2017 Tour de Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland

71st Edition: April 25 - April 30, 2017

Tour de Romandie podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition |Start list
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2017 Tour de Romandie map

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Sunday, April 30: 5th and final stage, Lausanne 17.88 km individual time trial

Stage 5 map | Stage 5 photos

Richie Porte's second-place time trial was good enough to make him the final overall winner of the 2017 Tour de Romandie

The race: Here's the report from final overall winner Richie Porte's BMC team.

30 April 2017, Lausanne (SUI): Richie Porte added the Tour de Romandie to his list of General Classification victories today after a huge display of strength in the closing time trial in Lausanne saw him secure the overall win.

As the first riders rolled off the ramp, the provisional best time was changing after almost every crossing of the finish line with Stefan Küng setting one of the early benchmarks (26'05").

Over the course of the day the lead continued to change hands and, despite a near miss with a race car out on the course, Tejay van Garderen also found himself in the hot seat.

The American, who has been showing his form ahead of the Giro d'Italia, crossed the line in 25'32" before the eventual stage winner, Primoz Roglič (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) set the only time under 25 minutes (24'58").

Porte was the penultimate rider to hit the course and quickly made his intentions clear, powering up the opening climb and making his mark on the race. As he headed onto the final kilometers of the course, Porte's determination was visible with the Australian gritting his teeth while chasing the 19 seconds that stood between him and the top step of the podium.

Porte eventually crossed the line in 25'06" which was enough to take second on the stage, and secure the final yellow jersey of the week in Switzerland, 21 seconds ahead of Simon Yates (ORICA-SCOTT).

Interview with Richie Porte:

Congratulations, Richie. Can you describe how you are feeling right now?

"If I'm honest, it's a bit of a shock to win. I knew I was in good condition for this race so to finish off the hard work that BMC Racing Team have put in for me is incredible."

"I also think I should make mention to two of our colleagues who we recently lost; Chad Young and Michele Scarponi. It's been a tough week for all of us and it sort of makes cycling, or racing, feel a little irrelevant after what's happened."

You demonstrated your abilities on the final climb yesterday. That was obviously the right decision?

"I really wanted to get the stage win yesterday, and I think the team did an incredible job. I must take my hat off to Danilo Wyss who just exploded the race there. It just feels great to win this race. We are an American team firmly rooted in Switzerland so, I think we put on a good show at what could be described as a home race."

You have already won Paris-Nice and now you have added the Tour de Romandie to your palmares. Can you compare the two victories?

"I think they are both incredible and every win is important. Winning the Santos Tour Down Under at the beginning of the year was also a great achievement. For me, this race is special as I won my first race as a professional here. To win like this is incredible and it hasn't really sunk in yet."

Does this race give you more confidence looking ahead to the main goal this year?

"100%. The team has backed me to the hill this year. They have built a team around me, they have put no pressure on me, and it is just going so well right now. I am really happy with where I am at the moment."

Tejay van Garderen:

"There was an organization car that missed the detour while following Roman Kreuziger (ORICA-SCOTT), and I was coming up quickly behind him. It was a scary moment, but I was happy that I was able to go around him and still do a really good time trial. Overall I think I have had a good week. It was a pity about the crash in the prologue, but you can't dwell on that."

"We got the victory overall with Richie Porte which was amazing, and I feel like I was showing good form and that I am strong. Now, I hope that I can carry this shape into the Giro d'Italia. It's only four days away, and I am looking forward to getting started."

Sports Director, Fabio Baldato:

"I am extremely happy with today's victory. We maybe didn't start the race in the best way with the prologue. We lost some time there, but after the victory of Stefan Küng, everything turned around. The morale and the motivation of the team increased, and everyone was focused. Yesterday we made the first move to try and win this race and today, Richie did exactly what we hoped he could do. He was amazing. He proved he was the strongest climber today and I think that is why he won the Tour de Romandie."

"Every race is always practice for the next one and for Richie the end goal will be the Tour de France. This gives us the morale and motivation needed to continue to do better and to stay focused."

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

17.88 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.969 km/hr

1	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	24min 58sec
2	Richie PORTE	BMC	@ 8sec
3	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	@ 34sec
4	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
5	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	35
7	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	41
8	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	42
9	Chris FROOME	Sky	46
10	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
11	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	48
12	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
13	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	53
14	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	53
15	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	56
16	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	57
17	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	59
18	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+1:00
20	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:02
21	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+1:07
22	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:09
23	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:13
25	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:18
26	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	+1:19
27	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+1:20
28	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	+1:26
29	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:28
30	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:30
31	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+1:31
32	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+1:32
34	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:33
35	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	+1:34
37	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	+1:35
38	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	+1:37
39	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
40	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:39
41	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
44	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:41
45	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	+1:43
46	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	+1:45
47	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:47
48	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+1:50
49	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	+1:51
50	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
51	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+1:51
52	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	+1:52
53	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+1:54
54	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+2:00
55	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+2:07
56	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
57	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	+2:09
58	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+2:10
59	David LOPEZ	Sky	+2:11
60	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
61	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
62	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:15
63	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+2:16
64	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+2:17
65	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:18
67	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+2:19
68	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+2:21
69	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+2:22
70	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:25
71	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
72	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+2:29
73	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	+2:30
74	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+2:32
75	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
76	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+2:34
77	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+2:35
79	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:39
80	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+2:43
81	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+2:44
82	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
83	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:44
84	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	+2:47
85	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:48
86	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+2:49
87	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+2:50
88	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+2:51
89	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	+2:56
90	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+3:00
91	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+3:01
93	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:06
94	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+3:07
95	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+3:08
96	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	+3:09
97	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+3:10
98	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
99	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+3:13
100	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
101	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+3:17
102	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	+3:18
103	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+3:19
104	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+3:20
105	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+3:20
106	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:23
107	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:27
108	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:30
109	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+3:32
110	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+3:33
112	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+3:35
113	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:35
114	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
115	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+3:45
116	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+3:48
117	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:50
118	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:53
119	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+3:56
120	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+3:59
121	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+4:05
122	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	+4:11
123	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	+4:14
124	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+4:16
125	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+4:19
126	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
127	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+4:23
128	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+4:51
129	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+4:56
130	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+5:05
131	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+5:20

Final GC after Stage 5:

• Final GC leader: Richie Porte (BMC)
• Points classification winner: Stefan Kung (BMC)
• Mountains classification winner: Sander Armeé (Lotto-Soudal)
• Young rider classification winner: Pierre Latour (Ag2r)
• Team classification winner: Movistar

683 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.556 km/hr

1	Richie PORTE	BMC	17hr 16min 0sec
2	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	@ 21sec
3	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	26
4	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	51
5	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+1:03
6	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+1:16
7	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	+1:21
8	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	+1:22
9	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
10	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:24
11	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	+1:28
12	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	+1:30
13	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:40
14	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:44
15	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:45
16	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+1:46
17	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	+1:54
18	Chris FROOME	Sky	+1:55
19	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	+1:58
20	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:09
21	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+2:20
22	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
23	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	+2:23
24	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+2:27
25	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	+2:29
26	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+2:30
27	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:34
28	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	+2:36
29	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+2:36
30	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	+2:37
31	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+2:41
32	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	+2:45
33	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:58
34	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+3:05
35	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+3:08
36	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+3:10
37	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	+3:16
38	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
39	David GAUDU	FDJ	+3:18
40	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:19
41	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	+3:20
42	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+3:58
43	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+4:04
44	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+4:26
45	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+4:39
46	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+4:56
47	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+5:04
48	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+5:11
49	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+5:29
50	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+6:20
51	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+6:59
52	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	+7:15
53	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+7:18
54	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+7:43
55	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+7:49
56	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+7:57
57	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+8:13
58	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+9:14
59	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+9:19
60	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	+9:23
61	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+9:30
62	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	+9:57
63	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+10:50
64	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+11:02
65	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+12:19
66	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+13:39
67	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+14:57
68	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	+15:10
69	David LOPEZ	Sky	+16:10
70	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+16:48
71	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	+16:54
72	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+16:55
73	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+17:13
74	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	s.t.
75	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+19:08
76	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+19:14
77	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+19:20
78	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+19:32
79	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+20:08
80	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+20:29
81	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+21:16
82	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+21:42
83	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+23:11
84	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+24:02
85	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+24:27
86	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	+25:15
87	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+25:19
88	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	+25:33
89	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+25:45
90	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+26:09
91	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+26:33
92	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+26:44
93	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+28:10
94	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+30:19
95	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+30:23
96	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+32:49
97	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+33:30
98	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+33:59
99	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+34:05
100	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	+34:26
101	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+34:31
102	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+35:31
103	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+35:33
104	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	+35:37
105	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+36:53
106	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+37:58
107	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	+38:02
108	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+38:42
109	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+38:54
110	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+39:34
111	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+39:45
112	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+39:47
113	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+39:59
114	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+41:24
115	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+41:38
116	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+41:48
117	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+43:39
118	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+43:51
119	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+44:36
120	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+46:32
121	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+47:11
122	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+47:51
123	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+48:32
124	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+54:18
125	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	+54:53
126	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+55:33
127	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+57:52
128	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+58:07
129	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+1:01:31
130	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+1:02:57
131	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+1:03:07

Stage 5 map:

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Stage winner Primoz Roglic time trialing with a really flat back

Richie Porte

Simon Yates

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

Movistar won the team classification.

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Saturday, April 29: Stage 4, Domdidier – Leysin, 163.5 km

Stage 4 map | Stage 4 photos

Simon Yates wins stage four and takes over the GC lead.

The race: Here's the story from stage wiiner Simon Yate's Orica-Scott team.

24-year-old Simon Yates claimed the victory on today’s tough Queen stage in the Tour de Romandie which catapults him into the race lead with one stage remaining.

The young Brit attacked with 15kilometres to go and was able to get away in a small group ahead of the final first category climb of the day. On the steep slopes up to the finish line, the race shattered to pieces as Richie Porte (BMC) bridged across to Yates' group and the duo rode away into the final three kilometres.

Yates waited patiently before blasting around Porte in the closing metres to take the second stage victory of the tour for Orica-Scott. “On the final climb I knew Richie was coming across, so I didn’t want to keep pushing as I knew that when he caught me I would be empty, so I took a bit easy and waited for him to get to me,” Yates explained.

“I managed to get him in front into the final kilometre and I think that really saved me as the wind was quite strong in the finish. I am just really happy that I was able to come around him and take the victory.”

Yates now heads into the final stage of the tour with a 19second advantage over Porte and 38seconds over third place. The concluding stage is a 18.3kilometre time trial and Yates acknowledges it will be a real battle.

“I am in the race lead now and tomorrow we have the time trial,” Yates continued. “Time trialling is not really my speciality but of course I will give it my maximum and try to hold on to the lead.”

Sport director Neil Stephens was pleased with the team’s commitment and echoed Yates acknowledgement of the task ahead of them tomorrow. “We had a long chat about the plan this morning as we knew there would be three or four riders around the mark on the final climb,” Stephens said. “Therefore we wanted to make it hard on the penultimate climb and the plan wasn’t actually for Yates to be the one to go, but he saw the opportunity and took it on which is always a great thing to do.”

“It worked out well for us today, that is our second stage win and we now lead the race. We know we have a big task ahead of us tomorrow, it will be difficult to win the Tour de Romandie but Simon has the legs and we are up for the challenge."

How it happened:

Today’s Queen stage began like most of the other road stages with a breakaway establishing within the opening kilometres. Seven riders led the way over the first climb over the day, steadily maintaining a three minute advantage.

With around 30kilometres to go, six riders including Michael Albasini tried to bridge across to the leaders, however, it proved to be too much and the junction was never made.

Eventually the lead group shrunk down to five riders as they fought over the categorised climbs and with 15kilometres to go, Yates launched and worked fiercely to try and breakaway with three other riders as they descended and barrelled down towards the tough final climb of the day.

After subsequently catching the remaining escapee riders, the group swelled to eight and they quickly opened up an lead of one minute as they began the final ascent.

With the reduced peloton shattering on the steep slopes, Porte made his move and rapidly jumped across to Yates who went on to take another victory this season for Orica-Scott.

Complete results:

Stage 4 photos

163.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.232 km/hr

1	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	4hr 10min 3sec
2	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
3	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 30sec
4	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	43
5	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	52
6	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
7	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
9	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
10	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
11	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	s.t.
14	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
16	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
17	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
20	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
21	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
22	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	+1:03
24	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
26	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+1:05
27	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	+1:10
29	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	+1:12
30	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
31	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:15
32	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
33	Chris FROOME	Sky	s.t.
34	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:21
35	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+1:27
36	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+1:31
37	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:32
38	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
39	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
41	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
44	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	+1:49
46	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+2:02
47	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:12
48	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+2:18
49	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+2:31
50	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+2:38
51	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+2:39
52	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+2:40
53	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+2:48
55	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+3:11
56	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+3:12
57	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
59	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+4:08
60	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
61	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
62	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+4:15
63	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+4:22
64	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	+4:38
65	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+5:02
66	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:03
67	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+5:40
68	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+6:21
69	David LOPEZ	Sky	+6:28
70	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
71	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+8:02
72	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	s.t.
73	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+8:26
74	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
75	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	+9:12
76	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+9:20
77	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+9:25
78	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:13
79	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+11:10
80	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	s.t.
81	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+14:43
83	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
85	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
86	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
87	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
88	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
89	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
90	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
91	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
92	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
93	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
97	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+15:56
98	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+17:18
99	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+20:01
100	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+22:23
101	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
102	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
103	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
107	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
108	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
110	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
112	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
113	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
114	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
115	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
116	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
117	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
118	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
119	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	s.t.
120	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
122	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
124	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
125	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
126	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
127	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
128	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
129	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+22:36
131	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
132	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
133	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+22:45
134	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+23:58

GC after stage 4:

665.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.488 km/hr

1	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	16hr 50min 35sec
2	Richie PORTE	BMC	@ 19sec
3	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	38
4	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	44
5	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	52
6	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	53
7	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	56
8	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	58
10	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	59
11	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	+1:00
12	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+1:04
13	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:08
14	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+1:09
15	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	+1:10
16	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+1:12
17	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	David GAUDU	FDJ	+1:13
19	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:14
20	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+1:15
21	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	+1:16
23	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
24	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:22
25	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	+1:23
26	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:26
27	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:27
28	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
29	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:28
30	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	+1:30
31	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	+1:32
32	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	+1:34
33	Chris FROOME	Sky	+1:36
34	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	+1:37
35	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
36	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:43
37	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:44
38	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	+1:46
39	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+1:47
40	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+1:48
41	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:55
42	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	+2:00
43	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	+2:10
44	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:22
45	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+2:25
46	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	+2:31
47	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+2:59
48	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	+3:06
49	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:08
50	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	+3:37
51	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	+3:57
52	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	+4:13
53	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+4:35
54	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+4:52
55	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	+4:55
56	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+5:09
57	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+6:14
58	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+6:37
59	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	+6:54
60	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+7:30
61	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+7:36
62	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+7:38
63	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+8:34
64	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	+8:47
65	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+8:55
66	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	+9:25
67	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+9:46
68	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+10:31
69	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+13:17
70	David LOPEZ	Sky	+14:26
71	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+14:27
72	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+14:36
73	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	+14:51
74	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	+14:55
75	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+15:12
76	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	+15:49
77	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+16:26
78	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+16:38
79	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+16:49
80	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+17:03
81	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+17:24
82	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+17:46
83	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+18:10
84	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+19:35
85	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+20:44
86	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	+21:23
87	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+21:30
88	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+22:31
89	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+22:32
90	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+23:54
91	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+24:01
92	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	+24:08
93	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+24:13
94	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+24:16
95	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+24:19
96	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+25:18
97	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+28:43
98	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+28:52
99	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+30:47
100	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+31:32
101	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+31:38
102	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+31:43
103	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	+31:44
104	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	+31:50
105	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+31:59
106	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+32:09
107	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+32:25
108	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	+35:11
109	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+35:19
110	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+35:28
111	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+36:02
112	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+36:11
113	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+36:21
114	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+36:44
115	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+37:05
116	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+37:36
117	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+39:17
118	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+40:24
119	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+40:26
120	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+41:18
121	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+41:43
122	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+43:16
123	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+43:39
124	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+43:50
125	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+44:08
126	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+44:43
127	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	+51:09
128	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+51:22
129	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+52:52
130	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+54:00
131	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+54:38
132	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+58:38
133	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+58:45
134	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+59:01

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Simon Yates and Richie Porte approach the finish line together.

And Simon Yates gets it.

And gets to celebrate.

Tejay van Garderen finished fourth

Overnight GC leader Fabio Felline doesn't look like he left anything on the table. He finsihed 17th and is now 44 seconds behind Simon Yates in the GC.

Simon Yates will start stage five in yellow

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Friday, April 28: Stage 3, Payerne - Payerne, 187 km

Stage 3 map | Stage 3 photos

Elia Viviani wins Romandie Tour stage three

The race: Here's the stage story from stage winner Elia Viviani's Sky team.

Elia Viviani pulled off a resounding sprint victory at the Tour de Romandie after an impressive Team Sky lead-out on stage three. The Italian was launched into a winning position in Payerne after Team Sky hit the front with numbers heading into the final kilometres.

Chris Froome put in a big turn heading under the flamme rouge before Gianni Moscon and Owain Doull put the sprinter in the box seat.

Viviani didn’t panic as Alexander Edmondson (Orica-Scott) jumped early, and had enough strength in reserve to overcome his rival, and hold off Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida) at the line.

Team Sky had earlier helped to control the stage, as the race came back together before the final third-category Sassel climb, heading into final 30km. David Lopez and Pete Kennaugh helped keep tabs on the situation, with Kennaugh again forced into action late on to help shut down a dangerous solo attack from Alex Dowsett (Movistar).

After his powerful lead-out Froome crossed the line safely, 29 seconds off the lead of Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo), but looking forwards heading into Saturday's queen stage.

After the stage Viviani explained: “I’m really happy and I need to thank the whole team. It’s exciting to have Froomey doing a lead-out with one kilometre to go. It’s not normal, but when you are in a team like ours it’s amazing when the whole team work for you and believe in you.

“It’s been a long time since I last won, dating back to De Panne last season - over a year ago. That’s not easy for a sprinter! And this year after six second places, finally here in Romandie I got this big win.

“Today the whole team were incredible, from Pete and (Ian) Boswell working at the front early, Kiry, Lopez, Gianni and Owain Doull doing a perfect lead-out. Froomey didn’t want to lose any time on the stage but he said he was quite happy to do a lead-out for me.”

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

1	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	4:27:42
2	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
3	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
9	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
10	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
12	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
13	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
14	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
15	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
16	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
17	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
18	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
19	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
20	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
24	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
25	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
27	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
29	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
30	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
31	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
34	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
36	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	s.t.
38	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
39	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
40	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
41	David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO	Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
43	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
47	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
48	Tom BOHLI	BMC	s.t.
49	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
50	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
51	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
53	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
55	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
56	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
57	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
58	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
61	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
62	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
63	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	s.t.
64	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
65	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
67	Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR	Movistar	s.t.
68	Chris FROOME	Sky	s.t.
69	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
70	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
71	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
72	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA GOMEZ	Movistar	s.t.
73	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
74	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA	Astana	s.t.
76	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ	Movistar	s.t.
77	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO	Movistar	s.t.
78	Andrey AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA	Movistar	s.t.
79	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
80	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
81	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
83	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
84	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
85	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
88	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
89	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
90	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
91	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
92	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
93	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
94	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
95	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
96	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
97	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
98	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
99	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
101	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
102	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
103	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
104	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
105	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
106	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
108	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
110	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
111	Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
112	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
113	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	s.t.
114	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
115	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	12
116	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	14
117	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
118	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	33
119	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	37
120	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
121	Johan LE BON	FDJ	42
122	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	55
123	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+1:34
124	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+2:06
125	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+3:33
126	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+5:47
127	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+7:42
128	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+8:43
129	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	s.t.
130	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
131	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
133	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
134	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
135	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
136	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
137	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
138	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
139	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
140	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
141	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	s.t.
142	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
143	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
144	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
145	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
146	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
147	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
148	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
149	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	12:40:24
2	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	@ 8sec
3	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
4	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	9
5	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	Bahrain-Merida	12
6	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
7	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	13
8	Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR	Movistar	s.t.
9	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	14
10	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
11	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
12	Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ	Trek-Segafredo	15
13	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
14	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	16
15	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
16	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	18
17	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	19
18	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	20
19	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA	Astana	s.t.
20	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
22	David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO	Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	21
25	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
26	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	23
27	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA GOMEZ	Movistar	s.t.
28	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	24
29	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	25
31	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	26
32	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	27
33	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	28
34	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
35	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Chris FROOME	Sky	29
37	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ	Movistar	s.t.
38	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
39	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
40	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	30
41	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO	Movistar	s.t.
42	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
43	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	31
44	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	33
46	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
47	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	34
48	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
49	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
50	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	36
51	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	37
52	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
54	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	42
55	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	44
56	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	53
57	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	54
58	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	58
59	Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+1:02
60	Andrey AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA	Movistar	s.t.
61	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:04
62	Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL	Katusha Alpecin	+1:09
63	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:25
64	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+1:37
65	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:42
66	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	+1:53
67	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+2:03
68	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
69	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
70	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+2:04
71	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:07
72	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+2:14
73	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+2:21
74	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+3:03
75	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:35
76	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+3:36
77	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+4:34
78	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	+4:47
79	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+4:50
80	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:24
81	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+5:42
82	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+6:09
83	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+6:42
84	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
85	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	+6:48
86	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+7:56
87	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	+8:06
88	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+8:08
89	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+8:32
90	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+8:34
91	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+8:59
92	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9:17
93	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+9:19
94	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+9:23
95	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+9:26
96	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9:28
97	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	+9:29
98	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+9:33
99	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+9:34
100	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	+9:35
101	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+9:38
102	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+9:44
103	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9:54
104	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+10:10
105	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+10:13
106	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+10:18
107	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+11:31
108	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	+12:43
109	Tom BOHLI	BMC	+12:46
110	Owain DOULL	Sky	+13:01
111	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:04
112	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:13
113	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+13:14
114	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+13:15
115	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:34
116	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	+13:49
117	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+14:06
118	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+14:14
119	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+14:16
120	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+15:59
121	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+17:02
122	Daniel OSS	BMC	+17:21
123	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+17:56
124	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+19:03
125	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+19:28
126	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+20:27
127	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+21:01
128	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+21:24
129	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+21:27
130	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+21:35
131	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+21:40
132	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+22:28
133	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+23:01
134	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+23:15
135	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+24:29
136	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+25:51
137	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	+27:13
138	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+27:14
139	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	+28:54
140	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+29:07
141	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+30:19
142	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+30:37
143	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+30:44
144	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+31:45
145	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+32:23
146	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+33:10
147	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+36:23
148	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+36:30
149	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+36:46

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The peloton speeds through Payerne

With his teammate Fabio Felline in yellow, Daniel Gregory takes the point.

Simon Yates

Here they come...

And Elia Viviani is the fastest of the day.

GC leader Fabio Felline gets to spend another day in yellow.

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Thursday, April 27: Stage 2, Champéry Aigle - Bulle, 160.7 136.5 km

Stage 2 map | Stage 2 photos

Stefan Kung wins stage two ahead of Andrey Grivko

The race: Tour de Romandie stage two was shortened by 24.2 kilometers. To avoid a dangerous, potentially icy descent from the planned start in Champéry, the riders were bussed to Aigle for the official start. They then raced the rest of the stage, which remained unchanged.

Here's the stage story from stage winner Stefan Kung's BMC team.

Bad weather saw the stage 2 start line relocated to Aigle with riders avoiding the originally planned descent from Champéry and covering 136km of the original 160.7km course.

With the race eventually underway, attacks quickly began to fly off the front of the peloton with Stefan Küng part of the successful move which saw four riders go clear after only 4km of racing.

The gap between the breakaway and the peloton continued to rise as they raced through the valley before it settled at around 5’40” after the first of three categorized climbs.

As the road continued to roll and a mix of snow and rain began to fall, the advantage of Küng’s group remained steady. As they hit the the slopes of the final categorized climb to Le Châtelard, the peloton had picked up the pace behind and the gap started to fall.

However, the four leading riders continued to work well together and as they crossed the finish line for the final 25km, they were still 3’00” ahead of the main bunch.

As the breakaway entered the closing kilometers, Küng and Andrei Grivko (Astana Pro Team) were pushing hard at the front of the group and with four kilometers to go, they were the last riders standing from the original breakaway.

Inside the final kilometer it was Küng who led the way with Grivko sitting firmly in his wheel. Küng led Grivko through the final left hand turn with 300m to go and started his sprint, holding on until the line and raising his hands in triumph.

Complete Results:

Stage 2 photos

1	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	3hr 33min 15sec
2	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	s.t.
3	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	@ 20sec
4	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
6	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
10	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	s.t.
13	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
14	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
16	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
17	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
18	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
20	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
21	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
22	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
26	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
28	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
29	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
30	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
34	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
35	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
38	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
39	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
40	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
41	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
43	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
45	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
46	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
49	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
50	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
51	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
52	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
53	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
55	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
56	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
57	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
58	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
59	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
60	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
62	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
64	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
65	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
67	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
68	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
69	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
70	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
71	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
72	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
73	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
74	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
75	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
76	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	s.t.
77	Chris FROOME	Sky	s.t.
78	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
79	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
80	Carlos Alberto BETANCU	Movistar	s.t.
81	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
82	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
84	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Tom BOHLI	BMC	s.t.
87	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
88	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
89	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
90	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
92	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
93	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
94	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
95	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
96	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
97	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
98	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
100	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
101	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
102	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
103	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
104	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
106	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
107	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
108	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	45
109	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
110	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	51
111	Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	54
112	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:00
113	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	+1:02
114	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+1:02
115	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	+1:29
116	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+1:30
117	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:33
118	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+1:38
119	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+2:04
120	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
121	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+2:24
122	Daniel OSS	BMC	+3:02
123	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+3:29
124	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
125	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
126	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
127	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
128	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
129	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
130	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
131	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
132	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
133	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
134	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
135	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
136	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	+7:29
137	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9:22
138	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+10:18
139	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
140	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+10:36
141	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+10:37
142	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
143	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
144	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
145	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
146	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
147	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
148	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
149	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+13:09

GC after stage 2:

1	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	8hr 12min 42sec
2	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	@ 8sec
3	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
4	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	9
5	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	12
6	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
7	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	13
8	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
9	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	14
10	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
11	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
12	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	15
13	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
14	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	16
15	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
16	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	18
17	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	19
18	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	20
19	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
20	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
22	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	21
25	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
26	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	23
27	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
28	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	24
29	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	25
31	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	26
32	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	27
33	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	28
34	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
35	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Chris FROOME	Sky	29
37	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
38	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
39	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
40	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	30
41	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
42	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
43	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	31
44	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	33
46	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
47	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	34
48	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
49	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
50	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	36
51	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	37
52	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
54	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	42
55	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	44
56	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	53
57	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	54
58	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	58
59	Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+1:02
60	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
61	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:04
62	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+1:09
63	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:25
64	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+1:37
65	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:42
66	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	+1:53
67	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+2:03
68	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
69	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
70	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+2:04
71	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:07
72	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+2:14
73	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+2:21
74	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+3:03
75	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:35
76	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+3:36
77	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+4:34
78	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	+4:47
79	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+4:50
80	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+4:59
81	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+5:23
82	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:24
83	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+5:28
84	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+6:09
85	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+6:42
86	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
87	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	+6:48
88	David LOPEZ	Sky	+7:33
89	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+7:56
90	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+8:08
91	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+8:34
92	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+9:05
93	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+9:13
94	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9:17
95	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+9:19
96	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+9:23
97	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+9:26
98	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9:28
99	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	+9:29
100	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+9:33
101	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
102	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+9:34
103	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	+9:35
104	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+9:36
105	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+9:38
106	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+9:44
107	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9:54
108	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+10:01
109	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+10:20
110	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+10:45
111	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	+11:17
112	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+12:40
113	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+12:41
114	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	+12:43
115	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+12:44
116	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+12:45
117	Tom BOHLI	BMC	+12:46
118	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+12:52
119	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+12:57
120	Owain DOULL	Sky	+13:01
121	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:04
122	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:13
123	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+13:14
124	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+13:15
125	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:38
126	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	+13:49
127	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+14:16
128	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+14:18
129	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+15:04
130	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+15:46
131	Daniel OSS	BMC	+16:44
132	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+17:02
133	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+17:08
134	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	+18:30
135	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	+20:11
136	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+20:22
137	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+20:24
138	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+21:01
139	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+21:36
140	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+21:54
141	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+23:02
142	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+23:15
143	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+23:40
144	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+24:27
145	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+24:57
146	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+27:24
147	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+27:40
148	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+27:47
149	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+28:03

Stage 2 (as originally planned) map:

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Oscar Gatto shows the tough weather conditions the riders had to endure.

Team Sky with Chris Froome suffers as well.

Team LottoNL-Jumbo

Another shot of Stefan Kung winning the stage ahead of Andrey Grivko

Sonny Colbrelli (right, in red) wins the field sprint for third.

Stage winner Stefan Kung

Fabio Felline remains the GC leader

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Wednesday, April 26: Stage 1, Aigle – Champéry, 173.3 km

Stage 1 map | Stage 1 photos

Michael Albasini wins a rainy stage one

The race: Here's the story from stage winner Michael Albasini's Orica-Scott team.

Orica-Scott rider Michael Albasini added another stage victory to his name in the Tour de Romandie today as he sprinted to the win on a rainy stage one.

The local Swiss rider was able to stay with the fast tempo set over the final first category climb and positioned himself well to launch towards his second victory of the season and seventh stage victory in the Swiss tour.

Orica-Scott animated the finale of the challenging first stage with late attacks from Damien Howson and Roman Kreuziger, however, in the end no riders where able to gain a gap and the day concluded with a reduced bunch sprint.

“It is a great victory today,” 36-year-old Albasini said. “It was not easy to win today coming straight from the classics as that was a big goal and it takes a lot of mental energy.”

“I really needed to focus coming to this race to suffer and to fight. It is Romandie so it is important I can come here and race well, so I am very happy that I could take the win today. I wasn’t so confident for today’s stage but I told myself if I can be there at the end in Liege-Bastogne-Liege after 4,000 metres of climbing then why can’t I be able to be here over the climbs today.

“I tried to fight and stay in the bunch and it worked out to be even better than I thought so I am really happy with that.”

Sport director Neil Stephens was delighted with the result along with the entire team performance throughout the tough 173 kilometre wet stage. “The whole team rode well today, they kept their calm through the valley and Alex Edmondson and Sam Bewley placed the boys really well into the bottom of the climb and the climbing crew took over from there,” Stephens said.

“We had a plan that if we got to the climb and Alba wasn’t able to stay with them, then it was up to Yates and Kreuziger, but if Alba was still there for the finish then we would work to help him and that was the case.”

Paris-Nice stage winner Simon Yates also added to the team’s success today by taking the mountains classification jersey after leading over the top of the final climb in an attempt to keep things together in support of Albasini. “Yates was on the front over the top of the climb making sure everything stayed together for Alba and he therefore took top mountains points,” Stephens continued. “That was extra bonus for us to have him on the podium as well.”

How it happened:

Like yesterday’s opening prologue the riders were faced with chilly, rainy conditions ahead of the 173 kilometre road stage. Within the first 20 kilometres of the race six riders opened up a gap and established the main breakaway of the day.

The six-man group eventually reduced down to just four riders, Matey Mamykin (Katusha-Alpecin), Sander Armee (Lotto-Soudal), Mekseb Debesay (Dimension-Data) and Marco Minnaard (Wanty Gobert) as they passed the 100kilometres to go mark and onto the categorised climbs.

The quadruplet achieved a maximum advantage of eight and a half minutes before the peloton picked up the chase, gradually reeling them back in. Over the top of the penultimate third category climb with 16kilometres to go, the leader's advantage had reduced down to just one minute 30seconds as the rain continued to pour.

Eventually the breakaway riders where swallowed up with six kilometres to go and a flurry of attacks came. Howson found himself in a small lead group and immediately after it was brought back, Kreuziger launched a counter attack.

With the bunch remaining in tact, Yates led over the summit of the climb and continued to set the tempo down towards the finish line with Albasini showing his experience and form to blast to another victory this season.

Complete Results:

Photos

173.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.065 km/hr

1	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	4hr 33min 10sec
2	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
3	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
4	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
5	Chris FROOME	Sky	s.t.
6	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
7	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	s.t.
8	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
10	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
13	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
16	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
17	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
18	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
19	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	s.t.
20	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
21	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
22	Rigoberto URAN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
23	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
24	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
25	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
26	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	s.t.
29	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
31	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
32	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
34	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
36	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
37	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
38	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
39	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
40	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
41	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
43	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
44	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
45	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
46	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
47	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
48	WINNER ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
49	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
52	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
53	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
54	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
55	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
56	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	s.t.
58	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
59	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	@ 13sec
60	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	20
61	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	29
62	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	32
63	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	32
64	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	44
65	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:00
66	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+1:06
67	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+1:15
68	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+1:31
69	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
70	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
72	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
73	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
74	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	s.t.
77	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
78	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
79	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+1:34
80	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:39
81	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+2:47
82	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+3:15
83	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
85	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
86	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+3:57
88	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+4:39
89	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+4:57
90	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
91	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
92	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:35
93	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+6:13
94	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+8:06
95	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+8:06
96	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+8:44
97	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
98	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+8:44
99	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+8:46
100	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+9:00
101	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
103	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
104	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
105	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
106	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
107	Johan LE BON	FDJ	s.t.
108	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	s.t.
109	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
111	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
112	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	s.t.
113	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
114	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
115	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
116	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
117	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
121	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+11:37
122	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+12:36
123	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
124	Tom BOHLI	BMC	s.t.
125	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
128	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
129	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
131	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
132	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
133	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	s.t.
134	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
135	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
136	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
137	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
138	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+13:27
139	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
140	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
142	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+13:44
143	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+16:43
144	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
145	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
146	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
147	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
148	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
149	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
150	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	s.t.
151	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	+17:03
152	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+17:05

GC after Stage 1:

178.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.285 km/hr

1	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	4hr 39min 7sec
2	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	@ 8sec
3	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
4	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 9sec
5	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	12
6	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
7	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	13
8	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
9	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	14
10	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
11	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
12	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	15
13	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
14	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	16
15	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
16	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	18
17	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	19
18	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	20
19	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
20	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
22	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
24	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	21
25	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
26	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	23
27	WINNER ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
28	David LOPEZ	Sky	24
29	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
30	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	25
32	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
33	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	26
34	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	27
35	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	28
36	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
37	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
38	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Chris FROOME	Sky	29
40	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
41	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
42	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
43	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	30
44	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
45	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
46	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	31
47	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
48	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	33
49	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
50	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	34
51	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
52	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	34
53	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	36
54	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	37
55	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
57	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	42
58	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	44
59	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	53
60	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	54
61	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	58
62	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	+1:02
63	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:04
64	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+1:09
65	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:25
66	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+1:37
67	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	+1:41
68	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:42
69	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	+1:53
70	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	+2:00
71	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
72	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	+2:03
73	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
74	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
75	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+2:04
76	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:07
77	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	+2:12
78	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+2:14
79	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	+2:19
80	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	+2:21
81	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	+2:57
82	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:35
83	Danilo WYSS	BMC	+3:36
84	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	+3:38
85	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	+3:39
86	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	+4:05
87	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	+4:34
88	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+4:59
89	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+5:19
90	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+5:24
91	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+6:04
92	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+6:09
93	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	+6:46
94	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+8:26
95	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+8:34
96	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+9:09
97	Johan LE BON	FDJ	+9:11
98	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+9:13
99	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9:17
100	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+9:19
101	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+9:23
102	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	+9:25
103	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+9:26
104	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+9:28
105	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+9:29
106	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	+9:31
108	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	+9:32
109	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+9:33
110	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
111	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
112	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	+9:34
113	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	+9:35
114	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	+9:35
115	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	+9:36
116	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	+9:38
117	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
118	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	+9:44
119	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	+9:54
120	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+9:56
121	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	+11:59
122	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	+12:43
123	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+12:44
124	Tom BOHLI	BMC	+12:46
125	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+12:52
126	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+12:57
127	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+12:58
128	Owain DOULL	Sky	+13:01
129	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+13:03
130	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	+13:04
131	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
132	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	+13:11
133	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:13
134	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	+13:14
135	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	+13:15
136	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+13:23
137	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+13:38
138	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	+13:49
139	Daniel OSS	BMC	+14:02
140	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+14:10
141	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+14:24
142	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+14:59
143	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:54
144	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	+17:07
145	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+17:08
146	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	+17:12
147	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	+17:13
148	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+17:15
149	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	+17:23
150	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	+17:30
151	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+17:46
152	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	+17:48

Stage 1 map:

Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Another shot of Michael Albasini wining the stage

Kevin Reza finishes a wet day on the road

Michael Albasini right after the stage finish

Albasini enjoys his victory

GC leader Fabio Felline

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Tuesday, April 25: Prologue, Aigle individual 4.8 km individual time trial

Prologue map | Prologue photos

Fabio Felline pounds his way to the prologue win. Bettini photo

The race: Here's the story from race winner Fabio Felline's Trek-Segafredo team.

Fabio Felline won the Tour de Romandie prologue and answered his disappointment of Liege-Bastogne-Liege in the best way possible. This season has been a series of frustrations for the passionate Italian whose good form went unrewarded until today.

In his post-race interview, he dedicated the victory to Michele Scarponi, and also a family close to him who went through a similar tragic situation.

"This victory is for Michele Scarponi," said Felline. "I also want to dedicate this to another family close to me who one week before Scarponi went through the same situation. For me, the last 10 days have not been easy."

"On Sunday, a lot of people were asking me what I thought of the story of Scarponi and when I started Liege I thought maybe I could do a good result in his honor," he continued. "In the end, it was not Sunday; it was today."

Felline completed the wet 4.8-kilometer time trial in Aigle in a time of 5 minutes and 57 seconds, two seconds ahead of the day's final starter Alex Dowsett (Movistar) and seven seconds quicker than Alexander Edmondson (Orica-Scott).

Felline was the 52nd rider to start the short but tricky course, and after setting the fastest time at the intermediate split, he sprinted across the line at the top of the leaderboard. With still 100 riders to come, he settled into the hot seat for a long wait.

"As soon as I saw the route with the tight bends and climb, I thought it suited the specialists, but it's also good for a complete rider like me," Felline said. "When I crossed the line, it's the first time I thought to myself at the end of a race: 'I rode that to perfection.'"

With the GC contenders not willing to risk on the slippery course, and others unable to match Felline's strong performance, rider after rider failed to unseat the Italian.

When Dowsett, the final rider to start and one favored to win the short race against the clock, passed the intermediate point in the same time as Felline, the first day of Romandie became a nerve-wracking finish.

However, Dowsett stopped the clock two seconds slower, and Felline could finally celebrate his second win of the year (after winning Trofeo Laigueglia with the Italian National Team).

"I never expected this victory," continued Felline. "This is the biggest victory of this season for me, and I needed this win for a lot of reasons. It has been two months that I have always been in the front [of races], always with the good riders, but always I missed the results. This victory is for sure a good present for me, and for the team."

For a rider as focused as Felline was on the small details ahead of the prologue – fine tuning his Speed Concept time trial bike, checking and rechecking the weather, and pre-riding the parcours three times - it all paid off,  earning him his first leader's jersey of his career.

"I have never worn the leader's jersey in a race before, so tomorrow I might be able to tell you whether it gives you wings," smiled Felline.

Complete stage results & GC:

Prologue photos

4.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.403 km/hr

1	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	5min 57sec
2	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	@ 2sec
3	Alexander EDMONSON	Orica-Scott	7
4	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	Quick-Step	8
5	Victor CAMPENAERTS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
6	Primož ROGLIC	Lotto NL-Jumbo	9
7	Vasil KIRYIENKA	Sky	10
8	Tom BOHLI	BMC	s.t.
9	Johan LE BON	FDJ	11
10	Christoph PFINGSTEN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Koen BOUWMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	12
13	Bob JUNGELS	Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Jesus HERRADA	Movistar	s.t.
15	Lukas PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	13
16	José GONÇALVES	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
17	Ruben FERNANDEZ	Movistar	s.t.
18	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	14
19	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	15
20	Damien HOWSON	Orica-Scott	s.t.
21	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	16
22	Wilco KELDERMAN	Sunweb	s.t.
23	Gianni MOSCON	Sky	s.t.
24	NICHOLAS ROCHE	BMC	17
25	Simon YATES	Orica-Scott	18
26	Andrey AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
27	Jack HAIG	Orica-Scott	19
28	Michael GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	20
30	Emanuel BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
32	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Lennard KÄMNA	Sunweb	s.t.
34	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
35	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Robert GESINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
37	Diego ULISSI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
38	Antwan TOLHOEK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	21
39	Chad HAGA	Sunweb	s.t.
40	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
41	Danilo WYSS	BMC	s.t.
42	Christophe RIBLON	Ag2r La Mondiale	22
43	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE	Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Rémi Cavagna	Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
47	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	23
48	Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT	Dimension Data	s.t.
49	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
50	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	24
51	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
51	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
53	Louis MEINTJES	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
54	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
56	Kristijan KOREN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
57	William CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	25
58	Léo VINCENT	FDJ	s.t.
59	Peter STETINA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
61	Alexey VERMEULEN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
62	Warren BARGUIL	Sunweb	s.t.
63	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
64	Sonny COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
65	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	26
66	James SHAW	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
67	Roman KREUZIGER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
68	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	27
69	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
70	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	28
71	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
72	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
73	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
74	Kris BOECKMANS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	Pierre Roger LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Samuel DUMOULIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Dion SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
78	Chris FROOME	Sky	29
79	GREGORY DANIEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
81	Nans PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Sander ARMEE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Xandro MEURISSE	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
84	David GAUDU	FDJ	s.t.
85	Tanel KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
86	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
87	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Moreno HOFLAND	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
89	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Cannondale Drapac	30
90	Tim DECLERCQ	Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Richard Antonio CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
92	Guillaume MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
93	Thomas DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	31
94	Toms SKUJINS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
95	Natnael BERHANE	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
97	Pawel POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	32
98	Jay Robert THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
99	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
100	Pavel KOCHETKOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
101	Oliviero TROIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
102	Fabien DOUBEY	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	33
103	Yukiya ARASHIRO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
104	Simon CLARKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
105	Nathan BROWN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
106	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
107	Silvio HERKLOTZ	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Richie PORTE	BMC	s.t.
109	Andrea PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	34
110	Sergei CHERNETSKI	Astana	s.t.
111	Ben SWIFT	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
112	Brendan CANTY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
113	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
114	Daniel OSS	BMC	35
115	ANDREY GRIVKO	Astana	s.t.
116	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
117	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Sunweb	s.t.
118	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
119	Thomas DE GENDT	Lotto Soudal	36
120	Laurens TEN DAM	Sunweb	s.t.
121	Manuele MORI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
122	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	37
123	Arnaud COURTEILLE	FDJ	s.t.
124	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
126	Tosh VAN DER SANDE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
127	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Sunweb	38
128	Remy MERTZ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
129	Frederik VEUCHELEN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
130	Lorrenzo MANZIN	FDJ	39
131	Fumiyuki BEPPU	Trek-Segafredo	40
132	Youcef REGUIGUI	Dimension Data	41
133	Ilnur ZAKARIN	Katusha Alpecin	42
134	Oscar GATTO	Astana	43
135	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	44
136	Anass AIT EL ABDIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
137	Marco MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	45
138	Wouter WIPPERT	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
139	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	47
140	Antonio NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	48
141	Matteo BONO	UAE Abu Dhabi	49
142	André CARDOSO	Trek-Segafredo	50
143	Nikita STALNOV	Astana	50
144	Peter KENNAUGH	Sky	53
145	Meiyin WANG	Bahrain-Merida	54
146	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	Astana	s.t.
147	Jesus HERNANDEZ	Trek-Segafredo	56
148	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	57
149	Michael SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:02
150	Martin VELITS	Quick-Step	+1:03
151	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:07
152	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	+1:15

Prologue map:

Prologue photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Rigoberto Uran

Simon Yates

Diego Ulissi

Maxime Monfort

Chris Froome

Alexander Edmondson

Fabio Felline was the fastest over the wet swiss streets.

...and will start Wednesday's stage in the leader's jersey.

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2017 Tour de Romandie start list with back numbers, April 24:

	MOVISTAR TEAM
1	DOWSETT Alex
2	FERNANDEZ Rubén
3	HERRADA Jesús
4	BETANCUR Carlos Alberto
5	CARAPAZ Richard
6	ANACONA Winner
7	AMADOR Andrey
8	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
11	CAVAGNA Rémi
12	SCHACHMANN Maximilian
13	DE LA CRUZ David
14	MARTINELLI Davide
15	JUNGELS Bob
16	DECLERCQ Tim
17	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano
18	VELITS Martin
	BMC
21	ROCHE Nicholas
22	OSS Daniel
23	WYSS Danilo
24	SCHÄR Michael
25	KÜNG Stefan
26	VAN GARDEREN Tejay
27	PORTE Richie
28	BOHLI Tom
	ORICA-SCOTT
31	ALBASINI Michael
32	HAIG Jack
33	POWER Robert
34	HOWSON Damien
35	BEWLEY Sam
36	YATES Simon
37	KREUZIGER Roman
38	EDMONDSON Alexander
	SKY
41	VIVIANI Elia
42	BOSWELL Ian
43	LOPEZ David
44	KIRYIENKA Vasil
45	MOSCON Gianni
46	KENNAUGH Peter
47	DOULL Owain
48	FROOME Christopher
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
51	PANTANO Jarlinson
52	GOGL Michael
53	STETINA Peter
54	HERNANDEZ Jesus
55	DANIEL Gregory
56	FELLINE Fabio
57	CARDOSO Andre
58	BEPPU Fumiyuki
	BORA-HANSGROHE
61	POSTLBERGER Lukas
62	POLJANSKI Pawel
63	SCHWARZMANN Michael
64	SAGAN Juraj
65	HERKLOTZ Silvio
66	BURGHARDT Marcus
67	BUCHMANN Emanuel
68	PFINGSTEN Christoph
	TEAM SUNWEB
71	BARGUIL Warren
72	FROHLINGER Johannes
73	STAMSNIJDER Tom
74	TEN DAM Laurens
75	KÄMNA Lennard
76	HAGA Chad
77	PREIDLER Georg
78	KELDERMAN Wilco
	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC
81	URAN URAN Rigoberto
82	SKUJINS Toms
83	KOREN Kristjan
84	CLARKE Simon
85	CANTY Brendan
86	CLARKE William
87	WIPPERT Wouter
88	BROWN Nathan
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
91	LOBATO Juan Jose
92	TOLHOEK Antwan
93	BOUWMAN Koen
94	VERMEULEN Alexey
95	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
96	GESINK Robert
97	CAMPENAERTS Victor
98	ROGLIC Primoz
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
101	TAARAMAE Rein
102	KOCHETKOV Pavel
103	GONCALVES Jose
104	LOSADA Alberto
105	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
106	MAMYKIN Matvei
107	ZAKARIN Ilnur
108	SPILAK Simon
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
111	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
112	BOECKMANS Kris
113	SHAW James Callum
114	ARMEE Sander
115	MERTZ Rémy
116	HOFLAND Moreno
117	DE GENDT Thomas
118	MONFORT Maxime
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
121	IZAGUIRRE Jon
122	GRMAY Tsgabu
123	CINK Ondrej
124	BRAJKOVIC Janez
125	WANG Mei Yin
126	ARASHIRO Yukiya
127	NIBALI Antonio
128	COLBRELLI Sonny
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
131	FRANK Mathias
132	RIBLON Christophe
133	PETERS Nans
134	DUMOULIN Samuel
135	HOULE Hugo
136	CHEREL Mickaël
137	VUILLERMOZ Alexis
138	LATOUR Pierre
	FDJ
141	LE BON Johan
142	GAUDU David
143	REICHENBACH Sébastien
144	VINCENT Leo
145	EIKING Odd Christian
146	COURTEILLE Arnaud
147	REZA Kévin
148	MANZIN Lorrenzo
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
151	SWIFT Ben
152	TROIA Oliviero
153	MEINTJES Louis
154	BONO Matteo
155	MORI Manuele
156	CONSONNI Simone
157	AIT EL ABDIA Anass
158	ULISSI Diego
	ASTANA
161	KANGERT Tanel
162	STALNOV Nikita
163	KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar
164	GRIVKO Andriy
165	GATTO Oscar
166	DE VREESE Laurens
167	CHERNETSKY Sergey
168	BILBAO Pello
	DIMENSION DATA
171	REGUIGUI Youcef
172	VENTER Jacobus
173	DEBESAY Mekseb Abrha
174	THOMSON Jay Robert
175	NIYONSHUTI Adrien
176	KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi
177	BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael
178	TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel
	WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT
181	SMITH Dion
182	MARTIN Guillaume
183	MEURISSE Xandro
184	PASQUALON Andrea
185	VEUCHELEN Frederik
186	MINNAARD Marco
187	DEGAND Thomas
188	DOUBEY Fabien