Beating some impressive pros there, well done Dan!!

Great performance. Could really feature in KOM standings come the grand tours.

There is no other sport for people to watch tonight, so anybody who has Eurosport watch the highlights of this. It was an absolute immense performance. He practically climbed on his own for the final 15km of the stage and held off all the guys who were competing for the top jerseys at the Grand tours last year. Nico Roche also animated an lone attack just before Dan got clear.
Wheres the news about the Scores hero only last month, Martyn Irvine. He broke his leg at the tour of Taiwan today. Not newsworthy enough? Always report a success story and then a nation of support disappears when things get tough. Nice one.

Dan Martin Garmin won today’s stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalumya
6 hours in the saddle, mountain top finish.
Stagewinner : 06:02:40 MARTIN Daniel
Race leader : 18:48:38 MARTIN Daniel
And Dan Martin got the news of his friend & colleague and tweeted
“@DanMartin86: Then I hear about @Martyn_Irvine crash in taiwan. Damnit. Get well soon mate. Sure you’ll be up and at em before you know it.”