Evenepoel close to a second win in Catalunya

Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) went head-to-head for the fourth time this week at the oldest race in the Iberian Peninsula, on the beast of a climb called Le Port (8.4km, 8.8%) – which was tackled at the end of the 176.6km stage five.
Victorious Wednesday atop La Molina, Evenepoel entered the day tied on time at the top of the general classification, and Soudal Quick-Step acted like a team on a mission, pulling the entire stage and bringing back the breakaway on the lower slopes of the special-category ascent. The World Champion waited for the last five kilometers to show his cards, launching a powerful surge that distanced all but one rider, his GC rival.
Remco and Roglic continued together, trading attacks until 300 meters to go, when the Slovenian ramped up the pace and gained a couple of meters and won the stage ahead of Remco, who now finds himself trailing by ten seconds in the standings ahead of the weekend’s two stages.
“Maybe I shouldn’t have countered. I started my sprint early and I think this was a big mistake. It’s not the end of the world, on the contrary, a valuable lesson from which I will learn going into the next races. We’ll continue fighting here, we have two more stages left, and we’ll try to do our best”, said Remco, who remains the best young rider of the race.
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Race details
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
4:27:41 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:12 |
4 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
0:28 |
5 |
Rigoberto Urán Urán EF Education-EasyPost |
0:44 |
6 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
0:47 |
7 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
0:56 |
8 |
Michael Woods Israel - Premier Tech |
0:56 |
9 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
1:04 |
10 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
1:15 |
65 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:41 |
79 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:04 |
85 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:04 |
86 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:04 |
140 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
19:01 |
141 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
19:01 |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
21:29:25 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:10 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
1:02 |
4 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
1:50 |
5 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
1:50 |
6 |
Michael Woods Israel - Premier Tech |
1:54 |
7 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
1:57 |
8 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
2:02 |
9 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
2:23 |
10 |
Rigoberto Urán Urán EF Education-EasyPost |
2:44 |
30 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:25 |
56 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
25:47 |
60 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
27:50 |
65 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
31:30 |
87 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
41:55 |
124 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
57:44 |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
32 pt |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
26 pt |
3 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
14 pt |
4 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
10 pt |
5 |
Simone Petilli Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
8 pt |
6 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
6 pt |
7 |
Héctor Carretero Equipo Kern Pharma |
5 pt |
8 |
Rune Herregodts Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
4 pt |
9 |
Roger Adrià Oliveras Equipo Kern Pharma |
4 pt |
10 |
Ide Schelling BORA - hansgrohe |
4 pt |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
54 pt |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
46 pt |
3 |
Guillaume Martin Cofidis |
46 pt |
4 |
Simone Petilli Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
37 pt |
5 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
32 pt |
6 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
28 pt |
7 |
Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny |
20 pt |
8 |
Richard Carapaz Montenegro EF Education-EasyPost |
18 pt |
9 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
16 pt |
10 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
15 pt |
17 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
10 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
21:29:35 |
2 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
2:13 |
3 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
3:06 |
4 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
5:08 |
5 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:15 |
6 |
Oscar Onley Team DSM |
15:48 |
7 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
18:39 |
8 |
Hugo Toumire Cofidis |
21:09 |
9 |
Raúl García Pierna Equipo Kern Pharma |
26:46 |
10 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
28:58 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 64:34:29 |
2 | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:07 |
3 | BORA - hansgrohe | 9:40 |
4 | Bahrain - Victorious | 12:06 |
5 | Movistar Team | 12:10 |
6 | AG2R Citroën Team | 17:08 |
7 | Jumbo-Visma | 19:51 |
8 | Cofidis | 28:16 |
9 | Soudal - Quick Step | 30:57 |
10 | Israel - Premier Tech | 32:34 |