Carlos Rodriguez romps to Romandie Victory in the Rain

Carlos Rodriguez claimed the overall victory in Tour De Romandie after a nervy, rain soaked final stage in Switzerland

Initially, stage five of the race was a slow affair, with a small move up the road being controlled by the Grenadiers. However, on entering the final lap, the pace was increased via a series of attacks on both the categorised and uncategorised climbs that littered the course on the outskirts of Vernier.

Egan Bernal was quick to mark out the most serious of these, with Magnus Sheffield marshalling the peloton behind. The team did a great job of keeping Carlos up to the front of the bunch, and out of trouble.

Into the final few kilometres and the race was all back together, and a bunch sprint would supply us with the winner of the day. Once again, the Grenadiers did a great job keeping Carlos towards the front of the bunch, and he would cross the line flanked by Magnus and Egan, to claim the first WorldTour stage race of his career.

Despite the fact Egan Bernal worked selflessly across the week, he also finished 10th overall after another consistent, strong display in Switzerland.

VIDEO: 2025 Tour De Romandie Stage 5 Highlights

2025 Tour De Romandie Stage 5 Top 10

1  GODON Dorian Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 3:22:00
2  CONSONNI Simone Lidl - Trek 0:00
3  SMITH Dion Intermarché - Wanty 0:00
4  VAN DIJKE Tim Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:00
5  ARANBURU Alex Movistar Team 0:00
6  NYS Thibau Lidl - Trek 0:00
7  VENTURINI Clément Arkéa - B&B Hotels 0:00
8  MENTEN Milan Lotto Dstny 0:00
9  GRUEL Thibaud Groupama - FDJ 0:00
10  VERMEERSCH Gianni Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:00

2025 Tour De Romandie GC after Stage 5

1  RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 15:44:46
2  VLASOV Aleksandr BORA - hansgrohe 0:07
3  LIPOWITZ Florian BORA - hansgrohe 0:09
4  VAN WILDER Ilan Soudal Quick-Step 0:21
5  AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 0:27
6  MAS Enric Movistar Team 0:38
7  CARAPAZ Richard EF Education - EasyPost 0:49
8  MARTINEZ Lenny Groupama - FDJ 0:52
9  GEOGHEGAN HART Tao Lidl - Trek 1:02
10  BERNAL Egan INEOS Grenadiers 1:23