Geraint Thomas uses fast time trial to win Tour de Romandie

<p>FRIBOURG, Switzerland &mdash; 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.</p>
<p>The 2018 Tour de France winner placed third in the 16.2-kilometer (10-mile) time trial to overhaul Michael Woods, who took the yellow jersey Saturday only because Thomas fell in their sprint finish for victory in a chilly, rain-swept mountain stage.</p>
<p>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, trailing Thomas by 38 seconds.</p>
<p>The time-trial was won by Rémi 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.</p>
<p>Woods lost 53 seconds to Thomas and dropped to fifth in the overall standings.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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