The fourth stage of the Tour de Romandie 2024 was won by Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz and climbed 20 positions in the general classification.
The Ecuadorian cyclist showed that he was at a good level and with almost five kilometers left to finish the race, he attacked alone and thus took the victory.
A few meters from the finish line, Richard Carapaz had a scare since in the last 100 he was being caught by the German Florian Lipowitz, who finally came in second place.
Stage 4 of Tour of Romandie, which takes place in Switzerland, lHe reached the mountains once again, the most favorable terrain for the tricolor who always remained in the favorites pack.
‘Richie’ remained expectant, He withstood all the attacks of his rivals and with about two km to go, in the middle of the climb, he separated himself from the rest of the competitors.
Only the German Florian Lipowitz, from Bora-Hansgrohe, could keep up with him. That was the turning point of the race.
Richard Carapaz is excited in Romandía
“We knew it would be a very difficult stage, I took advantage of the work of the Ineos team, who made a great selection,” said Carapaz.
The Ecuadorian achieved a time of 4:06:03 hours. The section was 151 kilometers combined between flat and mountain.
Ten seconds later, the Spaniards Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos) and Enric Mas (Movistar) arrived.
With the victory, the ‘Carchi Locomotive’ rose to the seventh place in the general classification. At the beginning of the fourth stage he is in position 27.
Richard Carapaz reached 22 wins as a professional. He won the 2019 Giro d’Italia, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, among others.
This Sunday, April 28, stage 5 will be held between the towns of Llana and Vernier with an extension of 150.8 km
