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BBC News
30-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
British teenager Brennan wins Romandie opening stage
British teenager Matthew Brennan edged to a sprint victory on the opening stage of the Tour de 19-year-old, riding for Visma-Lease a Bike, claimed the yellow jersey in Fribourg on Wednesday with his fourth professional has previously won the Grand Prix de Denain and two stages of the Volta a Samuel Watson, of Ineos Grenadiers, could not emulate his success from victory in Tuesday's prologue despite the efforts of team-mate and former Tour de France winner Geraint favourite Remco Evenepoel finished ninth, trailing Brennan by seven the warm April conditions, Brennan produced an impressive ride to edge clear from the peloton in the longest stage of the race - a 194.4km route, including four categorised second stage consists of a 157km loop in La Grande Beroche. Tour of Romandie - stage one Matthew Brennan (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) 4hrs 42mins 32secsAurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) Same timeArtem Shmidt (USA/Ineos Grenadiers) Same timeHuub Artz (Ned/Intermarche-Wanty) Same timeClement Venturini (Fra/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) Same time
France 24
30-04-2025
- Sport
- France 24
British teen Brennan takes stage 1 of Tour de Romandie
It marked a fourth victory on the professional circuit for the Visma-Lease a Bike rider, who is just 19. He won the Grand Prix de Denain and two stages of the Tour of Catalunya in March. Former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas worked overtime to try and get his Ineos team-mate Samuel Watson, who won the prologue on Tuesday, to the front but it was Brennan who rode away powerfully to win by several metres ahead of the peloton. Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel, one of the favourites to win the race, came in 7sec behind Brennan in ninth. With the weather unseasonably warm for the end of April, it was an eye-catching performance by the young Englishman to win the longest stage of the race -- 194km and over 3,000m of climbing from Muenchenstein, including two second category climbs. Thanks to bonuses, he takes a 3sec lead over Watson into Thursday's second stage which will take the peloton on a 157km loop from the start to the finish in La Grande Beroche, before the queen stage in the mountains on Saturday and the final time trial on Sunday.
