This Monday, March 18, the cycling tour began through the most important regions of Cataloniawhich will end, precisely in Barcelona. The first of seven stages featured a Mid-Mountain race, made up of a route of 174 kilometers, in the region of Sant Felíu de Guíxols, a Spanish municipality and town in the province of Girona.
In total, there will be 1,125 kilometers in seven stages. During the race, there are great references from Colombia, among them, stand out Esteban Chaves (EF Education EasyPost), Nairo Quintana, Einer Rubio and Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar Team), Sergio Higuita (Bora Hansgrohe), Egan Bernal and Brandon Rivera (INEOS Grenadiers), Harold Tejada (Astana Kazakhstan).
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Besides, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Aleksandr Vlásov y Gerain Thomas They threaten to win in the general classification and keep the championship, which for the moment belongs to Primoz Roglicwho will not participate in this 103rd edition of the Vuelta a Catalunya 2024. After a great definition, Nick Schultz he stayed with the first stage
It is worth highlighting that the last Colombian winner of the Vuelta a Catalunya was Sergio Higuita in 2022, beating Richard Carapaz and Joao Almeida. With this victory, it is the fourth country with the most titles in this competition, surpassed only by Spain, France and Italy.
After an attractive definition in this first stage, Nick Schulz (Israel-Premier Tech) defeated Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team) and Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech).
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TOUR OF CATALONIA 2024: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE FIRST STAGE
1. Nicholas Schulz (Israel-Premier Tech): 4.11:28
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates: 2 ̈
3. Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech): a 6¨
4. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers): 7¨
5. Laurens de Plus (INEOS Grenadiers): at 9¨
6. Dorian Godon (Decathlon Ag2r): a 10¨
7. Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck): m.t.
8. Rémy Rochas (Groupama): mt
9. Ilan van Wilder (Soudal Quickstep): m.t.
10. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora Hansgrohe): mt
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12. Harold Roof (Astana Kazakhstan): mt
13. Sergio Higuita (Bora Hansgrohe): mt
20. Stephen Keys (EF Education EasyPost): Mt
36. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team): m.t.