Carapaz converts calculated long-range attack into first win of 2022 in Catalunya

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2022 - 101st Edition - 6th stage Salou - Cambrils 167.6 km - 26/03/2022 - Richard Carapaz (ECU - INEOS Grenadiers) - photo Luis Angel Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022.
Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) celebrates his win in Cambrils after 130km on the attack with Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) (Image credit: Luis Angel Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022.)

A long-distance attack from Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) that ripped the Volta a Catalunya apart on stage 6 ended in the best way possible for the Ecuadorian as he out-duelled his Colombian rival for the stage win and moved into second place overall.

The two South Americans delivered one of the most exciting days of racing from recent stage races as they took on a seemingly hard, but not impossibly difficult, day through the sierras of southern Catalunya with no less than 130 kilometres to go.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.