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The riders are at present signing on for the stage in superb sunshine.
There has been some small adjustments to the stage right this moment with the impartial begin being prolonged barely and the end has been moved forwards 300 metres to keep away from a pace bump. This might have contributed to the confusion about stage size.
After his current success right here in Spain and elsewhere in Europe, Visma-Lease a Bike have added extra massive races to their 19-year-old star, Matthew Brennan, with one other shot at glory right this moment!
The combat for the GC is having a little bit of a break right this moment, though bonus seconds can be found within the intermediate sprints. Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) come into the day on the very same time…
It must be a day for the sprinters and with Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) out, it might be all the way down to a British showdown between Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) and Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike), with Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL) and others having a go.
There is a few debate on what the size of right this moment’s stage is with some saying as little as 165.8km and others going so far as 172km. The highway e book says that the race is happening between Paüls and Amposta over 172km, so we’re going with that.
Hello and welcome to CyclingNews’ dwell report of stage 5 on the Volta a Catalunya 2025.