A smiling Remco Evenepoel at the start. The Belgian doubled yesterday, but also fell immediately after the finish after a collision with the press chief of the Catalan police. ,,Fortunately, the damage is not great“, he said before the start of the fourth stage. ,,We are talking about a head wound of 1 or 2 centimeters. Two little stitches and that’s it. It is superficial, although it was a bit of a shock. I’m not even stiff, there’s no muscle pain or bone damage. That’s a happy accident. There’s just some damage on the outside.”
After the finish in the Andorran ski village of Arinsal, the riders barely had room to exit before a group of journalists, caretakers and other people involved blocked the way. ,,There was only 50 meters after the finish line,” said Evenepoel. ,,I’m done with it.”