Roglic’s epic victory over Evenepoel worth half a Volta at the end of history

Incredible finish! Last note! Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel they faced the fifth stage of Volta aware that the luck of the race was decided on his last climb. Both are tied for the same time (17h01’54”) and they know the hard ramps of climbing Lo Port, the climb of almost nine kilometers with averages from 8% to 20% can decide a good part of the fate of 102nd edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Time will tell if the victory of the Slovenian is definitive for the final luck of the Volta, at the moment he has a ten-second margin against the Belgian champion, but what no one can dispute is the spectacle experienced in the outcome of the fifth chapter. of the Catalan round, the third oldest stage tour in the world after the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia.

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The stage was a busier day, with a breakaway enjoying its moments of glory, but not much to do on a day marked in red on the route calendar schedule.

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As in previous days, andhe Evenepoel team, Soudal-Quick Step, he tightened the rope as best he could, made his colleagues work as a block, with a brooding leader, waiting for his moment, perfectly fulfilling the role of silent assassin placed upon him by a server back in the day because of how stealthy it was. he was in important moments of stages and races.

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Evenepoel’s first key move

At 4.6 kilometers from the finish line, the last teammate left the evenepoel he stepped aside and Evenepoel did the work of attacking and overthrowing the leader, his wheel, Roglic, Soler and a Mikel Landa that he wants and he can’t. looking for Marc Soler on this climb – the same one where he did a tremendous job Alejandro Valverde in 2017- to make a big jump in the general classification, which he did, and also, one day, he did a job of ten for another teammate, João Almeidawhich is 3rd, at landa and commonly done.

roglic and evenepoel They studied the entire climb, both looking good, until 300 meters from the finish, when only the two of them remained, Evenepoel, perhaps in a hurry, launched an attack intended to destroy , but there are so many meters left to cross. the finish line. Crossing the finish line first is important because of the equality of the two, between Roglic and Evenepoel.

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roglic unnerved by the attack evenepoel and with 75 meters to go he passed an Evenepoel who was stuck, with no gas in the tank, who could hardly pedal, coming within six seconds behind Remco and ten seconds behind him overall. 10 seconds that could be worth their weight in gold to embrace the glory in Montjuic mountainin the magical scenery of this cycling capital.