Dan Martin has reminded everyone that his main goal for the season is the Tour de France. He was speaking after the end of the Tour de Romandie today.
Irish climber Dan Martin has finished 10th overall at the Tour de Romandie. A strong showing in the stage 3 uphill TT laid the foundation for his result.
“I came here in good condition even if I was a little tired after the classics,” Martin said at the conclusion of the race today.
“It was a good week in view of my season goal, the Tour de France. As a team, we’re happy with the overall classification.
“We were able to also get on the podium as the best team in this edition of the Tour de Romandie,” he added of UAE Team Emirates winning the team prize.
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Today’s final stage – 182km from Mont-sur-Rolle to Genève came down to a bunch sprint; won by Pascal Ackerman (Bora-hansgrohe).
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Martin finishing in 70th place, along with all the other general classification men on the same time as the stage winner.
The Irish rider had been as high as 8th overall after the TT. However, he missed the breakaway of top riders that went clear in the closing stages yesterday.
And he was also on the wrong side of a small split in what remained of the peloton at the finish. And that saw him drop to 10th place,
The race was won by Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) by eight seconds from Egan Bernal (Team Sky).
Last year’s winner Richie Porte of BMC rounded out the podium. And that result, some 35 seconds off the winner, signals a return to form.
Roglic rode a brilliant race, the former pro ski jumped showing he is now a complete rider across all disciplines.
He was 3rd in the opening prologue TT and then 2nd to Bernal in the 9.9km hilly TT.
And on yesterday’s queen stage, he was 2nd behind lone winner Jakob Fuglsang of Astana.
With time bonuses on the line, Roglic won the sprint for the runner-up spot ahead of Bernal. And earlier on the climbs he was the only rider able to cover Bernal’s attacks; doing so with apparent ease.
Still only 28-years-old and in only this third season at WorldTour level, there may be much more to come from the Slovenia in the months and years ahead.
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