Volta a Catalunya names stars
Volta a Catalunya 2026 announced a heavyweight startlist with Tour de France champ Remco Evenepoel, Olympic/world champion Tom Pidcock, and João Almeida among confirmed entrants — stage profiles and schedules are now public. Expect aggressive racing across the spring week as these GC contenders tune up for the season. (ciclismoaldia.es)
The 105th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya runs seven stages from 23 to 29 March 2026 and covers about 1,081.1 km in total. (procyclingstats.com) Organisers have scheduled three mountain-top finishes as the main GC tests: Stage 4 Mataró → Vallter (173 km), Stage 5 La Seu d'Urgell → La Molina / Coll de Pal (155.3 km) and Stage 6 Berga → Queralt (158.2 km). (voltacatalunya.cat) Queralt returns as a summit finish after a long absence (reported as a reappearance after 45 years), Vallter 2000 is confirmed as a high-altitude test, and some route previews quantify over 20,000 metres of climbing across the week. (cyclinguptodate.com) Organisers named 23 participating teams for the 105th edition, 17 of them UCI WorldTeams, with the official teams announcement published on the race website. (voltacatalunya.cat) The finale is a short, punchy Barcelona circuit (Stage 7, 95.1 km) designed to cap a week that builds up through successive high-mountain tests before an explosive Montjuïc-style finish. (voltacatalunya.cat) ProCyclingStats and other startlist publishers have posted full team rosters and stage profiles online, letting teams and media analyse day-by-day opportunities for GC moves, breakaways and sprinters’ chances. (procyclingstats.com)
