Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2024

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Stage 7: Tadej Pogacar completes domination with stage 7 win / As it happened

It was a dominant week for Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and he won his fourth stage on Sunday and secured the GC title at Volta a Catalunya. The Slovenian won the stage 7 sprint ahead of Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Guillaume Martin (Cofidis). In the overall, Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) finished 3:41 back for second and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) rounded out the podium at 5:03 down.

Stage 6: Tadej Pogacar's 30km solo seals stage 6 win on momentous mountain day / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) extended his general classification lead on Saturday with a solo victory on stage 6. The duo of Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) and Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) battled on the final of five major climbs to finish 57 seconds back, Bernal using his second place to move into third overall and Landa losing time in second overall.

Stage 5: Axel Laurance wins stage 5 sprint with bike throw / As it happened

Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck) chalked up his first WorldTour win in a bunch sprint after an agressive day of racing on stage 5. The Frenchman out-paced Marijn van den Berg and Bryan Coquard.

Stage 4: Marijn van den Berg charges to stage 4 sprint victory / As it happened

The first sprinter's stage went to the script, with a three-man breakaway off the front for most of the stage before the fast men's teams chased them down, controlled the late attacks, and fought for position ahead of the finish. Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) took the win.

Stage 3: Tadej Pogačar does it again / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar made his second consecutive mountaintop victory at the Volta a Catalunya look easy as the UAE Team Emirates rider crossed the line solo with the stage 3 win at the summit finish at Port Ainé. He finished 48 seconds ahead of Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) and 1:03 ahead of Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious). Pogačar now has a commanding 2:27 lead in the overall classification with four stages to go.

Stage 2: Tadej Pogacar dominates atop Vallter 2000 seizing overall lead / As it happened

As many anticipated, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) dominated on the mountaintop finish at Vallter 2000, winning stage 2 and taking the overall lead at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Pogačar now leads the overall classification by 1:35 over Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) and an additional three seconds over Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Stage 1: Nick Schultz narrowly beats Pogacar / As it happened

Nick Schultz (Israel-Premier Tech) won the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya after a late attack inside the final kilometre in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The Australian struck out with a surprise attack 500 metres from the line at the end of the 174km opener to hold off a late-charging Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on the uphill finish.

Volta a Catalunya information

The 2024 Volta a Catalunya will be the 103rd edition of the stage race, which stands today as the fourth-oldest stage race in the world after the Tour de France, Tour of Belgium, and the Giro d'Italia.

The week-long race is a staple of the early season, bringing top Grand Tour contenders in the north-east Spain region of Catalunya to do battle in the hills around Barcelona and the mountains of the Pyrenees.

Mariano Cañardo is the record winner, having triumphed at the race seven times in the 1920s and 30s. Spanish cycling heroes Miguel Indurain and Alejandro Valverde are next on the honour roll with three wins apiece. The trio have taken 13 of 60 Spanish wins at the race.

In recent years, Adam Yates, Sergio Higuita, and Primož Roglič have taken overall victory on routes which include the well-used summit finishes at Vallter 2000, La Molina, and Port Ainé. The race traditionally concludes with a fast and furious hilly circuit race in Montjuïc Park in Barcelona.

The 2023 edition saw Roglič come out on top with two stage wins en route to a six-second overall victory ahead of Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian also came away with two stage wins, including a last-day battle with Roglič in Barcelona. Australian sprinter Kaden Groves made a breakthrough at WorldTour level with two stage wins, too.

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2024 Volta a Catalunya route

The 2024 Volta a Catalunya route has yet to be fully unveiled, though the start and finish locations of all seven stages were announced in early January.

The traditional race finish in Barcelona's Montjuïc Park is unsurprisingly back, while Sant Feliu de Guíxols will host the opening stage for the third year in a row.

The second stage from Mataró to the summit finish at Vallter (!5.1km at 6.7%) looks likely to be a carbon copy of the one won by Giulio Ciccone in 2023. Stage 3 finishes up at Port Ainé (18.4km at 6.7%), where Esteban Chaves triumphed three years ago.

Stage 4 and 5 look set to end with sprint finishes in Lleida and Viladecans, while the penultimate day of the race heads back to altitude for a new summit finish at Queralt between Barcelona and the Pyrenees.

2024 Volta a Catalunya start list

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2024 Volta a Catalunya contenders

Tadej Pogačar heads up the startlist as he makes his way towards an attempt at the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double. He'll be making his debut at the race and looks set to head up a strong UAE Team Emirates squad including João Almeida and Jay Vine.

The full startlist beyond the Slovenian star has yet to be confirmed, though a wealth of major GC should be lining up in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Movistar pairing Enric Mas and Nairo Quintana should be among them, as should Ineos Grenadiers duo Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal, and Visma-Lease a Bike's Sepp Kuss and Cian Uijtdebroeks.

Elsewhere, look out for Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ), Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep), and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) to take starring roles in the high mountains. 

2024 Volta a Catalunya schedule

2024 Volta a Catalunya teams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• Burgos-BH
• Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
• DSM-Firmenich PostNL
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Euskaltel-Euskadi
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Wanty
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Jayco-AlUla
• Kern Pharma
• Lidl-Trek
• Lotto-Dstny
• Movistar
• Soudal-QuickStep
• UAE Team Emirates
• Uno-X Mobility
• Visma-Lease A Bike