Tour de Romandie
Stage 4: Sion - Thyon 2000
Switzerland
Saturday 29 April 2023
161.6 km
Cerny features in bold Romandie breakaway

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.
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Race details
1 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
4:40:41 |
2 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
0:07 |
3 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
0:19 |
4 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:21 |
5 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:21 |
6 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
0:23 |
7 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
0:45 |
8 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
0:54 |
9 |
Eddie Dunbar Team Jayco AlUla |
0:54 |
10 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
0:54 |
54 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:49 |
56 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:26 |
84 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
31:00 |
93 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
31:31 |
102 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
33:08 |
103 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
33:08 |
1 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
13:14:41 |
2 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:19 |
3 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
0:27 |
4 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:38 |
5 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
0:41 |
6 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
1:21 |
7 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
1:28 |
8 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
1:53 |
9 |
Eddie Dunbar Team Jayco AlUla |
1:53 |
10 |
Rafał Majka UAE Team Emirates |
2:07 |
48 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
11:10 |
52 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:37 |
96 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
44:42 |
97 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
46:03 |
102 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
47:59 |
106 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
50:52 |
1 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
65 pt |
2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
64 pt |
3 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
57 pt |
4 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
52 pt |
5 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
51 pt |
6 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
48 pt |
7 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
40 pt |
8 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
30 pt |
9 |
Thibau Nys Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
10 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
29 pt |
15 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
22 pt |
48 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
6 pt |
1 |
Julien Bernard Trek - Segafredo |
64 pt |
2 |
Christopher Juul-Jensen Team Jayco AlUla |
21 pt |
3 |
Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny |
18 pt |
4 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
17 pt |
5 |
Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan Team |
15 pt |
6 |
Ben Zwiehoff BORA - hansgrohe |
13 pt |
7 |
Dario Lillo Switzerland |
12 pt |
8 |
Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
10 pt |
9 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
8 pt |
10 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
6 pt |
23 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
13:15:00 |
2 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:19 |
3 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
1:02 |
4 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
1:55 |
5 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
2:49 |
6 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
2:52 |
7 |
Oscar Onley Team DSM |
3:23 |
8 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
5:07 |
9 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
6:00 |
10 |
Asbjørn Hellemose Trek - Segafredo |
12:01 |
24 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
47:40 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 39:48:18 |
2 | Team DSM | 1:01 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 1:22 |
4 | Movistar Team | 3:38 |
5 | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:55 |
6 | Team Jayco AlUla | 7:37 |
7 | EF Education-EasyPost | 8:00 |
8 | Jumbo-Visma | 12:47 |
9 | AG2R Citroën Team | 13:29 |
10 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 16:52 |