Primoz Roglic, champion of the Tour of Catalonia; that’s how it was for the colombians


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Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel

Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel.

Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel.

The Belgian Remco Evenepoel won the last stage. Urán, the best of the ‘beetles’.

The champion of the world, Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step) beat Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) in a sprintfor whom the fact of reaching the wheel of his great rival was enough to win the 102nd edition of the Volta a Catalunya after the six climbs to the Montjuïc circuit in Barcelona.

Roglic led Evenepoel by six seconds in the final general classification. Third was the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) despite the fact that the attack of his teammate, the Spanish, Marc Soler, third in the stage, made the last box of the podium wobble in the last kilometers.

Urán, the best Colombian

As for the Colombian cyclists, after the retirement of Egan Bernal in the penultimate stage due to a fall, the Antioquia Rigoberto Urán He ended up being the best of the national lot in the Tour of Catalonia.

The man from Urrao (EF) was in 10th place, 3 minutes and 53 seconds behind Roglic. Esteban Chavez (EF) finished eleventh overall, 4 minutes and 10 seconds behind. Einer Rubiofrom Movistar, was 13th, with 5 min and 37 s more than Roglic. Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar) closed the group of four Colombians in the ‘top-20’, 11 min and 8 s behind Roglic.

Harold Tejada (Astana) and Camilo squirrel (Burgos) did not finish the race.

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