Tour de Romandie
Stage 2: Morteau - La Chaux-de-Fonds
Switzerland
Thursday 27 April 2023
162.7 km
Tour de Romandie: Cavagna well-placed in the GC
Our team started the third day of the Tour de Romandie in six, after sickness forced James Knox to abandon the race, but that didn’t prevent the remaining Soudal Quick-Step boys from controlling the stage in the first part for yellow jersey Ethan Vernon.
Despite the profile comprising five classified climbs, and the brutal tempo that some teams pushed there to drop the fast men, the Brit put in a spirited ride, managing to hang in there until the penultimate ascent, where both he and Josef Cerny got distanced. In the end, a small bunch sprint decided the stage winner, and that was Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers), who emerged as the fastest in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Rémi Cavagna came home with the main group and remained on the overall podium of the competition, just six seconds from the lead, ahead of the second and last individual time trial. An undulating 18.7km parcours around Châtel-Saint-Denis awaits on Friday, promising to shake up the general classification.
Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images
Race details
| 1 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
3:55:20 |
| 2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
0:00 |
| 4 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
0:00 |
| 5 |
Oscar Onley Team DSM |
0:00 |
| 6 |
Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
| 7 |
Kobe Goossens Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
| 8 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
| 9 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
| 10 |
Nick Schultz Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
| 27 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
| 48 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
| 112 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:27 |
| 127 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:27 |
| 135 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:27 |
| 138 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:27 |
| DNS |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
-03:55:20 |
| 1 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
8:08:14 |
| 2 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
0:06 |
| 3 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
| 4 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
0:11 |
| 5 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
0:14 |
| 6 |
Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team |
0:15 |
| 7 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
0:17 |
| 8 |
Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás INEOS Grenadiers |
0:17 |
| 9 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:17 |
| 10 |
Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain - Victorious |
0:18 |
| 12 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:20 |
| 102 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:32 |
| 103 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:32 |
| 105 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:45 |
| 119 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
16:38 |
| 1 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
65 pt |
| 2 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
57 pt |
| 3 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
50 pt |
| 4 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
38 pt |
| 5 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
34 pt |
| 6 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
30 pt |
| 7 |
Thibau Nys Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
| 8 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
29 pt |
| 9 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
22 pt |
| 10 |
Nico Denz BORA - hansgrohe |
22 pt |
| 35 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
6 pt |
| 1 |
Julien Bernard Trek - Segafredo |
42 pt |
| 2 |
Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan Team |
15 pt |
| 3 |
Dario Lillo Switzerland |
12 pt |
| 4 |
Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
10 pt |
| 5 |
Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma |
8 pt |
| 6 |
Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma |
6 pt |
| 7 |
Michael Schär AG2R Citroën Team |
6 pt |
| 8 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
5 pt |
| 9 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
4 pt |
| 10 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
4 pt |
| 1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
8:08:25 |
| 2 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:06 |
| 3 |
Thibau Nys Trek - Segafredo |
0:09 |
| 4 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:10 |
| 5 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:13 |
| 6 |
Oscar Onley Team DSM |
0:17 |
| 7 |
Ewen Costiou Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:20 |
| 8 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
0:21 |
| 9 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
0:21 |
| 10 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
0:22 |
| 23 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:21 |
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | 24:25:27 |
| 2 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:03 |
| 3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:07 |
| 4 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:11 |
| 5 | Movistar Team | 0:13 |
| 6 | Team DSM | 0:16 |
| 7 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:21 |
| 8 | Team Jayco AlUla | 0:23 |
| 9 | Trek - Segafredo | 0:39 |
| 10 | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:39 |
