On Sunday\u2019s conclusion to the 79th Tour de Romandie<\/a>, Tadej Poga\u010dar added its crown to his five Grand Tour titles and wins in Tirreno-Adriatico, Paris-Nice, Volta a Catalunya and the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9. The world champion now has five Grand Tours and ten WorldTour stage race championships on his palmares<\/em>. He won four out of the five stages, something Ferdi K\u00fcbler last did in 1951. Oakville, ON\u2019s Michael Leonard moved up one spot on GC to 17th.<\/p>\n The Course<\/strong><\/p>\n The final day contained a few ripples on the way to the race\u2019s conclusion on Cat. 1 Leysin, 14.3 km of 5.9 percent.<\/p>\n The day\u2019s octet of fugitives contained two Red Bull riders. It held only a 42-second gap over the peloton by the start of the Leysin climb. Red Bull\u2019s Finn Fisher-Black was the last escapee standing, submitting 6.6 km to the line.<\/p>\n With 3.2 km to climb, Lipowitz kicked it all off. Poga\u010dar followed and then tried to shake the German loose.<\/p>\n As soon as Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d showed up in the final kilometre, his Slovenian compatriot launched to take his fourth stage.<\/p>\n The WorldTour\u2019s next round is the 109th Giro d\u2019Italia starting on Friday.<\/p>\n 79th Tour de Romandie, Stage 5<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26Romandie.jpg\")
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1) Tadej Poga\u010dar (Slovenia\/UAE-Emirates) 4:18:52
2) Florian Lipowitz (Germany\/Red Bull) +0:03
3) Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Slovenia\/Red Bull) +0:07
23) Michael Leonard (Canada\/EF Education-Easypost) +1:37<\/strong>
79th Tour de Romandie GC<\/strong>
1) Tadej Poga\u010dar (Slovenia\/UAE-Emirates) 20:05:42
2) Florian Lipowitz (Germany\/Red Bull) +0:42
3) Lenny Martinez (France\/Bahrain-Victorious) +2:44
17) Michael Leonard (Canada\/EF Education-Easypost) +7:47<\/strong><\/p>\n