After the fastest time set by Philippe Gilbert of Lotto Soudal on the famous climb of La Redoute on Saturday was beaten by 20-year-old Gijs Leemreize of the Jumbo Visma development team, the record was broken again on Sunday by another 20-year-old, Mathijs Loman On Sunday, the record was broken again by Mathijs Loman, also 20 years old, also from the Netherlands.

The record was set through the Strava fitness tracker, which allows riders to compete to see who is the fastest at any given section. Gilbert set a time of 4:25 and wrote on Twitter, "Try to beat this record!" he wrote, but it was Reem Rise who beat it by 3 seconds on Saturday.

However, according to Het Nieuwsblad, Romain, a member of the Tempo Hoppenblowers Viro amateur team, beat Riemrise's time by another 7 seconds on Sunday, appearing on the Ardennes Classics, Liege-Bastogne-Liege route this He beat Strava's "mountain prize" record for the uphill to 4:15.

Roman was one of three finalists for the Zwift Academy last December, narrowly missing out on a contract with the NTT Pro Cycling World Tour Team's under-23 development team.

However, Roman's performance at La Redoute and his future progress will likely be closely watched by many professional teams.