World Tour debuts in Spain with the 2018 Volta a Catalunya. The dust seems to have settled since Catalonia claimed to declare independance and the atmoshpere seems to be less tense. Cycling is not affected by Spanish political issues and, as is traditional, Volta a Catalunya goes on at the end of March. The ninety-eight edition will take place from the 19 to the 25, March and will host 7 stages, none of which is against the clock. Twenty five teams will take part to the Catalan stage race: in addiction to the 18 World Teams professional teams Burgos-BH, Euskadi-Murias, Cofidis, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Fortuneo-Samsic, Israel Cycling Academy and Manzana-Postobon will participate.
Volta a Catalunya 2018 Official Startlist
MOVISTAR TEAM
1 VALVERDE, Alejandro
2 QUINTANA, Nairo
3 ROJAS, José
4 ANACONA, Winner Andrew
5 ERVITI, Imanol
6 SOLER, Marc
7 PEDRERO, Antonio
TEAM SKY
11 HENAO , Sergio Luis
12 GEOGHEGAN , Tao
13 HENAO , Sebastian
14 DEIGNAN, Philip
15 ELISSONDE, Kenny
16 BERNAL , Egan Arley
17 LOPEZ , David
QUICK – STEP FLOORS
21 JUNGELS, Bob
22 MAS NICOLAU, Enric
23 NARVAEZ, Jhonatan
24 SCHACHMANN, Maximilian
25 MØRKØV, Michael
26 HODEG , Alvaro Jose
27 KNOX, James
BMC RACING TEAM
31 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay
32 BOOKWALTER, Brent
33 ROCHE, Nicolas
34 BOHLI, Tom
35 WYSS, Danilo
36 SCOTSON, Miles
37 ROSSKOPF, Joseph
TEAM SUNWEB
41 VERVAEKE, Louis
42 TEN DAM, Laurens
43 WALSCHEID, Maximilian Richard
44 HAMILTON, Christopher
45 FROLHINGER, Johannes
46 HINDLEY, Jai
47 STORER, Michael
TREK – SEGAFREDO
51 PANTANO , Jarlinson
52 STETINA, Peter
53 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam
54 DIDIER, Laurent
55 EG, Niklas
56 IRIZAR , Markel
57 SKUJINS, Toms
MITCHELTON – SCOTT
61 YATES, Simon Philip
62 YATES, Adam
63 CHAVES , Jhoan Esteban
64 POWER, Robert
65 HAIG, Jack
66 IMPEY, Daryl
67 VERONA, Carlos
BORA – HANSGROHE
71 BENNETT, Sam
72 FORMOLO, Davide
73 POLJANSKI, Pawel
74 MÜHLBERGER, Gregor
75 SARAMOTINS, Aleksejs
76 BENEDETTI, Cesare
77 MCCARTHY, Jay
AG2R LA MONDIALE
81 FRANK, Mathias
82 LATOUR, Pierre Roger
83 GASTAUER, Ben
84 CHEREL, Mikael
85 DOMONT, Axel
86 BIDARD, François
87 CHEVRIER, Clement
TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE
91 ROLLAND, Pierre
92 WOODS, Michael
93 MARTINEZ, Daniel
94 BROWN, Nathan
95 CARTHY, Hugh
96 HOWES, Alex
97 DOMBROWSKI, Joseph Lloyd
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
101 RESTREPO , Jhonatan
102 KISERLOVSKI, Robert
103 SCHMIDT, Mads Würtz
104 BELKOV, Maxim
105 CRAS, Steff
106 FABBRO, Matteo
107 SMIT, Willem Jakobus
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
111 MARTIN, Daniel
112 ARU, Fabio
113 ATAPUMA , Jhon Darwin
114 LAENGEN, Vegard Stake
115 FERRARI, Roberto
116 SUTHERLAND, Rory
117 RAVASI, Edward
LOTTO SOUDAL
121 SHAW, James
122 DE GENDT, Thomas
123 ARMEE, Sander
124 MONFORT, Maxime
125 VANENDERT, Jelle
126 HANSEN, Adam James
127 LAMBRECHT, Bjorg
BAHRAIN – MERIDA
131 MOHORIC, Matej
132 VISCONTI, Giovanni
133 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo
134 BOLE, Grega
135 GASPAROTTO, Enrico
136 AGNOLI, Valerio
137 NOVAK, Domen
ASTANA PRO TEAM
141 HANSEN, Jesper
142 BILBAO , Pello
143 CHERNETSKI, Sergei
144 ZEITS, Andrey
145 STALNOV, Nikita
146 GRIVKO, Andriy
147 HIRT, Jan
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
151 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven
152 BENNETT, George
153 TANKINK; Bram
154 CLEMENT, Stef
155 GESINK, Robert
156 DE TIER, Floris
157 LINDEMAN, Bert-Jan
GROUPAMA.FDJ
161 PINOT, Thibaut
162 REICHENBACH, Sébastien
163 GAUDU, David
164 VICHOT, Arthur
165 PREIDLER, Georg
166 BONNET, William
167 ROY, Jérémy
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
171 MEINTJES, Louis
172 KUDUS, Merhawi
173 ANTON , Igor
174 JANSE , Jacques Willem
175 O’CONNOR, Ben
176 BERHANE, Natnael
177 CUMMINGS, Stephen
BURGOS – BH
181 HERKLOTZ, Silvio
182 CUBERO, Jorge
183 EZQUERRA , Jesus
184 MERINO , Igor
185 RUBIO , Diego
186 TORRES , Pablo
187 SIMON , Jordi
CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA
191 MAS BONET, Luis Guillermo
192 MOLINA , Antonio
193 PARDILLA , Sergio
194 RODRIGUEZ , Cristian
195 SCHULTZ, Nicholas
196 SILVA, Joaquim
197 FERRARI, Fabricio
EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY – MURIAS
201 BIZKARRA , Mikel
202 BRAVO , Garikoitz
203 BARTHE, Cyril
204 SAEZ , Hector
205 IRIZAR, Julen
206 SANZ , Enrique
207 PRADES , Eduard
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
211 GODON, Dorian
212 LE TURNIER Mathias
213 TEKLEHAIMANOT, Daniel
214 BONNAFOND, Guillaume
215 BOUHANNI, Nacer
216 ROSSETTO, Stephane
217 NAVARRO , Daniel
ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
221 HERMANS, Ben
222 PLAZA, Ruben
223 DEMPSTER, Zakkari
224 DIAZ , Jose Manuel
225 EARLE, Nathan
226 GOLDSTEIN, Roy
227 TUREK, Daniel
MANZANA POSTOBON TEAM
231 AGUIRRE , Hernan Ricardo
232 BOL, Jetse
233 DUARTE , Fabio Andres
234 GARCIA, Jhojan
235 PAREDES , Wilmar Andres
236 REYES , Aldemar
237 VILELA, Ricardo
TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC
241 BARGUIL, Warren
242 MAISON, Jérémy
243 LUNKE, Sindre Skjøstad
244 GESBERT, Elie
245 JARRIER, Benoit
246 MOINARD Amael
247 VACHON, Florian