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Gloag makes his mark again in Tour de Romandie

Gloag makes his mark again in Tour de Romandie

Tom Gloag has once again shown his potential at the Tour de Romandie. The day after finishing tenth in the queen stage, the 21-year-old Briton was part of an early breakaway. He was unable to prevent a bunch sprint which was won by Fernando Gaviria. Gloag secured the eleventh place in the general classification.

Immediately after the start, Gloag and four others took off from the peloton. The group quickly built up a four-minute lead, and Gloag, trailing Adam Yates by two minutes in the overall classification, virtually raced in yellow for a short time. Team UAE Emirates saw the danger and closed the gap with 30 kilometres to go.

"I didn’t quite intend to be in the breakaway, but I enjoyed it”, Gloag said. "Unfortunately, we didn't get too much space. After the final ascent, everything appeared to be going well, but when the peloton split and the race became hard, our chances were gone.”

"We see Tom as a future GC rider for our team"

Merijn Zeeman

Gloag had an instructive week. His highlight was finishing tenth in the queen stage. "That was an excellent performance. I learnt a lot from my older teammates this week and will take this experience to the next races."

Sports director Merijn Zeeman was also pleased with Gloag's development. "Tom had an excellent week. He placed eleventh overall and showed on Saturday that he is a talented climber. We see Tom as a future GC rider for our team. He showed his potential last week."

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Tour de Romandie

Stage 5

Result
Rankings

Result

1
Fernando Gaviria
Movistar Team 03:58:01
2
Nikias Arndt
Bahrain - Victorious +00:00:00
3
Ethan Hayter
INEOS Grenadiers +00:00:00
29
Gijs Leemreize
Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00
53
Thomas Gloag
Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00
63
Jos van Emden
Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00
73
Steven Kruijswijk
Jumbo-Visma +00:00:00

Rankings

1
Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates 17:12:42
2
Matteo Jorgenson
Movistar Team +00:00:19
3
Damiano Caruso
Bahrain - Victorious +00:00:27
11
Thomas Gloag
Jumbo-Visma +00:02:14
31
Steven Kruijswijk
Jumbo-Visma +00:06:00
64
Gijs Leemreize
Jumbo-Visma +00:26:41
92
Jos van Emden
Jumbo-Visma +00:47:59

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