It's time for the 105th edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - a hilly and mountainous week-long WT race which has in the past been won by some true legends - Roglic, Pogacar, Higuita, Yates, Lopez, ValVerde, Quintana, Porte, Rodriguez, and so on and so forth.
This year the race has the following profiles in the peloton according to PCS:
- VINGEGAARD Jonas
- EVENEPOEL Remco
- ALMEIDA João
- PIDCOCK Thomas
- VINE Jay
- ONLEY Oscar
- MCNULTY Brandon
- CICCONE Giulio
- MARTINEZ Lenny
- GALL Felix
Which is... a weird sort of list, since it ignores Lipowitz, Skjelmose, Riccitello, Mas, Gaudu, and countless other strong riders.
The big question will of course be - will Vingegaard crush Evenepoel, Pidcock, and Almeida like he did to the competition in Paris-Nice? Surely this field is stronger?
All of that will be answered in the coming days!
- 23/03: Stage 1 — Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Sant Feliu de Guíxols
- 24/03: Stage 2 — Figueres to Banyoles
- 25/03: Stage 3 — Mont-roig del Camp to Vila-seca
- 26/03: Stage 4 — Mataró to Vallter
- 27/03: Stage 5 — La Seu d'Urgell to La Molina/Coll de Pal
- 28/03: Stage 6 — Berga to Queralt
- 29/03: Stage 7 — Barcelona to Barcelona
Stage 3
Pidcock (🇬🇧 Q36.5) took part to this sprint as well (and finished 6^th^). The first two were uphill, so that was more understandable, but this one was flat. Does this mean that his team is on the hunt for points, or do you see other motives?