Brennan sprints onto scene

Teenage super-sub stuns the Volta a Catalunya with two stage wins

- Tom Davidson

Nineteen-year-old Matthew Brennan cemented his status as one of the rising stars of cycling last week, taking two stage wins at the Volta a Catalunya.

The teenager from Darlington was not meant to start the race but was brought in for the injured Jonas Vingegaard in Visma-Lease a Bike's squad. "He may be able to compete for the day's victory once," his sports director, Marc Reef, said ahead of the event. "We are not going to put any pressure on him."