A chaotic penultimate stage on the Volta Catalunya resulted in a primary World Tour-level victory for Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), after simply half an hour of racing.
High winds curtailed the route that had been initially deliberate for the Queen stage, stopping the race from reaching the summit end at Queralt. Race organisers proposed a brand new shortened route, and although they initially meant the peloton to finish a full lap of the circuit, the riders united to request that they race solely the ultimate portion of the primary lap.
After a quick and livid 25 kilometres of racing, largely happening on an extended descent, Simmons launched a speculative assault beneath the flamme rouge, and regardless of being pursued by Pavel Bittner (Team Picnic-PostNL), he was capable of maintain off the quickly approaching chasing pack to take the stage win. Bittner completed second, and Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) was third.
There had been no modifications within the total standings after a brief and frenetic journey into Berga. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) retains the race lead by a single second over Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) heading into tomorrow’s closing circuit stage round Barcelona. Enric Mas (Movistar) stays in third spot on GC.
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