Volta a Catalunya 2025, Roglic wins ahead of Ayuso

Rome, 30 March 2025 - Volta a Catalunya 2025, yes, but also dress rehearsals of Giro d'Italia 2025: Primois Roglic wins the race that started last Monday from Sant Feliu de Guíxols and arrived today at Barcelona, and he does so by fighting for a long time with Juan Ayuso, also an opponent to Corsa pink.

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The count of the stages won rewards the Slovenian, who puts two in his pocket, those of Montserrat Millenary and the final seal in the capital, while the Spaniard had celebrated in La Molina, also becoming the leader. The final general classification will ultimately place the two 28", with via via Enric Mas Nicolau e Mikel Landa to make up an all-Iberian hat-trick in the race which also marked the return of Egan Bernal, seventh. Not only the old glories: in Catalan soil the rising star of the neo-professional is also on display Matthew Brennan, winner of two stages. As they say in these cases, we will hear about it and, above all, he will hear about it Visma-Lease a Bike desperately seeking new blood after the difficulties of several big names, especially in one-day races. As is now a tradition in cycling, there has been no shortage of mystery and controversy when the weather and the problems it brings with it take centre stage. It so happens that the penultimate stage is first neutralised and then shortened due to strong winds and reduced to a short jog 20 km which rewards Quinn Simmons, one that has so far been talked about more for a few posts on social media with a strong flavour of suprematism than for the feats in the competition. The last fraction also undergoes a change, but this time it has to do with the almost coincidence with the match between the Barcelona and GironaThe stage is cut but this does not prevent Roglic to make a big noise in the circuit of Montjuic, taking everything: stage and general classification, with Ayuso who in the morning commanded for just 1". In the generational duel too (35 years the runner of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 22 that of theUAE Team Emirates-XRG) the most experienced will win, with the challenge that will be renewed in May on the streets of Giro d'Italia 2025.

Roglic and Ayuso's statements

The comment of Roglic, a true specialist in week-long stage races. "It was all extremely hard-fought and the final victory was played out on the bonus seconds of the last stage. After the second sprint I had no choice: if I wanted to win I had to do something and, in the end, I had the legs to do it. The team worked really well, we raced well and we helped each other: I can say that this week - concludes the Slovenian - I really enjoyed myself a lot". He takes it with sportsmanship Ayuso, who surrenders to the evidence. "Today I didn't have the best legs and at the beginning of the hardest part of the climb I even touched another runner. Regardless of this, Roglic He was stronger and we can only congratulate him."

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