{"id":567993,"date":"2026-03-27T14:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567993\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:46:38","slug":"volta-a-catalunya-stage-5-live-giulio-ciccone-solo-on-the-final-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567993\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta a Catalunya stage 5 LIVE: Giulio Ciccone solo on the final climb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Refresh <\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:43:23.564Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-d962681c-2f7e-4ac2-92bd-d98fbbe499fa\">Almeida doing Almeida things and he makes his way back on as he drops Carapaz as well.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:42:56.750Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6fd2b9b2-d017-4023-a07b-80d593b63fbe\">Ciccone has 20 seconds on Gall, Martinez and Lipowitz and 38 seconds on the peloton with 7km to go.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:42:25.696Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7b2d99fb-8e37-4f80-97a7-b607e444278d\">Almeida has been dropped for now. We do see him do this all the time but he is rocking and rolling. Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) has also lost touch.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:41:42.648Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c8bc3590-8b9c-4069-8289-f9b9714ee131\">Pidcock doesn&#8217;t seem to be doing too badly. He hasn&#8217;t lost too much time since his crash. Said to be about a minute and 10 seconds behind the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:40:09.822Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-06ab3d01-ab07-4f3d-ae6a-527e89fb9a2f\">Gall looks to be absolutely flying but Lipowitz and Martinez have made it back. However, Ciccone is still out front by 34 seconds. The Italian is riding so well today.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:39:14.461Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b1594713-b02d-44fa-b176-2a1967daac0a\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Gall goes again and is really testing his rivals. Lipowit and Martinez are tempoing back to the Austrian with Lopez dropped back to the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:38:22.459Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-3148aa69-27bc-4cb8-8de4-920754505420\">The Movistar rider in this move is Juan Pedro Lopez!<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:37:57.328Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-9ba8c51c-ba47-4069-9e96-09b3bf374fc2\">Kuss is leading the chase in the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:37:40.807Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-48ee9991-79ce-4362-b352-7b28d204296a\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Felix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM)<br \/>Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)<br \/>Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Plus a rider from Movistar.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:36:27.524Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c878da16-02db-4a66-885f-ff9a9dd9cd70\">9km to go and Ciccone has 56 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:36:13.197Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-8bce0954-7c4f-4756-acc4-8bc023861852\">Eulalio goes to the front while on the radio. Lipowitz slots into his wheel as a few riders are dropped out of the back.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:35:25.777Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-16ba44e2-8cce-468d-a8b9-94dbed92015c\">Ineos Grenadiers completely disappear with just Oscar Onley left out front.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:34:58.377Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-57e1e84c-3aa0-4d89-8257-c90885e20f85\">That attack is pulled back.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:34:45.583Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b0c5fcfb-f78a-4824-90b9-05c321237a5b\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep)<br \/>Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)<br \/>Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious)<br \/>Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)<br \/>Felix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:33:04.511Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-04076f28-5a82-4957-a367-4127d9e1a7d6\">Piganzoli caught by the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:31:34.991Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c7df284f-f978-4e81-95b6-98c9309c1f97\">Ciccone extends his lead to 58 seconds over the peloton that is still led by Ineos Grenadiers&#8217; Laurens De Plus.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:30:06.860Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-d50b72b6-e854-46e5-8363-a11db632c915\">Soler goes straight out of the back of the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:29:42.009Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-0157efe3-f09c-47de-9b4c-263c6c45bc11\">Soler caught by the Ineos Grenadiers led peloton. Victor Langellotti is the man leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:26:36.364Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f8a1dbfe-691b-4d39-ae70-d4a248605253\">Pidcock has been dropped on the early ascent of the climb. He is about 20 seconds behind the peloton. He allegedly crashed on the descent.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:22:49.228Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f9117937-b540-45fe-8658-c1bc9e34b0d1\">Soler and Piganzoli are about 10 seconds off the back of the lone leader, Ciccone. The peloton has new leaders, Ineos Grenadiers and Decathlon-CMA CGM.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:19:12.612Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f16348d8-4ce8-4782-9b29-a5587008a66b\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Italian accelerates clear and leaves Soler and Piganzoli behind as they appear to sit up and wait for the peloton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4bk9W3nWTNj3ohpkjf9jfG.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek attacks in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4bk9W3nWTNj3ohpkjf9jfG.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4bk9W3nWTNj3ohpkjf9jfG.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:18:07.486Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-02a14b12-fffd-413c-a12c-f85851a476ba\">Onto the final climb of the day! The Coll de Pal is 16.7km long with an average gradient of 6.7% with a maximum kick of 12.6%.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:17:14.414Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-intermediate-sprint-baga\"\/>Intermediate sprint (Bag\u00e0)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f29d30f9-45d7-4fcb-8d6a-25efd4da8ab7\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Ciccone (LTK) 3pts 3&#8243;<br \/>2. Piganzoli (TVL) 2pts 2&#8243;<br \/>3. Soler (UAD) 1pt 1&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:15:38.962Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c763fa71-2d3c-4fd0-8bd7-fc81bf9c0811\">The break went into a tunnel with cars, coaches and vans all driving towards them. The security on the race looking frantic as someone somewhere wasn&#8217;t paying attention. Thankfully, all clear for the peloton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.85%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KhKigqeCC947p3XNbwQbGD.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of Davide Piganzoli of Italy and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Marc Soler of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG and Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek compete in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KhKigqeCC947p3XNbwQbGD.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KhKigqeCC947p3XNbwQbGD.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:13:33.406Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-20km-to-go\"\/>20km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6a7724b2-dd07-4f40-aada-32b0cfa8bc98\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The gap dips inside a minute as the peloton continues to work hard to bring the break back.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:11:45.664Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-38ecb08d-0aa6-4f74-8038-96b5f5d9d05c\">Jo\u00e3o Almeida and Brandon McNulty of UAE Team Emirates-XRG were the two riders who came down in the second crash. They get to the back of the peloton as they come back together again and form a group of around 50 to 60 riders.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:10:33.769Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-854aea05-8ce8-4c58-b6e6-3a17b8062d2b\">Ciccone has been rejoined by Soler and Piganzoli. They have just over a minute on what is left of the peloton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.66%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kSX4bpEAuXhwtvDjfZEQTZ.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek competes in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kSX4bpEAuXhwtvDjfZEQTZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kSX4bpEAuXhwtvDjfZEQTZ.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:08:06.079Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-014a3677-634f-49db-b125-7da00a088fcb\">Pidcock has missed the split along with Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) and a few others as well. They&#8217;re about 20 seconds behind the main GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:06:33.161Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-4c701df1-b275-4e29-bb43-ef4a3c99365d\">The peloton is now made up of maybe 20 riders now after a very difficult descent.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:05:42.728Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2fa691b1-af6d-4d56-a2f3-6443cbe0be4a\">Every single rider who crashed is back riding, fortunately.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:05:25.351Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-crash\"\/>Crash!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-68177076-7d21-4b97-b2d2-3d608adaa463\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider down.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:04:50.482Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-crash\"\/>Crash!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6144f394-8f78-47e4-8d27-77829c28fc5f\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jorgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike)<br \/>Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Plus another Visma-Lease a Bike rider.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:02:22.698Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-30km-to-go\"\/>30km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a5f2b994-25b4-49ed-91a2-9e79fd1a20dc\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The riders are flying down the road with a gap just sat at one minute and 13 seconds. Ciccone has sped off down the road and has left Soler and Piganzoli behind on this very dangerous descent.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T14:00:28.207Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-455d50d3-ea4c-409c-aabb-b4d15c13b643\">The riders now have a descent all the way to the only intermediate sprint of the day, which takes place in Bag\u00e0. Immediately after that the riders start the Coll de Pal all the way to La Molina.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:58:23.837Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-kom-collada-de-sobirana\"\/>KOM (Collada de Sobirana)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a1170928-db44-4156-8f87-2731cf221615\">1. Ciccone (LTK) 10pts<br \/>2. Piganzoli (TVL) 8pts<br \/>3. Soler (UAD) 6pts<br \/>4. Hindley (RBH) 4pts<br \/>5. Evenepoel (RBH) 2pts<br \/>6. Svestad-B\u00e5rdseng (IGD) 1pt<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Ciccone now just four points behind Veistroffer in the KOM standings.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:56:50.505Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-ea2019bf-734c-4c92-8b18-cb9772850e01\">Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe now down to their big three riders on the front with Jai Hindley leading the way ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:52:21.416Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-31a83af8-b945-4e67-94dd-395ef5e66eda\">Inside 2km from the top of the Collada de Sobirana. Soler, Ciccone and Piganzoli are riding hard to really push Tuckwell and his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammates to keep them controlled.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:50:43.622Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-e085640f-d153-44bd-8c53-ea8e326c3f11\">Three hours in and the average speed is over 38kph.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:49:39.710Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b73e9d09-ffe5-4eaf-84c4-f94f0267a008\">Rubio has just been dropped by the breakaway. He&#8217;s been drifting off the wheels at the back for some time but he can do no more.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:44:18.858Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-77ee3031-e727-41ef-bf8d-df786f6c84bf\">5km from the top of the Collada de Sobirana. Just over a minute between the break and the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:41:37.932Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-be3a888f-f4ee-494e-9f54-807db2e38ff8\">Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) was briefly off the back. He seems to have got back on for now, though.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:40:15.260Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-40km-to-go\"\/>40km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-e9727f48-f437-445c-8614-62acbebe34fb\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The gap has plummeted on the previous descent and on the valley. Onto the climb the gap is just one minute and 16 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:38:33.503Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-3c8bba5a-73f5-43a4-b1f5-1dd66cecb584\">Onto the climb they go.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:38:03.888Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-0ebf826c-8e8a-4862-b4e1-91bbe092cb15\">The riders are not far away from the bottom of the penultimate climb of the day, the Collada de Sobirana. This one is 7.1km at 6.5% with a max kick of 15%.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:35:31.739Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-d5d71dbe-cdda-4096-afc8-3123449a3c0f\">Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe&#8217;s Luke Tuckwell is doing a terrific job of keeping the break&#8217;s gap low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.86%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3idKtQX7VfcHNBWcTSVTYb.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: (L-R) Luke Tuckwell of Australia, Frederik Wandahl of Denmark and Mattia Cattaneo of Italy and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe compete during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d'Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3idKtQX7VfcHNBWcTSVTYb.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3idKtQX7VfcHNBWcTSVTYb.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:31:45.570Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a438870b-2143-42a0-9fbf-ce88c2e96e4c\">Maybe only 30 riders in the front part of the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:31:29.787Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-1c476ce3-46c7-4293-bf38-b20fe7201611\">Lecerf has just been caught by the peloton with the gap shrinking and the peloton splitting. The leading four now have one minute and 46 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:24:57.167Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-kom-coll-de-fumanya\"\/>KOM (Coll de Fumanya)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a66427b9-dd83-4ecc-8400-ff963441bfbf\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Ciccone (LTK) 10pts<br \/>2. Soler (UAD) 8pts<br \/>3. Piganzoli (TVL) 6pts<br \/>4. Rubio (MOV) 4pts<br \/>5. Lecerf (SOQ) 2pts<br \/>6. Tuckwell (RBH) 1pt<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:21:25.753Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2d1b87b1-8f53-474f-a023-c9b5b77733d5\">The descent is about as steep as the ascent with the riders taking on the rapid plunge to the valley again.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:18:35.476Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-60km-to-go\"\/>60km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-969d918e-9cd9-47c4-a219-c8f646de8ad2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Lecerf is now 40 seconds behind the leaders. The peloton are still at two minutes and 10 seconds but with significantly less riders.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:14:17.837Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-5d203d51-a839-4786-9532-2e4529d95ac0\">Godon is amongst several other riders who have lost touch again as the gradients really bite.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:13:26.178Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a373ba45-fb93-4bd6-b541-75d6644bef99\">The young Belgian should be able to get back on over the top with just around 700 metres left to climb.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:12:33.625Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-52bfee9d-15d7-475a-9c31-a942804c80a9\">Lecerf has been distanced by the rest of the break on the steepest gradients.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:06:50.342Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-4e6e9686-275a-4ef1-80bb-af95c35d3bcf\">The gap has dropped to two minutes and 10 seconds as they got onto the steepest slopes of the climb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:58.59%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M4gmQMnE8SGFEY6VmzSjNA.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of Marc Soler of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Davide Piganzoli of Italy and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek, Einer Rubio of Colombia and Team Movistar and Junior Lecerf of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M4gmQMnE8SGFEY6VmzSjNA.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M4gmQMnE8SGFEY6VmzSjNA.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T13:02:04.350Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a9ee05f4-ee11-4b7c-8d9e-a74fb196a91f\">Inside 4km from the top of the Coll de Fumanya.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:54:53.642Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-5f35be1e-5145-4f48-9ddb-1a877cfe1e8c\">Onto the Coll de Fumanya goes the break.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:50:29.273Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-fe2d3474-be05-4cf5-94da-b4505945180d\">They&#8217;re about 5km from officially starting the third climb of the day, the Coll de Fumanya. It is 6.7km long with an average gradient of 7% and a rather nasty max kick of 15%.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:49:12.031Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-e3f246af-4911-4a50-8292-3dac0fe60c6a\">The gap is just drifting up ever so slightly now with two minutes and 20 seconds splitting the peloton and the break at roughly the half way point on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:45:30.529Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a4df9b7e-7579-4dcf-85e9-7d37f739839d\">The gap continues to grow with another 15 seconds added on to it.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:39:02.054Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-80km-to-go\"\/>80km to go <\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-fa6eb998-5ff4-4689-aaed-215edc6b1b9d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The breakaway now have a gap of two minutes but the peloton led by Ineos Grenadiers and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are keeping a keen eye on that time gap.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:38:13.132Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-kom-coll-de-josa\"\/>KOM (Coll de Josa)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-36cb311f-43b7-456e-97b6-28a5b53b8f2b\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Ciccone (LTK) 5pts<br \/>2. Soler (UAD) 3pts<br \/>3. Piganzoli (TVL) 2pts<br \/>4. Rubio (MOV) 1pt<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Ciccone is closing that gap to Veistroffer and may even take the lead before the final climb of the day.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:31:16.112Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-90895d36-fa44-462b-94ba-82dc0949d7d2\">The break go over the top of the Coll de Josa with a gap of one minute and 50 seconds on the peloton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cAkaMPF3YVnzAaQyXGt3Kd.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: (L-R) Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek, Einer Rubio of Colombia and Team Movistar, Marc Soler of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Davide Piganzoli of Italy and Team Visma | Lease a Bike and Junior Lecerf of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step compete during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cAkaMPF3YVnzAaQyXGt3Kd.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cAkaMPF3YVnzAaQyXGt3Kd.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:24:17.108Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-28ed0d6d-ff9e-4641-b185-f67f34cd2288\">Just over 1500 metres of climbing done. Over 2600 metres still to do!<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:19:59.143Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-92e033ce-8fa8-4f04-bb67-ca5d00b10d17\">At the start of the Coll de Josa the fiva man break has just under two minutes on the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T12:03:08.992Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-9b0d78d0-68bb-4c19-9bd0-66b95211f204\">Godon also had a mechanical issue along with Onley. However, both are safely back in the peloton again. The leaders now have a minute and a half gap.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:55:23.261Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f5d29b65-6f71-4651-b2f8-fb2cadd5d074\">Mechanical for Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Rather poor timing as the race is on some tight and twisty roads. It may be difficult for the riders from Kelso to get back on quickly.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:53:37.218Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-97cbb63c-6cad-4de0-83d5-119486a4543d\">The riders are now already climbing towards the next climb of the Coll de Josa. However, the categorised climb is only 4.7km long with an average gradient of 5% and a max kick of 8%, making it a category 2. The lowest classified climb of the day.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:47:59.606Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-43f99819-a661-456a-b11f-9b8ade599aa6\">The best placed riders in the break are Soler and Piganzoli who both sit at 26 seconds behind Godon. Ciccone is almost four minutes down with Rubio at nine and Lecerf and 13 minutes respectively.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:46:02.682Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f73a835c-fdb7-4816-9c8e-a7b3baffc1da\">Godon has made it back into the peloton. Exceptional riding from the race leader to return so soon on the descent.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:45:14.252Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-kom-port-colldarnat\"\/>KOM (Port Colldarnat)<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-e4138105-e48b-458a-9477-44496a3e4b9f\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Ciccone (LTK) 10pts<br \/>2. Soler (UAD) 8pts<br \/>3. Piganzoli (TVL) 6pts<br \/>4. Rubio (MOV) 4pts<br \/>5. Lecerf (SOQ) 2pts<br \/>6. Tuckwell (RBH) 1pt<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">That sees Ciccone jump straight up to third place in the KOM standings and a becomes a very dangerous rival for Veistroffer with the Italian now 29 points behind with a maximum haul of 61 points available.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:41:26.578Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-880921d1-af97-42a7-a1d2-3e2b7f742069\">The leaders have one minute and 25 seconds on the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:41:09.977Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-eede237b-f330-4020-8ec5-8fa2c6d7cfd2\">They completed the 15.3km climb of the Port Colldarnat with its average gradient of 5% and max of 12% in 33 minutes 30 seconds with an average speed of 27.4kph.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:39:32.704Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a469851e-0a1a-4211-8ca2-dfd7c6092b3a\">The expected teams are controlling in the peloton with Ineos Grenadiers and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe doing the bulk of the work. UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike are also on the front, despite having riders in the break. This is likely to help their GC favourites to be well positioned for the descent.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:37:44.483Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-0e16d4b2-f164-465a-8fe9-91031a98e6ff\">The riders go over the top of the Port Colldarnat.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:36:22.185Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-8b1cf7ae-6a1a-4e8b-a35f-6ccbb25e733d\">Despite his best efforts, it looks like Veistroffer will not be taking many KOM points today and may find his lead in the classification under threat.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:33:52.011Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-edca8435-20a3-4ca4-88df-81bf874697c9\">Piganzoli and Rubio join Ciccone, Soler and Lecerf out front as the rest of the break are dragged back by what remains of the peloton. The gap between the front and the bunch now sits at just over a minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r8BkLonkWTnhQqsSx9hPxU.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: Marc Soler of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG competes during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r8BkLonkWTnhQqsSx9hPxU.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r8BkLonkWTnhQqsSx9hPxU.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:29:25.852Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7d0d8eaf-c347-4c42-8137-5bff91cbacda\">The race leader, Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), has already been dropped and is well out of the back.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:28:48.244Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7b5cfb2d-9046-4dc3-a821-ed104ffaf84f\">Piganzoli and Rubio are just 10 seconds off the three leaders. The 17 man chase group are 20 seconds off and the peloton is 50 seconds back.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:28:08.506Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-e49965fc-592c-4a7c-8753-be252b5ef529\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Soler, Ciccone and Lecerf are not happy with the composition and kick on with Piganzoli and Rubio chasing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.66%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bmy8qJAk6EyjGJSEZ7bDYm.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of Felix Engelhardt of Germany and Team Jayco AlUla, David Gonzalez of Spain and Team Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling, Tobias Svarre of Denmark and Team Uno-X Mobility, Michael Leonard of Canada and Team EF Education - EasyPost, Adria Pericas of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Diego Uriarte of Spain and Team Equipo Kern Pharma and Giulio Ciccone of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek compete in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bmy8qJAk6EyjGJSEZ7bDYm.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bmy8qJAk6EyjGJSEZ7bDYm.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:27:23.768Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a3153128-24a1-48a1-9225-37b7bd5968e8\">Rubio, Uriarte, Engelhardt, Svarre, Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Jan Hirt (NSN), Ben O&#8217;Connor (Jayco-AlUla) and Damien Howson (Pinarello-Q36.5) complete the group.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:25:42.639Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-5f6536cc-05ad-4472-b562-d406975811a3\">The group continues to grow with Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious), Luca Vergallito (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) and about 5 others join.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:24:41.836Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-5a94db26-08fe-4989-964d-b34229e01219\">Joining Ciccone and Leonard are Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), Cristian Rodriguez (XDS-Astana), Junior Lecerf (Soudal-QuickStep), Davide Piganzoli (Visma-Lease a Bike), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-QuickStep), Matthew Riccitello (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Embret Svestad-B\u00e5rdseng (Ineos Grenadiers) and four others.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:22:04.003Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b7544d60-dd98-4aa2-9538-0e4299bb5f3d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Ciccone and Leonard seek to form a new move. They are joined by 13 other riders.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:19:11.474Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-211ae949-bd5f-48db-a4a5-441c3512f20c\">The peloton is going at such a rate that a split has formed. Will any of the big GC names have been caught out on the first ascent of the day?<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:17:54.871Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-130km-to-go\"\/>130km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-da341099-34aa-43b5-984f-70a96439fa15\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">But all that effort comes to naught as the peloton has caught the breakaway with just over 10km to the summit of the Port Colldarnat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.66%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AUacMoh74zFhCdMxg9wQp5.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of the peloton passing through a landscape during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d'Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AUacMoh74zFhCdMxg9wQp5.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AUacMoh74zFhCdMxg9wQp5.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:17:13.445Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-1766928a-cb3a-42ae-86d4-434b799b7f77\">Adria Pericas (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Antoine l&#8217;Hote (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Michael Leonard (EF Education-EasyPost), Einer Rubio (Movistar) and Simone Gualdi (Lotto-Intermarche) and Diego Uriarte (Kern Pharma) have joined Engelhardt, Veistroffer, Lecerf, Svarre, Gonzalez, Wenzel and Stites.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:14:51.466Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7fc55761-0751-447a-9298-dce63929f170\">The break are pushing hard and two riders have been dropped back to the peloton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:68.70%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uxJxxETSUry4SRddY42Zs6.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of Junior Lecerf of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step, Tobias Svarre of Denmark and Team Uno-X Mobility, Felix Engelhardt of Germany and Team Jayco AlUla, Baptiste Veistroffer of France and Team Lotto Intermarch&amp;eacute;, David Gonzalez of Spain and Team Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling, Mats Wenzel of Luxembourg and Team Equipo Kern Pharma, Samuel Fernandez of Spain and Team Euskaltel - Euskadi, Tyler Stites of United States and Samuel Florez of Colombia and Team Modern Adventure Pro Cycling compete in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uxJxxETSUry4SRddY42Zs6.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/uxJxxETSUry4SRddY42Zs6.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:11:34.324Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c3f01c5b-187a-49f5-9dca-680b4a661030\">Nairo Quintana (Movistar) is one of the riders who has bridged to the leading group.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:11:04.949Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b518cd5a-f4c1-44e4-86b0-697ca848b112\">All change at the front yet again as the group swells to 16 riders on the Port Colldarnat.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:06:30.523Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-dc8fc90d-b8af-4dde-a3ac-1c9f732abb2e\">The leading group of nine riders have 30 seconds on a new chasing group of three riders with the peloton a further 10 seconds behind them.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:05:03.560Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-dae4f2a5-a07a-4c90-9726-87ca48395776\">Josh Burnett (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) desperately tried to bridge the gap but has been swallowed up at the base of the first climb of the day, the 15.3km long Port Colldarnat which has an average gradient of 5% with a max kick of 12%.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:03:20.686Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-88783aff-de1d-468a-b7b9-dd67e2fa2393\">The lead group looks to have settled down to nine riders:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarche)<br \/>Junior Lecerf (Soudal-QuickStep)<br \/>Tobias Svarre (Uno-X Mobility)<br \/>Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla)<br \/>David Gonzalez (Pinarello-Q36.5)<br \/>Mats Wenzel (Kern Pharma)<br \/>Samuel Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)<br \/>Tyler Stites (Modern Adventure)<br \/>Samuel Florez (Modern Adventure)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T11:00:04.800Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-140km-to-go\"\/>140km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b2f6e221-028a-470e-8a2e-4ec9d846e7c2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The lead group has split! Multiple riders all over the road as they try and form the day&#8217;s break.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:57:14.251Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6c30e5a7-ebe2-48bc-ae52-d9b3d77ceea1\">The lead group grows dramatically with 15 riders in the front!<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:56:58.179Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f0347541-dd58-4137-bbd9-f4fe4938d271\">The leading trio are joined by one more rider and have a gap of 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:56:30.595Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-attack\"\/>Attack!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-15275414-c42a-43c0-aee6-6890870d6b74\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarche) *Obviously<br \/>Mats Wenzel (Kern Pharma)<br \/>Tyler Stites (Modern Adventure)<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RgjhNznuLjU6wwRZd87VvR.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of Baptiste Veistroffer of France and Team Lotto Intermarche - Red Mountain Jersey, Mats Wenzel of Luxembourg and Team Equipo Kern Pharma and Tyler Stites of United States and Team Modern Adventure Pro Cycling compete in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Molina, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RgjhNznuLjU6wwRZd87VvR.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RgjhNznuLjU6wwRZd87VvR.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:55:35.505Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-155-3km-to-go\"\/>155.3km to go<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-aa19a570-3cc3-44e2-b1ec-e8235c41772f\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Racing is underway after Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) and a couple of NSN riders had an issue and delayed the start.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:54:08.734Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-3b010771-e98f-4930-9662-5763afbd298f\">La Seu d&#8217;Urgell looks like an absolutely gorgeous place to start a bike race!<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9NdAs82EPr8CDKRUf68ajF.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: A general view of Oscar Onley of Great Britain, Dorian Godon of France - Green Leader Jersey, Victor Langellotti of Monaco, Carlos Rodriguez of Spain, Embret Svestad-Bardseng of Norway, Bob Jungels of Luxembourg, Laurens De Plus of Belgium and Team INEOS Grenadiers prior to the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9NdAs82EPr8CDKRUf68ajF.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9NdAs82EPr8CDKRUf68ajF.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:48:57.292Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2fb218f6-d085-42a3-b401-2fad31edd2bc\">Pidcock had some very excitable family time before the start of the stage. The Yorkshireman looks like a different man this season with some superb performances. Will he continue to surprise today?<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:67.60%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5pNede3PNUkueyYobdyGKP.jpg\" alt=\"LA MOLINA, SPAIN - MARCH 27: Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain and Team Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling with his dogs prior to the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 5 a 155.3km stage from La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell to La Molina\/Coll de Pal 2109m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 27, 2026 in La Seu d&amp;amp;apos;Urgell, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5pNede3PNUkueyYobdyGKP.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5pNede3PNUkueyYobdyGKP.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:44:44.101Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-d15d91f0-acb5-4720-8f25-de789c8280ef\">The riders have started the neutral zone.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:44:25.084Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7b0df77a-96f6-4140-9efc-e5080b059b4f\">Two non-starters today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Derek Gee-West (Lidl-Trek)<br \/>Noah Hobbs (EF Education-EasyPost)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Canadian national champion hasn&#8217;t been feeling well all week and yesterday&#8217;s crash was the final straw. Whereas, Hobbs has been sprinting really well, but he now has no stages that suit him so has left the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.61%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ERK96u8wconx74PD9uxpX9.jpg\" alt=\"CAMPRODRON, SPAIN - MARCH 26: A general view of the peloton after being involved in a crash during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 4 a 151km stage from Mataro to Camprodon 957m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 26, 2026 in Camprodon, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ERK96u8wconx74PD9uxpX9.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ERK96u8wconx74PD9uxpX9.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:34:19.892Z<br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-route-alteration\"\/>Route alteration<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-7a0ea2cb-65ad-47ed-8590-68497de4698d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">High winds continue to plague the race with the route being altered yet again. However, the riders will still race up La Molina but finish 2.2km lower down the mountain at the Sant Jordi refuge.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:16:46.061Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-618af893-9542-4531-bef5-130388b9ec0f\">The GC fight is a tight one at the moment with Pidcock just 13 seconds off Godon&#8217;s lead. Evenepoel is a second behind the Brit on 14 seconds while Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is on 24 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The rest of the GC riders are all on 26 seconds. These gaps will surely be much larger by the end of today on La Molina.<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:04:41.565Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-e10a4b16-f0b1-4a82-887c-62bf3bed4233\">It was a very good day for Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) as he took nine bonus seconds over the course of the stage, jumping above Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in the GC to sit in second overall behind race leader, Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) by 13 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/i-should-probably-have-done-more-research-tom-pidcock-leapfrogs-remco-evenepoel-on-volta-a-catalunya-gc-thanks-to-day-of-bonus-seconds-hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/i-should-probably-have-done-more-research-tom-pidcock-leapfrogs-remco-evenepoel-on-volta-a-catalunya-gc-thanks-to-day-of-bonus-seconds-hunting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I should probably have done more research&#8217; \u2013 Tom Pidcock leapfrogs Remco Evenepoel on Volta a Catalunya GC thanks to day of bonus seconds hunting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.60%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mVGpMEszYm6NaD55tT5M97.jpg\" alt=\"CAMPRODRON, SPAIN - MARCH 26: (L-R) Simone Gualdi of Italy and Team Lotto Intermarche and Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain and Team Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling compete in the breakaway during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 4 a 151km stage from Mataro to Camprodon 957m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 26, 2026 in Camprodon, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mVGpMEszYm6NaD55tT5M97.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mVGpMEszYm6NaD55tT5M97.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:02:56.539Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6aa97b36-9451-4db8-ac63-11a9361795e8\">Let&#8217;s take a look back at yesterday&#8217;s stage with the post race report. It was a shortened day due to extreme winds on the summit finish climb of Vallter 2000 so it was a surprise opportunity for the sprinters. A chance Ethan Vernon and his NSN team didn&#8217;t miss!<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/racing\/volta-a-catalunya-ethan-vernon-wins-truncated-stage-4-on-long-uphill-drag-to-camprodon\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/racing\/volta-a-catalunya-ethan-vernon-wins-truncated-stage-4-on-long-uphill-drag-to-camprodon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Volta a Catalunya: Ethan Vernon wins truncated stage 4 on long uphill drag to Camprod\u00f3n while Tom Pidcock moves into second overall<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.70%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hvYurs5TyGPgncEZaLZiHi.jpg\" alt=\"CAMPRODRON, SPAIN - MARCH 26: Ethan Vernon of Great Britain and Team NSN Cycling (R) celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Dorian Godon of France and Team INEOS Grenadiers - Green Leader Jersey (L) during the 105th Volta a Catalunya 2026, Stage 4 a 151km stage from Mataro to Camprodon 957m \/ #UCIWT \/ on March 26, 2026 in Camprodon, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hvYurs5TyGPgncEZaLZiHi.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hvYurs5TyGPgncEZaLZiHi.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2026-03-27T10:01:26.936Z<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-9a6054c0-d28c-4379-850c-a700166d0be6\">Hola and welcome to the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya live here on Cyclingnews&#8217; live report!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-142c7ab1-5eff-4e85-a263-6d7869dbb9b0\">The neutral start is due in just half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/about\/#section-community-guidelines&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">community guidelines<\/a>.&#8221; data-join-the-conversation-text=&#8221;Join the Conversation&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-3 !text-lg\">You must confirm your public display name before commenting<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-3 !text-sm\">Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.<\/p>\n<p>Logout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2026-03-27T14:43:23.564Z Almeida doing Almeida things and he makes his way back on as he drops Carapaz as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-567993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}