GC update Volta a Catalunya 2025 stage 5 - Echelons split peloton to bits, but Ayuso steals Roglic's lead with 1 bonus second
CyclingFriday, 28 March 2025 at 16:25
The Volta a Catalunya had it's flattest stage so far this Friday, but it was still an important day for the overall classification. Juan Ayuso took back the lead from Primoz Roglic, and in the crosswinds several riders lost important time.
Ayuso won 1 second in an intermediate sprint and that was enough to snatch the race lead from Primoz Roglic, one day after losing it. Enric Mas, Mikel Landa and Lenny Martínez sit behind, having remained in the front peloton. Laurens de Plus, Egan Bernal, Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz have entered the Top10 as a result.
Losing 44 seconds were riders like Lennert van Eetvelt, Matthew Riccitello, Harold Martín López, William Lecerg Junior, Juan Pedro López and a few others that are in GC contention.
| 1 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 22:23:03 |
| 2 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01 |
| 3 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | + 21 |
| 4 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 22 |
| 5 | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain Victorious | + 28 |
| 6 | De Plus Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers | + 59 |
| 7 | Bernal Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 59 |
| 8 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | + 01:12 |
| 9 | Yates Simon | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:14 |
| 10 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:27 |
| 11 | Quintana Nairo | Movistar Team | + 01:29 |
| 12 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:30 |
| 13 | O'Connor Ben | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 01:33 |
| 14 | López Martin | XDS Astana Team | + 01:40 |
| 15 | Lecerf Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:43 |
| 16 | Lopez Juan Pedro | Lidl-Trek | + 01:45 |
| 17 | Pellizzari Giulio | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:50 |
| 18 | Diaz Jose Manuel | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 01:57 |
| 19 | Poels Wout | XDS Astana Team | + 01:58 |
| 20 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 01:58 |
| 21 | Buchmann Emanuel | Cofidis | + 02:24 |
| 22 | Fortunato Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | + 02:50 |
| 23 | Kelderman Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 03:09 |
| 24 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 03:53 |
| 25 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04:04 |
| 26 | Rodriguez Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 04:35 |
| 27 | Bennett George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 04:52 |
| 28 | Torres Pablo | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 05:54 |
| 29 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 05:58 |
| 30 | Garcia Carlos | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 06:06 |
| 31 | Aleotti Giovanni | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 06:24 |
| 32 | Aparicio Mario | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 06:38 |
| 33 | Guardeño Jaume | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 08:02 |
| 34 | Chaves Esteban | EF Education-EasyPost | + 08:38 |
| 35 | Ries Michel | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 09:01 |
| 36 | Sosa Ivan | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 10:52 |
| 37 | Rolland Brieuc | Groupama-FDJ | + 10:59 |
| 38 | Svestad-Bårdseng Embret | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 11:37 |
| 39 | Chumil Sergio | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 11:50 |
| 40 | Meintjes Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 12:22 |
| 41 | Fagundez Eric | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 12:33 |
| 42 | Thompson Reuben | Lotto | + 13:16 |
| 43 | Braz Afonso Clément | Groupama-FDJ | + 13:35 |
| 44 | Oomen Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 15:15 |
| 45 | Garofoli Gianmarco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 15:19 |
| 46 | Thomas Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | + 16:41 |
| 47 | Steinhauser Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 17:44 |
| 48 | Bouchard Geoffrey | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 18:40 |
| 49 | Verona Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 19:19 |
| 50 | Germani Lorenzo | Groupama-FDJ | + 19:38 |
| 51 | Kruijswijk Steven | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 20:08 |
| 52 | van Bekkum Darren | XDS Astana Team | + 20:40 |
| 53 | Knox James | Soudal Quick-Step | + 21:19 |
| 54 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | + 21:42 |
| 55 | Sepulveda Eduardo | Lotto | + 23:17 |
| 56 | Berthet Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 23:35 |
| 57 | Rochas Rémy | Groupama-FDJ | + 23:45 |
| 58 | Godon Dorian | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 25:22 |
| 59 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 25:39 |
| 60 | Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel | Lidl-Trek | + 26:29 |
| 61 | Parra José Félix | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 27:23 |
| 62 | Kämna Lennard | Lidl-Trek | + 28:01 |
| 63 | Smith Dion | Intermarché-Wanty | + 28:48 |
| 64 | Huising Menno | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 29:15 |
| 65 | Simmons Quinn | Lidl-Trek | + 29:33 |
| 66 | Wandahl Frederik | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 30:15 |
| 67 | Paleni Enzo | Groupama-FDJ | + 30:32 |
| 68 | Mühlberger Gregor | Movistar Team | + 30:32 |
| 69 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 30:36 |
| 70 | Eulalio Afonso | Bahrain Victorious | + 30:43 |
| 71 | Bizkarra Mikel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 32:48 |
| 72 | Vendrame Andrea | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 33:04 |
| 73 | Burnett Josh | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 33:15 |
| 74 | Brennan Matthew | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 33:40 |
| 75 | Hellemose Asbjørn | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 33:44 |
| 76 | Herrada Jesus | Cofidis | + 33:48 |
| 77 | Pedrero Antonio | Movistar Team | + 34:26 |
| 78 | Serry Pieter | Soudal Quick-Step | + 35:31 |
| 79 | Del Grosso Tibor | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 35:51 |
| 80 | Currie Logan | Lotto | + 35:54 |
| 81 | Fraile Omar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 37:29 |
| 82 | Molard Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | + 37:44 |
| 83 | Faure-Prost Alexy | Intermarché-Wanty | + 39:07 |
| 84 | van den Broek Frank | Team Picnic PostNL | + 39:15 |
| 85 | Berwick Sebastian | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 39:20 |
| 86 | Rafferty Darren | EF Education-EasyPost | + 39:31 |
| 87 | Tratnik Jan | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 40:08 |
| 88 | Molenaar Alex | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 40:13 |
| 89 | Heßmann Michel | Movistar Team | + 40:29 |
| 90 | Shaw James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 41:08 |
| 91 | Planckaert Edward | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 41:11 |
| 92 | Juul-Jensen Christopher | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 41:14 |
| 93 | van den Berg Marijn | EF Education-EasyPost | + 41:17 |
| 94 | Mulubrhan Henok | XDS Astana Team | + 42:50 |
| 95 | Laurance Axel | INEOS Grenadiers | + 43:22 |
| 96 | Hajek Alexander | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 43:54 |
| 97 | Hayter Ethan | Soudal Quick-Step | + 44:20 |
| 98 | Guernalec Victor | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 44:32 |
| 99 | Vernon Ethan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 45:14 |
| 100 | Alustiza Nicolas | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 45:34 |
| 101 | Colleoni Kevin | Intermarché-Wanty | + 46:21 |
| 102 | Bittner Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | + 46:22 |
| 103 | Schultz Nick | Israel-Premier Tech | + 46:32 |
| 104 | Leonard Michael | INEOS Grenadiers | + 46:35 |
| 105 | Miholjevic Fran | Bahrain Victorious | + 46:52 |
| 106 | Hamilton Lucas | INEOS Grenadiers | + 48:03 |
| 107 | Denz Nico | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 48:05 |
| 108 | Balderstone Abel | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 48:33 |
| 109 | Schelling Ide | XDS Astana Team | + 49:05 |
| 110 | Bouwman Koen | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 49:19 |
| 111 | Lastra Jonathan | Cofidis | + 49:38 |
| 112 | Johnston Calum | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 51:34 |
| 113 | Foldager Anders | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 52:15 |
| 114 | Combaud Romain | Team Picnic PostNL | + 53:53 |
| 115 | Gregaard Jonas | Lotto | + 54:00 |
| 116 | De Marchi Alessandro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 55:50 |
| 117 | Rouland Louis | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 56:13 |
| 118 | Govekar Matevz | Bahrain Victorious | + 56:49 |
| 119 | Moniquet Sylvain | Cofidis | + 58:21 |
| 120 | Dina Marton | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 59:38 |
| 121 | van der Tuuk Danny | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 59:47 |
| 122 | Johansen Julius | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 59:49 |
| 123 | Eekhoff Nils | Team Picnic PostNL | + 01:00:21 |
| 124 | Donnenwirth Tom | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:01:57 |
| 125 | Torres Albert | Movistar Team | + 01:02:05 |
| 126 | Dhondt Robbe | Team Picnic PostNL | + 01:03:46 |
| 127 | Toumire Hugo | Cofidis | + 01:05:48 |
| 128 | Janssens Jimmy | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:06:14 |
| 129 | Drizners Jarrad | Lotto | + 01:08:00 |
| 130 | Barta William | Movistar Team | + 01:11:54 |
| 131 | Castellon Jan | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 01:12:37 |
| 132 | Aberasturi Jon | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 01:13:14 |
| 133 | Paquot Tom | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:13:17 |
| 134 | Einhorn Itamar | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:14:08 |
| 135 | Buratti Nicolò | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:15:57 |
| 136 | Murguialday Jokin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 01:16:20 |
| 137 | Babor Daniel | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | + 01:17:57 |
| 138 | Novak Domen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 01:18:44 |
| 139 | Eddy Patrick | Team Picnic PostNL | + 01:23:32 |
| 140 | Roosen Timo | Team Picnic PostNL | + 01:28:57 |
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