Remco Evenepoel outsprinted Primoz Roglic within the remaining drag to the height at La Molina on Wednesday to win the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya however the Slovenian clung to the general lead.
When Evenepoel surged away from the pack with a few hundred metres to go, solely Roglic was in a position to reply.
Evenepoel pulled clear on a remaining uphill bend to win by two seconds on the finish of a mountainous 180.6km experience from Olost.
“I had super good legs,” he stated. “I really felt I was getting better and better and better every day.”
Evenepoel claimed a 10-second victory bonus, whereas Roglic gained six seconds for ending second. That left the 2 males tied on 12 hours 42 minutes and 17 seconds.
Roglic stored the chief’s jersey. He has two second locations and a win within the three phases. Evenepoel had a third and a second earlier than Wednesday’s win.
“I show already for a few days I’m pretty fast,” stated Evenepoel, who was sporting the white jersey of the very best younger rider within the race moderately than his rainbow jersey as world champion.
“It’s a pity I have the young jersey because I would like to have victory in the rainbow with my memories.”
Giulio Ciccone led the pack dwelling and stays third at 19 seconds. Mikel Landa and Joao Almeida are subsequent, already 44 seconds behind the 2 leaders.
“They were just on another level today,” stated Almeida. “I think nobody could follow. Everyone was just playing for third place.”
While Thursday’s 188.2km stage from Llivia to Sabadell will get its one large climb out of the way in which early after which heads steadily downhill, stage 5 on Friday ends with a ferocious climb up Lo Port, a cliff-girded hill simply exterior Barcelona.
“Expect a nice battle,” stated Evenepoel. “We should save our energy tomorrow.”
On one other dangerous day for Ineos, former Tour de France winners Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas have been once more dropped and completed greater than 10 minutes adrift.
🔄Reviu l’últim quilòmetre de l’etapa d’avui de la (*3*) a @SnowLaMolina amb la victòria d’ @EvenepoelRemco!
🔄Relive the final Okay of right this moment’s stage of (*3*) at @SnowLaMolina and the very good win of @EvenepoelRemco (@soudalquickstep)! pic.twitter.com/CVnujtxCsJ
— Volta a Catalunya (@VoltaCatalunya) March 22, 2023
