2023 Volta a Catalunya Stage 6 Results & Recap
Stage 6 of the 2023 Volta a Catalunya is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Groves wins penultimate stage
Kaden Groves (ADC) won the penultimate stage of the Volta a Catalunya on his teammate's bike after a mechanical issue in the last 20km. The Australian beat Bryan Coquard (COF) and Ide Schelling (BOH) in a mad bunch gallop to the line.
"Number one was nice but a second stage win this week, so I'm very happy," Groves said. "At about 7 or 8km to go I felt my rear tyre had a slow leak. I wasn't sure whether to stop or not. I was thinking maybe I should do the sprint with a pretty flat. But in the end, I've got to thank my directors – they decided that I should do a bike swap with Xandro. So, at about 5km to go I stopped and he gave me his bike. Then I got to come back and with the help of Nicola, I got back to the front for the sprint. I was very lucky that I had them there. We didn't have time to do a full bike change, so we had to just sacrifice one guy. It was a headwind until the final corners, so we stopped in the headwind and got back in the crosswind. Thankfully it was a reduced bunch, and the race wasn't going too fast."
Primož Roglič (TJV) continues to lead the competition by 10 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel (SOQ).
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