Superb Brennan sprints to stage win in Tour de Romandie and takes lead in classification
“It’s very special to win here. We came here with the goal of winning a stage, so to have already succeeded makes me and everyone involved with the team very happy,” the winner stammered afterwards. “Once we survived the last climb, I knew there was a chance we could sprint for the win. The guys did a great job and made sure I stayed out of trouble all day. I’m incredibly grateful to them.”
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In the first stage-in-line, the riders had to cover lots of altimeters. Team Visma | Lease a Bike had its sights set on a bunch sprint and helped ensure that the breakaway-riders were caught at 25 kilometers from the finish line. In the final kilometer, Brennan positioned himself at the front and sprinted convincingly to victory. “It was a chaotic sprint. I had to constantly fight to keep the good wheel and towards the end I was even a little more in front than I would have liked. I stayed calm and luckily was able to finish it off.”
“Things are going really well so far.”
Matthew Brennan
With the win in Romandie, Brennan brought his season total to six. The talented Brit already took two stage wins in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and was the strongest in Le Tour des 100 Communes, GP de la Ville de Lillers and GP de Denain. For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, it was the twelfth win of the calendar year. “Things are going really well so far. It would be nice if we can get another stage win this week. I’m looking forward to the next few days and hope to be able to support Jørgen as best I can in the mountains.”
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Tour de Romandie
Stage 1
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
04:42:32
2
Aurélien Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
+00:00:00
3
Artem Shmidt
INEOS Grenadiers
+00:00:00
69
Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
78
Jørgen Nordhagen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:24
98
Loe van Belle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:12
114
Menno Huising
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:18
130
Daniel McLay
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:19:14
131
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:19:14
Rankings
1
Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
04:47:02
2
Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
+00:00:03
3
Ivo Oliveira
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
+00:00:03
70
Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:32
75
Jørgen Nordhagen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:40
101
Loe van Belle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:37
106
Menno Huising
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:39
132
Daniel McLay
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:19:40
134
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:20:52
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Matthew Brennan
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Tour de Romandie
