Volta a Catalunya stage 7 Race finale on the traditional Montjuïc circuit

According to Evenepoel, he didn’t want to take risks. But the Olympic champion absolutely flew down the final descent yesterday of the Coll de Pradell that there were only six other riders with him… >>> ‘I didn’t want to take any risks’ – Remco Evenepoel becomes top climbing domestique for a day at Volta a Catalunya for teammate Florian Lipowitz

First things first, lets take a moment to look back at yesterday’s stage… It was another rapid mountain stage with a huge fight for the breakaway early doors. Eventually, a really strong group got away with Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) being the main men for the KOM jersey after the stage. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) eased away from his rivals on the Queralt climb as his opponents crumbled and focused on each other after Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) did a wonderful job for teammate, Florian Lipowitz. The German couldn’t better Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), though, with those two taking the other two podium spots, for now.

Hola and welcome to the finale stage of this year’s Volta a Catalunya live here on Cyclingnews’ live report. I hope you’ve enjoyed the week’s racing and are looking forward to what is always an exciting finale around the climb of Montjuïc in Barcelona.…Read more by Tim Bonville-Ginn