Tour de Romandie: Tadej Pogačar wins stage 4 in the leader's jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

After two stages won in sprint finishes, Tadej Pogačar returned to his more familiar format of winning solo on Saturday as he strengthened his grip on the Tour de Romandie with victory on stage 4.

The World Champion, wearing the yellow jersey as overall leader, created daylight for the first time with a series of accelerations on the Jaunpass, climbed three times on what was billed as the ‘queen stage’ of the race.

After shattering the GC group just over 3km from the summit off the category 1 ascent, Pogačar got rid of the final rider on his wheel, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), just over a kilometre from the top, before soloing downhill to the finish in Charmey.

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Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates - XRG, in the Yellow Leader Jersey, takes a look at Florian Lipowitz of Red Bull-bora-Hansgrohe before launching his final attack for separation and the win (Image credit: Getty…