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Tour de Romandie Photos; Stage 2: Romont → Romont, 172 km

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Last year's Tour de Romandie overall winner Simon Spilak and Lampre teammate Damiano Cunego in Romont, the start and finish host for today's stage 2 cloverleaf route. share this photo

Heading out on the narrow (and today wet) roads for a tough stage around Romontshare this photo

Lots of up and down racing through the lush countryside around Romontshare this photo

With a two minute race lead, the Yellow Jersey, Pavel Brutt (Katusha), was put under pressure today by those looking to make up time before the stage 4 ITTshare this photo

Lampre's Damiano Cunego timed his move perfectly, winning the uphill finish in Romont (last km, 7.5% avg) by 2s ahead of BMC's Cadel Evans and Astana's Alexandre Vinokourovshare this photo

Other than some bad news in the media last week, 2011 is going much better for Damiano Cunego; three nice wins so far versus nothing in 2010share this photo

Damiano Cunego caps off an exciting finish to stage 2share this photo

This could be a picture of a rider who has lost his Yellow Jersey. Instead, Pavel Brutt (Katusha) had his generous race lead cut down to 40s. He's showing the effects of chasing the other GC contenders after getting dropped on the cat 1 climb near the finish.share this photo

Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was still in victory salute mode when he hit the podiumshare this photo

A classy winner's prize worthy of a tough stageshare this photo

Tour de Romandie Photos; Stage 2: Romont → Romont, 172 km

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