Coronavirus: Volta a Catalunya to restrict public access

Astana´s Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez overall leader celebrates next after winning the 99th Volta Catalunya 2019 on March 31, 2019 in Barcelona.
Astana´s Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez overall leader celebrates next after winning the 99th Volta Catalunya 2019 on March 31, 2019 in Barcelona. (Image credit: Getty Images)

The President of the Spanish Cycling Federation has confirmed that Spanish road-races including the Volta a Catalunya are to restrict public access to starts and finishes in the latest ramping up of measures against the coronavirus.

"The example to follow would be that of Paris-Nice," where the public are now barred from access to starts and finishes, Federation President José Luís López Cerrón told Cyclingnews on Wednesday.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.