
You can't help noticing that the Volta a Catalunya always brings together a lot of riders with a lot of very different goals. Even within the GC group, there are not just those looking to do well in the Giro d'Italia, but riders focussed on the Tour de France, too.
Then of course there are those aiming at the Ardennes Classics, interested in doing first Catalunya and afterwards Pais Vasco, because that combination gives the climbers and punchy riders an extra edge for Amstel, Flèche and Liège.