Volta a Catalunya 2021 start list
Provisional list of starters for the Volta a Catalunya in Spain from March 22-28
The start list has been confirmed for the upcoming Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (March 22-28) and by the looks of the line-up, the racing should be action-packed right from the outset.
The Spenish WorldTour race was one of many to be cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 so the 100th edition was moved to 2021 in its usual spot in the calendar.
With the season well underway, some of the biggest names in climbing are set to race but defending champion from 2019, Miguel Ángel López (Movistar Team) is not down to return with his team fielding a Spanish trio of leaders in Enric Mas, Marc Soler and Alejandro Valverde.
Other big names that are currently down to race are Chris Froome, Dan Martin and Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation), João Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo).
Another name that we are all waiting to see race for his new team is Swiss star, Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates), who has been featured on multiple start lists before being removed a few days before race day, this has not happened this time with the Tour de France stage winner lining up as team leader for his new team.
Volta a Catalunya 2021 start list
Team Movistar
VALVERDE Alejandro
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MAS Enric
VERONA Carlos
SOLER Marc
CATALDO Dario
PEDRERO Antonio
SAMITIER Sergio
Deceuninck - Quick-Step
ALMEIDA João
KNOX James
ČERNY Josef
SERRY Pieter
CAVAGNA Rémi
DEVENYNS Dries
MASNADA Fausto
Ineos Grenadiers
CARAPAZ Richard
THOMAS Geraint
YATES Adam
DENNIS Rohan
PORTE Richie
CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
ROWE Luke
Bora-Hansgrohe
KÄMNA Lennard
MEEUS Jordi
KELDERMAN Wilco
SAGAN Peter
SCHELLING Ide
ZWIEHOFF Ben
WANDAHL Frederick
Team BikeExchange
YATES Simon
HAMILTON Lucas
CHAVES Esteban
KANGERT Tanel
SMITH Dion
BOOKWALTER Brent
SCOTSON Callum
Astana-Premier Tech
TEJADA Harold
GREGAARD Jonas
KUDUS Merhawi
DE BOD Stefan
PRONSKIY Vadim
SÁNCHEZ Luis León
RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
Bahrain Victorious
POELS Wout
MOHORIC Tadej
BUITRAGO Santiago
WILLIAMS Stephen
PERNSTEINER Hermann
INKELAAR Kevin
NOVAK Domen
Team DSM
HINDLEY Jai
ARENSMAN Thymen
ROCHE Nicolas
KANTER Max
STORER Michael
HAGA Chad
HAMILTON Chris
Team Jumbo-Visma
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
TOLHOEK Antwan
KUSS Sepp
HARPER Chris
BENNETT George
BOUWMAN Koen
GESINK Robert
AG2R La Mondiale-Citroën
HÄNNINEN Jaakko
GALLOPIN Tony
BIDARD François
JUNGELS Bob
VENTURINI Clément
CHAMPOUSSIN Clément
GASTAUER Ben
UAE Team Emirates
HIRSCHI Marc
DE LA CRUZ David
MCNULTY Brandon
COSTA Rui
ARDILA Andrés Camilo
MOLANO Juan Sebastián
DOMBROWSKI Joe
Trek-Segafredo
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
CICCONE Giulio
RIES Michel
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
KAMP Alexander
ELISSONDE Kenny
LÓPEZ Juan Pedro
Groupama-FDJ
BADILATTI Matteo
VALTER Attila
DUCHESNE Antoine
REICHENBACH Sébastien
BONNET William
LADAGNOUS Matthieu
GUGLIELMI Simon
Lotto-Soudal
MONIQUET Sylvain
DE GENDT Thomas
VANHOUCKE Harm
KRON Andreas
CRAS Steff
VAN GILS Maxim
MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz
EF Education-Nippo
CAMARGO Diego Andres
URÁN Rigoberto
CARTHY Hugh
CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
GUERREIRO Ruben
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
VALGREN MIchael
Israel Start-Up Nation
FROOME Chris
WOODS Michael
IMPEY Daryl
MARTIN Daniel
CATAFORD Alexander
HOLLENSTEIN Reto
GOLDSTEIN Omer
Team Qhubeka-Assos
ARMÉE Sander
POWER Robert
FRANKINY Killian
VACEK Karel
BENNETT Sean
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinhardt
BROWN Connor
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
MEINTJES Louis
HIRT Jan
MINALI Riccardo
TAARAMÄE Rein
PETILLI Simone
EVANS Alexander
BAKELANTS Jan
Gazprom-RusVelo
ZAKARIN Ilnur
STRAKHOV Dmitriy
KREUZIGER Roman
CHERNETSKI Sergei
KOCHETKOV Pavel
NYCH Artem
NEKRASOV Denis
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
EDET Nicolas
ROCHAS Rémy
BARCELÓ Fernando
FERNÁNDEZ Rubén
HERRADA José
CHAMPION Thomas
BERHANE Natnael
Euskaltel-Euskadi
BIZKARRA Mikel
BOU Joan
LOBATO Juan José
SOTO Antonio Jesus
MATÉ Luis Ángel
ITURRA Mikel
MARTÍN Gotzon
Rally Cycling
JOYCE Colin
ROSSKOPF Joey
KING Ben
MANNION Gavin
BROWN Nathan
BRITTON Rob
ZUKOWSKI Nickolas
Team Arkéa Samsic
QUINTANA Nairo
LOUVEL Matis
OWSIAN Łukasz
DELAPLACE Anthony
GESBERT Élie
RIOU Alan
PICHON Laurent
Equipo Kern Pharma
GALVÁN Francisco
MENDEZ Daniel Alejandro
NOVIKOV Savva
BERRADE Urko
CASTRILLIO Jaime
MARQUEZ Marti
ADRÍA Roger
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