Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers) doubled up at the Volta a Catalunya, sprinting to victory in Vila-seca at the end of a dramatic third stage.
The Frenchman led the race home after a late catch of a late GC breakaway starring Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Evenepoel had attacked following the final descent of the day with 29km to go, taking Vingegaard with him.
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“It looked really crazy, but I hope he is OK, and obviously I didn’t want to take advantage of a situation like that. I just decided to wait for the bunch,” Vingegaard said after the stage.
“I hope he can continue tomorrow.”
Vingegaard’s gesture left Godon to launch the sprint and easily dispatch his rivals for his third win of the season. The stage 1 winner beat Ethan Vernon (NSN) and Noah Hobbs (EF Education-EasyPost) to the line to extend his overall lead.
Godon now leads the race by 11 seconds from Evenepoel, who picked up three bonus seconds at the day’s second and final intermediate sprint. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) lies third overall at 16 seconds, while Vingegaard is fourth at 18 seconds.
“I was fully concentrated on the sprint. For me, we caught them, and then I went for the win,” Godon said after the stage, referring to Evenepoel and Vingegaard.
“All the riders on the team did an amazing job for me to catch them, so it was amazing.
“First, I wanted to win today again. It’s an amazing day again, the third day as the GC leader. It’s not every day, so let’s go [forward] with a smile.”
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