Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Friday 02 May 2025 at 5:25 pm
Australian Jay Vine surprised everyone this Friday on the 3rd stage of the Romandie Tour, attacking two kilometers from the end while the UAE Emirates team was very discreet until then. French Alex Baudin retains orders from the general classification.
The last attack of the day was the right one for Jay Vine (27). The Australian, rather wait -and -see since the departure of the 3rd stage of the Tour de Romandie, this Friday around Cossonay (183.1 km), as well as a very discreet UAE Emirates team, has placed only one acceleration, but it turned out to be decisive. The teammate of Joao Almeida on this edition tried his luck two kilometers from the finish. He did well because not only he immediately took a few meters ahead, but the attitude of the peloton leaders, who committed the error to look at each other, thus making the game of the winner of the day, also have him – and above all – allowed to raise his arms on arrival. The third victory this season (after two stages on international week Coppi and Bartali) already for the one who understood when attacking the last turn still in mind and with a sufficient mattress to know that he would not be joined that he had races won. “The gap is never guaranteed (…) When I made the victory 500 meters, I knew it was going to do it”.
Baudin always in the lead
To the great regret of the Bahrain-Victorious team from Lenny Martinez who had rolled all day, and that second place in French, who came two seconds from Vine when he seemed very legs, did not come to console, especially since UAE Emirates places two of his on the podium of the day at the finish, Almeida having finished 3rd, with four precious to the way Portuguese of the Emiratic formation on this Tour de Romandie. “We knew that we had to play the stage victory. When we returned to Stefan Küng, we knew that we had to be attentive and place the attack in the best place,” said the hero of this 3rd stage at the microphone of Eurosport afterwards. The Australian helder last year by an injury took the opportunity to replace himself in 6th place in the general classification including French Alex Baudin (EF Education-Easypost), who spent a quiet day on Friday, keeps orders.
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