US EditionPogacar increases hold on Romandie lead with sprint win
- On Thursday in Vucherens, race leader Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG secured his second consecutive sprint victory at the Tour de Romandie, successfully defending the yellow jersey.
- The Slovenian rider has dominated his new campaign with six wins in eight days, though he admitted after Wednesday's victory that the switch from classics to mountain racing felt tricky.
- Outpacing his rivals, Pogacar secured the 114th professional win of his career by beating Dorian Godon of Ineos Grenadiers and Finn Fisher-Black of Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
- This victory extends the overall lead to 17 seconds over Florian Lipowitz, with Bahrain Victorious rider Lenny Martinez trailing by a further nine seconds in the general classification.
- Friday's 176.6km Stage 3 features three categorised climbs, including the Col Mollendruz, while the race concludes with a mountaintop finish to Leysin this Sunday.
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In the Tour of Romandie, victories are nicely split between Dorian Godon and Tadej Pogacar. That changes in the queen stage with four climbs and 3,175 meters of elevation gain. Will the world champion put the finishing touches on it, or will the breakaway riders get their chance?
The French Dorian Godon (INEOS) hit Fisher-Black and Paret-Peintre on arrival at Orbe. Pogacar, fourth, continues to lead the general with 17 seconds on Lipowitz.
The French gave Tadej Pogacar a hard time. The leader of the Tour de Romandie did not manage to win a third consecutive victory, beaten in the sprint by the Frenchman Dorion Godon who won for the...
Habs Dorian Godon won the third stage of the Tour de Romandie. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retains the yellow jersey.
Algemeen Dagblad
bd.nlTadej Pogacar is competing in the Tour of Romandie this week, where he leads the general classification after two stages and a prologue. Given his track record, that is obviously not surprising at all, but his post-race interviews certainly are.
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