2022 Tour de Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland

75th Edition: April 26 - May 1, 2022

Tour de Romandie podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition | Start list
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2022 Tour de Romandie map

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Sunday, May 1: 5th & Final Stage, Aigle - Villars 16.19 km individual time trial

Stage 5 map & profile

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:

• GC winner: Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification winner: Tom Skujins (Trek-Segafredo)
• Points classification winner: Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates)
• Team classification winner: Jumbo-Visma

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

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Saturday, April 30: Stage 4, Aigle - Zinal, 180.1 km

Stage 4 map & profile

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

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Friday, April 29: Stage 3, Valbroye - Valbroye, 165.1 km

Stage 3 map & profile

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

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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:

Photos

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.

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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:

Photos

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.

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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:

Photos

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.

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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
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56	GESCHKE Simon
57	VILLELLA Davide
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61	PINOT Thibaut
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86	PETERS Nans
87	SCHAR Michael
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91	VLASOV Aleksandr
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94	KONRAD Patrick
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126	RODRIGUEZ Oscar
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184	GARCIA Carlos
185	GARCIA Raúl
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187	MIQUEL Pau
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