Luke Plapp had promised a few surprises as he challenged for the Tour de Romandie lead -- but sadly for the Australian champion, the surprise turned out to be him enduring a serious off-day in the cold and wet of the Swiss race's time trial.
Plapp had been in buoyant mood after a lovely day and a rousing ride in the mountains on Thursday as he roared into third place overall and looked forward to perhaps taking the leader's yellow jersey in Friday's 15.5km race against the clock - his specialist discipline.
