2018 Volta a Catalunya
Male Team 19 - 25 Mar

Volta a Catalunya

1133 Kilometers 7 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Winner Anacona
  3. Imanol Erviti
  4. Antonio Pedrero
  5. Nairo Quintana
  6. José Joaquín Rojas
  7. Marc Soler
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TV

The race will be shown live on Eurosport 1. The international feed for stages one to six will start around 3.30pm CET; Montjuïc's stage has an earlier time slot as it finishes three hours before.
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Timetable

Each and every one of the first six stages will finish around 5pm CET. The last day in Barcelona will come to an end just after 2pm.
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Bonus

They will be those we're most used to see at one-week UCI race: 10-6-4 seconds at the finish of every stage and 3-2-1" at intermediate sprints -one or two per day-.
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Social Media

The race's official Twitter account is @VoltaCatalunya; at their website, www.voltacatalunya.cat, there's usually a livetext feature to follow every stage before TV broadcast. The race hashtag is #VoltaCatalunya. At our handle, @Movistar_Team, we'll be following closely on our boys' performances, at the same time the Movistar Team competes in the Belgian classics and the Settimana Coppi e Bartali.
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Score

The Abarca Sports organisation has won the Volta's overall classification nine times, more than in anywhere else in Spain except Burgos and Castilla y León. The Movistar Team has 27 stage wins to its different names - all of them are listed at our History section.

Stages

Analysis

01
Calella - Calella (152.3km)
19 March
  1. 01 Álvaro Hodeg Quick Step 3h39'21"
  2. 02 Sam Bennett Bora-Hansgrohe m.t.
  3. 03 Jay McCarthy Bora-Hansgrohe m.t.
  4. 08 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team m.t.
  5. 18 Marc Soler Movistar Team m.t.
  6. 36 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team m.t.
  7. 88 Winner Anacona Movistar Team m.t.
  8. 118 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team m.t.
  9. 139 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team m.t.
  10. 153 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team m.t.
02
Mataró - Valls (175.6km)
20 March
  1. 01 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team 4h41'50"
  2. 02 Daryl Impey Mitchelton-Scott m.t.
  3. 03 Jay MCCarthy Bora-Hansgrohe m.t.
  4. 07 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team m.t.
  5. 12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team m.t.
  6. 29 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team m.t.
  7. 58 Marc Soler Movistar Team m.t.
  8. 131 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +1'27"
  9. 133 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team m.t.
  10. 161 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +3'17"
03
S. Cugat Vallés - Camprodon (153.2km)
21 March
  1. 01 Thomas de Gendt Lotto Soudal 4h14'48"
  2. 02 Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott +20"
  3. 03 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ m.t.
  4. 05 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team m.t.
  5. 12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team m.t.
  6. 47 Marc Soler Movistar Team m.t.
  7. 79 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team m.t.
  8. 117 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +2'25"
  9. 155 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +8'27"
  10. 157 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team m.t.
04
Llanars - La Molina (170.8km)
22 March
  1. 01 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team 4h25'54"
  2. 02 Egan Arley Bernal Team Sky m.t.
  3. 03 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team +6"
  4. 06 Marc Soler Movistar Team +53"
  5. 63 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +11'30"
  6. 66 Winner Anacona Movistar Team m.t.
  7. 74 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +11'44"
  8. 113 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +24'08"
05
Llívia - Vielha (212.9km)
23 March
  1. 01 Jarlinson Pantano Trek-Segafredo 5h20'53"
  2. 02 Vegard Stake Laengen UAE Team Emirates m.t.
  3. 03 Matej Mohoric Bahrain-Merida +10"
  4. 07 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +14"
  5. 08 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team m.t.
  6. 19 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team m.t.
  7. 70 Marc Soler Movistar Team m.t.
  8. 117 Winner Anacona Movistar Team +4'09"
  9. 135 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +13'33"
  10. 150 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team m.t.
06
L. P. Segur - Torrefarrera (117km)
24 March
  1. 01 Maximilan Schachmann Quick Step 2h34'25"
  2. 02 Diego Rubio Burgos-BH m.t.
  3. 03 Sam Bennett Bora-Hansgrohe +18"
  4. 09 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +18"
  5. 11 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team m.t.
  6. 35 Marc Soler Movistar Team m.t.
  7. 40 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team m.t.
  8. 55 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team m.t.
  9. 74 Winner Anacona Movistar Team m.t.
  10. 122 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +3'10"
07
Barcelona / Montjuïc (154.8km)
25 March
  1. 01 Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott 3h28'04"
  2. 02 Marc Soler Movistar Team +13"
  3. 03 Pierre Latour AG2R La Mondiale +18"
  4. 09 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +18"
  5. 13 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team m.t.
  6. 72 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +3'08"
  7. 74 Winner Anacona Movistar Team m.t.
  8. 103 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +7'34"
  9. 111 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team +11'36"

Analysis

Despite the Volta a Catalunya having celebrated its centenary edition seven years ago, the 2018 race will be the 98th in the history of the third longest-standing multi-day event in the UCI calendar -after the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia-. Alejandro Valverde and the Movistar Team will defend their brilliant victory from last season over a course even more mountainous than in previous editions -no less than three stages- and featuring no time trials – which will make for an even more decisive passage through the Pyrenees.

Before reaching that mountain range, the riders will have to get past two tricky finishes. Monday 19th will see the peloton take on the traditional loop around Calella (152km), with the ascent and difficult descent of the Collsacreu (Cat-3). Tuesday 20th will bring another finish in Valls, home of the late Xavi Tondo, after the climb to the Coll de Lilla (Cat-3), on wide roads and gentle gradients – yet just 10km from the end.

Wednesday 21st March will mark the start of the mountain trio halfway through the race. Stage three will take the riders to the top of Vallter 2000 (HC) -Nairo Quintana was the last winner here in 2013-, after 199km with the previous climbs of Bracons (Cat-1), Oix (Cat-1) and Rocabruna (Cat-1). On Thursday 22n, the race will once again return to La Molina (Cat-1), via the Coll del Jou (Cat-1) and La Creueta (HC). Finally, on stage five (Friday 23rd), a very long trek: 212km to Vielha, featuring the Port del Cantó (HC), the Creu de Perves (Cat-1) and the non-categorized ascents towards the Tunnel near the capital of the Val d’Aran historical region – crested 16k from the finish.

The closing weekend will present the clearest chance for sprinters in this year’s race -194km with a flat finish in Torrefarrera, on Saturday 24th- and the always exciting, intense Montjuïc circuit, eight laps around Barcelona’s ‘Magia Mountain’ to close the race (154km).