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Vingegaard clinches Tour of Catalonia victory / Photo: © AFP
Vingegaard clinches Tour of Catalonia victory
Jonas Vingegaard triumphed at the Tour of Catalonia on Sunday as he continued his strong start to the season, while Brady Gilmore sprinted to a surprise stage seven victory.
Vingegaard topped the general classification ahead of Lenny Martinez and Florian Lipowitz.
Australian cyclist Gilmore, racing with former Barcelona football great Andres Iniesta's NSN team, edged Dorian Godon and Remco Evenepoel over the line in a thrilling bunch sprint finale.
Sunday's 95 kilometre finale took in seven circuits of Montjuic in Barcelona, where the Tour de France starts in July.
Vingegaard, who was the race favourite in his first participation, took control in the Pyrenees with stage five and six solo victories.
The Dane, who also won the overall title at Paris-Nice earlier this month, is planning a Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double assault later in the year.
Godon, who won two stages in the race, seemed set to grab a third but Gilmore edged him over the line.
"In the end maybe I was just too confident, there was another rider who came from behind and nabbed it," said Frenchman Godon, who won the points jersey. "Still a good week but disappointing today."
Q.Nelson--SFF
