Another solid outing of Landa in Catalunya

Race report | Thursday 27 March 2025 - 17:10

Our rider remained well-placed in the overall ranking with three stages to go.

The stunning Montserrat ascent made its return as a stage finish at the Volta a Catalunya for the first time since 1995, when the race was organised in June, just a couple of weeks before the start of the Tour de France. One of the hardest climbs of this year’s edition, and one of the region’s most famous ascents, averaging 6.6% over 8.8 kilometers, Montserrat began with Soudal Quick-Step at the front of the peloton, as James Knox and Gianmarco Garofoli combined to push a steady tempo on the opening part.

The fight between the GC favourites was sparked by an attack of the overall leader of the race with more than two kilometers to go, a move to which Mikel Landa responded immediately. Despite being caught and distanced by Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe), who went on to win the stage from a two-man group, Landa booked a place in a small but strong chasing group and fought hard to limit the losses, which in the end were of just three seconds.

Two accelerations of the Basque in the final kilometer saw him take a solid top five at the summit, a result which puts him fourth on the standings, just one second from the podium. His teammate Junior Lecerf – who sported the best young rider jersey Thursday afternoon – is ninth in the general classification thanks to what was another convincing ride, making Soudal Quick-Step the only team with two riders in the top ten after four stages.

 

Photo credit: ©Szymon Gruchalski / Getty Images

Race details

1 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
4:24:08
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
0:00
3 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:03
4 Lenny Martinez
Bahrain - Victorious
0:03
5 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:03
6 Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:03
7 Lennert Van Eetvelt
Lotto
0:03
8 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
0:06
9 Juan Pedro López Pérez
Lidl - Trek
0:21
10 Giulio Pellizzari
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:26
14 Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:34
53 Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step
6:57
56 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
7:55
88 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
12:41
89 Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step
12:41
DNF Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step
-04:24:08
1 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
18:54:50
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
0:00
3 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:20
4 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
5 Lenny Martinez
Bahrain - Victorious
0:27
6 Lennert Van Eetvelt
Lotto
0:27
7 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
0:45
8 Harold Martín López Granizo
XDS Astana Team
0:55
9 Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:58
10 Laurens De Plus
INEOS Grenadiers
0:58
46 Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step
14:34
54 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
20:34
84 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
34:46
106 Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step
43:35
1 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
20 pt
2 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
20 pt
3 Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
16 pt
4 Ethan Vernon
Israel - Premier Tech
10 pt
5 Diego Uriarte Belzunegi
Equipo Kern Pharma
8 pt
6 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
7 pt
7 Mats Wenzel
Equipo Kern Pharma
6 pt
8 Jan Castellon Ribalta
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
6 pt
9 Danny van der Tuuk
Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 pt
10 Calum Johnston
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
4 pt
11 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
1 Bruno Armirail
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
31 pt
2 Mats Wenzel
Equipo Kern Pharma
28 pt
3 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
18 pt
4 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
18 pt
5 Alex Molenaar
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
18 pt
6 Danny van der Tuuk
Euskaltel - Euskadi
16 pt
7 Lorenzo Germani
Groupama - FDJ
16 pt
8 Pablo Torres Arias
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
12 pt
9 Mario Aparicio Muñoz
Burgos Burpellet BH
10 pt
10 Pavel Sivakov
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
10 pt
11 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
8 pt
1 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
18:54:50
2 Lenny Martinez
Bahrain - Victorious
0:27
3 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
0:45
4 Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:58
5 Giulio Pellizzari
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
1:05
6 Pablo Torres Arias
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
5:53
7 Jaume Guardeño Roma
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
7:17
8 Brieuc Rolland
Groupama - FDJ
10:14
9 Embret Svestad-Bårdseng
10:52
10 Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step
14:34
1 XDS Astana Team 56:48:43
2 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:22
3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:51
4 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 3:35
5 Burgos Burpellet BH 4:44
6 INEOS Grenadiers 5:10
7 Soudal Quick-Step 7:41
8 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 9:35
9 Lidl - Trek 15:20
10 EF Education - EasyPost 16:35

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