Paradoxical day for Alex Baudin This Thursday on the 2nd stage of Romandie Tour. Very solid and opportunistic to get out of the group of favorites about thirty kilometers from the finish with four other runners, the Frenchman had a great opportunity to come and seek his first success in WorldTour. Certainly one of the fastest in the sprint, the runner ofEF Education-EasyPost Unfortunately lacked vigilance just before the red flame, letting go Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana), the Italian taking advantage of a slight floating to fly to victory. Second on the line, the former member of Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale However, could console himself with the gain of the yellow jersey of leader in the general classification, he who was the best classified of the leading men. Insufficient to alleviate the disappointment of Baudin After the finish line at the microphone of L’Equipe chainvery disappointed to have spoiled such an opportunity.
Video – The press conference of Alex Baudin, new yellow jersey
“I modeled my sprint and bet on Lennert Van Eetvelt and …”
“I admit that for the moment, the leader’s jersey, I don’t care, without lacking respect for the race. But there, I really wanted to win“, reacted the winner of the Limousin 2024 Tourwho then analyzed this final. “”I modeled my sprint and bet on Lennert Van Eetvelt, we looked at each other, and Fortunato played well, he anticipated at the right time. I had my strategy in mind, I kept it but it did not work. These are moments when everything is decided in a quarter of a second. I decided to stop going around 4 km away. At the beginning they passed, then after a while it drunk them a little … I think I was the fastest in the group, it’s a shame. I am really disappointed to miss my first victory in World Tour“continued Alex Baudin Before qualifying his disappointment as a conclusion.
“I saw that I still had a good level, even if I was really at the limit to switch to the best in the bump. But if I have the jersey, it’s great, we will try to make the best general classification possible, even if it will be complicated“, he concluded, he who has 5 and 6 seconds ahead of Belgians respectively 5 and 6 seconds Junior Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) et Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto), or 52 “on Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step).
Romandie Tour – ranking of the 2nd stage
Romandie Tour – Provisional general classification after the 2nd stage
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