{"id":119687,"date":"2026-05-03T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/double-triumph-for-rampant-pogacar-on-final-day-of-romandie\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:55:56","slug":"double-triumph-for-rampant-pogacar-on-final-day-of-romandie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/double-triumph-for-rampant-pogacar-on-final-day-of-romandie\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Triumph for Rampant Poga\u010dar on Final Day of Romandie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Tadej Poga\u010dar seals GC victory in first stage race of 2026, transitioning from Classics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t py-base-tight\">\n<div class=\"flex h-4 justify-between\">\n<div 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sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">Tadej Poga\u010dar wins the final stage plus the overall in the Tour de Romandie (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)<!-- --> (Photo: Dario Belingheri)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Updated May 3, 2026 09:05AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tadej-pogacar\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> underlined his superiority in the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tour-de-romandie\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de Romandie<\/a> Sunday, capturing the uphill finish at Leysin to notch up his fourth victory out of six stages plus the final overall win.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE Emirates-XRG rider controlled attacks by key rival <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/florian-lipowitz\" rel=\"noopener\">Florian Lipowitz<\/a> and then leaped clear inside 300 meters to go, unleashing a lung-busting effort to reach the line three seconds ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Lipowitz\u2019s Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammate <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/primoz-roglic\" rel=\"noopener\">Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d<\/a> showed improving form in taking third, while Lenny Martinez (Bahrian-Victorious) was sixth.<\/p>\n<p>That plus the win bonus left Poga\u010dar with a 42 second advantage over Lipowitz in the final GC. Martinez was third overall, 2:44 behind.<\/p>\n<p>The Slovenian dominated the points classification, finishing with almost double the points of runner-up Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers), and was second in the mountains classification without targeting it.<\/p>\n<p><i>More to follow soon<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>UAE and Bahrain keep breakaway under control<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_984763\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img alt=\"Florian Lipowitz was Tadej Poga\u010dar's main challenger in the Tour de Romandie (Photo by Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-984763\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274154894.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274154894.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Florian Lipowitz was Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s main challenger in the Tour de Romandie (Photo by Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The final stage of the Tour de Romandie also offered the first summit finish of the race, giving Poga\u010dar the perfect platform for another stage win.<\/p>\n<p>However other riders were determined to take something from the race and eight riders went clear with just over 10km covered.<\/p>\n<p>Finn Fisher-Black and his Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe teammate Jan Tratnik were the best known of these, as was Lild-Trek\u2019s Jakob S\u00f6derqvist.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE Emirates-XRG and Bahrain-Victorious teams of Tadej Poga\u010dar and Lenny Martinez did the chasing behind, keeping the gap to a little over three minutes. Fisher-Black went solo on the concluding climb of Leysin, gaping the others with 13km to go, and had 32 seconds with 10km to go.<\/p>\n<p>However the UAE and Bahrain teams were fully focused on fighting for the stage win with Poga\u010dar and Lenny Martinez respectively, and these hauled the Kiwi back with just over 6.5km to go.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain-Victorious drove hard into the final five kilometers, with Martinez poised second in line and Poga\u010dar third. Florian Lipowitz was waiting just behind them.<\/p>\n<p>The latter played his hand with 3.3km remaining and did so again 300 meters later after Poga\u010dar marked the first surge. That too was contained and the world champion drove a little at the front without making an all-out acceleration to go solo.<\/p>\n<p>The duo were joined by <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/primoz-roglic\" rel=\"noopener\">Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d<\/a> just before the sprint, momentarily pitting two Red Bull riders against the race leader, but Poga\u010dar was well in control. 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