Jonas Vingegaard Seizes Catalonia Lead With Summit Win at Coll de Pal

Overview

• Jonas Vingegaard won the mountain stage to Coll de Pal and moved into the overall lead, finishing 51 seconds ahead of Felix Gall with Lenny Martinez at 1 minute 1 second.
• Vingegaard attacked with about seven kilometers left on the climb and steadily rode clear of Remco Evenepoel, João Almeida, and the other contenders.
• Ethan Vernon had taken the previous stage in a reduced sprint after organizers cut the Vallter 2000 summit due to forecast gusts near 90 km/h, which kept Dorian Godon in the leader’s jersey for a day longer.
• An eventful earlier stage saw Evenepoel crash inside the final 500 meters after losing his handlebars near a roundabout, Vingegaard sit up rather than press the advantage, and Dorian Godon win the sprint to hold the race lead.
• The general classification after the Coll de Pal finish lists Vingegaard first, with Gall at 57 seconds, Martinez at 1:09, Florian Lipowitz at 1:13, and Evenepoel at 1:38, setting up a reshaped fight after weather and time bonuses had defined the early days.