"I had actually hoped that the echelons would appear a bit earlier" - Tibor del Grosso scores another podium result on a windy day in Catalunya
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Close but no cigar for Tibor del Grosso in Spain. After coming 20 meters short of upset victory in the opening stage of Volta a Catalunya, the Alpecin-Deceuninck youngster was again in the mix on day 5, but was once again beaten to the line by even younger Matthew Brennan.
"It was windy all day," Del Grosso said to Eurosport, looking back on the fifth stage. "I had actually hoped that the echelons would appear a bit earlier, because it had been very nervous for a long time. It looked like it wouldn’t happen at all, but then it suddenly did. I was in it, so that was nice. But the sprint was hectic because of the headwind."
The sprint was started from far away by Axel Laurance. "I tried to get on Matthew’s wheel myself, but it was a fight. That’s where it went a bit wrong for me. But I still did okay. I’m happy with this podium place. It was close for second place."
Results of stage 5 of Volta a Catalunya:
| Position | Rider | Team | Time |
| 01 | Brennan Matthew | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 03:28:14 |
| 02 | Del Grosso Tibor | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 03 | Bittner Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | + 00 |
| 04 | van den Berg Marijn | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 05 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 06 | Laurance Axel | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 07 | Godon Dorian | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | + 00 |
| 08 | Denz Nico | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 09 | Fagundez Eric | Burgos Burpellet BH | + 00 |
| 10 | Ayuso Juan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 00 |
| 11 | Braz Afonso Clément | Groupama-FDJ | + 00 |
| 12 | O'Connor Ben | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 00 |
| 13 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 14 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 15 | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 16 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
| 17 | Yates Simon | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 18 | Bernal Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 19 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 20 | De Plus Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
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