Volta a Catalunya 2024: Sprint triumph Laurance, Pogacar still leader

Results 5th stage 2024 Volta a Catalunya

1. Axel Laurance (fra)
2. Marijn van den Berg (nld) s.t.
3. Bryan Coquard (fra) s.t.
4. Orluis Aular (ven) s.t.
5. Stephen Williams (gbr) s.t.
6. Patrick Kondrad (aut) s.t.
7. Dorian Godon (fra) s.t.
8. Pau Miquel (spa) s.t.
9. Fernando Barceló ((spa) s.t.
10. Frank van den Broek (nld) s.t.

Stand na etappe 5
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Mikel Landa (spa) + 2.27
3. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 2.55
4. Lenny Martinez (fra) + 3.21
5. Chris Harper (aus) + 3.22
6. Enric Mas (spa) + 3.27
7. Sepp Kuss (usa) + 3.31
8. Wout Poels (nld) s.t.
9. Egan Bernal (col) + 3.50
10. João Almeida (por) + 3.52

Race report
It’s a big battle for a spot in the breakaway. Eventually, Oscar Rodriguez, Jacopo Mosca, Enzo Paleni, Georg Steinhauser and Christopher Juul-Jensen break free after 80 kilometres in the saddle. In the descent from the highest point of the day the five race to a lead of 2 minutes.

In the subsequent phase on rolling terrain the leaders widens the gap to 2.40 minutes before it goes down again.

It’s only 1 minute at the base of the last climb and although Steinhauser and Rodriguez reach the summit together, the peloton – or, what’s left of it: around 30 riders – gobbles them up in the first part of the downhill.

The main peloton rejoins the first group in the last 6 kilometres before young Axel Laurance pips Marijn van Berg for the win in the ensuing sprint.

Tadej Pogacar stays in the GC lead.

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