The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will return to Valls that will host a stage finish in the Catalan race for the fourth consecutive year. The stage will be held on Friday, March 25 and like in previous years, the riders will travel through the city on they reach until the finish line which will be located in front of the pavilion Xavier Tondo Volpini. The Volta has been gaining steadily in prestige and today is listed on the UCI WorldTour.
Throughout the history of the race, Valls has seen many riders take stage wins: Mariano Cañardo 4 times (1934, 1935, 1936,1939), Cipriano Elysia (1945), Sergio Celebrowsky (1951), Isidoor of Rijck (1952), Jesus Loroño (1955), Wim Arras (1986), Simon Gerrans (2013), Luka Mezgec (2014) and Alejandro Valverde (2015).
With more than hundred years of history, the Volta is one of the oldest races in the world. Its first edition was held in 1911, very close to the start of other major world cycling races like the Tour de France (1903) and the Giro d'Italia (1909). During this time, the Volta has been held almost continuously, only stopped only during the years of the First World War and the Spanish Civil War. Mariano Cañardo stands as the rider with the most wins (1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1939). Among the great riders to have participated are Miguel Indurain, Laudelino Cubino Hernan Buenahora, Claudio Chiapucci, Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, Maurizio Fondriest, Fernando Escartín, Manuel Beltran, Jose Maria Jimenez, Joseba Beloki, Roberto Heras, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquin Rodriguez .
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