Tejay Van Garderen continued his strong Tour de Romandie showing on Saturday in the final mountain stage. Van Garderen finish ninth and only was nine seconds back of the winner, Christopher Froome of Great Britain. In the overall standings Van Garderen slipped ever so slightly to tenth and should have a good chance to finish in the top ten for the second time this year with a good finish on Sunday.

Three other Americans finished in the top 50, Nathan Brown rebounded from being 79th in the time trial on Friday to finishing 38th on Saturday, 12:11 back. Brent Bookwalter was 46th and Peter Stetina was 47th, both about 13 minutes back. Both Bookwalter (34th) and Brown (38th) are still in the top 50 for the full event.

The Tour de Romandie wraps up on Sunday with a 110.2 mile flat stage.

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