2026 Tour de Romandie Stage 3 Results & Recap
Stage 3 of the 2026 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
French champion Dorian Godon (IGD) took his second win in four days at the Tour de Romandie when he outsprinted his rivals in the much-reduced group that contested the stage finish in Orbe. Godon crossed the line a bike length clear of Finn Fisher-Black (RBH), with Valentin Paret-Peintre (SOQ) in third place and race leader Tadej PogaÄŤar (UAD) fourth, his hold on the yellow jersey secured for another day.
Starting and finishing in Orbe, the stage offered the best chance remaining for a breakaway to chase victory and there was a 45-minute battle to get into it. Eventually, seven riders made the cut – Damiano Caruso (TBV), Sam Oomen (LTK), Georg Steinhauser (EFE), Steff Cras (SOQ) and three riders from Groupama-FDJ United, Josh Kench, Remy Rochas and Lorenzo Germani.
With Steinhauser lying 18th on GC, 2'20" back on PogaÄŤar, the peloton didn't allow the break much more than that as a lead. What's more, Caruso refused to collaborate with the other breakaways because of the threat Steinhauser posed to teammate Lenny Martinez (RBH)'s third place on GC.
The break split on the third and final climb of the day, the 2nd-category Col Mollendruz. After sitting in for so long, Caruso attacked and went over the climb with a 25-second lead on Steinhauser and Cras, with the bunch a minute back.
Godon had been dropped on the climb, but teammate Bob Jungels kept him within range of the yellow jersey group going over the top, before Andrew August and Laurens De Plus paced him back up to it on the long descent towards the finish.
Up ahead, Steinhauser and Cras caught Caruso with 15km remaining and with the chasers just 25 seconds behind them. Once again, Caruso didn't cooperate with his breakaway companions, despite a lot of gesticulating from Cras. When, with 6km left, Caruso did lend a hand, it was too late. The trio were caught 2.5km from the line.
Carlos RodrĂguez (IGD) set the pace into the final kilometer, where Godon bided his time into the headwind having gone too early in yesterday's sprint finish. Fisher-Black made the first big acceleration but was overhauled by the French champion, who was a bike length clear at the line.
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