Carlos Rodriguez has safe his yellow jersey thru a rain-soaked ultimate level to win the six-day Excursion of Romandie for the largest race victory of his profession.
4 earlier winners within the French-speaking pocket of Switzerland went directly to win that season’s Excursion de France, together with Chris Froome in 2013.
Rodriguez, who positioned 5th within the Excursion de France extreme 12 months and received a level, began Sunday’s flat level that looped around the suburbs of Geneva — received in a dash end by way of Dorian Godon — with a seven-second govern.
The 23-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider saved that profitable margin over runner-up Aleksandr Vlasov, the 2022 Romandie winner. 3rd-placed Florian Lipowitz used to be 3rd, trailing Rodriquez by way of 9 seconds.
Godon sealed his moment level win this while, edging Simone Consonni with Dion Smith 3rd.
The Australian problem, promising previous within the while when nationwide champ Luke Plapp used to be mendacity 3rd general, in the end petered out.
Plapp used to be a non-starter within the ultimate level, with Damien Howson (Q36.5 Professional Biking) completing the manage Australian in nineteenth park, hour 2022 Giro d’Italia winner Jai Hindley used to be twenty eighth.
