Tour de Romandie
Stage 3: Cossonay - Cossonay
Switzerland
Friday 02 May 2025
183.1 km
Tour de Romandie: Lecerf remains second on the GC

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.
Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
4:03:35 |
2 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
0:02 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:02 |
4 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
0:02 |
5 |
Alberto Bettiol XDS Astana Team |
0:02 |
6 |
Javier Romo Movistar Team |
0:02 |
7 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:02 |
8 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
0:02 |
9 |
Oscar Onley Team Picnic PostNL |
0:02 |
10 |
Mathys Rondel Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:02 |
18 |
Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:02 |
57 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:54 |
62 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:36 |
65 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:36 |
66 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:36 |
98 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:37 |
1 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
12:45:30 |
2 |
Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:05 |
3 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto |
0:06 |
4 |
Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team |
0:17 |
5 |
Juan Pedro López Pérez Lidl - Trek |
0:17 |
6 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:41 |
7 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:49 |
8 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
0:50 |
9 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:52 |
10 |
Harold Tejada Canacue XDS Astana Team |
0:56 |
55 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
10:40 |
72 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step |
14:20 |
75 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step |
15:47 |
87 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
22:16 |
104 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
31:08 |
1 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
59 pt |
2 |
Matthew Brennan Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
52 pt |
3 |
Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team |
50 pt |
4 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
45 pt |
5 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
45 pt |
6 |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
40 pt |
7 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
37 pt |
8 |
Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
35 pt |
9 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
34 pt |
10 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
31 pt |
1 |
Ben Zwiehoff Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
47 pt |
2 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
25 pt |
3 |
Hugh Carthy EF Education - EasyPost |
23 pt |
4 |
Gerben Kuypers Intermarché - Wanty |
20 pt |
5 |
Julien Bernard Lidl - Trek |
15 pt |
6 |
Huub Artz Intermarché - Wanty |
11 pt |
7 |
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka Lidl - Trek |
8 pt |
8 |
Enzo Paleni Groupama - FDJ |
7 pt |
9 |
Bauke Mollema Lidl - Trek |
7 pt |
10 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
6 pt |
1 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
12:45:30 |
2 |
Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:05 |
3 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto |
0:06 |
4 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
0:50 |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:52 |
6 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
1:03 |
7 |
Mathys Rondel Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
1:04 |
8 |
Oscar Onley Team Picnic PostNL |
1:05 |
9 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
1:26 |
10 |
Pablo Torres Arias UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
1:29 |
1 | XDS Astana Team | 38:18:51 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 0:35 |
3 | Lidl - Trek | 1:02 |
4 | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:28 |
5 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 1:38 |
6 | EF Education - EasyPost | 1:56 |
7 | Groupama - FDJ | 2:48 |
8 | Cofidis | 3:21 |
9 | Movistar Team | 3:41 |
10 | Lotto | 4:13 |