La Vuelta back in Tarragona

Remco Evenepoel enjoyed his 21st day as leader of a Grand Tour as the peloton made its way back to Catalunya after the summit finish in Andorra. Tarragona – once the oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula – welcomed the race for the first time since 2017, when our team took the spoils in a bunch sprint, with Matteo Trentin.
A mass gallop also decided the winner of this fourth stage, but it was a fraught one, two crashes in the last four kilometers leaving only a small group to contest the victory. In the end, it was Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who prevailed, on the uphill drag to the line, while Evenepoel concluded safely in the bunch, only a handful of seconds behind.
Overall, it was a pretty calm day for the 23-year-old Belgian of Soudal Quick-Step, and a well-deserved one for that matter after the intense and eventful start of this edition. The first reigning Belgian Champion in 45 years to win a stage of La Vuelta, Remco will hope for a similar scenario on the roads to Burriana, where Wednesday’s 186.2km stage five concludes.
“My team did a great job protecting me the entire day and especially in the finale, where we stayed calm as things became more hectic due to the presence of that many roundabouts. I felt good after yesterday’s crash – the team doctors took really good care of me – I didn’t experience any stiffness on the bike, and it was a nice first day, and a quite calm one, in the red jersey. Tomorrow should be another opportunity for the sprinters, and afterwards we’ll focus again on the climbing and the fight for the general classification”, said Remco after the finish.
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Race details
1 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
4:05:41 |
2 |
Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
3 |
Edward Theuns Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
4 |
Milan Menten Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
5 |
Dries Van Gestel TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
6 |
Orluis Aular Sanabria Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
0:00 |
7 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
8 |
Lewis Askey Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
9 |
Sean Flynn Team dsm - firmenich |
0:00 |
10 |
Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
12 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
65 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:29 |
92 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:51 |
144 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:02 |
145 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:02 |
151 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:02 |
163 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:18 |
165 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:23 |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:48:52 |
2 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
0:05 |
3 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
0:11 |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
0:31 |
5 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:33 |
6 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
0:33 |
7 |
Romain Bardet Team dsm - firmenich |
0:35 |
8 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
0:37 |
9 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
0:38 |
10 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
0:42 |
30 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:47 |
44 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:37 |
46 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:57 |
60 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:00 |
61 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:06 |
141 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
24:35 |
148 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
26:00 |
1 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
75 pt |
2 |
Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team |
62 pt |
3 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
30 pt |
4 |
Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides UAE Team Emirates |
30 pt |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
25 pt |
6 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
24 pt |
7 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
21 pt |
8 |
Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost |
20 pt |
9 |
Ander Okamika Burgos-BH |
20 pt |
10 |
Edward Theuns Lidl - Trek |
20 pt |
11 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
19 pt |
1 |
Eduardo Sepúlveda Lotto Dstny |
16 pt |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
10 pt |
3 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
6 pt |
4 |
Javier Romo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
6 pt |
5 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
6 pt |
6 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
6 pt |
7 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
4 pt |
8 |
Lennard Kämna BORA - hansgrohe |
4 pt |
9 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
3 pt |
10 |
Ander Okamika Burgos-BH |
3 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:48:52 |
2 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
0:11 |
3 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
0:33 |
4 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
0:38 |
5 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:42 |
6 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
0:45 |
7 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
1:39 |
8 |
Attila Valter Jumbo-Visma |
2:17 |
9 |
Diego Andrés Camargo Pineda EF Education-EasyPost |
2:20 |
10 |
Abel Balderstone Roumens Caja Rural - Seguros RGA |
2:36 |
20 |
Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:06 |
1 | Jumbo-Visma | 37:52:23 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates | 0:05 |
3 | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:32 |
4 | Bahrain - Victorious | 2:20 |
5 | Soudal - Quick Step | 2:41 |
6 | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:06 |
7 | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:30 |
8 | Movistar Team | 4:03 |
9 | Team Arkéa Samsic | 8:31 |
10 | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 12:12 |