The runners had started the Tour de Romandie with a solo effort, and it is in the same way that they concluded the Helvète test this Sunday. On a seventeen kilometers route in Geneva, Rémi Cavagna and Stefan Küng tried to make this last opportunity grow, but the French and the Swiss must have been satisfied with the ninth and tenth places in the stage, won by Remco Evenepoel.
It remained very exactly 17.1 kilometers to travel to overcome the Tour de Romandie 2025. The day after the big arrival at the top at Thyon 2000, the closing time trial was to determine the final classification of the event, but also constituted an opportunity for victory for some. “It was a very varied course but there was still the possibility for specialists to express themselves, Explained Anthony Bouillod. first there were 3.6 very technical kilometers at the start, then five very flat and rolling kilometers by the lake, a climb/descent, then the return along the lake to finish with part of new technique ”. After the departure of their colleagues Clément Davy and Enzo Paleni, Rémi Cavagna and Stefan Küng, both ambitious for the event of the day, set off seven minutes apart shortly after 2 p.m. Pointed ten seconds from the best brand in the first intermediary located after eleven kilometers, the former double champion of France for the exercise finally joined the line just one second from the provisional leader. “Rémi has undoubtedly lost a little time on the technical part, which explains his small deficit in the intermediary, but he has fulfilled it in the second part”, entrusted Anthony. “I think I managed enough since I finished rather stronglyexplained the TGV of Clermont-Ferrand. It is rather satisfactory from this point of view, even if I miss a little to be at the level of the best ”.
“Frustration quickly dissipated”, Anthony Bouillod
A few minutes later, his Swiss friend Stefan Küng crossed the finish line in the same second, after having established the best provisional time six kilometers earlier. “Stefan has passed at the same time as Price-Pejtersen, but he was not able to increase his advance, summed up Anthony. I think he was missing a little to play the victory, which was clearly the goal today. We can sometimes regret technical errors, but today there was also a part of physics. His big day in the breakaway on Friday may have stayed in his legs a little and he could not express himself 100% today. He wanted to be at the finish that it is played so little, but the gap amplified later so this frustration quickly dissipated ”. The world champion of the time trial Remco Evenepoel finally reigned over the time of the day, while Joao Almeida won the general classification of the event. “Since we were not placed as general, the objective for the other runners was to take advantage of the day to have a good session with the time trial bike for the Giro, take your bearings, but without taking risks, punctuated Anthony. However, it was really necessary to put engagement in the first part if we wanted to make a good time today ”. On the way now for the Corsa Rosa, next weekend.
