Volta Catalunya, Kaden Groves wins the fourth stage

Kaden Groves wins the fourth stage of the Volta Catalunya from Llívia to Sabadell of 188.2km. Victory in the sprint for the Alpecin rider Deceuninck who precedes Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Corbin Strong (Israel).

The stage is characterized by the breakaway of five riders, Nans Peters (AG2R Citroen), Christopher Juul-Jensen (Team Jayco AlUla), David De la Cruz (Astana), Torstein Traeen (Team Uno-X) and Roger Adrià (Equipo Kern Pharma ).

The fugitives hold on almost to the finish, but are caught 4km from the finish.  

Then the sprint, with the final straight slightly uphill (2-3%) with Coquard trying to anticipate the time, but Groves didn't let himself be surprised and overtook him right in the last metres.

Simone Velasco is placed in tenth place and is the first of the Italians.

Everything remains unchanged in the general classification with Primoz Roglic in the leader's jersey, but with the same time as Remco Evenepoel ; in third place Giulio Ciccone .

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 GROVES Kade Alpecin-Deceuninck

2 COQUARD Bryan Cofidis ,,

3 STRONG Corbin Israel - Premier Tech ,,

4 SCHELLING Ide BORA - hansgrohe ,,

5 VENTURINI Clément AG2R Citroën Team ,,

6 WANDAHL Frederik BORA - hansgrohe ,,

7 ABERASTURI Jon Trek - Segafredo ,,

8 MENTEN Milan Lotto Dstny ,,

9 MARIT Arne Intermarché - Circus - Wanty ,,

10 VELASCO Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,

GENERAL RANKING:

1 ROGLIČ Primož Jumbo-Visma 8

2 Evenepoel Remco Soudal - Quick Step ,,

3 CICCONE Giulio Trek - Segafredo 0:19

4 LANDA Mikel Bahrain - Victorious 0:44

5 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates ,,

6 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 0:48

7 WOODS Michael Israel - Premier Tech,,

8 CHAVES Esteban EF Education-EasyPost ,,

9 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian BORA - hansgrohe 0:58

10 SOLER Marc UAE Team Emirates 1:12

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency