Primoz Roglic triumphs in Tour de Romandie

Updated 05/05/2019 at 14:59 GMT

Primoz Roglic secured overall victory at the Tour de Romandie with a stage win in the final day time trial.

Primoz Roglic

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The Jumbo-Visma rider won by 49 seconds on GC from his closest rival, Portuguese Rui Costa (UAE Emirates).

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European time trial champion and new hour record holder Victor Campanearts came 13 seconds back on Roglic's time in the final stage.

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In a hat-trick of wins, Roglic was also the tour's sprint champion, as he prepares in fine form for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.

Team INEOS' Filippo Ganna came in third for the stage, while Geraint Thomas took the last podium place in GC. Thomas squeezed onto the podium just a second ahead of Felix Grosschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) after trailing him by two in the tiam trial. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) took second.