The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya continues to shape what in 2025 will be the second edition of Return of women to Catalonia. Now the organization has provided new details about that test from June 6 to 8 will bring together the best cyclists in the world on Catalan roads.
After knowing a few days ago that Bagà will host a stage start, today they have confirmed that the Coll de Pal (located in the municipality of Bagà) will host the end of the second day of competition.
Regarding the port profile, special category (HC), it has a total distance of 20 kilometers1284 meters of positive slope and an average slope of 6.6% with ramp up to 12%.
“Coll de Pal It has all the ingredients to live an exceptional day of cycling“, the organization explained in the official statement, adding that “its toughness will make this stage be decisive for the general classification of Volta 2025″. And indeed, they feature that in the final edition “It was definitely the mountain stage that decided the final winner of the test”.
Rubén Peris, the General Director of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Ensuring “the high finish at Coll de Pal This would be one of Volta’s defining moments” which is because it is “a port with an entity, one of the most difficult in our territory“.
This fact was made possible thanks to support from Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) and as Peris himself emphasizes, thanks to them “we can enjoy a very attractive day at the sporting level in one unique natural environment“.
It is worth remembering that the Coll de Pal became the main character of the test. And for two consecutive years it has hosted the outcome of the race of men. In 1978 the basque Francisco Galdos took the victory there while on 1979 Ricardo Zuñiga from Sabadell crowned the Catalan port.
Source: La Verdad
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