2026 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

Tour of Catalonia
105th edition: March 23 - March 29, 2026

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2026 Tour of Catalonia map. Catalonia is in the northeast corner of Spain.

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Sunday, March 29: 7th & Final Stage, Barcelona - Barcelona, 95.1 km

Stage 7 map & profile

Brady Gilmore (NSN Cycling Team) wins the final stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Barcelona at 2:20 PM, local time: 16C (61F), with the wind from the northeast at 22 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain, but the race has already finished.

Rated ascents:

• Km 42.5: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
• Km 50.4: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
• Km 58.2: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
• Km 66.1: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
• Km 73.9: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
• Km 81.8: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
• Km 89.7: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2

The race: Here's the organizer's stage seven summary.

(Barcelona, 29-03-2026).- Brady Gilmore (NSN Cycling Team) has won the final stage of the 2026 Volta a Catalunya, a 95.1-kilometre route starting and finishing in Barcelona, with the highlight being the seven climbs up the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc. The Australian secured his team’s second victory of the week, following Ethan Vernon’s win in Camprodon on the day Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) was crowned champion of the 105th edition of the Catalan cycling race. The Dane withstood the attacks on the final circuit with ease and took to the podium alongside Frenchman Lenny Martínez (Bahrain Victorious) and German Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

On Sunday 29 March, Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) became the first Dane in history to win the Volta a Catalunya in its 105-year history. A two-time Tour de France winner, Vingegaard follows in the footsteps of Tadej Pogačar (2024) and Primož Roglič (2023 and 2025) in the Catalan race’s impressive recent roll of honour, with a victory secured thanks to his wins on the mountain finishes at La Molina/Coll de Pal and Queralt, where he built up a lead that he defended resolutely today in the ever-explosive final stage in Barcelona.

After setting off from Plaza de Espanya, a breakaway group featuring Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility), stage winner at Banyoles, Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost), Einer Rubio (Movistar Team) and Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarché) broke away in the opening kilometres of the route through the Baix Llobregat before returning to the Montjuïc circuit.

There, the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team sought to up the pace of the leading group until Remco Evenepoel launched his first attack on the third of the seven ascents of the Alt del Castell. However, neither the breakaway attempts by the Belgian – stage winner in Barcelona in 2023 – nor those by other adventurers such as Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) or Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), winner of the mountains classification, prevented the final stage from being decided by a select group.

The sprint victory on Avenida Maria Cristina was ultimately claimed by the 24-year-old Australian Brady Gilmore (NSN Cycling Team), who secured his first WorldTour win and his team’s second victory of the week. He did so by beating Frenchman Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), a two-time stage winner in this Volta and winner of the points classification, and Remco Evenepoel himself.       

With this result, Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) has secured victory in the general classification of the Volta a Catalunya, finishing 1’22” ahead of Frenchman Lenny Martínez (Bahrain Victorious), who was crowned best young rider in the Catalan race for the second time at just 22 years of age, and 1’30” ahead of Germany’s Florian Lipowitz (Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), ahead of Remco Evenepoel who finished 5th.

Another renowned champion has been added to the Volta a Catalunya’s roll of honour, which now officially counts an eighth Tour de France winner among its ranks, following in the footsteps of Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Luis Ocaña, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Thévenet, Miguel Indurain and Tadej Pogačar. 

Complete results:

95.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.024 km/hr

1	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	2hr 6min 44sec
2	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
6	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
9	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
13	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
14	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
17	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
19	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
25	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
30	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
31	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
34	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	@ 22sec
36	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	0:33
37	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:41
38	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
39	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:33
40	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	1:46
41	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
42	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
43	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:52
44	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:13
48	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	2:58
49	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
51	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
54	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
55	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
56	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
57	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
63	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
65	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
66	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
67	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
69	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
74	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
76	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
77	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
83	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
84	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
85	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	3:29
88	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
89	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:40
90	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
91	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
92	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:03
93	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	6:07
94	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
95	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
98	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
100	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	6:21
102	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:09
103	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	7:27
104	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:56
105	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
108	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
112	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	8:46
113	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:49
114	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:59
115	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9:21
116	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	9:33
118	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
119	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
120	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
121	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
122	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
123	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	9:38
124	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	9:55
125	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:06
126	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	10:18

 

Final GC after stage 7:

• GC winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification winner: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification winner: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification winner: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

1,056.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.739 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	25hr 56min 36sec
2	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1min 22sec
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:30
4	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	1:43
5	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:13
6	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:17
7	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	4:11
8	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	5:20
9	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	5:25
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	5:36
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	6:15
12	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	6:18
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:22
14	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	6:32
15	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	8:36
17	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:20
18	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	9:21
19	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:23
20	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	10:04
21	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:32
22	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11:01
23	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:29
24	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	12:50
25	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	13:49
26	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	14:43
27	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	15:18
28	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	15:30
29	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:53
30	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	16:01
31	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	16:43
32	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:24
33	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	19:47
34	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	20:11
35	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:29
36	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	21:15
37	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:34
38	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:43
39	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	26:36
40	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:40
41	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	27:12
42	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	27:47
43	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	28:15
44	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	28:42
45	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	28:48
46	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	28:58
47	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	30:10
48	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	30:26
49	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	30:36
50	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	32:52
51	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	32:59
52	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	34:44
53	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	35:14
54	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	35:41
55	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:48
56	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	36:18
57	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	36:44
58	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	37:13
59	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	38:36
60	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	38:56
61	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:28
62	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	39:36
63	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	44:08
64	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	46:35
65	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:50
66	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	48:38
67	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	49:19
68	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	49:33
69	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	50:17
70	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	50:25
71	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	50:42
72	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	50:44
73	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	50:56
74	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	51:09
75	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	51:24
76	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	52:58
77	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	53:13
78	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	53:40
79	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	53:45
80	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	54:31
81	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	55:08
82	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	55:47
83	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	55:51
84	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	56:05
85	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	56:17
86	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	56:40
87	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	57:12
88	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	59:25
89	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:01:13
90	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:01:42
91	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:01:43
92	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:03:33
93	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:03:48
94	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	1:04:51
95	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	1:05:00
96	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	1:05:10
97	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:05:35
98	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:05:57
99	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:06:04
100	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	1:07:40
101	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:07:59
102	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:08:00
103	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:08:13
104	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:08:18
105	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:08:24
106	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	1:08:36
107	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:08:55
108	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:12:01
109	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:13:42
110	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:14:38
111	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	1:14:57
112	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15:02
113	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	1:15:40
114	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:16:08
115	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	1:17:42
116	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:18:07
117	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:19:01
118	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	1:19:14
119	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:19:24
120	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:23:06
121	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:25:09
122	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:25:35
123	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	1:26:48
124	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:28:59
125	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	1:29:47
126	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:39:01

 

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

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Saturday, March 28: Stage 6, Berga - Queralt, 158.2 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Again Jonas Vingegaard solos across the finish line.

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Weather at the finish city of Queralt at 1:50 PM, local time: 12C (54F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

Rated ascents:

• Km 63.3: Coll de la Batallola, Cat. 3
• Km 98.4: Coll de Pradell, Hos Categorie
• Km 131.5: Collada de Sant Isidre, Cat. 1
• Km 158: Queralt, Cat. 1

The race: Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) did not start. His team posted: Following his crash during yesterday’s stage at Volta a Catalunya, Tom Pidcock underwent thorough medical assessments with the team’s medical staff and at the hospital.

Lorenz Emmert, Chief Medical Team Doctor, said:
"Due to his crash he suffered injuries, most likely bone and ligament damage in particular to his right knee and also right wrist. Unfortunately we had to make the decision to take him out of the race. Further clinical evaluation and imaging will follow in the next days additionally to the already initiated healing process."

Pidcock will remain under close observation in the coming days, with further evaluations ongoing. Any additional updates will be communicated once more precise information becomes available.

Tom Pidcock said:
"We did everything to try to make it to the start but it’s not possible. I fought to finish the stage yesterday to make sure I had the option to continue. Now the focus is on recovery, and I’ll be back."

Here's the race organizer's stage six report:

Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) cemented his dominance of the 105th edition of the Volta a Catalunya on Saturday 28 March, also winning the 6th stage. The day after his masterclass at La Molina/Coll de Pal, the Dane once again demonstrated his superiority at the summit of Queralt in Berguedà, where he celebrated his second stage victory whilst already wearing the leader’s jersey, and extended his lead at the top of the general classification to 1’22” over Frenchman Lenny Martinez and German Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) ahead of the final stage in Barcelona.

The penultimate stage of the 2026 Volta a Catalunya featured the second high-mountain challenge between Berga and Queralt. A relentless 158.2 kilometers, including the classified climbs of the Coll de la Batallola (3rd category), the fearsome Coll de Pradell (special category) and the Collada de Sant Isidre (1st category) before tackling the final climb to the Berguedà sanctuary, which in 2024 had been conquered solo by Tadej Pogačar, Vingegaard’s great rival of his generation.

Stage six gets its official start and attacks started immediately.

The start of the stage was very intense, with constant breakaway attempts and splits in the peloton, resulting in a group of 15 riders with strong climbing potential reaching the front of the race at the foot of the Pradell. On the dreaded slopes of the Berguedà mountain pass, with gradients of up to 18%, the riders who managed to hold on were, once again, the Catalan Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and the Italian Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), accompanied by Olympic champion Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and the young Norwegian Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Ineos Grenadiers).

An adventure that has earned Ciccone, the last of the breakaway riders to be caught by the peloton 17 kilometers from the finish, the new leader’s jersey in the mountain’s classification. The tough terrain leading up to Queralt caused the group of favorites to split, with Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) – who had started the stage in second place overall – not among them. Following his defeat yesterday, Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) worked in support of his teammate Florian Lipowitz, leaving him virtually alone with Vingegaard at the start of the final climb, where only the Frenchmen Lenny Martínez (Bahrain Victorus) and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) were able to keep up with them.

There, amidst the crowds that once again filled the climb to the sanctuary, 2.2 kilometers from the finish line, Vingegaard launched another attack that no one could answer, and was able to celebrate his solo victory with a 10-second lead over Martínez and Lipowitz, 16 seconds over Paret-Peintre, and 27 seconds over Evenepoel.   

Jonas Vingegaard thus heads into the race’s final day with the confidence of a clear leader; the 7th stage promises to be more explosive than ever, covering 95.1 kilometers with the start and finish in Barcelona, where the focus will be on the seven ascents of the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc (2nd category) – one more than in previous editions. There, Vingegaard will have to hold on to secure his first victory in the Volta a Catalunya for his impressive list of achievements, taking over from Pogačar and Primož Roglič, the most recent champions.

Complete results:

158.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.693 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 5min 19sec
2	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	@ 10sec
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	0:16
5	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:27
6	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:29
7	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:08
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	2:55
10	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:16
11	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	3:17
12	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	3:27
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	4:06
14	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	4:13
15	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	4:17
16	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:19
17	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:29
19	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Pedro Lopez Juan	Movistar Team	4:38
22	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:00
23	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	5:14
25	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
26	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:16
27	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	6:07
28	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:09
29	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	6:23
32	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:28
33	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	6:44
34	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	7:19
38	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:29
40	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	9:57
41	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:04
42	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	10:12
44	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	10:41
45	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:16
47	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	11:30
49	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	11:33
51	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:42
52	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
53	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
54	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
56	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
57	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	11:57
58	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
59	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	12:26
60	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:12
61	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	14:04
62	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:17
63	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	15:06
64	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16:22
65	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:34
66	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
68	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
71	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	18:49
72	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	19:37
73	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	19:41
74	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:53
75	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:03
76	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
77	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	20:16
78	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
79	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
80	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
81	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
85	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
87	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
88	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	20:50
91	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
92	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	25:22
93	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	25:49
94	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26:00
95	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	26:39
96	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
97	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
98	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
101	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
103	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
106	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
113	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
114	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
116	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
117	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
118	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	26:44
119	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	27:01
121	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
122	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	27:18
123	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	27:23
124	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
125	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
126	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
127	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
128	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	27:27
129	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	27:34
130	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
133	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
134	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
135	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
136	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
137	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	27:49
138	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	28:48
139	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	28:51

 

GC after stage 6:

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)
• Points classification leader: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification leader: Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

961.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.359 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	23hr 49min 52sec
2	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1min 22sec
3	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:30
4	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	1:43
5	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:17
6	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:17
7	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	4:11
8	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	5:20
9	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	5:25
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	5:36
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	6:15
12	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	6:18
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:22
14	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	6:32
15	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	6:44
17	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:34
18	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:03
19	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	8:18
20	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:20
21	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	9:21
22	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:23
23	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	10:51
24	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:29
25	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	11:45
26	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	12:20
27	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	12:50
28	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:55
29	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	14:15
30	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	15:30
31	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:26
32	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	16:43
33	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:13
34	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:31
35	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:17
36	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:45
37	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	19:47
38	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:53
39	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:42
40	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:09
41	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	24:14
42	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	24:49
43	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	25:17
44	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	25:41
45	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	25:42
46	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	25:44
47	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	26:00
48	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	27:12
49	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	27:28
50	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	27:38
51	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:52
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	29:54
53	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	30:23
54	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	31:40
55	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	31:52
56	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	32:59
57	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	35:21
58	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	35:41
59	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	36:00
60	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	36:18
61	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36:30
62	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	38:36
63	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	41:10
64	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	41:46
65	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	43:10
66	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	46:21
67	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	46:35
68	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	47:19
70	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	47:27
71	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	47:46
72	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	47:55
73	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	47:58
74	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	48:21
75	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	48:38
76	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	49:17
77	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	49:44
78	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	50:15
79	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	50:42
80	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
81	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	50:47
82	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	51:12
83	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	51:33
84	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	52:56
85	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	53:42
86	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	54:12
87	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	55:14
88	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	55:25
89	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	55:52
90	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	56:15
91	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	56:24
92	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	56:27
93	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	57:05
94	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	57:12
95	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	57:24
96	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	57:39
97	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	58:45
98	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	59:06
99	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	59:06
100	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	59:27
101	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:01:03
102	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	1:01:37
103	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:01:52
104	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	1:02:29
105	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:02:48
106	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02:51
107	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:04:09
108	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:04:31
109	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:04:52
110	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	1:05:02
111	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	1:05:22
112	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	1:05:29
113	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	1:05:31
114	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:06:26
115	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:06:40
116	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:06:49
117	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	1:07:07
118	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	1:08:09
119	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:08:12
120	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:08:24
121	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	1:09:07
122	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	1:09:13
123	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:10:10
124	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:10:11
125	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	1:11:18
126	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:12:25
127	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:12:54
128	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:13:10
129	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:13:17
130	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:15:48
131	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	1:17:15
132	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	1:17:39
133	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:18:26
134	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:18:53
135	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	1:23:40
136	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	1:28:37
137	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:30:12
138	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:33:05
139	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:37:26

 

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage six profile

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Friday, March 27: Stage 5, La Seu d'Urgell - La Molina/Coll de Pal, 153.1 km

Stage five map & profile

Jonas Vingegaard has left everyone behind to win the stage and become the new GC leader.

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Weather at the finish town of La Molina at 1:40 PM, local time: 6C (43F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northwest at 33 km/hr (20 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascents:

• Km 32.7: Port Colldarnay-Stelvio Casta, Cat. 1
• Km 65.2: Col de Josa, Cat. 2
• Km 93.1: Col de Fumanya, Cat. 1
• Km 119.4: Collada Sobirana, Cat. 1
• Km 155.3: Coll de Pal, Hors Categorie

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five summary.

The 105th edition of the Volta a Catalunya has a new leader following its fifth stage, and that leader is Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike). The Dane, who arrived at the Catalan race as the clear favorite, demonstrated his superiority in the high mountains and claimed both the stage victory and the overall lead after breaking away from his rivals and riding solo for the final 6 kilometers of the grueling La Molina/Coll de Pal summit in Berga. Vingegaard now leads the general classification by 57 seconds over Félix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM Team) and 1'09” over Lenny Martínez (Bahrain-Victorious) ahead of another decisive mountain stage between Berga and Queralt.

The peloton leaves the start city of La Seu d'Urgell

One hundred and fifty-one cyclists set off on the 5th stage of the 2026 Volta a Catalunya, which was originally scheduled to cover a 153-kilometre route starting in La Seu d'Urgell and finishing in La Molina/Coll de Pal, but was shortened by just over two kilometers due to a wind warning. The climbs of Colldarnat (1st category), Coll de Josa (2nd category), Coll de Fumanya (1st category) and Collada Sobirana (1st category), many of which were making their competitive debut, set the scene for a special category finish considered one of the most demanding in Catalonia, and which lived up to its reputation.

Following a fierce battle for the breakaway on the day’s first mountain pass, a strong group of five climbers formed, comprising Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Davide Piganzoli (Team Visma-Lease a Bike), Junior Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step), Einer Rubio (Movistar Team) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), who ended up being the star of the show.

The day's break 1min 50sec ahead of the pack on the 1st category Col de Fumanya, 93 km into the stage.

The Italian, stage winner at Vallter in 2023, broke away from his breakaway companions and tackled the Coll de Pal climbs alone until he was caught by the group of favorites 6 kilometers from the finish. Earlier, on the descent of the Collada Sobirana, Britain’s Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling), who was second in the general classification, suffered a crash that ended his chances of victory.

At the moment Ciccone was neutralized, Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) made a significant breakaway move that put him alone at the front of the race, with Felix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM Team), Lenny Martínez (Bahrain Victorious), Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) as his main pursuers. Meanwhile, Vingegaard’s other major rival, Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), was in a third group and crossed the finish line 1’38” behind the Dane.     

Jonas Vingegaard wins the stage and becomes the new GC leader.

Vingegaard is now the new leader of the Volta a Catalunya, 57 seconds ahead of Felix Gall and 1 minute 9 seconds ahead of Lenny Martínez, whilst Remco Evenepoel drops to 6th place, 1 minute 28 seconds behind, and Tom Pidcock trails by 29 minutes. Tomorrow, Saturday 28 March, the sixth stage will feature the second high-mountain challenge with another non-stop day’s racing between Berga and Queralt. 

Complete results:

153.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.203 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 13min 44sec
2	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	@ 51sec
3	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	1:01
4	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	1:03
6	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:38
7	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	1:39
8	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
10	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	1:45
12	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
13	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	1:51
15	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
16	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:59
17	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:12
18	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	2:27
19	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:10
20	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	3:16
21	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	3:24
22	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	3:43
23	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
27	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:20
28	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:37
29	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
30	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
33	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
35	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	5:01
36	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:10
37	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	5:26
38	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:47
39	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	5:52
40	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:49
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:01
43	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
44	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	7:42
45	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	8:40
46	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:53
47	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	12:43
48	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
49	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	13:46
53	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	14:12
54	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	15:04
55	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	15:32
56	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
59	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	18:49
60	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	19:24
61	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	22:15
63	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	24:53
64	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
65	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	26:13
69	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
70	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	27:19
71	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
72	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	28:37
73	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
74	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
75	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
76	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
81	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
83	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
85	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
87	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
89	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
90	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
91	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
92	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
93	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
98	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
102	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
103	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
105	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
107	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
108	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
111	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
114	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
116	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	29:04
117	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:25
118	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	29:51
119	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	30:32
120	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
121	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	31:06
122	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	31:19
123	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	31:57
124	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	32:22
125	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
127	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
129	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
130	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
131	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
132	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
134	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
135	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
136	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
137	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
138	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:14
139	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	33:19
140	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:01
141	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	35:11
143	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:19
144	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	35:37
145	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 5:

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Points classification leader: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

803.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.702 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19hr 44min 45sec
2	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	@ 57sec
3	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	1:09
4	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:13
5	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15
6	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:38
7	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:51
8	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
10	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:57
12	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	2:03
15	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:11
17	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:22
18	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	2:39
19	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:22
20	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	3:28
21	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	3:36
22	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:54
23	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	3:55
24	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:32
28	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:49
29	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
30	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
33	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
34	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	5:13
36	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:22
37	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:59
38	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	7:13
39	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:24
40	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	7:54
41	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	7:58
42	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	8:50
43	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	9:26
44	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:52
45	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:04
46	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	11:21
47	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	12:55
48	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	13:58
49	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	15:16
50	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15:43
51	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	15:44
52	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
53	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	18:48
54	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	19:01
55	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	19:24
56	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	19:36
57	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	22:53
58	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	23:37
59	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	24:18
60	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	24:21
61	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	25:05
62	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	25:21
64	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	26:51
65	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	27:30
67	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	28:23
68	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	28:49
69	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
71	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	29:03
75	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	29:19
76	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	29:26
77	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	30:00
78	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	30:14
79	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
80	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	30:33
82	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	31:01
83	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	31:05
84	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	31:20
86	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	31:54
87	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	32:36
88	Luis Faura José	Burgos Burpellet BH	32:40
89	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
90	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
91	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	32:54
92	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:01
93	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	33:26
94	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	33:44
95	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	34:07
96	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	34:11
97	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	34:36
98	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	34:43
99	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	34:57
100	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	35:09
101	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	35:18
102	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	35:24
103	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	36:00
104	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:20
105	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:53
106	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	36:56
107	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	37:06
108	JonasHem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	37:16
109	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	37:52
110	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	37:54
111	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	38:09
112	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	38:40
113	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	39:03
114	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	39:09
115	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	39:49
116	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	40:16
117	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	41:24
118	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	41:27
119	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	41:33
120	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	41:44
121	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	42:16
122	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	43:19
123	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:20
124	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	43:54
125	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	44:45
126	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	45:17
127	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:45
128	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	46:03
129	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	46:13
130	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	46:21
131	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	46:26
132	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	48:18
133	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	50:04
134	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	50:23
135	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	50:24
136	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	51:35
137	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	52:02
138	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	52:42
139	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	53:13
140	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	56:49
141	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	59:37
142	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	1:02:08
143	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:03:21
144	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:06:14
145	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:09:40

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, March 26: Stage 4, Mataró - Camprodón, 151 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Ethan Vernon wins stage four.

The weather at the finish city of Camprodón at 1:45 PM, local time: 6C (43F), mostly sunny, with the wind from the north-northwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There are wind gusts up to 51 km/hr (32 mph). No rain is forecast.

The route: The race organizer posted this notice: Due to the activation of a Level 3 VENTCAT warning, with wind gusts of up to 90 km/h forecast at the summit of Vallter, the Volta a Catalunya has been forced to shorten the route of its 4th stage, scheduled for Thursday 26 March.

The stage, starting from Mataró, will finish in the town of Camprodon, shortening the final climb to the resort. With this change, the stage start time is delayed by half an hour to 13:05, with the team presentation in Mataró taking place between 11:55 and 12:55.

The race: Not starting: Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) & Matthew Fox (Lotto-Intermarché).

Here's the race report from winner Ethan Vernon's NSN Cycling Team:

Some victories mean more than others, and Ethan Vernon’s win on stage 4 of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya on the home roads of NSN undeniably falls into this category.

Victory in Camprodón on Thursday was the British rider’s third stage win in the race – he previously claimed one for this team last year – and also moves him to 14 career victories, half of which have come in WorldTour events.

Stage four gets started.

“It’s a super special race for me,” he says. “My first pro win here was here in 2022, and this is now my third win here, this time with NSN, and it’s the home race of our new sponsor, so I guess this one is just as special as the other two.”

It was a case of third time lucky for Vernon, having seen his chances on Tuesday’s second stage affected by an untimely puncture, and then narrowly missing out on Wednesday, finishing second behind in-form Frenchman Dorian Godon (IGD).

However, the sprinters were given one final and unexpected opportunity today, as strong winds resulted in a shortening of today’s stage, changing it from a mountain-top finish to one that suited the British rider and a determined NSN lead-out train perfectly.

Km 19: The peloton is really lined out for the first intermediate sprint, won by Remco Evenepoel

“It hasn’t gone to plan for us in the first three days, and then we were gifted another opportunity last night,” says Vernon. “The boys really committed – I’m super happy with them today – and I think this means even more for everyone because it wasn’t meant to be a sprint originally.”

His first win in NSN colors – back in January’s Tour Down Under – also came on a stage shortened because of the conditions.

First intermediate sprint at Km 19: Remco Evenepoel beats Tom Pidcock .

After George Bennett, Pier-André Côté, Brady Gilmore and Jake Stewart delivered Vernon into the perfect position with 300 meters remaining, Vernon finished the job in style, comfortably beating Godon.

He adds: “We studied this new finish a lot last night, and we made a new plan this morning to take it into the roundabout first. The roundabout was super close to the finish. Normally, you would start your sprint before the roundabout, but the first race was to get into the roundabout first. I think everybody stayed in the same position coming out of it.

“We wanted to control it for a sprint, and in the end, quite a small break went away. This played into my favor as a sprinter, because it made the day a bit slower than normal. We didn’t have to chase the break as hard, so it made the day a lot slower, and it played into the hands of the fast men at the end. I made the most of this opportunity.”

Complete results:

151 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.586 km/hr

1	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	4hr 1min 3sec
2	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
6	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
8	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
13	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
16	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
19	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
24	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
25	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
30	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
33	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
35	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
36	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
38	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
41	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
44	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
46	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
47	Félix Parra José	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
50	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
53	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
55	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
58	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
60	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
61	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
62	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
64	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
65	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
66	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
67	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
68	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
69	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
72	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
73	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
76	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
78	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
80	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
81	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
84	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
95	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
97	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
99	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
101	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
102	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
104	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
107	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
108	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
109	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
110	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
113	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
114	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
115	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
116	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
117	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
118	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	@ 30sec
120	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
121	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	0:33
122	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:38
123	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:43
124	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
125	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
126	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
127	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
128	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
129	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
130	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	0:52
131	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
132	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
134	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:02
135	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:11
136	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
137	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
138	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:13
139	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:18
140	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
142	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
143	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
144	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
145	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
146	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
147	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	1:35
149	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	2:15
150	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
151	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	2:37
152	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:10
153	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	4:23

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Points classification leader: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Simone Gualdi (Lotto-Intremarché)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

650.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.939 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	15hr 30mi 47sec
2	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	@ 13sec
3	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:24
5	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
6	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	0:25
7	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
8	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	0:26
9	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
10	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
15	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Félix Parra José	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
22	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
23	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
27	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
37	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
38	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
48	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
50	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
51	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
52	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
54	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:43
61	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:49
62	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	0:56
63	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	0:59
64	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:02
65	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	1:03
66	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:37
67	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	1:51
68	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
69	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:59
71	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	2:12
72	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:38
74	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	2:42
75	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	2:46
78	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:20
79	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	3:51
80	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	4:09
81	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:13
82	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:17
83	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
85	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
86	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
87	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:38
88	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:50
89	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:58
90	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:03
91	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:06
92	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	5:08
93	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
94	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:21
95	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
96	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	5:32
97	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	5:46
98	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	5:48
99	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	5:56
100	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:13
101	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	6:34
102	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	6:46
103	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	6:55
104	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
107	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	7:37
108	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:41
109	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:30
110	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	8:33
111	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	8:44
112	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	9:03
113	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:04
114	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:15
115	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	9:19
116	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	9:29
117	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	9:46
118	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	10:04
119	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	10:17
120	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	10:24
121	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	10:30
122	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:46
123	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	11:08
124	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	11:10
125	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:12
126	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:16
127	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	11:53
128	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:01
129	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	13:02
131	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:10
132	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	13:21
133	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	13:53
134	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15:13
135	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	15:21
136	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:34
137	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:48
138	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	17:40
139	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	17:50
140	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	17:56
141	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:58
142	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	18:16
143	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:54
144	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	21:26
145	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	22:00
146	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:19
147	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	27:29
148	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:16
149	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	30:00
150	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	31:25
151	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:14
152	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	34:31
153	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	37:32

 

Original stage 4 map & profile, before the route alteration:

Original stage 4 map before the route alteration

Original stage 4 profile before the route alteration.

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Wednesday, March 25: Stage 3, Costa Daurada (Mont-roig del Camp) - Costa Daurada (Vila-seca), 159.4 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Dorian Godon wins stage three.

The weather at the finish town of Vila-seca at 1:45 PM, local time: 20C (68F), sunny, with the wind from the west-southwest at 30 km/hr (16 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascents:

• Km 33.9: Alt, Cat. 1
• Km 49.5: Coll de Capafons, Cat. 2
• Km 114.9: Coll Roig, Cat. 3

The race: Here's the organizer's stage three summary.

Stage 3 of the 2026 Volta a Catalunya delivered a thrilling day of racing on the Costa Daurada on Wednesday 25 March. Race leader Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) secured his second stage victory in a small-group sprint, but the spotlight was on the attacking moves by favourites Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), who crashed within the final kilometer whilst leading the race, and Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike), who was caught on the final straight. A first taste of things to come before the high mountains.

A peloton of 156 cyclists set off on the third stage of the 2026 Volta a Catalunya, which covered the inland areas of the Costa Daurada on a 159.4-kilometre route between Mont-roig del Camp and Vila-seca. The mountain climbs of Alto de La Mussara (1st category), Coll de Capafonts (2nd category) and Coll Roig (3rd category), all situated well before the final stretch of the stage, were unable to prevent a large group from contesting the stage victory in a sprint finish.

Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché), leader of the mountains and points classifications after two days, was once again in the thick of the action from the very first kilometre, forming a six-man breakaway with his teammate Reuben Thompson (Lotto Intermarché), Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma), Burnett (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) and Mark Stewart (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling), who took the lead on the day’s mountain passes but were caught in the final 30 kilometres, when the race blew apart.

The echelons split the peloton, led by the teams of the top favourites, until Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), riding at the front, launched an attack 24 kilometers from the finish, which was matched only by his main rival Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease en Bike). Both stayed with the main group, which knew it had to let them battle it out for the stage win, but the adventure came to an end within the final kilometre of the stage on the streets of Vila-seca, when a crash sent Evenepoel to the ground and Vingegaard eased off.

They were thus absorbed into a smaller breakaway, with the fastest rider once again taking the lead: the Frenchman Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), who, having claimed the blue-and-white jersey on the opening stage in San Félix de Guíxols, was able to celebrate victory once more after overtaking the British rider Ethan Ver (EF Education-EasyPost). 

Complete results:

159.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.782 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 43min 33sec
2	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
5	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
6	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
8	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
9	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
10	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
15	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
20	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
21	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
27	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
28	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
29	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
33	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
34	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
36	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
38	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
40	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
46	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
49	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
51	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
53	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
54	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
55	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
59	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
61	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
64	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
65	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
66	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
68	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
69	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
70	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
71	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
73	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
75	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
76	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
77	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
79	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
85	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
87	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
88	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
92	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	@ 19sec
93	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	0;25
95	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	0;29
96	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:29
97	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:39
98	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
99	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	@ 0sec
100	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	1:59
101	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	2:20
102	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
106	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
107	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:20
108	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	2:24
109	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
111	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:26
113	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
114	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
115	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
116	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
117	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
118	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
120	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
121	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
123	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
124	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
126	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
127	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
128	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
129	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
130	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	2:38
131	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:25
132	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
133	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
134	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:15
135	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
136	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
137	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
138	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
139	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
140	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	8:28
142	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
143	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
144	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
145	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
146	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
147	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
148	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
149	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
150	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
151	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
152	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:34
153	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	8:40
154	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	12:11
155	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	11hr 29min 50sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 11sec
3	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:16
4	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:18
5	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:19
6	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	0:20
7	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
8	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
10	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
15	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
17	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
21	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
26	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
27	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
32	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
33	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
35	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
36	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
40	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
43	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
47	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
50	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
52	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
56	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
57	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
58	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
59	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:37
64	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:43
65	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:56
66	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:57
67	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	1:45
68	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
69	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
70	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:53
71	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	2:06
72	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:32
74	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	2:36
75	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
78	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	2:40
79	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	3:45
80	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	4:01
81	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	4:03
82	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:05
83	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:07
84	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:11
85	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
86	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:11
87	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
89	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:32
90	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:52
92	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	4:56
93	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:02
94	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
96	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:15
97	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
98	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
99	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	5:22
101	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	5:40
102	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	5:42
103	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	5:45
104	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	6:01
105	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	6:20
106	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	6:39
107	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	6:49
108	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
111	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:35
112	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	8:05
114	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	8:14
115	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:24
116	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	8:53
117	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:54
118	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:58
119	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	9:00
120	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:09
121	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	9:13
122	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	9:23
123	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:27
124	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	9:58
125	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	10:34
126	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	11:04
127	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
128	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11:10
129	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	12:13
130	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	12:29
131	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	12:55
132	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	13:00
134	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:06
135	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	13:15
136	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	15:07
137	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16:18
138	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:28
139	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:34
140	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:42
141	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	16:51
142	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	16:52
143	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
144	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	17:50
145	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:48
146	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	20:09
147	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	21:11
148	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	24:13
149	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	26:05
150	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:10
151	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	29:54
152	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	30:01
153	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	31:15
154	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:08
155	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	36:24

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, March 24: Stage 2, Figueres - Banyoles, 167.4 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Magnus Cort wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Banyoles at 1:35 PM, local time: 20C (68F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascent:

• Km 18.3: Alt del Purgatori, Cat. 3

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report:

Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) won the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya on Tuesday 24 March, on his debut in the race. The 33-year-old Danish veteran, winner of nine stages across the three Grand Tours, beat the young Frenchman Noa Isidore (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) and the Italian Francesco Busatto (Alpecin-Premier Tech) in a gruelling sprint to add another big name to the list of stage winners at the 105th Volta a Catalunya. The winner of the first stage, Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), retained the overall lead, level on time with the Dane, ahead of a medium-mountain stage on the Costa Daurada.

The 161 cyclists who had started the race set off on the second stage of the 2026 Volta a Catalunya, a 167.4-kilometre route starting in Figueres and finishing in Banyoles. The climb up the Alto del Purgatori (3rd category) early in the stage was the only mountain challenge of a day which, whilst favouring the sprinters’ chances, featured demanding undulating terrain through the Garrotxa region in its final section.

Stage 2 gets its official start.

Right from the start of the stage, five riders broke away to form the day’s breakaway: Frenchman Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché), the mountains classification leader after a strong performance the previous day, was joined on the breakaway by his team-mate Liam Slock, along with Julen Arriolabengoa (Caja Kern Pharma) and Samuel Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who won the award for the most combative rider of the stage. The two Lotto Intermarché riders managed to put up a thrilling fight against the big teams in the peloton as they gave chase, first breaking away alongside Diego Uriarte and, finally, keeping Liam Slock at the front until the one-kilometre-to-go sign.

An early break had a 2min 15sec lead 20 kilometers into the stage. The riders are: Liam Slock (Lotto-Intermarché), Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché), Julen Arriola-Bengoa (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma), & Samuel Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

It was then that a sprint finish in the streets of Banyoles became inevitable, where in previous editions of the Volta legendary sprinters such as Erik Zabel, Mark Cavendish and Alessandro Petacchi had won, and this year Magnus Cort added a big name to the list of winners. Stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya will feature the Costa Daurada as the main attraction this Wednesday, 25 March, with a route between Mont-roig del Camp and Vila-seca that will take in the mountain passes of Alt de la Mussara (1st category), Coll de Capafonts (2nd category) and Coll Roig (3rd category).

Frenchman Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) will start as joint leader on time with Magnus Cort, followed by two favourites: Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), third in the standings four seconds behind, and Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5), fourth.

Complete results:

167.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.548 km/hr

1	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	3hr 45min 28sec
2	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
3	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
7	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
9	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
10	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
18	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
19	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
20	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
23	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
27	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
30	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
35	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
39	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
45	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
46	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
50	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
52	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
53	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
54	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
55	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
61	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
63	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
65	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
68	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
69	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
74	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
75	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
77	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
81	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
83	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
85	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
87	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
89	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
91	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
92	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
95	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
97	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
98	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
100	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
101	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
102	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
105	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
107	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
109	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
111	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
113	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	@ 23sec
115	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
116	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
117	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
118	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
119	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
120	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
122	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	0:27
123	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:34
124	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	0:43
125	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	0:59
126	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
128	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	1:09
130	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	1:13
131	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	1:24
132	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:25
133	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
134	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
135	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
136	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
137	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
138	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
140	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
141	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	1:50
142	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:45
143	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	5:54
144	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
145	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
146	Harm Vanhoucke	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
147	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
148	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:56
149	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	10:33
151	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	10:54
152	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
153	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	11:01
154	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:04
155	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	16:13
157	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
158	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
159	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Dorion Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Points classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché)
• Best young rider: Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Teams classification leader: Soudal Quick-Step

340.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.760 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	7hr 46min 27sec
2	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
3	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
4	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:06
5	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	10
6	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
7	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
8	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
10	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
11	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
14	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
20	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
21	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
22	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
23	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
25	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
29	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
32	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
35	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
36	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
41	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
44	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
47	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
52	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
53	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
54	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
58	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
60	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
63	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
66	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
67	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:27
70	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:33
71	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:46
72	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:47
73	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:24
74	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:31
75	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:35
76	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
77	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
78	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
79	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
80	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
81	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
82	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:56
84	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
85	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:16
88	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	2:19
89	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:24
90	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:26
91	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
92	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
93	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
94	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
96	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
98	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
100	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	2:48
101	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	2:49
102	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:19
103	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	3:25
104	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	3:51
105	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	3:57
108	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
109	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	5:05
110	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
113	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:28
115	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
116	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	5:32
117	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	5:59
118	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	6:10
119	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:30
120	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
121	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	6:39
122	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	7:02
125	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
126	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	7:22
128	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:38
129	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:50
130	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	8:04
131	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
132	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	8:13
133	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	8:14
134	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	8:37
136	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	8:41
137	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:48
138	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	9:13
139	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	9:39
140	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10:30
141	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
143	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:00
144	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:33
145	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
146	Harm Vanhoucke	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
147	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	12:46
148	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:12
149	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	17:33
150	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
151	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	17:40
152	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:48
153	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:32
154	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	19:40
155	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	21:23
156	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	24:50
157	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	26:43
158	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	29:59
159	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Monday, March 23: Stage 1, Sant Feliu de Guíxols - Sant Feliu de Guíxols 172.8 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Dorian Godon just beats Remco Evenepoel for the stage win.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Sant Feliu de Guíxols at 1:45 PM, local time: 14C (57F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northeast at 31 km/hr (19 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

Rated ascents

• Km 8: Alt de Romanyà, Cat. 3
• Km 74.9: Alt de Sant Hilari, Cat. 1

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage one report.

Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) is the first leader of the 105th edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya after securing victory in the opening stage, which started and finished in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The French champion, who was in great form after winning a stage at Paris-Nice a few days earlier, managed to outpace Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Briton Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling) in a spectacular finish, two of the main contenders for the overall victory in the race.

161 cyclists set off from Sant Feliu de Guíxols for the opening stage of the 2026 Volta Catalunya, a 172.7-kilometre route featuring the mountain climbs of Alt de Romanyà (3rd category) and Alt de Sant Hilari Sacalm (1st category) in the first half, before tackling the explosive final section on the Tossa de Mar road and the demanding straight stretch of the Carretera de Girona.

It's time to go racing in Spain. Stage one gets its offical start.

Frenchman Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché), who dominated the day’s points classifications and was awarded the prize for the most combative rider of the day, brothers Hugo Aznar (Equipo Kern Pharma) and Unai Aznar (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and New Zealander Josh-Burnet Tyler Stites (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling) formed the breakaway of the day, which never managed to open up a gap of more than 4 minutes.

Just 15 km into the stage there is a break: Baptiste Veistroffer, Hugo Aznar, Unai Aznar, Josh Burnett, & Tyler Stites.

Teams with a chance of a sprint finish, such as NSN Cycling Team, Bahrain Victorious and Ineos Grenadiers, worked to close the gap on the group. In the end, it was Josh Burnett (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) who put up the strongest solo fight at the front of the race, only to be caught 11 kilometres from the finish line by UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who intensified the race on the demanding road to Tossa de Mar.

The peloton with 51 km to go and the break 1min 22sec up the road.

Race leaders such as Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease en Bike) sought to control the final kilometres themselves until the last kilometre, where Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) emerged victorious from a very long sprint against the main contenders for the overall Volta victory to become the race’s first leader.

Dorian Godon beats Remco Evenepoel for the stage win.

The Volta a Catalunya It will continue on Tuesday 24 March with a second stage covering 167.4 kilometres between Figueres and Banyoles, offering the race’s top sprinters a chance to win the stage.  

Complete results:

172.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.969 km/hr

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 1min 9sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
5	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
6	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
11	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
13	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
14	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
16	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
23	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
29	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
34	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
35	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
38	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
41	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
42	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
48	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
52	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
58	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
64	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
65	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
70	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	@ 23sec
71	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:37
73	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:40
74	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:14
75	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:21
76	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:25
77	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
79	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
80	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
81	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
82	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:46
86	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
88	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	@ 0sec
91	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	1:46
92	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:06
93	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:16
94	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
97	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
98	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
103	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
105	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
107	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
108	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
109	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	3:35
110	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:47
111	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	3:58
113	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:55
114	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
116	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
119	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
121	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
122	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	5:01
126	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	6:29
127	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
128	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
129	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
132	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
133	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
136	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
137	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
138	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
140	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
141	Harm Vanhoucke	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:04
144	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
146	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
147	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
149	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
150	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:21
151	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	10:20
152	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
153	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
154	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
155	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	10:52
156	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:36
157	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
158	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
159	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
160	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	15:17
161	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché)
• Points classification leader: Dorian Godon (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Simone Gualdi (Lotto Intermarché)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1	Dorian Godon	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 0min 59sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Tom Pidcock	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:06
4	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	0:10
5	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
6	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Oscar Onley	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Antoine L'Hote	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
11	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
13	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
14	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
16	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	José Félix Parra	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
23	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
29	Tobias Svarre	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
34	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
35	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Cristian Rodriguez	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
38	George Bennett	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
41	Matthew Riccitello	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
42	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
43	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Paul Double	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
48	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Jon Agirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
52	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
54	Adria Pericas	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Jakob Omrzel	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
58	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Byron Munton	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
64	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
65	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Brady Gilmore	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
70	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
71	Noa Isidore	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:33
72	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Senna Remijn	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:47
74	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:50
75	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	1:24
76	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:31
77	José Luis Faura	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:35
78	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
79	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
80	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Jesus Herrada	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
82	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
83	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	1:56
87	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Samuel Fernandez Heres	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
89	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Marcel Camprubí	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:16
93	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:24
94	Kieran Haug	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	2:26
95	Damien Howson	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
97	Jonas Hem Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
98	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
99	Alexey Lutsenko	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Michael Leonard	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Mathieu Kockelmann	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
103	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
104	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
105	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
107	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
108	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
109	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	3:45
110	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:57
111	Noah Hobbs	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ United	4:08
113	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	4:59
114	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	5:05
115	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Alberto Dainese	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
119	Stefan de Bod	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
121	Matthew Fox	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
122	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
125	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	5:11
126	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	6:39
127	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
128	Reuben Thompson	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
129	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
132	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
133	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Bruno Armirail	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
136	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
137	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
138	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
139	Pavel Novak	Movistar Team	s.t.
140	Pablo Carrascosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
141	Harm Vanhoucke	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Luke Tuckwell	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Tyler Stites	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	8:13
144	Mattia Cattaneo	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:14
145	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
147	Pier-André Côté	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
149	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
150	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:28
151	Samuel Florez	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	10:30
152	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
153	Unai Aznar	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
154	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
155	Liam Slock	Lotto-Intermarché	11:02
156	Sam Bennett	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:46
157	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
158	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
159	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
160	Riley Pickrell	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	15:27
161	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile