2024 Volta a Catalunya

The 2024 Volta a Catalunya was a road cycling stage race that took place between 18 and 24 March. It was the 103rd edition of the Volta a Catalunya. The race was won by Tadej Pogačar, who also won the points classification, the mountains classification and four out of seven stages.

2024 Volta a Catalunya

2024 UCI World Tour, race 9 of 35
Peloton in stage 5
Race details
Dates	18–24 March 2024
Stages	7
Distance	1,173.5 km (729.2 mi)
Results
Winner  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates)   Second  Mikel Landa (ESP) (Soudal–Quick-Step)   Third  Egan Bernal (COL) (Ineos Grenadiers) Points  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates) Mountains  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates) Youth  Lenny Martinez (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Team Team Bahrain Victorious
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Teams

All 18 UCI WorldTeams and seven UCI ProTeams participated in the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty
• Lidl–Trek
• Movistar Team
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• UAE Team Emirates
• Visma–Lease a Bike

UCI ProTeams

• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Israel–Premier Tech
• Lotto–Dstny
• Uno-X Mobility

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Elevation gain	Type		Winner
1	18 March	Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Sant Feliu de Guíxols	174 km (108 mi)	2,272 m (7,454 ft)[3]		Medium-mountain stage	Nick Schultz (AUS)
2	19 March	Mataró to Vallter	186.5 km (115.9 mi)	2,587 m (8,488 ft)[4]		Mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
3	20 March	Sant Joan de les Abadesses to Port Ainé	176.5 km (109.7 mi)	3,925 m (12,877 ft)[5]		Mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
4	21 March	Sort to Lleida	169 km (105 mi)	1,201 m (3,940 ft)[6]		Flat stage	Marijn van den Berg (NED)
5	22 March	Altafulla to Viladecans	167.5 km (104.1 mi)	2,306 m (7,566 ft)[7]		Flat stage	Axel Laurance (FRA)
6	23 March	Berga to Queralt	154.5 km (96.0 mi)	4,085 m (13,402 ft)[8]		Mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
7	24 March	Barcelona to Barcelona	145.5 km (90.4 mi)	1,943 m (6,375 ft)[9]		Medium-mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
Total			1,173.5 km (729.2 mi)	18,319 m (60,102 ft)

Stages

Stage 1

18 March 2024 — Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Sant Feliu de Guíxols, 174 km (108 mi)

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nick Schultz (AUS) Israel–Premier Tech 4h 11' 38" 2  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 4  Dorian Godon (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 5  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 6  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 7  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 8 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 0" 10  Harold Tejada (COL) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nick Schultz (AUS) Israel–Premier Tech 4h 11' 28" 2  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 2" 3  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 6" 4  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 5  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Ineos Grenadiers + 9" 6  Dorian Godon (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 10" 7  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 10" 8  Rémy Rochas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 9  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 10" 10 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 10"

Stage 2

19 March 2024 — Mataró to Vallter, 186.5 km (115.9 mi)

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 4h 52' 37" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 23" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 24" 4  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 38" 5  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 43" 6  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 44" 7  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 1' 47" 8  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 49" 9  Wout Poels (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 2' 03" 10  José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Burgos BH + 2' 03"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 9h 03' 57" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 35" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 38" 4  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 56" 5  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 01" 6  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 2' 02" 7  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 2' 02" 8  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 07" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 2' 21" 10  José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Burgos BH + 2' 21"

Stage 3

20 March 2024 — Sant Joan de les Abadesses to Port Ainé, 176.5 km (109.7 mi)

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 4h 34' 25" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 48" 3  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 03" 4  Wout Poels (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 03" 5  Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 1' 03" 6 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 10" 7  Cristián Rodríguez (ESP) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 1' 10" 8  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 10" 9  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 10" 10  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 10"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 13h 38' 12" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2' 27" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 55" 4  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 3' 21" 5  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 3' 22" 6  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 3' 27" 7  Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 3' 34" 8  Wout Poels (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3' 34" 9  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 3' 50" 10  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 3' 52"

Stage 4

21 March 2024 — Sort to Lleida, 169 km (105 mi)

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost 3h 40' 19" 2  Arne Marit (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty + 0" 3  Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) Team dsm–firmenich PostNL + 0" 4  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 5  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 6  Cyril Barthe (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 7  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 8  Dorian Godon (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 9  Orluis Aular (VEN) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 10  Jacopo Mosca (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10)[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 17h 18' 31" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2' 27" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 55" 4  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 3' 21" 5  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 3' 22" 6  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 3' 27" 7  Wout Poels (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3' 31" 8  Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 3' 32" 9  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 3' 50" 10  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 3' 52"

Stage 5

22 March 2024 — Altafulla to Viladecans, 167.5 km (104.1 mi)

Stage 5 Result (1–10)[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Axel Laurance (FRA) Alpecin–Deceuninck 3h 36' 05" 2  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 3  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  Orluis Aular (VEN) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 5  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 6  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl–Trek + 0" 7  Dorian Godon (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 8  Pau Miquel (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0" 9  Fernando Barceló (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 10  Frank van den Broek (NED) Team dsm–firmenich PostNL + 0"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10)[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 20h 54' 36" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2' 27" 3 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 55" 4  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 3' 21" 5  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 3' 22" 6  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 3' 24" 7  Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 3' 31" 8  Wout Poels (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 3' 31" 9  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 3' 50" 10  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 3' 52"

Stage 6

23 March 2024 — Berga to Queralt, 154.5 km (96.0 mi)

Stage 6 Result (1–10)[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 4h 11' 53" 2  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 57" 3  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 57" 4  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 14" 5  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 2' 16" 6  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 2' 16" 7  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 2' 18" 8  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 18" 9  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 2' 34" 10 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 38"

General classification after Stage 6 (1–10)[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 25h 06' 16" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 3' 31" 3  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 4' 53" 4 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 5' 46" 5  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 5' 51" 6  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 5' 51" 7  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 5' 52" 8  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 6' 23" 9  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 6' 23" 10  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 7' 17"

Stage 7

24 March 2024 — Barcelona to Barcelona, 145.5 km (90.4 mi)

Stage 7 Result (1–10)[16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 3h 15' 23" 2  Dorian Godon (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 3  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  Stephen Williams (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 5  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl–Trek + 0" 6  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  David González (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 8  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 10  Wout Poels (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0"

General classification after Stage 7 (1–10)[16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 28h 21' 29" 2  Mikel Landa (ESP) Soudal–Quick-Step + 3' 41" 3  Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 5' 03" 4 Aleksandr Vlasov Bora–Hansgrohe + 5' 56" 5  Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team + 6' 01" 6  Chris Harper (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 6' 01" 7  Lenny Martinez (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 6' 02" 8  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 6' 33" 9  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 6' 33" 10  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 7' 27"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Nick Schultz	Nick Schultz	Nick Schultz	Kenny Elissonde	Axel Laurance	Israel–Premier Tech	Mikel Bizkarra
2	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Lenny Martinez	UAE Team Emirates	Álex Jaime
3	Tadej Pogačar					Movistar Team	Harold Tejada
4	Marijn van den Berg						Urko Berrade
5	Axel Laurance						Óscar Rodríguez
6	Tadej Pogačar					Team Bahrain Victorious	Tadej Pogačar
7	Tadej Pogačar						Ander Okamika
Final		Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Lenny Martinez	Team Bahrain Victorious	Not awarded

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)^[16]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	28h 21' 29"
2	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 3' 41"
3	Egan Bernal (COL)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 5' 03"
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 5' 56"
5	Enric Mas (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 6' 01"
6	Chris Harper (AUS)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 6' 01"
7	Lenny Martinez (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 6' 02"
8	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 6' 33"
9	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 6' 33"
10	Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 7' 27"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[16]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	51
2	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Soudal–Quick-Step	18
3	Nick Schultz (AUS)	Israel–Premier Tech	10
4	Axel Laurance (FRA)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	10
5	Egan Bernal (COL)	Ineos Grenadiers	10
6	Idar Andersen (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	9
7	Jimmy Janssens (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	8
8	Aleksandr Vlasov	Bora–Hansgrohe	7
9	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	7
10	Hugh Carthy (GBR)	EF Education–EasyPost	6

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[16]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	103
2	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Soudal–Quick-Step	70
3	Harold Tejada (COL)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	37
4	Marc Soler (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates	35
5	Egan Bernal (COL)	Ineos Grenadiers	29
6	Aleksandr Vlasov	Bora–Hansgrohe	27
7	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	24
8	Attila Valter (HUN)	Visma–Lease a Bike	21
9	Steven Kruijswijk (NED)	Visma–Lease a Bike	20
10	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	19

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[16]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Lenny Martinez (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	28h 27' 31"
2	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 31"
3	Johannes Kulset (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	+ 9' 13"
4	Valentin Paret-Peintre (FRA)	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 15' 08"
5	Pablo Castrillo (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 15' 43"
6	Darren Rafferty (IRL)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 17' 38"
7	William Junior Lecerf (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 18' 31"
8	Georg Steinhauser (GER)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 37' 37"
9	Edoardo Zambanini (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 43' 11"
10	Jorge Gutiérrez (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 49' 17"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[16]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Bahrain Victorious	85h 32' 47"
2	Movistar Team	+ 2' 08"
3	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 2' 09"
4	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 7' 25"
5	UAE Team Emirates	+ 16' 36"
6	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 16' 42"
7	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 17' 08"
8	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 20' 25"
9	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 28' 19"
10	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 36' 56"