Tour de Romandie 2026: Pogacar cements lead with solo triumph
fotobureau Cor VosTadej Pogacar drops Florian Lipowitz with 1.2 kilometres to go on the final climb and rides solo to his third win in five days. The world champion naturally strengthens his lead in the general classification in the process, while Lipowitz, in turn, consolidates second place.
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Stage 4 Results – 2026 Tour de Romandie
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo) 3:20:24
2. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 0:14
3. Pablo Castrillo (spa) + 1:42
4. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) s.t.
5. Sergio Higuita (col) + 1:47
6. Yannis Voisard (swi) s.t.
7. Luke Tuckwell (aus) s.t.
8. Junio Lecerf (bel) s.t.
9. Jefferson Alveira Cepeda (ecu) s.t.
10. Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (ecu) s.t.
GC after stage 4
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 0:35
3. Lenny Martinez (fra) + 2:23
4. Jørgen Nordhagen (nor) 2:30
5. Luke Plapp (aus) + 2:48
6. Luke Tuckwell (aus) + 2:49
7. Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (ecu) s.t.
8. Junior Lecerf (bel) + 2:54
9. Albert Withen Philipsen (den) + 2:56
10. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) + 3:03
Race report
Bauke Mollema, Louis Vervaeke, Andrew August, Maxime Lecomble, Roland Thalmann and Alexy Faure Prost break away early on. Michael Leonard bridges across to them, while Mollema is soon dropped on the first ascent of the Jaunpass. Primoz Roglic, Marco Brenner and Valentin Paret-Peintre make the opposite move and join the break.
August and Faure Prost are dropped before the summit as well, while Florian Samuel Kajamini joins the attackers on the second ascent of the Jaunpass. They crest the climb 2 minutes and 30 seconds ahead of the peloton.
Brenner and Kajamini are dropped in the downhill before Lecomble and Roland Thalmann loses contact on the Saanenmöser. The remaining attackers, Primoz Roglic, Louis Vervaeke, Valentin Paret-Peintre and Michael Leonard, still have 1 minute and a half in hand at the top of the climb.
On the final ascent of the Jaun Pass, Roglic and Paret-Peintre drop the others. In the last 3 kilometres of the climb, they are caught by Pogacar, Martinez and Lipowitz. Once the race leader has reeled in the pair, he drops the others as well and goes on alone.
Lipowitz has other ideas and regains contact. For a moment, that is, as Pogacar shakes off the German in the final 1.2 kilometres of the climb and solos to victory.
Obviously, the Slovenian extends his GC lead, while Lipowitz remains second.
Another interesting read: route 4th stage 2026 Tour de Romandie.
Tour de Romandie 2026 stage 4: routes & profiles
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