Vingegaard clinches Tour of Catalonia victory

Australian cyclist Gilmore, racing with former Barcelona football great Andres Iniesta's NSN team, edged Dorian Godon and Remco Evenepoel over the line in a thrilling bunch sprint finale.

Sunday's 95 kilometre finale took in seven circuits of Montjuic in Barcelona, where the Tour de France starts in July.

Vingegaard, who was the race favourite in his first participation, took control in the Pyrenees with stage five and six solo victories.

The Dane, who also won the overall title at Paris-Nice earlier this month, is planning a Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double assault later in the year.

Godon, who won two stages in the race, seemed set to grab a third but Gilmore edged him over the line.

"In the end maybe I was just too confident, there was another rider who came from behind and nabbed it," said Frenchman Godon, who won the points jersey. "Still a good week but disappointing today."

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