Ethan Vernon Wins Shortened Stage in Tour of Catalonia as Pidcock Takes Third
Britain's Ethan Vernon secured a sprint victory on the wind-shortened fourth stage of the Volta à Catalunya as it concluded in Camprodon. Originally scheduled for three consecutive high-category summit finishes at Vallter 2000 due to severe weather threats, Stage Four was truncated into an uphill drag that resulted in a bunch finish where French rider Dorian Godon finished second and Tom Pidcock took third place with bonus seconds added en route.
Key Points
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1Ethan Vernon won the shortened fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya with a sprint victory.
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2The 25-year-old British rider from NSN Cycling Team defeated Dorian Godon in Camprodon after high winds forced changes to the race route and finishes. Tom Pidcock took third place, earning bonus seconds both at line finish and during the climb.
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Perspectives
Ethan Vernon won a sprint finish on the shortened fourth stage of the Volta à Catalunya after surging ahead in Camprodon.
— [Mar 26, 17:26] Vernon wins shortened stage with Pidcock third (Feeds.bbci.co.uk)"Vernon gagne une étape rabotee par le vent" - Ethan won a wind-shortened fourth edition of the Tour de Catalunya.
— [Mar 26, 17:19] Ethan Vernon gagne une 4e étape raboteé par le vent (Bluewin.ch)"Ethan Vernon denies Dorian Godon hat-trick in Tour of Catalonia" - The Brit defeated France's Dorian Godon and Tom Pidcock to take the win.
— [Mar 26, 16:37] Ethan Vernon denies Dorian Godon hat-trick in Tour of Catalonia (Cyclingflash)"Ethan Vernon wins Volta a Catalunya weather-shortened stage" - The race was altered due to high winds on Vallter 2000.
— [Mar 26, 16:30] Ethan Vernon wins Volta à Catalunya's weather-shortened stage (Cyclingmagazine.ca)"Volta a Catalunya truncated stage four" - Race leader Dorian Godon failed to pass NSN rider in the closing meters.
— [Mar 26, 16:24] Volta a Catalunya Ethan Vernon wins on long uphill dragBritish rider Ethan Vernon won Stage Four of the Volta à Catalunya with a sprint finish after organizers shortened and altered the route due to high winds, which scrapped an originally planned summit climb at Vallter. France's Dorian Godon retained his overall lead by 13 seconds over Tom Pidcock following this stage result in Camprodon.
Ethan Vernon won a shortened fourth stage of the Tour de Catalonia after course changes removed serious climbing from the route. Dorian Godon finished second while Tom Pidcock took third place and bonus seconds during both an intermediate sprint on Remco Evenepoel's line, which was also awarded due to his earlier crash in Wednesday's race.