Volta a Catalunya 2018, De Gendt: “I will hold up as long as possible to keep this jersey”

Thomas De Gendt told us yesterday morning at the start of stage 2 that he came to Catalonia at least to attempt a stage win. The Belgian succeeded in acheving his goal with 4 stages left. Not only: Lotto-Soudal rider is also the new overall leader of the 2018 Volta a Catalunya with 23 seconds of advantage over the former leader Alejandro Valverde.