Almeida wins the Tour de Romandie, Evenepoel the final trial

The Portuguese Joao 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 min 45 s 7/10, second time, the Portuguese largely catches up 3 seconds in the young Frenchman.

At 26, the UAE Emirates Uae Gripper wins his third level level race world Tour After the Tour of Poland 2021 and the Tour of the Basque Country, in April, before aligning in June on Tour de Switzerland, then the Tour de France.

As a team, we were perfect. You have to be happy, we have done a very good jobwas delighted Almeida at the RTS microphone, after sharing the podium with his Australian teammate Jay Vine, 3rd.

Have a good week for Lenny Martinez

Finally 2nd of the general at 26 seconds, Lenny Martinez nevertheless signs a superb week at only 21 years old, he who aspired on Saturday morning the top 5 final.

He certainly fails to become the first French winner of a race World Tour In stages for 18 years, but he shone on the long ascent on Saturday ending more than 2000 m above sea level – a configuration worthy of the big towers – while confirming his progress in the time.

Martinez will then go on an internship to prepare the Critérium du Dauphiné, then the Tour de France, a major objective of his season.

For his first stages test since his serious fall in training in early December, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel ended up on a positive note by dominating the ultimate time.

The world specialty champion, concerned with testhad signed 8th place in the short prologue before showing the limits of its current mountain form, released on Saturday 9 kilometers from the finish.

I have even more than two months before the Tour de France, so you have to be patient and work day by daysaid the Belgian, who will aim for a new podium in the queen test.