The hardest stage of the 2024 Volta a Catalunya proved to be no different from any other on Saturday as Tadej Pogačar once again stamped his authority all over the race and claimed his third summit finish out of a possible three, this time at the Alto de Queralt.
After an attempt by Visma-Lease a Bike to blow the Volta apart on the toughest climb of the race the Pradell, collapsed in spectacular fashion when none of their riders made it to a leading 10-man group containing Pogačar, the question of ‘if’ the Slovenian would attack morphed rapidly towards ‘when’.
