Esteban Chaves tried it with an attack six kilometers from the finish line in the second stage of the
Volta a Catalunya. The Colombian champion had a half minute advantage over the favorites and was finally caught with 500 meters to go, but was satisfied with the good feelings.
The
EF Education-EasyPost rider commented after the stage on why he tried to win from afar: "It was a very exhausting stage, Jumbo was going very fast and we were lucky to have a rider on the breakaway and in the end, taking into account how Roglic sprints and how Remco sprints, we have to try from afar. If you wait and do the race with them most likely when you sprint you won't be as fast".