La 104e édition du Tour de Catalogne s'est élancée ce lundi 24 mars pour sept jours de compétition. Comme c'est le cas depuis 2022, le Grand Départ de l'épreuve ibérique a été donné à Sant Feliu de Guixols, autour de laquelle était tracée une 1ère étape longue de 178,6 km et légèrement vallonnée. Mais cette journée a surtout été marquée par une météo capricieuse (encore...), les coureurs devant affronter une forte pluie en continu toute la journée. En raison de ces conditions compliquées et des routes détrempées, la course ne s'est véritablement animée que dans les 20 derniers kilomètres... et elle nous a comme l'an passé offert un final haletant, avec la victoire surprise du jeune Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike) à l'issue d'un dernier kilomètre totalement fou qui l'a vu crucifier sur la ligne Tibor Del Grosso et la formation Alpecin-Deceuninck !
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00:00The style of Thibaut Delgrosso as he goes clear now for the finish line and he powers
00:11his way up this final turn.
00:13Brennan is there in second position, behind him is Caden Groves, Primoz Roglic is coming
00:19across now as well as we make our way onto the final drag up towards the line.
00:24Brennan is basically leading out Caden Groves and Groves will do nothing.
00:29Now we hit the slopes, 500 metres to go, Roglic gets ready to strike, Brennan looks
00:35around, he doesn't want to do all the work.
00:38This rider going for the finish line, looking around, is he going to make it?
00:45Delgrosso, Groves looks, there's Roglic, behind Roglic the rest of the field, 400 metres to
00:51go now as Brennan decides right now he's got to try and close the gap.
00:56Can Delgrosso hold on for the finish line and take an incredible stage victory here
01:02for the Alpecinda-Koenig team?
01:04There's Matthew Brennan on the right hand side, Roglic strikes, here goes Caden Groves
01:10who's still ready to go, Groves is in a perfect position, Brennan now starts to go, how are
01:16they going to catch him?
01:17200 metres of racing to go, the Alpecinda-Koenig rider after four hours, 25 minutes is being
01:24hunted down, this final slope to the line is very, very difficult, is he going to get
01:30there, is Brennan going to get him on the line?
01:33It's going to be so close, what a victory, 40 kilometres an hour today's stage.
02:24Style of Thibaut Delgrosso as he goes, clear now for the finish line and he powers his
02:53way up this final turn, Brennan is there in second position, behind him is Caden Groves,
02:59Primoz Roglic is coming across now as well as we make our way onto the final drag up
03:04towards the line, Brennan is basically leading out Caden Groves and Groves will do nothing,
03:11now we hit the slopes, 500 metres to go, Roglic gets ready to strike, Brennan looks around,
03:17he doesn't want to do all the work, this rider going for the finish line, looking around,
03:23is he going to make it?
03:26Delgrosso, Groves looks, there's Roglic, behind Roglic, the rest of the field, 400 metres
03:32to go now, as Brennan decides right now he's got to try and close the gap, can Delgrosso
03:39hold on for the finish line and take an incredible stage victory here for the Alpecinda-Koenig
03:45team? There's Matthew Brennan on the right-hand side, Roglic strikes, here goes Caden Groves
03:51who's still ready to go, Groves is in a perfect position, Brennan now starts to go, how are
03:57they going to catch him? 200 metres of racing to go, the Alpecinda-Koenig rider after four hours
04:0425 minutes is being hunted down, this final slope to the line is very very difficult,
04:11is he going to get there? Is Brennan going to get him on the line?
04:14It's going to be so close, what a victory!
04:2040 kilometres an hour today's stage!
04:24All right buddy!
04:25You're crazy man!
04:38Great job buddy, such a good job man!
04:55Jesus Christ, what a great day!
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