Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) sprinted to the first win of his season on stage 4 at Volta a Catalunya, out-pacing Emils Liepins (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) and Arne Marit (Intermarché-Wanty).
Bryan Coquard opened up the sprint after his Cofidis team spent most of the day controlling the breakaway but hit the front too soon and had to settle for fourth.
For Van den Berg, the victory was confirmation he is better than ever after recovering from an injury last month.
“[The season] was going really well in the beginning and then I crashed quite hard and Algarve and had a concussion, so I was out for a little bit,” Van den Berg explained.
“I started competing last week in…
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