The week-long Spanish race will get started on Would possibly 4 within the Catalan capital, marking but any other bankruptcy in Barcelona’s wealthy historical past of internet hosting best biking occasions.
The outlet level of L. a. Vuelta Femenina comes two years after Barcelona performed host to the primary weekend of the elite males’s Vuelta a España, in 2023, with a gap night-time group time trial. That used to be adopted via an uphill end tomorrow in Montjuic Park, the place the Volta a Catalunya lately holds its ultimate level each and every March.
L. a. Vuelta Femenina’s get started may be a yr sooner than the Grand Départ of the Excursion de France in Barcelona, scheduled for July 2026.
The Barcelona announcement is the 3rd time, too, {that a} Mediterranean coastal town has performed host to L. a. Vuelta Femenina’s opening level, after Torrevieja in 2023 and Valencia in 2024.
The present model of the race started existence as a one-day Vintage in 2015, coinciding with the overall level of the Vuelta a Esapña. It regularly expanded to a week-long match and adjusted its title to L. a. Vuelta Femenina in 2023, the similar yr that it shifted from its earlier September slot to new dates in early Would possibly.
The present protecting champion is Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ), preceded in 2023 via Dutch compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten.
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