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2026-03-28T13:43:02.650Z
Tao Geoghegan-Hart (Lidl-Trek) becomes the fourth rider to abandon the race today after Pidcock, Hessmann and Kuzmin.
2026-03-28T13:42:17.273Z
Visma-Lease a Bike are intent on controlling the peloton for Vingegaard. He seems keen on taking another stage win today.
2026-03-28T13:38:41.620Z
The gap to the peloton has grown slightly to one minute and 50 seconds.
2026-03-28T13:38:22.901Z
Just 1km from the top with 3, 2 and 1 points available. Ciccone will go 1 point behind Veistroffer if he takes the 3 at the top.
2026-03-28T13:31:45.358Z
100km to go
2026-03-28T13:29:15.338Z
The riders are onto the first climb of the day, the Coll de la Batallola. It is 11.7km long with an average gradient of 3% and a max of 12%. It is a very uneven climb with several flat and downhill moments along the way.
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2026-03-28T13:17:01.885Z
The peloton seems to have got on top of things with the gap beginning to come down. There is now one minute and 55 seconds splitting the leading 15 riders and the bunch.
2026-03-28T13:07:32.300Z
Names in the lead group
2026-03-28T13:05:03.345Z
An hour of racing done and the average speed is sat at 45kph. It has been a rapid start to the day.
2026-03-28T13:00:47.384Z
The composition of the group isn’t completely clear. Carapaz may be in there instead of Steinhauser.
2026-03-28T12:59:14.373Z
The gap continues to grow with all the major GC teams having riders in the break. There is now two minutes and 10 seconds splitting the groups.
2026-03-28T12:57:05.161Z
120km to go
2026-03-28T12:54:37.446Z
The break has one minute and 20 seconds on the peloton.
2026-03-28T12:53:39.645Z
Importantly, Veistroffer has missed the move with Ciccone in the break. The KOM jersey can’t change hands on the first climb of the day but the Italian can go to just one point behind the Lotto-Intermarche rider with an Especial climb and a max of 26 points to come.
2026-03-28T12:51:04.104Z
The leaders are joined by the chase. They have about a minute on the peloton which does, once again, include Vingegaard.
2026-03-28T12:50:23.846Z
The chase group
Mattia Cattaneo (RBH)
Brandon McNulty (UAD)
Bart Lemmen (TVL)
Giulio Ciccone (LTK)
Andrea Raccagni Noviero (SOQ)
Michael Leonard (EFE)
David De La Cruz (PQT)
Nairo Quintana (MOV)
Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (IGD)
Ramses Debruyne (APT)
Andreas Leknessund (UXM)
George Steinhauser (EFE)
Jake Stewart (NSN)
2026-03-28T12:47:04.192Z
Attack!
2026-03-28T12:46:16.559Z
It appears that Soudal-Quickstep are doing the majority of the damage in the peloton with Pascal Eenkhoorn trying to set up Filippo Zana to go into the break.
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2026-03-28T12:43:28.971Z
Another abandon today, Anton Kuzmin (XDS-Astana).
2026-03-28T12:41:10.591Z
Vingegaard is caught in the second split
2026-03-28T12:40:20.612Z
Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Richard Carapaz (EF Edcuation-EasyPost) are among the riders involved in the recent attacking.
2026-03-28T12:39:18.022Z
The lone rider was caught but the pace continues to be high with more splits starting to form.
2026-03-28T12:34:38.347Z
The peloton split again with 25 riders out front. However, it does appear that it is coming back together again. There is one rider from UAE Team Emirates-XRG out front on his own.
2026-03-28T12:31:58.837Z
There have been several attacks but nothing is sticking at the moment.
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2026-03-28T12:30:19.826Z
The peloton has split due to such a high pace with about 40 riders at the front.
2026-03-28T12:20:04.657Z
Veistroffer and Hvideberg have been dragged back into the peloton again.
2026-03-28T12:19:16.646Z
The French rider now has a close rival in the KOM fight in Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), but Veistroffer has jumped first to try and take points ahead of the Italian. He is joined by Norwegian rouleur, Hvideberg. However, they only have a tiny margin on the bunch.
2026-03-28T12:18:11.678Z
Attack
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2026-03-28T12:16:22.299Z
The race was stopped so that the ambulance to take Michel Hessmann to hospital. The Movistar rider crashed in the neutral zone and required a neck brace and stretcher to get him into the ambulance and to be taken to hospital.
2026-03-28T12:13:40.237Z
A few kilometres in a no-one has blinked first and made an acceleration just yet.
2026-03-28T12:07:33.515Z
No attacks have gone off the front of the bunch just yet.
2026-03-28T12:05:50.647Z
158.2km to go
2026-03-28T12:01:16.086Z
The race has been stopped.
2026-03-28T11:59:46.388Z
Crash
2026-03-28T11:57:48.256Z
The race start appears to be a touch delayed. Riders having some issues with their bikes, no doubt.
2026-03-28T11:53:28.289Z
Pidcock is the only non-starter but six riders didn’t finish yesterday so the peloton is down to just 146 riders.
2026-03-28T11:44:35.137Z
The riders roll out of the start in the centre of Berga and begin the neutral zone.
2026-03-28T11:41:47.156Z
With about five minutes to the start of the neutralised zone, Vingegaard and everyone else have signed on for the day. Will the new race leader continue the dominance he showed yesterday with another win today?
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2026-03-28T11:19:44.638Z
Some more info about Pidcock after he annouced on Pinarello-Q36.5’s Instagram that he has left the race with a damaged knee that will see him out for some time…
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2026-03-28T11:15:00.688Z
The neutral start is due to happen in about half an hour.
2026-03-28T10:35:24.839Z
One rider also not starting today is Pidcock with a “ballooned knee”. The Yorkshireman voices his frustration on not being able to race the final climb of yesterday with the best and not being able to carry on this weekend, but apparently he will need “a bit of time for it to heal” after crashing on the final descent of yesterday…
2026-03-28T10:14:28.859Z
Jerseys after stage 5
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2026-03-28T10:11:12.773Z
Two riders didn’t start yesterday and six didn’t finish. They were:
2026-03-28T10:06:56.149Z
But onto today, it is the final mountain stage. The riders will roll out of Berga and head across the 158.2km route that takes in four categorised climbs, including the Especial climb of the Coll de Pradell, as well as two intermediate sprints and a summit finish on the category 1 ascent of the Queralt.
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2026-03-28T10:03:43.543Z
Patrick Lefevere has voiced his opinion on his former rider, Evenepoel, yet again saying how the Belgian star should focus on one-day races rather than week long stage races and Grand Tours…
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2026-03-28T10:01:59.461Z
It was a mixed day in the GC fight for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe as their big name leader, Remco Evenepoel, faltered on La Molina. However, their other GC man, Florian Lipowitz, shone brightly and finished fourth on the day and is well in the fight for a GC podium. His first since his surprise podium finish at last year’s Tour de France.
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2026-03-28T09:59:34.168Z
It was a very scary finale descent for Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) as he midjudged a corner and fell into a ravine.
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2026-03-28T09:57:31.813Z
Let’s take a look back at the amazing action of the first summit finish yesterday with our post race report…
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2026-03-28T09:56:24.539Z
Hola and welcome to the penultimate stage of the Volta a Catalunya 2026 live here on Cyclingnews’ live report page.
Sign on and rider presentation is well underway in Berga. The race does a huge loop today and we will see Berga again right before the final climb to the Santuari de Queralt the finish of the stage.
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