Volta a Catalunya Cycling

June 1, 2007 on 9:07 am | In Uncategorized |

Final stage arrival at Tibidabo. Sunday May 27 at 13.15

Now in its 87th edition, the Tour of Catalonia is generally the biggest event in the local cycling calendar, given that the Vuelta a Espaha seems to have a nasty knack of giving the delights of Barcelona a wide berth and parading instead around the most uninspiring Castilian scenery it can find.

The Volta. though, is a cracking little seven-day race, which generally attracts some quality entrants, which this year include current world number one Alejandro Valverde of Spain, the winner of last year’s Tour (following the Floyd Landis scandal) Oscar Pereiro. and last year’s winner of the Tour of Spain, Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov. Starting on May 21 in Salou, the week takes the cyclists across inland Catalunya as far as Andorra and the Pyrenees, before coming back down to Lloret de Mar, the starting point for the final stage, and the one that most interests us, because it will end here in Barcelona On Sunday May 27.
And what a cracking end it promises to be too, with a 450m climb from Montcada up to Tibidabo, the spectacular choice of location for the finishing line. That ascent will be up the back of the mountain via Valldoreix and Vallvidrera, which you can reach on the Ferrocarriles, with arrival at Tibidabo car park expected from around 13.15 onwards. For more precise details of the routes and times, see their web page.

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