Jay Vine has continued the recent wave of Australian cycling success on the European roads, powering away over the final kilometre to steal the third stage of the prestigious Swiss race, the Tour de Romandie.
The 29-year-old Townsville rider's brilliant effort came on Thursday, 24 hours after Michael Matthews had won the Eschborn-Frankfurt one-day race and a week after Michael Storer took the overall victory at the Tour of the Alps.
Vine's win was also an emotional one for the UAE Team Emirates star as it was his first individual WorldTour victory in Europe since his terrible crash at last year's Tour of the Basque Country when he feared for a while he may never walk again.