As Juan Ayuso celebrated a narrow but well-deserved victory at the Volta a Catalunya's first summit finish at La Molina, at least two of his key rivals were left reflecting on a high mountain ...

After two sprints, Wednesday was all about the climbers: a grueling mountain stage with no less than 5000 meters of climbing was on the program, with the finish in La Molina. Two years ago, Remco ...

The bunch closed in on a leading trio of riders with just a few hundred metres remaining, among them Ayuso's teammate Marc Soler, who animated the final climb to La Molina, before leading out Ayuso.