Tour de Romandie

The first rider to wear the yellow jersey at this edition, Josef Cerny was mong the most active men on Saturday’s queen stage, booking a place in the day-long breakaway after an intense first hour of racing. The eight men in the front worked well together, and despite not getting too much space from the peloton – who allowed them a maximum gap of just three minutes – they managed to remain in the lead until the last of the five classified climbs.

Cerny did a tremendous job in the breakaway on this queen stage which had over 4000 meters of elevation, and was among the last riders to get caught by a slowly dwindling bunch in the first part of the never-ending Thyon 2000 (20.8km, 7.6%), the climb where the general classification was decided. The win went to Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), while Rémi Cavagna came home as the best Soudal Quick-Step rider.

The Tour de Romandie concludes Sunday, in Geneva, where the sprinters should take center stage, on a course containing two ranked ascents, the last of which will be topped around 50 kilometers from the finish.

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images