The stage started relatively calm. But, later, on the local circuit in Barcelona, there were a lot of attacks by riders from the general classification. Kruijswijk also attacked, but he wasn’t able to escape. In the end, early attacker Davide Formolo managed to stay away and finished before the group of favourites. Kruijswijk crossed the finish line ninth.

“The last day is always hard here”, Kruijswijk said. “It was important that we stayed focused all day. I felt good and I was able to stay in a good position in front. Becoming fifth in this field is a good result.”