Another indecisive day on this Romandie Tour 2025. A steep line of 157 kilometers was on the menu for the 2nd stage this Thursday … and if the last 50 terminals were completely flat, the runners had previously climbed four beautiful difficulties, including the terrible bump of Chaumont (3.2 km at 11.4%). It is also in the latter that the race has truly decanted 50 km away, the pace printed by the Soudal Quick-Step Having the peloton exploded, reduced to around twenty units at the top. Moment chosen by Remco Evenepoel To place a big start and start your show. Untenable but logically closely monitored, the Belgian failed to get rid of the marking of his rivals and favored an uncontrollable movement race. Taking advantage of the disorganization that took place, five outsiders then extracted themselves in turn from the favorite group to finally play the win at the Grande Béroche … with the victory full of malice of Lorenzo Fortunato (XDs asa)!
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Alex Baudin frustrated … but new leader of the general!
More clever, the Italian played with his escape companions by anticipating the sprint, attacking just before the red flame to surprise them. As often in this kind of situation, his opponents looked at each other and let her go. French Alex Baudin (EF Education-Easypost) may have regrets, he who set the prints for pursuers two seconds after Fortunato And thus passes very close to his first victory in WorldTour. Belgians Junior Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto) and Spanish Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl-Trek) Complete the top 5 of the day and nevertheless make a great operation for the general. The best classified of them, Axel Baudincan therefore console himself from his 2nd frustrating place with the leader jersey!
Because behind, the leaders and favorites spent their time looking at each other, finally crossing the line 56 seconds from the head, Remco Evenepoel Setting the sprint for 6th place in this group of 13 runners in which we find in particular Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) et JOAO ALMEIDA UAE Team Emirates-XRG). A slightly more supplied peloton (about 35 runners) with David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) arrived at him 20 seconds behind the favorites.
