2018 Tour de Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland

72nd Edition: April 24 - April 29, 2018

Tour de Romandie podium history | 2017 edition | 2019 edition | Start list
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2018 Tour de Romandie map

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Sunday, April 29: 5th & final stage, Mont sur Rolle - Genève, 181.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Pascal Ackermann takes the final stage. Sirotti photo.

Weather at Geneva, Switzerland at 1:30 PM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). Rain is unlikely before the race finish. Thunderstorms are possible at 7:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Pascal Ackermann's Bora-hansgrohe team.

Pascal Ackermann prevailed on the last stage of the Tour de Romandie to collect his first professional victory. Due to the relatively straightforward profile of today’s stage, it was expected that the yellow jersey of P. Roglic would not be put in significant danger today. All eyes were therefore on the sprinters. With Pascal, BORA-hansgrohe had a good chance of a top position on today’s stage and the young rider didn’t disappoint. His teammate Emanuel Buchmann was able to successfully defend his 9th position in the overall standings.

The Stage
A 182km-long stage from Mont-sur-Rolle to Geneva concluded this year’s Tour de Romandie. With three Category 3 climbs in the first half of the race, the stage presented undulating terrain. However, with the flat finale it was likely that the sprinters would have their day today.

The Team Tactics
The fifth stage was one for the fast men. Because everything pointed towards a sprint finish in Geneva, our plan was to concentrate on our sprint. Pascal Ackermann, who has consistently shown great form throughout the season so far, would have a good chance if it came to a fast finish. The team therefore tried to ensure that the race was capped off with a bunch sprint and aimed to bring Pascal into an optimal position in the finishing straight for the anticipated finale. In Rudi Selig, Pascal had a strong lead-out man for the finish, who would hopefully be able to assist the young German sprinter to a solid result today.

The Race
Almost immediately after the start, 5 riders took their chance to form the breakaway of the day, and after 25km they had managed to carve out an advantage of 3 minutes, while LottoNL-Jumbo took over responsibility for setting the pace in the main field. At the foot of the last categorised climb of the day, BORA-hansgrohe, together with Bahrain Merida, set the tempo at the front of the peloton, and the gap to the break began to come down.

With 30km remaining until the finish, BORA-hansgrohe put down the hammer on the slightly downhill stretch into Geneva, and the escapees’ lead was whittled down quite quickly as they were in the sights of the chasing peloton. The breakaway was caught by the speeding field with 11km left to race, at which point the sprinters’ trains began to get themselves into formation. After a strong job by Rudi Selig to bring Pascal into an excellent position from which to launch himself for the final, the young German sprinter raced across the finish line to celebrate the first professional victory of his career.

From the Finish Line
“The guys worked hard to support me the whole day, and in the end Rudi Selig brought me into the perfect position in the last 200m. I am very thankful for all the hard work of my teammates. It was a real goal of ours to win today and we achieved this. The race has not been easy and it was difficult for me to stay within the time limit on the penultimate stage. So it is nice to see that our hard work paid off.” – Pascal Ackermann

“The team worked well today for Pascal. Our plan was to bring him in a good position for the sprint. He fought to stay within the time limit yesterday, but he was very motivated and today his hard work paid dividends. The team put its trust in him and everyone was willing to do their best for him. In addition, we can also be very happy with Emanuel Buchmann’s top 10 result in the general classification. For our team, it has been a successful week.” – Steffen Radochla, Sport Director

“I’m very satisfied with my 9th place in the general classification. The race was tough this year, and a top 10 result is a good achievement. I think this race shows that I have good form, and I’m confident heading into my next races. It was nice to see Pascal take the win today in Geneva. We worked the whole day for him and it’s a great way to finish the Tour de Romandie.” – Emanuel Buchmann

“It’s great to be back with the team at Tour de Romandie and to return to the racing environment. My condition is ok at the moment, but we still have a lot of work to do. The race here in Switzerland has been hard, but I’ve managed to get through the stages quite ok and have been able to assist the team wherever I can. This race is never an easy one, and hopefully it will provide me with the legs I need to move my form to the next level.

"After the Tour de Romandie, I’ll race Eschborn-Frankfurt, and then I’ll have some easier days before heading to the team training camp in Austria. This will hopefully allow me to get some good work done heading towards the Critérium du Dauphiné, where I think I will be in a lot better shape and can hopefully be more involved in the racing and even try for some results. After the Dauphiné, I’ll target the national championships, and I’ll also use the Dauphiné to decide with the team if I’ll go to the Tour de France or not.” – Peter Kennaugh 

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

181.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.658 km/hr

1	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	4hr 9min 51sec
2	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
5	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
10	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
13	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
14	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
15	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
16	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
17	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
18	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
23	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
24	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
25	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
30	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	s.t.
31	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
32	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
34	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
36	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
39	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
41	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
43	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
44	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
45	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
46	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
48	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
49	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
50	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
51	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
52	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
53	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
54	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
55	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
56	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
57	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
58	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
59	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
60	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
61	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
62	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
63	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
65	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
67	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
69	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
71	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
72	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	s.t.
74	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
75	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
76	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
81	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
82	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
84	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
85	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
86	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
87	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
88	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
90	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
92	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
93	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
94	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
95	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
96	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
97	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
98	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 18sec
99	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	0:22
100	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	0:24
101	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
102	ROWE Luke	Sky	0:29
103	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	0:38

Final GC after Stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo)
• Mountains classification winner: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Points classification winner: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Best young rider: Egan Arley Bernal (Team Sky)
• Team classification winner: UAE-Team Emirates

685.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.965 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	17hr 9min 0sec
2	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	@ 8sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:35
4	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:16
5	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:23
6	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:32
7	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	2:49
8	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	3:09
10	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	3:12
11	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	3:22
12	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	3:34
13	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	3:37
14	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	4:05
15	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:06
16	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	4:07
17	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	4:11
18	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	4:15
19	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	4:18
20	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	4:36
21	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	4:37
22	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	4:47
23	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:50
24	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	4:54
25	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	5:20
26	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	5:21
27	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	5:53
28	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	6:04
29	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	6:06
30	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	6:48
31	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	6:53
32	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	7:21
33	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	7:22
34	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	7:43
35	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	7:51
36	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	11:03
37	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	11:14
38	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	11:15
39	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	11:47
40	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	11:57
41	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	12:33
42	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	12:56
43	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	13:07
44	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	13:26
45	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	14:18
46	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	14:24
47	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	14:39
48	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	14:46
49	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	15:32
50	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	15:39
51	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	16:42
53	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	17:17
54	HOULE Hugo	Astana	18:13
55	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:06
56	WYSS Danilo	BMC	19:08
57	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	20:38
58	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	21:23
59	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	23:33
60	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	23:36
61	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	24:30
62	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	24:50
63	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	25:06
64	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	25:46
65	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	26:13
66	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27:17
67	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	27:39
68	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	27:44
69	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	27:48
70	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	29:41
71	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	31:09
72	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	31:56
73	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	32:23
74	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	33:13
75	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	35:55
76	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	37:39
77	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	38:19
78	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	38:44
79	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	40:08
80	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	40:46
81	ROWE Luke	Sky	41:02
82	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	41:07
83	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	41:35
84	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	43:04
85	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	44:19
86	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	45:29
87	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	45:48
88	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	46:23
89	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	47:45
90	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	49:06
91	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	49:57
92	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	54:26
93	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	55:07
94	BOHLI Tom	BMC	55:51
95	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	57:24
96	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	59:34
97	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:01:45
99	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07:15
100	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07:27
101	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07:28
102	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	1:07:50
103	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:40

Stage 5 map & profile

Tour of Romandie stage 5 map

Tour of Romandie stage 5 profile

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Race leader Primoz Roglic heads to the start.

GC second-place Egan Barnal just before the stage start.

The peloton rolls out of the start city of Mont-sur-Rolle

Another view of the pack leaving Mont-sur-Role

If you are racing in Switzerland, at some point you are probably going to go up.

Pascal Ackermann gets the first pro win of his career.

Pascal Ackermann enjoys his victory.

Primoz Roglic has won the 2018 Tour de Romandie

The final GC podium, from left: Egan Bernal (2nd), Primoz Roglic & Richie Porte (3rd)

Points & Mountains classifications winner Thomas de Gendt

Team classification winners UAE-Team Emirates

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Saturday, April 28: Stage 4, Sion - Sion, 149.2 km

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Jakob Fuglsang wins stage four. Sirotti photo.

Weather at Sion at 1:30 PM, local time: 24C (76F), partly cloudy with the wind from the North at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast until 6:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Jakob Fuglsang's Team Astana.

After an impressive attack in the final 15 kilometers of today’s Queen Stage, Jakob Fuglsang finished his solo with his first victory in 2018, already the 15th victory of the season for Astana Pro Team.

- I already tried to attack at the final climb, but going downhill I had to chase and close the gap with the leaders. But luckily halfway the downhill the road went up a little bit and at that point my sports director Dmitriy Fofonov was screaming at me: “Now is the moment!”, but I responded that I was already racing at my limit. But just after that moment I was in the perfect position, just behind the group that was mostly looking at each other, and so I took my chance. I’m really happy with this victory, it gives a really good feeling and a lot of confidence for the start of my preparations for the Tour de France in a few weeks,- said Jakob Fuglsang.

Today was the Queen Stage of the 2018 Tour de Romandie, a 149km-long stage starting and finishing in Sion. With three climbs of the 1stcategory and two of the 2ndcat., the riders had a hard day on the bike.

At the first four climbs, the peloton was chasing a breakaway of five riders, while from the same peloton more and more riders got dropped as the GC contenders started to pull. At the start of the final climb, the breakaway was caught and it all came down to a small group of riders. Jakob Fuglsang attacked, but got caught and had to chase the four leaders from that point all the way to the top of the climb. In the descent, Fuglsang was able to get back in the leading group. And with 15 kilometers to go, he attacked for a solo finish in the streets of Sion.

With his stage victory, Jakob Fuglsang climbed to the 4th place in the General Classification, 1’16” behind leader Primoz Roglic. Tomorrow will be the final stage of this Tour de Romandie, going from Mont-sur-Rolle to Geneva (181km).

Complete results:

149.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.590 km/hr

Stage 4 photos

1	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	4hr 18min 48sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 48sec
3	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
4	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
5	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:50
6	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	2:09
7	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
9	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
12	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	2:12
14	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
16	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
17	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
20	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
21	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
22	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
24	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
26	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
28	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
30	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
31	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
32	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
33	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	5:31
35	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
36	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
37	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
38	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
39	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
40	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:40
41	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
42	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	9:03
43	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	9:50
44	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	10:14
45	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
49	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
50	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	12:36
51	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
52	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
53	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	s.t.
54	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
56	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
58	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
59	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
60	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
63	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
64	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
65	LOPEZ David	Sky	16:18
66	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	17:22
67	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	18:30
68	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
69	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	s.t.
70	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	18:39
71	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:34
72	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
73	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	24:59
74	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
75	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
76	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
77	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
78	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
79	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
83	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
84	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
85	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
86	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
87	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
90	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
91	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
92	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
93	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	26:30
94	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	28:43
95	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
98	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
99	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
102	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
104	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	34:48
105	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	34:50

GC after stage 4:

503.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.781 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	12hr 59min 9sec
2	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	@ 8sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:35
4	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:16
5	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:23
6	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:32
7	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	2:49
8	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	3:09
10	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	3:12
11	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	3:22
12	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	3:34
13	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	3:37
14	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	4:05
15	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:06
16	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	4:07
17	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	4:11
18	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	4:15
19	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	4:18
20	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	4:36
21	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	4:37
22	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	4:47
23	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:50
24	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	4:54
25	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	5:20
26	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	5:21
27	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	5:53
28	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	6:04
29	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	6:06
30	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	6:48
31	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	6:53
32	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	7:21
33	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	7:22
34	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	7:43
35	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	7:51
36	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	11:03
37	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	11:14
38	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	11:15
39	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	11:47
40	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	11:57
41	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	12:33
42	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	12:56
43	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	13:07
44	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	13:26
45	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	14:18
46	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	14:24
47	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	14:39
48	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	14:46
49	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	15:32
50	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	15:39
51	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	16:42
53	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	17:17
54	HOULE Hugo	Astana	18:13
55	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:06
56	WYSS Danilo	BMC	19:08
57	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	20:38
58	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	21:23
59	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	23:33
60	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	23:36
61	LOPEZ David	Sky	24:08
62	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	24:30
63	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	24:50
64	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	25:06
65	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	25:46
66	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	26:13
67	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27:17
68	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	27:39
69	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	27:44
70	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	27:48
71	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	28:47
72	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	29:41
73	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	31:09
74	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	31:56
75	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	32:23
76	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	33:13
77	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	35:55
78	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	37:01
79	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	37:55
80	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	38:44
81	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	40:14
82	ROWE Luke	Sky	40:33
83	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	40:46
84	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	41:07
85	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	41:35
86	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	43:04
87	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	44:19
88	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	45:24
89	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	45:29
90	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	46:05
91	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	47:45
92	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	49:06
93	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	49:57
94	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	54:26
95	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	55:07
96	BOHLI Tom	BMC	55:51
97	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	57:24
98	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	59:34
99	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
100	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:01:49
101	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07:15
102	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	1:07:28
103	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07:37
105	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:40

Stage 4 map & profile:

Tour of Romandie stage 4 map

Tour of Romandie stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Stunning scenery

Another shot of the Swiss mountains.

Team Sky was not afraid to put some horsepower at the front on behalf of Egan Bernal.

Race leader Primoz Roglic handled himself perfectly today.

The day's break.

Jakob Fuglsang finishes nearly a minute ahead of his nearest chasers.

The sprint for second-place, won by Primoz Roglic (yellow jersey).

Roglic just after the stage.

Egan Bernal was third. Here he is just after the stage.

Richie Porte was fifth.

Stage winner Jakob Fuglsang

Primoz Roglic goes into the final stage with a 8-second lead over Egan Bernal

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Friday, April 27: Stage 3, Ollon - Villars individual uphill 9.9 km time trial

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Stage winner Egan Bernal. Sirotti photo

Weather at Villars at 2:20 PM, local time: 14C (58F), sunny, with the wind from the SW at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Stage winner Egan Bernal's Team Sky posted this report.

Egan Bernal powered to an impressive victory on the stage three hill climb time trial at the Tour de Romandie.

The Colombian clocked an unbeatable marker of 25 minutes and 10 seconds on the constant uphill drag to Villars, taking his first WorldTour win by four seconds to climb into second place overall.

Only three riders were able to finish within a minute of Bernal, who got quicker across the 9.9-kilometre course, overhauling the time of Richie Porte (BMC Racing), before holding off race leader Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo).

He now sits just six seconds off Roglic’s yellow jersey ahead of the race’s queen stage on Saturday, while simultaneously tightening his grip on the young rider’s jersey.

Jonathan Castroviejo was the next Team Sky rider home, clocking the 16th fastest time on his birthday. The stage played a key role in the general classification, with Castroviejo, Diego Rosa and Geraint Thomas all sliding out of the top 10 on the day.

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

9.9 kilometers ridden at an average apeed of 23.603 km/hr

1	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	25min 10sec
2	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 4sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:18
4	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:48
5	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:06
6	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:21
7	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	1:26
8	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	1:28
9	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:30
10	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:43
11	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	1:45
12	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	1:47
13	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:48
14	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	1:53
15	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:55
16	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	2:01
17	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	2:05
18	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	2:07
19	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	2:08
20	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	2:10
21	ROSA Diego	Sky	2:18
22	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	2:19
23	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	2:22
24	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	2:23
25	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	2:24
26	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	2:27
27	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	2:33
28	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
30	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:34
31	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	2:37
32	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	2:44
33	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	2:47
34	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	2:49
35	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
36	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	3:00
37	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:01
38	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	3:02
39	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	3:04
40	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	3:06
41	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	3:11
42	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	3:13
43	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
44	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	3:19
45	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	3:20
46	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	3:22
47	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
48	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	3:24
49	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:27
50	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	3:30
52	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	3:36
53	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	3:39
54	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	3:44
55	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	3:46
56	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	3:47
57	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:53
58	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	3:56
59	BOHLI Tom	BMC	3:57
60	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	3:58
61	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:59
62	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	4:12
63	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:13
64	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
65	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	4:17
66	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	4:18
67	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	4:19
68	HOULE Hugo	Astana	4:20
69	CATALDO Dario	Astana	4:21
70	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	4:24
71	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	4:26
72	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	4:44
73	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	4:50
74	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:54
75	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	5:01
76	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	5:03
77	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:05
78	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	5:07
79	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	5:09
80	WYSS Danilo	BMC	5:10
81	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	5:20
82	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	5:25
83	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:26
84	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	5:29
85	FRAILE Omar	Astana	5:30
86	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	5:33
87	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:38
88	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	5:41
89	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
90	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
91	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	5:46
92	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	5:49
93	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	6:06
94	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	6:12
95	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	6:13
96	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	6:14
97	LOPEZ David	Sky	6:17
98	ROWE Luke	Sky	6:18
99	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	6:19
100	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	6:20
101	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	6:24
102	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	6:28
103	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	6:29
104	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	6:31
105	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	6:32
106	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	6:39
107	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	6:51
108	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
109	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	6:52
110	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:56
111	STAMSNIJDER Tom	Team Sunweb	6:59
112	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	7:00
113	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:03
115	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	7:25
116	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	7:33
117	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	7:36
119	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	7:38
120	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	7:59
121	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	8:05
122	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	8:12
123	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	8:21
124	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	8:28
125	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	8:59
126	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	9:00
127	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	9:55

GC after stage 3:

354.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.920 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	8hr 39min 39sec
2	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	@ 6sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:27
4	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:02
5	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	1:17
6	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	1:22
7	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	1:42
9	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	1:55
11	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	1:56
12	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:59
13	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	2:04
14	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	2:07
15	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	2:08
16	ROSA Diego	Sky	2:19
17	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	2:24
18	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	2:32
19	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	2:33
20	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	2:35
21	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:36
22	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	2:37
23	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	2:41
24	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
25	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	2:45
26	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	2:48
27	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
28	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	3:02
29	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	3:06
30	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	3:07
31	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:16
32	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	3:17
33	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:20
34	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	3:22
35	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	3:24
36	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	3:35
38	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	3:36
39	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	3:38
40	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:45
41	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	3:50
43	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	3:54
44	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	4:08
46	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	4:17
47	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	4:23
48	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	4:30
49	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	4:34
50	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	4:36
51	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
52	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:38
53	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	4:48
54	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	4:52
55	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	5:23
56	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	5:24
57	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	5:26
58	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	5:45
59	FRAILE Omar	Astana	6:05
60	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	6:13
61	HOULE Hugo	Astana	6:19
62	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	6:25
63	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:48
64	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	6:52
65	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	6:58
66	WYSS Danilo	BMC	7:14
67	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	7:18
68	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	7:44
69	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	8:06
70	LOPEZ David	Sky	8:32
71	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	8:56
72	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	9:02
73	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	9:33
74	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	9:34
75	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	9:45
76	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	11:42
77	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	11:51
78	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	12:44
79	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	12:56
80	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	13:52
81	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	15:03
82	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	15:16
83	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	15:19
84	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	15:22
85	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	15:50
86	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	15:54
87	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	15:57
88	ROWE Luke	Sky	16:16
89	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	16:29
90	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	16:35
91	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	17:18
92	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	19:57
93	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	20:02
94	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	20:07
95	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	21:07
96	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	21:12
97	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	21:48
98	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	23:02
99	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	23:28
100	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	24:01
101	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	24:49
102	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	25:26
103	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27:06
104	BOHLI Tom	BMC	27:50
105	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:05
106	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	30:09
107	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	31:06
108	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	31:27
109	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	31:33
110	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	33:07
111	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	33:48
112	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	37:00
113	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	39:14
114	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	39:27
115	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	39:28
117	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	39:36
118	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	40:31
119	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	40:39
120	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	40:54
121	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	41:17
122	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	41:54
123	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	42:31
124	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	43:02
125	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	43:03
126	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	44:58
127	STAMSNIJDER Tom	Team Sunweb	48:43

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Elia Viviani

Bram Tankink

Nico Denz

Tejay van Garderen

Rohan Dennis was seventh.

Richie Porte turned in the third-best time.

GC leader Primoz Roglic turned in the second best ride of the day, preserving his GC lead.

Egan Bernal going faster than anyone else.

Stage winner Egan Bernal

Primoz Roglic will start stage four in yellow.

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Thursday, April 26: Stage 2, Delémont - Yverdon les Bains, 173.9 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Thomas de Gendt wins stage two in style.

Weather at the finish city of Yverdon les Bains at 2:45 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy with the wind from the WNW at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Stage winner Thomas de Gendt's Lotto-Soudal team sent me this report:

One month after his memorable stage win at Volta a Catalunya, Thomas De Gendt has conquered another magnificent victory. This time he soloed to victory on the second stage of Tour de Romandie!

Pretty soon after the start of the stage in Delémont five riders escaped the bunch; among those riders Victor Campenaerts and Thomas De Gendt. The Lotto Soudal duo was accompanied by Nathan Brown, Matteo Fabbro and Andriy Grivko. The break got more than seven minutes advantage. After first Fabbro had been distanced due to a mechanical, Grivko was dropped uphill; that way only Brown was left at the side of Campenaerts and De Gendt.

A few kilometres after the first crossing of the finish line in Yverdon-les-Bains, which was the start of one lap of 34.3 kilometres, Campenaerts had to let go of his companions. About five kilometres further De Gendt left Brown behind. The peloton was no threat anymore by that time. De Gendt finished solo, with 2’04” advantage over Sonny Colbrelli who beat Samuel Dumoulin in the sprint for the second place. After today’s breakaway De Gendt is the new owner of the sprint jersey, and he was also awarded the prize of the most combative rider of the day.

Thomas De Gendt: “I did arrive solo at the finish today, but this victory is also the merit of Victor. He went out of his way to make sure I had as much advantage as possible. Originally it was our plan to warm up the legs for tomorrow’s time trial. Our advantage kept rising and that was mainly due to the work of Victor and me, because our companions didn’t go full. During the climb at less than seventy kilometres from the end, Victor told me we would draw my card.”

“I felt very good today and when we had almost eight minutes advantage, I felt it was possible to win. We definitely didn’t just get that lead from the bunch, that was all our own merit. When we had about three minutes advantage, the peloton wanted to start controlling the gap and still we got more and more advantage. I definitely wanted to aim for six minutes lead. We kept on riding full gas and didn’t give up, we just would see where it would take us. And it turned out well. I hear that they rode very fast in the bunch and still I had two minutes advantage left at the finish.”

“As soon as I feel the victory is within reach I want to keep up my own pace. After Victor had done a few last pulls, he got distanced in the local lap. Brown was still making a good impression and I wanted to test him. I immediately got a small gap and I decided to continue on my own, even though it was still a long way to the finish. We had done a recon of the local lap on Monday, so I knew what was coming. At that moment I still had about three minutes advantage, enough to remain ahead. I knew I didn’t need to go full anymore, but because of the headwind and the long break the way to the finish was still long.”

“I had made a goal of this Tour de Romandie. I chose not to ride the Ardennes Classics to be fresh for this race. In the past I never had a good feeling here and I wanted to change that. Last week I went on a training camp and that way I prepared for this race. I am in excellent shape. It’s nice for the team that we could also win a stage in this WorldTour race. I’ll see tomorrow how I feel for the time trial. Today was already a four-hour time trial for me (laughs). If all goes well I can end up on top twenty tomorrow, I have more chances in the stages this weekend.”

Complete results:

173.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.924 km/hr

1	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	4hr 3min 5sec
2	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	@ 2min 4sec
3	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
4	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
6	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
7	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
8	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
9	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
13	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
14	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
16	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
18	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
19	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
21	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
23	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
25	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
26	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
27	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
28	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
30	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
34	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
36	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
37	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
39	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
41	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
44	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
47	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
48	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
49	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
51	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
52	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
53	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
54	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
56	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
57	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
59	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
60	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
62	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	s.t.
63	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
64	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
66	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
69	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
70	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
72	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
73	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
75	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
76	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
77	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
79	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
80	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
81	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
82	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
83	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
84	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:18
85	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	2:21
86	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:23
87	FRAILE Omar	Astana	2:24
88	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	2:30
89	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	2:31
90	LOPEZ David	Sky	2:40
91	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:42
92	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	2:55
93	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	3:33
94	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:20
95	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
96	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	8:05
98	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
99	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	9:26
100	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
101	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	s.t.
102	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
103	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	11:09
104	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
105	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
106	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
107	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
108	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	16:27
109	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
110	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
112	STAMSNIJDER Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
115	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
116	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
119	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	s.t.
121	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
123	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
124	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
125	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
126	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	19:36
127	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
128	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

344.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.807 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	8hr 14min 25sec
2	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
3	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	@ 4sec
4	ROSA Diego	Sky	0:05
5	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	0:08
7	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	0:10
8	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
9	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
10	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:13
11	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:14
13	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	0:15
14	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	0:16
17	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	0:17
19	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:18
20	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
21	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	0:19
23	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
24	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:20
25	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	0:21
26	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
28	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	0:22
29	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
30	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
31	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:23
32	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	0:24
33	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
34	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	0:25
35	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
36	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
37	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	0:26
38	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
40	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
41	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:28
43	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:29
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
46	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	0:30
47	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:31
48	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
49	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	0:36
50	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:39
51	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	0:40
52	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:41
53	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:45
54	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:51
55	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	1:09
56	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
57	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	1:41
58	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	1:55
59	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	1:57
60	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:58
61	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	1:59
63	HOULE Hugo	Astana	2:03
64	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	2:05
65	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	2:06
66	WYSS Danilo	BMC	2:08
67	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	2:12
68	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:17
69	LOPEZ David	Sky	2:19
70	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	3:50
71	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5:13
72	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	5:21
73	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	5:36
74	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	5:41
75	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	5:57
76	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	6:19
77	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	6:26
78	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
79	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	6:37
80	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	7:40
81	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	7:43
82	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	8:48
83	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	9:07
84	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	9:50
85	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	9:55
86	ROWE Luke	Sky	10:02
87	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	10:05
88	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:17
89	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	10:25
90	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	10:51
91	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	11:44
92	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	12:34
93	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	14:41
94	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	14:54
95	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	15:22
96	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	15:35
97	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	16:14
98	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	16:55
99	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	17:09
100	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	17:12
101	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	17:37
102	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	18:27
103	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	19:12
104	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	19:45
105	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:43
106	BOHLI Tom	BMC	23:57
107	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	24:27
108	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	24:31
109	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	24:41
110	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	24:45
111	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	26:19
112	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	27:30
113	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	28:43
114	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	31:27
115	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	32:58
116	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	32:59
117	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
118	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	33:01
119	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	33:04
120	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	33:07
121	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	33:10
122	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	33:12
123	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	33:20
124	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	33:22
125	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	36:06
126	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	36:16
127	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	36:34

Stage 2 map & profile:

2018 Romandie Tour stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, April 25: Stage 1, Fribourg - Delémont, 166.6 km

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

Omar Fraile wins stage one.

Weather at the finish city of Delémont at 3:30 PM, local time: 22C (71F), partly cloudy with the wind from the west at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the stage story from winner Omar Fraile's Team Astana.

Omar Fraile took a nice victory today at stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie with the finish in Delémont. The Astana Team rider won the final sprint from a group of race favorites, outsprinting the Italian Sonny Colbrelli and the Portuguese rider Rui Costa.

- I am so happy with this win. After the classics I did not feel great, but today everything went well and I managed to do a good stage. In general, our team was super today, we did a strong race. After all these climbs we still had many riders in the leading group and my teammates did a big job for me. In the final part of the stage I’ve realized our group can come to the finish for a sprint, so Dario Cataldo and Jakob Fuglsang worked hard to chase all attacks and to bring me in front. I knew, Sonny Colbrelli was my biggest rival today since he is a very fast guy. So, I followed his wheel and started my sprint with around 300 meters to go. It was a good decision, since at the last 100 meters there was a small uphill. Anyway, this victory brings me and, I think, the whole team a good motivation before the next stages. As I saw, Jakob is in a good form and we will try to help him to reach a high result here, - explained Omar Fraile after finish.

After yesterday’s prologue, today the peloton has started the first normal stage from Fribourg to Delémont with a total distance of 166,6 km. In this nice day in Switzerland, the riders passed a hilly route with four categorized climbs, the last one with just 18 km to go.

The French Alexis Gougeard was the last rider from the early break to be caught already in the final few kilometers. There were a number of attacks from the leading group of 55 riders inside the last 3-4 km, but finally, all the favorites came together to the finish line in Delémont. Omar Fraile did a smart move in front of the group to attack with just 300 meters to go and to take his second win this season after a nice success at the 5th stage of the Itzulia Basque Country.

Tanel Kangert, Jakob Fuglsang, Jesper Hansen and Dario Cataldo all finished inside the first leading group.

After the prologue and today’s stage 1 the Slovenian Primoz Roglic took the lead in the general classification of the Tour de Romandie. Omar Fraile is, provisionally, the best Astana rider, sitting on the 22nd place in the overall, 19 seconds behind the leader.

Complete results:

Stage 1 photos

166.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.018 km/hr

1	FRAILE Omar	Astana	4hr 3min 42sec
2	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
3	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
7	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
9	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
12	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
13	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
14	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
15	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
16	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
17	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
19	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
20	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
22	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
24	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
25	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
26	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
27	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
28	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
29	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
30	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
31	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
32	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
33	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
34	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
35	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
36	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
37	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
39	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
40	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
41	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	s.t.
42	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
43	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
44	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
45	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
46	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
47	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
48	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
49	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
51	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
52	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
54	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 17sec
55	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:30
56	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	1:14
57	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
58	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
59	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	1:35
61	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
64	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
65	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
66	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
67	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
68	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
69	SHAW James	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
71	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	1:41
72	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	3:11
73	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
74	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	4:38
75	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	4:56
76	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	5:00
77	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	5:08
78	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	5:09
79	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5:14
80	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto Soudal	6:03
82	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
83	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
84	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
85	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
86	MERTZ Remy	Lotto Soudal	7:09
87	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	8:31
88	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	9:34
89	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
90	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
92	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
95	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
96	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
97	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
98	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
99	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
100	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
101	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
102	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
103	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	14:07
105	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
106	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
107	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	16:18
108	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
109	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
110	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto Soudal	18:03
112	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
113	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
114	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
115	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
117	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
118	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
120	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
122	BAŠKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
124	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
125	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
126	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
129	STAMSNIJDER Tom	Team Sunweb	26:39
130	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
131	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

170.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.064 km/hr

1	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	4hr 9min 16sec
2	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
3	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	@ 4sec
4	ROSA Diego	Sky	0:05
5	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	0:08
7	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	0:10
8	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
9	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
10	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:13
11	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
12	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:14
13	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	0:15
14	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	0:16
17	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	0:17
19	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:18
20	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
21	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:19
23	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
25	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:20
26	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	0:21
27	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
29	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	0:22
30	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
31	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
32	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:23
33	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	0:24
34	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
35	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	0:25
36	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
37	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	0:26
38	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
40	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
41	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
42	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:28
44	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:29
45	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
46	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
47	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	0:30
48	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:31
49	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	0:36
52	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	0:40
53	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:41
54	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:45
55	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:51
56	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
57	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Soudal	1:39
58	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	1:41
59	LOPEZ David	Sky	1:43
60	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:44
61	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	1:45
62	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	1:46
63	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	1:57
64	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:58
65	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	1:59
67	HOULE Hugo	Astana	2:03
68	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	2:05
69	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	2:06
70	WYSS Danilo	BMC	2:08
71	SHAW James	Lotto Soudal	2:12
72	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	3:23
73	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	3:50
74	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	5:12
75	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5:13
76	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	5:21
77	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	5:28
78	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	5:30
79	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	5:36
80	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	5:41
81	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto Soudal	6:26
82	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
83	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	6:28
84	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	6:30
85	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	6:37
86	MERTZ Remy	Lotto Soudal	7:43
87	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	8:48
88	BOHLI Tom	BMC	9:34
89	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:47
90	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	9:50
91	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	9:55
92	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	9:59
93	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:00
94	ROWE Luke	Sky	10:02
95	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	10:04
96	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	10:05
97	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	10:06
98	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	10:07
99	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	10:08
100	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	10:13
101	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	10:18
102	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	10:20
103	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	10:22
104	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	14:20
105	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	14:41
106	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	14:54
107	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	16:55
108	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	16:59
109	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	17:04
110	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	17:12
111	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	18:25
112	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	18:27
113	BAŠKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	18:29
114	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	18:31
115	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	18:34
116	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	18:35
117	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	18:36
118	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
119	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	18:38
120	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	18:41
121	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	18:44
122	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
123	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	18:47
124	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	18:49
125	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	18:57
126	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
127	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto Soudal	18:59
128	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	19:02
129	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	26:57
130	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	27:23
131	STAMSNIJDER Tom	Team Sunweb	27:25

Stage 1 map & profile:

Tour of Romandie stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Geraint Thomas gets his bike before the stage start.

Swiss champion Silvan Dillier

Race leader Michael Matthews heads to the start.

Team Katusha-Alpecin is presented during the start ceremonies.

Antoine Duchesne leads the day's break.

But things came together for a big sprint finish, won by Omar Fraile.

Omar Fraile just after the stage.

Michael Matthews just after the stage.

New GC leader Primoz Roglic

Omar Fraile will start stage 2 in the points leader's green jersey.

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Tuesday, April 24: Prologue, Fribourg 4.02 km time trial

Prologue map and profile | Prologue photos

Michael Matthews going faster than anyone else.

Weather at Fribourg at 3:00 PM local time: 21C (70F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is what winner Michael Matthews' Team Sunweb posted after the stage:

After navigating his way across the 4 kilometre route in Fribourg, tacking the technical cornering and climbs to perfection, Michael set the fastest time at the intermediate time check, later going on to secure the stage victory.

REACTIONS
Speaking of the win Michael said: “I had a rocky start to the season and things were difficult with my broken shoulder but I finally feel like things are on the up again. I didn’t know how well I would feel after the weekend but I gave my best and I’m really pleased that I could finish it off with the win. It was a beautiful course and I had a lot of fun out there today; I really enjoy TT’s, especially ones like these where I can use my power. Tonight we’ll just enjoy this win and tomorrow we’ll focus on what we’re going to do next.”

Team Sunweb coach Tom Veelers added: “It was a well deserved win after a period of bad luck in the opening parts of the season. After a recon and analysis from our scientific expert we had a specific, solid plan of how to tackle the course. Michael was technically good on the corners and strong on the climbs and was really determined to take the win today. This is a great boost for morale and a good opening to our Tour de Romandie. In the coming days we will continue to search for results with the strong team that we have here.”

Complete results & GC:

Photos

4.02 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 43.459 km/hr

1	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5min 33sec
2	BOHLI Tom	BMC	@ 1sec
3	ROGLIC Primoz	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
4	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
5	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto-Soudal	0:05
6	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	s.t.
7	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	0:06
8	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
9	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	0:09
11	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	0:11
12	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Sky	s.t.
13	GRIVKO Andrei	Astana	s.t.
14	ROLLAND Pierre	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
15	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	0:13
16	GOUGEARD Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
17	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:14
18	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
19	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
20	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:15
22	VERVAEKE Louis	Team Sunweb	s.t.
23	MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First-Drapac	0:16
24	CONCI Nicola	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	0:17
26	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
27	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	0:18
29	POWER Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
30	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:19
31	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
32	CUMMINGS Stephen	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	MARTIN Daniel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
34	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	0:20
35	CATALDO Dario	Astana	s.t.
36	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
37	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:21
38	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	0:22
40	MØRKØV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
41	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
42	POLJANSKI Pawel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
45	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar	s.t.
46	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	0:23
47	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
48	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
49	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
50	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
51	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:24
52	CLEMENT Stef	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
53	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	ROSSKOPF Joey	BMC	s.t.
55	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
56	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	0:25
58	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
59	GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
61	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar	0:26
62	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
63	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
64	ROSON Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
65	GRMAY Tsgabu	Trek-Segafredo	0:27
66	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
68	BAŠKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
70	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
71	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
72	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	BELKOV Maxim	Katusha-Alpecin	0:28
74	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	ROWE Luke	Sky	0:29
76	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
77	DUMOULIN Samuel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
79	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:30
80	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
81	LOPEZ David	Sky	s.t.
82	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	s.t.
83	DOUBEY Fabien	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:31
84	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
85	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
87	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto-Soudal	0:32
88	BOOM Lars	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
89	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
91	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	0:33
93	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
94	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	0:34
95	SCHILLINGER Andreas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
97	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
98	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
99	MERTZ Remy	Lotto-Soudal	0:35
100	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
101	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	TEN DAM Laurens	Team Sunweb	s.t.
103	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	s.t.
104	ACKERMANN Pascal	Bora-hansgrohe	0:36
105	NIEVE Mikel	Mitchelton-Scott	0:37
106	SHAW James	Lotto-Soudal	0:38
107	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
108	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
109	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	0:39
110	AIT EL ABDIA Anass	UAE-Team Emirates	0:40
111	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
112	QUINTANA Dayer	Movistar	0:41
113	ATAPUMA John Darwin	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
114	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	0:42
115	VAN ZYL Johann	Dimension Data	s.t.
116	MINNAARD Marco	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
117	DE TIER Floris	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
118	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
119	TUFT Svein	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
120	DANIEL Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	DURASEK Kristijan	UAE-Team Emirates	0:46
122	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	0:47
123	DUPONT Timothy	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
124	STAMSNIJDER Tom	Team Sunweb	s.t.
125	VAN POPPEL Boy	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
126	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	0:48
127	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	0:49
128	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	0:55
129	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
130	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
131	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto-Soudal	0:57
132	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:00

Prologue map & profile:

Prologue map

Prologue profile

Prologue photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb photo)

Second-place Tom Bohli missed winning by just one second.

Primoz Roglic was third

Rohan Dennis was fourth.

Samuel Dumoulin

Svein Tuft

Lars Boom

Mikel Nieve

Stef Clement

Michael Matthews will start stage one in the leader's jersey.

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Start list with back numbers, April 23, 2018:

	BMC RACING TEAM
1	PORTE Richie
2	ROSSKOPF Joseph
3	WYSS Danilo
4	FRANKINY Kilian
5	BOHLI Tom
6	DENNIS Rohan
7	van GARDEREN Tejay
	DS: BALDATO Fabio
	QUICK - STEP FLOORS
11	VIVIANI Elia
12	CAPECCHI Eros
13	GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
14	KNOX James
15	MARTINELLI Davide
16	MORKOV Michael
17	SABATINI Fabio
	DS: STEELS Tom
	MITCHELTON - SCOTT
21	ALBASINI Michael
22	HAMILTON Lucas
23	HOWSON Damien
24	POWER Rob
25	TUFT Svein
26	VERONA Carlos
27	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
	DS: WILSON Matthew
	BORA - HANSGROHE
31	BUCHMANN Emanuel
32	ACKERMANN Pascal
33	BASKA Erik
34	KENNAUGH Peter
35	POLJANSKI Pawel
36	SCHILLINGER Andreas
37	SELIG Rudiger
	DS: RADOLCHLA Steffen
	MOVISTAR TEAM
41	AMADOR Andrey
42	ANACONA Winner Andrew
43	BETANCUR Carlos
44	QUINTANA Dayer
45	ROJAS Jose
46	ROSON GARCIA Jaime
47	SEPULVEDA Eduardo
	DS: ARRIETA José Luis
	BAHRAIN - MERIDA
51	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon
52	COLBRELLI Sonny
53	GASPAROTTO Enrico
54	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
55	KOREN Kristijan
56	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
57	PERNSTEINER Hermann
	DS: MORSCHER Harald
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
61	de GENDT Thomas
62	KEUKELEIRE Jens
63	SHAW James
64	ARMEE Sander
65	WOUTERS Enzo
66	CAMPENAERTS Victor
67	MERTZ Remy
	DS: WILLEMS Frederik
	ASTANA PRO TEAM
71	FUGLSANG Jakob
72	CATALDO Dario
73	FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
74	GRIVKO Andrey
75	HANSEN Jesper
76	HOULE Hugo
77	KANGERT Tanel
	DS: FOFONOV Dmitriy
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
81	FRANK Mathias
82	DENZ Nico
83	DILLIER Silvan
84	DOMONT Axel
85	DUMOULIN Samuel
86	GOUGEARD Alexis
87	LATOUR Pierre Roger
	DS: JANNEL Didier
	TEAM SKY
91	THOMAS Geraint
92	BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
93	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
94	LOPEZ GARCIA David
95	SIVAKOV Pavel
96	ROSA Diego
97	ROWE Luke
	DS: CIONI Dario
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
101	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
102	BEPPU Fumiyuki
103	BERNARD Julien
104	BRANDLE Matthias
105	CONCI Nicola
106	DANIEL Gregory
107	van POPPEL Boy
	DS: GALLOPIN Alain
	TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC
111	CARTHY Hugh John
112	BROWN Nathan
113	CANTY Brendan
114	CLARKE William
115	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
116	MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
117	ROLLAND Pierre
	DS: WEGELIUS Charly
	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
121	ROGLIČ Primož
122	BOOM Lars
123	CLEMENT Stef
124	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
125	TANKINK Bram
126	de TIER Floris
127	WAGNER Robert Thomas
	DS: BOVEN Jan
	TEAM SUNWEB
131	MATTHEWS Michael
132	GESCHKE Simon
133	HAMILTON Christopher
134	STAMSNIJDER Tom
135	STORER Michael
136	TEN DAM Laurens
137	VERVAEKE Louis
	DS: ROBERTS Luke
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
141	MARTIN Daniel
142	AIT EL ABDIA Anass
143	BONO Matteo
144	ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
145	ĐURASEK Kristijan
146	FARIA da COSTA Rui Alberto
147	FERRARI Roberto
	DS: PEDRAZZINI Simone
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
151	MOLARD Rudy
152	THOMAS Benjamin
153	VINCENT Leo
154	CIMOLAI Davide
155	DUCHESNE Antoine
156	GAUDU David
157	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
	DS: MADIOT Yvon
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA
161	CUMMINGS Stephen
162	DLAMINI Nicholas
163	DOUGALL Nicolas
164	GHEBREIGZABHIER WERKILUL Amanuel
165	KUDUS Merhawi
166	van ZYL Johann
167	VENTER Jaco
	DS: VAN OUDENHOVE Gino
	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
171	ŠPILAK Simon
172	BELKOV Maxim
173	DOWSETT Alex
174	FABBRO Matteo
175	GONCALVES Jose
176	KOCHETKOV Pavel
177	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
	DS: KONYSHEV Dmitri
	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
181	MARTIN Guillaume
182	DEGAND Thomas
183	DOUBEY Fabien
184	DUPONT Timothy
185	EIKING Odd Christian
186	MEURISSE Xandro
187	MINNAARD Marco
	DS: VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire