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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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.
Today, the third stage of the Tour of Romandie awaits the cyclists. They will ride 176.6 km around Orbe with one notable climb – the ascent of the Col Du Mollendruz – before descending towards the finish line. Tadej Pogačar is in the leader's jersey.
The question is also whether Pogačar will now fight with Roglič for stage victories?
UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Pogačar doubles up on stage 2 of Tour de Romandie
Tadej Pogačar made it two wins in two days for UAE Team Emirates-XRG at the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland, with the race leader picking the spoils from a reduced bunch sprint on stage 2.In winning from a 32-man front group, Pogačar extended his lead in the yellow jersey by 10 bonus seconds and doubled up on his success from stage 1.Thursday’s victory was no straightforward task for Pogačar, who was attacked on multiple fronts on the final clim…
On Thursday, in Vucherens, Slovene signs his second stage win in two days. But in a new style of sprinter playerBut when did his last teenage races go back to date? Probably a decade ago, when he was in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, under the black and pink jersey of the Radenska club – a sponsor of mineral water. On Thursday, on the Tour de Romandie, Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE-Emirates) found this taquin cycling, which he had fatally lost amon…
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