Roglic wins Volta a Catalunya with final-stage victory

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Slovenia's Primoz Roglic sealed his second Volta a Catalunya title in three years with victory in the seventh and final stage in Barcelona.

Roglic, who won the Volta in 2023, finished 14 seconds clear of Belgian duo Laurens de Plus and Lennert van Eetvelt over the 88km route.

The 35-year-old Red-Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider started the day one second behind Spain's Enric Mas in the general classification, but finished top by 28 seconds ahead of Mas' compatriot Juan Ayuso.

"Beautiful - I had great fun here," said Roglic.

"I figured it out, I'm ready, the legs are ready so I was pretty much enjoying this week.

"A bit of holidays and then slowly start to build up towards the Giro [d'Italia]."

Britain's Simon Yates finished eighth in the final stage, 19 seconds behind Roglic, and ninth in the general classification, one minute 46 seconds adrift.

British teenager Matthew Brennan, 19, lit up the early part of the week-long race, sprinting to his first victory on the World Tour in the opening stage before following up with his second win with another sprint finish on stage five.

1. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) 1hrs 58mins 27secs

2. Laurens De Plus (Bel/Ineos Grenadiers) +14sec

3. Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel/Lotto Cycling Team) +14sec

4. Dorian Godon (Fra/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +19sec

5. Sylvain Moniquet (Bel/Cofidis) +19sec

6. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita/XDS Astana Team) +19sec

7. Corbin Strong (NZ/Israel-Premier Tech) +19sec

8. Simon Yates (GB/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) +19sec

9. Rudy Molard (Fre/Groupama-FDJ) +19sec

10. Axel Laurance (Fra/Ineos Grenadiers) +19sec

1. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) 24hrs 46mins 21secs

2. Juan Ayuso (Spa/AE Team Emirates-XRG) +28sec