Volta a Catalunya Stats
Historical stats:
– The first edition of the race took place in 1911 and was won by Sebastia Masdeu
– Mariano Cañardo has the most GC victories – 7 – between 1928 and 1939
– Miguel Poblet holds the record for the most stage wins, 33
– Spain leads the nations standings, with 58 triumphs, followed by France (11) and Italy (10)
– Only two riders from outside of Europe have won the race, Colombians Alvaro Mejia and Hernan Buenahora
– Italy’s Francesco Moser is the last rider who took the victory while wearing the rainbow jersey (1978)
– Biggest time gap between first and second was recorded in 1912, when Jose Magdalena finished 44:16 ahead of Jose Marti
– Only once two cyclists came in the same time: Sean Kelly and Pedro Muñoz, in 1987; the Irishman was the winner back then
– Spain’s Jose Serra Gil is the rider with the most podiums without winning the race – 3
– Five cyclists have won five stages at one edition, a record for the race: Jean Aerts, Vicente Carretero, Walter Godefrot, Freddy Maertens and Delio Rodriguez
– Last rider to nab a Monument and the Volta a Catalunya in the same season is Daniel Martin (2013)
– Barcelona is the city with the most stage starts (55) and stage finishes (74) throughout the years
2015 Stats
– 24 teams will race the 95th edition (17 World Tour, 7 Pro Continental)
– Seven of these teams haven’t scored a win in 2015: Caja Rural, Cannondale-Garmin, CCC Sprandi Polkowice, Cofidis, Colombia-Coldeportes, FDJ, LottoNL-Jumbo
– Two former winners will be at the start: Alejandro Valverde and Daniel Martin
– The cyclists in the 2015 race have won a combined total of 11 Grand Tours, 3 Monuments, 3 world titles, and more than 50 Grand Tour stages
– Youngest rider in this years’ race is Daniel Martinez, 18 years and 338 days; oldest one is Spain’s Pablo Lastras, 39 years and 68 days
– 16 neo-pros will make their World Tour debut at the Volta a Catalunya: Loic Chetout, Clement Chevrier, Edward Diaz, Caleb Ewan, Jan Hirt, Ilia Koshevoy, Pierre-Roger Latour, Kevin Ledanois, Miguel Angel Lopez, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Julien Morice, Simon Pellaud, Manuel Senni, Marc Soler, Dylan Teuns and Louis Vervaeke
– 30 countries will have at least one rider in the race, with France topping the list (38)
Cafe Roubaix 
Legat de cursele care vor urma: in cadrul UCI au inceput discutiile cu privire la necesitatea unui plan de actiune in cazul unor conditii meteorologice extreme. Cicilistii si conducatorii echipelor au mai protestat in trecut referitor la conditiile meteo din unele curse, insa probabil ca etapa cu finis pe Terminillo a fost hotaratoare pentru demararea acestor discutii. E deja celebra poza photoshopata cu micutul Quintana care apare pe linia de sosire tinand in maini betele de schi.
Sursa: http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/la-uci-establecera-un-protocolo-para-las-condiciones-extremas-22-03-201
Sursa: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/cyclisme/2015/03/20/001-meteo-coureurs-uci-milan-david-millar.shtml
Asitam, probabil, la penultima editie de Volta a Catalunya , noile planuri ale UCI si reforma prevazuta in 2017 neavand Volta a Catalunya in randul curselor de prima sau a doua categorie.