Primoz Roglic extended his overall lead after winning the fourth stage of the Tour of Romandie on Saturday as the day’s racing was cut by 70km due to wintry weather.
Jumbo-Visma’s rider opened up a late sprint with less than a kilometre to go before the finish line in Torgon to stretch his lead to 12 seconds ahead of Team UAE Emirates’ Rui Costa.
“I had been beaten the past two days so I told myself why not win today, and that’s what I did,” the Slovenian said.
Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas moved up to fourth overall with a third place finish on a stage slowed down by heavy rain in the Swiss Alps.
Race organisers decided to cut the length of the penultimate day’s racing from 176km due to the temperature of minus 2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit) and forecasted winds and snow showers at the Col de Mosses peak.
Sunday’s final stage is a 16.85km time-trial in Geneva which includes 700 metres of television black-out through the tunnel of Vesennaz in the city.
Tour de Romandie 2019 – stage 4 results (Lucens – Torgon):
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | 2:42:21 |
| 2 | Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 3 | Geraint Thomas (Team INEOS) | ,, |
| 4 | Michael Woods (EF Education First) | ,, |
| 5 | David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 6 | Felix Großschartner (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 7 | Jan Hirt (Astana) | ,, |
| 8 | Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 9 | Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 10 | Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
Tour de Romandie 2019 – general classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | 15:05:13 |
| 2 | Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) | +12” |
| 3 | David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) | +16” |
| 4 | Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) | +26” |
| 5 | Felix Großschartner (Bora-hansgrohe) | +29” |
| 6 | Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) | +37” |
| 7 | Michael Woods (EF Education First) | +38” |
| 8 | Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | +39” |
| 9 | Carlos Betancur (Movistar) | +57” |
| 10 | Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin) | +01’00” |
