Earlier this afternoon Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step's overall race leader Gianni Meersman succeeded at sprinting to stage victory for the second day in a row in this year's Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

Gianni Meersman powers to repeat stage victory for Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2013 and increases overall race lead.

Team Omega Pharma-Quick-Step's Gianni Meersman proved to be the strongest rider of a group of star riders which escaped from the main peloton group on the descent of Alt de Collsacreau within a distance of 25 kilometers from the finish line.

Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step's Gianni Meersman sprints to stage 1 victory in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2013 and takes overall race lead ahead of Astana's Valerio Agnoli and Alejandro Valverde of Team Movistar.