Romeo wins Dauphine stage three to take yellow jersey
"I don't believe it," said Romeo. "It was one of the toughest days of my life so far."The breakaway, it was so hard to get into it, and I wasn't feeling really good, so I waited to the last moment."I know in this kind of flat finish in a small break, I have good instinct, and that if they give me some seconds I can make it."I had this stage on my mind for a month. We've been doing altitude [training] at Sierra Nevada, working super hard with all the team, and they gave me this chance at the beginning of the week."Romeo was the under-23 time trial champion at last year's World Championships and Tuesday's success means he has a 17-second lead in the Dauphine's general classification standings heading into the time trial.Reigning Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion Tadej Pogacar is just over a minute back in ninth and will aim to close the gap as the eight-stage race heads into the mountains on Friday.
Stage three results
Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) 4hrs 34mins 10secsHarold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +14secsLouis Barre (Fra/Intermarche-Wanty) Same timeFlorian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +27secsAxel Laurance (Fra/Ineos Grenadiers) Same timeBrieuc Rolland (Fra/Groupama-FDJ)Julien Bernard (Fra/Lidl-Trek)Andreas Leknessund (Nor/Uno-X Mobility)Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla) +29secs
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