Tour de Romandie: Richard Carapaz wins stage 4 as Juan Ayuso’s lead crumbles

Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) soared to victory on the Tour de Romandie’s second summit end at Leysin, soloing to the road 2km from residence after the elite GC group detonated inside the ultimate 5km of the climb.

The Ecuadorian left behind Florian Lipowitz (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) after the German had put in a biting assault to blow aside the lead group a kilometre earlier.

Carapaz held off a really late cost from Lipowitz, who sprinted away from Rodríguez inside the ultimate kilometre, to safe the win, whereas the Spaniard completed third.

Further again, race chief Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) couldn’t deal with the tempo, dropping out of competition for the win, and, finally, the yellow jersey, as he completed over 40 seconds down.

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