2025 Volta a Catalunya by BikeRaceInfo

Tuesday, March 25: Stage 2, Banyoles - Figueres, 180.5 km

Ethan Vernon wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Figueres at 1:05 PM, local time: 17C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 34 km/hr (21 mph). There is a 37% chance of rain, decreasing to 2% by 3:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

Km 78: Coll Puig del Pení, Cat. 3
Km 97.6: Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes, Cat. 1

The race: Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) became sick on stage one. Neither he nor & Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) started stage two.

Here's the report from Junior Lecerf's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Figueres, the hometown of Salvador Dali – one of Surrealism’s leading exponents – hosted a stage finish at the Volta a Catalunya for the first time this century, and despite the presence of some climbs on the course and even of a bit of crosswind, it all came down to a bunch sprint.

It's time to go racing in Spain.

Junior Lecerf was there for Soudal Quick-Step, showing his speed on the final 600m averaging 4% against the big sprinters of the race and coming close to a top ten on this stage won by Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech). Being there in the finale helped the young Belgian gain a couple of places in the general classification, where he is now our team’s highest-ranked rider, in ninth, just a couple of seconds off the podium.

Both Lecerf and Mikel Landa – who is on the same time as his teammate – will have an important opportunity to move up in the standings on Wednesday’s stage to La Molina – the only summit finish in the Pyrenees of this edition. The first-category climb comes after a day with an elevation gain of almost 5000 meters.

Ethan Vernon wins stage two.

Complete results:

180.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.261 km/hr

1	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 16min 16sec
2	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
10	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
13	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
17	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
23	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
28	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
30	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
36	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
39	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
41	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
44	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
51	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
53	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
60	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
66	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
69	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
70	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
71	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
76	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
78	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
80	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
89	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
92	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
96	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
99	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
102	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
107	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
109	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
110	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	@ 15sec
111	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
112	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:22
113	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:23
114	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25
115	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:29
116	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
117	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
118	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	0:38
119	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	0:47
120	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
123	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:54
124	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
125	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
126	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:43
127	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	4:03
128	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
129	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
130	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
137	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
139	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
140	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
141	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
142	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
143	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
144	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
145	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
147	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
148	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:04
149	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:10
150	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
151	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:44

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Teams classification leader: Alpecin-Deceuninck

358.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.298 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8hr 41min 17sec
2	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 6sec
3	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:12
4	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:13
5	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
6	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:15
7	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:16
8	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
11	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:31
25	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
26	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
35	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:46
38	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:08
39	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
40	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:20
43	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:24
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:55
45	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:11
46	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
48	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	2:18
49	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
51	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:41
57	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
58	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	2:51
59	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
60	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
61	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
62	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:56
63	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	3:08
64	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
65	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
66	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
69	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	3:23
72	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:35
73	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49
74	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	3:55
75	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:17
76	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	4:19
77	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	4:26
78	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	4:31
79	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:41
80	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	4:49
83	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	5:03
84	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	5:11
85	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:37
86	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
87	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
88	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	5:44
89	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	5:53
90	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:56
92	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	6:48
93	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:59
95	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	7:19
96	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:24
97	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:38
98	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	7:58
99	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:40
100	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:52
101	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
103	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
104	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
107	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
108	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	9:15
109	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	9:17
110	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	9:21
111	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	9:24
113	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	9:30
114	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	9:39
115	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	9:42
117	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:46
118	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	9:56
119	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:40
120	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	11:04
121	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	11:06
122	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
127	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:55
132	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
133	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
134	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
135	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
136	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
137	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:57
138	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:00
139	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:56
140	William Barta	Movistar Team	15:02
141	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	15:09
142	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:11
143	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	16:41
144	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:14
145	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:23
146	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	19:37
147	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:15
148	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	21:17
149	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
150	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	22:26
151	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Monday, March 24: Stage 1, Sant Feliu de Guíxols - Sant Feliu de Guíxols, 178.6 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Matthew Brennan wins the first stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Sant Feliu de Guíxols at 1:00 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 90% chance of rain, decreasing to 30% at 3:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

Km 30.0: Coll de Begur, Cat. 3
Km 64.9: Alt de Santa Pellaia, Cat. 3

The race: 167 riders began the stage. Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarché-Wanty) did not start.

Here's the stage one report from winner Matthew Brennan's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Matthew Brennan secured a stunning victory in the opening stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The 19-year-old Brit from Team Visma | Lease a Bike powered his way to breakaway rider Tibor del Grosso in the closing kilometers before overtaking the Dutchman just before the finish line.

The start line.

“I’m absolutely thrilled with this win”, Brennan said at the finish. The 19-year-old quickly switched to analyzing the stage like a seasoned pro. “The weather conditions made it really tricky today. As a team, we did everything we could to maintain a front-row position. After my teammates put me in a good spot heading into the finale, I managed to stay near the front in the final kilometers. At that point, all I could do was go all out. I switched off my mind and gave it everything I had. The result speaks for itself.”

“Last night, I watched the finish of this stage from 2024”, Brennan continued. “I knew today would likely play out in a similar way. I think we played it just right as a team. This was the perfect scenario for us. Winning at this level means a lot.”

In harsh conditions, Brennan and his teammates rolled out of Sant Feliu de Guíxols early in the afternoon for a stage of around 180 kilometers. A traditional breakaway formed but was ultimately short-lived.

71.3 kilometers to go. Ineos Grenadiers pulls the pack with a break 39 seconds up the road.

When Del Grosso attacked from the peloton, Brennan wasted no time in responding. The sprinter, in his first year at WorldTour level, took it upon himself to lead the chase. Kaden Groves, Del Grosso’s teammate, sat on his wheel. For a long time, it looked like Del Grosso would hold on, but Brennan’s relentless effort proved decisive. Just before the line, he managed to surge past the Dutchman.

It marked Brennan’s fourth victory of the year—and his fourth victory in his last four race days. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s WorldTour squad, it was their ninth win of the season.

Matthew Brennan wins the first stage.

Complete results:

178.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.395 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4hr 25min 17sec
2	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
14	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	@ 15sec
25	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:17
26	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:19
27	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:22
28	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
31	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:30
38	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	s.t.
39	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:52
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:04
47	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:08
48	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	1:25
49	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:55
50	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:58
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	2:02
53	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
57	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:25
61	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:26
62	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	2:30
65	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:35
66	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
68	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:52
72	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
74	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
76	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
77	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:19
81	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:24
82	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	3:39
83	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:01
85	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:21
86	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:25
87	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:57
92	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:21
93	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	5:37
96	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:40
99	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:32
100	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:43
102	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:08
103	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	8:36
104	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
108	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
109	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
112	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
121	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
122	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
125	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
127	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
128	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
130	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
132	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:24
133	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:50
134	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
137	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
138	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
139	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
140	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
142	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
143	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:13
145	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	14:02
147	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	14:03
148	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	16:25

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Eukaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Teams classification leader: Alpecin-Deceuninck

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4hr 25min 7sec
2	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 4sec
3	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:06
4	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:07
5	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:09
6	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:10
7	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
12	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
15	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
16	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	0:25
25	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
26	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:29
27	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:32
28	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
31	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
38	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	s.t.
39	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	1:02
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:14
47	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:18
48	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	1:35
49	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:05
50	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:05
51	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:08
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	2:12
53	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
57	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:35
61	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:36
62	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	2:40
65	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:45
66	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:45
67	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
68	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:02
72	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
74	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
76	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
77	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:29
81	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:32
82	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49
83	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:11
85	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:31
86	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:35
87	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	4:35
88	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:07
92	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:31
93	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	5:47
96	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:50
99	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:42
100	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:53
102	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:18
103	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	8:46
104	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
108	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
109	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
112	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
121	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
122	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
125	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
127	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
128	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
130	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:56
132	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:34
133	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:54
134	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	11:00
135	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
138	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
139	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
140	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
142	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
143	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:21
145	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:23
146	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	14:12
147	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	14:13
148	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	16:35

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, March 23, 2025:


	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Marc Soler
2	Adam Yates
3	Juan Ayuso
4	Pavel Sivakov
5	Pablo Torres
6	Domen Novak
7	Julius Johansen
	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
11	Sepp Kuss
12	Wilco Kelderman
13	Simon Yates
14	Bart Lemmen
15	Matthew Brennan
16	Menno Huising
17	Steven Kruijswijk
	Soudal Quick-Step
21	Mikel Landa
22	Valentin Paret-Peintre
23	Junior Lecerf
24	Ethan Hayter
25	Gianmarco Garofoli
26	James Knox
27	Pieter Serry
	Lidl-Trek
31	Quinn Simmons
32	Juan Pedro Lopez
33	Carlos Verona
34	Sam Oomen
35	Tao Geoghegan Hart
36	Lennard Kämna
37	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
41	Primoz Roglic
42	Jan Tratnik
43	Giulio Pellizzari
44	Giovanni Aleotti
45	Frederik Wandahl
46	Alexander Hajek
47	Nico Denz
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
51	Felix Gall
52	Dorian Godon
53	Andrea Vendrame
54	Clément Berthet
55	Bruno Armirail
56	Johannes Staune-Mittet
57	Geoffrey Bouchard
	INEOS Grenadiers
61	Geraint Thomas
62	Egan Bernal
63	Laurens De Plus
64	Axel Laurance
65	Michael Leonard
66	Lucas Hamilton
67	Omar Fraile
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
71	Kaden Groves
72	Quinten Hermans
73	Tibor Del Grosso
74	Stan Van Tricht
75	Gal Glivar
76	Edward Planckaert
77	Jimmy Janssens
	Groupama-FDJ
81	Rudy Molard
82	Brieuc Rolland
83	Rémy Rochas
84	Tom Donnenwirth
85	Clément Braz Afonso
86	Enzo Paleni
87	Lorenzo Germani
	EF Education-EasyPost
91	Richard Carapaz
92	Marijn van den Berg
93	Georg Steinhauser
94	Darren Rafferty
95	Esteban Chaves
96	Hugh Carthy
97	James Shaw
	Movistar Team
101	Enric Mas
102	Gregor Mühlberger
103	Nairo Quintana
104	William Barta
105	Antonio Pedrero
106	Michel Heßmann
107	Albert Torres
	Team Jayco-AlUla
111	Ben O'Connor
112	Anders Foldager
113	Koen Bouwman
114	Welay Berhe
115	Alessandro De Marchi
116	Asbjørn Hellemose
117	Christopher Juul-Jensen
	Intermarché-Wanty
121	Georg Zimmermann
122	Louis Meintjes
123	Dion Smith
124	Dries De Pooter
125	Alexy Faure-Prost
126	Kevin Colleoni
127	Tom Paquot
	Team Picnic PostNL
131	Pavel Bittner
132	Frank van den Broek
133	Nils Eekhoff
134	Patrick Eddy
135	Robbe Dhondt
136	Timo Roosen
137	Romain Combaud
	Bahrain Victorious
141	Lenny Martinez
142	Matevz Govekar
143	Afonso Eulalio
144	Rainer Kepplinger
145	Finlay Pickering
146	Nicolò Buratti
147	Fran Miholjevic
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
151	Cristian Rodriguez
152	Michel Ries
153	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
154	Louis Rouland
155	Victor Guernalec
156	Laurens Huys
157	Elie Gesbert
	Cofidis
161	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
162	Sylvain Moniquet
163	Emanuel Buchmann
164	Jesus Herrada
165	Jonathan Lastra
166	Nolann Mahoudo
167	Hugo Toumire
	XDS Astana Team
171	Lorenzo Fortunato
172	Henok Mulubrhan
173	Wout Poels
174	Martin López
175	Darren van Bekkum
176	Haoyu Su
177	Ide Schelling
	Lotto
181	Lennert Van Eetvelt
182	Logan Currie
183	Eduardo Sepulveda
184	Reuben Thompson
185	Henri Vandenabeele
186	Jonas Gregaard
187	Jarrad Drizners
	Israel-Premier Tech
191	Corbin Strong
192	Matthew Riccitello
193	George Bennett
194	Ethan Vernon
195	Nick Schultz
196	Itamar Einhorn
197	Simon Clarke
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
201	Alex Molenaar
202	Jaume Guardeño
203	Abel Balderstone
204	Daniel Babor
205	Sebastian Berwick
206	Calum Johnston
207	Jan Castellon
	Equipo Kern Pharma
211	Pau Miquel Delgado
212	Urko Berrade
213	José Félix Parra
214	Mats Wenzel
215	Ivan Sosa
216	Ivan Cobo
217	Diego Uriarte
	Burgos Burpellet BH
221	José Luis Faura
222	Eric Fagundez
223	Jose Manuel Diaz
224	Sergio Chumil
225	Mario Aparicio
226	Josh Burnett
227	Carlos Garcia
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
231	Jon Aberasturi
232	Marton Dina
233	Mikel Bizkarra
234	Jokin Murguialday
235	Jon Agirre
236	Danny van der Tuuk
237	Nicolas Alustiza

About the 2025 Volta a Catalunya:

The race organizer wrote:

The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya has activated the countdown to start, this Monday 24 March from Sant Feliu de Guíxols, its 104th edition. Until the arrival in Barcelona on Sunday 30 March, the best teams and cyclists in the world will once again gather in Catalonia to compete in seven varied stages throughout the territory, which have once again attracted a participation worthy of a grand tour, attracted by the three high altitude finishes that make the Catalan race one of the most demanding on the UCI World Tour calendar. Primoz Roglic, Juan Ayuso, Adam Yates, Egan Bernal, Richard Carapaz, Mikel Landa or Enric Mas are just some of the names that lead a star line-up in which 14 victories in the big three-week races can be found in their palmarès.

Everything is ready for a peloton of 168 riders from the best teams in the world, a total of 24, to start the 2025 edition of the Volta a Catalunya, which will start this Monday in Sant Feliu de Guíxols with three former winners of the race among its participants: Primoz Roglic (currently with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 2023), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and Nairo Quintana (2016, Movistar Team). These are just some of the major attractions of the Catalan UCI World Tour race, the third oldest stage race on the calendar after the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, which once again this year brings together a top-level participation, as demonstrated by the 14 Grand Tours that make up the track record of its participants.

A CV that includes four victories in the Vuelta a España and a Giro d'Italia of the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who returns to the Volta Catalunya two years after his victory in 2023 and who is one of the great candidates to take over from his compatriot Tadej Pogacar. There will also be two Tour de France winners, both from the Ineos Grenadiers team, such as the Colombian Egan Bernal (winner of a Tour and a Giro, 3rd in the last edition of the Volta), and the Welsh veteran Geraint Thomas, who is facing his last season as a professional, along with former Olympic champion Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Giro d'Italia winner Nairo Quintana (Vuelta and Giro winner), another Giro champion Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), and two Vuelta winners, Sepp Kuss and Simon Yates, who will lead a strong Team Visma-Lease a Bike looking to recover from the last-minute injury loss of Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard.

However, the list of contenders is much longer, led by the young Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), who is one of the big contenders for victory a week after dominating Tirrena-Adriatica with victory. An endless list of world cycling stars including former Olympic champion Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), a major protagonist of the Vuelta 2022 and also a podium finisher in all the Grand Tours, and current cycling stars such as Basque Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step), 2nd in the last edition, the Balearic rider Enric Mas (Movistar Team), four times on the podium in the Vuelta España, the Australian Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla), who last year was runner-up in the Vuelta and the World Cup and already knows what it is to win a stage in the Volta, or the best young rider of the last edition, the Frenchman Lenny Martínez (Bahrain-Victorious), who comes from shining in Paris-Niça.

A participation that will also count one more year with a remarkable participation of Catalan cyclists led by the rider from Vilanova Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), who this year reaches his 10th consecutive participation in the Catalan race, accompanied by Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team), Pau Miquel (Kern Pharma Team), Abel Balderstone and Jan Castellón (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), and will also come with riders who will fight for stage victories such as the Australian, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who has three stage victories in the Volta in his two participations.

A high-altitude Volta to put the best climbers to the test
The presence for the third consecutive year of three mountain finishes (La Molina, Montserrat and Queralt) will unquestionably mark the development of a Volta Catalunya, which once again this year combines familiar territory with new and highly anticipated features in its route.

The race will start on Monday 24th March from Sant Feliu de Guíxols, which for the fourth consecutive year will start with an initial day of nervous cycling along the Costa Brava and the Gavarres massif. Starting once again from the Club Nàutic of the Empordà town and finishing on the explosive Carretera de Girona, the stage will be 178.6 kilometers long and will include two mountain passes in the first half (Coll de Begur and Alt de Santa Pellaia), leaving the terrain open to surprises for the battle in 2023.

The second stage, starting from Banyoles, will return the Volta to one of the most visited venues in the past, the city of Figueres, which will once again host the Catalan race 56 years later. It will do so with a 177.3 kilometer stage that seems to be one of the most favorable to play for the victory among the fast men of the Volta.

The cyclists will pass the finish line twice in the capital of Alt Empordà in the final part of a day with the mountain passes of Coll del Puig de Pení and the monumental Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes (1st category) in the central part of the stage.

The high mountains will arrive in the third stage, the longest of the Volta a Catalunya since 2006, and one of the most demanding with up to 5,000 metres of cumulative positive altitude gain. It will be a day of 218.6 kilometres with a start from Viladecans The Style Outlets and five mountain passes including the finish of the first of the three high altitude finishes of the edition, the mountain resort of La Molina (1st category). The Coll de Estenalles, the Coll de la Batallola, and especially the endless Coll de la Creueta (special category) will add wear and tear to a day that will serve as the first test among the great candidates for the final victory.

The fourth stage will see one of the most important novelties of the edition with the return to Montserrat in the Volta, 30 years after the victory of Frenchman Laurent Jalabert. On the celebration of the Millennium of the magical mountain, the emblematic peak returns to the Volta Catalunya as the end of a day of 188.7 kilometers without rest through Central Catalonia, starting from Sant Vicenç de Castellet, one of the two new venues of the edition, and the Turó del Puig as the only final pass.

The Terres de l'Ebre will be the main protagonists of the fifth stage, two years after being decisive in Roglic's last victory in a memorable stage finish in Lo Port. The four regions of the Delta de l'Ebre (Baix Ebre, Ribera d'Ebre, Terra Alta and Montsià) will be part of the route of a 172-kilometre stage starting in the town of Paüls, the second new venue of the edition, and finishing in the city of Amposta. One of the routes with the least gradient of the edition, with only one qualifying pass, the Coll de la Font at the start of the stage, but with the threat of the wind in the final stretch along the Ebro Delta.

The expectation will be at its highest in the sixth stage, which will be the third mountain stage with a Berguedà on fire after the success of the last 2024. The city of Berga will be the starting point of a 159-kilometre stage that will once again put the cyclists to the test with four mountain passes and a high-altitude finish in the middle of the crowd. The Coll de la Batallola, the spectacular Coll de Pradell (special category), which will shine again after having made its debut in competition last year in the Volta, and the explosive Collada de Sant Isidre, will add all the ingredients to see the favourites playing for the final victory among the Berguedà public.

And there will still be the final party of the 104th Volta a Catalunya in its seventh stage, which will close the race and crown its winner on Sunday 30 March. The city of Barcelona, which has never failed in any edition of the centenary race, will once again host the start and finish of a final stage that will start from the Plaza de España and will be 88.2 kilometres long. As it could not be otherwise, its sign of identity will be the six laps of the Montjuïc circuit and its Alt del Castell, which will close a week of the best world cycling in Catalonia in a setting that always guarantees an incomparable sporting and public spectacle.

A week of world-class sport throughout Catalonia that will once again offer spectacular images that will reach the whole world thanks to its important global television broadcasting. The images of this Volta a Catalunya, which in Spain can be followed live on television on Esport 3, Teledeporte and Eurosport, will be distributed in 190 territories around the world through 40 international broadcasters, which will broadcast live images on all five continents. A global expectation for a cycling race that is a world reference point, and which is once again on the threshold of an edition worthy of its history.

2025 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

Tour of Catalonia
104th edition: March 24 - March 30, 2025

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