2021 Volta a Catalunya

The 2021 Volta a Catalunya was a road cycling stage race that took place between 22 and 28 March 2021 in Spain. It was the 100th edition of the Volta a Catalunya and the seventh race of the 2021 UCI World Tour.^[1]

2021 Volta a Catalunya

2021 UCI World Tour, race 7 of 29
Race details
Dates	22–28 March 2021
Stages	7
Distance	1,094.4 km (680.0 mi)
Winning time	26h 16' 41"
Results
Winner  Adam Yates (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Second  Richie Porte (AUS) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Third  Geraint Thomas (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers) Points  Esteban Chaves (COL) (Team BikeExchange) Mountains  Esteban Chaves (COL) (Team BikeExchange) Youth  João Almeida (POR) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) Team Ineos Grenadiers
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Teams

All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were joined by five UCI ProTeams to make up the twenty-four teams that participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders for a total of 168 riders, of which 131 finished.^[2] Alpecin–Fenix was initially scheduled to participate, but they withdrew before the start of the race after three staff members tested positive for COVID-19.^[3] Equipo Kern Pharma withdrew before the start of stage 5 after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19.^[4]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Astana–Premier Tech
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Education–Nippo
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Lotto–Soudal
• Movistar Team
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team BikeExchange
• Team DSM
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Qhubeka Assos
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Rally Cycling

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[5]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	22 March	Calella to Calella	178.4 km (110.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Andreas Kron (DEN)
2	23 March	Pla de l'Estany (Banyoles) to Pla de l'Estany (Banyoles)	18.5 km (11.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Rohan Dennis (AUS)
3	24 March	Canal Olímpic de Catalunya to Vallter 2000	203.1 km (126.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Adam Yates (GBR)
4	25 March	Ripoll to Port Ainé (Pallars Sobirà)	166.5 km (103.5 mi)		Mountain stage	Esteban Chaves (COL)
5	26 March	La Pobla de Segur to Manresa	201.1 km (125.0 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Lennard Kämna (GER)
6	27 March	Tarragona to Mataró	193.8 km (120.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Peter Sagan (SVK)
7	28 March	Barcelona to Barcelona	133 km (83 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
Total			1,094.4 km (680.0 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

22 March 2021 — Calella to Calella, 178.4 km (110.9 mi)^[6]

Stage 1 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal 4h 20' 15" 2  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 0" 3  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Dion Smith (NZL) Team BikeExchange + 16" 6  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 16" 7  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 16" 8  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 16" 9  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 16" 10  Michael Valgren (DEN) EF Education–Nippo + 16"

General classification after Stage 1[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal 4h 20' 05" 2  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 4" 3  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Cofidis + 6" 4  Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 5  Dion Smith (NZL) Team BikeExchange + 26" 6  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 26" 7  Ide Schelling (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 26" 8  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 26" 9  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 26" 10  Michael Valgren (DEN) EF Education–Nippo + 26"

Stage 2

23 March 2021 — Pla de l'Estany (Banyoles) to Pla de l'Estany (Banyoles), 18.5 km (11.5 mi) (ITT)^[8]

Stage 2 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers 22' 27" 2  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 5" 3  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 28" 4  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 28" 5  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 33" 6  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 34" 7  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 35" 8  Josef Černý (CZE) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 38" 9  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana–Premier Tech + 38" 10  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 47"

General classification after Stage 2[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 43' 26" 2  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana–Premier Tech + 3" 4  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 5" 5  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 6" 6  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 7  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana–Premier Tech + 10" 8  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 19" 9  Fausto Masnada (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 20" 10  Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 21"

Stage 3

24 March 2021 — Canal Olímpic de Catalunya to Vallter 2000, 203.1 km (126.2 mi)^[10]

Stage 3 Result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 5h 00' 58" 2  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange + 13" 3  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 19" 4  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 31" 5  Harm Vanhoucke (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 31" 6  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 33" 7  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education–Nippo + 33" 8  Michael Woods (CAN) Israel Start-Up Nation + 36" 9  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 36" 10  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 36"

General classification after Stage 3[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 9h 44' 21" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 3  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 49" 4  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 53" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 03" 6  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 04" 7  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education–Nippo + 1' 14" 8  Simon Yates (GBR) Team BikeExchange + 1' 21" 9  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange + 1' 21" 10  Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 24"

Stage 4

25 March 2021 — Ripoll to Port Ainé (Pallars Sobirà), 166.5 km (103.5 mi)^[12]

Stage 4 Result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange 4h 29' 47" 2  Michael Woods (CAN) Israel Start-Up Nation + 7" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 4  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 5  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 6  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 7" 7  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 8  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 7" 9  Nairo Quintana (COL) Arkéa–Samsic + 7" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 7"

General classification after Stage 4[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 14h 14' 15" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 49" 4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 03" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 03" 6  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange + 1' 04" 7  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 07" 8  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education–Nippo + 1' 20" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 29" 10  Simon Yates (GBR) Team BikeExchange + 1' 32"

Stage 5

26 March 2021 — La Pobla de Segur to Manresa, 201.1 km (125.0 mi)^[14]

Stage 5 Result[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Lennard Kämna (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 29' 13" 2  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) EF Education–Nippo + 39" 3  Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 42" 4  Dion Smith (NZL) Team BikeExchange + 44" 5  Dan Martin (IRL) Israel Start-Up Nation + 44" 6  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 44" 7  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 44" 8  Attila Valter (HUN) Groupama–FDJ + 44" 9  Rigoberto Urán (COL) EF Education–Nippo + 44" 10  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 44"

General classification after Stage 5[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 18h 45' 27" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 49" 4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 03" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 03" 6  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange + 1' 04" 7  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 07" 8  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education–Nippo + 1' 20" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 29" 10  Simon Yates (GBR) Team BikeExchange + 1' 32"

Stage 6

27 March 2021 — Tarragona to Mataró, 193.8 km (120.4 mi)^[16]

Stage 6 Result[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 23' 18" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 3  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos + 0" 5  Alexander Kamp (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 6  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 7  Max Kanter (GER) Team DSM + 0" 8  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 9  Michael Valgren (DEN) EF Education–Nippo + 0" 10  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0"

General classification after Stage 6[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 23h 08' 45" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 49" 4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 03" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 03" 6  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange + 1' 04" 7  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 07" 8  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education–Nippo + 1' 20" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 29" 10  Simon Yates (GBR) Team BikeExchange + 1' 32"

Stage 7

28 March 2021 — Barcelona to Barcelona, 133 km (83 mi)^[18]

Stage 7 Result[19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 3h 06' 10" 2  Matej Mohorič (SLO) Team Bahrain Victorious + 22" 3  Attila Valter (HUN) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 42" 4  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 46" 5  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 46" 6  Michael Woods (CAN) Israel Start-Up Nation + 1' 46" 7  Marc Hirschi (SUI) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 46" 8  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 46" 9  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 1' 46" 10  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 46"

General classification after Stage 7[19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 26h 16' 41" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 49" 4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 03" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 03" 6  Esteban Chaves (COL) Team BikeExchange + 1' 04" 7  João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 05" 8  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Education–Nippo + 1' 20" 9  Simon Yates (GBR) Team BikeExchange + 1' 32" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange + 1' 35"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Andreas Kron	Andreas Kron	Andreas Kron	Sylvain Moniquet	Andreas Kron	Astana–Premier Tech	Sylvain Moniquet
2	Rohan Dennis	João Almeida			João Almeida	Ineos Grenadiers	Not awarded
3	Adam Yates	Adam Yates	Adam Yates	Adam Yates			Kiko Galván
4	Esteban Chaves		Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves			Lennard Kämna
5	Lennard Kämna						Rémi Cavagna
6	Peter Sagan						Matej Mohorič
7	Thomas De Gendt						Thomas De Gendt
Final		Adam Yates	Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves	João Almeida	Ineos Grenadiers	Not awarded

• On stage 2, Natnael Berhane, who was second in the sprints classification, wore the blue-striped jersey, because first-placed Andreas Kron wore the green-striped jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Rémy Rochas, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the orange-striped jersey.
• On stage 3, Brandon McNulty, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the orange-striped jersey, because first-placed João Almeida wore the green-striped jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stage 4, Rohan Dennis, who was second in the sprints classification, wore the blue-striped jersey, because first-placed Adam Yates wore the green-striped jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Esteban Chaves, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the red-striped jersey.
• On stages 5–7, Koen Bouwman, who was third in the mountains classification, wore the red-striped jersey, because first-placed Esteban Chaves wore the blue-striped jersey as the leader of the points classification, and second-placed Adam Yates wore the green-striped jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the team classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adam Yates (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	26h 16' 41"
2	Richie Porte (AUS)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 45"
3	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 49"
4	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 03"
5	Wilco Kelderman (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 03"
6	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Team BikeExchange	+ 1' 04"
7	João Almeida (POR)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 1' 05"
8	Hugh Carthy (GBR)	EF Education–Nippo	+ 1' 20"
9	Simon Yates (GBR)	Team BikeExchange	+ 1' 32"
10	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	+ 1' 35"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Team BikeExchange	16
2	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	13
3	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Bora–Hansgrohe	13
4	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	Ineos Grenadiers	11
5	Adam Yates (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	10
6	Lennard Kämna (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	10
7	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	9
8	Natnael Berhane (ERI)	Cofidis	6
9	João Almeida (POR)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	6
10	Michael Woods (CAN)	Israel Start-Up Nation	6

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Team BikeExchange	50
2	Adam Yates (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	40
3	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	38
4	Koen Bouwman (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	35
5	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	30
6	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	28
7	Lennard Kämna (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	27
8	Michael Woods (CAN)	Israel Start-Up Nation	26
9	Sepp Kuss (USA)	Team Jumbo–Visma	23
10	Matej Mohorič (SLO)	Team Bahrain Victorious	21

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	João Almeida (POR)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	26h 17' 46"
2	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	+ 30"
3	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1' 14"
4	Harm Vanhoucke (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 4' 09"
5	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 4' 52"
6	Lennard Kämna (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 17' 40"
7	Ben Zwiehoff (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 25' 22"
8	Attila Valter (HUN)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 26' 41"
9	Callum Scotson (AUS)	Team BikeExchange	+ 28' 08"
10	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 31' 00"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[19]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Ineos Grenadiers	78h 51' 04"
2	Team BikeExchange	+ 36"
3	Movistar Team	+ 14' 11"
4	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 26' 10"
5	EF Education–Nippo	+ 26' 48"
6	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 27' 21"
7	UAE Team Emirates	+ 31' 42"
8	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 35' 41"
9	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 41' 26"
10	Trek–Segafredo	+ 42' 47"