The hundredth edition of the Tour of Catalonia cyclist, which was scheduled to take place from March 23 to 29, 2020 but which has been postponed due to the new coronavirus pandemic, will take place from March 22 to 28, 2021, the organizers announced on Monday.
The 100th edition of the Tour of Catalonia cycling will finally be disputed during the last week of March 2021. After having evaluated the cycling calendar turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centenary Volta (tour, in Catalan) will not have place in this year 2020, and we aim to organize it with the best guarantees in 2021
, the organizers said in a statement released on Monday.
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The top priority now is to fight COVID-19 and prevent its spread. The cycling calendar that has been formalized by the UCI (Union cycliste internationale) has been reduced to almost three months, and what is clear to us is that we want to celebrate a 100th edition with the best guarantees and the biggest world stars
, said the director general of the race, Ruben Paris, who announced the postponement of the race on March 12.
The boss of the Tour of Catalonia continued by insisting that he is very clear to us that we do not want to make the Volta at any cost. It wouldn’t make sense to organize it at the same time as the Tour de France, Italy or Spain, to compete for the best riders and TV audiences. We also do not plan to organize it in a reduced format. This is why we think that the most sensible and adequate option is to organize it during our usual dates, but in 2021
.
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We have to stay positive, the wait will be worth it, we are sure. Even if we did not organize this Volta in 2020, next year will still remain the year of the hundredth edition. A very special date for us, and a figure reached only by the Tour de France and the Tour of Italy among the stage races
, continued Ruben Paris, quoted in the press release.
The Tour of Catalonia, launched in 1911, was run continuously from 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
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