Roglic wins the Tour of Catalonia

Top favourite Primoz Roglic has claimed overall victory in the 2023 Tour of Catalonia.

The Slovenian cycling star from Jumbo-Visma after the final stage in Barcelona was six seconds ahead of road world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) and thus won his second round trip on this year's World Tour.

Evenepoel wins stage 7 of the Tour of Catalonia 2023

Evenepoel took the stage win on the seventh and final stage after 136 kilometres in the Catalan metropolis, but Roglic also secured bonus seconds in second place and thus maintained first place overall.

>> Tour of Catalonia 2023: All stages at a glance

The peloton of riders had halved considerably by the end, and Roglic was able to parry the expected attacks by the Belgian in the final kilometres. Evenepoel was no longer able to decisively overtake the Slovenian. Roglic went into the final stage with a ten-second lead.

Roglic and Evenepoel top favourites at the Giro d'Italia

Roglic, who finished first in the Tirreno-Adriatico in mid-March, successfully defended the overall leader's jersey on the sixth and penultimate stage on Saturday and fended off Evenepoel's attack. For both riders, the tour was an important test before the Giro d'Italia in May, where both are among the top contenders for overall victory.

Tour of Catalonia 2023: Stage 7 results

• 1st Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) 2:59:24

• 2nd Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) +0:00

• 3rd Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) +0:53

• 4th Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) +0:58

• 5th Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) +0:58

• 6th Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny) +0:58

• 7th Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:58

• 8th David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +0:58

• 9th Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) +0:58

• 10th Oscar Onley (Team DSM) +0:58

Tour of Catalonia 2023: The final standings in the overall standings

• 1st Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) 28:19:10

• 2nd Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:06

• 3rd Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +2:11

• 4th Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) +2:49

• 5th Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) +2:59

• 6th Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) +3:03

• 7th Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) +3:06

• 8th Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +3:11

• 9th Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bora-Hansgrohe) +3:32

• 10th Rigoberto Uran (EF Education EasyPost) +3:53

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