The British Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers)winner in the prologue and affected by the fall in the first stage, recovered to the point of scoring on the second day disputed at the beginning and end of the Echallenswith a very rough route of 168.2 km, in which the Spaniards came second Jon Aberasturi (Segafredo Track)Y Rohan Dennis (Jumbo Visma) maintained the lead.
Hayter (London, 23 years old) was able to thank his entire team for their work, giving the British squad its twentieth victory of the season. A ready sprint that finished in a time of 4:04:55, averaging 41.2 km/hour, ahead of Jon Aberasturi from Vitoria and another great favorite of the day, Colombian from the UAE Fernando Gaviria.
It was the second victory in this edition of the Tour de Romandie after winning the Lausanne prologue and wearing the light blue leader’s jersey for the first time. The crash the previous day did not bring down the cyclist in London, who successfully demonstrated his version of a sprinter.
In the overall classification, Australian Rohan Dennis remained in the lead, followed by Austrian Felix Grobschartner (Bora) in 14 seconds and Swiss Mauro Schmid (Fast Step) in 18, alongside Juan Ayuso (UAE), fifth classified.
The day was almost without any shocks, except for a few crashes and the effort of Jumbo Visma in defense led by Dennis when it comes to controlling the breakaway of 4 runners who gave courage on stage, one of them the Spaniard that Diego López (Kern Pharma), who soon fled with Skujins, Brun and Planckaert.
Faced with rising peloton pressure as it approached the finish line, the first to give up were Navarrese cyclist and Planckaert, in conjunction with relays given to Jumbo to large groups of teams such as the UAE by Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria, marked in red the stage to try to win.
Skujins and Brun shook hands with 20 Echallens, ending the adventure. Ineos decided to lead operations with the aim of regaining leadership for its colors. JUmbo Visma allowed himself to pull after a whole day of “eating” air in his head. The real stage began.
Geraint Thomas ’men, who started with a 20-second penalty for provisioning in an incorrect zone in the previous period, launched a career approach and climbed to the non-scoring height of Vuarrens (4.5 km to 3.7), which the top is 10 km from the last line. Costa Rican Andrey Amador was tense up enough to split the peloton in two as he passed over the top.
The descent and the flat section remained before the outcome of the sprint. Ineos thrown for Hayter, the UAE for Gaviria. The rivalry of the two was seen coming. Bahrain Victorious runners of Teuns tried to join the fight, but in the last 1,500 meters Ineos became the star again.
American Magnus Sheffield, the winner at Flecha Brabanzona, launched a sprint from distance, leaving Hayter a free track and he dropped the fireworks so as not to give any rival a chance. Third victory of the season, the thirteenth of his professional career.
This Friday the third stage is controversial, with the start and end at Valbroye and a route of 165.1 km. Day of ‘leg-breaker’ of continuous ups and downs with 5 scoring heights and as much as no scoring for the mountain. All difficulties were third class, the last one with the top 11 from the finish line, Sedelles, 4.5 km at 4.4 percent.
Source: La Verdad
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