BMC Racing's Stefan Küng couldn't have timed his first WorldTour win much better, taking stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie in his own home country and that of BMC, the team's title sponsor.
The 21-year-old reigning individual pursuit world champion attacked out of a four-man breakaway with 30km to go, soloing across the finish more than half a minute ahead of fellow escapees Jan Bakelants (Ag2r La Mondiale) and third-placed Bert-Jan Lindeman (LottoNL-Jumbo).
“To win my first WorldTour race in Switzerland, with such a great crowd and with such a great team, is great,” Küng said. “I had a look at this stage before, a week ago. I knew it could be something for me. I like this kind of awful weather – rain and a little bit cold. I gave it a shot and in the end it turned out well. I had very good legs. It was amazing to take this win.”
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Küng made his winning move on a descent off the penultimate climb of the day, leaving behind Bakelants, Lindeman and Team Katusha's Pavel Kochetkov as the quartet had a two-minute lead over the Sky-led peloton. Before the stage, Küng had mechanics fit his bike with a 54-tooth front chainring to take advantage of the downhill run to the finish.
“It is always very hard to know if you are going to win, but when I reached the top of the last (climb), I knew that it was looking quite likely,” Küng said.
The win on Friday was Küng's second this year after soloing to a win at the Volta Limburg last month.
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