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'I should probably have done more research'

Latest from Cyclingnews·@PatrickFletcher·2 months ago
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The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Tom Pidcock was set to test his climbing legs on stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya but even though the big summit finish at Vallter 2000 was scrapped from the route the Briton played an active role throughout the day. The Pinarello Q36.5 rider picked up bonus seconds 18km into the stage, then 18km from the finish, and on the finish line itself, as he even mixed it in the bunch sprint and came away with third place on stage 4. As a result, he leapfrogged one of the big pre-race favourites, Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) into second place overall behind race leader and sprinter Dorian Godon, who will fall away when the mountains do finally start. Pidcock was beaten by Evenepoel to the day's first intermediate sprint, which carried bonuses of 3, 2, and 1 seconds for the first three across the line.…

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