A calculation error spoils the premiere of Pogacar in the Volta. The UAE governs the entire stage except the final'sprint', where the surprising Schultz takes the laurel ahead of the Slovenian.

It was a stage controlled from step to step by UAE, an exercise in absolute supremacy that, however, went to waste because it miscalculated in the last kilometers, a winding descent with twisty curves, a constricted road and barely gaps to recover positions. The only mistake of the great favorite for the final scepter, the animal on two wheels and handlebars, who controlled almost everythingexcept the final arrival.