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2025 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

Tour of Catalonia
104th edition: March 24 - March 30, 2025

2025 Tour of Catalonia map. Catalonia is in the northeast corner of Spain.

Sunday, March 30: 7th & Final Stage, Barcelona - Barcelona, 88.2 km

Stage 7 profile

Primoz Roglic wins stage seven and the 2025 Volta a Catalunya. Getty Sport Photo

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Weather in the start/finish city of Barcelona at 2:45 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain.

Rated ascents:

Km 43.4: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
Km 51.3: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
Km 59.2: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
Km 67.0: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
Km 74.9: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2
Km 82.7: Alt del Castel de Montjuïc, Cat. 2

The race: Here's the report from winner Primoz Roglic's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.

With a spectacular finale, Primož Roglič secured the overall victory at the 104th edition of the Volta a Catalunya. The 35-year-old Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader claimed his second win in the prestigious race, following his 2023 triumph. In addition to the overall title, Primož Roglič also secured two stage victories, as well as the points and mountain classifications.

The final stage of the Volta a Catalunya turned into a thrilling battle decided by mere seconds. Primož Roglič started the last stage with a one-second deficit to Juan Ayuso. The strategy for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe was clear: attack. Roglič won the first bonus sprint, taking the virtual lead, but Ayuso responded by winning the second sprint and reclaiming the top spot.

With 21 kilometers to go, Primož Roglič made his decisive move. On the third-to-last ascent of Montjuïc, Barcelona’s iconic hill, he launched a powerful attack and broke away solo. He maintained his lead all the way to the finish line. With a 14-second advantage over his pursuers, Primož Roglič not only celebrated the stage win but also secured overall victory.

Primož Roglič:
“This Volta was extremely tight and came down to the bonus seconds on the last stage. After the second sprint, I had no choice—if I wanted to win, I had to do something. In the end, I had the legs to finish it off. The team worked brilliantly, we raced well, and we had a great time. I really enjoyed this week.”

After a short recovery period, Primož Roglič will begin his preparation for the Giro d’Italia. The first Grand Tour of the season kicks off on May 9 with the Grande Partenza in Albania.

Complete results:

88.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.677 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1hr 58min 27sec
2	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 14sec
3	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
4	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:19
5	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
7	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
9	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
12	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
21	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
27	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
28	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
34	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:46
36	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
38	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
39	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
40	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
43	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
44	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
46	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:24
47	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:32
48	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	1:34
49	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
53	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:41
55	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:53
57	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	1:56
58	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:59
60	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
63	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Logan Currie	Lotto	2:48
69	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	3:04
70	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:12
73	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
74	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:23
75	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
76	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
77	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:04
79	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:21
80	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:31
86	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
87	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	5:32
88	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	5:55
89	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:04
91	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
92	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
93	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
94	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	6:16
95	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
96	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
99	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
100	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
101	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
102	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
104	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
106	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
107	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
109	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
110	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:30
111	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:35
113	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	6:37
114	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
116	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
117	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	7:07
118	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	7:12
119	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	7:36
120	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:18
121	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
122	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:06

Final GC after stage 7:

GC winner: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mountains classification winner: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Points classification winner: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Teams classification winner: Visma | Lease a Bike

1,035.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.809 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	24hr 46min 21sec
2	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 28sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:53
4	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	0:54
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	1:00
6	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20
7	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	1:31
8	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	1:33
9	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:46
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:59
11	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	2:00
12	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:05
13	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	2:10
14	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	2:13
15	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	2:15
16	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:20
17	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:27
18	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	2:28
19	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	3:20
21	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:41
22	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	4:09
23	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:52
24	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:05
25	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	6:37
26	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:40
27	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	7:03
28	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:06
29	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	9:03
30	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	9:08
31	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:19
32	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:40
33	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:53
34	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	11:29
35	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	12:34
36	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:41
37	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	13:32
38	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	13:35
39	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	14:07
40	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	14:50
41	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	16:59
42	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	17:25
43	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	19:19
44	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	19:51
45	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	20:06
46	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	20:15
47	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	21:29
48	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	21:42
49	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	22:14
50	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	22:16
51	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	24:14
52	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	24:16
53	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:45
54	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:54
55	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:30
57	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	28:41
58	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	29:26
59	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:19
60	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	32:51
61	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	32:55
62	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:46
63	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	33:52
64	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	34:16
65	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	35:30
66	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	35:36
67	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	35:41
68	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:56
69	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	36:59
70	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	37:01
71	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	37:14
72	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	37:31
73	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	37:36
74	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	38:14
75	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	38:30
76	Logan Currie	Lotto	38:55
77	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	39:45
78	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	39:51
79	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	41:58
81	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	42:20
82	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	43:18
83	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	43:54
84	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	43:56
85	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	44:24
86	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:36
87	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	45:46
88	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	45:47
89	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	46:51
90	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	47:53
92	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	48:29
93	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	48:31
94	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	49:41
95	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	49:53
96	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	51:59
97	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	52:24
98	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	52:36
99	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	52:40
100	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	53:05
102	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	53:19
103	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	53:36
104	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	54:09
105	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	54:25
106	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	54:49
107	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	56:32
108	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	58:53
109	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	59:13
110	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	59:43
111	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	59:59
112	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	1:00:22
113	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	1:00:29
114	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:03:14
115	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:05:35
116	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:06:37
117	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:08:18
118	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	1:08:26
119	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:11:11
120	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:15:03
121	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:19:08
122	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:24:43

Stage 7 profile

Saturday, March 29: Stage 6, Berga - ~~Queralt~~ Berga, ~~159 km~~ ~~118.6~~ 20 km

Because of high winds, the climbs were eliminated, causing the stage to be shortened from 159 kilometers to ~~118.6~~ 20 kilometers.

Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) wins stage six.

Stage 6 profile

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Weather at the the city of Berga, on the route, near the finish, at 1:10 PM, local time: 10C (50F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 29 km/hr (20 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain

Rated ascents:

~~Km 63.5: Coll de la Batallola, Cat. 3~~
~~Km 99: Coll de Pradell, Hors Categorie~~
~~Km 95 (approx): Collada de Sant Isidre, Cat. 1~~
~~Km 118.6: Queralt, Cat. 1~~

The race: Here's the report from second-place Pavel Bittner's Team Picnic-PostNL:

Due to strong wind conditions, the sixth day of racing at Volta Ciclista a Catalunya was adapted and the parcours changed. Originally still set to be a day for the climbers and GC riders after Friday evening’s changes, further amendments on Saturday saw it swing more in the balance of the sprinters and puncheurs.

Team Picnic PostNL therefore set out with the plan to go all-in for the finale with Pavel Bittner, who had picked up a good third place the previous day. A long neutralised period eventually gave way to racing the final 30 kilometres; where immediately the team was switched on. Romain Combaud initially set tempo at the front of the peloton looking to control things but attacks soon flew. Frank van den Broek was sharp and quick to react on them, acting as a foil and to have the team represented.

It eventually came back together coming into the closing kilometres, where Simmonds launched his winning attack with just around one kilometre to go. Van den Broek pulled to try and close the gap before swinging off, and coming into the last couple of corners Bittner kicked to try and close it down. Unfortunately the finish line came just too soon as Simmons held on for the win with a very fast finishing Bittner taking a strong second place on the day.

Bittner said: “It was really cool that the team was on such a high level of motivation that we could go for a result today. In the end with all of the changes we raced only 31 minutes and it was really fully gas. Frank countered some moves and that was working well so I could save my legs in the bunch. Coming into the final I had a good position. Simmons went with around one kilometre to go. Looking back, maybe I should have trusted my legs more and went for it as I felt really good. In the end I launched after him, I don’t know at how far to go, and was really closing in on him but it was just not enough at the line. It’s slightly frustrating but I’m really happy with the shape and how it went. We’ll see how the final day goes tomorrow.”

Team Picnic PostNL coach Pim Ligthart added: “I have to give credits to the guys, they were always ready to race no matter what type of stage we got in the end. When we got the news before the start that it was heading more into a sprinter’s type race, we looked to the final together with Pavel, to make a plan to control the day and go for it with him in the finish. During the stage when we heard over the race radio that the neutralised part was going to end, the guys were really switched on. Frank did really well to police the attacks and stay in the wheels there to make sure we were represented. We focused on Pavel in the final and the finish came just about 10 metres too early for him and we came second today. We were really focused on racing today, and the guys did that. In the end we missed out on a win, which is a pity, but we can definitely say we were in the race once more here.”

Here are the updates I wrote and the organizers grappled with the difficult weather conditons:

3:00 PM local time: The stage is de-neutralized and the second lap has been eliminated. GC times are to be taken 5 km from the finish and then the riders will contest the stage win in Berga. The riders had asked for the stage to be shortened because it was getting late and they will still have to travel to their hotels in Barcelona.

2:13 PM: The stage began the first of two 60 km laps. The race is neutralized until the organizers have been able to fully assess the conditions. If they decide that the conditions are OK, the riders will start racing at the beginning of the second 60 km lap.

This message was posted at 1:35 PM: We've got the first details on the revamped stage. It will be 146 km long and won't feature any of the three categorized climbs that were on the revamped route that was drawn up yesterday. Starting and finishing in Berga, the route will head to Gironella, Puig-reig, Santa Maria de Merlès and return to Berga via Vilada.

This message was posted at 1:18 PM: Riders are signing in for the start, but we're still waiting for confirmation if the route for today's stage. The Pyrenees are currently experiencing very high winds, and these led to last night's removal of the Coll de Pradell from today's route. It now appears the the route will undergo further changes due to the strength of the wind.

Here is the race organizer's earlier message concerning the high winds and the now shortened stage:

Following the recommendations from the Servei Català de Trànsit and the relevant authorities, the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya has been forced to shorten the 6th stage from Berga to Queralt due to the activation of the VENTCAT emergency procedure plan, which has entered the Alert phase as a result of high wind risk in Catalonia.

As a result, this 6th stage will be shortened in distance, and it will not be possible to climb the Coll del Pradell because its summit is at an altitude of 1,700 meters, where the hazards are more severe.

Thus, the stage will have a total length of 118.6 km. The Coll de la Batallola (3rd category), Collada de Sant Isidre (1st category), and the final climb to Queralt (1st category) will remain on the route, while the ascent of Coll del Pradell has been removed.

All facilities in the arrival area will be reduced to a minimum to ensure that no structures are affected by the high winds, which could pose a danger to anyone.

With this modification, the schedule has been slightly adjusted, and the stage start will be delayed to 13:55. The team presentation will take place from 12:45 to 13:45.

Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike), Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R), Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ), Nils Eekhoff (Picnic-PostNL) & Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) did not start.

The peloton riding during the stage's neutralized first 60 kilometers.

Complete results:

20 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.872 km/hr

1	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	25min 4sec
2	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
3	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
5	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
6	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
11	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
12	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
19	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
23	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
25	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
26	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
28	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
36	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
37	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
39	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
44	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
45	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
51	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
54	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
55	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
57	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
58	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
59	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
62	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
66	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
69	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
76	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
78	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
79	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
80	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
81	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
85	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
89	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	@ 25sec
91	Logan Currie	Lotto	@ 0sec
92	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:25
93	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	@ 0sec
94	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t
95	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
98	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
100	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:58
101	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
102	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:55
103	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:39
104	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:58
105	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
106	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
108	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:58
109	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	0:35
110	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:58
111	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
112	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:39
113	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
114	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:58
115	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:15
116	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	@ 0sec
117	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
120	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	0:33
122	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:49
123	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	10:51
124	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	10:53
125	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
128	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	10:58
129	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
130	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	11:03
131	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	11:05
132	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	11:13
135	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
136	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	11:55
137	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

GC leader: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification leader: Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Points classification leader: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a bike

947.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.554 km/hr

1	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	22hr 48min 7sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 1sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:21
4	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	0:22
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:28
6	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:59
7	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	1:10
9	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:14
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:27
11	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
12	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	1:29
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:33
14	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	1:38
15	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:41
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:43
17	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:48
18	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:55
19	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:56
20	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
21	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	2:22
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	2:48
23	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:09
24	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:53
25	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:33
26	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:50
27	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:54
28	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	6:04
29	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:24
30	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:25
31	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	8:36
32	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:59
33	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	10:57
34	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:35
35	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	11:48
36	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	12:33
37	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:50
38	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	13:35
39	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	14:18
40	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	15:13
41	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	15:17
42	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	16:41
43	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	18:38
44	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	19:17
45	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	19:36
46	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	20:06
47	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	20:40
48	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	21:17
49	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:42
50	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	23:33
51	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	23:43
52	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	24:05
53	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:22
54	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:31
55	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	25:37
56	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	26:29
57	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:23
58	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	27:59
59	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	28:37
60	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	28:46
61	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:54
62	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	29:15
63	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	29:33
64	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	30:13
65	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:32
66	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
68	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	30:43
69	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	32:13
70	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:47
71	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	33:02
72	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	33:38
73	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	33:42
74	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:17
75	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	35:29
76	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	35:44
77	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:51
78	Logan Currie	Lotto	35:54
79	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	37:27
80	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	37:42
81	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	39:13
82	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	39:29
83	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	40:08
84	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	40:11
85	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	40:22
86	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	41:06
87	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:11
88	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	43:12
89	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	43:22
90	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	43:52
91	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	44:48
92	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	45:12
93	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:19
94	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	45:29
95	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45:34
96	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	46:11
97	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	46:19
98	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	46:22
99	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	46:32
100	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	46:50
101	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	47:56
102	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	48:05
103	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	48:31
104	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	49:38
105	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	49:40
106	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	50:03
107	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	50:33
108	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	52:15
109	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	53:30
110	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	53:53
111	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	54:00
112	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	56:13
113	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	56:47
114	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	57:04
115	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	57:27
116	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	57:28
117	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	58:21
118	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:38
119	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	59:47
120	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:47
121	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:00:24
122	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	1:01:57
123	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	1:02:38
124	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:03:46
125	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:06:55
126	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:07:43
127	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:17:19
128	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:17:57
129	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:18:43
130	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:23:25
131	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	1:23:31
132	William Barta	Movistar Team	1:23:48
133	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	1:24:15
134	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	1:25:01
135	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:27:10
136	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:27:12
137	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:28:56

Revised Stage 6 profile: This route was discarded race day because of high winds.

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Friday, March 28: Stage 5, Paüls - Amposta, 161.4 km

Staqe 5 map & profile

Matthew Brennan wins his second stage this edition of Volta a Catalunya..

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Weather at the finish city of Amposta at 1:00 PM, local time: 19C (66F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascent:

Km 29: Coll de la Font, Cat. 3

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Matthew Brennan's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Matthew Brennan has secured his second stage win in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The 19-year-old talent from Team Visma | Lease a Bike left everyone behind in the final sprint after his entire team guided him through a stage dominated by echelons.

“Another beautiful victory”, Brennan said, still catching his breath at the finish. “This is truly a team win. The whole squad rode exceptionally well today. We were in a perfect position heading into the final part of the race. It’s incredibly motivating to see the work my teammates are doing all week. That really gives you wings. I’m happy I could reward all that effort with this stage win today.”

Brennan was not initially scheduled to race in Catalunya, but his team placed full trust in him. “The past days have been tough, but I’m learning so much here. The mountain stages were especially brutal, but I’m gaining experience in positioning and staying up front when it matters. Two stage wins—I wouldn’t have even dared to dream of that”, Brennan said, beaming with joy.

Stage five gets started.

This marks Brennan’s fifth victory of the season. He had previously won Le Tour des 100 Communes, GO de la Ville de Lillers, GP de Denain, and the opening stage of this race. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, it was their 11th win of the year, following Ben Tulett’s triumph earlier in the day at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali.

“Matthew wasn’t originally on the start list for this race”, explained sports director Marc Reef. “For him to adapt so quickly, come here, and win two stages is truly remarkable. I don’t have another word for it. We knew today would be chaotic, so we stayed sharp at key moments. We decided to take our chances and ended up with almost the whole team in the first echelon. Besides Matthew’s win, Simon Yates also made a great move in the GC, climbing back into the top ten. Hopefully, he can do something in the final weekend to cap off what has already been a fantastic Volta a Catalunya for us.”

Complete results:

161.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.506 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3hr 28min 14sec
2	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
4	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
10	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
11	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
25	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	@ 7sec
30	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:42
32	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
34	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
43	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
46	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
48	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
50	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
51	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
55	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
59	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
60	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
65	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
67	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
68	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
69	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
70	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
71	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
74	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
75	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
78	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
80	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
83	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
84	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
91	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:55
94	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	1:23
95	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:56
96	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	2:02
97	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	2:16
98	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:23
99	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	3:28
100	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	4:41
101	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
102	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
103	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
107	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
108	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
110	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
112	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
113	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
115	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
116	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
118	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
119	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
121	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
122	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
123	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
125	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
127	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
128	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
132	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
133	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
134	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
135	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:54
136	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
137	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
138	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
139	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
140	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
141	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
142	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
143	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
145	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
146	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification leader: Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a bike)
Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

927.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.436 km/hr

1	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	22hr 23min 3sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 1sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:21
4	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	0:22
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:28
6	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:59
7	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	1:10
9	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:14
10	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:27
11	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
12	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	1:29
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:33
14	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	1:38
15	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:41
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:43
17	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:48
18	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:55
19	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	1:56
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
21	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	2:22
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	2:48
23	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:09
24	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:53
25	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:02
26	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:33
27	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:50
28	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:54
29	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:56
30	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	6:04
31	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:24
32	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	6:36
33	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:00
34	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	8:36
35	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:59
36	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:52
37	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	10:57
38	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:35
39	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	11:48
40	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	12:20
41	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	12:33
42	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	13:14
43	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	13:35
44	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	15:13
45	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	15:17
46	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	16:41
47	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	17:44
48	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	18:38
49	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	19:17
50	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	19:36
51	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	20:06
52	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	20:40
53	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	21:17
54	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:42
55	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	23:15
56	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	23:33
57	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	23:43
59	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:22
60	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	25:37
61	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	26:29
62	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	27:23
63	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	27:59
64	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	28:46
65	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:54
66	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	29:15
67	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	29:33
68	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	30:13
69	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:32
70	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
72	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	30:34
73	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	30:43
74	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	32:48
75	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	33:02
76	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	33:13
77	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	33:40
78	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	33:42
79	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	33:46
80	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	34:26
81	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:17
82	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	35:29
83	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:51
84	Logan Currie	Lotto	35:54
85	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	37:27
86	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	37:42
87	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	39:05
88	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	39:13
89	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:20
90	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	39:29
91	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	40:08
92	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	40:11
93	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	40:29
94	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	41:06
95	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:11
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	41:14
97	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	41:17
98	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	42:50
99	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	43:22
100	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	43:52
101	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	44:18
102	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	44:32
103	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	45:12
104	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	45:19
105	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45:34
106	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	46:19
107	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	46:22
108	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	46:32
109	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	46:35
110	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	46:50
111	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	48:03
112	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	48:05
113	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	48:31
114	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	49:05
115	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	49:19
116	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	49:38
117	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51:32
118	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	52:15
119	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	53:53
120	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	54:00
121	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	55:50
122	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	56:13
123	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	56:47
124	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	57:04
125	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	58:21
126	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:38
127	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	59:47
128	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	59:47
129	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	1:00:21
130	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	1:01:57
131	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	1:02:05
132	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:03:46
133	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:05:48
134	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:06:14
135	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	1:08:00
136	William Barta	Movistar Team	1:11:54
137	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:12:37
138	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:13:14
139	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	1:13:17
140	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14:08
141	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:15:57
142	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:16:20
143	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:17:57
144	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:18:44
145	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	1:23:32
146	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:28:57

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage five map

Stage five profile

Thursday, March 27: Stage 4, Sant Vicenç de Castellet - Montserrat Mil·lenari, 188.7 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Primoz Roglic just beats Juan Ayuso for the stage win and GC lead.

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Weather at the finish city of Montserratat 1:15 PM, local time: 18C (65F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

Rated ascents:

Km 125.8: Turó del Puig, Cat. 2
Km 188.7: Montserrat, Cat. 1

The race: Not starting: Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis), Finlay Pickering (Bahrain Victorious), Dries De Pooter (Intermarché-Wanty), Gal Glivar (Alpecin-Deceuninck) & Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck). That left a starting peloton of 151 riders. Early in the stage Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) abandoned.

Here's the race report from fifth-place Mikel Landa's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

The stunning Montserrat ascent made its return as a stage finish at the Volta a Catalunya for the first time since 1995, when the race was organised in June, just a couple of weeks before the start of the Tour de France. One of the hardest climbs of this year’s edition, and one of the region’s most famous ascents, averaging 6.6% over 8.8 kilometers, Montserrat began with Soudal Quick-Step at the front of the peloton, as James Knox and Gianmarco Garofoli combined to push a steady tempo on the opening part.

The start line. Looks like a great day for a bike race.

The fight between the GC favourites was sparked by an attack of the overall leader of the race with more than two kilometers to go, a move to which Mikel Landa responded immediately. Despite being caught and distanced by Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe), who went on to win the stage from a two-man group, Landa booked a place in a small but strong chasing group and fought hard to limit the losses, which in the end were of just three seconds.

A twelve-man break had a lead of about 1min 30sec thirty kilometers into the stage.

Two accelerations of the Basque in the final kilometer saw him take a solid top five at the summit, a result which puts him fourth on the standings, just one second from the podium. His teammate Junior Lecerf – who sported the best young rider jersey Thursday afternoon – is ninth in the general classification thanks to what was another convincing ride, making Soudal Quick-Step the only team with two riders in the top ten after four stages.

Complete results:

188.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.865 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 24min 8sec
2	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ s.t.
3	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:03
4	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
8	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:06
9	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:21
10	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:26
11	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	0:31
12	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	0:34
13	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
14	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
18	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
19	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
21	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	0:47
23	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
24	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:53
25	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
26	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:02
28	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:50
30	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
31	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:01
32	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:10
33	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:15
36	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:23
37	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
38	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
39	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:44
40	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:54
46	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:42
47	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:58
48	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:34
49	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	5:30
50	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	6:15
51	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
52	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	6:51
53	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	6:57
54	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	7:55
55	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
57	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
59	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
60	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
61	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
62	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8:32
67	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
68	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:18
70	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
75	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
76	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
77	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
79	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:54
82	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	10:56
83	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
84	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
85	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	10:59
88	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	12:41
89	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	12:42
91	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
92	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	13:27
97	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
98	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
99	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	14:15
101	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
102	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14:20
103	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	14:46
104	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
105	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	14:51
106	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	14:53
107	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	15:34
108	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:36
110	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:40
111	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
112	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	20:21
113	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
114	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
116	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
117	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
118	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
119	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
120	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
124	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
125	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
126	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
127	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
128	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
129	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
130	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
131	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	21:56
133	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	22:23
134	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
135	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
136	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
137	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	22:39
138	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	22:51
139	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	23:45
140	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
141	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
142	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
143	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
144	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
145	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	24:59
146	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Mountains classification leader: Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R-La Mondiale)
Points classification leader: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Teams classification leader: XDS Astana

766.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.505 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18hr 54min 50sec
2	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	@ 20sec
4	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	0:21
5	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:27
6	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
7	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:45
8	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	0:55
9	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	0:58
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:00
13	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:05
14	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:12
15	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	1:13
16	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
17	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:26
19	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	1:28
20	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:32
21	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	1:39
22	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	2:05
23	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:08
24	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:19
25	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:50
26	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:52
27	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:07
28	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:13
29	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:21
30	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:53
31	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:53
32	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:10
33	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:23
34	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:17
35	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	7:53
36	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:16
37	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	8:25
38	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	10:14
39	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:52
40	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	11:05
41	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	11:37
42	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	12:31
43	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	12:32
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	13:02
45	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	13:34
46	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	14:30
47	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	14:34
48	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	14:38
49	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	15:58
50	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	17:55
51	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	18:34
52	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	18:53
53	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	19:23
54	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	20:34
55	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	21:41
56	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	22:32
57	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:41
58	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	22:50
59	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:55
60	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	24:12
61	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:54
62	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	25:05
63	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	25:21
64	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	25:50
65	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	25:53
66	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	26:01
67	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	26:47
68	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	27:16
69	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
70	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	28:03
71	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	28:29
72	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	29:14
73	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	29:30
74	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	29:44
75	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	29:53
76	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	30:35
77	Logan Currie	Lotto	31:12
78	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	32:19
79	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	32:30
80	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	32:59
81	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	33:03
82	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	33:49
83	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	34:38
84	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	34:46
85	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:56
86	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:24
87	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	36:32
88	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	36:44
89	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	36:59
90	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	37:40
91	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	38:08
92	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	38:22
93	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	38:30
94	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	38:46
95	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	38:47
96	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:12
97	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:28
98	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	39:50
99	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	40:21
100	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	40:23
101	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	40:52
102	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	41:16
103	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	41:50
104	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	43:09
105	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	43:35
106	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	44:23
107	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	44:29
108	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	44:37
109	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	44:56
110	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	45:36
111	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	46:07
112	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	46:25
113	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	47:33
114	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	47:48
115	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	47:55
116	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	48:06
117	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	48:09
118	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	49:11
119	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	49:18
120	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	50:49
121	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	51:08
122	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	51:36
123	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	53:28
124	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	53:39
125	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	54:16
126	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	54:56
127	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	55:05
128	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	56:07
129	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	56:57
130	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	59:04
131	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
132	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	59:04
133	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:01:06
134	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01:32
135	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	1:02:04
136	William Barta	Movistar Team	1:02:58
137	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:03:41
138	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07:24
139	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:08:32
140	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	1:08:35
141	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	1:09:26
142	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:09:48
143	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:11:15
144	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	1:14:36
145	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:17:14
146	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:20:01

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Wednesday, March 26: Stage 3, Viladecans - La Molina, 218.6 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Could it get any closer? Juan Ayuso just beats Primoz Roglic.

Weather at the finish at La Molina at 1:00 PM, local time: 8C (47F), fair, with the wind from the north at 14 k/hr (9 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain, rising to 8% at 4:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

Km 57.7: Coll d'Estenalles, Cat. 2
Km 154.7: Col dela Batallola, Cat. 3
Km 185: Col de la Crueta, Hors Categorie
Km 218.6: Molina PM, Cat. 1

The race: Early in the stage Henri Vandenabeele (Lotto) abandoned. Later in the stage Rainer Kepplinger (Bahrain Victorious) Abandoned after crashing.

Here's the report from stage winner Juan Ayuso's UAE Team Emirates:

Juan Ayuso took his 6th victory of the season following an exciting sprint dual against Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) at the summit finish at La Molina on stage 3. The pair crossed the line shoulder-to-shoulder, with Ayuso finally awarded the win and now moves into to the leaders jersey ahead of stage 4.

Marc Soler was chief animator on the final climb, attacking the race in trademark style and softening up the competition. The Catalan snuck away with Sepp Kuss (Visma LAB) and Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana) but were overhauled inside the final kilometre.

The peloton 85 kilometers into the stage.

As Soler led out the sprint it was Roglič who launched first, but a fast turn of pace from Ayuso in the dying metres saw the Spaniard just come out on top. Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep)rounded out the podium in third. Ayuso now holds a 6” advantage over Roglic ahead of the races second mountain finish tomorrow.

Ayuso: ” I managed to win against a great rival. I felt I had to after the team did such an amazing job. My aunt passed away last week so I’d like to dedicate this victory to her. I was only thinking of her in the last kilometre.

The final here is very tricky because you really need to be in front in the last turn and I wasn’t. Primoz showed himself as a true champion as he didn’t close me off and behaved himself and it was a fair sprint, so chapeau to him for that. I’m glad I could manage to come around him.”

Complete results:

218.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.564 km/hr

1	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5hr 49min 29sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ s.t.
3	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 2sec
4	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:04
5	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
6	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
9	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
11	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
14	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
15	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
16	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
19	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
21	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
24	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
25	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	0:17
26	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:18
27	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:19
28	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
29	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:24
33	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:45
34	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	2:10
35	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:11
36	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:18
37	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
38	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:20
39	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:22
40	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
42	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
45	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:36
47	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	2:50
48	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	4:18
49	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:50
50	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:57
51	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	6:04
53	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:20
54	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	6:56
55	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	7:54
56	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Félix Parra José	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8:17
61	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
62	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
64	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	9:02
65	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
70	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
72	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	11:02
73	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	11:46
74	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:14
75	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:24
76	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
78	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13:27
79	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	14:47
80	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	14:54
81	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:46
82	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	16:02
83	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:08
84	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
85	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
88	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:11
91	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	16:19
92	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:23
93	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
94	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:29
95	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16:31
96	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
99	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	16:39
100	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	16:45
101	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	19:21
102	Logan Currie	Lotto	19:32
103	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
104	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
108	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	22:41
109	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
111	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	22:54
112	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	23:51
113	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	24:20
115	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
116	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	25:44
117	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
118	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
119	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
124	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
125	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
126	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
127	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
128	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
130	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
132	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
133	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
134	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
137	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
138	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
140	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:22
141	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
142	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
143	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
144	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
145	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:40
146	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	27:01
147	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	27:02
148	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	27:31
149	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
150	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
151	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
152	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
153	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
154	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
155	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
156	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	39:14

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification leader: Bruno Amirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

577.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.783 km/hr

1	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	14hr 30min 49sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 6sec
3	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	0:11
4	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:14
5	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	0:17
6	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
7	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
10	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
12	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:31
14	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:32
15	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
16	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
19	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
21	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	0:45
23	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	0:47
24	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	1:24
25	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:26
26	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:35
27	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:50
28	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:52
29	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	3:07
30	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:09
31	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
32	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:23
34	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	3:24
35	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:26
36	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:30
37	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	4:37
38	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	4:59
39	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	5:02
40	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:14
41	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:25
42	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	6:08
43	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	7:30
44	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:35
45	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	8:07
46	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	9:07
47	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:25
48	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	9:28
49	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	9:36
50	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	10:01
51	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:07
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	10:32
53	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	10:54
54	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	11:17
55	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	11:39
56	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	11:48
57	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	12:32
58	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	13:07
59	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	13:13
60	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:21
61	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:51
62	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	14:07
63	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:39
64	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	14:50
65	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:53
66	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:56
67	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	15:58
68	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:42
69	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:51
70	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:06
71	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	17:14
72	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:36
73	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:48
74	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	17:51
75	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
76	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	18:38
77	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	18:56
79	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:00
80	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:01
81	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	19:03
82	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	19:49
83	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20:05
84	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	20:14
85	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	21:22
86	Logan Currie	Lotto	21:47
87	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	21:50
88	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	21:58
89	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	22:10
90	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	22:20
91	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	22:42
92	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	22:54
93	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	23:55
94	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	24:06
95	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	24:57
96	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	25:08
98	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	25:29
99	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	25:57
100	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	25:59
101	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:31
102	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	27:05
103	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	27:27
104	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:34
105	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	27:43
107	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:44
108	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	27:59
109	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	28:48
111	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	28:50
112	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	29:20
113	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	29:37
114	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	30:06
115	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	30:20
116	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	30:22
117	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	30:30
118	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	30:47
119	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	31:10
120	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	31:18
121	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	32:15
122	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:29
123	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	33:00
124	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	33:05
125	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	33:18
126	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	33:44
127	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:28
128	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	34:37
129	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	34:54
130	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:17
131	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	35:27
132	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	35:37
133	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36:22
134	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	36:45
135	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	36:47
136	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
137	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	36:58
138	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	38:36
139	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
141	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
142	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
143	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	40:50
144	William Barta	Movistar Team	42:30
145	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	43:00
146	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:40
147	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45:54
148	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	45:56
149	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	46:56
150	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
151	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	48:07
152	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	48:43
153	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	48:45
154	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	50:44
155	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	52:08
156	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	56:09

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Tuesday, March 25: Stage 2, Banyoles - Figueres, 180.5 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Ethan Vernon wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Figueres at 1:05 PM, local time: 17C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 34 km/hr (21 mph). There is a 37% chance of rain, decreasing to 2% by 3:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

Km 78: Coll Puig del Pení, Cat. 3
Km 97.6: Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes, Cat. 1

The race: Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) became sick on stage one. Neither he nor & Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) started stage two.

Here's the report from Junior Lecerf's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Figueres, the hometown of Salvador Dali – one of Surrealism’s leading exponents – hosted a stage finish at the Volta a Catalunya for the first time this century, and despite the presence of some climbs on the course and even of a bit of crosswind, it all came down to a bunch sprint.

It's time to go racing in Spain.

Junior Lecerf was there for Soudal Quick-Step, showing his speed on the final 600m averaging 4% against the big sprinters of the race and coming close to a top ten on this stage won by Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech). Being there in the finale helped the young Belgian gain a couple of places in the general classification, where he is now our team’s highest-ranked rider, in ninth, just a couple of seconds off the podium.

Both Lecerf and Mikel Landa – who is on the same time as his teammate – will have an important opportunity to move up in the standings on Wednesday’s stage to La Molina – the only summit finish in the Pyrenees of this edition. The first-category climb comes after a day with an elevation gain of almost 5000 meters.

Ethan Vernon wins stage two.

Complete results:

180.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.261 km/hr

1	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 16min 16sec
2	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
10	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
13	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
14	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
17	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
22	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
23	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
28	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
30	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
32	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
36	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
39	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
41	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
44	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
51	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
53	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
60	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
65	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
66	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
69	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
70	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
71	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
72	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
76	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
78	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
80	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
89	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
90	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
92	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
96	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
99	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
102	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
103	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
107	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
109	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
110	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	@ 15sec
111	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
112	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:22
113	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:23
114	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25
115	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:29
116	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
117	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
118	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	0:38
119	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	0:47
120	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
121	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	0:50
123	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:54
124	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:58
125	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
126	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:43
127	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	4:03
128	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
129	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
130	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
137	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
139	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
140	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
141	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
142	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
143	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
144	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
145	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
147	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
148	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:04
149	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:10
150	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
151	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:44

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Teams classification leader: Alpecin-Deceuninck

358.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.298 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8hr 41min 17sec
2	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 6sec
3	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:12
4	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:13
5	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
6	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:15
7	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:16
8	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
11	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
23	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:31
25	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
26	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
30	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
31	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
33	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
35	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:46
38	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:08
39	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
40	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:20
43	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:24
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	1:55
45	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:11
46	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
48	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	2:18
49	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
51	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:41
57	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
58	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	2:51
59	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
60	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
61	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
62	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:56
63	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	3:08
64	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
65	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
66	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
69	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	3:23
72	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:35
73	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49
74	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	3:55
75	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:17
76	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	4:19
77	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	4:26
78	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	4:31
79	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:41
80	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	4:49
83	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	5:03
84	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	5:11
85	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:37
86	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
87	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
88	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	5:44
89	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	5:53
90	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:56
92	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	6:48
93	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
94	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:59
95	Tom Donnenwirth	Groupama-FDJ	7:19
96	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:24
97	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:38
98	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	7:58
99	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:40
100	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:52
101	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
103	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
104	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
107	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
108	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	9:15
109	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	9:17
110	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	9:21
111	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	9:24
113	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	9:30
114	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	9:39
115	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	9:42
117	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:46
118	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	9:56
119	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:40
120	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	11:04
121	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	11:06
122	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
126	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
127	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
129	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:55
132	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
133	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
134	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
135	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
136	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
137	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12:57
138	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:00
139	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:56
140	William Barta	Movistar Team	15:02
141	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	15:09
142	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	15:11
143	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	16:41
144	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:14
145	Marton Dina	Euskaltel-Euskadi	18:23
146	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	19:37
147	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	21:15
148	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	21:17
149	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
150	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	22:26
151	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Monday, March 24: Stage 1, Sant Feliu de Guíxols - Sant Feliu de Guíxols, 178.6 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Matthew Brennan wins the first stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Sant Feliu de Guíxols at 1:00 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is a 90% chance of rain, decreasing to 30% at 3:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

Km 30.0: Coll de Begur, Cat. 3
Km 64.9: Alt de Santa Pellaia, Cat. 3

The race: 167 riders began the stage. Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarché-Wanty) did not start.

Here's the stage one report from winner Matthew Brennan's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Matthew Brennan secured a stunning victory in the opening stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The 19-year-old Brit from Team Visma | Lease a Bike powered his way to breakaway rider Tibor del Grosso in the closing kilometers before overtaking the Dutchman just before the finish line.

The start line.

“I’m absolutely thrilled with this win”, Brennan said at the finish. The 19-year-old quickly switched to analyzing the stage like a seasoned pro. “The weather conditions made it really tricky today. As a team, we did everything we could to maintain a front-row position. After my teammates put me in a good spot heading into the finale, I managed to stay near the front in the final kilometers. At that point, all I could do was go all out. I switched off my mind and gave it everything I had. The result speaks for itself.”

“Last night, I watched the finish of this stage from 2024”, Brennan continued. “I knew today would likely play out in a similar way. I think we played it just right as a team. This was the perfect scenario for us. Winning at this level means a lot.”

In harsh conditions, Brennan and his teammates rolled out of Sant Feliu de Guíxols early in the afternoon for a stage of around 180 kilometers. A traditional breakaway formed but was ultimately short-lived.

71.3 kilometers to go. Ineos Grenadiers pulls the pack with a break 39 seconds up the road.

When Del Grosso attacked from the peloton, Brennan wasted no time in responding. The sprinter, in his first year at WorldTour level, took it upon himself to lead the chase. Kaden Groves, Del Grosso’s teammate, sat on his wheel. For a long time, it looked like Del Grosso would hold on, but Brennan’s relentless effort proved decisive. Just before the line, he managed to surge past the Dutchman.

It marked Brennan’s fourth victory of the year—and his fourth victory in his last four race days. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s WorldTour squad, it was their ninth win of the season.

Matthew Brennan wins the first stage.

Complete results:

178.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.395 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4hr 25min 17sec
2	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
10	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
14	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
15	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	@ 15sec
25	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:17
26	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:19
27	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:22
28	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
31	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:30
38	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	s.t.
39	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:52
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:04
47	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:08
48	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	1:25
49	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:55
50	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:58
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	2:02
53	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
57	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:25
61	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:26
62	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	2:30
65	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:35
66	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
68	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:52
72	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
74	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
76	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
77	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:19
81	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:24
82	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	3:39
83	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:01
85	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:21
86	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:25
87	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:57
92	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:21
93	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	5:37
96	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:40
99	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:32
100	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:43
102	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:08
103	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	8:36
104	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
108	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
109	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
112	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
121	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
122	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
125	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
127	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
128	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
130	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
132	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:24
133	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:50
134	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
137	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
138	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
139	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
140	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
142	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
143	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:13
145	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	14:02
147	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	14:03
148	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	16:25

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Eukaltel-Euskadi)
Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Teams classification leader: Alpecin-Deceuninck

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4hr 25min 7sec
2	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 4sec
3	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:06
4	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	0:07
5	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:09
6	Dorian Godon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:10
7	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
12	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
15	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
16	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	0:25
25	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
26	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:29
27	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	0:32
28	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Simon Yates	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
31	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Jose Manuel Diaz	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
33	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
34	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
35	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
38	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto	s.t.
39	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
40	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	1:02
41	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:14
47	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:18
48	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	1:35
49	Sergio Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:05
50	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:05
51	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:08
52	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	2:12
53	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
56	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
57	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:35
61	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:36
62	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Mats Wenzel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
64	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	2:40
65	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:45
66	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:45
67	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
68	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:02
72	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
74	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
76	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
77	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Ivan Sosa	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
80	Darren van Bekkum	XDS Astana Team	3:29
81	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:32
82	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	3:49
83	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:11
85	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:31
86	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:35
87	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	4:35
88	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:07
92	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:31
93	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	5:47
96	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	5:50
99	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:42
100	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	6:53
102	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	7:18
103	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	8:46
104	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
107	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
108	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
109	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
112	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
115	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
121	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
122	Alessandro De Marchi	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
124	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
125	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Ivan Cobo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
127	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
128	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
130	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Diego Uriarte	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:56
132	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:34
133	Jan Castellon	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10:54
134	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	11:00
135	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
136	Frederik Wandahl	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
138	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
139	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
140	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
142	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
143	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
144	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:21
145	Jan Tratnik	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	13:23
146	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	14:12
147	Ethan Hayter	Soudal Quick-Step	14:13
148	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	16:35

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, March 23, 2025:


	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Marc Soler
2	Adam Yates
3	Juan Ayuso
4	Pavel Sivakov
5	Pablo Torres
6	Domen Novak
7	Julius Johansen
	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
11	Sepp Kuss
12	Wilco Kelderman
13	Simon Yates
14	Bart Lemmen
15	Matthew Brennan
16	Menno Huising
17	Steven Kruijswijk
	Soudal Quick-Step
21	Mikel Landa
22	Valentin Paret-Peintre
23	Junior Lecerf
24	Ethan Hayter
25	Gianmarco Garofoli
26	James Knox
27	Pieter Serry
	Lidl-Trek
31	Quinn Simmons
32	Juan Pedro Lopez
33	Carlos Verona
34	Sam Oomen
35	Tao Geoghegan Hart
36	Lennard Kämna
37	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
41	Primoz Roglic
42	Jan Tratnik
43	Giulio Pellizzari
44	Giovanni Aleotti
45	Frederik Wandahl
46	Alexander Hajek
47	Nico Denz
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
51	Felix Gall
52	Dorian Godon
53	Andrea Vendrame
54	Clément Berthet
55	Bruno Armirail
56	Johannes Staune-Mittet
57	Geoffrey Bouchard
	INEOS Grenadiers
61	Geraint Thomas
62	Egan Bernal
63	Laurens De Plus
64	Axel Laurance
65	Michael Leonard
66	Lucas Hamilton
67	Omar Fraile
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
71	Kaden Groves
72	Quinten Hermans
73	Tibor Del Grosso
74	Stan Van Tricht
75	Gal Glivar
76	Edward Planckaert
77	Jimmy Janssens
	Groupama-FDJ
81	Rudy Molard
82	Brieuc Rolland
83	Rémy Rochas
84	Tom Donnenwirth
85	Clément Braz Afonso
86	Enzo Paleni
87	Lorenzo Germani
	EF Education-EasyPost
91	Richard Carapaz
92	Marijn van den Berg
93	Georg Steinhauser
94	Darren Rafferty
95	Esteban Chaves
96	Hugh Carthy
97	James Shaw
	Movistar Team
101	Enric Mas
102	Gregor Mühlberger
103	Nairo Quintana
104	William Barta
105	Antonio Pedrero
106	Michel Heßmann
107	Albert Torres
	Team Jayco-AlUla
111	Ben O'Connor
112	Anders Foldager
113	Koen Bouwman
114	Welay Berhe
115	Alessandro De Marchi
116	Asbjørn Hellemose
117	Christopher Juul-Jensen
	Intermarché-Wanty
121	Georg Zimmermann
122	Louis Meintjes
123	Dion Smith
124	Dries De Pooter
125	Alexy Faure-Prost
126	Kevin Colleoni
127	Tom Paquot
	Team Picnic PostNL
131	Pavel Bittner
132	Frank van den Broek
133	Nils Eekhoff
134	Patrick Eddy
135	Robbe Dhondt
136	Timo Roosen
137	Romain Combaud
	Bahrain Victorious
141	Lenny Martinez
142	Matevz Govekar
143	Afonso Eulalio
144	Rainer Kepplinger
145	Finlay Pickering
146	Nicolò Buratti
147	Fran Miholjevic
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
151	Cristian Rodriguez
152	Michel Ries
153	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
154	Louis Rouland
155	Victor Guernalec
156	Laurens Huys
157	Elie Gesbert
	Cofidis
161	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
162	Sylvain Moniquet
163	Emanuel Buchmann
164	Jesus Herrada
165	Jonathan Lastra
166	Nolann Mahoudo
167	Hugo Toumire
	XDS Astana Team
171	Lorenzo Fortunato
172	Henok Mulubrhan
173	Wout Poels
174	Martin López
175	Darren van Bekkum
176	Haoyu Su
177	Ide Schelling
	Lotto
181	Lennert Van Eetvelt
182	Logan Currie
183	Eduardo Sepulveda
184	Reuben Thompson
185	Henri Vandenabeele
186	Jonas Gregaard
187	Jarrad Drizners
	Israel-Premier Tech
191	Corbin Strong
192	Matthew Riccitello
193	George Bennett
194	Ethan Vernon
195	Nick Schultz
196	Itamar Einhorn
197	Simon Clarke
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
201	Alex Molenaar
202	Jaume Guardeño
203	Abel Balderstone
204	Daniel Babor
205	Sebastian Berwick
206	Calum Johnston
207	Jan Castellon
	Equipo Kern Pharma
211	Pau Miquel Delgado
212	Urko Berrade
213	José Félix Parra
214	Mats Wenzel
215	Ivan Sosa
216	Ivan Cobo
217	Diego Uriarte
	Burgos Burpellet BH
221	José Luis Faura
222	Eric Fagundez
223	Jose Manuel Diaz
224	Sergio Chumil
225	Mario Aparicio
226	Josh Burnett
227	Carlos Garcia
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
231	Jon Aberasturi
232	Marton Dina
233	Mikel Bizkarra
234	Jokin Murguialday
235	Jon Agirre
236	Danny van der Tuuk
237	Nicolas Alustiza

About the 2025 Volta a Catalunya:

The race organizer wrote:

The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya has activated the countdown to start, this Monday 24 March from Sant Feliu de Guíxols, its 104th edition. Until the arrival in Barcelona on Sunday 30 March, the best teams and cyclists in the world will once again gather in Catalonia to compete in seven varied stages throughout the territory, which have once again attracted a participation worthy of a grand tour, attracted by the three high altitude finishes that make the Catalan race one of the most demanding on the UCI World Tour calendar. Primoz Roglic, Juan Ayuso, Adam Yates, Egan Bernal, Richard Carapaz, Mikel Landa or Enric Mas are just some of the names that lead a star line-up in which 14 victories in the big three-week races can be found in their palmarès.

Everything is ready for a peloton of 168 riders from the best teams in the world, a total of 24, to start the 2025 edition of the Volta a Catalunya, which will start this Monday in Sant Feliu de Guíxols with three former winners of the race among its participants: Primoz Roglic (currently with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 2023), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and Nairo Quintana (2016, Movistar Team). These are just some of the major attractions of the Catalan UCI World Tour race, the third oldest stage race on the calendar after the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, which once again this year brings together a top-level participation, as demonstrated by the 14 Grand Tours that make up the track record of its participants.

A CV that includes four victories in the Vuelta a España and a Giro d'Italia of the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who returns to the Volta Catalunya two years after his victory in 2023 and who is one of the great candidates to take over from his compatriot Tadej Pogacar. There will also be two Tour de France winners, both from the Ineos Grenadiers team, such as the Colombian Egan Bernal (winner of a Tour and a Giro, 3rd in the last edition of the Volta), and the Welsh veteran Geraint Thomas, who is facing his last season as a professional, along with former Olympic champion Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Giro d'Italia winner Nairo Quintana (Vuelta and Giro winner), another Giro champion Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), and two Vuelta winners, Sepp Kuss and Simon Yates, who will lead a strong Team Visma-Lease a Bike looking to recover from the last-minute injury loss of Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard.

However, the list of contenders is much longer, led by the young Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), who is one of the big contenders for victory a week after dominating Tirrena-Adriatica with victory. An endless list of world cycling stars including former Olympic champion Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), a major protagonist of the Vuelta 2022 and also a podium finisher in all the Grand Tours, and current cycling stars such as Basque Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step), 2nd in the last edition, the Balearic rider Enric Mas (Movistar Team), four times on the podium in the Vuelta España, the Australian Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla), who last year was runner-up in the Vuelta and the World Cup and already knows what it is to win a stage in the Volta, or the best young rider of the last edition, the Frenchman Lenny Martínez (Bahrain-Victorious), who comes from shining in Paris-Niça.

A participation that will also count one more year with a remarkable participation of Catalan cyclists led by the rider from Vilanova Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), who this year reaches his 10th consecutive participation in the Catalan race, accompanied by Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team), Pau Miquel (Kern Pharma Team), Abel Balderstone and Jan Castellón (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), and will also come with riders who will fight for stage victories such as the Australian, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who has three stage victories in the Volta in his two participations.

A high-altitude Volta to put the best climbers to the test
The presence for the third consecutive year of three mountain finishes (La Molina, Montserrat and Queralt) will unquestionably mark the development of a Volta Catalunya, which once again this year combines familiar territory with new and highly anticipated features in its route.

The race will start on Monday 24th March from Sant Feliu de Guíxols, which for the fourth consecutive year will start with an initial day of nervous cycling along the Costa Brava and the Gavarres massif. Starting once again from the Club Nàutic of the Empordà town and finishing on the explosive Carretera de Girona, the stage will be 178.6 kilometers long and will include two mountain passes in the first half (Coll de Begur and Alt de Santa Pellaia), leaving the terrain open to surprises for the battle in 2023.

The second stage, starting from Banyoles, will return the Volta to one of the most visited venues in the past, the city of Figueres, which will once again host the Catalan race 56 years later. It will do so with a 177.3 kilometer stage that seems to be one of the most favorable to play for the victory among the fast men of the Volta.

The cyclists will pass the finish line twice in the capital of Alt Empordà in the final part of a day with the mountain passes of Coll del Puig de Pení and the monumental Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes (1st category) in the central part of the stage.

The high mountains will arrive in the third stage, the longest of the Volta a Catalunya since 2006, and one of the most demanding with up to 5,000 metres of cumulative positive altitude gain. It will be a day of 218.6 kilometres with a start from Viladecans The Style Outlets and five mountain passes including the finish of the first of the three high altitude finishes of the edition, the mountain resort of La Molina (1st category). The Coll de Estenalles, the Coll de la Batallola, and especially the endless Coll de la Creueta (special category) will add wear and tear to a day that will serve as the first test among the great candidates for the final victory.

The fourth stage will see one of the most important novelties of the edition with the return to Montserrat in the Volta, 30 years after the victory of Frenchman Laurent Jalabert. On the celebration of the Millennium of the magical mountain, the emblematic peak returns to the Volta Catalunya as the end of a day of 188.7 kilometers without rest through Central Catalonia, starting from Sant Vicenç de Castellet, one of the two new venues of the edition, and the Turó del Puig as the only final pass.

The Terres de l'Ebre will be the main protagonists of the fifth stage, two years after being decisive in Roglic's last victory in a memorable stage finish in Lo Port. The four regions of the Delta de l'Ebre (Baix Ebre, Ribera d'Ebre, Terra Alta and Montsià) will be part of the route of a 172-kilometre stage starting in the town of Paüls, the second new venue of the edition, and finishing in the city of Amposta. One of the routes with the least gradient of the edition, with only one qualifying pass, the Coll de la Font at the start of the stage, but with the threat of the wind in the final stretch along the Ebro Delta.

The expectation will be at its highest in the sixth stage, which will be the third mountain stage with a Berguedà on fire after the success of the last 2024. The city of Berga will be the starting point of a 159-kilometre stage that will once again put the cyclists to the test with four mountain passes and a high-altitude finish in the middle of the crowd. The Coll de la Batallola, the spectacular Coll de Pradell (special category), which will shine again after having made its debut in competition last year in the Volta, and the explosive Collada de Sant Isidre, will add all the ingredients to see the favourites playing for the final victory among the Berguedà public.

And there will still be the final party of the 104th Volta a Catalunya in its seventh stage, which will close the race and crown its winner on Sunday 30 March. The city of Barcelona, which has never failed in any edition of the centenary race, will once again host the start and finish of a final stage that will start from the Plaza de España and will be 88.2 kilometres long. As it could not be otherwise, its sign of identity will be the six laps of the Montjuïc circuit and its Alt del Castell, which will close a week of the best world cycling in Catalonia in a setting that always guarantees an incomparable sporting and public spectacle.

A week of world-class sport throughout Catalonia that will once again offer spectacular images that will reach the whole world thanks to its important global television broadcasting. The images of this Volta a Catalunya, which in Spain can be followed live on television on Esport 3, Teledeporte and Eurosport, will be distributed in 190 territories around the world through 40 international broadcasters, which will broadcast live images on all five continents. A global expectation for a cycling race that is a world reference point, and which is once again on the threshold of an edition worthy of its history.

2025 Volta a Catalunya (World Tour), Spain

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104th edition: March 24 - March 30, 2025

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