Nairo Quintana wins 2016 Tour de Romandie overall

Michael Albasini takes final stage victory as Nairo Quintana seals overall victory in 2016 Tour de Romandie - Photos by Graham Watson

Nairo Quintana wins 2016 Tour de Romandie

(Image credit: Watson)

Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) took the overall win in the 2016 Tour de Romandie in Switzerland on Sunday, with Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) winning the final stage.

On another cold and blustery day, Albasini was one of four surviving riders from the day’s break, along with Carlos Verona (Etixx-QuickStep), Andrey Amador (Movistar) and Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo), all of whom he comfortably out-sprinted in the rush to the finish line.

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.