Stage 1 starts and finishes in coastal town Sant Feliu de Guíxols. After a hilly detour through Catalonia’s interior the home straight runs slightly uphill.
The Volta a Catalunya serves its first mountain top finish as early as the 2nd stage. The climb to the line in Vallter 2000 is 11 kilometres long and the average gradient sits at 7.6%.
The race stays in the Pyrenees for another day, as stage 3 travels to La Molina. The finish climb is familiar, as it was included in seven of the last eight editions. The ascent is 9 kilometres long and averages 6%, while the elevation gain from start to finish is almost 4,000 metres..
The 4th stage looks promising for fast finishers. The route travels from the Pyrenees back towards the coast. The finish is almost at sea level, in Sabadell.
The Volta a Catalunya serves its third and last mountain top finish on the fifth day of action. Stage 5 traverses the diverse landscape of the Terres de l’Ebre region to finish at Mont Caro in the Lo Port massive. The ascent to the line is 8.4 kilometres long and averages 9%, while ramping up to 20% at times.
The penultimate stage of the Volta a Catalunya travels on lumpy terrain from Martorell to Molins de Rei, while the last stage is a familiar one. As always, the race finishes on the hilly Montjuïc circuit in Barcelona.
Volta a Catalunya 2023: route, profiles, more
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