Euskaraz irakurri: Vernon, Romandiako Tourreko lehen stageko irabazlea eta leader berria

Ethan Vernon (Soudal Quick Step) came out on top in a powerful sprint on the opening stage online from romandie tour disputed between Crissier and Vallée de Joux, of 170.9 kilometres, in which inherited the yellow jersey from fellow Czech Josef Cernywinner of the prologue.

Vernon (Bedford, 22 years old) had no rival in the sprint, where well launched by Cerny, he finished off his fourth victory of the season without opposition. The Briton imposed his speed in the final meters and beat Thibau Nys (Trek Segafredo) and Milen Menten (Lotto Dstny)second and third respectively.

The first breakaway of the stage was made up of Tobias Bayer, Julien Bernard, Michael Schar, Dario Lillo, and Jan Stockli. The adventure was not far, as the squad led by Ineos annulled it far from the finish line, 74 kilometers away.

Going up the Col Mont D’Orzeires the configuration of the stage changed. A large escape was formed, leaving a good number of sprinters trapped behind. There was no longer any truce and the front squad was unreachable. The pursuers, among them the Colombian from Movistar Fernando Gaviria, carried out a curious event, which was getting lost at a crossroads, which forced them to stop until they found the right road. The sprint was sung, and there Ethan Vernon emerged.

The general classification is led by Ethan Vernonhis teammate Josef Cerny is second with the same timewhile Tobias Foss (Jumbo Visma) and Rémi Cavagna (Soudal-Quick Step) are third and fourth respectively, one second behind the leader.

Classification of the 1st stage:

1 – VERNON Ethan (Soudal) 4:05:34

2 – NYS Thibau (Trek) mt

3 – MENTEN Milan (Lotto) mt

4 – BARDET Romain (DSM) mt

5 – FLY Jacopo (Trek) mt

6 – SCHULTZ Nick (Israel) mt

7 – CALMEJANE Lilian (Intermarché) mt

8 – VENTURINI Clement (AG2R) mt

9 – OLIVEIRA Ivo (UAE) mt

10 – HERMANS Quinten (Alpecin) mt

General ranking:

1 – VERNON Ethan (Soudal) 4:12:59

2 – CERNÝ Josef (Soudal) mt

3 – FOSS Tobias (Jumbo) +0:01

4 – CAVAGNA Rémi (Soudal) mt

5 – DENZ Nico (BORA) +0:04

6 – SUTER Joel (Tudor) +0:05

7 – HAYTER Ethan (INEOS) mt

8 – BJERG Mikkel (UAE) 0:09

9 – SOBRERO Matteo (Jayco) mt

10 – OLIVEIRA Ivo (UAE) mt

Source: Eitb

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