Evenepoel lights up Volta a Catalunya

Remco Evenepoel was everywhere on the penultimate stage of the race! Staying true to his nature and instinct, the Belgian attacked on the only climb of the day – just 500 meters from the top – and continued to push hard on the descent with Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), the only rider who could follow him, in his wheel. Evenepoel was the only one to pull, and his effort resulted in a 30-second advantage when the duo entered the flat final kilometers.
With the Slovenian refusing to share the work, the two got caught, but not even when the peloton came back, with five kilometers to go, Remco didn’t stop, opening a huge acceleration to take three bonus seconds at the last intermediate sprint. Then, to round it out, he got in the mix with the pure sprinters after a solid lead-out of Mattia Cattaneo on the finishing straight in Molins de Rei, and impressed again by taking fifth place – a result that leaves him in the fight for the overall ahead of the tough Barcelona stage.
“We wanted to attack today, and that’s what we did. I felt good, so why not try something. If Primoz had worked with me, we could have gone for the win, but he refused to do it, so that’s that. It will be difficult to turn around the general classification, but we’ll see what we can do on the Barcelona stage. It’s going to be a hard day, up and down all the time, but we are motivated to do our best again”, a confident Remco said after the stage.
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Race details
1 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
3:50:32 |
2 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
0:00 |
3 |
Ide Schelling BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
4 |
Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
6 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
7 |
Dorian Godon AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
8 |
Patrick Konrad BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
9 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
10 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
36 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
54 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
55 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
83 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:55 |
100 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:54 |
134 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:54 |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
25:19:52 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:10 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
1:07 |
4 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
1:54 |
5 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
1:55 |
6 |
Michael Woods Israel - Premier Tech |
1:59 |
7 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
2:02 |
8 |
Jai Hindley BORA - hansgrohe |
2:07 |
9 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
2:28 |
10 |
Rigoberto Urán Urán EF Education-EasyPost |
2:49 |
39 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
22:24 |
49 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
25:52 |
54 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
27:55 |
62 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
36:30 |
74 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
42:00 |
125 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:08:43 |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
37 pt |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
31 pt |
3 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
20 pt |
4 |
Giulio Ciccone Trek - Segafredo |
14 pt |
5 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
12 pt |
6 |
Simone Petilli Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
8 pt |
7 |
Ide Schelling BORA - hansgrohe |
8 pt |
8 |
Héctor Carretero Equipo Kern Pharma |
5 pt |
9 |
Rune Herregodts Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
4 pt |
10 |
Roger Adrià Oliveras Equipo Kern Pharma |
4 pt |
1 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
56 pt |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
49 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 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
19 pt |
9 |
Richard Carapaz Montenegro EF Education-EasyPost |
18 pt |
10 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
16 pt |
17 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
10 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
25:20:02 |
2 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
2:18 |
3 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
3:11 |
4 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
5:13 |
5 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
22:14 |
6 |
Oscar Onley Team DSM |
24:37 |
7 |
Hugo Toumire Cofidis |
26:09 |
8 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
29:03 |
9 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
29:38 |
10 |
Raúl García Pierna Equipo Kern Pharma |
37:45 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 76:06:05 |
2 | EF Education-EasyPost | 9:14 |
3 | BORA - hansgrohe | 9:40 |
4 | Bahrain - Victorious | 12:06 |
5 | Movistar Team | 14:17 |
6 | AG2R Citroën Team | 17:08 |
7 | Jumbo-Visma | 19:51 |
8 | Cofidis | 28:16 |
9 | Soudal - Quick Step | 30:57 |
10 | Intermarché - Circus - Wanty | 32:45 |