Volta a Catalunya: Evenepoel on the podium atop Vallter 2000

Volta a Catalunya: Evenepoel on the podium atop Vallter 2000

Tuesday scheduled the first of the week’s three summit finishes, and Remco Evenepoel was one of the protagonists, just as he had been twenty-four hours before, in Sant Feliu de Guixols. This time, the 23-year-old Belgian took the race into his hands two kilometers from the finish, as the first GC favourite to show his intentions, the move coming as soon as teammate Ilan Van Wilder peeled off the front after some great pace-setting.

The World Champion produced two searing accelerations that brought back the lone leader of the second stage, before opening his sprint some 200 meters from the line. This netted him third – just behind Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), who took the win – and four more bonus seconds that helped Remco cement his spot on the overall podium of the competition.

“I felt good today and had a strong team by my side. The pace pushed by the others on the first part of the climb, where we had the steepest gradients, was quite hard, but I remained calm and focused. I worked a lot in the finale, and maybe I started my sprint a bit early, but on the other hand I can be content with the two attacks I put in these condition. It’s the first time I did it in high altitude, so this is encouraging for the coming stages”, Evenepoel explained before the podium ceremony, where he received the best young rider’s jersey.

 

Photo credit: ©David Ramos / Getty Images

Race details

1 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
4:13:37
2 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
0:00
3 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
4 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:11
5 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
0:11
6 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:11
7 Esteban Chaves Rubio
EF Education-EasyPost
0:15
8 Michael Woods
Israel - Premier Tech
0:15
9 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
0:15
10 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
0:15
19 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step
1:19
67 Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step
7:20
69 Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step
7:54
76 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
7:54
77 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step
8:40
86 Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step
11:00
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
8:01:38
2 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:06
3 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
0:06
4 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
0:27
5 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:27
6 Michael Woods
Israel - Premier Tech
0:31
7 Jai Hindley
BORA - hansgrohe
0:31
8 Esteban Chaves Rubio
EF Education-EasyPost
0:31
9 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
0:41
10 Marc Soler Giménez
UAE Team Emirates
0:46
16 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step
1:35
65 Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step
8:20
67 Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step
8:23
70 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
8:57
71 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step
9:06
114 Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step
17:18
1 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
16 pt
2 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
10 pt
3 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
10 pt
4 Simone Petilli
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
5 pt
5 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
4 pt
6 Jetse Bol
Burgos-BH
4 pt
7 Ide Schelling
BORA - hansgrohe
4 pt
8 Oscar Onley
Team DSM
3 pt
9 Simon Carr
EF Education-EasyPost
3 pt
10 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun
Euskaltel - Euskadi
2 pt
1 Giulio Ciccone
Trek - Segafredo
26 pt
2 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
20 pt
3 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
16 pt
4 Mikel Landa Meana
Bahrain - Victorious
14 pt
5 Simone Petilli
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
13 pt
6 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
12 pt
7 Jetse Bol
Burgos-BH
11 pt
8 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
10 pt
9 Christopher Juul-Jensen
Team Jayco AlUla
10 pt
10 Pau Miquel Delgado
Equipo Kern Pharma
8 pt
1 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
8:01:44
2 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
0:35
3 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
1:13
4 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step
1:29
5 Lennert Van Eetvelt
Lotto Dstny
1:52
6 Oscar Onley
Team DSM
5:37
7 Hugo Toumire
Cofidis
5:58
8 Raúl García Pierna
Equipo Kern Pharma
5:58
9 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
8:51
10 Finn Fisher-Black
UAE Team Emirates
9:11
1 UAE Team Emirates 24:06:44
2 BORA - hansgrohe 2:31
3 EF Education-EasyPost 3:41
4 AG2R Citroën Team 3:49
5 Movistar Team 4:02
6 Bahrain - Victorious 4:56
7 Intermarché - Circus - Wanty 6:00
8 INEOS Grenadiers 6:18
9 Cofidis 7:20
10 Soudal - Quick Step 7:47

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