UAE Team Emirates-XRG triumph at Tour de Romandie

UAE Team Emirates-XRG closed out a stellar week of racing by capturing the overall title at the 2025 Tour de Romandie, with Portuguese climber Joao Almeida claiming the general classification victory following a confident final stage in the individual time trial in Geneva.

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The team's performance was further underlined by Jay Vine's third-place overall finish to compliment his victory on Stage 3, the mountains classification win, and UAE Team Emirates-XRG securing the team classification.

Commenting on the win, Almeida said, "Of course, I feel very happy. The goal was to win the race. Unfortunately, I didn’t win a stage, but we were always in the front, and that's what matters. I'm super happy for the overall win."

The sixth and final stage of the Tour — a 17.1 km individual time trial in Geneva — was won by Belgian time trial specialist Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who delivered a near-flawless ride to claim the stage win. However, all eyes were on the general classification, where Almeida produced a measured, powerful effort to finish second on the stage, just 12 seconds down.