The Spaniard on his return to racing dominates the time trial, Jorgenson 2nd, Yates 3rd
After the prologue on Tuesday, another individual time trial scheduled for the Tour de Romandie with start and finish in Chatel-Saint-Denis. Stage of 18.75 km with a climb in the central part 4.3km long at 5.7%. At first intermediate the best is Adam Yates , but a great second part of the race allows a Juan Ayuso to leap to the lead in 25'15” at 44.5 km/h; specialists such as Cavagna, Foss and the yellow jersey Hayter start in the final, but no one manages to improve the time of the Spaniard from UAE Team Emirates. From the point of view of the general classification, we point out Jorgenson 2nd at 5”, Yates 3rd at 17”, Caruso 6th at 20”, Mader 8th at 25”, Bardet 32nd at 57” and Woods 63rd at 1'42”.
ARRIVAL ORDER:
1 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 0:25:15
2 JORGENSON Matthew Movistar Team 0:05
3 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 0:17
4 OLIVEIRA Nelson Movistar Team 0:18
5 BARTA Will Movistar Team 0:19
6 CARUSO Damiano Bahrain - Victorious 0:20
7 BJERG Mikkel UAE Team Emirates 0:24
8 FOSS Tobias Jumbo-Visma ,,
9 MÄDER Gino Bahrain - Victorious 0:25
10 POOLE Max Team DSM 0:27
Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency