Tour de Romandie 2015
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Martin wins ITT, Zakarin takes GC
Door Martijn Ophorst It all boils down to the ITT in Lausanne. Tony Martin is strongest in his favourite discipline, with Simon Spilak second and Ilnur Zakarin third. This means Zakarin wins the overall with Spilak runner-up. Chris Froome completes the podium after a…
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Pinot takes Queen Stage, Zakarin leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 5 is the Queen Stage in which riders face four 1st category cols. It all boils down to a battle at the last climb with Pinot attacking and soloing to victory. Zakarin finishes second and is the new leader. By the way, the first…
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Young Stefan Küng wins 4th stage
Door Martijn Ophorst En route to Fribourg the riders crest three cols and it's with 25 kilometres left young Stefan Küng leaves the front group to solo to victory. His fellow escapees Jan Bakelants and Bert-Jan Lindeman are second and third. Küng's compatriot…
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Tour de Romandie 2015: And that's two... Albasini wins 3rd stage!
Door Martijn Ophorst After a hilly stage the last climb is crested with 25 km's left. A long drop to the finish line and then the sprint is won by Michael Albasini. Not only his second win in a row, as he won three stages in 2014 this makes the Swiss a five time…
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Albasini takes stage and leader's jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 2 in the Tour de Romandie features four climbs and a 15 km's drop after the last top. The race explodes just after leader Geraint Thomas puntured at the closing climb. He can't make it back when a group of favourites takes control. After a…
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Stage 1: Sky wins TTT, Geraint Thomas first leader
Door Harmen Lustig The Tour de Romandië 2015 opens with an TTT in 19.2 kilometres. Sky and Orica GreenEdge go head to head with Sky outperforming the Australians by 0.63 seconds. Geraint Thomas is the first leader in the race.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Riders
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Romandie 2015 offers a strong field with the likes of Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana, Thibaut Pinot and Jean-Christophe Péraud. Cyclingstage.com brings you the full startlist.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: The Route
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Romandie is a six-day Swiss stage race, this year starting with a team time trial on April 28. With a tough mountain stage and an individual time trial, the last two days probably will be decisive. Chris Froome is title holder.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Favourites
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Romandie 2015 will see a Nibali-Quintana-Froome battle. That’s three out of four major contenders for the upcoming Tour de France. In Switzerland they go head to head with each other and the likes of Uran, Pinot and Costa.…
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Route stage 1: TTT Vallée de Joux – Juraparc
Door Martijn Ophorst Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - The Tour de Romandie opens with a 19.2 kilometres team time trial between Vallée de Joux and Juraparc Le Pont Vallorbe.
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Route stage 2: Apples – Saint Imier
Door Martijn Ophorst Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - The 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie is a 168.1 kilometres ride. The start is in Apple and the finish in Saint Imier. In between are four climbs, the last with 15.2 kilometres left.
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Route stage 3: Moutier – Porrentruy
Door Martijn Ophorst Thursday, April 30, 2015 – Stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie takes the riders in 173.2 kilometres from Moutier to Porrentruy. Thibaut Pinot loves that place, because in 2012 he won his first Tour de France-stage in the Swiss town. At the time, the…
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Route stage 4: La Neuveville – Fribourg
Door Martijn Ophorst Friday, May 1, 2015 - Stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie takes the riders in 169.8 kilometres from La Neuveville to Fribourg. Three categorized mountains, the last with 12 kilometres left to race. Downhill finale!
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Route stage 5: Fribourg – Champex
Door Martijn Ophorst Saturday, May 2, 2015 – Stage 5 takes the riders in 166.1 kilometres from Fribourg to Champex-Lac. It is the Queen Stage of the Tour de Romandie 2015, rising 3,381 metres in elevation.
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Tour de Romandie 2015 Route stage 6: ITT in Lausanne
Door Martijn Ophorst Sunday, May 3, 2015 - The Tour de Romandie concludes with an individual time trial in the streets of Lausanne. In 17.3 kilometres it’s a fight of rider and clock. Two climbing sections and the final 5 kilometres of the Tour de Romandie are all…