Tour de Romandie 2025: Martinez takes queen stage and GC lead

foto: Cor VosIn the final 4 kilometres of the queen stage, João Almeida and Lenny Martinez go clear together. The Frenchman outsprints Almeida at Thyon 2000 to take both the stage win and the leader’s jersey. Lorenzo Fortunato and João Almeida sit in second and third place in the GC, just 2 and 3 seconds down respectively. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 4th stage 2025 Tour de Romandie

1. Lenny Martinez (fra)
2. João Almeida (por) s.t.
3. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) + 0.29
4. Jay Vine (aus) + 0.31
5. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) .t.
6. Cristián Rodríguez (spa) + 1.11
7. Mathys Rondel (fra) + 1.13
8. Jørgen Nordhagen (nor) + 1.17
9. Sergio Higuita (col) + 1.29
10. Junior Lecerf (bel) s.t.

GC after stage 4
1. Lenny Martinez (fra)
2. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) + 0.02
3. João Almeida (por) + 0.03
4. Jay Vine (aus) + 0.32
5. Junior Lecerf (bel) + 0.54
6. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) s.t.
7. Juan Pedro López (spa) + 1.06
8. Mathys Rondel (fra) + 1.37
9. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 1.41
10. Cristián Rodríguez (spa) + 1.46

Koersverloop
On the first climb, Louis Barré, Julien Bernard and KOM leader Ben Zwiehoff join forces to open up a lead of over a minute. Zwiehoff takes the most mountain points at the summit, and repeats the feat in Lens. He then seals the KOM classification on the climb to Nax.

The trio extend their lead to a maximum of just over two minutes during the stage. By the time the final climb begins, Zwiehoff has dropped back, and the gap for the remaining two has already fallen to under a minute.

Yellow jersey Alex Baudin is dropped from the peloton with 15 kilometres remaining, while Bernard is the last rider to be reeled in shortly afterwards.

With 8 kilometres to the summit, Remco Evenepoel is dropped from the main group. Roughly 2 kilometres later, that group is whittled down to João Almeida, Jay Vine, Lenny Martinez and Lorenzo Fortunato.

Almeida and Martinez push on together in the last 4 kilometres. The cooperation is far from smooth, but they manage to stay away. In the sprint, the young Frenchman pips the Portuguese for the win, and the time bonus earns him the yellow jersey.

Another interesting read: route 4th stage 2025 Tour de Romandie.