The European stage racing season continues with another date in the WorldTour calendar and the Volta a Catalunya (March 18-24).
The week-long stage race brings together a selection of the peloton's top GC riders to take on a challenging mountainous route, including three summit finishes, before ending in the traditional Barcelona circuit race.
Watch out for UAE Team Emirates star Tadej Pogačar, who makes his debut at the race in preparation for May's Giro d'Italia. He'll be taking on the likes of Vuelta a España champion Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), among others.
Other major names to watch out for – especially on the summit finishes at Vallter 2000, Port Ainé, and Queralt – include Ineos Grenadiers duo Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal, as well as Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe), João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep), Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), and Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny).
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch the racing action via live stream, no matter your location, with NordVPN.
How to watch the Volta a Catalunya for free
If you live in Spain or are visiting on holiday, then you can watch the 2024 Volta a Catalunya for free via state broadcaster RTVE and its channel TDP, though you will need to sign up to view.
But if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.
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How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in the USA & Canada
The 2024 Volta a Catalunya will be aired live in the USA by NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV. Pricing starts at $6 per month or $60 per year for a Peacock Premium subscription, while an ad-free Peacock Premium Plus plan will set you back $12 per month or $120 per year.
The race will be aired by FloBikes in Canada, meanwhile. A subscription to the streaming service will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of the 2024 Volta a Catalunya will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – with the same commentators that featured on GCN+.
A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.
A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £29.99 per month.
How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in Australia
In Australia, the 2024 Volta a Catalunya will be broadcast live and in full by the free-to-air channel SBS Viceland. The race is also set to be available on SBS on Demand – both live and in catch-up mode – if the middle of the night viewing in Australia doesn't work for you.
Watch live cycling on any streams
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
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Volta a Catalunya schedule and route
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Stage
Time (CET)
Length
Stage 1: Sant Feliu de Guíxols – Sant Feliu de Guíxols
12:25 - 16:32
174km
Stage 2: Mataró - Vallter 2000
11:50 - 16:34
186.5km
Stage 3: Sant Joan de les Abadesses - Port Ainé
11:50 - 16:33
176.5km
Stage 4: Sort - Lleida
12:40 - 16:35
169km
Stage 5: Altafulla - Viladecans
13:25 - 17:28
167.5km
Stage 6: Berga - Queralt
12:30 - 16:32
154.5km
Stage 7: Barcelona - Barcelona
10:30 - 13:57
145.5km
The route of the 2024 Volta a Catalunya (Image credit: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya)
Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.
As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Dani also oversees How to Watch guides and works on The Leadout newsletter throughout the season. Their favourite races are Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and their favourite published article is from the 2024 edition of the latter: 'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix
