{"id":642167,"date":"2026-05-02T03:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642167\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T03:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:08:12","slug":"dorian-godon-outsprints-tadej-pogacar-in-romandie-stage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642167\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorian Godon outsprints Tadej Poga\u010dar in Romandie stage 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dorian Godon<\/a> won stage three of the Tour de Romandie on Friday afternoon. The Frenchman, who also took the prologue on day one, had to work hard to return to the front with INEOS Grenadiers<\/a> after a summit finish where Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe made things uncomfortable once again. Tadej Poga\u010dar found himself in a winning position for the second time \u2014 but made it clear all day that he had no interest in taking it.<\/p>\n

Stage three covered 176.6 kilometres from Orbe to Orbe and was demanding in the second half, with the Col de Mollendruz serving as the final significant selector \u2014 nine kilometres at 6.1%. The climb was expected to settle the contest between the day’s early breakaway and a peloton that had enjoyed a fairly quiet morning under the control of UAE Team Emirates-XRG.<\/p>\n

The break formed after just over ten kilometres. Caruso and Josh Kench took the initiative, with Steven Kruijswijk briefly attempting to make the junction. The Dutchman of Visma | Lease a Bike could not bridge the gap, but Georg Steinhauser and Lorenzo Germani did. Sam Oomen, R\u00e9mi Rochas and Steff Cras also joined, bringing the total to seven. Three of them \u2014 Kench, Germani and Rochas \u2014 rode for Groupama-FDJ United.<\/p>\n

The lead grew to just over two minutes, but never enough to take the peloton out of the picture entirely. A crash at a roundabout did the breakaway no favours either.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull apply pressure, three survivors remain<\/p>\n

On the Col de Mollendruz, the situation shifted. The break held a lead of around two minutes at the foot, but it evaporated quickly as the gradient stiffened. Caruso read the moment well and pressed on alone. The Italian crested the summit with just under a minute on the peloton, while the rest of the break fell apart behind him.<\/p>\n

On the descent, Caruso led, with Steinhauser and Cras still trying to hang on from the original group. In the peloton, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe seized on the final climb, putting in a big turn. Daniel Felipe Mart\u00ednez and Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d were deployed as luxury domestiques, and the bunch was only 30 seconds back by the bottom of the descent.<\/p>\n

Continue reading below the photo<\/p>\n

Can Poga\u010dar produce another upset against Godon?<\/p>\n

With ten kilometres remaining, the chances of Caruso, Steinhauser and Cras staying clear were slim to none. The rest of the break had already been swept up. In the peloton, INEOS Grenadiers took over, having retrieved Godon from the front after the climb, and teams began setting up for a sprint \u2014 just as they had the day before.<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar was watchful, knowing that he and UAE Team Emirates-XRG would have been content to let the breakaway go \u2014 but Red Bull had other ideas. Together with INEOS and Lidl-Trek, who had the fast finisher Albert Withen Philipsen, the gap to the surviving riders was closed. Red Bull, as on the previous day, were counting on Finn Fisher-Black.<\/p>\n

As planned, the breakaway was caught, and a tactical tug-of-war began between a Poga\u010dar who did not want to win and a Godon who very much did. UAE Emirates-XRG took the front, but Poga\u010dar kept letting gaps open, and when the sprint came he never made a real effort to come off Godon’s wheel.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman won. Fisher-Black finished second, Aur\u00e9lien Paret-Peintre third. Poga\u010dar came home fourth.<\/p>\n

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