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  "description": "Apparently the only thing Tadej Pogačar can't do is prologue time trials. The Slovenian withstood all challenges on a lumpy, punchy stage 2 at the Tour de Romandie to take a second consecutive stage victory from a reduced bunch and tighten his hold on the overall lead.\n\nAn early breakaway was no real threat as Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates-XRG team and Ineos Grenadiers kept a relatively short leash on the quartet out front. And into the uphill finish, Pogačar himself showed little sign of trouble ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T16:05:04.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Apparently the only thing Tadej Pogačar can't do is prologue time trials. The Slovenian withstood all challenges on a lumpy, punchy stage 2 at the Tour de Romandie to take a second consecutive stage victory from a reduced bunch and tighten his hold on the overall lead.\n\nAn early breakaway was no real threat as Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates-XRG team and Ineos Grenadiers kept a relatively short leash on the quartet out front. And into the uphill finish, Pogačar himself showed little sign of trouble in matching accelerations from riders like prologue winner Dorian Godon (Ineos). With time bonuses, Pogačar extends his overall lead to 17 seconds over Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Florian Lipowitz and 26 seconds to Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious). Friday's 176.6 km stage around Orbe features one significant climb but the summit is 34 km from the finish and there's a lengthy downhill before a flat final 11 km to the line.\n\n[race_result id=12 stage_id=90115 count=5 gc=0 year=2026] [race_result id=12 stage_id=90115 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]",
  "title": "Pogačar firmly in control at Romandie after taking stage 2 sprint",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-30T16:05:06.115Z"
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