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Sunday, May 1: 5th & Final Stage, Aigle - Villars 16.19 km individual time trial
Aleksandr Vlasov riding to both a stage win and final overall victory. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the start town of Aigle at 1:40 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from stage and final GC winner Aleskandr Vlasov's Team Bora-hansgrohe.
The final stage featured a time trial starting in Aigle and running along a flat course for the first 5 km before the riders had to contest the final 10 km on an uphill terrain to the finish town of Villars. Today the fight for the overall win would be decided, as the time gaps between the favorites were small. Aleks Vlasov, who was 18 seconds behind the then-leader Rohan Dennis before the stage, had a good chance for a podium position today and he certainly did not disappoint.
Aleks started third-last and set the best intermediate time before crossing the finish line with an outstanding time of 33:40:33, some 31 seconds faster than the second-placed Simon Geschke. With this stage win, Aleks also secured the overall victory, his second GC win for the team from Raubling and his first WorldTour stage and GC victory.
Going into the third stage Rohan Dennis was the GC leader, but his rode the time trial 2min 12sec slower than winner Vlasov. Sirotti photo
BORA - hansgrohe concluded the Tour de Romandie very successfully with Felix Grossschartner's 3rd place in the prologue, a stage win by Sergio Higuita, as well as a second place on stage 4, today's win in the individual time trial and the general classification with Aleks Vlasov.
"My goal today was to win the GC and I did my best and I am super happy with the outcome. Yesterday was a good day with my second place but it was sort of a warm up for today. I am already in good form and I was very concentrated on my goal in the time trial. Today’s stage was most important as my objective was of course to win the general classification. I was pretty confident and I just tried to deliver a good time and ride very strong in order to take the GC." - Aleksandr Vlasov
"The last stage, the time trial, ended exactly as we had wished and hoped for. We also believed that such an outcome would be possible and so it is doubly nice that our goal to take the overall victory has also been reached. Aleks rode a super time trial and it was a deserved win, which we are of course very pleased with." - Rolf Aldag, Sports Director
The final GC podium, from left: Gino Mader (2nd), Aleksandr Vlasov (1st) & Simon Geschke (3rd). Sirotti photo
Complete results:
16.19 kilometers raced at an average speed of 28.854 km/hr
1 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 33min 40sec |
2 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | @ 31sec |
3 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | 0:36 |
4 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:04 |
5 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | 1:05 |
6 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 1:07 |
7 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:25 |
8 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
9 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 1:26 |
10 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:40 |
11 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 1:42 |
12 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 1:48 |
13 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:51 |
14 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:52 |
15 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
16 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:55 |
17 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 1:56 |
18 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
19 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 1:59 |
20 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:04 |
21 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:05 |
22 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 2:12 |
23 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | 2:15 |
24 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | 2:30 |
25 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 2:31 |
26 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:32 |
27 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 2:36 |
28 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 2:38 |
29 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:42 |
30 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 2:43 |
31 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:45 |
32 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:48 |
33 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 2:49 |
34 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 2:50 |
35 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 2:51 |
36 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:52 |
37 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 2:54 |
38 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:58 |
39 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 3:06 |
40 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | 3:08 |
41 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:09 |
42 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 3:11 |
43 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:15 |
44 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:16 |
45 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:18 |
46 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
47 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | 3:22 |
48 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
49 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 3:23 |
50 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:27 |
51 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 3:29 |
52 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
53 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:30 |
54 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
55 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 3:36 |
56 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 3:38 |
57 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 3:42 |
58 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:43 |
59 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 3:44 |
60 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:45 |
61 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
62 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 3:52 |
63 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 4:00 |
64 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:03 |
65 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 4:04 |
66 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 4:05 |
67 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
68 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 4:10 |
69 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 4:13 |
70 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 4:15 |
71 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:16 |
72 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | 4:24 |
73 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 4:25 |
74 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 4:35 |
75 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 4:37 |
76 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:40 |
77 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
78 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:42 |
79 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:45 |
80 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:50 |
81 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:55 |
82 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 5:03 |
83 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 5:06 |
84 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | 5:09 |
85 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
86 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 5:13 |
87 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | 5:16 |
88 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 5:21 |
89 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:25 |
90 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 5:30 |
91 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | 5:31 |
92 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 5:33 |
93 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 5:40 |
94 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 5:47 |
95 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:51 |
96 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | 5:53 |
97 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 6:15 |
98 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:25 |
99 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | 6:32 |
100 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 6:34 |
101 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 6:37 |
102 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 6:44 |
103 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 6:48 |
104 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 6:57 |
105 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | 6:58 |
106 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 7:06 |
107 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 7:08 |
108 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | s.t. |
109 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
110 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 7:29 |
111 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 7:31 |
112 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
113 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 7:38 |
114 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 7:39 |
115 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 8:05 |
116 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 8:06 |
117 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 9:00 |
Final GC after stage 5:
712.36 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.540 km/hr
1 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 18hr 0min 59sec |
2 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | @ 50sec |
3 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:55 |
4 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | 1:22 |
5 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:47 |
6 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:51 |
7 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | 1:52 |
8 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 1:54 |
9 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:08 |
10 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 2:13 |
11 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 2:19 |
12 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 2:40 |
13 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 2:54 |
14 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:55 |
15 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 3:02 |
16 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
17 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:14 |
18 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:28 |
19 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
20 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:06 |
21 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 4:26 |
22 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 4:36 |
23 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 4:44 |
24 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:54 |
25 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 5:14 |
26 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 5:16 |
27 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | 5:18 |
28 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
29 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 5:24 |
30 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | 5:45 |
31 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 5:50 |
32 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 6:19 |
33 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 6:55 |
34 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 7:05 |
35 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | 7:06 |
36 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | 7:37 |
37 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 8:07 |
38 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 8:09 |
39 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | 8:16 |
40 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | 9:33 |
41 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 10:41 |
42 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 10:50 |
43 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:25 |
44 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 12:44 |
45 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 13:04 |
46 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 13:17 |
47 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 13:52 |
48 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:00 |
49 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 15:04 |
50 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:06 |
51 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 16:08 |
52 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 16:35 |
53 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 18:36 |
54 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 20:04 |
55 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 20:42 |
56 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | 22:05 |
57 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | 22:18 |
58 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 22:21 |
59 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 22:47 |
60 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 23:19 |
61 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 24:46 |
62 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 25:12 |
63 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | 26:18 |
64 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 26:22 |
65 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 27:15 |
66 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 27:17 |
67 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 27:39 |
68 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 28:06 |
69 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 28:37 |
70 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 29:07 |
71 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 30:11 |
72 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 31:04 |
73 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 31:14 |
74 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 31:15 |
75 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 32:39 |
76 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 32:45 |
77 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 32:56 |
78 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | 33:45 |
79 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 33:46 |
80 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 34:06 |
81 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 34:22 |
82 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 34:38 |
83 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 37:43 |
84 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 37:55 |
85 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 38:19 |
86 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 39:30 |
87 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 39:39 |
88 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 39:57 |
89 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 43:34 |
90 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 44:10 |
91 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 45:08 |
92 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 46:11 |
93 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 46:20 |
94 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 46:43 |
95 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 47:57 |
96 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 48:03 |
97 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 49:12 |
98 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 49:13 |
99 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 50:13 |
100 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 50:27 |
101 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 50:57 |
102 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | 51:47 |
103 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 53:10 |
104 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 54:35 |
105 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 55:46 |
106 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 56:08 |
107 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 56:32 |
108 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | 58:47 |
109 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | 59:03 |
110 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 59:57 |
111 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:00:38 |
112 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:01:04 |
113 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | 1:03:07 |
114 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | 1:04:03 |
115 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:05:39 |
116 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:08:40 |
117 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 1:19:15 |
Stage 5 map & profile:
Stage 5 map
Stage 5 profile
Saturday, April 30: Stage 4, Aigle - Zinal, 180.1 km
Sergio Higuita (right) throws his bike to win the stage while his second-place teammate Aleksandr Vlasov sits up. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the finish city of Zinal at 1:40 PM, local time: 6C (42F), rain, with the wind from the northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph)
The race: 127 riders started the stage. Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), Romain Combaud (DSM) & Martin Tusveld (DSM) did not start. The official start was given at 10:58 AM.
Here's the report from stage winner Sergio Higuita's Bora-hansgrohe team:
The 180 km long queen stage between Aigle and Zinal featured five first category climbs, with the favourites having to lay their cards on the table, as the time gaps were not too large. After the first half of the race, several of the breakaway riders dropped back to the peloton, while the remaining leaders headed for the finale with an advantage of three minutes. BORA - hansgrohe was still holding back in the peloton at this point as the remaining escapees were gradually brought back.
On the final climb, Jumbo-Visma set a high pace in the reduced field of about 15 riders, which included Sergio Higuita and Aleksandr Vlasov. In the headwind on the last kilometre, the GC favourites battled it out for the win. With about 200m remaining, Sergio opened his sprint and wasn’t able to be caught by the rest. Aleks Vlasov sprinted to second place behind his Colombian champion teammate, and ensured a BORA-hansgrohe 1-2 on the stage.
Ahead of tomorrow's final time trial, Aleks thereby also moved up 8 places to third overall, 18 seconds behind the overall leader.
"This stage win means a lot to me because I was really suffering out there. During the race I didn't feel so good due to allergies but in the finale I realised that I was stronger than the others and 200m before the finish I just went full gas. We knew we could take a win here and now it’s finally happened. I am also happy that Aleks rode really well today and was able to take second. I think he will put in a strong performance tomorrow in the time trial and I hope we can get a good result overall with him." - Sergio Higuita
"This was a great performance by Sergio and Aleks. One and two on the queen stage is a smart team performance, and the whole team really contributed to this today. In the last couple of days Sergio had problems with allergies, and I think this win took a weight off his shoulders. That was really nice to see. Also how Aleks was truly happy for his teammate’s victory. Now we’re look ahead to the individual time trial. For Aleks there is still a lot in it in terms of the overall classification and we will be focusing on that tomorrow. But we'll also enjoy a good sip of Terre di Ger tonight!" - Rolf Aldag, Sports Director
Complete results:
180.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.157 km/hr
1 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 4hr 58min 52sec |
2 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
3 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
4 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
5 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
6 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
7 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
8 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
9 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
10 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
11 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | @ 3sec |
12 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
13 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 0:06 |
14 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
15 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
16 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:14 |
17 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
18 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
19 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 0:24 |
20 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:35 |
21 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 0:38 |
22 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 0:40 |
23 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 1:20 |
24 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
25 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
26 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
27 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
28 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
29 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
30 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
31 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:12 |
32 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:29 |
33 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
34 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | s.t. |
35 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
36 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
37 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
38 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
39 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
40 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
41 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
42 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
43 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
44 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 4:41 |
45 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 6:21 |
46 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
47 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
48 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
49 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
50 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
51 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
52 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:14 |
53 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
54 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 8:03 |
55 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
56 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
57 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
58 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
59 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
60 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
61 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
62 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
63 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | s.t. |
64 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
65 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:30 |
66 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:28 |
67 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 10:40 |
68 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 10:51 |
69 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 13:23 |
70 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
71 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
72 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
73 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 14:55 |
74 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
75 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 15:05 |
76 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
77 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 18:24 |
78 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
79 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
80 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
81 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 20:19 |
82 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
83 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 21:15 |
84 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 22:45 |
85 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
86 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
87 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
88 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
89 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
90 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
91 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
92 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
93 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
94 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
95 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
96 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
97 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
98 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
99 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
100 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
101 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
102 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
103 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
104 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
105 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
106 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
107 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 25:45 |
108 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
109 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 27:36 |
110 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 30:09 |
111 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
112 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
113 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
114 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | s.t. |
115 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
116 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
117 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 30:12 |
118 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 38:41 |
GC after stage 4:
696.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.913 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 17hr 27min 1sec |
2 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | @ 15sec |
3 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:18 |
4 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:25 |
5 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:30 |
6 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | 0:32 |
7 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 0:37 |
8 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:39 |
9 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:42 |
10 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 0:45 |
11 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:47 |
12 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 0:49 |
13 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
14 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 0:55 |
15 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:58 |
16 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 1:00 |
17 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
18 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:05 |
19 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
20 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 1:32 |
21 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:39 |
22 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:54 |
23 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:55 |
24 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 1:56 |
25 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:57 |
26 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 2:05 |
27 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | 2:07 |
28 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:19 |
29 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:22 |
30 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | 3:44 |
31 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | 3:48 |
32 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 3:54 |
33 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
34 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 4:09 |
35 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | 4:16 |
36 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | 4:20 |
37 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:42 |
38 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | 5:25 |
39 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 5:48 |
40 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 6:32 |
41 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 6:55 |
42 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 8:22 |
43 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 8:30 |
44 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 9:07 |
45 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:39 |
46 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 10:26 |
47 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:27 |
48 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:54 |
49 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:56 |
50 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 11:54 |
51 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 13:17 |
52 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | 13:50 |
53 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 14:02 |
54 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 14:07 |
55 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 15:09 |
56 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 18:02 |
57 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 18:04 |
58 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | 18:31 |
59 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | 19:01 |
60 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 19:21 |
61 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 19:29 |
62 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:51 |
63 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 21:49 |
64 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | 22:12 |
65 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 22:48 |
66 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 22:52 |
67 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 23:10 |
68 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 23:15 |
69 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 24:03 |
70 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 24:39 |
71 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 24:45 |
72 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 24:52 |
73 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 25:43 |
74 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 26:07 |
75 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 27:06 |
76 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 27:23 |
77 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 27:56 |
78 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | 28:47 |
79 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 28:58 |
80 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 29:26 |
81 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 30:04 |
82 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 30:21 |
83 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 31:49 |
84 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 32:07 |
85 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 32:09 |
86 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 33:14 |
87 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 34:50 |
88 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 35:21 |
89 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 37:07 |
90 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 37:15 |
91 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 38:50 |
92 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 39:25: |
93 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 39:41 |
94 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 40:36 |
95 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 40:43 |
96 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 41:07 |
97 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 41:44 |
98 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 43:02 |
99 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 44:25 |
100 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 44:48 |
101 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | 45:33 |
102 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 45:53 |
103 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 46:25 |
104 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 47:18 |
105 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 48:43 |
106 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 49:18 |
107 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 51:17 |
108 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 53:10 |
109 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | 53:12 |
110 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | 54:12 |
111 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 55:35 |
112 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
113 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 56:05 |
114 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | 56:17 |
115 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | 57:23 |
116 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:00:27 |
117 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:03:18 |
118 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 1:12:02 |
Stage 4 map & profile:
Stage 4 map
Stage 4 profile
Friday, April 29: Stage 3, Valbroye - Valbroye, 165.1 km
Patrick Bevin is the clear winner of stage three. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the village of Cerniaz, which is part of the start/finish city of Valbroye, at 2:10 PM, local time: 17C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: There was one non-starter, Baptiste Planckaert (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert). That left a peloton of 131 riders who were given their official start at 1:37 PM.
Here's the report from GC leader Rohan Dennis' Team Jumbo-Visma:
Rohan Dennis has finished third in the third stage of the Tour de Romandie. In the company of his teammates, Dennis rode attentively in the front throughout the day. With his third place, the classification leader grabbed four bonification seconds. It was the Australian’s third podium finish this week.
Three riders broke away from the peloton. They got a four-minute lead from the peloton, led by the Team Jumbo-Visma riders. The last fugitive was caught with 20 kilometres to go and in the stage’s final phase the peloton had some nasty climbs to overcome.
On these climbs, Steven Kruijswijk kept Dennis well in front. Dennis seemed to get away with a small group, but inadequate cooperation resulted in a quick regrouping. Dennis subsequently positioned himself well and sprinted to third place in a reduced peloton. The Australian time trial champion did well in the general classification.
“The team has done a phenomenal job”, sports director Merijn Zeeman said. “Michel Hessmann was again responsible for a large part of the pursuit. He also ensured that the breakaway group with some strong riders was caught again. Robert Gesink, Sepp Kuss and Steven kept Dennis well in front in the final stage. The fact that Rohan then rode a good sprint and took some bonification seconds is particularly clever. In my opinion, Rohan is still an underdog in the general classification because of what is to come. We are definitely in good shape.”
Complete results:
165.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.433 km/hr
1 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 3hr 53min 27sec |
2 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
3 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
4 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
5 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
6 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
7 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
8 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
9 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
10 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
11 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
12 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
13 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
14 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
15 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | s.t. |
16 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
17 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
18 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
19 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
20 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
21 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
22 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
23 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
24 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
25 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
26 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
27 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
28 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
29 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
30 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
31 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
32 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
33 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
34 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
35 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
36 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
37 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
38 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
39 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
40 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
41 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
42 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
43 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
44 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
45 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
46 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
47 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
48 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
49 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
50 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
51 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
52 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
53 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
54 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
55 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | @ 31sec |
56 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:49 |
57 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
58 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
59 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
60 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
61 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
62 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
63 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
64 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
65 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
66 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
67 | Francisco Galvan | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
68 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
69 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
70 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | s.t. |
71 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
72 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
73 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
74 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:10 |
75 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
76 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
77 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
78 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
79 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
80 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
81 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
82 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 6:04 |
83 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
84 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 6:52 |
85 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
86 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
87 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
88 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
89 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
90 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
91 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 7:34 |
92 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
93 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
94 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
95 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
96 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
97 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
98 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
99 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
100 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
101 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
102 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
103 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 10:14 |
104 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
105 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
106 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
107 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
108 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
109 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
110 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | s.t. |
111 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
112 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
113 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
114 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
115 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
116 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
117 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
118 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
119 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
120 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
121 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
122 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
123 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
124 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
125 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
126 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
127 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
128 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
129 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 11:26 |
130 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
131 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
GC after stage 3:
516.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.417 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 12hr 28min 6sec |
2 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | @ 14sec |
3 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:18 |
4 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:22 |
5 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
6 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
7 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
8 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:25 |
9 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:27 |
10 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:28 |
11 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
12 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
13 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
14 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
15 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 0:30 |
16 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
17 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
18 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
19 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 0:33 |
20 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 0:34 |
21 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | 0:35 |
22 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:37 |
23 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
24 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:38 |
25 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 0:39 |
26 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 0:40 |
27 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
28 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 0:42 |
29 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 0:43 |
30 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:45 |
31 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 0:46 |
32 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 0:47 |
33 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
34 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 0:49 |
35 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:50 |
36 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
37 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
38 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 0:52 |
39 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | 0:54 |
40 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 0:55 |
41 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:02 |
42 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
43 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:16 |
44 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 1:57 |
45 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | 1:59 |
46 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:03 |
47 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 2:05 |
48 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:07 |
49 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 2:08 |
50 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 2:22 |
51 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:27 |
52 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 2:49 |
53 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:56 |
54 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:01 |
55 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:43 |
56 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | 3:51 |
57 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:54 |
58 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 6:13 |
59 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 6:44 |
60 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 6:59 |
61 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 7:09 |
62 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 7:39 |
63 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 7:44 |
64 | Francisco Galvan | Equipo Kern Pharma | 9:09 |
65 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | s.t. |
66 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 9:25 |
67 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 9:27 |
68 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 9:32 |
69 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 9:35 |
70 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 10:04 |
71 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:26 |
72 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | 10:31 |
73 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:32 |
74 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | 11:01 |
75 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 11:25 |
76 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:33 |
77 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 11:44 |
78 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 12:04 |
79 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 12:06 |
80 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 12:08 |
81 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 12:18 |
82 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 12:40 |
83 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 12:47 |
84 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 12:51 |
85 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:21 |
86 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 15:10 |
87 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 15:26 |
88 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 15:44 |
89 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 16:08 |
90 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 16:12 |
91 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 16:15 |
92 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 16:46 |
93 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 16:52 |
94 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 17:45 |
95 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 17:54 |
96 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 18:01 |
97 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 18:25 |
98 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 18:33 |
99 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 18:54 |
100 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 19:02 |
101 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 19:12 |
102 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 19:16 |
103 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 19:25 |
104 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 20:14 |
105 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 20:20 |
106 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 21:11 |
107 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | 21:19 |
108 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 21:31 |
109 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 22:06 |
110 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 22:18 |
111 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 23:43 |
112 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 24:33 |
113 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 25:29 |
114 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 26:01 |
115 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | 26:11 |
116 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | 27:17 |
117 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | 28:30 |
118 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 29:17 |
119 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 30:21 |
120 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 30:25 |
121 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 30:28 |
122 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | 30:30 |
123 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | 30:41 |
124 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | 30:42 |
125 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 31:55 |
126 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 32:16 |
127 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 32:53 |
128 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 33:12 |
129 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 33:23 |
130 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 33:24 |
131 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 34:53 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
Thursday, April 28: Stage 2, Echallens - Echallens, 168.2 km
Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos
Ethan Hayter wins stage two. Photo: INEOS Grenadiers
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Weather at the start/finish city of Echallens at 1:45 PM, local time: 15C (60F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: 132 riders began today's stage. Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost) & Kevin Colleoni (BikeExchange-Jayco) were not on the start line. The official start was given at 1:25 PM.
Here's the report from stage winner Ethan Hayter's Team INEOS Grenadiers:
Ethan Hayter produced a superb long-range sprint to claim victory on stage two at the Tour de Romandie.
The Brit claimed his second victory in three days after bouncing back from a crash on Wednesday. With the full backing of the team, he was able to open up his sprint early and hold off Jon Aberasturi (Trek-Segafredo) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates).
The INEOS Grenadiers really took the race on heading into the final 20 kilometres, hitting the front and putting the peloton and its selection of sprinters under pressure.
Brandon Rivera and Laurens De Plus kicked things off, lining out the bunch on the run-in, before Andrey Amador and Luke Plapp helped keep the pace high. Last man in the lead-out, Magnus Sheffield put in a huge final turn before Hayter sprinted to victory.
Plapp is the lead Grenadier in 18th overall at the race's halfway point, with Geraint Thomas now 24th after receiving a time penalty prior to the stage.
Ethan Hayter:
"We knew [the stage victory] was possible but I didn’t know how I’d be after [the crash] yesterday. I rode my way into the stage and the team were amazing today. It’s probably my nicest win – they took it on and we were in position to take the race on like that. To finish it off with a win is amazing.
"I was really lucky yesterday. Obviously I crashed, but to come out with nothing broken and still be able to ride today was fortunate. It was planned to take the race on if I felt okay and obviously we did the same last 40km right at the start. We’d seen it already so we pushed down the descent and on the climbs as well. It wasn’t necessarily to get rid of riders, but maybe to put people under pressure because the climbs are good for me, and I recovered well before the sprint."
Complete results:
168.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.206 km/hr
1 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 4hr 4min 55sec |
2 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
3 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
4 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
5 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
6 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
7 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
8 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
9 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
10 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
11 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
12 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
13 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
14 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
15 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
16 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
17 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
18 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
19 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
20 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
21 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
22 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
23 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
24 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
25 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
26 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
27 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
28 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
29 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
30 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
31 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
32 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
33 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
34 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
35 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
36 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
37 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
38 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
39 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
40 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
41 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
42 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
43 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
44 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
45 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
46 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
47 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
48 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
49 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | s.t. |
50 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
51 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
52 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
53 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
54 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
55 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
56 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
57 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
58 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
59 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
60 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
61 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
62 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
63 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
64 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
65 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
66 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
67 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
68 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | s.t. |
69 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
70 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
71 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
72 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
73 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
74 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
75 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
76 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
77 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
78 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
79 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | @ 24sec |
80 | Michael Schär | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:27 |
81 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 1:15 |
82 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 2:51 |
83 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 3:43 |
84 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | 3:51 |
85 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 3:57 |
86 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
87 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
88 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
89 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
90 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
91 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
92 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
93 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
94 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 4:50 |
95 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
96 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
97 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
98 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
99 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | s.t. |
100 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
101 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
102 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
103 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
104 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
105 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
106 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
107 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
108 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 6:41 |
109 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
110 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
111 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
112 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
113 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 9:06 |
114 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
115 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
116 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
117 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
118 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
119 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
120 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
121 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
122 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
123 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
124 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
125 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
126 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
127 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | s.t. |
128 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
129 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
130 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
131 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:54 |
132 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
GC after stage 2:
351.32 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.953 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 8hr 34min 43sec |
2 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 14sec |
3 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:18 |
4 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
5 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
6 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
7 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:20 |
8 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:21 |
9 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:23 |
10 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:24 |
11 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
12 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
13 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
14 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
15 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 0:26 |
16 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
17 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
18 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
19 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 0:29 |
20 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 0:30 |
21 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | 0:31 |
22 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:33 |
23 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
24 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:34 |
25 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
26 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 0:35 |
27 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 0:36 |
28 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
29 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 0:38 |
30 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 0:39 |
31 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:41 |
32 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 0:42 |
33 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 0:43 |
34 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
35 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 0:45 |
36 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:46 |
37 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
38 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
39 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 0:48 |
40 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | 0:50 |
41 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 0:51 |
42 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 0:56 |
43 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:58 |
44 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
45 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:03 |
46 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:08 |
47 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:12 |
48 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:31 |
49 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:47 |
50 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 1:49 |
51 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:50 |
52 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 1:53 |
53 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | 1:55 |
54 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | 1:58 |
55 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:59 |
56 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:01 |
57 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
58 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:03 |
59 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 2:04 |
60 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 2:13 |
61 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 2:18 |
62 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:22 |
63 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:48 |
64 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 3:30 |
65 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | 3:47 |
66 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:48 |
67 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:06 |
68 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 5:08 |
69 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:09 |
70 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:12 |
71 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:16 |
72 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:18 |
73 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | 5:21 |
74 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 5:54 |
75 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 6:09 |
76 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | 6:18 |
77 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 6:40 |
78 | Francisco Galvan | Equipo Kern Pharma | 7:16 |
79 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 7:36 |
80 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 8:06 |
81 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 8:07 |
82 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 8:11 |
83 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 8:30 |
84 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | 8:38 |
85 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 8:54 |
86 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | 9:08 |
87 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 9:40 |
88 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 10:07 |
89 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10:11 |
90 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 10:13 |
91 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 10:53 |
92 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:55 |
93 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 10:56 |
94 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:58 |
95 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | 11:01 |
96 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 11:05 |
97 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:13 |
98 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 11:38 |
99 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 11:43 |
100 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:58 |
101 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 12:00 |
102 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 12:01 |
103 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 12:06 |
104 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 12:38 |
105 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 13:17 |
106 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 14:15 |
107 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:23 |
108 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 14:53 |
109 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 15:10 |
110 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 15:11 |
111 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 15:43 |
112 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | 15:47 |
113 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | 15:53 |
114 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 16:05 |
115 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 16:06 |
116 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | 17:00 |
117 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:59 |
118 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 20:03 |
119 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 20:07 |
120 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 20:10 |
121 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
122 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | 20:12 |
123 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | 20:24 |
124 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 20:41 |
125 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 21:37 |
126 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | 21:58 |
127 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 22:35 |
128 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 22:54 |
129 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | 23:03 |
130 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 23:05 |
131 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 23:06 |
132 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 23:23 |
Stage 2 map & profile:
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
GC leader Rohan Dennis before the stage start
Fernando Gaviria is ready to race.
The peloton in Echallens.
Ethan Hayter is the day's fast man.
Stage winner Ethan Hayter
Rohan Dennis remains the GC leader.
Wednesday, April 27: Stage 1, La Grande Beroche - Romont, 178 km
Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos
Dylan Teuns just gets by Rohan Dennis to win the stage. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Romont at 1:55 PM, local time: 14C (57F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: There was one non-starter, Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ). The stage was given its official start at 1:02 PM.
Here's the report from new GC leader Rohan Dennis' Team Jumbo-Visma:
Rohan Dennis has finished second in the first stage of the Tour de Romandie. On the final climb to the finish location Romont, the 31-year-old Australian seemed to win after a solo, but in the last metres Dylan Teuns passed the tired Team Jumbo-Visma rider. Dennis took over the leader's jersey from Ethan Hayter.
Five riders broke away after the start and got a four-minute lead. The pace went up in the run-up to the hilly final and the two remaining riders were caught with thirty kilometres to go. In the descent towards the climb of the Massonnens there was a big crash. Steven Kruijswijk was involved and lost valuable time for the general classification. Dennis then chose to attack on the steep finish and initially rode alone. However, in the last hundred metres, the Australian fell silent and Teuns crossed the line first.
"I gave everything, but I was empty in the last hundred metres", the new classification leader said. "Initially, I followed Brandon McNulty's tempo acceleration. Even though it hurt, I felt I could go faster. I hoped to create a gap and ensure I was at least on the podium. A few metres less and I would have won, but I am happy with the result. The team did a great job today."
Merijn Zeeman had mixed feelings about the first stage. "In the first instance, it's a bummer that Rohan was beaten on the line. On the other hand, this was his plan and it's clever that this daring action succeeded. He was very strong, but one rider was just a bit better. Unfortunately, Steven was involved in the crash. He had to make a big effort to get back in the first group, so he had already given everything at this final climb."
Results:
178 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.460 km/hr
1 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | 4hr 23min 58sec |
2 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
3 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | @ 2sec |
4 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
5 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
6 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:04 |
7 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
8 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
9 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
10 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
11 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
12 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
13 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
14 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
15 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
16 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
17 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
18 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
19 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
20 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
21 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
22 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
23 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
24 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
25 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
26 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
27 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
28 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
29 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
30 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
31 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | s.t. |
32 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | s.t. |
33 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
34 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
35 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
36 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
37 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:18 |
38 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
39 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
40 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | 0:22 |
41 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
42 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
43 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 0:25 |
44 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
45 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | s.t. |
46 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
47 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:41 |
48 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:45 |
49 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:00 |
50 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
51 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 1:23 |
52 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:28 |
53 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
54 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
55 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
56 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
57 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
58 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
59 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
60 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
61 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
62 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
63 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
64 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
65 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:42 |
66 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 1:47 |
67 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | s.t. |
68 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
69 | Francisco Galvan | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
70 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
71 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
72 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
73 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 2:07 |
74 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:12 |
75 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:13 |
76 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:38 |
77 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 2:52 |
78 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 3:26 |
79 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 3:32 |
80 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 4:07 |
81 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:33 |
82 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
83 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
84 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
85 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
86 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
87 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
88 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | s.t. |
89 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
90 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
91 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
92 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
93 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
94 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
95 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 6:38 |
96 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 7:19 |
97 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
98 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 7:32 |
99 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 7:47 |
100 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
101 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
102 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
103 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | 8:13 |
104 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 10:29 |
105 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
106 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
107 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
108 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
109 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | 10:31 |
110 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
111 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
112 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
113 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
114 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
115 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
116 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
117 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
118 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:34 |
119 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:37 |
120 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
121 | Kevin Colleoni | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
122 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
123 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
124 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
125 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | s.t. |
126 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
127 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 12:40 |
128 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 13:14 |
129 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
130 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
131 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 13:23 |
132 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 13:41 |
133 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:31 |
134 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
135 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
GC after stage 1:
183.12 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.501 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 4hr 29min 48sec |
2 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 16sec |
3 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
4 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | 0:18 |
5 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:20 |
6 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
7 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
8 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:22 |
9 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:23 |
10 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
11 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 0:24 |
12 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 0:26 |
13 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
14 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
15 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
16 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 0:28 |
17 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
18 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
19 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
20 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 0:31 |
21 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 0:32 |
22 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:33 |
23 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
24 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | 0:35 |
25 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:36 |
26 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | 0:37 |
27 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 0:38 |
28 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
29 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | 0:40 |
30 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 0:41 |
31 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:43 |
32 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
33 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
34 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 0:44 |
35 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | 0:46 |
36 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | 0:47 |
37 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:48 |
38 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
39 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 0:50 |
40 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
41 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 0:51 |
42 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | 0:56 |
43 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | s.t. |
44 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:58 |
45 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
46 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:03 |
47 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:08 |
48 | Jose Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:12 |
49 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 1:30 |
50 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:31 |
51 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:47 |
52 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 1:49 |
53 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 1:50 |
54 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
55 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 1:53 |
56 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | 1:55 |
57 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | 1:58 |
58 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:59 |
59 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:01 |
60 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
61 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:03 |
62 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 2:04 |
63 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:11 |
64 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:12 |
65 | Oscar Rodriguez | Movistar | 2:13 |
66 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 2:15 |
67 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 2:18 |
68 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:21 |
69 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
70 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:22 |
71 | Francisco Galvan | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:26 |
72 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 2:32 |
73 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 2:37 |
74 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:46 |
75 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:59 |
76 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:17 |
77 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 3:32 |
78 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | 4:04 |
79 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 4:15 |
80 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | 4:33 |
81 | Max Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:48 |
82 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
83 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:06 |
84 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 5:09 |
85 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
86 | Raul Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:11 |
87 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 5:12 |
88 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:16 |
89 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 5:17 |
90 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | s.t. |
91 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | 5:18 |
92 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:21 |
93 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
94 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 5:23 |
95 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 7:11 |
96 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | 7:54 |
97 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 8:01 |
98 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 8:03 |
99 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 8:09 |
100 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | 8:12 |
101 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 8:27 |
102 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | 8:30 |
103 | Stefan de Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | 8:38 |
104 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:53 |
105 | Theo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
106 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:55 |
107 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 10:56 |
108 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | 10:57 |
109 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
110 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:58 |
111 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:01 |
112 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
113 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
114 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | 11:03 |
115 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 11:04 |
116 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
117 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
118 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | 11:05 |
119 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | 11:06 |
120 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | 11:10 |
121 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:13 |
122 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
123 | Sam Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | 11:16 |
124 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | 11:18 |
125 | Kevin Colleoni | BikeExchange-Jayco | 11:19 |
126 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 11:35 |
127 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 13:29 |
128 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 13:48 |
129 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | 13:57 |
130 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 13:59 |
131 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | 14:00 |
132 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | 14:17 |
133 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:33 |
134 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:56 |
135 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:02 |
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
Stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Chris Froome at the teams presentation ceremony. He still hasn't found anything near his old form. He finished 87th today.
Geraint Thomas heads to the start.
GC leader Ethan Hayter before the start.
Early in the stage, the peloton rides by Lake Neuchâtel.
GC leader Ethan Hayter
INEOS Grenadiers leads the peloton in the finish city of Romont.
Dylan Teuns throws his bike and beats Rohan Dennis
Dylan Teuns wins stage one.
Ethan Hayter was involved in a late crash that caused him to finish 14min 31sec after winner Teuns.
Rohan Dennis is the new GC leader.
Tuesday, April 26: Lausanne Prologue 5.12 km individual time trial
Prologue map & profile | Prologue photos
Ethan Hayter on his way to winning the prologue. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the start/finish city of Lausanne at 1:30 PM, local time: 11C (52F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 35% chance of rain during the afternoon, dropping to just 3% at 4:00 PM.
The race: First rider to start was Dario Lillo of the Swiss National Team at 3:10 PM.
Here's the report from winner Ethan Hayter's Team INEOS Grenadiers:
Ethan Hayter powered to an impressive time trial win in the opening prologue at Tour de Romandie to take the race lead.
Hayter recorded an impressive time of 5:52 on the 5.12km course, with the British time trial champion finishing four seconds ahead of former teammate Rohan Dennis (Jumbo Visma) and going 10 seconds quicker than Felix Grossschartner (Bora Hansgrohe) to record his first WorldTour stage win.
Geraint Thomas put in a strong performance on the short, explosive course to finish fourth (+10") to place him ahead of some of the other GC favourites.
Magnus Sheffield made it three Grenadiers in the top 20 finishing 13th (+20") in his first WorldTour TT of the season.
Ethan Hayter:
"I've had few setbacks at the start of the year, so I’ve taken a bit of a break from racing and gone away and trained really hard. To come back like this is really nice. This TT suited me, I thought I'd give it a crack and it worked out well.
“It’s been a while since I’ve last been racing, so it was a shock to the system! I spent a lot of time at 600w on the uphill drags and I actually cornered quite fast too. I went out hard and pushed on a few of the corners, though I took the last one quite steady as I was hitting 70km/h.
“G did a really good TT as well today and it's looking good for the week ahead. We’d like to win as many stages as possible this week as well as the GC too.”
Geraint Thomas:
"It's a funny feeling doing a prologue like that, especially after Liege on Sunday, I felt ok but I felt like I lacked that little bit at the end. I’m happy with it, I gave everything and it's great that Ethan won.
"My shape is a lot better than a few months ago improving all the time. we’ll see how this week goes. I want to try and win the race again, but there's a lot of strong guys here - we'll see at the weekend. Form-wise, I’m still on the way up, but we'll give it a good go and we've got other guys who can be in the mix on GC too."
Complete results & GC:
5.12 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.364 km/hr
1 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS Grenadiers | 5min 52sec |
2 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | @ 4sec |
3 | Felix Grossschartner | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:10 |
4 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
5 | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:13 |
6 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
7 | Ethan Vernon | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 0:14 |
8 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
9 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
10 | Juan Ayuso | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
11 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
12 | Patrick Bevin | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:16 |
13 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
14 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
15 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
16 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | 0:17 |
17 | Remi Cavagna | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
18 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:19 |
19 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 0:20 |
20 | Mattia Cattaneo | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
21 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
22 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
23 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
24 | Ben O'Connor | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
25 | Julien Bernard | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
26 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 0:22 |
27 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
28 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
29 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
30 | Josef Cerny | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
31 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
32 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
33 | Bob Jungels | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
34 | Théo Delacroix | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
35 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
36 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
37 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 0:23 |
38 | Stefan De Bod | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
39 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
40 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
41 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
42 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
43 | Tom Bohli | Cofidis | 0:24 |
44 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
45 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
46 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
47 | Casper Pedersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
48 | Oscar Rodríguez | Movistar | s.t. |
49 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
50 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | 0:25 |
51 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
52 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
53 | Filippo Colombo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
54 | Robert Gesink | Jumbo-Visma | 0:26 |
55 | Dylan Teuns | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
56 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
57 | Gino Mader | Bahrain Victorious | 0:27 |
58 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 0:28 |
59 | Yannis Voisard | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
60 | Dion Smith | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:29 |
61 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
62 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
63 | Quinten Hermans | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
64 | Mathias Fluckiger | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
64 | Marco Brenner | Team DSM | s.t. |
66 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
67 | Pau Miquel | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:30 |
68 | Dario Lillo | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
69 | Luis Leon Sanchez | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
70 | Lluis Mas | Movistar | s.t. |
71 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:31 |
72 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
73 | Gianluca Brambilla | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
74 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
75 | Diego Lopez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
76 | Amund Grondahl Jansen | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
77 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
78 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
79 | Sebastien Reichenbach | Groupama-FDJ | 0:32 |
80 | Michael Schar | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
81 | Urko Berrade | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
82 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
83 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:33 |
84 | Sergio Higuita | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
85 | Harrison Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
86 | Nils Brun | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
87 | Michel Hessmann | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
88 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 0:34 |
89 | Sebastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
90 | Steff Cras | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
91 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | Tim Naberman | Team DSM | s.t. |
93 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
94 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
95 | Steven Kruijswijk | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
96 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 0:35 |
97 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
98 | Raul García | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:36 |
99 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 0:37 |
100 | Simon Geschke | Cofidis | 0:s.t. |
101 | Francisco Galvan | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
102 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
103 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
104 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | 0:38 |
105 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
106 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
107 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
108 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
109 | Kevin Colleoni | BikeExchange-Jayco | 0:40 |
110 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
111 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
112 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:41 |
113 | Alexandr Riabushenko | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
114 | Tsgabu Grmay | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
115 | Antoine Debons | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
116 | Kenny Elissonde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
117 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:42 |
118 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
119 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
120 | Sander Armee | Cofidis | s.t. |
121 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
122 | Abner Gonzalez | Movistar | s.t. |
123 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 0:43 |
124 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
125 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 0:44 |
126 | Valere Thiebaud | Swiss Cycling National Team | s.t. |
127 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:45 |
128 | Antonio Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
129 | Samuel Bewley | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
130 | Carlos Garcia | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:46 |
131 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
132 | Antwan Tolhoek | Trek-Segafredo | 0:47 |
133 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
134 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 0:48 |
135 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
136 | Jose Felix Parra | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
137 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:56 |
Prologue map & profile:
2022 Tour de Romandie Prologue map
2022 Tour de Romandie Prologue profile
Prologue photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Thibaut Pinot was 34 seconds off the pace, at 88th
Ethan Vernon was 7th
6th place Matteo Sobrero
5th place Max Schachmann
Geraint Thomas was fourth.
Felix Grossschartner came in third, at 10 seconds.
Rohan Dennis was second.
Ethan Hayter, in his national champion's jersey, on his way to winning the prologue.
Ethan Hayter will start stage one in the leader's jersey. The Tour of Romandie has gone back to the "green" leader's jersey of earlier editions instead of the more recent yellow.
Start list with back numbers, April 25, 2022:
INEOS Grenadiers | |
1 | THOMAS Geraint |
2 | AMADOR Andrey |
3 | DE PLUS Laurens |
4 | HAYTER Ethan |
5 | PLAPP Luke |
6 | RIVERA Brandon |
7 | SHEFFIELD Magnus |
UAE Team Emirates | |
11 | HIRSCHI Marc |
12 | OLIVEIRA Ivo |
13 | AYUSO Juan |
14 | FISHER-BLACK Finn |
15 | GAVIRIA Fernando |
16 | MCNULTY Brandon |
17 | POLANC Jan |
Jumbo-Visma | |
21 | KRUIJSWIJK Steven |
22 | DENNIS Rohan |
23 | GESINK Robert |
24 | HESSMANN Michel |
25 | KUSS Sepp |
26 | LEEMREIZE Gijs |
27 | ROOSEN Timo |
Bahrain Victorious | |
31 | CARUSO Damiano |
32 | MADER Gino |
33 | PERNSTEINER Hermann |
34 | PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan |
35 | SANCHEZ Luis León |
36 | TEUNS Dylan |
37 | WILLIAMS Stephen |
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
41 | MEINTJES Louis |
42 | DELACROIX Théo |
43 | HERMANS Quinten |
44 | HUYS Laurens |
45 | JOHANSEN Julius |
46 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
47 | TAARAMAE Rein |
Cofidis | |
51 | IZAGIRRE Ion |
52 | ARMEE Sander |
53 | BOHLI Tom |
54 | CHAMPION Thomas |
55 | FERNANDEZ Rubén |
56 | GESCHKE Simon |
57 | VILLELLA Davide |
Groupama-FDJ | |
61 | PINOT Thibaut |
62 | BADILATTI Matteo |
63 | MOLARD Rudy |
64 | PACHER Quentin |
65 | REICHENBACH Sébastien |
66 | ROUX Anthony |
67 | STORER Michael |
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | |
71 | CAVAGNA Rémi |
72 | CATTANEO Mattia |
73 | CERNY Josef |
74 | HONORE Mikkel |
75 | KNOX James |
76 | SCHMID Mauro |
77 | VERNON Ethan |
Ag2r-Citroën | |
81 | O'CONNOR Ben |
82 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
83 | JUNGELS Bob |
84 | NAESEN Lawrence |
85 | PARET-PEINTRE Valentin |
86 | PETERS Nans |
87 | SCHAR Michael |
BORA-hansgrohe | |
91 | VLASOV Aleksandr |
92 | GROSSSCHARTNER Felix |
93 | HIGUITA Sergio |
94 | KONRAD Patrick |
95 | PALZER Anton |
96 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian |
97 | WANDAHL Frederik |
Lotto Soudal | |
101 | CRAS Steff |
102 | GRIGNARD Sébastien |
103 | HOLMES Matthew |
104 | SWEENY Harry |
105 | VANHOUCKE Harm |
106 | VERSCHAEVE Viktor |
Trek-Segafredo | |
111 | TIBERI Antonio |
112 | ABERASTURI Jon |
113 | BERNARD Julien |
114 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca |
115 | ELISSONDE Kenny |
116 | SKUJINS Toms |
117 | TOLHOEK Antwan |
Movistar | |
121 | VERONA Carlos |
122 | GONZALEZ Abner |
123 | JACOBS Johan |
124 | MAS Lluís |
125 | MUHLBERGER Gregor |
126 | RODRIGUEZ Oscar |
127 | RUBIO Einer |
BikeExchange-Jayco | |
131 | SOBRERO Matteo |
132 | BEWLEY Sam |
133 | COLLEONI Kevin |
134 | GRMAY Tsgabu |
135 | JANSEN Amund Grøndahl |
136 | MAAS Jan |
137 | SMITH Dion |
Israel-Premier Tech | |
141 | FROOME Chris |
142 | BEVIN Patrick |
143 | CATAFORD Alexander |
144 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
145 | NEILANDS Krists |
146 | STRONG Corbin |
147 | WOODS Michael |
Team DSM | |
151 | LEKNESSUND Andreas |
152 | ARNDT Nikias |
153 | BRENNER Marco |
154 | COMBAUD Romain |
155 | NABERMAN Tim |
156 | PEDERSEN Casper |
157 | TUSVELD Martijn |
Astana Qazaqstan | |
161 | TEJADA Harold |
162 | CONTI Valerio |
163 | DE BOD Stefan |
164 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
165 | NIBALI Antonio |
166 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr |
167 | ZEITS Andrey |
EF Education-EasyPost | |
171 | URAN Rigoberto |
172 | HEALY Ben |
173 | POWLESS Neilson |
174 | QUINN Sean |
175 | STEINHAUSER Georg |
Equipo Kern Pharma | |
181 | PARRA José |
182 | BERRADE Urko |
183 | GALVAN Francisco |
184 | GARCIA Carlos |
185 | GARCIA Raúl |
186 | LOPEZ Diego |
187 | MIQUEL Pau |
Swiss Cycling National Team | |
191 | FLUCKIGER Mathias |
192 | BRUN Nils |
193 | COLOMBO Filippo |
194 | DEBONS Antoine |
195 | LILLO Dario |
196 | THIEBAUD Valère |
197 | VOISARD Yannis |