Volta a Catalunya

Here's what's making headlines on Tuesday, March 16.

Peter Sagan will participate in the Volta Catalunya, which puts his start in E3 Saxo Classic and Gent-Wevelgem in doubt.

UAE-Emirates officials confirm Catalunya and Ardennes are early season goals for their late-hour signing.

Minneapolis-based squad set to race highly competitive Volta ao Algarve and Volta a Catalunya in coming months.

Spanish race to return next year rather than aim for a slot this fall to avoid clashing with other races.

Organizers have postponed the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya due to COVID-19.

Teams left uncertain of race schedules and logistics as measures to curtail health crisis develop by the day.

Yates launches late attack to try to overhaul overnight deficit to Lopez but fails to take sufficient time, finishing second overall.

A late mechanical forces Egan Bernal to walk home to the finish line. Afterward, he gets a little lift from his teammate Chris Froome.

Schachmann escapes early breakaway including van Garderen to win stage 5 at Volta a Catalunya.

After missing the podium in stage 3, Miguel Angel Lopez attacks with 8km to go on the summit finish to win stage 4 and take overall lead.

Yates gets the better of Colombian climbers Bernal, Quintana, and Lopez. Martin battles his way to third place after being dropped on the summit finish.

Four-time Tour champ Chris Froome loses more than 14 minutes in stage 2 as Team Sky rallies to support Egan Bernal as its GC leader.

Australian sprinter Michael Matthews bounces back from a tough crash in Paris-Nice in the best way possible, with his first win of 2019 at Catalunya.

De Gendt's daring attack pays off in stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya. The Belgian wins his first race of 2019 season.

Hot off a top-10 result in Milano-Sanremo, Alejandro Valverde looks to defend Catalunya title as Chris Froome kicks off his European schedule.

Colombian sensation Egan Bernal is waiting to see if he’ll need surgery following a gut-wrenching crash in Volta a Catalunya.

Simon Yates won the final stage of the 2018 Volta a Catalunya in Barcelona solo, as Alejandro Valverde took home the overall title.

Simon Yates won the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya in solo fashion, as Alejandro Valverde took the overall title for the third time.

The sixth stage of the Volta a Catalunya was shortened to just 116 kilometers and Maximilian Schachmann was victorious out of the breakaway.

Heavy snow shortened the sixth stage of the Volta a Cataluyna and Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) took top honors.

Heavy snowfall in the Pyrenees forced Volta a Cataluyna organizers to slash 78 kilometers from the sixth stage of the race on Saturday.

Jarlinson Pantano wins out of a two-man breakaway on Catalunya's final mountain stage. Valverde defends overall lead.

Colombian climber Jarlinson Pantano took advantage of the Volta a Catalunya's final mountain stage to earn his first win of 2018.

Adam Yates crashes out of Volta a Catalunya, suffers fractured pelvis that will keep him off the bike for 10 days.

Alejandro Valverde reclaims overall lead at Volta a Catalunya, out-sprinting youngster Egan Bernal on the race's only summit finish.

Alejandro Valverde wins his second stage at Volta a Catalunya atop the climb of La Molina, reclaiming the overall race lead.

After a long day in the break and a bold solo attack, Thomas De Gendt emerges with the overall lead at Volta a Catalunya

After an all-day escape and a late attack to ditch his breakaway companions, Thomas De Gendt wins stage 3 at Volta a Catalunya.

Alejandro Valverde out-sprints a select group in stage 2 to move into overall lead as defending champ.

Reigning champion Alejandro Valverde takes overall lead at Volta a Catalunya after winning Tuesday's stage 2 in a sprint finish.

Quick-Step's young Colombian sprinter — not Gaviria — takes a breakthrough victory in Spain.

Claiming his second race in less than a week's time, Alvaro Hodeg sprinted to a convincing win Monday in Volta a Catalunya stage 1.

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Spaniard Alejandro Valverde celebrated the second Volta a Catalonia win of his career by winning the final stage on Sunday in Barcelona.

For the second time in six months, Sky and Chris Froome have been caught out in an early stage ambush, costing Froome a chance to win

Daryl Impey (Orica-Scott) claimed stage 6 of the Volta a Catalonia on Saturday as Alejandro Valverde extended his overall lead.

Alejandro Valverde took command of the Volta a Catalunya Friday, winning stage 5 in Lo Port, atop a 1,000-meter mountaintop finish.

Nacer Bouhanni sprints to his first stage win of Volta a Catalunya, while American Tejay van Garderen keeps overall lead.

Race commissaires decided to overturn their original ruling and penalize the entire Movistar team for illegal pushes during the stage.

Movistar wins team time trial by two seconds ahead of BMC racing, but Tejay van Garderen accuses Spanish squad of breaking rules.

Tour de France owner ASO expands its cycling empire, bringing Volta a Catalunya into its portfolio of major races.

Italian Davide Cimolai wins stage 1 of the Volta a Catalunya Monday in Spain, narrowly out-sprinting Nacer Bouhanni.

Europe's fourth-oldest ongoing stage race kicks off Monday and features some heavy hitters in the GC field.

Ag2r La Mondiale has announced team rider Romain Bardet has decided to take part in the Volta a Catalunya, March 20-16.

With Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador, and Chris Froome all at Volta a Catalunya, we have a clearer picture of how the top Tour riders compare.

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Katusha's Alexey Tsatevich holds on to take the Volta a Catalunya's seventh stage from the breakaway as Nairo Quntana wraps up the overall title

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Davide Cimolai nabs the sixth stage of the Volta a Catalunya ahead of Nikias Arndt and Tosh Van der Sande

The peloton dashes the breakaway's hopes inside the final kilometer of the Volta a Catalunya's sixth stage

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Wout Poels solos to a stage win in Volta a Catalunya, while Nairo Quintana defends his overall lead.

Wout Poels redeems Sky with a big solo victory in Volta a Catalunya's stage 5. Nairo Quintana keeps his overall lead.

With Volta a Catalunya, Critérium International, and Gent-Wevelgem on the calendar, this weekend offers nearly every flavor of racing.

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Thomas de Gendt wins Catalunya's queen stage, while the lead slips from Dan Martin's grasp — and into Nairo Quintana's.

Volta a Catalunya's queen stage sees a solo victory and a GC battle between Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador.

De Gendt wins the day with a solo attack, while Quintana dispatches Contador with a blistering attack in the final kilometer of climbing.

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Volta a Catalunya serves up its first mountaintop showdown, and Martin gets the better of Contador and Quintana.

Dan Martin conquers the first climbing stage at Volta a Catalunya and moves into overall lead ahead of Alberto Contador.

Dan Martin's devastating turn of speed on the final steep climb wins stage 3 at Volta a Catalunya. He now leads the overall.

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Despite a mid-race category 1 climb, Catalunya goes to the sprinters again on Tuesday, affording Bouhanni another day of glory.

Nacer Bouhanni does the double in Spain, winning the second stage of Volta a Catalunya.

Nacer Bouhanni is two-for-two at the Volta a Catalunya, winning the stage 2 sprint after a monstrous lead-out from his Cofidis squad.

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Volta a Catalunya kicks off with hilly stage 1, but sprinters hang on and fight for the first leader's jersey of the weeklong Spanish race.

Nacer Bouhanni sprints into overall lead with victory on first day of Volta a Catalunya in Spain.

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Nacer Bouhanni sprinted to victory and the race's first leader's jersey in stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya.

BMC Racing’s Tejay van Garderen and Richie Porte are racing together for the first time this season at the Volta a Catalunya.

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This week's Volta a Catalunya boasts one of the most impressive start lists you'll see this year

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Spain's oldest stage race has a sparkling start list, but we may see an outsider win the overall at the climbing-centric Volta a Catalunya.

Despite all his success, Chris Froome has yet to finish on the Volta a Catalunya podium. He'll try again next week.

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