2021 Tour de Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland

74th Edition: April 27 - May 2, 2021

Tour de Romandie podium history | 2019 edition (race not held in 2020) | 2022 edition | Start list
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2021 Tour de Romandie map. Note, though official, this map calls the prologue stage 1, so the stage numbering is off by 1.

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Sunday, May 2: 5th & Final Stage, Fribourg 16.19 km individual time trial

Stage 5 map & profile

Rémi Cavanga on his way to winning the stage. Getty Sport photo

Weather at Fribourg at 1:20 PM, local time: 9C (49F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 70% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Rémi Cavangna's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Rémi Cavagna finally got his first victory of the season, after coming agonizingly close twice in the last couple of weeks at both Paris-Nice and Volta a Catalunya. The French Champion was one of the favourites before the start of the 16.2km individual time trial that brought down the curtain over the Tour de Romandie, and didn’t disappoint on the hilly course around Fribourg, which he tackled on his Specialized Shiv.

Cavagna set the fastest time at the intermediate checkpoint (13:47) courtesy of a flying ride, and despite losing some of the momentum on the difficult second part, which included some stinging ramps, he still had enough left to go into the hot seat with a time of 21:57 after averaging 44.35km/h. It was a long wait for the French ITT Champion there, as more than 50 riders were still left at the start, but none could get close to him, and the 25-year-old from Clermont-Ferrand nabbed his much-wanted win.

INEOS' Rohan Dennis doing his ride.

“The parcours didn’t really suit me, as it had some technical parts and steep sections, but I was very motivated to do well and conclude the week on a high note. I am very happy because Romandie is a beautiful race and to get my first victory of the season here feels great. Today I gave 200% and I got a result that gives me a huge boost of confidence ahead of the Giro d’Italia, where I have some personal goals, but I also want to help the team”, a delighted Rémi said.

Fausto Masnada and Mattia Cattaneo made it three Deceuninck – Quick-Step riders in the top 10 on the day, with the former making a significant move up in the general classification. Sixth as he rolled down the start ramp, the 27-year-old from Bergamo produced an outstanding time trial and finished the day on the overall podium, making him the first Italian rider since 2008 to end the Tour de Romandie in the top three.

“It was a very hard week, especially due to the weather, but I came here with a good condition after my altitude training camp and knew I could do something nice in the GC. I knew I had to do a solid race, so that’s why in the morning I went on a recon and later I even followed Ian from the car to have another look at the course, and when the time came, I went all-out. It’s my finest outing in a stage against the clock and it bodes well before Il Giro, which I look forward to”, said Fausto after his best ever result in a World Tour race.

Complete results:

16.19 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.356 km/hr

1	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	21min 54sec
2	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	@ 6sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
4	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	0:18
5	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	0:20
6	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:21
7	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:29
8	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:34
9	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	0:35
10	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
11	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:48
12	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	0:49
13	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:50
14	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	0:51
15	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	0:52
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:54
18	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	0:55
19	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	0:57
21	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	0:59
22	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	1:01
23	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
24	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	1:04
25	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	1:07
27	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	1:10
28	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:11
29	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	1:12
30	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	1:13
31	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	1:14
32	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
33	Chad Haga	Team DSM	1:15
34	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	1:16
35	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
36	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	1:17
37	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
38	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:20
40	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:23
41	Felix Gall	Team DSM	1:24
42	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:25
43	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
44	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	1:29
45	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	1:32
46	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	1:33
47	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:34
48	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:37
49	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
50	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	1:49
51	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:50
52	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:53
53	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	1:55
54	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:56
56	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:59
57	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	2:00
58	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	2:01
59	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	2:02
61	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:04
62	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	2:06
63	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	2:08
64	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	2:10
65	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	2:12
67	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	2:13
68	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
69	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	2:14
70	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	2:15
71	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	2:16
72	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
73	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	2:18
74	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	2:20
75	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:22
77	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
78	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:24
79	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:25
80	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:26
81	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	2:28
82	Davide Villella	Movistar	2:30
83	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	2:32
84	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
85	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:33
87	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	2:34
89	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	2:39
90	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	2:40
91	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	2:41
92	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	2:42
93	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	2:44
94	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	2:50
95	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	2:52
96	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:54
97	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:56
98	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	2:59
99	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	3:00
100	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
101	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	3:05
102	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	3:10
103	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	3:11
104	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	3:12
105	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
107	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	3:16
108	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	3:21
109	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:23
110	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	3:28
111	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	3:31
112	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	3:36
113	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	3:47
114	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	3:51
115	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
116	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	3:58
117	Albert Torres	Movistar	4:07
118	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	4:11
119	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	4:18
120	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	5:05

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Kobe Goossens (Lotto-Soudal)
• Points classification winner: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: Thymen Arensman (Team DSM)
• Team classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

676.04 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.448 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	17hr 59min 57sec
2	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 28sec
3	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:38
4	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:39
5	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:43
6	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	0:45
7	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	1:08
8	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	1:22
9	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:30
10	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	2:20
11	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	2:48
12	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:29
13	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	4:01
14	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	4:20
15	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	4:25
16	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	6:09
17	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	6:44
18	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:49
19	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	7:54
20	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:59
21	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	8:05
22	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	10:38
23	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	10:47
24	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	11:16
25	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	11:35
26	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	12:16
27	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	12:19
28	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	12:24
29	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	12:42
30	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	14:42
31	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	14:45
32	Felix Gall	Team DSM	14:48
33	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	15:21
34	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	17:53
35	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	18:20
36	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	19:04
37	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	20:01
38	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	20:48
39	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	20:58
40	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	21:22
41	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	21:54
42	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	22:10
43	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	22:21
44	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	22:31
45	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	22:33
46	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	22:53
47	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:05
48	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	23:49
49	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	24:05
50	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	24:50
51	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	25:16
52	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	25:23
53	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	25:31
54	Davide Villella	Movistar	26:28
55	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	26:43
56	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	26:55
57	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	27:00
58	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	27:29
59	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	28:48
60	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	29:14
61	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	29:32
62	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:55
63	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
64	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	31:00
65	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	31:14
66	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	32:00
67	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	33:48
68	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	34:55
69	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	36:48
70	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	37:10
71	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	37:23
72	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	38:35
73	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	38:40
74	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	38:55
75	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	39:30
76	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	41:30
77	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	42:52
78	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	43:29
79	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	45:01
80	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	45:12
81	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	45:29
82	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	45:46
83	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	45:56
84	Chad Haga	Team DSM	46:00
85	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	46:21
86	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	47:09
87	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	48:08
88	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	49:08
89	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	49:51
90	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	50:31
91	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	50:41
92	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	51:50
93	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	54:16
94	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	55:49
95	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	58:27
96	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:00:11
97	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	1:00:25
98	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	1:02:34
99	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	1:02:49
100	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:04:02
101	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:06:04
102	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:06:12
103	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	1:06:22
104	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07:40
105	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1:07:59
106	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:57
107	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:12:02
108	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:15:51
109	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:16:41
110	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	1:17:08
111	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	1:17:20
112	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	1:19:15
113	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	1:20:40
114	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	1:21:43
115	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	1:23:10
116	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	1:23:20
117	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	1:24:59
118	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	1:25:17
119	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:28:03
120	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	1:30:55

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, May 1: Stage 4, Sion - Thyon 2000, 161.3 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Michael Woods gets a hard-earned victory and the GC lead. Behind him, and out of focus, should be Geraint Thomas crashing.

Weather at the finish at Thyon at 2:00 PM, local time: 3C (37F), rain, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There was serious worry about snow, but it looks like the riders will not have to contend with that. They will be merely very wet and very cold.

The race: Because there was a serious possibility of snow at the high-altitude finish at Thyon, the stage started two hours early. There were two non-starters, Troia Oliviero (UAE Team Emirates) & Nico Denz (Team DSM).

An hour into the stage Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) & Filippo Conca (Lotto-Soudal) abandoned.

Because of the terrible weather, the descent of the next-to-last climb, the Suen, was neutralized.

A couple of minutes before the start. The riders face a tough day of climbing in bad weather.

Here's the report from winner Michael Woods' Israel Start-Up Nation team:

Israel Start-Up Nation’s team leader Michael Woods put on an impressive performance to claim victory on stage 4 of Tour de Romandie. Woods is also the new race leader!

With five categorized climbs, over 4,000 meters of climbing and a 20 km long final ascent with an average gradient of 7.7 %, today’s stage was always going to be extremely important for the general classification.

Early on, a breakaway of seven riders managed to distance the peloton. Mads Würtz Schmidt was quick to follow the moves and join the group. The break quickly opened up a gap of over five minutes, but the teams of the GC riders were not going to let the stage win slip away.

On the final climb of the day, the last rider from the breakaway got caught and then it was up to the favorites to fight for victory. Woods did well to stay in contention, always following the right moves.

Geraint Thomas falling close to the finish. Sirotti photo.

At the end, only Woods and Geraint Thomas (INEOS) remained at the front. In the final sprint, Thomas crashed leaving Woods to cross the line first and take the stage win and the yellow jersey.

Complete results:

161.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 32.413 km/hr

1	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	4hr 58min 35sec
2	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 17sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
4	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:34
5	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:37
6	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	0:42
7	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
9	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:53
10	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	1:57
11	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:20
13	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	2:45
14	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	3:00
15	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	3:25
16	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:28
17	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	4:17
18	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:40
19	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	5:00
20	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	5:34
21	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	5:53
22	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Felix Gall	Team DSM	6:18
24	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	6:46
26	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	7:22
27	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	7:36
29	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:09
30	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	8:15
31	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	8:29
33	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	8:40
35	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	9:09
36	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	9:38
37	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	10:55
38	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	12:06
39	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	13:03
40	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	13:09
41	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	13:34
42	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	14:27
43	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	14:34
44	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	15:09
45	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	15:55
46	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	16:29
47	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	17:15
48	Davide Villella	Movistar	17:44
49	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	18:03
50	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
51	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
52	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
55	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	18:56
56	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
57	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
59	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
60	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
62	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
64	Chad Haga	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
67	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
71	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	20:03
75	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	21:02
76	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	21:28
78	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	22:29
79	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	23:10
80	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
81	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	24:26
82	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:36
84	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:36
85	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	26:04
86	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	26:15
87	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	26:40
88	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	27:23
89	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	28:35
91	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	29:39
92	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	30:42
93	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	31:54
94	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	32:34
95	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
96	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	32:38
97	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
98	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	33:39
99	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
101	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
103	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
105	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
106	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
109	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
110	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	33:43
111	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	33:49
113	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	34:10
114	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
115	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
116	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	34:15
117	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	34:39
118	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	34:50
119	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	34:59
120	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	35:24
121	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	35:27
122	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
123	Albert Torres	Movistar	35:58
124	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	37:53

GC after stage 4:

659.85 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 37.435 km/hr

1	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	17hr 37min 35sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 11sec
3	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	0:21
4	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:33
5	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	0:36
6	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:45
7	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:48
8	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:49
9	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:04
10	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	1:58
11	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	2:03
12	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	2:46
13	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	3:04
14	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:28
15	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	3:37
16	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:01
17	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	6:19
18	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:21
19	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	6:37
20	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	7:01
21	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	7:25
22	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	7:32
23	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	8:15
24	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	8:54
25	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	9:13
26	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	9:19
27	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	9:42
28	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	10:32
29	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	10:52
30	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	11:14
31	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	12:14
32	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	13:47
33	Felix Gall	Team DSM	13:52
34	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	15:00
35	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	16:07
36	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	17:22
37	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	17:41
38	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	17:57
39	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	19:04
40	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	19:21
41	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	20:07
42	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	20:16
43	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	20:59
44	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	21:01
45	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	21:04
46	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	21:05
47	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	21:24
48	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
49	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:08
50	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	22:56
51	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	23:05
52	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	23:27
53	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	23:31
54	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	24:23
55	Davide Villella	Movistar	24:26
56	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	24:52
57	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	25:22
58	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	26:16
59	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	26:44
60	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	27:23
61	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	27:36
62	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	27:47
63	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	28:27
64	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	28:48
65	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	29:10
66	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	30:10
67	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	30:38
68	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	33:03
69	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	33:17
70	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	33:45
71	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	34:26
72	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	35:26
73	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	36:51
74	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	36:53
75	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	37:00
76	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	38:50
77	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	39:07
78	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	40:39
79	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	40:45
80	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	41:04
81	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	42:21
82	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	44:13
83	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	44:34
84	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	45:03
85	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	45:07
86	Chad Haga	Team DSM	45:13
87	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	45:15
88	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	45:17
89	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	47:26
90	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	49:15
91	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	49:30
92	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	49:43
93	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	49:44
94	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	49:50
95	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	53:15
96	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	54:13
97	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	56:13
98	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	56:42
99	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	57:16
100	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	58:50
101	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	59:52
102	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	1:02:16
103	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:02:40
104	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	1:03:29
105	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:03:46
106	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:03:59
107	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	1:05:34
108	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	1:06:26
109	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:06:54
110	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:10:31
111	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:13:27
112	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	1:14:37
113	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	1:14:42
114	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	1:14:55
115	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	1:15:45
116	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:15:49
117	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	1:16:03
118	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	1:18:20
119	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	1:20:26
120	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	1:20:48
121	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	1:21:27
122	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	1:21:40
123	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:24:24
124	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	1:29:01

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, April 30: Stage 3, Estavayer - Estavayer, 168.7 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Marc Soler wins the stage and is the new GC leader.

Weather at the start/finish city of Estavayer at 1:40 local time: 9C (49F), raining, with the wind from the northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). The rain is forecast to continue throughout the afternoon.

The race: There were three non-starters: Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation), Romain Seigle (Groupama-FDJ) & Dylan Sunderland (Qhubeka-Assos).

Here is the report from winner Marc Soler's Team Movistar:

The Movistar Team savoured again the joy of success at the UCI WorldTour with the same rider who had conquered, back in 2020 at La Vuelta, the latest victory to date for the Telefónica-backed squad in cycling’s top tier: Marc Soler. The Catalan showed again his quality on day three of the 2021 Tour de Romandie, over a circuit in Estavayer (168km) with two Cat-3 climbs, the last of which witnessed the unstoppable final attack, under pouring rain, from the Vilanova native 10km before the end, which also gave him the yellow jersey as GC leader.

The Blue squad shone during the entire stage as Johan Jacobs made part of the early break -an escape which, split after the last series of climbs, was neutralized at Les Granges, with 12km to go-, as Soler waited until the last 500 meters uphill to launch a strong acceleration, which soon gave him about twenty seconds over Ion Izagirre (APT), later caught by the main field. The Spaniard kept that advantage until the very finish to notch up the Abarca Sports organisation’s fifth victory in 2021 -third with its men’s team- and his sixth in the UCI peloton (fifth since becoming a pro).

Soler now holds a 14" advantage against INEOS Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte, heading into the Queen stage towards Thyon 2000, the race starting two hours earlier than initially scheduled to avoid extreme weather conditions and set to be, together with Sunday’s TT showdown in Fribourg, the biggest rival against the Movistar Team for the overall success.

REACTION / Marc Soler:
“I’m so happy about this victory. I want to remember, first of all, our team doctor for so many years, Jesús Hoyos, who passed away during the stage. I want to dedicate this victory to him; sadly, we lost him in just few weeks due to a terminal illness, and it’s really sad for our entire team. Such a hard stage, especially because of the rain and cold conditions. I was saving my move for the precise moment into that last climb – Woods was going strong, there were several attacks into the group, and I wanted to try but not too early. I waited for those final 500 meters to make a real gap and hopefully take the stage win. In the end, it was stage and jersey – it always makes you happy to get a leader’s – and we will fight hard to retain it. INEOS is so strong, it’s a short gap, even more so with their TT skills, but we will fight – we’ve got a strong team and will give our maximum, only the road will tell. Sometimes people doubt about what you can do, but we’ve always gone step-by-step, and things are turning out well. It gives us hope for the upcoming challenges, but before the Giro, it’s all about this weekend.”

Complete results:

168.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.425 km/hr

1	Marc Soler	Movistar	3hr 58min 35sec
2	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	@ 22sec
3	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
16	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
20	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
21	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	1:21
26	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
27	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
28	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
29	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
32	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
34	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
35	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
36	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
40	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
41	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
42	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
45	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	1:37
49	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:30
50	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	2:32
51	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	2:38
52	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	2:48
54	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
55	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	2:50
56	Felix Gall	Team DSM	3:29
57	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
58	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
60	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	4:01
61	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
62	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
65	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
68	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:04
71	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	5:56
74	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
76	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	7:24
78	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
79	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	7:25
80	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
81	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
87	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
89	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
92	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
93	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
95	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
96	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
97	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
98	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
99	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
100	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	9:45
101	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	11:08
102	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	14:42
103	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	19:01
104	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
108	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
112	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
113	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
114	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
116	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
117	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
118	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
120	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Chad Haga	Team DSM	s.t.
122	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
123	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
124	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
126	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
127	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
128	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
129	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
130	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	Albert Torres	Movistar	19:13

GC after stage 3:

498.55 kilometers raced at an aveage speed of 39.428 km/hr

1	Marc Soler	Movistar	12hr 38min 40sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 14sec
3	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
6	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:20
7	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:21
8	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
11	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:26
12	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:27
14	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:28
15	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:30
16	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
17	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	0:32
19	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
21	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:35
22	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	0:59
23	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04
24	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:18
25	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	1:24
26	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	1:28
27	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	1:33
28	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:41
29	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	2:11
30	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	2:12
31	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	2:23
32	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	2:24
34	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	2:28
35	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	2:29
36	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	2:52
37	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	3:25
38	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	3:41
39	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	4:12
40	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	4:14
41	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	4:18
42	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:21
43	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	4:29
44	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	4:41
45	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:51
46	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:57
47	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	5:47
48	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	6:49
49	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	7:01
50	Davide Villella	Movistar	7:02
51	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	7:09
52	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:11
53	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	7:39
54	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	7:40
55	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	7:45
56	Felix Gall	Team DSM	7:54
57	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	8:28
58	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:47
59	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	8:57
60	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:51
61	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	9:53
62	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	10:20
63	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	10:55
64	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	11:10
65	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	11:34
66	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	11:38
67	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	11:44
68	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	11:47
69	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	12:02
70	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	12:05
71	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:18
72	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	12:56
73	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	12:59
74	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	14:19
75	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	15:06
76	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	15:47
77	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	16:05
78	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	17:04
79	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	17:16
80	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	18:11
81	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	18:15
82	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	18:17
83	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	18:24
84	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	18:36
85	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	18:47
86	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	19:03
87	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	19:57
88	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	20:31
89	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	22:12
90	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:25
91	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	22:39
92	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	22:52
93	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	23:45
94	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	23:49
95	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	23:53
96	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	23:59
97	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	25:34
98	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	25:37
99	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	25:58
100	Chad Haga	Team DSM	26:37
101	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	26:42
102	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	26:54
103	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	27:38
104	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	28:26
105	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	29:21
106	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	30:10
107	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	30:27
108	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
109	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	30:30
110	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	33:03
111	Nico Denz	Team DSM	33:22
112	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	33:35
113	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	34:34
114	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	36:36
115	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	36:48
116	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	38:30
117	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	40:08
118	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	40:12
119	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	40:51
120	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	41:10
121	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	41:18
122	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	41:36
123	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	42:26
124	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	45:01
125	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	47:07
126	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	47:21
127	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	47:37
128	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	48:23
129	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	48:30
130	Albert Torres	Movistar	48:46
131	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	53:54

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, April 29: Stage 2, Neuveville - Saint-Imier, 157.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

The stage is Sonny Colbrelli's

Weather at the finish city of Saint-Imier at 1:20 PM, local time: 11C (52F), showers in the area, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 50% of rain throughout the afternoon.

The race: 137 riders began today's stage. The two non-starters: Dries Devenyns (Deceuninck-Quick Step) & Alexey Lutsenko (Astana).

The peloton crests the Bugnenets, 59 kilometers into the stage. The street is wet from the rain.

Here's the race report from GC leader Rohan Dennis' INEOS Grenadiers:

Rohan Dennis put in a superb performance in the closing kilometres of stage two to ensure he retained the overall lead in Romandie.

After the Grenadiers had worked hard to control the 165.7km test, Dennis helped shut down some attacks on the final climb, before setting a powerful tempo all the way into the finish.

As a result the Aussie holds an eight-second lead, but the day saw the Grenadiers 1-2-3 lockout broken up after Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation) picked up some bonus seconds at the line in the final sprint.

That moved him into second overall, just a second ahead of duo Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte, eight seconds back on Dennis. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) won the reduced bunch sprint.

Andrey Amador and Owain Doull shouldered most of the workload during the race, riding well to keep tabs on a strong six-man breakaway.

Rohan Dennis:
"The team got no help from anybody else but we did a perfect job. There were a few people who wanted to have a bit of a crack on the final climb and we just controlled that. We put ourselves at the front to make nobody really want to do anything on the final descent to the finish.

"With three of us at the front they can tell I’m happy to sacrifice myself. On the slight downhill it’s quite fast and I don’t think anybody in their right mind would say they are going to go too far (off the front). So save their energy for another day. Tomorrow is another solid day and then Saturday is the queen stage and I’m sure there will be a lot of fireworks up there."

Complete results:

157.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.156 km/hr

1	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 21min 42sec
2	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
3	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
5	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
9	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
11	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
12	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
16	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
18	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	s.t.
22	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
26	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
27	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
30	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
34	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	@ 43sec
38	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
39	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
40	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
41	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
43	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
46	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
48	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
52	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
55	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
56	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
57	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
58	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
59	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
61	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
64	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	1:15
65	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	3:17
66	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
67	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	4:21
69	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	5:25
71	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
72	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:37
73	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	7:01
74	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	7:02
77	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:05
78	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	7:07
79	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
81	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
82	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	7:09
83	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	7:13
84	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:32
85	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
87	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
90	Chad Haga	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
92	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
94	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
96	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
97	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
98	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
99	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
101	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
105	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	9:47
106	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	9:47
107	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	12:57
108	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	14:11
109	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	15:21
110	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
111	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
112	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
113	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	17:08
115	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
117	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
118	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
119	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
120	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	18:27
123	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
125	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
126	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
127	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
128	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
129	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
130	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
131	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
132	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
133	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
134	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

329.85 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.074 km/hr

1	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	8hr 39min 48sec
2	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	@ 8sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:09
4	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:11
7	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:14
8	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:15
9	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
10	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
11	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	0:19
13	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	s.t.
14	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:21
16	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
18	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:23
19	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:24
20	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:25
21	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
22	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:27
24	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:28
28	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	0:29
30	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:30
32	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:31
33	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
34	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	0:32
35	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:37
36	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
37	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	1:00
38	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	1:07
39	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	1:08
40	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	1:10
41	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:13
43	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	1:17
45	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	1:19
46	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:20
49	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
50	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	1:22
51	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	1:24
52	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	1:25
53	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	1:29
54	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	1:30
55	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:32
56	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	1:49
57	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:47
58	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4:36
59	Felix Gall	Team DSM	4:42
60	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	4:43
61	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	4:57
62	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	5:01
63	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:09
64	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:10
65	Davide Villella	Movistar	5:58
66	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:11
67	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	7:14
68	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	7:26
69	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	7:32
70	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	7:36
71	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:38
72	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:43
73	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	7:44
74	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	7:50
75	Chad Haga	Team DSM	7:53
76	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:58
77	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	7:59
78	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	8:03
79	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	8:10
80	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	8:24
81	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	8:54
82	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	9:31
83	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	10:18
84	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	11:03
85	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	11:09
86	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	11:16
87	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	11:26
88	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	11:29
89	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	11:32
90	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	11:43
91	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:43
92	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	11:46
93	Mathias Flückiger	Swiss Cycling	11:52
94	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	11:55
95	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	12:01
96	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	12:03
97	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	13:32
98	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	14:31
99	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	15:01
100	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	15:31
101	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:50
102	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	16:51
103	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	17:43
104	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:26
105	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	18:28
106	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	18:29
107	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	18:38
108	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	18:38
109	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	19:27
110	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	19:34
111	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	19:46
112	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	21:18
113	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	21:24
114	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	21:28
115	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	22:07
116	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	22:26
117	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	22:34
118	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	22:45
119	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	22:52
120	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	23:42
121	Nico Denz	Team DSM	26:15
122	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	26:17
123	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	26:27
124	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	28:17
125	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	28:23
126	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	28:37
127	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	28:53
128	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	29:28
129	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	29:39
130	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	29:40
131	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	29:46
132	Albert Torres	Movistar	29:50
133	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	35:10
134	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	35:49

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, April 28: Stage 1, Aigle - Martigny, 168.1 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Peter Sagan wins the stage.

Weather at the finish city of Martigny at 1:45 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is rain in the area and the chance of rain at Martigny is currently 45% and grows to 85% by 4:00.

The race: Here is the report from stage winner Peter Sagan's Bora-hansgrohe team:

The INEOS-Grenadiers team before the start. GC leader Rohan Dennis is in yellow while Geraint Thomas wears the green jersey.

A 168.1km circuitous parcours was waiting for the riders on the first road stage of the Tour de Romandie. The race would ascend the third category 3 La Rasse climb before taking on four laps of a 33km circuit over two third category climbs before a final push to the finish line in Martigny.

While the stage looked like one for the sprinters, this didn’t stop a group of six brave riders going it alone almost as soon as the stage started. Having built up a lead of more than six minutes in the opening 50km, the peloton kicked into action, to slowly reduce the time gap, which fell to four minutes with 100km to go. As the breakaway riders began to attack each other with 50km to go, Juraj Sagan and Jordi Meeus took to the front of the peloton to help bring them back, his efforts seeing the escape’s advantage fall to two minutes, before hitting one minute with 35km left to race.

In spite of the break’s last-ditch efforts and one rider desperately holding on, with Marcus Burghardt and Ben Zwiehoff pushing the pace, it was all back together just as the race completed the final lap of the circuit and started the flat 22km drive to the finish line.

The fast pace saw splits in the peloton, as well as attacks, but with Ben driving the pace on the front to prevent further attacks, Peter Sagan was staying safe and making sure he was in contention for when the flamme rouge appeared on the horizon. With the metres counting down, the Slovak rider picked his moment perfectly, putting the power down and distancing his rivals, coming from four riders back to take a clear victory. Finishing safely with the bunch and not losing any time today, Wilco Kelderman would have his sights set on the coming mountain stages, with the GC race set to take shape here.

Peter Sagan is back. Bettini photo

From the Finish Line :
"I'm really happy to win again in the Tour de Romandie. In 2010 I had taken the first road stage and here I am eleven years later with another victory. I have to thank my teammates for their great job today, in the last two laps they were pulling in the front and after the last climb, they held the bunch together. It feels nice after three weeks without any racing to come here and win, probably the only stage suited to me because the following ones will be very hard. Thanks as well to the whole team and its sponsors for their continuous support." – Peter Sagan

"It was a nice stage for us today but a hard one as well, with 2,600 metres of altitude gain. The goal we had set was to win, we all worked towards it and we achieved it! We controlled from the start to avoid having a big breakaway group, Juraj, Jordi, and Burgi put in a big effort to keep things under control. Juraj and Jordi contributed to catching the break while Burgi placed the squad in the right position before the final climb. Then, Ben was essential in bringing back all the late attacks in the closing, flat, kilometres. This excellent teamwork was finally capped off with a good sprint by Peter and a stage win. Last but certainly not least, Wilco was always in the leading, front group and finished safely with the main GC contenders." – Jan Valach, Sports Director

Complete results:

168.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.918 km/hr

1	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	4hr 12min 40sec
2	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
4	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
5	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
7	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
8	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
10	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
14	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
15	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
16	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
20	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
21	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
22	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
23	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
27	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
32	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
33	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
35	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
36	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
37	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Chad Haga	Team DSM	s.t.
48	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
50	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
52	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
53	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
55	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
57	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
59	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
63	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
66	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
67	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
71	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	s.t.
74	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	@ 3min 34sec
80	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
82	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
83	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
87	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
88	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
92	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
94	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
97	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
98	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
101	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
102	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
107	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
108	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
109	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	7:22
110	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
111	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
112	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
113	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
115	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
116	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
117	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	10:36
118	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
121	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
122	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
126	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
127	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
128	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
129	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
130	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
132	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
133	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
134	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
135	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
136	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:03
137	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
138	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
139	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

172.15 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.019 km/hr

1	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 18min 6sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 9sec
3	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:11
5	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	0:12
6	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
7	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:14
8	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
11	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
13	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:17
16	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
17	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	0:19
18	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	s.t.
19	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:21
22	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Chad Haga	Team DSM	s.t.
24	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
25	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:23
26	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	0:24
27	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:25
29	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
30	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:26
33	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	0:27
34	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
35	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
36	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
38	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
40	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:28
41	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
43	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	0:29
44	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
46	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:30
47	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
49	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
50	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
51	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
52	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
55	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	0:32
56	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:33
57	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
58	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:34
59	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
61	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	0:35
63	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:36
64	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
67	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
69	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
71	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	0:38
72	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	0:39
73	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	0:41
74	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	0:42
75	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	0:46
76	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	0:47
77	Jaakko Häanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	0:49
78	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	0:52
79	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	3:45
80	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	3:54
81	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	3:56
82	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	3:59
83	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
84	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	4:00
85	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	4:06
88	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
89	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	4:07
90	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	4:09
91	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
92	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	4:10
93	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	4:11
94	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
95	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	4:13
96	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	4:14
97	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	4:16
98	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	4:18
99	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
100	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	4:19
101	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	4:20
102	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	4:23
103	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	4:25
104	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
105	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:26
106	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:27
107	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	4:28
108	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	4:29
109	Nico Denz	Team DSM	7:48
110	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	7:50
111	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	7:54
112	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	7:56
113	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	7:59
114	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	8:11
115	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:18
116	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	8:21
117	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:54
118	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	10:55
119	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	10:56
120	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	10:57
121	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	11:01
122	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	11:06
123	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
124	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
125	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	11:09
126	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	11:12
128	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	11:13
129	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	11:14
130	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	11:15
131	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	11:19
132	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	11:20
133	Albert Torres	Movistar	11:23
134	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	11:29
135	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	11:45
136	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	16:43
137	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	16:53
138	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	17:04
139	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	17:22

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 2 profile

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Tuesday, April 27: Prologue Oron 4.05 km individual time trial

Prologue map & profile

Winner Rohan Dennis looking sleek and fast. Photo: Getty Sport Images

Weather at Oron at 1:35 PM, local time: 17C (62F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Joel Suter was the first rider to leave, at 3:00 PM.

Here's the report from winner Rohan Dennis' INEOS Grenadiers:

Rohan Dennis stormed to an impressive victory to lead home an INEOS Grenadiers 1-2-3 in a dominant team performance in the prologue time trial at Tour de Romandie.

Dennis beat teammates Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte on the punchy 4.05km course by nine seconds to secure the race lead, with Filippo Ganna ninth to make it four Grenadiers in the top 10.

Remi Cavagna was the best-placed rider from another team, 11 seconds back, while early pace-setter Stefan Bissegger finished fifth.

Rohan Dennis:
"It was full gas... Then full gas even more! It was quite tricky to pace it, because there’s still a minute and a half uphill and there’s no way to get the extra speed unless you’ve got the power. That last 700-800m really hurt.

"I thought when I hit the climb that I had gone too slow, but on the climb it didn't feel like that, the last 400m seemed to go on forever.  It was a tough little finish.

"The legs didn't feel good, if they didn't feel good I'd be concerned. it was a great day with first, second and third with G and Richie on the podium as well, it was perfect for us.

"Tomorrow is more of a sprint, so I'd like to keep the leader's jersey for as long as possible, but let's see how it goes with the big mountains on Saturday then the final day with the TT, but I think there's plenty of work for me to do for Richie and G.

"I knew I had to go out hard to stay in contention with riders like Filippo and the power guys and then hope that I could perform on the climb a little bit better than them. My tactic was to minimise the time on the flat and hit the hill as hard as I could. I didn't lose too much time to G and Richie on the climb and I'm pretty happy with my form.

"It's given me a lot of confidence for the final stage and shown I can do this in such a short time trial, with pure power, I think it's going to be a good week - especially after the last race when I was climbing pretty well, but plenty of work to do yet.  

Complete results & GC:

4.05 kilometers ridden at an average speed of 44.724 km/hr

1	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	5min 26sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 9sec
3	Richie Porte	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:11
5	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
6	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
7	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:14
8	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
9	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
9	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
12	Ilan van Wilder	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
14	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:17
15	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
16	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:18
17	Josef Cerny	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
18	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	0:19
19	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Miguel Lopez	Movistar	s.t.
21	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Owain Doull	INEOS Grenadiers	0:20
23	Tony Martin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Ion Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:21
25	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Javier Romo	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Chad Haga	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	0:22
29	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:23
32	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	0:24
33	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:25
35	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
37	Felix Gall	Team DSM	s.t.
38	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:26
43	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Rodrigo Contreras	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
46	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	0:27
48	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
50	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Steff Cras	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
52	Mattias Jensen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:28
55	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
57	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
58	Damien Howson	Team BikeExchange	0:29
59	Kenny Elissonde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:30
62	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
64	Charlie Quarterman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Mads Schmidt	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
66	Reto Hollenstein	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
67	Ian Garrison	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
68	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
69	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
73	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
74	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
75	Marco Brenner	Team DSM	s.t.
76	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
77	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:33
78	Mathias Fluckiger	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
79	Davide Martinelli	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
80	Davide Villella	Movistar	s.t.
82	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:34
83	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
85	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Julien El Fares	EF Education-Nippo	0:35
88	Diego Camargo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
89	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:36
91	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Alex Edmondson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
93	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
96	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
99	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
100	Brent Bookwalter	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
101	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
103	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:38
105	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	0:39
107	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
108	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	0:40
110	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
111	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	0:41
112	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	0:42
113	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
114	Gerben Thijssen	Lotto Soudal	0:43
115	Sander Armee	Qhubeka-Assos	0:44
116	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
117	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
118	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	0:45
119	Harry Tanfield	Qhubeka-Assos	0:46
120	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
121	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
122	Tsgabu Grmay	Team BikeExchange	0:47
123	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
124	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	0:49
125	Jaakko Hanninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
127	Sam Bewley	Team BikeExchange	0:50
128	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	0:51
129	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
130	Chris Froome	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:52
131	Carlos Barbero	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
132	Juraj Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	0:53
133	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
134	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	0:54
135	Dylan Sunderland	Qhubeka-Assos	0:55
136	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:56
137	Joab Schneiter	Swiss Cycling	0:59
138	Erik Baska	Bora-hansgrohe	1:01
139	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	1:09
140	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:19

Prologue map & profile:

Prologue map

Prologue profile

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Start list with back numbers, April 26, 2021:

DS = Directeur Sportif

	INEOS GRENADIERS
1	THOMAS Geraint
2	AMADOR Andrey
3	DENNIS Rohan
4	DOULL Owain
5	DUNBAR Edward
6	GANNA Filippo
7	PORTE Richie
DS	ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
11	MASNADA Fausto
12	CATTANEO Mattia
13	CAVAGNA Remi
14	ČERNY Josef
15	DEVENYNS Dries
16	GARRISON Ian
17	KEISSE Iljo
DS	VAN SLYCKE Rik
	JUMBO-VISMA
21	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
22	KUSS Sepp
23	LEEMREIZE Gijs
24	MARTIN Tony
25	PFINGSTEN Christoph
26	TOLHOEK Antwan
27	VAN EMDEN Jos
DS	BOVEN Jan
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
31	HIRSCHI Marc
32	COSTA Rui
33	COVI Alessandro
34	MUNOZ LANCHEROS Cristian Camilo
35	RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel
36	TROIA Oliviero
37	ULISSI Diego
DS	GUIDI Fabrizio
	BORA - HANSGROHE
41	SAGAN Peter
42	BASKA Erik
43	BURGHARDT Marcus
44	KELDERMAN Wilco
45	MEEUS Jordi
46	SAGAN Juraj
47	ZWIEHOFF Ben
DS	SCHULZE André
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
51	ELISSONDE Kenny
52	EG Niklas
53	JENSEN Mattias
54	MOSCA Jacopo
55	MOSCHETTI Matteo
56	QUARTERMAN Charles
57	TIBERI Antonio
DS	DE JONGH Steven
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
61	CARUSO Damiano
62	BAUHAUS Phil
63	COLBRELLI Sonny
64	HAIG Jack
65	PERNSTEINER Hermann
66	TRATNIK Jan
67	WILLIAMS Stephen
DS	ALDAG Rolf
	AG2R CITROEN TEAM
71	CHAMPOUSSIN Clement
72	FRANK Mathias
73	GOUGEARD Alexis
74	HANNINEN Jaakko
75	NAESEN Lawrence
76	O'CONNOR Ben
77	VENTURINI Clement
DS	JANNEL Didier
	ASTANA - PREMIER TECH
81	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion
82	BOARO Manuele
83	CONTRERAS PINZON Rodrigo
84	IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
85	LUTSENKO Alexey
86	MARTINELLI Davide
87	ROMO OLIVER Javier
DS	FOFONOV Dmitriy
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE
91	HAMILTON Lucas
92	BEWLEY Samuel
93	BOOKWALTER Brent
94	EDMONDSON Alexander
95	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
96	HOWSON Damien
97	SMITH Dion
DS	DEAN Julian
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
101	BADILATTI Matteo
102	KUNG Stefan
103	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
104	LIENHARD Fabian
105	REICHENBACH Sebastien
106	SEIGLE Romain
107	STEWART Jake
DS	MADIOT Yvon
	TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS
111	HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
112	ARMEE Sander
113	BARBERO Carlos
114	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
115	POWER Rob
116	SUNDERLAND Dylan
117	TANFIELD Harry
DS	VANOUDENHOVE Gino
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
121	WOODS Michael
122	BEVIN Patrick
123	BOIVIN Guillaume
124	DOWSETT Alex
125	FROOME Chris
126	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
127	SCHMIDT Mads Wurtz
DS	VERBRUGGHE Rik
	MOVISTAR TEAM
131	SOLER Marc
132	CATALDO Dario
133	JACOBS Johan
134	JORGENSEN Mathias
135	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
136	TORRES BARCELO Albert
137	VILLELLA Davide
DS	GARCIA ACOSTA Jose Vicente
	LOTTO SOUDAL
141	GILBERT Philippe
142	CONCA Filippo
143	CRAS Steff
144	GOOSSENS Kobe
145	HOLMES Matthew
146	KRON Andreas
147	THIJSSEN Gerben
DS	MONFORT Maxime
	COFIDIS
151	HERRADA Jesus
152	BERHANE Natnael
153	BOHLI Tom
154	CHAMPION Thomas
155	HERRADA Jose
156	SABATINI Fabio
157	VIVIANI Elia
DS	DAMIANI Roberto
	TEAM DSM
161	ARENSMAN Thymen
162	BRENNER Marco
163	DENZ Nico
164	GALL Felix
165	HAGA Chad
166	HAMILTON Christopher
167	van WILDER Ilan
DS	REEF Marc
	EF EDUCATION - NIPPO
171	VAN GARDEREN Tejay
172	BISSEGGER Stefan
173	CAICEDO Jonathan
174	CAMARGO PINEDA Diego Andres
175	EL FARES Julien
176	NIELSEN Magnus Cort
177	POWLESS Neilson
DS	GARATE CEPA Juan Manuel
	INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT
181	MEINTJES Louis
182	BAKELANTS Jan
183	HIRT Jan
184	MINALI Riccardo
185	PASQUALON Andrea
186	PETILLI Simone
187	TAARAMAE Rein
DS	VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire
	SWISS CYCLING
191	PELLAUD Simon
192	FLUCKIGER Mathias
193	IMHOF Claudio
194	REUTIMANN Matthias
195	SCHNEITER Joab
196	SUTER Joel
197	THIERY Cyrille
DS	ALBASINI Michael