Dennis: I had nothing left in second half of Romandie mountain time trial

Rohan Dennis during the mountain time trial at Tour de Romandie
Rohan Dennis during the mountain time trial at Tour de Romandie (Image credit: Getty Images)

Having led the race for four of the six days of the Tour of Romandie, Rohan Dennis was forced to let the turquoise jersey go on the final stage mountain time trial on Sunday, dropping two minutes to eventual race winner Aleksandr Vlasov on at 15.8km run to Villars.

Speaking after the stage, the Australian said he simply had nothing left to give on the second half climb to the line, having reached the 8.5km checkpoint 18 seconds down on Vlasov, the pair level in the virtual general classification at that point.

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