2020 Digital Swiss 5
April 22 - April 26, 2020
Tour of Switzerland podium history | 2019 Edition | 2021 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
Here's the organizer's explanation: From 22nd to 26th April, The Digital Swiss 5 will put the future of indoor cycling on the podium. On this occasion, 19 professional teams from the World and Continental Tour will compete on routes of the actual Tour de Suisse. Every single athlete, competing alone at home but together with his teammates – a race that the sports world has never seen before.
Sunday, April 26: 5th & Final Stage, Camperio - Disentis Sedrun, 36 km
Stage 5 profile | Stage 5 start list | You can watch the race on Flobikes here
Rohan Dennis gets his second victory in this year's Digital Swiss 5
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Rohan Dennis' Team INEOS.
Rohan Dennis powered to his second race win of the Digital Swiss 5 with an impressive climbing display on the final day.
Dennis set the pace from the start, took an early lead and was unable to be pegged back by any of his competitors in the early running, with Nico Roche (Team Sunweb) and Max Schachmann (Bora Hansgrohe) coming back into contention in the second half of the race.
In the final part of the race, Roche emerged as the biggest threat, but despite a large effort which reduced the gap to Dennis, he was unable to make up enough ground on the final climb as the World Time Trial champion measured his effort to claimed his second victory of the week.
Dennis’ second victory rounds off a strong week from Team INEOS, with two wins and two podium finishes across the five-race event.
Rohan Dennis:
“Today was a lot harder than stage one, but I had Nico chasing me and Schachmann as well and I went out quite hard and tried to hold on, but it wasn’t easy that’s for sure.
“I was doing a lot of calculations on the final climb to see if I could take some time from Nico in the slower parts, but he just kept going. I measured my effort to what he was doing and just kept a little bit in the tank in case he kicked in the end.”
Complete Results:
36.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.323 km/hr
| 1 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | 59min 28.0sec |
| 2 | ROCHE Nicholas | Team Sunweb | @ 11.8sec |
| 3 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Jumbo-Visma | 37.5 |
| 4 | HAMILTON Christopher | Team Sunweb | 45.2 |
| 5 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | BORA-hansgrohe | 49.0 |
| 6 | HINDLEY Jai | Team Sunweb | 50.0 |
| 7 | O' CONNOR Ben | NTT Pro Cycling | 59.4 |
| 8 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | CCC Team | @ 1min 10.8sec |
| 9 | SCHULTZ Nick | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 1:16.6 |
| 10 | FRANK Mathias | Swiss National Team | 1:31.8 |
| 11 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:33.5 |
| 12 | WHELAN James | EF Pro Cycling | 1:53.8 |
| 13 | PICCOLI James | Israel Start-Up Nation | 2:12.6 |
| 14 | GASTAUER Ben | AG2R La Mondiale | 2:25.5 |
| 15 | CHEREL Mikaël | AG2R La Mondiale | 2:51.3 |
| 16 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | 3:01.8 |
| 17 | MANNION Gavin | RALLY Cycling | 3:10.1 |
| 18 | REICHENBACH Sébastian | Swiss National Team | 3:52.4 |
| 19 | VALTER Attila | CCC Team | 4:38.3 |
| 20 | BROWN Nathan | RALLY Cycling | 4:42.2 |
| 21 | CAVAGNA Remi | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:46.2 |
| 22 | BADILATTI Matteo | Swiss National Team | 4:55.7 |
| 23 | RUTSCH Jonas | EF Pro Cycling | 5:07.8 |
| 24 | CHEVRIER Clément | AG2R La Mondiale | 5:13.4 |
| 25 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | Team INEOS | 5:17.0 |
| 26 | SOUPE Geoffrey | Total Direct Energie | 5:21.8 |
| 27 | CICCONE Guilio | Trek-Segafredo | 5:37.3 |
| 28 | MOLLEMA Bauke | Trek-Segafredo | 5:40.7 |
| 29 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto Soudal | 5:52.3 |
| 30 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Total Direct Energie | 6:12.8 |
| 31 | MADER Gino | NTT Pro Cycling | 6:16.1 |
| 32 | GUGLIELMI Simon | Groupama-FDJ | 6:21.0 |
| 33 | NIBALI Vincenzo | Trek-Segafredo | 7:03.1 |
| 34 | ZEITS Andrey | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 7:09.4 |
| 35 | SCHELLING Ide | BORA-hansgrohe | 8:18.6 |
| 36 | THIJSSEN Gerben | Lotto Soudal | 8:18.9 |
| 37 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | Team INEOS | 8:41.9 |
| 38 | FABBRO Matteo | BORA-hansgrohe | 9:13.4 |
| 39 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar Team | 9:35.3 |
| 40 | HAIG Jack | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 9:43.9 |
| 41 | DEWULF Stan | Lotto Soudal | 9:47.7 |
| 42 | TORRES Albert | Movistar Team | 9:53.3 |
| 43 | ALMEIDA Joao | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 10:13.7 |
| 44 | CAPECCHI Eros | Bahrain McLaren | 10:31.0 |
| 45 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 10:55.3 |
| 46 | MASNADA Fausto | CCC Team | 11:27.4 |
| 47 | CORT Magnus | EF Pro Cycling | 12:20.6 |
| 48 | POELS Wout | Bahrain McLaren | 12:42.4 |
| 49 | CIMOLAI Davide | Israel Start-Up Nation | 12:53.6 |
| --- | GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | DNF |
| --- | CATAFORD Alexander | Israel Start-Up Nation | DNF |
| --- | HARPER Chris | Team Jumbo-Visma | DNF |
| --- | COUSIN Jerome | Total Direct Energie | DNF |
| --- | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain McLaren | DNS |
| --- | CATALDO Dario | Movistar Team | DNS |
| --- | DAL-CIN Matteo | RALLY Cycling | DNS |
| --- | ROGLIC Primoz | Team Jumbo-Visma | DNS |
| Ag2r La Mondiale (FRA) |
| Mikaël Cherel |
| Clement Chevrier |
| Ben Gastauer |
| Bahrain McLaren (BRN) |
| Eros Capecchi |
| Santiago Buitrago Sanchez |
| Wout Poels |
| BORA-hansgrohe (GER) |
| Matteo Fabbro |
| Max Schachmann |
| Ide Schelling |
| CCC Team (POL) |
| Fausto Masnada |
| Attila Valter |
| Ilnur Zakarin |
| Deceuninck-Quick Step (BEL) |
| Julian Alaphilippe |
| João Almeida |
| Rémi Cavagna |
| EF Pro Cycling (USA) |
| Magnus Cort |
| Jonas Rutsch |
| James Whelan |
| Groupama-FDJ (FRA) |
| David Gaudu |
| Simon Gugliemi |
| Valentin Madouas |
| Israel Start-Up Nation (ISR) |
| Alexander Cataford |
| Davide Cimolai |
| James Piccoli |
| Lotto Soudal (BEL) |
| Stan Dewulf |
| Gerben Thijssen |
| Tim Wellens |
| Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) |
| Jack Haig |
| Nick Schultz |
| Andrey Zeits |
| Movistar Team (ESP) |
| Dario Cataldo |
| Sergio Samitier |
| Albert Torres |
| NTT Pro Cycling (RSA) |
| Gino Mader |
| Ben O’Connor |
| Domenico Pozzovivo |
| RALLY Cycling (USA) |
| Nate Brown |
| Matteo Dal-Cin |
| Gavin Mannion |
| Team INEOS (GBR) |
| Rohan Dennis |
| Michal Kwiatkowski |
| Carlos Rodriguez |
| Team Jumbo-Visma (NED) |
| Chris Harper |
| Primož Roglič |
| Jonas Vingegaard |
| Team Sunweb (GER) |
| Chris Hamilton |
| Jai Hindley |
| Nico Roche |
| Total Direct Energie (FRA) |
| Lilian Calmejeane |
| Jérome Cousin |
| Geoffrey Soupe |
| Trek-Segafredo (USA) |
| Guilio Ciccone |
| Bauke Mollema |
| Vincenzo Nibali |
| Swiss National Team (SUI) |
| Matteo Badilatti |
| Matthias Frank |
| Sébastien Reichenbach |
Saturday, April 25: Stage 4, Oberlangenegg - Langnau, 36.76 km
Stage 4 profile | Stage 4 start list | You can watch the race on Flobikes here
Stefan Küng takes the fourth stage.
The race: Here's the report from second-place Michael Matthews' Team Sunweb.
Race 4 of the Digital Swiss 5 saw the riders complete a 37 kilometre virtual route from Oberlangenegg to Langnau. Representing the colours of Team Sunweb were Alberto Dainese, Nico Denz and Michael Matthews, equipped with their Cervélo bikes set up on Elite Cycling Trainers.
Michael Matthews did not hesitate in stamping his authority on the race and was by far the fastest out of the blocks. The Australian rider managed to maintain a fierce tempo throughout, keeping his rivals at bay over the two climbs.
However, an extremely well measured effort from Stefan Küng began to put Matthews’ lead in question. His seemingly insurmountable gap began to fall as the riders approached the virtual town of Langnau setting up an enthralling finale.
Despite his best efforts and a flurry of late attacks in the closing stages, Matthews was ultimately overtaken by the Swiss time trial specialist, finishing in second place at the line.
Speaking after the race Matthews said: “It was another super hard virtual race. My tactic was to go out early and see if I could hold them off. It seemed like it was going to work, but at around five kilometres to go, Stefan was closing in. I tried to keep the pressure on and tried some softening up attacks to see if I could crack him a little bit. Unfortunately he didn’t and he caught me with two kilometres to go. These TT guys just know the power they need to hold to the finish and know how to sustain it. My only option was to try something different and attack him when he came close. It was another really good race for the team with another podium today.”
Complete Results:
36.76 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.896 km/hr
| 1 | KÜNG Stefan | Swiss National Team | 46min 3.2sec |
| 2 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Sunweb | @ 6.7sec |
| 3 | HAYTER Ethan | Team INEOS | 43.9 |
| 4 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | 57.7 |
| 5 | GOGL Michael | NTT Pro Cycling | @ 1min 0.1sec |
| 6 | DILLIER Silvan | AG2R La Mondiale | 1:42.5 |
| 7 | SVENDSEN FOSS Tobias | Team Jumbo-Visma | 1:48.5 |
| 8 | BASSETT Stephen | RALLY Cycling | 1:55.5 |
| 9 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Groupama-FDJ | 1:57.1 |
| 10 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | CCC Team | 2:00.8 |
| 11 | SKUJINS Toms | Trek-Segafredo | 2:26.6 |
| 12 | GODON Dorian | AG2R La Mondiale | 2:28.4 |
| 13 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto Soudal | 2:28.7 |
| 14 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto Soudal | 2:30.7 |
| 15 | TRATNIK Jan | Bahrain McLaren | 2:44.6 |
| 16 | CAMPENAERTS Victor | NTT Pro Cycling | 2:48.3 |
| 17 | NAESEN Oliver | AG2R La Mondiale | 2:52.3 |
| 18 | CLARKE Will | Trek-Segafredo | 2:53.0 |
| 19 | DAL-CIN Matteo | RALLY Cycling | 2:58.2 |
| 20 | RUTSCH Jonas | EF Pro Cycling | 2:59.2 |
| 21 | GREIPEL Andre | Israel Start-Up Nation | 3:00.8 |
| 22 | CORT Magnus | EF Pro Cycling | 3:01.1 |
| 23 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | 3:09.3 |
| 24 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 3:13.4 |
| 25 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | NTT Pro Cycling | 3:31.6 |
| 26 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 3:34.1 |
| 27 | SWIFT Ben | Team INEOS | 3:41.9 |
| 28 | DE CLERCQ Tim | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:45.6 |
| 29 | JACOBS Johan | Movistar Team | 4:06.4 |
| 30 | IMHOF Claudio | Swiss National Team | 4:14.2 |
| 31 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu | Groupama-FDJ | 4:17.2 |
| 32 | ŠTYBAR Zdeněk | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:18.8 |
| 33 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:24.1 |
| 34 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Movistar Team | 4:27.6 |
| 35 | BENNETT Sean | EF Pro Cycling | 4:35.9 |
| 36 | DAINESE Alberto | Team Sunweb | 4:42.6 |
| 37 | JANSEN Amund | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4:47.9 |
| 38 | BOLE Grega | Bahrain McLaren | 4:49.4 |
| 39 | ASGREEN Kasper | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 5:02.4 |
| 40 | DENZ Nico | Team Sunweb | 5:47.2 |
| 41 | MAES Nikolas | Lotto Soudal | 5:55.7 |
| 42 | ALBASINI Michael | Swiss National Team | 6:17.6 |
| 43 | CATAFORD Alexander | Israel Start-Up Nation | 6:21.6 |
| 44 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama-FDJ | 6:56.0 |
| 45 | NIV Guy | Israel Start-Up Nation | 7:00.3 |
| 46 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | Movistar Team | 8:00.5 |
| 47 | LIGTHART Pim | Total Direct Energie | 8:42.1 |
| 48 | MARTENS Paul | Team Jumbo-Visma | 8:46.5 |
| 49 | LAAS Martin | BORA-hansgrohe | 9:26.9 |
| 50 | GAMPER Patrick | BORA-hansgrohe | 9:29.9 |
| 51 | QUARTERMAN Charlie | Trek-Segafredo | 10:30.3 |
| 52 | ANDERSON Ryan | RALLY Cycling | 10:31.3 |
| 53 | SIMON Julien | Total Direct Energie | 10:38.0 |
| 54 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | 11:18.6 |
| CORTINA Ivan | Bahrain McLaren | DNF | |
| JUUL JENSEN Christopher | Mitchelton-SCOTT | DNF | |
| ROWE Luke | Team INEOS | DNF |
| Ag2r La Mondiale (FRA) |
| Silvan Dillier |
| Dorian Godon |
| Oliver Naesen |
| Bahrain McLaren (BRN) |
| Grega Bole |
| Ivan Garcia Cortina |
| Jan Tratnik |
| BORA-hansgrohe (GER) |
| Patrick Gamper |
| Martin Laas |
| Lukas Pöstleberger |
| CCC Team (POL) |
| Greg Van Avermaet |
| Gijs Van Hoecke |
| Nathan Van Hooydonck |
| Deceuninck-Quick Step (BEL) |
| Kasper Asgreen |
| Tim De Clercq |
| Zdenek Štybar |
| EF Pro Cycling (USA) |
| Sean Bennett |
| Magnus Cort |
| Jonas Rutsch |
| Groupama-FDJ (FRA) |
| Bruno Armirail |
| Matthieu Ladagnous |
| Tobais Ludvigsson |
| Israel Start-Up Nation (ISR) |
| Alexander Cataford |
| André Greipel |
| Guy Niv |
| Lotto Soudal (BEL) |
| Jasper De Buyst |
| Nikolas Maes |
| Tosh Van Der Sande |
| Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) |
| Jack Bauer |
| Daryl Impey |
| Chris Juul Jensen |
| Movistar Team (ESP) |
| Gabriel Cullaigh |
| Johan Jacobs |
| Nelson Oliveira |
| NTT Pro Cycling (RSA) |
| Edvald Boassen Hagen |
| Victor Campanaerts |
| Michael Gogl |
| RALLY Cycling (USA) |
| Ryan Anderson |
| Stephen Bassett |
| Matteo Dal-Cin |
| Team INEOS (GBR) |
| Ethan Hayter |
| Luke Rowe |
| Ben Swift |
| Team Jumbo-Visma (NED) |
| Tobias Foss |
| Amund Grøndahl Jansen |
| Paul Martens |
| Team Sunweb (GER) |
| Alberto Dainese |
| Nico Denz |
| Michael Matthews |
| Total Direct Energie (FRA) |
| Pim Ligthart |
| Julien Simon |
| Anthony Turgis |
| Trek-Segafredo (USA) |
| Will Clarke |
| Charlie Quarterman |
| Toms Skujins |
| Swiss National Team (SUI) |
| Michael Albasini |
| Stefan Küng |
| Claudio Imhof |
Friday, April 24: Stage 3, Fiesch - Nufenenpass, 33.1 km
Stage 3 profile | Stage 3 start list | You can watch the race on Flobikes here
Nicolas Roche wins the third stage.
The race: Here's the report from winner Nicholas Roche's Team Sunweb
Race 3 of the Digital Swiss 5 saw the peloton take on a mixed bag of terrain, with a testing 33 kilometres from a virtual Fiesch to Nufenenpass to contend with. Chris Hamilton, Wilco Kelderman and Nicholas Roche were in action for the team, with their Cervélo bikes set up on Elite Cycling trainers, ready for another hour of tough racing.
Like in previous days, today’s racing got off to a scintillating pace with a number of riders pushing over eight watts per kilogram for the opening few kilometres. After their impressive second and fourth places in Race 1, Roche and Hamilton were to the fore in the early stages and they both picked their way through the pack and up the standings.
The riders charged along in ones and twos along the valley roads before making the turn onto the Nufenenpass. Leading onto the climb after a very impressive display on the flatter roads beforehand, Roche continued to put the power through the pedals as the road continued to rise, extending his gap over the opposition. Behind, Hamilton continued to make progress through the bunch and soon moved into fifth place.
With everyone giving it their all on the stinging slopes, Roche managed to hold on to take a commanding win, with Hamilton climbing into fourth place once again at the finish.
Speaking after the race Roche said: “That was a very, very difficult and intense race; it was on from the beginning. I just had to pace myself because I had Kwiatkowski, Zakarin and Warbasse just behind me on the climb. I could see I wasn’t able to gain much space on them but I was riding steadily and basing my effort on them behind. The climb and effort was a bit longer than I expected and the last three kilometres were absolutely horrible. I’m quite happy, it was a good effort for us and the team; I wanted to commit to this and I’m happy it’s worked out.”
Team Sunweb coach Luke Roberts added: “The guys are really enjoying the online races; in particular the guys who in the current circumstances can’t get out to train on the roads. It’s nice for them to be able to mix up their indoor efforts with some good competition. We can see that the guys like Nicholas, Chris and Michael [Matthews], who have been doing quite a lot of work on their indoor trainers the past few weeks are quite accustomed to it and benefiting from it when going into these online races. We’ve seen a great effort from Nicholas the first day, Michael yesterday and Nicholas has come away with the victory today. It’s going great for the boys and I’m sure they’re really enjoying it.”
Complete Results:
33.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 27.513 km/hr
| 1 | ROCHE Nicholas | Team Sunweb | 1hr 12min 11.2sec |
| 2 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | CCC Team | @ 1min 10.6sec |
| 3 | WARBASSE Larry | AG2R La Mondiale | 1:17.9 |
| 4 | HAMILTON Christopher | Team Sunweb | 1:40.2 |
| 5 | WHELAN James | EF Pro Cycling | 1:51.3 |
| 6 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | Team INEOS | 2:04.8 |
| 7 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain McLaren | 2:30.7 |
| 8 | MEINTJES Louis | NTT Pro Cycling | 2:54.6 |
| 9 | TAARAMAE Rein | Total Direct Energie | 3:08.3 |
| 10 | MANNION Gavin | RALLY Cycling | 3:25.3 |
| 11 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | 3:36.4 |
| 12 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4:39.3 |
| 13 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:53.3 |
| 14 | BADILATTI Matteo | Israel Start-Up Nation | 5:05.8 |
| 15 | KUSS Sepp | Team Jumbo-Visma | 6:17.9 |
| 16 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 6:33.8 |
| 17 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar Team | 6:38.0 |
| 18 | DILLIER Silvan | Swiss National Team | 6:53.6 |
| 19 | HAGEN Carl Fredrik | Lotto Soudal | 6:56.3 |
| 20 | BAGIOLI Andrea | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 7:09.5 |
| 21 | FRANK Mathias | AG2R La Mondiale | 7:10.7 |
| 22 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | 7:17.1 |
| 23 | BARTA William | CCC Team | 7:25.6 |
| 24 | ROJAS Jose Joaquin | Movistar Team | 7:25.9 |
| 25 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 8:06.7 |
| 26 | SCHURTER Nino | Swiss National Team | 8:10.4 |
| 27 | IVERSEN Rasmus | Lotto Soudal | 8:15.1 |
| 28 | MULLEN Ryan | Trek-Segafredo | 8:28.4 |
| 29 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | Team INEOS | 8:51.7 |
| 30 | SICARD Romain | Total Direct Energie | 9:13.2 |
| 31 | MORTON Lachlan | EF Pro Cycling | 9:22.6 |
| 32 | EG Nicolas | Trek-Segafredo | 9:38.0 |
| 33 | DE LA PARTE Victor | CCC Team | 9:52.5 |
| 34 | CRAS Steff | Lotto Soudal | 10:00.0 |
| 35 | KING Ben | NTT Pro Cycling | 10:18.7 |
| 36 | KREUZIGER Roman | NTT Pro Cycling | 10:40.3 |
| 37 | YATES Adam | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 10:52.2 |
| 38 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | 11:05.6 |
| 39 | COLOMBO Filippo | Swiss National Team | 11:29.3 |
| 40 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | Groupama-FDJ | 12:30.1 |
| 41 | GRELLIER Fabien | Total Direct Energie | 12:48.7 |
| 42 | CONCI Nicola | Trek-Segafredo | 13:22.2 |
| 43 | FABBRO Matteo | BORA-hansgrohe | 14:04.6 |
| 44 | JUNGELS Bob | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 14:49.8 |
| 45 | CAPECCHI Eros | Bahrain McLaren | 15:59.4 |
| 46 | BROWN Nathan | RALLY Cycling | 16:50.5 |
| 47 | MARTIN Daniel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 17:00.4 |
| 48 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Team INEOS | 26:51.1 |
| 49 | KONRAD Patrick | BORA-hansgrohe | 28:42.0 |
| 50 | ANDERSON Ryan | RALLY Cycling | 33:11.2 |
| 51 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Pro Cycling | 37:23.8 |
| LATOUR Pierre | AG2R La Mondiale | DSQ | |
| MOHORIČ Matej | Bahrain McLaren | DNF | |
| CATTANEO Mattia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | DNF | |
| GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | DNF | |
| CARRETERO Hector | Movistar Team | DNF | |
| ROGLIC Primoz | Team Jumbo-Visma | DNF |
| Ag2r La Mondiale (FRA) |
| Romain Bardet |
| Pierre Latour |
| Larry Warbasse |
| Bahrain McLaren (BRN) |
| Eros Capecchi |
| Matej Mohoric |
| Hermann Pernsteiner |
| BORA-hansgrohe (GER) |
| Emanuel Buchmann |
| Matteo Fabbro |
| Patrick Konrad |
| CCC Team (POL) |
| Will Barta |
| Victor De La Parte |
| Ilnur Zakarin |
| Deceuninck-Quick Step (BEL) |
| Andrea Bagioli |
| Mattia Cattaneo |
| Bob Jungels |
| EF Pro Cycling (USA) |
| Lawson Craddock |
| Lachlan Morton |
| James Whelan |
| Groupama-FDJ (FRA) |
| David Gaudu |
| Tobias Ludvigsson |
| Valentin Madouas |
| Israel Start-Up Nation (ISR) |
| Matteo Badilatti |
| Dan Martin |
| Alexis Renard |
| Lotto Soudal (BEL) |
| Steff Crass |
| Carl Fredrik Hagen |
| Rasmus Iversen |
| Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS) |
| Lucas Hamilton |
| Adam Yates |
| Simon Yates |
| Movistar Team (ESP) |
| Jorgé Arcas |
| Hector Carretero |
| José Joaquin Rojas |
| NTT Pro Cycling (RSA) |
| Ben King |
| Roman Kreuziger |
| Louis Meintjes |
| RALLY Cycling (USA) |
| Ryan Anderson |
| Nate Brown |
| Gavin Mannion |
| Team INEOS (GBR) |
| Jonathan Castroviejo |
| Michal Kwiatkowski |
| Carlos Rodriguez |
| Team Jumbo-Visma (NED) |
| Sepp Kuss |
| Primož Roglič |
| Jonas Vingegaard |
| Team Sunweb (GER) |
| Chris Hamilton |
| Nico Roche |
| Wilco Kelderman |
| Total Direct Energie (FRA) |
| Fabien Grellier |
| Romain Sicard |
| Rein Taaramae |
| Trek-Segafredo (USA) |
| Nicola Conci |
| Niklas Eg |
| Ryan Mullen |
| Swiss National Team (SUI) |
| Filippo Colombo |
| Silvan Dillier |
| Nino Schurter |
Thursday, April 23: Stage 2, Frauenfeld - Frauenfeld, 4 laps of 11.5 km = 46.0 km
Stage 2 profile | Stage two start list | You can watch the race on Flobikes here
Stefan Küng wins stage two.
Complete Results:
46 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.387 km/hr
| 1 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | 54min 30.1sec |
| 2 | GANNA Filippo | Team INEOS | @ 47.1sec |
| 3 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Sunweb | @ 1min 28.6sec |
| 4 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | CCC Team | 1:32.5 |
| 5 | DAL-CIN Matteo | RALLY Cycling | 2:24.3 |
| 6 | BASSETT Stephen | RALLY Cycling | 2:30.8 |
| 7 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | 2:40.9 |
| 8 | GRADEK Kamil | CCC Team | 2:42.8 |
| 9 | SCHÄR Michi | Swiss National Team | 2:47.1 |
| 10 | DOCKER Mitch | EF Education First | 3:21.2 |
| 11 | WALSCHEID Max | NTT Pro Cycling | 3:30.7 |
| 12 | GAMPER Patrick | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:54.7 |
| 13 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto Soudal | 4:11.4 |
| 14 | ZUKOWSKY Nickolas | RALLY Cycling | 4:30.7 |
| 15 | IMHOF Claudio | Swiss National Team | 4:32.6 |
| 16 | VERMEERSCH Florian | Lotto Soudal | 4:41.1 |
| 17 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | CCC Team | 4:44.5 |
| 18 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | NTT Pro Cycling | 4:57.9 |
| 19 | TRATNIK Jan | Bahrain McLaren | 5:01.5 |
| 20 | JACOBS Johan | Movistar Team | 5:03.1 |
| 21 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:04.8 |
| 22 | DAINESE Alberto | Team Sunweb | 5:12.0 |
| 23 | THOMAS Benjamin | GroupamaFDJ | 5:14.5 |
| 24 | SCOTSON Callum | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 5:40.0 |
| 25 | DILLIER Silvan | AG2R La Mondiale | 5:50.7 |
| 26 | THEUNS Edward | Trek-Segafredo | 5:55.5 |
| 27 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | 6:02.4 |
| 28 | DENZ Nico | Team Sunweb | 6:15.7 |
| 29 | MAITRE Florian | Total Direct Energie | 6:35.4 |
| 30 | HEPBURN Michael | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 6:51.0 |
| 31 | HOFLAND Moreno | EF Education First | 7:03.2 |
| 32 | CAVAGNA Remi | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 7:08.7 |
| 33 | DUVAL Julien | AG2R La Mondiale | 7:20.5 |
| 34 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | 7:27.1 |
| 35 | JANSEN Amund | Team Jumbo-Visma | 7:35.6 |
| 36 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 7:45.5 |
| 37 | PICCOLI James | Israel Start-Up Nation | 7:54.7 |
| 38 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:04.2 |
| 39 | CARDIS Romain | Total Direct Energie | 8:12.1 |
| 40 | ZABEL Rick | Israel Start-Up Nation | 8:40.3 |
| 41 | LIEPINS Emils | Trek-Segafredo | 8:45.7 |
| 42 | BISSEGGER Stefan | Swiss National Team | 9:04.7 |
| 43 | ALBASINI Michael | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 9:12.0 |
| 44 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain McLaren | 9:18.8 |
| 45 | CIMOLAI Davide | Israel Start-Up Nation | 9:37.0 |
| 46 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Jumbo-Visma | 10:34.3 |
| 47 | LAAS Martin | BORA-hansgrohe | 10:48.7 |
| 48 | STANNARD Ian | Team INEOS | 11:14.4 |
| 49 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Movistar Team | 16:33.2 |
| 50 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | Total Direct Energie | 19:13.6 |
| 51 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Team Jumbo-Visma | 21:29.4 |
| 52 | CORTINA Ivan | Bahrain McLaren | 23:58.7 |
| 53 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | Lotto Soudal | 26:55.2 |
| --- | GOUGEARD Alexis | AG2R La Mondiale | DNF |
| --- | SCULLY Tom | EF Education First | DNF |
| --- | LAWLESS Chris | Team INEOS | DNF |
| --- | ROELANDTS Jurgen | Movistar Team | DNS |
Ag2r La Mondiale (FRA)
Silvan Dillier
Julien Duval
Alexis Gougeard
Bahrain McLaren (BRN)
Phil Bauhaus
Ivan Garcia Cortina
Jan Tratnik
BORA-hansgrohe (GER)
Lukas Pöstlberger
Martin Laas
Patrick Gamper
CCC Team (POL)
Kamil Gradek
Greg Van Avermaet
Gjis Van Hoecke
Deceuninck-Quick Step (BEL)
Sam Bennett
Rémi Cavagna
Michael Mørkøv
EF Pro Cycling (USA)
Mitch Docker
Moreno Hofland
Tom Scully
Groupama-FDJ (FRA)
Stefan Küng
Fabian Lienhard
Benjamin Thomas
Israel Start-Up Nation (ISR)
Alexander Cataford
Davide Cimolai
James Piccoli
Lotto Soudal (BEL)
Frederik Frison
Brian Van Goethem
Florian Vermeersch
Mitchelton-SCOTT (AUS)
Michael Albasini
Michael Hepburn
Callum Scotson
Movistar Team (ESP)
Gabriel Cullaigh
Johan Jacobs
Jurgen Roelandts
NTT Pro Cycling (RSA)
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Rasmus Tiller
Max Walscheid
RALLY Cycling (USA)
Stephen Bassett
Matteo Dal-Cin
Nickolas Zukowsky
Team INEOS (GBR)
Filippo Ganna
Chris Lawless
Ian Stannard
Team Jumbo-Visma (NED)
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Amund Grøndahl Jansen
Mike Teunissen
Team Sunweb (GER)
Alberto Dainese
Nico Denz
Michael Matthews
Total Direct Energie (FRA)
Romain Cardis
Florian Maitre
Lorenzo Manzin
Trek-Segafredo (USA)
Mads Pedersen
Edward Theuns
Emils Liepiņš
Swiss National Team (SUI)
Stefan Bissegger
Clauidio Imhof
Michael Schâr
Wednesday, April 22: Stage 1, Agarn-Leukerbad, 26.6 km
Stage one profile | Stage one start list | You can watch it on Flobikes here
Rohan Dennis wins the first stage.
The race: Here's the report from winner Rohan Dennis' Team INEOS
Rohan Dennis continued his great form in e-racing to claim victory in the opening event of the Digital Swiss 5.
The Velon event saw 19 teams each enter three riders, tackling a mountainous course that featured real roads from the Tour de Suisse.
Dennis, fresh from his recent win versus his teammates in the inaugural Team INEOS eRace, started at a strong pace before edging into the lead on the first climb.
After overhauling Jimmy Whelan (EF Pro Cycling), Dennis began to extend his lead, setting an impressive pace to push his advantage out to beyond a minute. His eventual winning margin over Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb) was 1:09.
Cameron Wurf was another rider to start strongly, holding an early third place before eventually securing an impressive top-10 finish. Carlos Rodriguez was the third rider in action on the day, with another three riders set to be announced on Thursday morning, ahead of race two in the afternoon.
Rohan Dennis:
“It feels pretty good. It was more or less a 53-minute time trial. Obviously aerodynamics doesn’t come into play but weight does. It’s all about the power to weight – so it’s good to know that the training that I’m doing right now is really working for my time trialling in particular.
“I’m not going to lie, it was hard. My legs were cramped and in the last 10-15mins I was feeling it. I just don’t think I felt it as much as some other people might. But don’t get me wrong, that hurt!”
Results:
26.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 28.957 km/hr
| 1 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | 53min 7.4sec |
| 2 | ROCHE Nicholas | Team Sunweb | @ 1min 9.7sec |
| 3 | WHELAN James | EF Education First | 01:28.1 |
| 4 | HAMILTON Christopher | Team Sunweb | 01:38.7 |
| 5 | O' CONNOR Ben | NTT Pro Cycling | 02:03.7 |
| 6 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 02:17.4 |
| 7 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 02:37.4 |
| 8 | SERRY Pieter | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 03:14.4 |
| 9 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First | 03:15.1 |
| 10 | WURF Cameron | Team INEOS | 03:35.1 |
| 11 | BILBAO Pello | Bahrain McLaren | 03:49.4 |
| 12 | SCHÄR Michi | CCC Team | 03:57.2 |
| 13 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | 04:33.9 |
| 14 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien | AG2R La Mondiale | 04:55.6 |
| 15 | MANNION Gavin | RALLY Cycling | 05:07.9 |
| 16 | VALTER Attila | CCC Team | 05:10.0 |
| 17 | BADILATTI Matteo | Israel Start-Up Nation | 05:11.2 |
| 18 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | 05:12.3 |
| 19 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Israel Start-Up Nation | 05:18.0 |
| 20 | GESINK Robert | Team Jumbo-Visma | 05:37.6 |
| 21 | HOWSON Damien | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 05:51.6 |
| 22 | AFFINI Edoardo | Mitchelton-SCOTT | 06:01.0 |
| 23 | MEINTJES Louis | NTT Pro Cycling | 06:06.0 |
| 24 | FROIDEVAUX Robin | Swiss National Team | 06:13.8 |
| 25 | CLARKE Simon | EF Education First | 06:23.4 |
| 26 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | Team INEOS | 06:29.7 |
| 27 | MADER Gino | NTT Pro Cycling | 06:36.5 |
| 28 | SICARD Romain | Total Direct Energie | 06:38.4 |
| 29 | ZUKOWSKY Nickolas | RALLY Cycling | 06:48.4 |
| 30 | ARMÉE Sander | Lotto Soudal | 06:50.7 |
| 31 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto Soudal | 07:03.0 |
| 32 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar Team | 07:05.8 |
| 33 | VERSCHAEVE Viktor | Lotto Soudal | 07:06.9 |
| 34 | VERONA Carlos | Movistar Team | 07:07.3 |
| 35 | KUSS Sepp | Team Jumbo-Visma | 07:41.0 |
| 36 | FRANKINY Kilian | Groupama-FDJ | 07:51.5 |
| 37 | SCHELLING Ide | BORA-hansgrohe | 08:13.6 |
| 38 | ERVITI Imanol | Movistar Team | 08:16.8 |
| 39 | COLOMBO Filippo | Swiss National Team | 08:16.9 |
| 40 | POELS Wout | Bahrain McLaren | 08:22.6 |
| 41 | MOLLEMA Bauke | Trek-Segafredo | 08:30.3 |
| 42 | BENNETT George | Team Jumbo-Visma | 08:32.7 |
| 43 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | 08:36.2 |
| 44 | REICHENBACH Sébastian | Groupama-FDJ | 08:43.0 |
| 45 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | 08:53.3 |
| 46 | OURSELIN Paul | Total Direct Energie | 08:57.8 |
| 47 | PETERS Nans | AG2R La Mondiale | 09:30.8 |
| 48 | DEVENYNS Dries | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 10:01.0 |
| 49 | RENARD Alexis | Israel Start-Up Nation | 11:37.0 |
| 50 | LIENHARD Fabian | Swiss National Team | 12:38.0 |
| 51 | KÄMNA Lennard | BORA-hansgrohe | 12:51.5 |
| 52 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Total Direct Energie | 12:57.3 |
| 53 | FABBRO Matteo | BORA-hansgrohe | 13:44.8 |
| 54 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain McLaren | 15:52.5 |
| 55 | NIBALI Antonio | Trek-Segafredo | 18:55.8 |
| --- | BROWN Nathan | RALLY Cycling | --- |
Ag2R la Mondiale
Mathias FRANK
Nans PETERS
Aurélien PARET-PEINTRE
BORA-hansgrohe
Matteo Fabbro
Ide Schelling
Lennard Kämna
CCC Team
Schär Michael
Attila Valter
Simon Geschke
Deceuninck - Quick-Step Team
Remco Evenepoel
Pieter Serry
Dries Devenyns
EF Pro Cycling
Simon Clarke
James Whelan
Lawson Craddock
Groupama-FDJ
Kilian Frankiny
Sébastian Reichenbach
Rudy Molard
Israel Start-Up Nation
Matteo BADILATTI
Reto HOLLENSTEIN
Alexis RENARD
Lotto Soudal
Harm Vanhoucke
Sander Armée
Viktor Verschaeve
Mitchelton-SCOTT
Luke Durbridge
Edoardo Affini
Damian Howson
Movistar Team
IMANOL ERVITI
SERGIO SAMITIER
CARLOS VERONA
NTT Pro Cycling
Ben O' Connor
Gino Mader
Louis Meintjes
Team Bahrain McLaren
Pello Bilbao
Wout Poels
Santiago Buitrago Sanchez
Team INEOS
Rohan Dennis
Cameron Wurf
Carlos Rodriguez
Team Jumbo-Visma
George Bennett
Robert Gesink
Sepp Kuss
Team Sunweb
Chris Hamilton
Nicholas Roche
Wilco Kelderman
Trek-Segafredo
Bauke Mollema
Antonio Nibali
Gianluca Brambilla
Rally Cycling
Gavin MANNION
Nicholas ZUKOWSKI
Nathan BROWN
Total Direct Energie
Lilian CALMEJANE
Paul OURSELIN
Simon SELLIER
Swiss National Team
Filippo Colombo
Froidevaux Robin
Fabian Lienhard