:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/74MGBJ2DMNGG7KHB7NVRMIPTSE.jpg "This is how Colombians did in the Volta a Catalunya")
Esteban Chaves (BikeExchange) was established as the champion of the points and mountain classifications, in what was his first race of the 2021 season. The ‘chavito’ also won stage four, considered the queen stage.
The champion of the 100th edition of the Volta a Catalunya, UCI WorldTour category race, It was the British Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), who maintained the lead in the seventh and last stage, a 133-kilometer day played this Sunday with start and finish in Montjuic (Barcelona), which was won by the Belgian Thomas de Gendt (Lotto Soudal) with a time of 3 hours, 6 minutes and 10 seconds.
The champion of the 100th edition of the Volta a Catalunya, a UCI WorldTour category race, was the British Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), who maintained the lead in the seventh and last stage, a 133-kilometer day played this Sunday with start and finish in Montjuic (Barcelona), which was won by Belgian Thomas de Gendt (Lotto Soudal) with a time of 3 hours, 6 minutes and 10 seconds.
Colombians generally performed well. The best coffee growers in the general classification behind Chaves were Nairo Quintana in the 14th box, Santiago Buitrago 18th and Harold Tejada 51st.
15. Esteban Chaves (COL/BikeExchange) a 1:46
21. Rigoberto Urán (COL / EF Education-Nippo) a 1:46
31. Santiago Buitrago (COL/Bahrain-Victorious) a 2:25
38. Nairo Quintana (COL / Arkéa-Samsic) at 3:49
88. Harold Tejada (COL/Astana-Premier Tech) a 7:08
99. Camilo Ardila (COL/UAE Emirates) a 9:03
122. Diego Andrés Camargo (COL/EF Education-Nippo) a 10:49
124. Juan Sebastián Molano (COL / UAE Emirates) at 10:49
15. Esteban Chaves (COL/BikeExchange) a 1:46
21. Rigoberto Urán (COL / EF Education-Nippo) a 1:46
31. Santiago Buitrago (COL/Bahrain-Victorious) a 2:25
38. Nairo Quintana (COL / Arkéa-Samsic) at 3:49
88. Harold Tejada (COL/Astana-Premier Tech) a 7:08
99. Camilo Ardila (COL/UAE Emirates) a 9:03
122. Diego Andrés Camargo (COL/EF Education-Nippo) a 10:49
124. Juan Sebastián Molano (COL / UAE Emirates) at 10:49
The last Colombian, apart from ‘Chavito’, who had a good presentation was the cyclist Harold Tejada, who had a good performance in the sixth stage of La Volta a Catalunya, in which he participated in a getaway with the runners very early on. Mattias Skjelmose, Antoine Duchesne, Matej Mohorič and Dmitri Strajov.
The Colombian and the group of escapees managed to have 3 minutes of advantage with the main peloton, but in the last kilometers they were hunted and ended up being absorbed by the favorite riders to get the victory.
At the end of the day, the sprinting cyclists were in charge of the protagonism of the race, since the conditions of the stage were on flat terrain, ideal for packers. In this way, the teams carried out different strategies to put their best men at the top and in a good position in this modality.
Among them was involved the Colombian Juan Sebastián Molano who fought until the last moment for victory, but was overtaken by several packers who were stronger than him in the last meters.
The winner of the sixth stage was the cyclist of the Bora-Hansgrohe team, Peter Sagan, who in a spectacular shot defeated Impey and the sprinter of our country from the UAE Team Emirates team. The coffee grower lost by less than a second to the Slovenian runner.