Volta a Catalunya, 23-29 March 2026

[Libertine Seguros]

Is Marion Rousse in the commissaire's car behind ready to hug Jonas at the line? This was the same kind of "sorry, ladies, but your efforts are worthless, I can dismiss you any time I like and thank you for carrying me this far" that got my back up in the women's Tour last year.

 

[Didinho]

Remco maybe 2nd best today. Good to see he’s willing to ride for Lipo’s GC. But I rather wanted to see some tactics.

 

[Boehmand]

He's a great bike rider but why lead out the train for so long and not saving energy for the climb?

Because he is working for his teammate instead of thinking of himself - for once - and to me it's a great sight to see

 

[RobertCrawley]

Vinge not really going anywhere. Pog would have finished by now.

We'll have all those answers at the end of July.

 

[Red Rick]

Forget 7 W/kg, here is 7 looks behind/minute

 

[Salvarani]

Kissing the steering wheel becoming a gimmick I guess

 

[Tim Cahill]

Evenepoel needs to dip out and get ready for Dwars Door, the obsession with riding GTs has robbed us of a top classics rider, it's the kind of nonsense you expect from the Fr*nch but the Belge I assumed better of.

 

[fenns]

great ride from Remco

Jonas clearly best but not much for Taddy to worry about

 

[E_F_]

Kissing the steering wheel becoming a gimmick I guess

Impressive feat!

 

[Didinho]

Evenepoel needs to dip out and get ready for Dwars Door, the obsession with riding GTs has robbed us of a top classics rider, it's the kind of nonsense you expect from the Fr*nch but the Belge I assumed better of.

Just training for the Ronde next week.

 

[Boehmand]

Martinez retains 2nd and even builds out his lead.

Weird, Lipo did not look to me like he knew what was on the line?

 

[canina82]

Almeida is terrible right now. I don't see how he will improve to the point he can finish on the podium in the Giro

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Forget 7 W/kg, here is 7 looks behind/minute

Wave and kiss to the camera, look behind, kiss picture and wedding ring, cross the line, repeat.

 

[RobertCrawley]

EF needs to find to find/develop/pay for a new GC contender.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Martinez retains 2nd and even builds out his lead.

Weird, Lipo did not look to me like he knew what was on the line?

He did, but Martinez is 1000 times better at stop-start, so he had to do this and hope it works out.

 

[Red Rick]

Think Vingegaard was clearly not feeling good.

Also I'll remind people once again that Pogacar got dropped in Catalunya 2024.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So Vingo wins again...surprise! Despite a hard stage the gaps were surprisingly small behind him, not a display of dominance this time.
Great performance by Evenepoel: not his dream role but he helped Lipo gap Gall and get a top3 spot tremendously. Maybe only Vingo was stronger than him today or maybe not.

 

[Unchained]

Winning a bunch of races is "limited options"?

Ok then

He was paid big money to lead new team to GT GC prominence.. So far most of the exposure has been him angry getting in the team car, you want return on investment, send him to short races with TTs, send him to classics and one day events. People watching the Volta see him being treated like a door mat from some tiny cowboy from Denmark that doesn't look old enough to shave or buy a beer.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Remco about a minute behind podium. It won't happen but he and Roglic did take about a minute on the peloton few years back. Not that i care that much. But would be good to see 2 & 3 for red Bull after they spoke about the importance of catalunya as prep for the tour.

 

[Red Rick]

I really needed that interview translated to voicecracked Spanish, thank you very much Alberto, you are truly The Great One.

 

[Salvarani]

Think Vingegaard was clearly not feeling good.

Also I'll remind people once again that Pogacar got dropped in Catalunya 2024.

Good reminder.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Pretty good race action, but of course Vinge is just better here.
Stage:

1	Vingegaard Jonas	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	50	50	2″	4:05:19
2	Martinez Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious	30	30	3″	0:10
3	Lipowitz Florian	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	25	18	1″	,,
4	Paret-Peintre Valentin	Soudal Quick-Step	20	13		0:16
5	Evenepoel Remco	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	15	10		0:27
6	Carapaz Richard	EF Education - EasyPost	10	7		1:29
7	Gall Felix	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	8	4		2:08
8	Skjelmose Mattias	Lidl - Trek	6	3		,,
9	Eulálio Afonso	Bahrain - Victorious	3	2		2:55
10	Riccitello Matthew	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1	1		3:16

 

[Didinho]

Redbull secured a good podium spot and can go all in tomorrow. Same tactic, isolate Vingo and try to get Remco solo. Or in the sprint, I think Lipo will ride for that in the last km’s. He wants the stage win.

 

[Boehmand]

EF needs to find to find/develop/pay for a new GC contender.

They don't have the budget for it.

The big 4-5 teams will gobble up the major talents, so the plight for teams like EF is the instable talents and the lesser ones.

 

[AmRacer]

Remco will win tomorrow, that's already decided.