Tour de Romandie 2018
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Stage 5: Sprint victory Pascal Ackermann, Primoz Roglic overall winner
Door Martijn Ophorst The final stage of the Tour de Romandie travels on a hilly route to Geneva. Young Pascal Ackermann sprints to his first pro-victory, while Primoz Roglic seals the overall win ahead of Egan Bernal and Richie Porte.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Stage 4: Fuglsang solos to victory, Roglic retains in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst At merely 150 kilometres, the Queen Stage of the Tour de Romandie features 3,584 vertical metres. Primoz Roglic holds off an Egan Bernal attack on the last climb before Jakob Fuglsang strikes on descent. The Dane solos to victory and fourth place…
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Stage 3: Bernal fastest in ITT, Roglic still in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst The 3rd stage of the Tour de Romandie is an uphill time trial. Just one climb - 9.9 kilometres at 8%. Young Egan Bernal bests leader Primoz Roglic with a 4 seconds margin and now sits in second overall, 6 seconds down on the race lead.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Stage 2: De Gendt solos to victory, Roglic still leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie travels over two intermediate peaks. The last one is crested with 60 kilometres remaining, while the finale is played out on the flat. Thomas De Gendt is the strongest man of a five-man breakaway and the…
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Stage 1: Sprint victory Omar Fraile, Primoz Roglic new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The 1st stage on the Tour de Romandie features four passes before the race ends with a descent. The peloton regroups with 2 kilometres to go before Omar Fraile sprints to victory ahead of Sonny Colbrelli. Primoz Roglic is the new leader on GC.
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Tour de Romandie 2018: Michael Matthews wins prologue to take leader's jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Romandie begins with a tough 4 kilometres prologue. Double digits ramps and cobbles, but Michael Matthews can't be bothered. He powers to the win ahead of Tom Bohli and Primoz Roglic.
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Tour de Romandie 2018: The Route
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2018 Tour de Romandie kicks off on Tuesday 24 April to finish on Sunday the 29th. The six-day race in the French-speaking part of Switzerland takes in a lot of climbs, but features only one summit finish. The long-busting time trial on the…
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Tour de Romandie 2018: Riders
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Romandie is tailor made for climbers and time trialists. Which shows in the start list. The likes of Richie Porte, Geraint Thomas, Primoz Roglic, the Izagirre brothers and Rohan Dennis line-up next to Dan Martin and Jakob Fuglsang.…
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Tour de Romandie 2018: Favourites
Door Harmen Lustig Climbing, descending and time trialing are the bare essentials to win the Tour de Romandie. The race starts with a prologue featuring some nasty double digit ramps, there is a climb time trial of 9.9 kilometres at 8%, while the toughest mountain…
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Route prologue: Fribourg - Fribourg
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday, 24 April 2018 - The Tour de Romandie starts with a 4 kilometres prologue in Fribourg. Last year's overall was won by Richie Porte ahead of Simon Yates and Primoz Roglic.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Route stage 1: Fribourg - Delémont
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday, 25 April 2018 - At 166.6 kilometres, the route of the 1st stage of the Tour de Romandie travels from Fribourg to Delémont. The route takes in four intermediate climbs before the race ends on descent.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Route stage 2: Delémont – Yverdon-les-Bain
Door Martijn Ophorst Thursday, 26 April 2018 - The 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie travels from Delémont to Yverdon-les-Bains. The 173.9 kilometres route features 1,988 vertical metres and two climbs.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Route stage 3: Ollon - Villars
Door Harmen Lustig Friday, 27 April 2018 - The 3rd stage of the Tour de Romandie is an individual time trial for the climbers. Ollon lies in the valley and Villars high up on the mountain. The 9.9 kilometres route climbs 785 metres.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Route stage 4: Sion - Sion
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday, 28 April 2018 - The 4th stage of the Tour de Romandie not only sets off in Sion, the race finishes there as well. The route features 149.2 kilometres, while the altitude gain is a whooping 3,584 metres.
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Tour de Romandie 2018 Route stage 5: Mont-sur-Rolle - Geneva
Door Harmen Lustig Sunday, 29 April 2018 - The 5th and last stage of the Tour de Romandie goes from Mont-sur-Rolle to Geneva. The 181.8 kilometres route features three climbs, yet a fast finishers showdown is a likely scenario. That is, if their teams feel like…