Volta a Catalunya 2025 Route stage 6: Berga

Volta a Catalunya 2025 Route stage 6: Berga – Santuario Queralt

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Saturday 29 March – On the penultimate day of the Volta a Catalunya, riders will cover 159 kilometres from Berga to the Sanctuary of Queralt. This marks the third and final mountain stage of the seven-day race. The route features a total of 4,064 metres of elevation gain, with the concluding climb ascending 5.9 kilometres at an average gradient of 7.5%.

The stage from Berga to Queralt was the toughest mountain stage of last year’s Volta a Catalunya. That is, for most riders – Tadej Pogacar didn’t seem to mind. He attacked with 30 kilometres to go and soloed to victory. It was his third win of that edition, and he would go on to secure a total of four stage victories, as well as the overall classification.

This year’s stage closely mirrors that route. After a 5.8-kilometre climb at 3.8% within the first 20 kilometres, the riders enter a prolonged false flat leading all the way to the base of the Coll de la Batallola, an 11.6-kilometre ascent averaging 3.2%. The descent leads directly onto the day’s most demanding test, Coll de Pradell, which stretches over 15.1 kilometres at 6.7%. The second half is the challenging most, with gradients averaging 9.3%.

There’s still 60 kilometres remaining atop the Coll de Pradell.

The descent has an uphill section of 3.4 kilometres at 4.5% halfway, and once the riders are back down, the next climb appears. The Collado de San Isidere is 5 kilometres long and averaging 8.8%. The riders plunge down to the Pantà de la Baells reservoir and continue along the lake back to Berga.

From Berga it’s 5.9 kilometres to the Queralt Sanctuary. It’s all uphill and the average gradient sits at 7.5%. The gradient occasionally spikes into double digits, easing slightly in the last few hundred metres.

The first three riders to cross the finish line bag time bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 bonus seconds, while the intermediate sprints offer 3, 2, and 1 seconds.

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Stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya starts at 12:35 and the race is expected to finish around 17:00 – both are local times (CET). See scheduled times in the slideshow below for details.