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STEINFORT, LUXEMBOURG - MAY 01: Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen of Denmark and Movistar Team celebrates at arrival during the 13th Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs 2021, Stage 1 a 125,1km stage from Steinfort to Steinfort 321m / #felsy / #UCIProSeries / on May 01, 2021 in Steinfort, Luxembourg. (Photo by Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)
Team Movistar doubled up across its men’s and women’s squads Saturday.
Young Dane Emma Norsgaard delivered at Festival Elsy Jacobs after a season of near-misses, while home talent Héctor Carretero outsprinted Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) in a reduced kick at Vuelta a Asturias.
Although the likes of Alejandro Valverde and Annemiek van Vleuten typically top the headlines for Movistar, Saturday’s results saw two of the squad’s young promises step up, with both Norsgaard and Carretero notching their first victories for “the blues.”
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Sagan at the 2021 Volta a Catalunya. Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images
The spring classics are now in the rearview mirror, and the peloton switches gears into stage-racing mode.
The weeklong Tour de Romandie highlights a busy week that also sees stage races in Spain, with Nairo Quintana headlining the Vuelta a Asturias, and with the women’s peloton at Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs.
75th Tour de Romandie grand tour stars converge
Switzerland, April 27 to May 2
The Tour de Romandie is the traditional transition race that bridges the race calendar from the spring classics to the grand tours.