Almeida won the Tour of Romance, the historical achievement of Brennan. Summary of the week in cycling

Racing of the weekApril 29 – May 4 – Romance Tour (Switzerland)

The tour of Romance ended quite predictable: the victory of one of the two pre -starts, Zoau Almeyda. The Portuguese did not win any of the stages, but finished the second on both key-mountain finish at Tion-2000 and a division in Geneva. In the mountains in the finish sprint he was played by Martinez, in the section – Ramco Evenepul.

It was the Belgian who approached the tours of Romance in the status of the main favorite, even despite the failure on Liezh – Baston – Liege and the unrecognizable after the strenuous week of the Arden classic. However, not the captain Soudal Quick Step He became the chief rival of Almede in the round of Romance. And in general, Evenepul’s speech on the Swiss race left a very contradictory impressions.

Ramco started very badly, was active in the first group stages and seemed like a real contender for victory. However, at the decisive mountain stage, he worked not on himself, but on a young team of Junior Lesserf’s team.

He suddenly got a good chance of a high place in the overall standings due to the fact that at the end of the second stage he caught on an initiative group that attacked from Peloton and won the main group for almost a minute. As a result, Evenepul with Leeserf stopped at Tion in 10-11 places with a gap of one and a half minutes.

Tactical solution Soudal Quick Step didn’t work. The division in Geneva Lesserf drove poorly and retreated in the overall standings to 8th place. Evenepul won the individual race, which allowed him to climb the fifth position in the general classification. Would Romko reach at least the podium if it were not for Lesserf’s work on Tion? It is difficult to say, however, from third place it fell behind for 45 seconds – many by the standards of a weekly long -term. In any case, it is unlikely that the ambitious Belgian would agree to the role of Gregar that day if he felt able to fight for victory.

Well, after April, Basque’s country won the second weekly long -day world tour in a row – a beautiful spring part of the season for a rider Uae Emirates. The third in the General Classification was his teammate Jay Wein, who won the third stage to Koson.

Moreover, the impression that the Australian won the stage unexpectedly for himself. He went forward, probably in order to help team partners, but saw the passivity of Peloton and felt the power to take the attack that became effective. Victory at the stage and podium of the overall standings is a great illustration of what Wine is capable of rare cases where he manages to avoid falls during a race.

Well, Martinez’s main rival in the overall standings. It is a racer Bahrain Victorious The Portuguese Sprint won at the top of Tion and intercepted the victory in the overall standings. However, only one day – the chances of the diamonda in the Lenny Division were few. Second place is a good final result for Martinez, but the black series of French cycling continues: riders from France have not won the overall standings of the Many -Day World Tour since 2007, when Christoph Moro has won the criterion of Dauphin.

Lorenzo Fortunato sank from second place to fourth. The Italian won the second stage thanks to a late solo attack from a group of leaders, which won 56 seconds in Peloton. At the decisive mountain stage, Lorenzo closed the TOP-3, but huge problems with the partition he did not go anywhere, and this was worth the podium of the overall standings.

As it may, the fortunato brought for XDS Astana Another portion of rating points, which are extremely important in the struggle for preserving the place in the world round for the next three -year cycle. D’italiya Lorenzo goes in great shape and with good prospects to fight for a high place in the overall standings and on the native roads of the Apennine Peninsula.

There was a tour of Romance and another future contender for the general credit of Dzhiro – David Gody. However, the captain Groupama FDJ Nothing happened: 30 place in the general classification with more than a 10-minute backlog from the diamond. Alarming symptom in front of Giro? Who knows. It is quite possible that from the very beginning a tour of Romance was traveling as a workout, just to roll into a racing rhythm in front of Giro. It was quite relevant for him, given that he had no racing day in the last one and a half months before the tours of Romance.

Oleksandr Vlasov Jiro does not plan to go, but he also failed the tour of Romance-with the exception of the final section, in which he closed the top 5. It seems that Vlasov in the off -season worked a lot on his section, but it struck very much on his mining abilities. In general, a racer Red Bull Bora He perhaps his worst career season, and in the round of Romance did not take advantage of the rare opportunity to try himself as a team captain. Vlasov himself complained about the unattended state of health after illness, although the results of Alexander were not amazed.

Only the 15th in the overall standings was Lenner Van Ethwellt, who did not even help that he had taken away in the late detachment in the second stage, which Peloton won for almost a minute. However, to criticize the captain Lotto The tongue will not return, given that it is the last race with a fracture (or, rather, crack) of the leg. The top 6 of the general classification was closed by Carlos Rodriguez. Another solid but pale speech by the Spaniard. Not at all what is expected from the captain of one of the richest teams in the world, Ineos Grenadiers.

Not the main sensation of the Romance tour was Matis Rondel, who took 9th place in the General Classification. The first serious success at an adult level for 21-year-old French talent, which spends its first full season in professionals. Recall Tudor Cycling She transferred it from her youth team to adult in the midst of last season. Last year, Randel became the fourth in the overall standings of Jiro D’italia, losing only Yarno Vidara, Pablo Torres and Pau Marty.

Finally, another talented Neoproffy, Jorgen Nordhagen, who finished in the top 10 in Tion and became the 13th overall standings, began to give signs of life. We will remind, the 20-year-old Norwegian long-term combined with cycling with ski rats. Last year, Nordhagen in the dominant style became the world champion among juniors from ski races in Masstart, but eventually chose a career as a bugger.

Prologue unexpectedly won Semeel Watson from Ineos Grenadiers. For 23-year-old British this vic OGA has become debut at the world round level. Star Swiss dividers – Stefan Bissegger and Stefan Kung – were disappointed at homemade multi -day. In the prologue, they took 4 and 6 places, respectively, and the final individual race in Geneva did not fail. Suddenly the third in Geneva became Alberto Betthiol, who finally began to give signs of life after a absolutely terrible starter of career in XDS Astanawhere he went in August last year.

The only sprint stage won Matthew Brennan – a prodigy VISMA Lease a Bike Against the background of a rather modest rival field in sprint looked stronger than everyone. For the 19-year-old British, this is the third victory at the world round. No other racer in history was so successful in reaching the 20th anniversary. In addition to the winner of the Tour de France-1904, Henri Corne, no one won more than one victory at the world round at the age of 20.

Digest news – Decathlon AG2r close to signing two star riders VISMA Lease a Bike – Olava Cooya and Tisha Benota. The Dutch Sprinter also claim Red Bull Bora, Ineos Grenadiers, Tudor Cycling and Jayco ALula. The last two of the struggle have already fallen for various reasons. Decathlon AG2r It is considered a favorite in the struggle for Cooya, offering him both the best financial conditions and the status of the undisputed captain.

A reasonable question is: where from in Decathlon AG2rwhich often cannot keep its key riders (in the past the off-season the team lost Ben O’Connor and Orelen Pare-Pentra) suddenly appeared money for two such star transferrs? Moreover, Cooya has to fight the richest teams in the world.

– Former General Manager Soudal Quick Step Patrick LefevreTalking about the interest of the other teams in Romko Evenepula, issued another angry rattan to the General Manager Red Bull Bora Ralph Denko, not picking up words about a German colleague:

“In the last four years, almost all of Evenepula has been approached. In particular, this freak out of Red Bull BoraRalph Dank. I don’t have other words for him. One day he told me that they wanted to take my whole team just because, in his opinion, Evenepul worked with me for too long.

In February last year, Red Bull Bora, without saying me, turned to Ramco directly, they made a favorable proposal to his father Patrick, who eventually got into my hands. I flew to the teerifa, where the Ramco group was, and showed him it. He told me, “I have never seen that before.” Then he took the papers and threw them away, and then hugged me, “Lefevre said.

– talented French sprinter Soudal Quick Step Paul Manen continued his contract with the team until the end of 2027.

– Star Sprinter Dylan Grunevegen is not going to continue contract with Jayco ALula. The Australian team wants to replace it with Sam Velesford with Red Bull Bora.

– a famous Italian veteran Eliya Viviani, who is now standing for Lotto, He said he could continue speeches in 2026. Its purpose is to win 100 victories in professionals. Last week, he won the 90th victory, winning the stage of the tour of Turkey. Thanks to this success, the 36-year-old European exchmpion interrupted its half-year-old series without victories.

– Alexander Christoff, who has 97 victories in the track record, is also the purpose of winning 100 victories for his career. However, a 37-year-old Norwegian racer UNOX He stated that if he does not conquer the desired line this year, he would complete his career.

-The third stage of the De France-2025 Tour is before the threat of disruption through the trade union of French metallurgists. They arrange protests by reducing 600 company employees AcelorMittal In the Dunkirka, where it should finish the third stage of the tour. The chairman of the trade union stated that if the problem is not resolved by July 7, then the stage with the finish in the Dunkirk will not take place.

– Kian Witdebruck starred from Romance tour just before the start of the prologue. Problems of the Belgian racer VISMA Lease a Bike With the heart and numbness of the feet have not yet been resolved.