The Portuguese João Almeida won the 78th round of Romandie on Sunday in front of the French Lenny Martinez, after the final time trial dominated by the double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel in Geneva. Beaten on Saturday in the queen of mountain by Martinez, who had grabbed the yellow jersey, Almeida made her qualities of roller speak to supplant the pocket climber of the Bahrain Victorious.
By covering the 17.1 km of this mainly flat time in 20 minutes, 45 seconds and 7 tenths, the second time, the 26 -year -old Portuguese largely catches up the 3 seconds of delay that he counted on the 21 -year -old French. Finally second of the general at 26 seconds, ahead of the Australian Jay Vine, Martinez nevertheless signed a superb week, he who aspired on Saturday morning “the final top 5”.
For his first test by stages since his serious fall in training in early December, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel ended up on a positive note by dominating the last chrono. The world champion of the specialty, anxious to “test himself” in anticipation of the Tour of France, had signed the eighth place in the short prologue before showing the limits of its current form in the mountains.
