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Vingegaard Takes Tour of Catalonia Lead with Stage Five Win
- On Friday, Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard won stage five of the Tour of Catalonia in Spain, moving into the overall lead after attacking on the final climb in the Pyrenees.
- Riders faced the Queen Stage originally set to cover 155 kilometres, but organizers shortened the route again due to high winds, clipping 2.2 kilometres from the final climb of Coll de Pal.
- Attacking with about 6 kilometres remaining, Vingegaard dropped Belgian Remco Evenepoel and caught Giulio Ciccone. Earlier, a crash on the descent of Collada Sobirana with 25 kilometres to go involved Tom Pidcock, who continued.
- Vingegaard leads Austrian Felix Gall by 57 seconds in the overall standings, with France's Lenny Martinez trailing by 1 minute 09 seconds and Evenepoel by one minute 38 seconds overall.
- Having won the Paris-Nice stage race earlier this month, Vingegaard is well-positioned to continue his successful season while building toward a tilt at the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double.
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Even if he finishes sixth of the queen stage behind Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel can satisfy himself with a promising result. ...
Pidcock was in 2nd place in the general standings at the start of the stage behind Vingegaard, who took his easy lead in the "Volta".
Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won the stage in Catalonia in grand style, while Mathieu van der Poel narrowly won the general classification before the Tour of Flanders.
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France24Vingegaard takes Tour of Catalonia lead with stage five win
On Friday, the 28-year-old East Tyrolean rider, Felix Gall, took second place on the 5th stage in the overall classification of the Tour of Catalonia! On Friday, on the 155.3 km long section from La Seu d'Urgell to La Molina, he only had to defeat the outstanding Dane Jonas Vingegaard, who drove the last kilometers solo ahead and is the new leader in the classification. Gall is 57 seconds behind, on Friday he lost 51 seconds.Attack 900 meters ah…
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