Gregoire wins Swiss tour 2nd stage as Pogacar extends lead
- On Thursday, Frenchman Romain Gregoire won the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland in Locarno, outsprinting Spaniard Marcel Camprubi and Bart Lemmen of the Netherlands as world champion Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead.
- Team UAE Emirates pushed the pace on the final 17km, collapsing the breakaway's maximum lead of 2min 45sec on the steep 3.6km Fanghi climb to isolate Pogacar's rivals.
- Pogacar and Mathias Vacek escaped on the final 1.4km Via Consiglio Mezzano climb, cresting less than 30sec behind the leaders and finishing just four seconds behind Gregoire.
- In the general classification, Pogacar leads former Giro d'Italia winner Richard Carapaz of Ecuador by 2:50, with Italian Andrea Bagioli third at 3:07 and Vacek fourth at 4:16.
- The day proved bittersweet for Pogacar, as his girlfriend, Urska Zigart, was hospitalized with a broken jaw after suffering a crash in the women's race earlier Thursday.
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UAE Team Emirates-XRG retains Tour de Suisse lead
GENEVA: Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG retained the overall lead of the UAE Team Emirates-XRG retains Tour de Suisse lead after finishing eighth on stage 2 of the race.The Slovenian continued to wear the yellow jersey as race leader after crossing the line four seconds behind stage winner Romain Grégoire of Groupama-FDJ United, who clocked 3:26:25.The stage featured strong competition on the Fanghi (3.5km at 7 percent) and Via Consiglio …
After a long chase it briefly looked as though Tadej Pogacar would pull off another trick, but a group of escapees proved just too strong. Frenchman Romain Grégoire (23) sprinted to victory, our compatriot Emiel Verstrynge finished in seventh place with Pogacar in his wake.
Romain Grégoire (FDJ) is clearly feeling at home on the Swiss roads. On Thursday, the 23-year-old Frenchman was the fastest man in a five-man breakaway group that sprinted for victory on the second stage...
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Gregoire wins Swiss tour 2nd stage as Pogacar extends lead
On Thursday, Romain Grégoire offered himself the second stage of the Tour de Suisse. "We find colors."It was more than three months since the Groupama-FDJ team won no more and it's his best.
This was the 14th career victory for the Groupama-FDJ team's puncher, who had already won the Tour de Suisse last season.
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