2023 Tour de Romandie Stage 2 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 2 of the 2023 Tour de Romandie! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
The riders travel from Morteau to La Chaux-de-Fonds in the 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie. The hilly race is 162.7 kilometres long and finishes on a short climb.
The finale looks promising for the puncheurs. Three editions ago, Primoz Roglic powered to victory on the same finish in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The Slovene outgunned David Gaudu and Rui Costa.
At an elevation of 992 meters, La Chaux-de-Fonds is the second highest-located town in Switzerland. Small wonder the route is far from flat.
With almost 50 kilometres remaining, the riders reach the Col de la Vue des Alpes summit after 5.1 kilometres of climbing at 4.8%. The route then descends into the valley to continue for some 10 kilometers on the flat before the Col de Tourne begins. The 4.2 kilometres climb at 7.2% with 23 kilometres to go.
The finale includes a 1.7 kilometres climb at 7.6%, and right after the descent, the home straight climbs to the line.
The first three riders on the line gain time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds.
The 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie starts at 13:15 and the race is expected to finish around 17:25 – both are local times (CEST).
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