2023 Tour de Romandie Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 of the 2023 Tour de Romandie is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Yates takes race lead after winning queen stage
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) blasted to stage 4 victory of the Tour de Romandie at Thyon 2000 and took the overall lead on the queen stage. Yates held off Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) and Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) after attacking in the closing kilometres summit finish.
"It was a really good performance by the team," Yates told reporters after the race. "We said from the beginning that we'd try to help Ayuso hold onto the jersey for as long as possible. He really earned the right to wear it the last couple of days after a serious injury, so we did all we could to help him.
"He said already himself that he's still coming back to shape, so when he gave me the go-ahead to go, I tried and just pushed all the way to the line. A great performance from the team and I'm very happy.
"Like I said, [Ayuso] is a young guy and such a big talent. For sure he's going to win some big races in the future. He said to me at maybe 6km to go, 'Adam, you can try for the win', and from that moment on I did my best to win.
"All week we've been riding really well. One more day to go so hopefully we'll hold onto it tomorrow. It's just nice to win. I've had some bad luck in the last couple of races – I had a big crash in Catalunya and had some time off to recover and prepare again and here we are. Super happy."
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