The Cycling Tour in Catalonia will return to Berga for the second consecutive edition after the success of the attendance and the spectacular nature of a high mountain stage held in March 29, 2025on the last day of the race, as announced this Tuesday by the organization.
On March 23, this town located in the Barcelona Pre-Pyrenees hosted the start of the Volta after 60 years of waiting with a mountainous and unprecedented competition route, which caused a huge influx of the public to witness the exhibition of Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, only winner, 57 seconds behind Mikel Landa from Alava and Colombian Egan Bernal.
In the 2025 edition, the stage will return from the city of Berga and repeat the high altitude finish in the Queralt Sanctuary, with a route to be determined, which will once again be postulated as the queen stage of the 104th edition of the Volta . which will be held from March 24 to 30.
The general director of the Volta Ciclista a Cataluña, Rubèn Peris, praised the “facilities and participation” of the local administrations, as well as the “ability to mobilize the fans who did not stop encouraging the participants and gave us the deserved -must be a photo of the Tour de France” in 2024.
For his part, the mayor of Berga, Ivan Sànchez, assessed that “it has been too long since professional cycling passed through Berga and (the region of) Berguedà, and it is important to give it, at least one more year. of continuity.”
Furthermore, in 2025 it will be 50 years since the Belgian Eddy Merckx won the time trial held in Casserres a Queralt during the now-defunct Catalan Cycling Week of 1975, an event well remembered in the area and paid for the recognition.
Source: La Verdad
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