Au profit d’un point récolté sur le dernier sprint bonifications de la 5e étape du Tour de Catalogne, le portugais Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) a endossé le maillot de leader de la course WorldTour, pris des épaules de Nairo Quintana (Arkéa Samsic), désormais 2e du classement général. A deux étapes de la fin de la course, les deux coureurs sont séparés d’une seule seconde.
Tour de Catalogne – Classement général
1 – ALMEIDA João (UAE Team Emirates) en 22:26:09
2 – QUINTANA Nairo (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 0:01
3 – HIGUITA Sergio (BORA – hansgrohe) + 0:07
4 – AYUSO Juan (UAE Team Emirates) + 0:18
5 – POELS Wout (Bahrain – Victorious) m.t
6 – O’CONNOR Ben (AG2R Citroën Team) m.t
7 – JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 0:21
8 – MARTIN Guillaume (Cofidis) + 0:24
9 – CARAPAZ RichardvINEOS Grenadiers) + 0:27
10 – TRÆEN Torstein (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 0:35
11 – BENNETT George (UAE Team Emirates) + 0:57
12 – HINDLEY Jai (BORA – hansgrohe) + 1:00
13 – RODRÍGUEZ Carlos (INEOS Grenadiers) m.t
14 – OOMEN Sam (Jumbo-Visma) + 1:03
15 – VERONA Carlos (Movistar Team) + 1:05
16 – VAN WILDER Ilan (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) + 1:08
17 – TEUNS Dylan (Bahrain – Victorious) + 1:13
18 – CHAVES Esteban (EF Education-EasyPost) + 1:31
19 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain – Victorious) + 1:38
20 – SKJELMOSE JENSEN MattiasvTrek – Segafredo) + 1:46
Classement par points – Top 10
1 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain – Victorious) 12 points
2 – ALMEIDA João (UAE Team Emirates) 11 points
3 – HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby (Team DSM) 11 points
4 – O’CONNOR Ben (AG2R Citroën Team) 10 points
5 – GROVES Kaden (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) 10 points
6 – VERNON Ethan (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 10 points
7 – QUINTANA Nairo (Team Arkéa Samsic) 10 points
8 – AYUSO Juan (UAE Team Emirates) 6 points
9 – GODON Dorian (AG2R Citroën Team) 5 points
10 – BOU Joan (Euskaltel – Euskadi) 4 points
Classement de meilleur grimpeur – Top 10
1 – BIZKARRA Mikel (Euskaltel – Euskadi) 21 points
2 – OKAMIKA Ander (Burgos-BH) 20 points
3 – SOLER Marc (UAE Team Emirates) 18 points
4 – ARMIRAIL Bruno (Groupama – FDJ) 16 points
5 – HERRADA Jesús (Cofidis) 14 points
6 – QUINTANA Nairo (Team Arkéa Samsic) 14 points
7 – ALMEIDA João (UAE Team Emirates) 12 points
8 – PEDERSEN Casper (Team DSM) 12 points
9 – O’CONNOR Ben (AG2R Citroën Team) 10 points
10 – HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby (Team DSM) 10 points
Classement de meilleur jeune – Top 10
1 – ALMEIDA João (UAE Team Emirates) en 22:26:09
2 – HIGUITA Sergio (BORA – hansgrohe) + 0:07
3 – AYUSO Juan (UAE Team Emirates) + 0:18
4 – JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 0:21
5 – RODRÍGUEZ Carlos (INEOS Grenadiers) + 1:00
6 – VAN WILDER Ilan (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) + 1:08
7 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain – Victorious) + 1:38
8 – SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias (Trek – Segafredo) + 1:46
9 – MONIQUET Sylvain (Lotto Soudal) + 2:07
10 – SOSA Iván Ramiro (Movistar Team) + 2:24