Pogacar wins stage 1 (Image credit: Getty Images) Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) collected his fifth victory of the season on his seventh day of racing in 2026, winning stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie and moving into the overall lead of the race. Having placed sixth in Tuesday’s opening prologue , Pogačar returned to winning ways on Wednesday’s opening road stage, which featured the first mountain he has scaled in competition in 2026. The world champion attacked and ripped up the field on that climb over Ovronnaz and although he didn’t launch into one of his long-range solo raids, he was able to triumph in a four-man sprint down in the valley in Martigny. Article continues below Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was second in that sprint, just ahead of Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), with Jørgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike) the final member across the line.…