Teddy bears, big trophies, and four jerseys: Jonas Iversby Hvideberg's 'surreal' and 'amazing' total leadership at the Volta a Catalunya

The Norwegian will look to defend his leads in the points classification all the way to Barcelona

Volta leadr
(Image credit: Getty)

Such is his dominance, the idea of Tadej Pogačar winning all four classification jerseys is not unfathomable. Indeed, the Slovenian collected three of the four at the 2020 Tour de France.

But at this week's Volta a Catalunya, a young Norwegian rider who we doubt barely any fans outside of his home nation are aware of, achieved what is surely one of the rarest but impressive feats in cycling: he led the race in every single way of scoring it.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.