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Sunday, May 4: 5th and Final Stage, Neuchâtel 18.5 km individual time trial

Race day photos | Stage 5 map and profile |

The Race: Christopher Froome has shown again that to win high-end stage races, being good against the clock is vital.

Today's 18.5 km individual time trial was lumpy, with a hill that had a patch of 18% gradient. It seemed to be a course perfectly made for Froome, who executed a superb ride, beating Tony Martin, the world time trial champion, by a second.

More importantly, he left the race leader, Simon Spilak, 29 seconds back, giving Froome his second consecutive Tour de Romandie victory. This is also Froome's second stage win this year. Early in the season, before he was beset with health problems, Froome won the Tour of Oman.

Spilak saved his podium place, coming in second, while world road champion Rui Costa remained in third.

Classification winners:

General	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
Points	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
Climber	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
Sprint	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
Young Rider	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team
Team	Movistar Team

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.674 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	24min 50.81sec
2	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	@ 1 second
3	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:08
4	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:15
5	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:00:20
6	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:29
7	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team
8	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:00:31
9	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:00:35
10	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
11	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:36
12	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team
13	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:37
14	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:38
15	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	0:00:40
16	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	0:00:42
17	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:00:43
18	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
19	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:44
20	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:45
21	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	0:00:46
22	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:49
23	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:00:51
24	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team	0:01:01
25	Egor Silin	Katusha Team	0:01:04
26	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:01:07
27	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:01:08
28	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	0:01:09
29	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
30	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr	0:01:10
31	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:01:13
32	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:01:14
33	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:15
34	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	0:01:21
35	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	0:01:25
36	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE	0:01:26
37	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:31
38	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:32
39	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky
40	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
41	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:01:38
42	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:46
43	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	0:01:49
44	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:01:52
45	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team
46	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar	0:01:54
47	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
48	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:55
49	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:57
50	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky
51	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	0:01:58
52	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	0:02:01
53	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:02
54	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	0:02:04
55	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
56	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:02:05
57	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:07
58	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team	0:02:08
59	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
60	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky	0:02:09
61	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	0:02:10
62	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE
63	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:11
64	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	0:02:12
65	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team	0:02:13
66	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
67	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:02:17
68	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
69	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano	0:02:18
70	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	0:02:20
71	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
72	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:22
73	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:02:23
74	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:02:26
75	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	0:02:28
76	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	0:02:29
77	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	0:02:31
78	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:32
79	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
80	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:02:33
81	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:02:34
82	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
83	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:36
84	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
85	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:40
86	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:02:41
87	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	0:02:43
88	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:02:45
89	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	0:02:46
90	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	0:02:47
91	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling
92	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	0:02:48
93	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	0:02:49
94	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	0:02:49
95	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr	0:02:55
96	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:56
97	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:57
98	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr
99	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo
100	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:02:58
101	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	0:03:00
102	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:03:01
103	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:07
104	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	0:03:09
105	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:10
106	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team
107	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team
108	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:03:15
109	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	0:03:25
110	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
111	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	0:03:30
112	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:03:39
113	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
114	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:03:40
115	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:03:43
116	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing
117	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	0:03:57
118	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	0:04:31
119	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE	0:04:33
120	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	0:05:05
121	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	0:05:07
122	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale	0:05:03

DNFs:

Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	Did not start
Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	Did not start
Tony Hurel	Team Europcar	Did not start
Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	Did not start
Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	Did not start
Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE	Did not start
Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	Did not start
Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	Did not start

Final GC after stage 5: 632.47 km raced at an average speed of 38.77 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	16hr 18min 46sec
2	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	0:00:28
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:32
4	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:44
5	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:01:48
6	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	0:01:52
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:01:56
8	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:02:07
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:02:15
10	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:02:31
11	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:38
12	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:29
13	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:03:32
14	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:03:50
15	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:05:30
16	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:05:32
17	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:06:44
18	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	0:07:24
19	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:07:30
20	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:07:37
21	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	0:07:55
22	Egor Silin	Katusha Team	0:08:59
23	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	0:09:14
24	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:09:56
25	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:10:01
26	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:12:22
27	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:12:48
28	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:12:56
29	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:13:05
30	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:13:18
31	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr	0:13:24
32	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	0:13:35
33	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	0:13:47
34	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	0:14:10
35	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale	0:15:15
36	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	0:15:22
37	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale	0:15:26
38	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:15:55
39	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	0:16:14
40	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	0:17:18
41	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	0:17:48
42	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:17:50
43	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:18:04
44	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky	0:18:10
45	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:20:00
46	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team	0:21:41
47	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:23:03
48	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:23:26
49	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	0:23:44
50	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:25:10
51	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team	0:25:29
52	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	Team Sky	0:25:32
53	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	0:25:35
54	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:25:56
55	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:26:08
56	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	0:26:17
57	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	0:27:21
58	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	0:29:12
59	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar	0:30:09
60	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:30:37
61	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:31:02
62	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	0:31:34
63	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	0:31:45
64	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	0:32:20
65	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:32:25
66	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:32:48
67	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	0:33:51
68	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:33:53
69	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:34:30
70	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:34:58
71	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team	0:35:23
72	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:35:24
73	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:36:40
74	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:37:50
75	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:39:02
76	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:40:42
77	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	0:40:46
78	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:41:21
79	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	0:41:59
80	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:43:42
81	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky	0:44:15
82	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:44:27
83	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:44:51
84	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	0:45:28
85	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team	0:45:58
86	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:46:41
87	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	0:47:09
88	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:47:37
89	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:48:59
90	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano	0:49:17
91	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	0:49:53
92	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	0:50:36
93	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE	0:52:14
94	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	0:52:57
95	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	0:53:52
96	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:55:03
97	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:55:13
98	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	0:56:34
99	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:57:31
100	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:57:37
101	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	0:58:19
102	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	0:58:27
103	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:58:53
104	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	1:00:07
105	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale	1:03:03
106	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	1:04:00
107	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	1:04:36
108	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE	1:08:12
109	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	1:08:52
110	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	1:10:33
111	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	1:10:44
112	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	1:12:39
113	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	1:13:00
114	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE	1:16:37
115	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team	1:17:14
116	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	1:17:35
117	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	1:19:36
118	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr	1:19:43
119	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	1:19:48
120	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	1:24:16
121	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	1:27:06
122	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	1:30:34

Stage 5 photos:

Simon Spilak during his last moments in yellow.

Rui Costa

Tony Martin

Vincenzo Nibali

Nicolas Roche

Jens Voigt

Johann Tschopp

Jeremy Roy

Chris Froome looks to be back on track for the Tour de France in July.

2014 Tour de Romandie final podium, from left: Simon Spilak, Christopher Froome and Rui Costa.

Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, May 3: Stage 4, Fribourg circuit, 173.1 km (first lap 28.1 km, then five 29 km laps)

Complete stage 4 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile |

The Race: Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) has won his third Tour de Romandie stage. This time he didn't depend upon outsprinting a big field. Today, he earned it by getting in a strong break, staying with it to the end and outsprinting his companions. By the end of the stage, the break was reduced to just three (Albasini, Thomas Voeckler and Jan Bakelants) and the Orica-GreenEdge rider was easily the fastest of the trio.

Simon Spilak with Chris Froome finished in the peloton that was just nine seconds behind the Albasini break and so retained his one-second GC lead.

Tomorrow is the final stage, an 18.5 km individual time trial with a climb in the middle.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.833 km/hr

1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	4hr 14min 21sec
2	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
3	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
4	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	@ 9 seconds
5	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
6	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
7	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
8	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
9	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
10	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
Complete stage 4 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 4:

1	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	15hr 53min 55sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	@ 1 second
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:02
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:01:06
5	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:10
6	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	0:01:13
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:01:14
8	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team	0:01:40
9	Ion Izagirre	Movistar Team	0:01:48
10	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:50
Complete stage 4 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

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Friday, May 2: Stage 3, Le Bouveret - Aigle, 180.2 km; the queen stage with 4 category 1 ascents.

Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile |

The Race: Sky spent the day setting things up for a Chris Froome set-piece. And the attack came as expected, even if the final result was a surprise.

Vincenzo Nibali attacked the final Villars climb early, but didn't have the horsepower to make it stick and was caught by the front chasers. Froome then went with about 25 kilometers to go with Nibali trying, but unable to stick to his wheel.

Froome soared up the mountain and looked to be on his way to a stage win and ownership of the overall lead. But, out of the chasing group Katusha rider Simon Spilak emerged. Spilak bridged up to Froome and the pair headed for home.

Spilak barely beat Froome in the sprint, winning the stage. By virtue of the time bonus, Spilak also became the new GC leader by a single second.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 34.947 km/hr

1	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	5hr 09min 23sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	@ 57 seconds
4	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
5	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
6	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
8	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:01:41
9	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
10	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 3:

1	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	11hr 39min 25sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	@ 1 second
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:02
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:01:06
5	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:10
6	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	0:01:13
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:01:14
8	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:01:40
9	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:01:48
10	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:50
Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

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Thursday, May 1: Stage 2, Sion - Montreux, 166.5 km

Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos, map and stage profile |

The Race: For the second day in a row, Michael Albasini has won a Tour de Romandie Stage. He has made it 14 wins this year for Orica-GreenEdge. In addition, Albasini's consistent riding has also given him enough bonus time to take the overall lead. Albasini is now five seconds ahead of yesterday's leader, Michal Kwiatkowski.

The day's break, pursued particularly by Omega Pharma (protecting Kwiatkowski's lead) and Orica-GreenEdge, was reeled in with just three kilometers to go. With super-speedster Marcel Kittel shelled on the earlier climbs, others with a good turn of speed had a chance.

Kwiatkowski went early, and did finish a commendable fifth, but Albasini won the day.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.585 km/hr

1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	4hr 12min 22 sec
2	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
4	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team
5	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
6	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
7	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team
8	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
9	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
10	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos, map and stage profile

GC after Stage 2:

1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	6hr 29min 50sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	@ 5 seconds
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:10
4	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:00:11
5	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	0:00:12
6	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:13
7	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:14
8	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:18
9	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	0:00:19
10	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos, map and stage profile

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Wednesday, April 30: Stage 1, Ascona - Sion, 200.9 km Brigerbad - Sion, 88.6 km

Complete stage 1 results, GC, photos, map and stage profile |

The Race: Stage 1 was shortened to 88.6 km because of snowfall on the Simplon Pass. The stage start was moved to Brigerbad (about km 110 of the original course), at the base of the 2000 meter pass. From there, the parcours was unchanged. See map and profile below.

On the descent out of Lens, Vincenzo Nibali did what he does best, scare everyone on a dowhill. The Italian gained a half-minute gap but was caught well before the finish. The indomitable Thomas Voeckler then tried his chances with a flyer at the flamme rouge, and he too was brought back to the fold just 50 meters from the line. That left it to the peloton reduced by the Lens ascent to have a drag race in Sion. Orica-GreenEdge's Michael Albasini had the speed and the right timing to win the stage.

Michal Kwiatkowski remain the overall leader.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.523 km/hr

1	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	2hr 11min 11sec
2	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
4	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
5	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
6	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling
7	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida
8	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9	Björn Thurau	Team Europcar
10	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
Complete stage 1 results, GC, photos, map and stage profile

GC after Stage 1: 94.170 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.077 km/hr

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2hr 17min 33sec
2	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 5 seconds
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
4	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team	06"
5	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling	07"
6	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	08"
7	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	09"
8	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	13"
9	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr
10	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	14"
Complete stage 1 results, GC, photos, map and stage profile

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Tuesday, April 29: Prologue, Ascona 5.57 km individual time trial

Complete Prologue results, course map and race day photos

The Race: Michal Kwiatkowski wasn't sure of his form coming out of the classics season. In the Ardennes races he did very well, indeed, with a third in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and La Flèche Wallonne and fifth in Amstel Gold. Would he be too tired to perform well today? I guess not. He beat the reigning world time trial champion (Tony Martin) by five seconds to win the Tour de Romandie prologue.

The 2013 overall winner, Chris Froome is recovering from sickness and has been out of competition for a while. Still, he rode to a commendable 13th place, just 10 seconds slower than the flying Pole.

BMC rider Tejay Van Garderen fell in a corner (he's bruised but uninjured) and lost more than three minutes.

Results: (both stage and GC)

Winner's average speed: 52.492 km/hr

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6min 22sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin Sharp	@ 4 seconds
3	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
4	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
5	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	5"
6	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	6"
7	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	7"
8	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	8"
9	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	9"
10	Martijn Keizer	Belkin
Complete Prologue results, course map and race day photos

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2014 Tour de Romandie general map:

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Start list with back numbers: April 29, 2014

	Team Sky
	Directors: S. Knaven/ G. Rasch
1	Christopher Froome
2	Nathan Earle
3	David Lopez
4	Mikel Nieve
5	Richie Porte
6	Luke Rowe
7	Chris Sutton
8	Xabier Zandio
	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
	Directors: G. Bramati/ J. Schaffrath
11	Rigoberto Uran
12	Jan Bakelants
13	Gianluca Brambilla
14	Thomas De Gendt
15	Michal Kwiatkowski
16	Tony Martin
17	Serge Pauwels
18	Julien Vermote
	Movistar Team
	Directors: J. Garcia Acost/ J. Laguia
21	Jonathan Castroviejo
22	Jesús Herrada
23	Beñat Intxausti
24	Ion Izagirre
25	Pablo Lastras
26	Juan José Lobato
27	Sylwester Szmyd
28	Giovanni Visconti
	Katusha
	Directors: D. Konyschev/ T. Schmidt
31	Simon Spilak
32	Pavel Brutt
33	Sergei Chernetckii
34	Mikhail Ignatyev
35	Dmitry Kozontchuk
36	Egor Silin
37	Yuri Trofimov
38	Alexey Tsatevich
	Ag2r-La Mondiale
	Directors: D. Jannel/ A. Kaspustis
41	Jean-Christophe Peraud
42	Davide Appollonio
43	Guillaume Bonnafond
44	Maxime Bouet
45	Mikael Cherel
46	Axel Domont
47	Damien Gaudin
48	Alexis Vuillermoz
	BMC Racing Team
	Directors: Y. Ledanois/ M. Sciandri
51	Tejay Van Garderen
52	Darwin Atapuma John
53	Silvan Dillier
54	Martin Kohler
55	Dominik Nerz
56	Peter Velits
57	Larry Warbasse
58	Danilo Wyss
	Tinkoff-Saxo
	Directors: F. Guidi/ B. Cenghialta
61	Nicolas Roche
62	Edward Beltran
63	Christopher Juul-Jensen
64	Rafal Majka
65	Jay Mccarthy
66	Evgeni Petrov
67	Pawel Poljanski
68	Oliver Zaugg
	Trek Factory Racing
	Directo: Alain Gallopin
71	Riccardo Zoidl
72	Eugenio Alafaci
73	Danilo Hondo
74	Giacomo Nizzolo
75	Jesse Sergent
76	Danny Van Poppel
77	Jens Voigt
78	Calvin Watson
	Orica-GreenEdge
	Directors: N. Stephens/ D. Partland
81	Michael Albasini
82	Sam Bewley
83	Michael Hepburn
84	Brett Lancaster
85	Christian Meier
86	Cameron Meyer
87	Nino Schurter
88	Svein Tuft
	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
	Directors: E. Dekker/ M. Heijboer
91	Laurens Ten Dam
92	Jack Bobridge
93	Stef Clement
94	Jonathan Hivert
95	Moreno Hofland
96	Martijn Keizer
97	Paul Martens
98	Lars-Petter Nordhaug
	Garmin-Sharp
	Directors: R. Hunter/ J. Weltz
101	Andrew Talansky
102	André Cardoso
103	Thomas Danielson
104	Rohan Dennis
105	Caleb Fairly
106	Koldo Fernández
107	Lachlan Morton
108	Ramunas Navardauskas
	Team Giant-Shimano
	Directors: L. Marie/ C. Guiberteau
111	Marcel Kittel
112	Thierry Hupond
113	Tobias Ludvigsson
114	Luka Mezgec
115	Georg Preidler
116	Tom Stamsnijder
117	Albert Timmer
118	Tom Veelers
	Lampre-Merida
	Directors: J. Fernandez/ S. Pedrazzini
121	Rui Costa
122	Winner Anacona
123	Elia Favilli
124	Roberto Ferrari
125	Manuele Mori
126	Nelson Oliveira
127	Rafael Valls
128	Gang Xu
	Cannondale
	Directors: M. Scirea/ G. Pauchard
131	Ivan Basso
132	Damiano Caruso
133	Oscar Gatto
134	Paolo Longo
135	Jean-Marc Marino
136	Matej Mohoric
137	Moreno Moser
138	José Cayetano Sarmiento
	FDJ
	Directors: Y. Madiot/ T. Bricaud
141	Thibaut Pinot
142	Kenny Elissonde
143	Alexandre Geniez
144	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
145	Francis Mourey
146	Cédric Pineau
147	Anthony Roux
148	Jérémy Roy
	Lotto-Belisol
	Directors: K. Aerts/ K. Van der Wouwer
151	Maxime Monfort
152	Sander Armée
153	Sean De Bie
154	Bart De Clercq
155	Kenny Dehaes
156	Boris Vallée
157	Tosh Van Der Sande
158	Dennis Vanendert
	Astana Pro Team
	Director: Gorazd Stangelj
161	Vincenzo Nibali
162	Janez Brajkovič
163	Jakob Fuglsang
164	Andriy Grivko
165	Maxim Iglinskiy
166	Tanel Kangert
167	Fredrik Kessiakoff
168	Lieuwe Westra
	Team Europcar
	Directors: A. Flickinger/ L. Lebreton
171	Thomas Voeckler
172	Cyril Gautier
173	Romain Guillemois
174	Tony Hurel
175	Christophe Kern
176	Davide Malacarne
177	Maxime Mederel
178	Bjorn Thurau
	IAM Cycling
	Directors: M. Albasini/ R. Bertogliati
181	Mathias Frank
182	Matthias Brandle
183	Jonathan Fumeaux
184	Reto Hollenstein
185	Pirmin Lang
186	Sebastien Reichenbach
187	Johann Tschopp
188	Marcel Wyss