Remco Evenepoel fought back in the second duel of the Radstars with Primoz Roglic at the Tour of Catalonia. The Belgian world champion won the mountain finish in La Molina on Wednesday after 180.6 kilometers and won the third stage with a two-second advantage over the Slovenian.
Evenepoel wins mountain finish in Catalonia
In the overall standings, Roglic is only ahead of Evenepoel at the same time because of the better stage placements. The Italian Giulio Ciccone took third place and also holds this position with a deficit of 19 seconds in the overall classification. The best of the three Austrians was Rainer Kepplinger, 7:34 minutes behind in 40th place, Hermann Pernsteiner and Patrick Konrad finished 64th and 107th respectively.
Evenepoel started about five kilometers from the finish, only Roglic was able to follow the 23-year-old. In the final, Roglic parried another attack before he had to let the exceptional talent go in the final meters. A preliminary decision about the overall victory could be made on Friday at the mountain finish in Lo Port. The tour serves as a form test for the stars for the Giro d’Italia in May.
