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Omar Fraile has just won first stage of this season\u2019s Tour de Romandie giving another victory to his team Astana.<\/p>\n
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The Spaniard was able to overpass his competitors, especially former world champion Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida), by showcasing some impressive sprint skills.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am so happy with this win. After the Classics I did not feel great, but today everything went well and I managed to do a good stage,\u201d Fraile said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn the final part of the stage I\u2019ve realized our group can come to the finish for a sprint, so Dario Cataldo and Jakob Fuglsang worked hard to chase all attacks and to bring me in front.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Matthews admitted that his team did a pretty amazing job when controlling the race. \u201cUnfortunately when the hammer went down over the last climb I didn\u2019t have the legs to go with it. Me, Simon and Louis tried to fight to get back but the gap was already too far and our chances were over,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team-4:03:42<\/p>\n
Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida<\/p>\n
Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates<\/p>\n
Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ<\/p>\n
Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida<\/p>\n
Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky<\/p>\n
Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale<\/p>\n
Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert<\/p>\n
Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data<\/p>\n
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors<\/p>\n
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Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team -50 points<\/p>\n
Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida-30<\/p>\n
Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates-20<\/p>\n
Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ-18<\/p>\n
Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida-16<\/p>\n
Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky-14<\/p>\n
Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale-12<\/p>\n
Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert-10<\/p>\n
Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data-8<\/p>\n
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors-7<\/p>\n
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