• British rider went down just metres from the finish line
  • Michael Woods takes win on queen stage in bad weather

A crash inside the last 50 metres cost Geraint Thomas the yellow jersey on a dramatic fourth stage of the Tour de Romandie.

Thomas was battling Michael Woods for victory as sleet fell at the summit finish in Thyon, but the Ineos Grenadiers rider slipped as he climbed out of the saddle for a final dig for the line. It meant the Canadian Woods took both the stage win and, with it, the leaders’ yellow jersey for Israel Start-Up Nation, with overnight leader Marc Soler of Movistar having been distanced on the final climb.

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