2019 Volta a Catalunya

2019 UCI World Tour, race 9 of 38
Race details
Dates	25–31 March 2019
Stages	7
Distance	1,159.3 km (720.4 mi)
Winning time	29h 14' 17"
Results
Winner  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (Astana)   Second  Adam Yates (GBR) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Third  Egan Bernal (COL) (Team Sky) Mountains  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal) Youth  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (Astana) Sprints  Michael Matthews (AUS) (Team Sunweb)   Team Movistar Team
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The 2019 Volta a Catalunya was a road cycling stage race, that took place between 25 and 31 March 2019 in Spain. It was the 99th edition of Volta a Catalunya and the ninth race of the 2019 UCI World Tour.^[1] It was won by Miguel Ángel López of Astana.^[2]

Teams

The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to the race. In addition seven second-tier UCI Continental Circuits received a wildcard invitation to participate in the event.

The teams entering the race will be:

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

Route

Stage schedule^[3]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	25 March	Calella to Calella	164 km (102 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
2	26 March	Mataró to Sant Feliu de Guíxols	166.7 km (104 mi)		Flat stage	Michael Matthews (AUS)
3	27 March	Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Vallter 2000	179 km (111 mi)		Mountain stage	Adam Yates (GBR)
4	28 March	Llanars to La Molina	150.3 km (93 mi)		Mountain stage	Miguel Ángel López (COL)
5	29 March	Puigcerdà to Sant Cugat del Vallès	188.1 km (117 mi)		Flat stage	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)
6	30 March	Valls to Vila-seca	169.1 km (105 mi)		Hilly stage	Michael Matthews (AUS)
7	31 March	Barcelona to Barcelona	143.1 km (89 mi)		Hilly stage	Davide Formolo (ITA)

Stages

Stage 1

25 March 2019 — Calella to Calella, 164 km (102 mi)

Result of Stage 1[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 4h 14' 32" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 38" 3  Grega Bole (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 2' 41" 4  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Sunweb + 2' 41" 5  Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 2' 41" 6  André Greipel (GER) Arkéa–Samsic + 2' 41" 7  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 2' 41" 8  Egan Bernal (COL) Team Sky + 2' 41" 9  Jay McCarthy (AUS) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 41" 10  Damiano Caruso (ITA) Bahrain–Merida + 2' 41"

General classification after Stage 1[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 4h 14' 16" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 48" 3  Grega Bole (SLO) Bahrain–Merida + 2' 54" 4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 56" 5  Egan Bernal (COL) Team Sky + 2' 57" 6  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Sunweb + 2' 58" 7  Mikel Bizkarra (ESP) Euskadi–Murias + 2' 58" 8  André Greipel (GER) Arkéa–Samsic + 2' 58" 9  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 2' 58" 10  Jay McCarthy (AUS) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 58"

Stage 2

26 March 2019 — Mataró to Sant Feliu de Guíxols, 166.7 km (104 mi)

Result of Stage 2[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Sunweb 4h 09' 34" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 3  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 4  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) Wanty–Gobert + 0" 6  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 7  Patrick Bevin (NZL) CCC Team + 0" 8  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Team Dimension Data + 0" 9  Davide Formolo (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 10  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 8h 23' 50" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 47" 3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Sunweb + 2' 48" 4  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 48" 5  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 2' 54" 6  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team + 2' 56" 7  Egan Bernal (COL) Team Sky + 2' 57" 8  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 57" 9  Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) Cofidis + 2' 57" 10  Patrick Bevin (NZL) CCC Team + 2' 58"

Stage 3

27 March 2019 — Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Vallter 2000, 179 km (111 mi)