220.6 mi)

Stage 1 result^[4]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Felix Engelhardt (GER)	Team Jayco–AlUla	4h 01' 09"
2	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 0"
3	Alex Molenaar (NED)	Electro Hiper Europa	+ 0"
4	Iván García Cortina (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 0"
5	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 8"
6	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 8"
7	Welay Berhe (ETH)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 8"
8	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 8"
9	Cristián Rodríguez (ESP)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 8"
10	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 8"

General classification after Stage 1^[4]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Felix Engelhardt (GER)	Team Jayco–AlUla	4h 00' 59"
2	Alessandro Fedeli (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 4"
3	Alex Molenaar (NED)	Electro Hiper Europa	+ 6"
4	Iván García Cortina (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 10"
5	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 18"
6	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 18"
7	Welay Berhe (ETH)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 18"
8	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 18"
9	Cristián Rodríguez (ESP)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 18"
10	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 18"

Stage 2 result^[5]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Lotto–Dstny	4h 25' 41"
2	Pablo Castrillo (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 0"
3	Felix Engelhardt (GER)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 26"
4	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 26"
5	Ryan Gibbons (RSA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 26"
6	Jérémy Cabot (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 26"
7	Nickolas Zukowsky (CAN)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 26"
8	Filippo Conca (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 26"
9	Raúl García Pierna (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 26"
10	Alejandro Franco (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 26"

General classification after Stage 2^[5]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Lotto–Dstny	8h 26' 48"
2	Felix Engelhardt (GER)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 14"
3	Alex Molenaar (NED)	Electro Hiper Europa	+ 24"
4	Harry Sweeny (AUS)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 35"
5	Simone Velasco (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 36"
6	Raúl García Pierna (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 36"
7	Georg Steinhauser (GER)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 36"
8	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 36"
9	Welay Berhe (ETH)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 36"
10	Nickolas Zukowsky (CAN)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 36"

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Felix Engelhardt	Felix Engelhardt	August Jensen	Jetse Bol	Team Jayco–AlUla
2	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Felix Engelhardt	Jetse Bol	EF Education–EasyPost
Final		Eduardo Sepúlveda	Felix Engelhardt	Jetse Bol	EF Education–EasyPost

^ "Vuelta a Castilla y Leon". UCI. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "EQUIPOS" [TEAMS]. www.vueltacastillayleon.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Etapas" [Stages]. vueltacastillayleon.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Engelhardt sprints to victory on Vuelta a Castilla y Leon opening stage". CyclingNews. Future plc. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Tyson, Jackie (27 July 2023). "Sepulveda wins final stage and GC at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 27 July 2023.