Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2026

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Stage 7: Jonas Vingegaard wraps up overall as Brady Gilmore claims final bunch sprint win/As it happened

Brady Gilmore (NSN) claimed the final stage win at the end of a hectic but finally incident-free day of racing for overall leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Following multiple ineffectual attacks by Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Gilmore won a fast and furious downhill bunch sprint against points classification winner Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers). Vingegaard, meanwhile could celebrate his second major stage race victory of the spring of 2026.

Stage 6 -Jonas Vingegaard claims back-to-back summit finish victories to put Volta GC beyond reach/As it happened

Another day of success for Jonas Vingegaard at the Volta as the Visma-Lease a Bike leader boosted his overall lead and put the GC effectively beyond reach of any of his rivals on the hardest day of the race. Whilst Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) dropped out of second place overall, Vingegaard dropped all his other rivals two kilometres from the top of the Santuari of Queralt to clinch a back-to-back summit finish victory. Meanwhile Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) was a DNS because of his crash the day before.

Stage 5 - Jonas Vingegaard dominates mountaintop finish to Coll de Pal for solo victory / As it happened

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) used a solo charge on the final climb of stage 5 for a dominant win atop the Coll de Pal. From a four-rider chase group, Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) moved away for second place, 50 seconds down on Vingegaard but 10 seconds clear of third-placed Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious). Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-QuickStep) rounded out the top five. Vingegaard moved into the GC lead Friday, taking a 57-second lead over Gall.

Stage 4 - Ethan Vernon wins truncated stage 4 on long uphill drag to Camprodón while Tom Pidcock moves into second overall / As it happened

Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling Team) reversed his fortune from the day before and out-sprinted race leader Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) on stage 4 at the Volta a Catalunya. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) followed in third place.

High winds at the planned summit finish of Vallter 2000 altered the route with the finish line moved to the valley. Along the shortened route, Pidcock grabbed nine bonus seconds and moved into second overall, now 13 seconds behind Godon and one second ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

Stage 3 - Dorian Godon wins dramatic stage 3 finish as Remco Evenepoel crashes in closing kilometre / As it happened

Race leader Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) won for a second time this week at the Volta a Catalunya, taking the sprint victory in Vila-seca after 160km.

A late GC breakaway duo of Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) flew up the road with 29km to go, with Evenepoel crashing at a roundabout in the final 500 metres, then the charging peloton catching Vingegaard. Godon then out-sprinted Ethan Vernon (NSN) and Noah Hobbs (EF Education-EasyPost) to the line.

Stage 2 - Magnus Cort sprints to victory after peloton catches breakaway in final kilometre / As it happened

Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) hit the front of the race with 150 metres to go and held on for the victory on stage 2. Noa Isidore (Decathlon-CMA CGM) was closest in the bunch sprint for second. Francesco Busatto (Alpecin-Premier Tech) held off Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) for third, while Godon retained the overall race lead, now tied on time with Cort.

Stage 1 - Dorian Godon denies Remco Evenepoel in punchy finish / As it happened

Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) took the win, and the first leader's jersey, Monday at Volta a Catalunya. The French champion came around Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in the close finish, the Belgian taking second. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) took the final podium spot in third.

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya information

The 2026 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will be the 105th 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 big-name 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 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 2024 edition saw Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) come out on top with four stage wins en route to a 3:41 overall victory ahead of Mikel Landa (Soudal-Quickstep). Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) was third.

Primož Roglič snatched victory in 2025 with an attack on the Montjuïc climb 20 kilometres from the finish. He cracked Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and rode to a fine victory. The Spaniard finished second overall, 28 seconds down, with Enric Mas (Movistar) at 53 seconds.

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2026 Volta a Catalunya route

After a lumpy but not overly tough start, three summit finishes in as many days, at Vallter, Pal and Queralt (Berga) on stages 4, 5 and 6 look set to decide the overall. Then with a clear leader by this point, stage 7's circuit through Montjuic Park in Barcelona will act as a last potential flashpoint for the GC battle.

See: 2026 Volta a Catalunya route

2026 Volta a Catalunya start list

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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya schedule

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya teams

• Alpecin-Premier Tech
• Bahrain Victorious
• Cofidis
• Decathlon CMA CGM
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ United
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Lidl-Trek
• Lotto-Intermarché
• Movistar
• NSN
• Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
• Soudal-QuickStep
• Jayco-AlUla
• Picnic PostNL
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates-XRG
• Uno-X Mobility
• XDS-Astana
• Burgos Burpellet BH
• Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
• Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel-Euskadi
• Modern Adventure
• Pinarello-Q36.5