New Zealand’s Patrick Bevin of Israel Premier Tech won stage three of the Tour de Romandie on Friday as Australian Jumbo-Visma rider Rohan Dennis extended his slender lead in the overall standings.

Six massive mountains stand in the way of Saturday’s winner on what should be the decisive stage, although Sunday’s uphill time-trial will also carry some edge.

After a 102 miles rolling run on Friday over six small hills the 31-year-old Bevin won the bunch sprint ahead of Ineos rider Ethan Hayter while Dennis took four bonus seconds by coming third. Dennis now leads Bevin in the overall by 14 seconds.

TOUR DE ROMANDIE 2022 STAGE 3 RESULTS

1	BEVIN Patrick	Israel – Premier Tech	3:53:27
2	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
3	DENNIS Rohan	Jumbo-Visma	0:00
4	SMITH Dion	Team BikeExchange – Jayco	0:00
5	HERMANS Quinten	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	0:00
6	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain – Victorious	0:00
7	FISHER-BLACK Finn	UAE Team Emirates	0:00
8	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	0:00
9	ARNDT Nikias	Team DSM	0:00
10	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:00

 

TOUR DE ROMANDIE 2022 STANDINGS

1	DENNIS Rohan	Jumbo-Visma	12:28:06
2	BEVIN Patrick	Israel – Premier Tech	0:14
3	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	0:18
4	SCHMID Mauro	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:22
5	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain – Victorious	0:22
6	AYUSO Juan	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
7	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:22
8	MCNULTY Brandon	UAE Team Emirates	0:25
9	VLASOV Aleksandr	BORA – hansgrohe	0:27
10	HIRSCHI Marc	UAE Team Emirates	0:28

 

RBA/AFP Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency