The 86th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, a Spanish ProTour race, takes place between May 15-21. Although it clashes with the Giro d'Italia, the organisers have still assembled a strong field for the race. Some of the teams and their key riders include:
Discovery Channel - Max Van Heeswijk, Leif Hoste;
Phonak Hearing Systems - Santiago Botero, M.A. Martin Perdiguero;
Caisse d'Epargne Illes Balears - Isaac Galvez, Vladimir Karpets;
Rabobank - Juan Antonio Flecha, Michael Boogerd;
T- Mobile - Oscar Sevilla, Andreas Klöden;
Team CSC - Fabian Cancellara;
AGR2 Prèvoyance - Francisco Mancebo, José Luis Arrieta;
Euskaltel -Euskadi - Samuel Sanchez, Josefa Albizu;
Davitamon - Lotto - Cadel Evans, Fred Rodríguez;
Saunier Duval-Prodir - Koldo Gil, Luciano Pagliarini;
Bouygues Telecom - Thomas Voeckler, Xavier Florencio;
Gerolsteiner - René Haselbacher, Levi Leipheimer;
Team Milram - Eric Zabel, Mirko Celestino;
Liberty Seguros Würth Team - Luis Leon Sanchez, Isidro Nozal;
Credit Agricole - Thor Hushovd, Dimitry Fofonov;
Cofidis-Credit par Téléphone - David Moncutié, Sylvain Chavanel;
Française des Jeux - Freddy Bichot;
Lampre - Fondital - Daniele Bennati, Salvatore Commesso
Liquigas - Luca Paolini, MarcoMilesi;
Quick Step- Innergetic - Filippo Pozzato, Mateo Tosatto;
Comunidad Valenciana - Eladio Jiménez, Rubèn Plaza;
Relax Fuenlabrada - Xavier Tondo, José Miguel Elias
Kaiku - Ricardo Serrano, Dioni Galparsoro
Andalucía Paul Versan - Angel Edo, Jaime Rovira
3 Molinos Resort - Santos Gonzalez, Jan Hruska
