Kaden Groves won a mass bunch sprint for the line on stage four of the Volta a Catalunya on Thursday on a largely flat run to Sabadell.
Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel remain locked on the same time atop the overall standings with three stages remaining, including a summit finish on Friday.
Groves pipped Bryan Coquard at the line by using a late-thrust, bike-throw move to win by centimetres.
The race left the Pyrenean thermal spa village of Llivia at 1200m altitude for a 188km run to Sabadell. A five-rider break never got too far ahead and Evenepoel’s Soudal-Quick Step team made sure the race ended in a mass sprint.
However, Friday’s stage five from Tarragona winds back into the mountains for a run that culminates in a giant climb to a summit finish where stamina may start to sap.
⏩Torna a vibrar amb el darrer quilòmetre i la segona victòria d'etapa de @kaden_groves a @AjMolinsdeRei
⏩ Relive the last km and the second stage win of
@kaden_groves at @AjMolinsdeRei#VoltaCatalunya102 pic.twitter.com/AUyICWsbcz
— Volta a Catalunya (@VoltaCatalunya) March 25, 2023
