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  "description": "The first mountain stage of the Tour de Romandie ended as everyone expected: with Tadej Pogačar winning solo in the yellow jersey.\n\nWith one day to go, the Slovenian's grip on the Swiss stage race has tightened, but perhaps the more compelling story of the day comes in the shape of Florian Lipowitz who was Pogačar's closest rival by a long shot. The young German was the only rider who could latch onto the race leader's wheel when he attacked on the third and last ascent of the Jaunpass (8.1 km a",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-02T14:20:50.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The first mountain stage of the Tour de Romandie ended as everyone expected: with Tadej Pogačar winning solo in the yellow jersey.\n\nWith one day to go, the Slovenian's grip on the Swiss stage race has tightened, but perhaps the more compelling story of the day comes in the shape of Florian Lipowitz who was Pogačar's closest rival by a long shot. The young German was the only rider who could latch onto the race leader's wheel when he attacked on the third and last ascent of the Jaunpass (8.1 km at 8.3%) 20 km from the finish. Lipowitz was then dropped about a kilometre from the summit, but throughout the descent and run-in to the finish in Charmey, he managed to limit his losses and come home just 14 seconds after Pogačar.\n\nThe next to finish were Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) and Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) a minute and 28 seconds after Lipowitz, with third overall Lenny Martinez five seconds further back. This puts Lipowitz 35 seconds off Pogačar, with an almost two-minute buffer over third.\n\n**Stage 4 results**\n\n  1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 3:40:24\n  2. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) +0:14\n  3. Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) +1:42\n  4. Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana) st.\n  5. Sergio Higuita (XDS-Astana) +1:47\n\n\n\n**GC after stage 4**\n\n  1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 15:47:00\n  2. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) +0:35\n  3. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) +2:23\n  4. Jørgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike) +2:30\n  5. Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) +2:48\n\n",
  "title": "Pogačar tightens grip on Romandie GC with Queen Stage win 14 seconds ahead of Lipowitz",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-02T14:20:52.190Z"
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