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Despite stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya looking suitable terrain for a battle between the breakaway and the sprinters, the day once again played host to the Remco Evenepoel vs Primož Roglič GC fight as the pair did battle over intermediate sprint bonus seconds throughout the stage.
In the end, both men took a second off one another, leaving the 10-second gap at the top of the standings the same as the morning ahead of Sunday’s hilly Montjuïc Park finale in Barcelona.
Meanwhile, the stage honours went to Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who was forced to mount a late chase back to the peloton after a bike change just 4km from the line. The Australian claimed his second win of the race ahead of Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) as Evenepoel sprinted to fifth place.
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