The Volta a Catalunya is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
Start of the first Volta a Catalunya in Barcelona, on 6 January 1911.
Mariano Cañardo won the race a record seven times in the 1920s and 1930s.
Spanish allround specialist Alejandro Valverde was the first rider since Miguel Induráin to win the Volta a Catalunya three times.
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual riders or teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively.
A breakaway of riders during the 2021 Giro d'Italia
The Tour of Gippsland – a stage race in Australia – climbing through the Omeo Shire
Cyclists drafting behind one another, forming a paceline
The 1991 Giro d'Italia. The Giro is one of three Grand Tours.