Tour de Romandie 2023: Sprint win and leader's jersey for Hayter

fotobureau Cor VosThe 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie boils down to a sprint of a decimated peloton. Ethan Hayter sprints to victory ahead of Juan Ayuso and Romain Bardet. The Briton is the new leader on GC. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 2nd stage 2023 Tour de Romandie

1. Ethan Hayter (gbr)
2. Juan Ayuso (spa) s.t.
3. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t.
4. Matteo Sobrero (ita) s.t.
5. Oscar Onley (gbr) s.t.
6. Harry Sweeny s.t.
7. Kobe Goossens (bel) s.t.
8. Magnus Cort (den) s.t.
9. Finn Fisher-Black (nzl) s.t.
10. Nick Schultz (aus) s.t.

GC after stage 2
1. Ethan Hayter (gbr)
2. Tobias Foss (nor) + 0.06
3. Rémi Cavagna (fra) s.t.
4. Juan Ayuso (spa) + 0.11
5. Matteo Sobrero (ita) + 0.14
6. Nelson Oliveira (spa) + 0.15
7. Romain Bardet (fra) + 0.17
8. Jonathan Castroviejo (spa) s.t.
9. Finn Fisher-Black (nzl) s.t.
10. Rainer Kepplinger (aut) + 0.18

Race report
A lot of movement from the start, but it takes more than 20 kilometres for the breakaway to form. Then Gleb Brussenskiy, Julien Bernard and Tom Bohli join forces to open up lead of 5 minutes.

The breakaway is history with 30 kilometres remaining.

Woods accelerates in the Communal climb. Gloag and Jorgenson follow him like a shadow, while Yates brings back the favourites just before the summit.

Several attacks follow in the last kilometres, but they are all shut down. Ethan Hayter powers to victory in the ensuing bunch sprint. He also moves into the leader's jersey.

Another interesting read: route 2nd stage 2023 Tour de Romandie.