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2019 Tour de Romandie: Stage 2 Results

  • Ron 

Stefan Küng of the Groupama-FDJ team surprised the peloton in Stage 2 of the 2019 Tour de Romandie to escape for a solo victory. Küng dropped all of his breakaway companions with 15km remaining to best second place finisher Sam Bennett (BORA-hansgrohe) by nearly a minute.

“At the start of the Tour de Romandie, I looked at the profile of the stages, and I spotted it, with a rolling finale. I knew that if I had more than a minute with 20km from the finish, I could do it if I was in a good break. It was a good day and I managed to do both.”

The sprint teams actually pulled back at the finish, giving Kung more opportunity to stay away.

“That was a tough day in the saddle today,” added second place finisher Bennett. “It was raining all day long and we knew that it will be difficult to close the gap due to the wet roads. But congrats to Küng, he rode a smart race. I gave my best to win the sprint out of the bunch and I am satisfied that it worked out. That was more or less the only chance for the sprinters here at the Tour de Romandie, but I will support my teammates in the upcoming stages.”

Stage 2 Brief Results:

  1. Stefan Küng (Groupama-FdJ) at 4h10’59”
  2. Sam Bennett (BORA-hansgrohe) at 59″
  3. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) s.t.

General Classification After Stage 2:

  1. Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) at 8h32’13”
  2. Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) at 10″
  3. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) at 12″
  4. Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) at 13″
  5. Carlos Betancur (Movistar Team) at 14″
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