Sabadell, Spain: Australia’s Kaden Groves won a mass bunch sprint for the line on stage four of the Tour of Catalunya yesterday on a largely flat run to Sabadell.
Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel remain locked on the same time atop the overall standings with three stages remaining, including a summit finish today.
Groves, who rides for the Alpecin team, pipped Frenchman Bryan Coquard at the line by using a late-thrust, bike-throw move to win by centimetres.
The race left the Pyrenean thermal spa village of Llivia at 1200m altitude for a 188km run to Sabadell. A five-rider break never got too far ahead and Evenepoel’s Soudal-Quick Step team made sure the race ended in a mass sprint.
Cofidis rider Guillaume Martin of France leads the King of the Mountains rankings on 40 points.
However, today’s stage five from Tarragona winds back into the mountains.
Stage winner Australian rider Kaden Groves sprints as he approaches the finish line during the 4th stage of the 2023 Tour of Catalonia cycling race. (AFP)