The Volta a Catalunya is a part of the UCI ProTour programme, ranking only second behind the Vuelta a España in popularity for Spain. Traditionally the race was used as preparation for the Tour de France, this is no longer the case with it's move to March.
The Volta a Catalunya is the third oldest cycling stage race, first held in 1911. The Tour de France was first held in 1903 and the first addition of the Giro d'Italia was 1909.
2010 Volta a Catalunya News
Andy Schleck pulls out of Catalunya: Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) pulled out of the Volta a Catalunya before today's second stage, compounding his already troubled start to the 2010 season. Schleck finished 131st, 27 seconds slower than stage winner Paul Voss (Milram) in the opening time trial at the Volta a Catalunya, but failed to start the 182.6km second stage from Salt to Banyoles.
Link: Andy Schleck Pulls Out Of Catalunya | Cyclingnews.com & Andy Schleck out of Volta a Catalunya | VeloNation Cycling News and Reference
Wiggins out of Catalunya: Bradley Wiggins has been forced out of this week's Tour of Catalunya due to a stomach infection. Despite his illness, the Briton's Sky team is confident the disruption to his race programme will not affect his preparation for the 2010 Tour de France.
Link: Wiggins Out Of Catalunya | Cyclingnews.com
2010 Stages
Stage 1 Monday, March 22 2010
Lloret de Mar (ITT) 3.6 km ( Results and video )
Stage 2 Tuesday, March 23 2010
Salt - Banyoles 182.6 km ( Results and video )
Stage 3 Wednesday, March 24 2010
La Vall d'En Bas - La Seu d'Urgell 185.9 km ( Results and video )
Stage 4 Thursday, March 25 2010
Oliana - Ascó 209.7 km ( Results and video )
Stage 5 Friday, March 26 2010
Ascó - Cabacés 181.2 km
Stage 6 Saturday, March 27 2010
El Vendrell - Barcelona 161.9 km
Stage 7 Sunday, March 28 2010
Circuit de Catalunya 117.8 km
2010 Start List
Ag2R-La Mondiale
1 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)
2 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra)
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus)
5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus)
6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl)
8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
Astana
11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa)
12 Josep Jufre (Spa)
13 Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
14 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz)
15 Jesus Hernandez (Spa)
16 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
17 Sergey Renev (Kaz)
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)
Caisse d`Epargne
21 David Arroyo (Spa)
22 Francisco Perez (Spa)
23 Imanol Erviti (Spa)
24 Jose V. Garcia (Spa)
25 José I. Gutierrez (Spa)
26 Alberto Losada (Spa)
27 Luis Pasamontes (Spa)
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Igor Anton (Spa)
32 Daniel Sesma (Spa)
33 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa)
34 Ivan Velasco (Spa)
35 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa)
36 Aitor Galdos (Spa)
37 Sergio De Lis (Spa)
38 Miguel Minguez (Spa)
Footon-Servetto
41 Alberto Benitez (Spa)
42 Eros Capecchi (Ita)
43 Manuel Cardoso (Por)
44 Arkaitz Duran (Spa)
45 David Gutierrez G. (Spa)
46 Martin Pedersen (Den)
47 Aitor Perez (Spa)
48 Pedro Merino (Spa)
Francaise Des Jeux
51 Sandy Casar (Fra)
52 Pierre Cazaux (Fra)
53 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra)
54 Timotky Gudsell (NZl)
55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
56 Francis Mourey (Fra)
57 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
58 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
Garmin - Transitions
61 Steven Cozza (USA)
62 Tom Peterson (USA)
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
64 Michel Kreder (Ned)
65 Christian Meier (Can)
66 Peter Stetina (USA)
67 Christian Vandevelde (USA)
68 David Zabriskie (USA)
Lampre - Farnese Vini
71 Matteo Bono (Ita)
72 Angelo Furlan (Ita)
73 David Loosli (Swi)
74 Enrico Magazzini (Ita)
75 Marco Marzano (Ita)
76 Manuele Mori (Ita)
77 Danielle Pietropolli (Ita)
Liquigas-Doimo
81 Ivan Basso (Ita)
82 Francesco Bellotti (Ita)
83 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)
84 Robert Kiserlowski (Cro)
85 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
86 Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
87 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
88 Brian Vandborg (Den)
Omega Pharma-Lotto
91 Mario Aerts (BEL)
92 Jan Bakelants (Bel)
93 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
94 Matthew Llody (Aus)
95 Daniel Moreno (Spa)
96 Francis De Greef (Bel)
97 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel)
98 Charles Wegelius (GBr)
Quick Step
101 Dario Cataldo (Ita)
102 Addy Engels (Ned)
103 Mauro Facci (Ita)
104 Andrei Kunitski (Blr)
105 Davide Malacarne (Ita)
106 Braislau Samoilau (Blr)
107 Andreas Stauff (Ger)
108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
Rabobank
111 Mauricio A. Ardila (Col)
112 Stef Clement (Ned)
113 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)
114 Juan M. Garate (Spa)
115 Dimitry Kozantchouk (Rus)
116 Denis Menchov (Rus)
117 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
118 Pieter Weening (Ned)
Sky Professional Cycling Team
121 Augustyn John Lee (RSA)
122 Dario Cioni (Ita)
123 Chris Froome (GBr)
124 Stephen Cummings (GBr)
125 Davide Vigano (Ita)
126 Serge Pauwels (Bel)
Team HTC-Columbia
131 Craig Lewis (USA)
132 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
133 Tony Martin (Ger)
134 Aleksej Saratotims (Lat)
136 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr)
137 Tejay Van Garderen (USA)
138 Martin Velits (Svk)
Team Katusha
141 Nikita Eskov (Rus)
142 Joan Horrach (Spa)
143 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
144 Pavel Brutt (Rus)
145 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda)
146 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa)
147 Egor Silin (Rus)
148 Arten Ovechkin (Rus)
Team Milram
151 Robert Förster (Ger)
153 Artur Gajek (Ger)
154 Dominik Nerz (Ger)
155 Dominik Roels (Ger)
156 Luke Roberts (Aus)
157 Matthias Russ (Ger)
158 Paul Voss (Ger)
Team Radioshack
161 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
162 Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
163 Daryl Impey (RSA)
164 Andreas Kloden (Ger)
165 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
166 Jason Mccartney (USA)
167 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
168 Bjorn Selander (USA)
Team Saxo Bank
171 Andy Schleck (Lux)
172 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den)
173 Frank Schleck (Lux)
174 Nicki Sorensen (Den)
175 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol)
176 Jens Voigt (Ger)
177 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg)
178 Lucas S. Haedo (Arg)
Andalucia-Cajasur
181 Jose A. Gomez (Spa)
182 Manuel Vazquez (Spa)
183 Javier Moreno (Spa)
184 Manuel Calvente (Spa)
185 Jorge Montenegro (Arg)
186 Javier Ramirez (Spa)
187 Antonio Piedra (Spa)
188 Jose L. Roldan (Spa)
Cervelo TestTeam
191 Stefan Denifl (Aut)
192 Joao Correia (Por)
193 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa)
194 Philip Deignan (Irl)
195 Oscar Pujol (Spa)
196 Carlos Sastre (Spa)
197 Xavier Tondo (Spa)
198 Marcel Wyss (Swi)
Cofidis
201 Stephane Auge (Fra)
202 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra)
203 Reni Cusin (Fra)
204 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
205 Christophe Kern (Fra)
206 Sebastien Minard (Fra)
207 Amael Moinard (Fra)
208 Rein Taaramae (Est)
Xacobeo Galicia
211 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa)
212 Gustavo Cesar (Spa)
213 Gonzalo Rabuñal. (Spa)
214 Serafin Martinez (Spa)
215 Delio Fernandez C. (Spa)
216 J.Antonio De Segovia (Spa)
217 Marcos Garcia (Spa)
218 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa)
Recent Winners
1990 Laudelino Cubino (ESP) - BH
1991 Miguel Indurain (ESP) - Banesto
1992 Miguel Indurain (ESP) - Banesto
1993 Álvaro Mejía (COL) - Motorola
1994 Claudio Chiappucci (ITA) - Carrera
1995 Laurent Jalabert (FRA ) - ONCE
1996 Alex Zülle (SUI) - ONCE
1997 Fernando Escartín (ESP) - Kelme-Costa Blanca
1998 Hernan Buenahora (COL) - Vitalicio Seguros
1999 Manuel Beltrán (ESP) - Banesto
2000 José Maria Jimenez (ESP) - Banesto
2001 Joseba Beloki (ESP) - ONCE-Eroski
2002 Roberto Heras (ESP) - US Postal
2003 José Antonio Pecharroman (ESP) - Costa de Almería-Paternina
2004 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) - Phonak
2005 Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) - Discovery Channel
2006 David Cañada (ESP) - Saunier Duval-Prodir
2007 Vladimir Karpets (RUS) - Caisse d'Epargne
2008 Gustavo César (ESP) - Karpin-Galicia
2009 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) - Caisse d'Epargne
Race website
Notícies de la 90a edicio de la Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya is the third oldest cycling stage race, first held in 1911. The Tour de France was first held in 1903 and the first addition of the Giro d'Italia was 1909.
2010 Volta a Catalunya News
Andy Schleck pulls out of Catalunya: Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) pulled out of the Volta a Catalunya before today's second stage, compounding his already troubled start to the 2010 season. Schleck finished 131st, 27 seconds slower than stage winner Paul Voss (Milram) in the opening time trial at the Volta a Catalunya, but failed to start the 182.6km second stage from Salt to Banyoles.
Link: Andy Schleck Pulls Out Of Catalunya | Cyclingnews.com & Andy Schleck out of Volta a Catalunya | VeloNation Cycling News and Reference
Wiggins out of Catalunya: Bradley Wiggins has been forced out of this week's Tour of Catalunya due to a stomach infection. Despite his illness, the Briton's Sky team is confident the disruption to his race programme will not affect his preparation for the 2010 Tour de France.
Link: Wiggins Out Of Catalunya | Cyclingnews.com
2010 Stages
Stage 1 Monday, March 22 2010
Lloret de Mar (ITT) 3.6 km ( Results and video )
Stage 2 Tuesday, March 23 2010
Salt - Banyoles 182.6 km ( Results and video )
Stage 3 Wednesday, March 24 2010
La Vall d'En Bas - La Seu d'Urgell 185.9 km ( Results and video )
Stage 4 Thursday, March 25 2010
Oliana - Ascó 209.7 km ( Results and video )
Stage 5 Friday, March 26 2010
Ascó - Cabacés 181.2 km
Stage 6 Saturday, March 27 2010
El Vendrell - Barcelona 161.9 km
Stage 7 Sunday, March 28 2010
Circuit de Catalunya 117.8 km
2010 Start List
Ag2R-La Mondiale
1 Tadej Valjavec (Slo)
2 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra)
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus)
5 Alexander Efimkin (Rus)
6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr)
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl)
8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
Astana
11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa)
12 Josep Jufre (Spa)
13 Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
14 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz)
15 Jesus Hernandez (Spa)
16 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
17 Sergey Renev (Kaz)
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)
Caisse d`Epargne
21 David Arroyo (Spa)
22 Francisco Perez (Spa)
23 Imanol Erviti (Spa)
24 Jose V. Garcia (Spa)
25 José I. Gutierrez (Spa)
26 Alberto Losada (Spa)
27 Luis Pasamontes (Spa)
28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Igor Anton (Spa)
32 Daniel Sesma (Spa)
33 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa)
34 Ivan Velasco (Spa)
35 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa)
36 Aitor Galdos (Spa)
37 Sergio De Lis (Spa)
38 Miguel Minguez (Spa)
Footon-Servetto
41 Alberto Benitez (Spa)
42 Eros Capecchi (Ita)
43 Manuel Cardoso (Por)
44 Arkaitz Duran (Spa)
45 David Gutierrez G. (Spa)
46 Martin Pedersen (Den)
47 Aitor Perez (Spa)
48 Pedro Merino (Spa)
Francaise Des Jeux
51 Sandy Casar (Fra)
52 Pierre Cazaux (Fra)
53 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra)
54 Timotky Gudsell (NZl)
55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
56 Francis Mourey (Fra)
57 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
58 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
Garmin - Transitions
61 Steven Cozza (USA)
62 Tom Peterson (USA)
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
64 Michel Kreder (Ned)
65 Christian Meier (Can)
66 Peter Stetina (USA)
67 Christian Vandevelde (USA)
68 David Zabriskie (USA)
Lampre - Farnese Vini
71 Matteo Bono (Ita)
72 Angelo Furlan (Ita)
73 David Loosli (Swi)
74 Enrico Magazzini (Ita)
75 Marco Marzano (Ita)
76 Manuele Mori (Ita)
77 Danielle Pietropolli (Ita)
Liquigas-Doimo
81 Ivan Basso (Ita)
82 Francesco Bellotti (Ita)
83 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)
84 Robert Kiserlowski (Cro)
85 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
86 Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
87 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
88 Brian Vandborg (Den)
Omega Pharma-Lotto
91 Mario Aerts (BEL)
92 Jan Bakelants (Bel)
93 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
94 Matthew Llody (Aus)
95 Daniel Moreno (Spa)
96 Francis De Greef (Bel)
97 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel)
98 Charles Wegelius (GBr)
Quick Step
101 Dario Cataldo (Ita)
102 Addy Engels (Ned)
103 Mauro Facci (Ita)
104 Andrei Kunitski (Blr)
105 Davide Malacarne (Ita)
106 Braislau Samoilau (Blr)
107 Andreas Stauff (Ger)
108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
Rabobank
111 Mauricio A. Ardila (Col)
112 Stef Clement (Ned)
113 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)
114 Juan M. Garate (Spa)
115 Dimitry Kozantchouk (Rus)
116 Denis Menchov (Rus)
117 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
118 Pieter Weening (Ned)
Sky Professional Cycling Team
121 Augustyn John Lee (RSA)
122 Dario Cioni (Ita)
123 Chris Froome (GBr)
124 Stephen Cummings (GBr)
125 Davide Vigano (Ita)
126 Serge Pauwels (Bel)
Team HTC-Columbia
131 Craig Lewis (USA)
132 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
133 Tony Martin (Ger)
134 Aleksej Saratotims (Lat)
136 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr)
137 Tejay Van Garderen (USA)
138 Martin Velits (Svk)
Team Katusha
141 Nikita Eskov (Rus)
142 Joan Horrach (Spa)
143 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
144 Pavel Brutt (Rus)
145 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda)
146 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa)
147 Egor Silin (Rus)
148 Arten Ovechkin (Rus)
Team Milram
151 Robert Förster (Ger)
153 Artur Gajek (Ger)
154 Dominik Nerz (Ger)
155 Dominik Roels (Ger)
156 Luke Roberts (Aus)
157 Matthias Russ (Ger)
158 Paul Voss (Ger)
Team Radioshack
161 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
162 Janez Brajkovic (Slo)
163 Daryl Impey (RSA)
164 Andreas Kloden (Ger)
165 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
166 Jason Mccartney (USA)
167 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
168 Bjorn Selander (USA)
Team Saxo Bank
171 Andy Schleck (Lux)
172 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den)
173 Frank Schleck (Lux)
174 Nicki Sorensen (Den)
175 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol)
176 Jens Voigt (Ger)
177 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg)
178 Lucas S. Haedo (Arg)
Andalucia-Cajasur
181 Jose A. Gomez (Spa)
182 Manuel Vazquez (Spa)
183 Javier Moreno (Spa)
184 Manuel Calvente (Spa)
185 Jorge Montenegro (Arg)
186 Javier Ramirez (Spa)
187 Antonio Piedra (Spa)
188 Jose L. Roldan (Spa)
Cervelo TestTeam
191 Stefan Denifl (Aut)
192 Joao Correia (Por)
193 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa)
194 Philip Deignan (Irl)
195 Oscar Pujol (Spa)
196 Carlos Sastre (Spa)
197 Xavier Tondo (Spa)
198 Marcel Wyss (Swi)
Cofidis
201 Stephane Auge (Fra)
202 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra)
203 Reni Cusin (Fra)
204 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
205 Christophe Kern (Fra)
206 Sebastien Minard (Fra)
207 Amael Moinard (Fra)
208 Rein Taaramae (Est)
Xacobeo Galicia
211 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa)
212 Gustavo Cesar (Spa)
213 Gonzalo Rabuñal. (Spa)
214 Serafin Martinez (Spa)
215 Delio Fernandez C. (Spa)
216 J.Antonio De Segovia (Spa)
217 Marcos Garcia (Spa)
218 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa)
Recent Winners
1990 Laudelino Cubino (ESP) - BH
1991 Miguel Indurain (ESP) - Banesto
1992 Miguel Indurain (ESP) - Banesto
1993 Álvaro Mejía (COL) - Motorola
1994 Claudio Chiappucci (ITA) - Carrera
1995 Laurent Jalabert (FRA ) - ONCE
1996 Alex Zülle (SUI) - ONCE
1997 Fernando Escartín (ESP) - Kelme-Costa Blanca
1998 Hernan Buenahora (COL) - Vitalicio Seguros
1999 Manuel Beltrán (ESP) - Banesto
2000 José Maria Jimenez (ESP) - Banesto
2001 Joseba Beloki (ESP) - ONCE-Eroski
2002 Roberto Heras (ESP) - US Postal
2003 José Antonio Pecharroman (ESP) - Costa de Almería-Paternina
2004 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) - Phonak
2005 Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) - Discovery Channel
2006 David Cañada (ESP) - Saunier Duval-Prodir
2007 Vladimir Karpets (RUS) - Caisse d'Epargne
2008 Gustavo César (ESP) - Karpin-Galicia
2009 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) - Caisse d'Epargne
Race website
Notícies de la 90a edicio de la Volta Ciclista a Catalunya