Following the Milan-San Remo weekend, the spring classics are in full swing. In the midst of it all, the Volta a Catalunya will be held this week. If you're looking for a way to watch the action this week, check out our handy Volta a Catalunya live stream guide.
The 101st edition of the race kicks off on Monday, March 21, and will run for a week around northeastern Spain. The race will take in the high mountains of the Pyrenees and some challenging hilly sprint stages before finishing with the traditional Barcelona stage in the Parc Montjuïc.
Although there are no names on the start list, such as Tadej Pogachar or Primos Roglic, Catalunya has many big names competing in the seven-day race.
Cycling News will bring you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race; see how to watch the Volta a Catalunya via live stream using ExpressVPN (opens in new tab).
2021 winner Adam Yates will not be back to defend his title, but his team Ineos Grenadiers sent out a very strong team that included 2021 runner-up Richie Porte, Olympic champion Richard Karapas, and Pavel Sivakov
Tom Szabakov.
Tom Dumoulin, Steven Kruijswijk, and Rohan Dennis lead another strong team in Jumbo Visma in Logrich's absence, while Joao Almeida, Juan Ayuso, Marc Soler, and George Bennett are in another strong UAE Team Emirates leading the selection.
Several others lead several teams, including Bahrain Victorious with Jack Hague and Wout Poels, Beulah Hansgrohe with Jai Hindley and Sergio Iguita, and EF Easy Post with Hugh Kersee and Esteban Chavez. [Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Simon Yates (Bike Exchange Jayco), Nairo Quintana (Alcare Samsic), Michael Woods (Israel Premier Tech), Fausto Masnada (Quick Step Alpha Vinyl), Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroen), Giulio Ciccone (Trek Segafredo), etc.
In this race, Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Michael Matthews, Kayden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco), Juan Sebastian Morano (UAE Team Emirates), Hugo Hofstetter ( Arkea-Samsik), Martin Lars (Bora-Hansgrohe), and others who can handle the hill have a chance.
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The Volta a Catalunya will be broadcast across Europe on Eurosport and Discovery+ (opens in new tab); a subscription to the Eurosport Player costs £6.99/$9.15 per month or £59.99/$78.51 for a 12-month pass. Discovery+" also offers the same coverage for the same price.
In the UK, Europe, and Australia, the race is broadcast on GCN+ (opens in new tab) and in some other regions, with a one-year subscription fee of £39.99.
In the U.S., Flobikes (opens in new tab) broadcasts the races, and a one-year subscription costs $150 in the U.S. and $209.99 in Canada.
We will continue to update our "How to Watch" guide with other broadcasters to remember over the next month, including NBC Sports (opens in new tab) via Peacock ($4.99/month in the US) during the spring season.
If you do not have cable TV, NBC Sports can be accessed via SlingTV (opens in new tab) ($35/month) or FuboTV (opens in new tab) ($64.99/month) via smart TV, or other smart devices, via IP or through a smart TV, or other smart device.
Broadcast options for spring races across Europe include Rai Sport (open in new tab) (Italy), RTBF (open in new tab), Sporza (open in new tab) (Belgium), France TV (open in new tab), L'Equipe TV (open in new tab) (France), NTV (open in new tab) (France), and NBC TV (open in new tab) (France). (open in new tab) (France), NOS (Netherlands), EITB (open in new tab) (Basque Country), and RTVE (open in new tab) (Spain).
If you live outside the broadcast area or are out of the country on vacation and find that the live stream is regionally restricted, you can simulate being in your home country via a "virtual private network" for your laptop, tablet, or mobile, or via VPN to bypass access.
Our sister site TechRadar has tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends the number one VPN currently available as Express VPN. with ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) you can use your Smart TV, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, tablet, and many other devices at once.
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