Maikel Zijlaard surprises in the prologue of the Tour de Romandia, with a victory that gives him the lead
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The Dutch cyclist of the team Tudor Maikel Zijlaard ha cattlethis Tuesday, the prologue stage of the Tour de Romandia 2024, which has also become the first leader of the 77th edition of the Swiss race. Zijlaard, on the 2.28 kilometer route arranged by the organization for this prologue, set a time of two minutes and 55 seconds, which allowed him to achieve victory, with a second advantage over the Australian of the Bahrain-Victorious Cameron Scott and two on the French of the Soudal Quick-Step Julian Alaphilippe. Alex Aranburu, from Movistar, has had a good stage, and has finished ninethfour seconds behind the winner.
Zijlaard, 24, has thus claimed his first victory as a professional. The Tour of Romandia has started with surprise, given that the young Dutchman from Tudor was not among the favorites to wear the first yellow jersey of this edition of the event, but his great performance has not been improved by any of the specialists who have competed later than him, such as Brandon McNulty (UAE), United States champion.
For this Wednesday, the Tour de Romandia foresees the dispute of its first online stage, of 165.7 kilometers and with an undulating profile, between Chateau d’Oex and Freiburg.
Classification of the first stage and general of the 2024 Tour de Romandie
1 – ZIJLAARD Maikel (Tudor) 2:55
2 – SCOTT Cameron (Bahrain) + 0:01
3 – ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Soudal) + 0:02
4 – GODON Dorian (Decathlon) + 0:03
5 – OLIVEIRA Ivo (UAE) mt
6 – VAN DIJKE Tim (Visma) mt
7 – VERMEERSCH Gianni (Alpecin) mt
8 – ARNDT Nikias (Bahrain) mt
9 – ARANBURU Alex (Movistar) + 0:04
10 – AEBI Antoine (Swiss) mt
Source: Eitb

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