The Volta to Catalonia He starred in a Dantesque scene in the prolegomena of the end of the first stage of this 2025 edition. The test arrived today to Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Gerona) and the spectators decided Fill the arrival line with independence flags To such an extent that they even covered the vision of television cameras on the finish line.
British Matthew Brennan won the first stagebut the image of independence showing muscle with dozens of stelae in a retransmission that reaches many corners of the world was remained for posterity. The Volta to Catalonia is framed in the UCI Pro Tour calendarthe highest category of world cycling and where large stars participate as Primoz Roglic, Sepp Kuss, Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal or Mikel Landa.
Finish of Today.
It seemed from Grosso Had it, Brennan was notable to pass Him but also to not get ousprined by Groves.
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The prominence, however, did not fell into cyclists but in an image that clearly makes the career being used for political purposes. The Volta to Catalonia consists of seven stages and celebrated its inaugural edition in 1911. In his palmarés of illustrious victors we find legends such as Miguel Indurain, Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil or more recently Alejandro Valverde, Tadej Pogacar or Nairo Quintana.
The Volta to Catalonia will be given in this edition a bathroom of independence to the Turn the province of Gerona during the first four stages of the competitionthe place where the ambitions of separation from Spain are usually more received. Hopefully the usual show shown by cyclists does not become a political awkward as this first stage has ended. And all this is nothing more than heating for the great event that hopes to host the region with the departure of the Tour de France In 2026.
