A lot can happen in 24 hours. On Monday, Sam Watson was out on a training ride, when he received a late call-up to race the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland. Fast forward to Tuesday afternoon, and the Ineos Grenadiers rider was pulling on the race’s yellow leader’s jersey, the winner of the prologue.
The 23-year-old Brit was the fastest on a technical 3.44km course in Saint-Imer. His time of four minutes and 33 seconds – an average speed of 45.3.km/h – saw him win by less than three tenths of a second ahead of UAE Team Emirates XRG’s Ivo Oliveira.