Racing is underway after Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) and a couple of NSN riders had an issue and delayed the start.
La Seu d’Urgell looks like an absolutely gorgeous place to start a bike race!
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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?
The Canadian national champion hasn’t been feeling well all week and yesterday’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.
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Route alteration
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.
The GC fight is a tight one at the moment with Pidcock just 13 seconds off Godon’s lead. Evenepoel is a second behind the Brit on 14 seconds while Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is on 24 seconds.
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.
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.
Let’s take a look back at yesterday’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’t miss!
