"Now we've seen that I'm fast too" - Remco Evenepoel turns the tables on Primoz Roglic as he conquers La Molina
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Remco Evenepoel has won with a great superiority the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya with finish in La Molina. The Belgian from Soudal Quick-Step broke away with 4.5 km to go and took Primoz Roglic on his wheel. He carried all the weight of the climb and then beat him in the sprint.
"I feel amazing, I had super good legs, I was feeling better and better and better, every day better, I had a lot of confidence in my team, that they were going to be able to do the job they have done," Evenepoel said in a post-race interview. "We saw that the previous climb to La Molina was long and hard. We wanted to make it as hard as possible from that climb. It's a shame I was wearing the youth jersey, I would have loved to have a photo with the rainbow here, in the next race maybe."
Soudal - Quickk-Step took responsibilities on the day and made it possible for the peloton to fight for the stage win. In the climb to La Molina the work continued and Evenepoel launched his attack with four kilometers to go. Primoz Roglic managed to follow and then did not collaborate, making it a very difficult situation for the World Champion. However today he had the best legs, and in the steep pitch to the line he managed to outsprint the race leader.
"I've shown for a long time that I can be very fast, I made a mistake on the first day by being too far back but I think now we've seen that I'm fast too," he stated. Evenepoel cut the difference to Roglic by 2 seconds on the road, and 4 in bonifications. Roglic remains in the lead but now both are tied in time. The stage finishing up Lo Port will likely be decisive for the overall classification battle.
"I expect a nice battle. I hope to recover as much as possible tomorrow and that it will come down to the sprint and for Friday we have to save our strength. Today we showed that we are a very strong team and that we are in good shape. On Friday we will take the responsibility again and try to win," Evenepoel concluded.
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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The World Champion strikes on La Molina 💥 #VoltaCatalunya102 Photo: @GettySport
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