科皮和巴塔利国际周第三赛段，瓦因雨中单飞夺冠

意大利科皮和巴塔利国际周（Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali）迎来了第三赛段的激烈角逐。比赛从里乔内（Riccione）出发，终点设在切塞纳（Cesena），全程142公里。

澳大利亚车手瓦因在距离终点还有25公里时，与速德奥-快步车队的毛里·范塞文南特（Mauri Vansevenant）在Diolaguardia爬坡顶端前发起进攻，两人一度建立起20秒的领先优势。随后，瓦因在坡顶成功甩开对手，独自领骑，并在湿滑的下坡路段保持微弱领先。尽管身后的追击集团穷追不舍，瓦因凭借强大的个人计时赛能力和顽强意志，成功斩获2025赛季首胜。

瓦因在赛后表示：“能够取得这场胜利真的太棒了！这是我2025赛季的首场胜利，也是我儿子出生后的首胜，所以能在家人的支持下夺冠，真的特别激励人心。车队目前状态正佳，我很高兴能为新赛季的胜利榜单再添一笔，这一天对我来说非常特别。”

科皮和巴塔利国际周第三赛段成绩：
1. Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 3:40:58
2. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) +26″
3. Simone Velasco (XDS Astana Team) s.t

Over in Catalunya, only a photo finish could seperate Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and UAE Team Emirates-XRG‘s Juan Ayuso once again. This time around, it was Ayuso who was forced to settle for second place on the day, ceding the leader’s jersey to the Slovenian but heading into Friday’s stage tied on time for the race lead.

With another impressive performance to add to a string of recent highlights, Ayuso ended stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya in the young rider’s jersey. In a repeat of Wednesday’s stage to La Molina, Thursday’s summit finish atop the Montserrat Monastery produced a barnstorming battle between the race’s two strongest climbers. Although it was Roglič who ultimately triumphed, it was Ayuso who had made the biggest attack of the stage in the final kilometres.

Ayuso’s attack came with 2.6km to ride, after his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammates had performed their duties to the mark.

At first, it was Julius Johansen and Domen Novak who worked tirelessly to keep the day’s breakaway in check, before Pavel Sivakov guided his team to the foot of the final climb, Pablo Torres ramped up the pace and Marc Soler buried himself to perhaps make himself the day’s unofficial MVP. Once the Spaniard had spent his last bullet, Adam Yates went to task at the front and all that was left was for Ayuso to make his premeditated attack.

Just as the team had discussed in the morning, the 22-year-old launched a searing acceleration in a bid to drop his rivals. Beginning the stage in the race lead, Ayuso was a man on a mission. With one final look round to Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step), Ayuso ridded himself of all but one rival – the man he would bring to the line to decide the day’s winner in a sprint.

As they crested the final bend, Ayuso and Roglič went head-to-head in another exciting finish, and their respective bonus seconds taken throughout the course of the race ensure that the pair will begin stage 5 level on time. A sprint finish should be expected on Friday, before the pair will clash once again to decide the general classification over the weekend.

Volta a Catalunya stage 4 results

1. Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) 4:24:08

2. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) s.t

3. Enric Mas (Movistar) +3″

Volta a Catalunya general classification after stage 4

1. Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) 18:54:50

2. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) s.t

3. Enric Mas (Movistar) +20″