After trying it in different races, the Tour de France has premiered the team time trial in Barcelona with the particularity that the stage is won by the team of the cyclist who arrives at the finish line with the best time. The individual record achieved marks the general classification. It is no longer necessary for five cyclists to arrive together, and the novelties have led to new strategies that have been applied to a 19.6 km route that passed through 3 districts of Barcelona. The eight turns in Sant Martí have been the most technical part of the time trial. In L'Eixample, they flew, and in Sants-Montjuïc, the power of the cyclists' legs on the climbs of Passeig de Santa Madrona and Passeig Olímpic have been decisive in making a difference. On the descent after the Olympic stadium Lluís Companys, at the left turn of INEFC, the cyclists reached over 80 km/h before arriving at Carrer del Foc. The strategy of team time trials has changed, and the cyclists have helped each other with relays in the city, and the front riders, the big shots, have sought their best time in the general classification in the final 800 meters that have ramped upwards to the finish line next to the stadium. Pros and cons of this new format in which at the start, the team's gears are seen in perfect harmony of what a team time trial is, in which each one has their function, and an end in which the cyclists arrive in dribs and drabs after their individual brilliance, which has provided a very exciting spectacle.

The Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Visma / Lease a Bike) adds his name to the list of winners of the Tour of Catalonia. The Catalan race, one of the oldest in the world, has gone from being sidelined in the calendar to becoming one of the events with the most impressive palmarès in recent years. In the last four years, the winners have been the Slovenians Primoz Roglic, Tadej Pogacar, and now, Vingegaard. That is to say, the great dominators of world cycling. And not so long ago, those who wore the leader's colors of the tour were Quintana, Yates, or Alejandro Valverde.

France hosts the 112th edition of the Tour de France. 3,338.8 km and a vertical drop of 52,500 meters spread over 21 stages, with two big favorites: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, and a Catalan referee: Marc Soler. On Saturday, July 5, Lilla will kick off the competition with a stage finish at the same starting point. It will be three weeks of cycling through French soil, culminating on Sunday, July 27 in Paris. The Camps Elisis will once again be the final finish, after last year's Tour ended in Nice due to the Olympic Games.