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Ottawa's Mike Woods places 5th in Tour de Romandie after Saturday stage win

The Associated Press | Posted: May 2, 2021 2:53 PM | Last Updated: May 2, 2021

Lost 53 seconds to event winner Geraint Thomas; Remi Cavagna captures time trial

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Caption: Canada's Mike Woods, pictured, finished fifth overall in the Tour de Romandie on Sunday in Switzerland after taking the yellow jersey a day earlier from eventual event winner Geraint Thomas when the latter crashed. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

Geraint Thomas rebounded from his finish-line crash Saturday to win the Tour de Romandie with a fast time trial to end the six-day race on Sunday in Fribourg, Switzerland.
The 2018 Tour de France winner placed third in the 16.2-kilometre time trial to overhaul Canada's Mike Woods, who took the yellow jersey Saturday after Thomas fell in their sprint finish for victory in a chilly, rain-swept mountain stage.
Woods lost 53 seconds to Thomas and dropped to fifth in the overall standings.
Thomas finished 28 seconds clear in the overall standings from his Ineos Grenadiers teammate Richie Porte, the 2017 Romandie champion. Fausto Masnada was third overall, 38 seconds behind the winner.
The time trial was won by Remi Cavagna, who clocked 21 minutes 54 seconds around the city of Fribourg. Cavagna was six seconds faster than Stefan Bissegger and 17 ahead of Thomas.
The Romandie race through Switzerland's French-speaking region is the last stage-race warmup for the Giro d'Italia, the first Grand Tour of the season starting next Saturday.
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