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2019 Tour de Romandie: Stage 5 / Final Results

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Primoz Roglic has extended his title as overall winner of the 2019 Tour de Romandie. In the final time trial in Geneva the Slovenian put the icing on the cake. He was the only one to clock a time under twenty minutes, taking his third stage win this week. For the rider of Team Jumbo-Visma the overall victory in Romandie also means his third overall victory in a World Tour stage race this season. Earlier this year, Roglic won the UAE Tour and Tirreno-Adriatico.

For Roglic, these victories are his sixth and seventh win of the season respectively. For Team Jumbo-Visma it’s the twelfth and thirteenth victory. In Tony Martin, the yellow-black formation had a second rider in the top five of the stage in Geneva. The German finished fifth. Steven Kruijswijk also rode a solid time trial and retained his sixth place in the overall standings. Roglic also won the points classification.

“I am very happy with my third stage victory and my overall victory”, Roglic said. “This victory is a team achievement. The entire team was fantastic this week. It shows how we have grown as a team. That’s really nice to see. I really enjoyed it. I had not raced since Tirreno-Adriatico and I trained on altitude in April. These results have come a bit unexpected so I am very satisfied. This was the perfect preparation for the Giro.”

Rui Costa of UAE Team Emirates found a place on the final podium for the fourth time after the third places of 2012, 2013 and 2014. The Portuguese cyclist closed the final individual time trial in seventh position with a gap to the stage and eventual overall winner Roglic.

“The course of this time trial was very interesting and selective,” said Costa. “The last part was very fast and managing my energy well along the way, maintaining the necessary forces to be able to run the whole six kilometres with the road slightly downhill, was fundamental.

“Placing seventh today in the time trial and winning the final second place is big for my morale. To beat Roglic like this was practically impossible, so my second takes on more value. Now I want to continue to work well and try to get the most out of the Tour of Switzerland.”

Stage 5 Results:

  1. Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) at 19’58”
  2. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) at 13’’
  3. Fillippo Ganna (Team Ineos) at 15’’

Final general classification

  1. Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) at 15h25’11”
  2. Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) at 49’’
  3. Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) at 1’12’
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