Con la prima tappa - partenza e arrivo a Calella, 178,4 i chilometri da percorrere - scatta oggi la Volta a Catalunya, tradizionale corsa a tappe spagnola di inizio primavera. Davvero ricca la starting list aperta con il numero 1 da Alejandro Valverde: tra i corridori più attesi Almedia, Carapaz, Porte, Hindley, Hirschi, Sagan, Kelderman (all'esordio stagionale dopo l'incidente patito sul Lago di Garda), Ciccone, Carthy, Uran, i gemelli Yates che per la prima volta in carriera si sfidano, Poels, Froome, Quintana e Zakarin.

I PARTENTI

Movistar Team
1 VALVERDE Alejandro
2 MAS Enric
3 CATALDO Dario
4 VERONA Carlos
5 SAMITIER Sergio
6 PEDRERO Antonio
7 SOLER Marc

Team Jumbo-Visma
11 BENNETT George
12 KUSS Sepp
13 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
14 GESINK Robert
15 BOUWMAN Koen
16 TOLHOEK Antwan
17 HARPER Chris

Deceuninck - Quick Step
21 ALMEIDA João
22 MASNADA Fausto
23 ČERNÝ Josef
24 KNOX James
25 DEVENYNS Dries
26 SERRY Pieter
27 CAVAGNA Rémi

UAE-Team Emirates
31 COSTA Rui
32 MCNULTY Brandon
33 HIRSCHI Marc
34 MOLANO Juan Sebastián
35 DOMBROWSKI Joe
36 ARDILA Andrés Camilo
37 DE LA CRUZ David

INEOS Grenadiers
41 PORTE Richie
42 CARAPAZ Richard
43 YATES Adam
44 THOMAS Geraint
45 DENNIS Rohan
46 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
47 ROWE Luke

Team DSM
51 HINDLEY Jai
52 STORER Michael
53 HAGA Chad
54 HAMILTON Chris
55 KANTER Max
56 ROCHE Nicolas
57 ARENSMAN Thymen

BORA - hansgrohe
61 SAGAN Peter
62 KELDERMAN Wilco
63 KÄMNA Lennard
64 MEEUS Jordi
65 SCHELLING Ide
66 ZWIEHOFF Ben
67 WANDAHL Frederik

Astana - Premier Tech
71 RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
72 SÁNCHEZ Luis León
73 PRONSKIY Vadim
74 GREGAARD Jonas
75 TEJADA Harold
76 DE BOD Stefan
77 KUDUS Merhawi

 Trek - Segafredo
81 BRAMBILLA Gianluca
82 ELISSONDE Kenny
83 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro
84 CICCONE Giulio
85 RIES Michel
86 KAMP Alexander
87 SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias

Groupama - FDJ
91 VALTER Attila
92 BADILATTI Matteo
93 REICHENBACH Sébastien
94 DUCHESNE Antoine
95 LADAGNOUS Matthieu
96 GUGLIELMI Simon
97 BONNET William
 
EF Education - Nippo
101 CARTHY Hugh
102 URÁN Rigoberto
103 GUERREIRO Ruben
104 CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
105 CAMARGO Diego Andres
106 VAN GARDEREN Tejay
107 VALGREN Michael

Team BikeExchange
111 YATES Simon
112 CHAVES Esteban
113 KANGERT Tanel
114 HAMILTON Lucas
115 SMITH Dion
116 BOOKWALTER Brent
117 SCOTSON Callum

Bahrain - Victorious
121 POELS Wout
122 PERNSTEINER Hermann
123 BUITRAGO Santiago
124 MOHORIČ Matej
125 INKELAAR Kevin
126 NOVAK Domen
127 WILLIAMS Stephen

AG2R Citroën Team
131 VENTURINI Clément
132 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément
133 JUNGELS Bob
134 HÄNNINEN Jaakko
135 GASTAUER Ben
136 GALLOPIN Tony
137 BIDARD François

Lotto Soudal
141 KRON Andreas
142 DE GENDT Thomas
143 VANHOUCKE Harm
144 VAN GILS Maxim
145 CRAS Steff
146 MONIQUET Sylvain
147 MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz
 
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
151 FERNÁNDEZ Rubén
152 EDET Nicolas
153 ROCHAS Rémy
154 HERRADA José
155 CHAMPION Thomas
156 BARCELÓ Fernando
157 BERHANE Natnael

Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux
161 MEINTJES Louis
162 BAKELANTS Jan
163 HIRT Jan
164 TAARAMÄE Rein
165 PETILLI Simone
166 EVANS Alexander
167 BELLICAUD Jeremy
 
Team Qhubeka ASSOS
171 POWER Robert
172 FRANKINY Kilian
173 ARMÉE Sander
174 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
175 BROWN Connor
176 VACEK Karel
177 BENNETT Sean

Israel Start-Up Nation
181 FROOME Chris
182 MARTIN Dan
183 WOODS Michael
184 IMPEY Daryl
185 CATAFORD Alexander
186 GOLDSTEIN Omer
187 HOLLENSTEIN Reto

Team Arkéa Samsic
201 QUINTANA Nairo
202 DELAPLACE Anthony
203 OWSIAN Łukasz
204 LOUVEL Matis
205 PICHON Laurent
206 GESBERT Élie
207 RIOU Alan

Gazprom - RusVelo
211 ZAKARIN Ilnur
212 CHERNETSKI Sergei
213 KOCHETKOV Pavel
214 KREUZIGER Roman
215 NYCH Artem
216 STRAKHOV Dmitry
217 KUZNETSOV Viacheslav

Rally Cycling
221 ROSSKOPF Joey
222 MANNION Gavin
223 JOYCE Colin
224 SWIRBUL Keegan
225 ZUKOWSKY Nickolas
226 BROWN Nathan
227 BRITTON Rob

Equipo Kern Pharma
231 MARQUEZ Marti
232 CASTRILLO Jaime
233 GALVÁN Francisco
234 BERRADE Urko
235 NOVIKOV Savva
236 MENDEZ Daniel Alejandro
237 ADRIÀ Roger

Euskaltel - Euskadi
241 MATÉ Luis Ángel
242 SOTO Antonio Jesus
243 BIZKARRA Mikel
244 LOBATO Juan José
245 BOU Joan
246 ITURRIA Mikel
247 MARTÍN Gotzon