Roglic keeps 10 seconds on Evenepoel after penultimate exchange
MADRID, 25 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Australian cyclist Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) claimed victory this Saturday in the penultimate stage of the Volta a Catalunya, played between Martorell and Molins de Rei over 183 kilometers, with a powerful final sprint.
Groves, who was already the best in the group finish in Sabadell of the fourth stage, signed his double in Molins de Rei, to finish with victory despite a breakdown in the last kilometers. Within the last four kilometers, Groves began to pass rivals along with his teammate Xandro Meurisse and won again.
The sixth stage, although flat and a priori scenario for breakaways and the fight of sprinters at the end, was once again starring the give and take in the general between Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel. The former maintains the lead of 10 seconds overall, ahead of the last stage this Sunday in Barcelona.
The Slovenian and Belgian battled each other for intermediate sprint time bonuses. Both took the fight to the finish, with Evenepoel mixed even in the attack of the sprinters. A special recital that of the Belgian who did not give him to take the lead. The one-on-one that the Volta is enjoying will have one last assault.
This Sunday, the runners will do 136 kilometers in Barcelona, a medium mountain with a start in the Alt de Begues and six ascents to the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc. A circuit conducive to the show, which will also have those intermediate sprints that his game is giving in Viladecans and Castelldefels.
–CLASSIFICATIONS.
-Stage.
1. Kaden Groves (AUS/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 3:50.32.
2. Bryan Cpquard (FRA/Cofidis) m.t.
3. Ide Schelling (NED/BORA – Hansgrohe) m.t.
4. Maxim van (BEL/Lotto Dstny) m.t.
5. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/Soudal-Quick Step) mt
-General.
1. Primoz Roglic (SVN/Jumbo-Visma) 25:19:52.
2. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/Soudal-Quick Step) a 10.
3. Joao Almeida (ENG/UAE Team Emirates) 1:07.
4. MARC SOLER (ESP/UAE Team Emirates) 1:54.
5. MIKEL LANDA (ESP/Bahrain-Victorious) 1:55.
