The four-man breakaway of Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Remy Rochas (Cofidis) maintained their advantage over the peloton and battled for the line in the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Kron took it, pipping Sanchez in a sprint finish. Watch the Volta a Catalunya live and ad-free on eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.