No major changes in the standings with two stages to go.
Cossonay got to host its first ever Tour de Romandie finish, 17 years after its previous presence in a race, at the Tour du Pays de Vaud. This time, it came at the end of the hilly 183km stage 3, one animated by a strong three-man breakaway who was reeled in with eleven kilometers to go, despite a maximum lead of six minutes at one point.
Soudal Quick-Step was quite prominent at the front of the peloton in the finale, as Pascal Eenkhoorn brought both Remco Evenepoel and Junior Lecerf in a good position at the bottom of the 2.2km climb averaging 5.9%, which everyone knew would be decisive. The two Belgians marked some of the moves and kept their powder dry, coming home together with the rest of the bunch, just two seconds behind stage winner Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates), who attacked in the last kilometer of the stage.
Lecerf continues to be second in the general classification, while his countryman is now ninth ahead of the most important day of the week, the hard stage 4 finishing atop the hard Thyon 2000 climb, where significant gaps should open between the contenders.
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