Mercats de Barcelona will once again award the best team in the women's competition

March 20 ^th 2025 - 10:25 [GMT + 1]

In addition, it will be the official supplier of the 104th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya

The Federation of Municipal Markets of Barcelona (FEMM) is betting again on the women's race of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, renewing its agreement as the main sponsor of the team classification. The 2nd edition of the UCI 2.1 test will bring up 7 World Tour teams and some of the world's best runners to Catalonia next June. Likewise, it reaffirms its commitment to the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, men's race, where it becomes the official supplier of the race.

The entry of Mercats de Barcelona in the first edition by stages of the women's race of the Tour, sponsoring the prize for the best team of the race, will have continuity in its 2nd edition that will be contested between June 6 and 8, 2025. A prize for which the participating teams will compete, 18 confirmed today, among them, the presence of four UCI World Tour teams, from the first world division and more than a dozen UCI Women's Continental Teams, as well as of national teams such as the Massi-Baix Ter or the Catalan national team.

This classification by teams will decide, at the conclusion of the three stages of the race, which team has accumulated the most points over the course of the three days and, therefore, is positioned as the leader of the classification. A classification that was won in the last edition by the UCI World Tour Visma Lease a Bike team, the winner of the 1st edition of the Tour and Olympic medalist, Marianne Vos, a female cycling legend considered by many to be the best cyclist in history.

This classification by teams will decide, at the conclusion of the three stages of the race, which team has accumulated the most points over the course of the three days and, therefore, is positioned as the leader of the classification. A classification that was won in the last edition by the UCI World Tour Visma Lease a Bike team, the winner of the 1st edition of the Tour and Olympic medalist, Marianne Vos, a female cycling legend considered by many to be the best cyclist in history. Mercats de Barcelona's relationship with the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will strengthen in 2025, with the entry of FEMM as an official supplier.  

One of the most characteristic features of the neighborhoods of the Catalan capital is the revitalization of the network of municipal markets that fill the neighborhoods of Barcelona. A treasure that the city can boast of and which promotes a healthy life, thanks to local food products, which favor a healthy and balanced diet and which, in addition, have been able to adapt to the needs of the population of the 21st century, adapting and revitalizing its premises of great architectural value, with diverse cultural activities.

Eduard Escofet, president of the Federation of Municipal Markets of Barcelona, ​​comments that; "On behalf of our Federation and on behalf of the 38 markets it represents, we are very proud to sponsor the Women's Cycle Tour in Catalonia in this second edition and to collaborate with the more than centenary Volta a Catalunya, a world-class cycling event that represents effort, perseverance and teamwork, values ​​that we share in the markets. The Mercats de Barcelona, ​​which are synonymous with food with fresh, healthy and quality products, want to be together with the athletes of our city. We believe in the importance of sport as an engine of social and economic dynamism, and with this collaboration with a symbol like the Volta, we reaffirm our commitment to Barcelona and its neighbors.”

Rubén Peris, general director of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, highlighted the good existing harmony with Mercats de Barcelona, ​​which in 2025 also wanted to be linked with the men's event; "The relationship between the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and the FEMM has always been excellent. A relationship that last year took a step forward by sponsoring the team classification of the women's race, which this year not only wanted to renew, but will also be involved in the 104th edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The link between the Volta and Mercats de Barcelona is a combination that promotes a healthy lifestyle, which makes us feel very comfortable and which we hope will continue over time."

The 2nd edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya will have three stages that will cover part of the Catalan territory. An inaugural stage where the Terres de l'Ebre and the Camp de Tarragona will be the main protagonists, in a route that will unite El Perelló with the city of Reus. On Saturday, June 7, it will be the turn of the high mountain that will take the cyclists to the ascent of one of the toughest ports in our territory, the Coll de Pal. Berguedà will host the second stage that will start from the municipality of Bagà. Finally, Castelldefels will be the starting point of stage 3 that will take the runners to the finish line, located on Avenida Mª Cristina in Barcelona.