Volta a Catalunya Level 2 Live: Thrilling Bunch Sprint Defies Challenging Terrain

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2025-03-25T14:31:24.783Z
Assault in peloton

Mario Aparicio (Burgos-Burpellet-BH)

He has with reference to 25″ hole to as regards to Van der Tuuk and Uriarte. 

2025-03-25T14:27:42.039Z
Dropped from peloton

Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep)Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech)

The 2 Brits suffering with the tempo. 

2025-03-25T14:26:06.757Z
Dropped from peloton

Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL)

He has his complete crew pacing for him. This can be a very tough climb and Sepp Kuss (Visma-Hire a Motorcycle) is inflicting some harm within the peloton as he units a difficult pace. 

2025-03-25T14:24:15.719Z

Calum Johnston (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) has been stuck by way of the peloton. The Glaswegian rider can have, in all probability, was hoping for extra as of late. 

2025-03-25T14:22:47.058Z
Dropped from ruin

Calum Johnston (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)

As UAE Crew Emirates-XRG transfer to the entrance of the peloton with simply 37″ between the ruin and peloton. 

2025-03-25T14:19:47.664Z

The light has pop out for the riders and the temperature has shot as much as 19°C with pretty transparent skies because the riders get started the general climb of the day, the Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes with simply 40″ between the ruin and bunch. 

2025-03-25T14:16:51.841Z

The peloton has come down the descent a lot sooner than the ruin and the space has taken a dive to only over a minute, once more. 

2025-03-25T14:12:33.521Z

EF Training-EasyPost joined Alpecin-Deceuninck, Visma-Hire a Motorcycle and Picnic-PostNL as they paintings for his or her sprinters, Marijn van den Berg, Kaden Groves, Matthew Brennan and Pavel Bittner. 

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2025-03-25T14:10:34.278Z
100km to head

The riders now have a twisty descent to take on sooner than in an instant going into the toughest and ultimate classified climb of the day, the Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes. It’s 7.6km lengthy with a median of 6.5% and max of 15%. 

2025-03-25T14:07:20.844Z
KoM (Coll Puig del Pení)

1. Danny van der Tuuk (POL) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3pts2. Diego Uriarte (ESP) Kern Pharma 2pts3. Calum Johnston (GBR) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1pt

That places Van der Tuuk on 8pts with an opening of 4pts over his teammate, Nicolás Alustiza. 

2025-03-25T14:05:34.156Z

Because the riders cross excessive of the Coll Puig del Pení, the space has long past again out to at least one’50” they usually main trio can breathe a sigh of reduction. 

2025-03-25T13:59:13.523Z

The peloton has dropped the tempo and has allowed the space to the ruin to head out to a minute and a part once more. 

2025-03-25T13:53:29.254Z

Simply 40″ hole between the 3 guy ruin and the peloton. 

2025-03-25T13:51:56.884Z

Onto the Coll Puig del Pení is going the race with the peloton simply 55″ in the back of the leaders. Mountain jersey chief, Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi), will probably be hoping he can hang on over the following two climbs so as to add extra issues to his tally. 

2025-03-25T13:40:05.378Z

With simply 5km to the bottom of the primary climb of the day, the ruin have lower than a minute at the bunch. 

2025-03-25T13:37:15.545Z

Now simply 1’25” between the leaders and the peloton. No longer taking a look just right for the breakaway. 

2025-03-25T13:28:10.459Z
120km to head

The distance to the ruin drops beneath two mins as they look like heading again to the peloton. The elements is taking part in a key phase because the race has beneath 20km to the primary climb of the day, the 4km lengthy Coll Puig del Pení which has a median gradient of four.6% and a max kick of 8%.

2025-03-25T13:22:48.274Z

The ruin are suffering to carry off the peloton as the space continues to fall. Now at simply over two mins. 

2025-03-25T13:13:32.285Z

The tempo is prime within the bunch because the wind is selecting up and making it very nervy out on the right track. 

2025-03-25T13:13:02.869Z
Abandon

Nolann Mahoudo (Cofidis)

2025-03-25T13:11:08.076Z

The breakaway’s lead has been reduce to only 3 mins. 

2025-03-25T13:09:38.867Z

Picnic-PostNL have joined Alpecin-Deceuninck and Visma-Hire a Motorcycle at the entrance of the peloton. 

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2025-03-25T13:06:31.805Z
Intermediate dash (L’Escala)

1. Diego Uriarte (ESP) Kern Pharma 3pts 3″2. Danny van der Tuuk (POL) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2pts 2″3. Calum Johnston (GBR) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1pt 1″

2025-03-25T13:05:27.440Z

After the primary hour the common velocity is 42kph.

2025-03-25T12:54:35.225Z

Simply 5km to the following intermediate dash. 

2025-03-25T12:52:53.163Z

The distance is beginning to be diminished with the ruin having simply 3’30” over the peloton, now. 

2025-03-25T12:49:46.771Z
Crash

Itamar Einhorn (Israel-Premier Tech)

The Israeli rider went down at the rainy roads however is again within the peloton once more. 

2025-03-25T12:48:02.543Z

The time hole has settled at slightly below 4 mins as Alpecin-Deceuninck keep an eye on the race. Simply over 10km till the following intermediate dash in L’Escala the place 3, 2 and 1 level(s) and bonus 2d(s) are to be had. 

2025-03-25T12:36:27.307Z

Alpecin-Deceuninck come to the entrance and alter the tempo reasonably as the space to the ruin has now stopped increasing at 4’15”. 

2025-03-25T12:30:14.115Z

After a gorgeous delicate sunny get started the rain has returned and is falling at the riders as Visma-Hire a Motorcycle absorb the tempo environment at the entrance of the peloton. 

2025-03-25T12:25:50.624Z
160km to head

The distance is now slightly below 4 mins between the main trio and the chasing pack and remains to be rising. 

2025-03-25T12:24:35.183Z
Intermediate dash (Medinyà)

1. Calum Johnston (GBR) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3pts 3″2. Diego Uriarte (ESP) Kern Pharma 2pts 2″3. Danny van der Tuuk (POL) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1pt 1″

2025-03-25T12:15:47.685Z

The ruin now have over two mins at the bunch as they cross in the course of the intermediate dash in Medinyà.

2025-03-25T12:13:42.927Z

Within 2km till the ruin will get to the primary intermediate dash of the day. 

2025-03-25T12:13:12.472Z

Lately is Wilco Kelderman’s thirty fourth birthday. With the exception of race chief Matthew Brennan, he’s the most productive positioned rider for Visma-Hire a Motorcycle simply 10″ down. 

2025-03-25T12:11:33.188Z

Now there’s over a minute between the peloton and the leaders. It seem that the bunch aren’t within the likelihood of early bonus seconds in Medinyà.

2025-03-25T12:09:07.331Z

The distance to the main trio is extending to over 30″.

2025-03-25T12:07:36.993Z
Assault

Calum Johnston (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)Diego Uriarte (Kern Pharma)Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)

They temporarily pull out 18″ at the peloton. Van der Tuuk wears the crimson and white mountains jersey as of late after his breakaway exploits on level one. 

2025-03-25T12:05:13.606Z

Simply 10km sooner than the primary intermediate dash of the day in Medinyà with 3, 2 and 1 issues and bonus seconds to be had. 

2025-03-25T12:04:19.276Z
177.3km to head

The racing is underway for level two of the 104th Volta a Catalunya.

2025-03-25T11:58:11.908Z
Impartial get started

The riders are rolling out of Banyoles and heading to kilometre 0 and the beginning of the level. 

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2025-03-25T11:52:02.566Z

Regardless of shedding 15″ yesterday in the technical finale, Ben O’Connor (Jayco-AlUla) is keen to put Paris-Nice behind him and have a good GC performance…

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2025-03-25T11:50:34.367Z

Tirreno-Adriatico winner, Juan Ayuso (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG), is aware of he should be on height shape to overcome this sturdy box at this race…

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2025-03-25T11:49:14.716Z

Brennan got here into this race on the final minute as a substitute for Jonas Vingegaard. However he sees it as a privilege to experience in his Visma-Hire a Motorcycle chief’s position…

>>> ‘A privilege to be racing on Jonas’ behalf’ – Matthew Brennan’s past due substitution for Vingegaard at Volta a Catalunya will get off to best possible get started 

2025-03-25T11:39:59.148Z

Signal on is finished and dusted and now the riders are getting in a position for the impartial get started in round quarter-hour. 

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2025-03-25T11:37:28.681Z

One DNS as of late:

Tao Geoghegan-Hart (Lidl-Trek)

3 DNF/DNSs the previous day:

Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarche-Wanty)Jon Agirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi)José Luis Faura (Burgos-Burpellet-BH)

2025-03-25T11:33:52.304Z

Lately’s level begins within the the town of Banyoles and covers 177.3km to the end in Figueres, the place it’s anticipated that there will probably be a number dash. Then again, there are two main climbs at part manner, the Coll Puig del Pení (4km at a median of four.6% max of 8%) and the Coll de Sant Pere de Rodes (7.6km at a median of 6.5% max of 15%).

2025-03-25T11:29:57.706Z

What a level the previous day was once with the horrendous climate and the dramatic finale which noticed 19-year-old Brit, Matthew Brennan (Visma-Hire a Motorcycle, scouse borrow victory from Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Kaden Groves and Tibor Del Grosso at the line.

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