The rain is the main opponent of the first stage of Volta to Cataloniaof 178.6 kilometers, with the beginning and end of Sant Feliu de Guíxols. A day after the water decided on a final sprint where the Matthew Brennanof Lease Vismaimposed on Kaden Grove and Grosso Tibor of Alpecin. In this way, the young 19 -Year -old British cyclist became Volta’s first leader.
For the fourth consecutive year, Sant Feliu de Guíxols opened the Volta to Catalonia. The day and good time respected fans who gathered in the port of the town of Costa Brava to see cyclists before the stage began. This is only when it leaves when a rain starts to fall asleep on the rest of the day. The bad conditions and layouts of the breakup gave Harsh a first stage forcing great favorites to remain alert at all times.
Controlled leakage
Four runners tried luck to start with a getaway with a triple representation of Spain. The two cyclists of Euskaltl, Danny Van der Tuuk and Nicolás Alustiza, Jan Castellón (Caja rural-rga) and José Luis Faura (Burgos-BH) left, in a movement allowed by the large group. The platoon, along with the front of the front, controls the situation at all times, trying to deal with complex weather conditions. The quartz head adventure ends 60 kilometers from the end line.
General’s main favorites then stayed ahead of the group, to avoid any kind of incident that they could lose any choice. Enric pa (Movistar) First passes through the intermediate sprint of Llagagtera, leading Domen Novak and Primoz Roglic.
The one who said goodbye to the first stage of this fight for Volta was GerainT ThomasWinning a French tour in 2018, which suffered a puncture in the absence of 21 kilometers and went down. Visma Climber also lost time SEPP KUSScut to the final stretch.
Red Bull-Bora makes the final choice
Primoz Roglic He decided to harden the career on the final return to Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The Slovenian asked Frederik Wandahl not to loosen to continue choosing the team. To the final descent, Alpecin She took positions to prepare the arrival for her sprinter, Kaden Grove. Your partner Tibor From the Grosso He threatened and achieved a few meters of advantage that seemed impossible. But the final refrigerator was made long, the end seemed to not come and Brennan He accelerated, managed to close the hole and passed him before crossing the goal. An amazing -that effort that will allow you to wear a leader’s jersey in the second stage at the beginning on Tuesday Beletyles and conclude Figueres.
Source: La Verdad
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