The 1st women’s edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, which will experience a high-level premiere as a stage test between June 7 and 9, will feature some of the great stars of the international female rider AS Marianne Vos (Team Visma- Lease to bike)
Considered by many to be the greatest cyclist in history, Marianne Vos is an icon of women’s cycling in the world with more than 250 professional victories on her record. All in all, the 37-year-old veteran cyclist of Team Visma-Lease a Bike continues to be one of the decisive cyclists of the international pilot and will be one of the great attractions of the Volta a Catalunya.
In the same 2024, the Dutchwoman has five wins at top-level venues, winning two stages of La Volta Femenina and three very prestigious classics such as the Amstel Gold Race Ladies, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Across Flanders.
His road record includes three world champion titles (in 2006, 2012 and 2013), the London 2012 Olympic title, five Fleche Wallonne victories and 38 stage victories including the Giro d’Italia (32), Tour de France (2) and Vuelta a España (4), among other record figures.
All this without forgetting his successful career in cyclocross and track, where he also won many world titles. Marianne Vos will therefore be one of the pillars of Team Visma-Lease a Bike to compete in the three stages of the Volta a Catalunya, which will vibrate with the best of world women’s cycling between the next June 7, 8 and 9. A luxurious attraction for an attempt to mark a new and then as the first women’s edition of the historic Catalan cycling race.
A platoon of around twenty international teams, of which seven UCI Women’s World Tour teams, the first division in the world, will play for victory in the three stages that make up the route of the Catalan event. Manresa, European City of Sports 2024, will be the venue of departure and arrival for the first stage.
The second will connect Seu d’Urgell to La Molina station, which will host a high mountain finish, and the third will leave from Molins de Rei to finish in the city of Barcelona.
Vos will head a long list of star names from the international women’s peloton that will be at the start of this Volta in Catalonia.
The triple world champion will lead a Team Visma team | Lease a Bike, a team that will also include Riejanne Markus, who was recently classified 2nd overall at La Vuelta Femenina. The fight is expected to be fierce against other great teams like FDJ-SUEZ, who are in La Volta with famous names like the charismatic Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig, 3rd classified in the last World Cup held in Glasgow, AG Insurance- Soudal. Team or Movistar Team , among others.
Source: La Verdad
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