How Higuita and Carapaz blew the Volta a Catalunya apart

CAMBRILS SPAIN MARCH 26 LR Richard Carapaz of Ecuador and Team INEOS Grenadiers and Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia of Colombia and Team Bora Hansgrohe compete in the breakaway during the 101st Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2022 Stage 6 a 1685km stage from Costa Daurada SalouCambrils to Costa Daurada SalouCambrils VoltaCatalunya101 WorldTour on March 26 2022 in Cambrils Spain Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo MorenoGetty Images
Richard Carapaz and Sergio Higuita during their longe-ra𓆏nge attack on s𝓡tage 6 (Image credit: Gonzalo Arroyo MorenoGetty Images)

In recent years, you could probably count on one hand the number of stage races that have seen GC favourites take the race apart with atꦏtacks of well over 100 kilometres.

But in an extremely volatile 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta a Catalunya, with no fewer than six riders leading the race in six days, that's exactly whatꦐ happened on Saturday's stage 6.