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2023 Tour de Romandie (World Tour), Swiss Cycling

76th Edition: April 25 - April 30, 2023

Tour de Romandie podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2023 Tour de Romandie map


Sunday, April 30: 5th & Final Stage, Vufflens la Ville - Genève [Geneva], 170.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Fernando Gaviria takes the final stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Geneva at 3:00 PM, local time: 16C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph).There is a 16% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from final GC leader Adam Yates' UAE Team Emirates.

Adam Yates and UAE Team Emirates put on a confident display of strength on the final stage of the Tour de Romandie to take overall victory and seal the 23rd win of the season for the Emirati squad.

Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) took the stage win in a fast sprint on the final straight alongside the lake of Geneva.

UAE Team Emirates also climbed the podium and winners of the team classification to top-off a successful week of racing in Switzerland.

Yates: “First of all I want to say a big thanks to the guys. They controlled the race perfectly today so it’s thanks to them the we won this race. It’s been the perfect week for us with two stage wins and the overall so we can’t ask for much more.We try and win every race we do, so for us in the team it’s fantastic. Now time to rest and build up to the next build goals.”

2023 Tour de Romandie winner Adam Yates takes home the yellow jersey.

Complete results:

170.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.056 km/hr

1 Fernando Gaviria Movistar 3hr 58min 1sec
2 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious s.t.
3 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
4 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny s.t.
5 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
6 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
7 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ s.t.
8 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
9 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla s.t.
10 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
11 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo s.t.
12 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
13 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
14 Eddy Finé Cofidis s.t.
15 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
16 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
17 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
18 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious s.t.
19 Marco Brenner Team DSM s.t.
20 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
21 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
22 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
23 Max Poole Team DSM s.t.
24 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
25 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates s.t.
26 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla s.t.
27 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
28 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious s.t.
29 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma s.t.
30 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
31 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
32 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
33 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
34 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
35 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates s.t.
36 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
37 Romain Bardet Team DSM s.t.
38 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo s.t.
39 William Barta Movistar s.t.
40 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
41 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
42 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
43 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
44 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
45 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
46 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
47 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
48 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
49 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
50 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
51 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
52 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ s.t.
53 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
54 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
55 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
56 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
57 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
58 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
59 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny s.t.
60 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ s.t.
61 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
62 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
63 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma s.t.
64 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
65 Nelson Oliveira Movistar s.t.
66 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
67 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
68 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
69 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla s.t.
70 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates s.t.
71 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
72 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
73 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma s.t.
74 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
75 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ s.t.
76 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious s.t.
77 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
78 Simon Geschke Cofidis s.t.
79 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
80 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
81 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
82 Sergio Samitier Movistar s.t.
83 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
84 Chris Hamilton Team DSM @ 17sec
85 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
86 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny 0:20
87 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 0:34
88 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 0:54
89 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
90 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 1:16
91 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 2:19
92 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 3:54
93 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
94 Jan Christen Switzerland s.t.
95 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
96 Antoine Debons Switzerland s.t.
97 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
98 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
99 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
100 Jan Sommer Switzerland s.t.
101 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
102 Ivan Romeo Movistar s.t.
103 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 5:02
104 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
105 Dario Lillo Switzerland 9:25
106 Antoine Aebi Switzerland s.t.
107 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
108 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
109 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
110 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
111 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo s.t.
112 Jan Stöckli Switzerland s.t.
113 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
114 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland s.t.
115 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
116 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
117 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
118 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates s.t.
119 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 23:49

 

Final GC after stage 5:

  • GC winner: Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)
  • Mountains classification winner: Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo)
  • Points classification winner: Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers)
  • Best young rider: Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar)
  • Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

691.57 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.180 km/hr

1 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 17hr 12min 42sec
2 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar @ 19sec
3 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:27
4 Max Poole Team DSM 0:38
5 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 0:41
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe 1:21
7 Romain Bardet Team DSM 1:28
8 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers 1:53
9 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
10 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates 2:07
11 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma 2:14
12 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers 2:30
13 William Barta Movistar 2:40
14 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
15 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious 2:48
16 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 3:08
17 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 3:11
18 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling 3:24
19 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 3:27
20 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 3:35
21 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan 3:41
22 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
23 Oscar Onley Team DSM 3:42
24 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 3:44
25 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 3:57
26 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 5:07
27 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën 5:25
28 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 5:26
29 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny 5:41
30 Jesus Herrada Cofidis 5:45
31 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma 6:00
32 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates 6:19
33 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny 6:31
34 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling 7:05
35 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 7:52
36 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla 7:54
37 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 8:20
38 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck 8:39
39 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 8:45
40 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers 9:06
41 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 9:26
42 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 9:40
43 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 10:40
44 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo 10:54
45 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny 10:59
46 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step 11:10
47 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 11:42
48 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 12:00
49 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 12:20
50 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 16:03
51 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny 17:53
52 Sergio Samitier Movistar 18:35
53 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 20:31
54 Jan Christen Switzerland 20:33
55 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 20:39
56 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe 21:05
57 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 22:12
58 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan 23:13
59 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe 23:27
60 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 24:56
61 Chris Hamilton Team DSM 25:19
62 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 25:24
63 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ 26:40
64 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 26:41
65 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 28:48
66 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 29:00
67 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 29:02
68 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 29:54
69 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 32:18
70 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën 33:13
71 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 33:31
72 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 33:34
73 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 36:26
74 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
75 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 36:39
76 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling 37:48
77 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 37:58
78 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
79 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ 40:22
80 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 40:34
81 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny 40:45
82 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 42:43
83 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 42:45
84 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 42:50
85 Antoine Debons Switzerland 44:15
86 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 44:27
87 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 46:03
88 Eddy Finé Cofidis 46:37
89 Simon Geschke Cofidis 47:10
90 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck 47:32
91 Jan Sommer Switzerland 47:34
92 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma 47:59
93 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step 49:44
94 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 51:53
95 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious 52:44
96 Marco Brenner Team DSM 53:32
97 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech 55:05
98 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 55:37
99 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 55:54
100 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 59:17
101 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 59:41
102 Ivan Romeo Movistar 1:00:01
103 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland 1:00:06
104 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 1:01:04
105 Fernando Gaviria Movistar 1:01:36
106 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 1:02:10
107 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 1:04:07
108 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates 1:04:48
109 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:05:03
110 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 1:05:39
111 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:06:15
112 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 1:07:22
113 Dario Lillo Switzerland 1:10:20
114 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 1:10:26
115 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo 1:10:57
116 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 1:11:50
117 Jan Stöckli Switzerland 1:19:44
118 Antoine Aebi Switzerland 1:20:00
119 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:37:04

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile


Saturday, April 29: Stage 4, Sion - Thyon, 161.6 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Adam Yates has left everyone else behind to take the stage and the GC lead. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Thyon at 2:50 PM, local time: 8C (46F), showers in the area, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). Through 4:00 PM there is an 80% chance of rain, declining to 30% in the late afternoon.

The race: There were three non-starters: Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma), Robert Gesink (Jumbo-Visma) & Kobe Goossens (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)

Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Adam Yates' UAE Team Emirates:

UAE Team Emirates strike again at the Tour de Romandie.

After the success in yesterday’s time trial from Juan Ayuso, today it has been Adam Yates’ turn to take victory in Suisse by ruling the queen stage, 161,6 km from Sion to the summit arrival of Thyon 2000. It is the 22nd victory for UAE Team Emirates in 2023.

The British rider also becomes the new leader of the race.

Stage four, run under bad weather conditions, was led by a ten men breakaway, whose effort was neutralized on the final climb, 20.9 km at 7.6%.

Juan Ayuso, leader of the general classification, dropped from the main group at 8 km to the arrival, but UAE Team Emirates could rely on Rafal Majka and Adam Yates: the English cyclist attacked at 4.6 km to go and no one could prevent him taking the double stage victory plus leader jersey.

Second place went to Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) at 7” and third position for Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) at 19”; Majka was 11th at 54”.

In the overall classification, Yates has an advantage of 19” on Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Majka is 8th at 1’47”.

The final stage will take the group from Vufflens la Ville to Geneve over 170,8 km with a 2nd category climb and a 3rd category climb at 50 km to the arrival.

Adam Yates will start stage five in yellow. Sirotti photo

Yates: “I am very happy. It was a really good performance from the team. From the beginning, we knew Ayuso would have tried to fight to keep the jersey as long as possible and we helped him. Then Juan gave me the green light to go for the win, so I tried and I pushed hard until the finish line.

"It has been important for me to win, especially after the bad luck in the last couple of races: I had a big crash in Catalunya, I took time to recover and now I am here celebrating this success”.

Complete results:

161.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.544 km/hr

1 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 4hr 40min 41sec
2 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ @ 7sec
3 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:19
4 Max Poole Team DSM 0:21
5 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe 0:23
7 Romain Bardet Team DSM 0:45
8 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers 0:54
9 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
10 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
11 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
12 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 1:32
13 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
14 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious 1:45
15 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 1:47
16 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 1:55
17 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers 2:14
18 William Barta Movistar 2:20
19 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious 2:27
20 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën 2:30
21 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling 2:37
22 Oscar Onley Team DSM 2:55
23 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma 2:56
24 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan 3:12
25 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 3:14
26 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 3:21
27 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 3:28
28 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny 3:38
29 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën 3:51
30 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling 4:36
31 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 4:36
32 Jesus Herrada Cofidis 5:03
33 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 5:05
34 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny 5:40
35 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 6:02
36 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 6:05
37 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
38 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar s.t.
39 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla 6:43
40 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo 6:45
41 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers 6:46
42 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck 6:50
43 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 7:11
44 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 7:14
45 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 7:21
46 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 7:53
47 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo 8:34
48 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 9:31
49 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny 9:46
50 Jan Christen Switzerland 10:15
51 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 10:33
52 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 10:36
53 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 10:49
54 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
55 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 11:26
56 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
57 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 11:29
58 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
59 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan 12:20
60 Sergio Samitier Movistar 12:29
61 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny 14:06
62 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe 16:57
63 Chris Hamilton Team DSM 18:05
64 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
65 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
66 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
67 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
68 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 20:23
69 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
70 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo s.t.
71 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 21:16
72 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
73 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla s.t.
74 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
75 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ 21:39
76 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 24:29
77 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates s.t.
78 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 24:31
79 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 26:38
80 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
81 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
82 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 27:47
83 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 31:00
84 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
85 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
86 Ivan Romeo Movistar s.t.
87 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
88 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ s.t.
89 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 31:20
90 Eddy Finé Cofidis s.t.
91 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
92 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
93 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 31:31
94 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
95 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious s.t.
96 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious s.t.
97 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 31:35
98 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious 31:59
99 Simon Geschke Cofidis 32:31
100 Antoine Debons Switzerland 32:51
101 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma 33:06
102 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 33:08
103 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
104 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 33:17
105 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers 34:00
106 Dario Lillo Switzerland s.t.
107 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
108 Jan Stöckli Switzerland s.t.
109 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
110 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland s.t.
111 Jan Sommer Switzerland s.t.
112 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
113 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
114 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
115 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
116 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny s.t.
117 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
118 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
119 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
120 Fernando Gaviria Movistar s.t.
121 Marco Brenner Team DSM s.t.
122 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo s.t.
123 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
124 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
125 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ s.t.
126 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
127 Antoine Aebi Switzerland s.t.
128 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 36:10
129 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious 37:51
130 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates 38:21

 

GC after stage 4:

520.75 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.318 km/hr

1 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 13hr 14min 41sec
2 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar @ 19sec
3 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:27
4 Max Poole Team DSM 0:38
5 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 0:41
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe 1:21
7 Romain Bardet Team DSM 1:28
8 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers 1:53
9 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
10 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates 2:07
11 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma 2:14
12 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 2:24
13 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers 2:30
14 William Barta Movistar 2:40
15 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
16 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious 2:48
17 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 3:08
18 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 3:11
19 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling 3:24
20 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 3:27
21 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 3:39
22 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan 3:41
23 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
24 Oscar Onley Team DSM 3:42
25 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 3:44
26 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 3:57
27 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 5:07
28 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën 5:25
29 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 5:26
30 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny 5:41
31 Jesus Herrada Cofidis 5:45
32 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma 6:00
33 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling 6:11
34 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates 6:19
35 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny 6:31
36 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 7:52
37 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla 7:54
38 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 8:20
39 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 8:21
40 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo 8:29
41 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck 8:39
42 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 8:45
43 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers 9:06
44 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 9:26
45 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 9:40
46 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny 10:39
47 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo 10:54
48 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step 11:10
49 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 11:42
50 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 12:00
51 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 12:20
52 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step 12:37
53 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 16:03
54 Jan Christen Switzerland 16:39
55 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny 17:53
56 Sergio Samitier Movistar 18:35
57 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 20:31
58 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 20:39
59 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 20:49
60 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 21:02
61 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe 21:05
62 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 22:12
63 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan 23:13
64 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe 23:27
65 Chris Hamilton Team DSM 25:02
66 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 25:24
67 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 26:00
68 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 26:26
69 Thomas Champion Cofidis 26:27
70 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ 26:40
71 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 26:41
72 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla 27:48
73 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling 28:23
74 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 28:48
75 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 29:00
76 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 29:02
77 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny 31:20
78 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 32:18
79 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech 32:32
80 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën 33:13
81 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 33:31
82 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 33:34
83 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 35:52
84 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 36:45
85 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 37:39
86 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 37:58
87 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
88 Antoine Debons Switzerland 40:21
89 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ 40:22
90 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 40:34
91 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 41:27
92 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 42:45
93 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 42:50
94 Jan Sommer Switzerland 43:40
95 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 44:10
96 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step 44:42
97 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 46:03
98 Eddy Finé Cofidis 46:37
99 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious 46:42
100 Simon Geschke Cofidis 47:10
101 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck 47:32
102 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 47:59
103 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma s.t.
104 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 50:16
105 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland 50:41
106 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 50:52
107 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech 51:11
108 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious 52:44
109 Marco Brenner Team DSM 53:32
110 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 54:42
111 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates 55:23
112 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 55:37
113 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 55:38
114 Ivan Romeo Movistar 56:07
115 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 57:57
116 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 58:23
117 Dario Lillo Switzerland 1:00:55
118 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 1:01:01
119 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 1:01:04
120 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo 1:01:32
121 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 1:01:45
122 Fernando Gaviria Movistar 1:01:46
123 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 1:02:10
124 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:02:21
125 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 1:02:25
126 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers 1:09:20
127 Jan Stöckli Switzerland 1:10:19
128 Antoine Aebi Switzerland 1:10:35
129 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:13:15
130 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious 1:13:23

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Tour of Romandie stage 4 map

Tour of Romandie stage 4 profile


Friday, April 28: Stage 3, Châtel St. Denis 18.75 kilometer time trial

Stage 3 map & profile

This is how it is done. Juan Ayuso on his way to wining the time trial and taking over the GC. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the race city of Châtel St. Denis at 2:50 PM, local time: 18C (64F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Juan Ayuso's UAE Team Emirates.

Juan Ayuso returned to racing and did it in the best way possible, winning the third stage of the Tour de Romandie and his first World Tour stage with a perfect time trial performance.

The stage saw riders individually race against the clock along 18.7km with the start and finish in Châtel-Saint-Denis.

Juan Ayuso will start stage four in yellow. Sirotti photo

UAE Team Emirates was a major protagonist on the stage with several riders occupying the top positions both in the first intermediate and in the final top 10. Mikkel Bjerg finished today’s race in seventh position and Adam Yates in third.

Following the advice of his teammates who had faced the time trial before him, Juan Ayuso passed the first intermediate with the third-best time, unleashing his power in the second part of the race until the finish line where he stopped the clock at 25’15”.

Ayuso: “I am in disbelief but obviously happy. It is my first victory in a World Tour race and in a time trial, and when I realized I had won, it was fantastic. I was only able to train for three weeks and half, so tomorrow will be a decisive test to see my condition. In case I can’t give my best, we still have Adam who did a great job and is in a good position in the General Classification, and we can count on him. Surely I will give my best tomorrow to continue wearing this yellow jersey.”

Thanks to the seconds gained, the Spaniard now leads the General Classification with an 18" advantage over Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar Team) and 19" over Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma), awaiting the penultimate stage scheduled for tomorrow, the only one suited for climbers, which will take riders up to 2090 meters in Thyon 2000 after 161.6 km starting from Sion.

Complete results:

18.75 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.554 km/hr

1 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 25min 15sec
2 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar @ 5sec
3 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 0:17
4 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 0:18
5 William Barta Movistar 0:19
6 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:20
7 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 0:24
8 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma s.t.
9 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious 0:25
10 Max Poole Team DSM 0:27
11 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates 0:28
12 Marco Brenner Team DSM 0:30
13 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
14 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan 0:33
15 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 0:34
16 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 0:35
17 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 0:37
18 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 0:39
19 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step 0:41
20 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step 0:46
21 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 0:49
22 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
23 Oscar Onley Team DSM 0:50
24 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 0:51
25 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates 0:52
26 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny 0:54
27 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
28 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
29 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 0:55
30 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 0:56
31 Jan Christen Swiss Cycling 0:57
32 Romain Bardet Team DSM s.t.
33 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
34 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 0:58
35 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla 0:59
36 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
37 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious 1:02
38 Ivan Romeo Movistar s.t.
39 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla 1:03
40 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
41 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe 1:04
42 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious 1:08
43 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla 1:10
44 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 1:11
45 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 1:12
46 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën 1:13
47 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 1:15
48 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 1:18
49 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma 1:19
50 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 1:22
51 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
52 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
53 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma 1:24
54 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 1:25
55 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 1:26
56 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën 1:29
57 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma 1:35
58 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 1:36
59 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo 1:37
60 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
61 Chris Hamilton Team DSM 1:38
62 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling 1:39
63 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech 1:42
64 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 1:46
65 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:47
66 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 1:48
67 Thomas Champion Cofidis 1:50
68 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
69 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
70 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ s.t.
71 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:51
72 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
73 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 1:54
74 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 1:55
75 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny 1:56
76 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 1:58
77 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 1:59
78 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 2:00
79 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 2:02
80 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe 2:04
81 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 2:11
82 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 2:12
83 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 2:17
84 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 2:20
85 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers 2:22
86 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
87 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo 2:23
88 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 2:28
89 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 2:29
90 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 2:30
91 Sergio Samitier Movistar 2:34
92 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
93 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech 2:35
94 Dario Lillo Swiss Cycling 2:36
95 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ 2:37
96 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 2:38
97 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 2:39
98 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:41
99 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 2:47
100 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 2:48
101 Simon Geschke Cofidis 2:49
102 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 2:50
103 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma s.t.
104 Jan Sommer Swiss Cycling 2:51
105 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech 2:53
106 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 2:57
107 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 2:58
108 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 3:00
109 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 3:01
110 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 3:02
111 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo 3:08
112 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech 3:10
113 Eddy Finé Cofidis 3:11
114 Antoine Aebi Swiss Cycling 3:14
115 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën 3:15
116 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 3:17
117 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers 3:18
118 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech 3:19
119 Fernando Gaviria Movistar s.t.
120 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 3:24
121 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 3:25
122 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious 3:27
123 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious 3:28
124 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:39
125 Jonathan Bögli Swiss Cycling 3:45
126 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:46
127 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 3:47
128 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:48
129 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 3:51
130 Jan Stöckli Swiss Cycling s.t.
131 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates 3:52
132 Antoine Debons Swiss Cycling 3:53
133 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan 3:55
134 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 4:00
135 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck 4:05
136 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
137 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 4:07
138 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 4:10
139 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 4:30

 

GC after stage 3:

359.15 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.951 km/hr

1 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 8hr 33min 40sec
2 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar @ 18sec
3 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma 0:19
4 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 0:22
5 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 0:30
6 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:32
7 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates 0:34
8 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers 0:36
9 Max Poole Team DSM 0:37
10 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 0:38
11 William Barta Movistar 0:40
12 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious 0:41
13 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
14 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan 0:49
15 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 0:54
16 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ 1:00
17 Jesus Herrada Cofidis 1:02
18 Romain Bardet Team DSM 1:03
19 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
20 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling 1:07
21 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
22 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 1:10
23 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny 1:11
24 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 1:12
25 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny 1:13
26 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
27 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious 1:15
28 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe 1:18
29 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers 1:19
30 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
31 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 1:26
32 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla 1:31
33 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
34 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
35 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost 1:38
36 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma 1:40
37 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 1:44
38 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 1:51
39 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 1:52
40 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën 1:54
41 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling 1:55
42 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo 2:04
43 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 2:06
44 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 2:07
45 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 2:09
46 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
47 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 2:15
48 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 2:16
49 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling 2:23
50 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
51 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech 2:24
52 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 2:25
53 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 2:30
54 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 2:32
55 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 2:36
56 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 2:38
57 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers 2:40
58 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
59 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 2:49
60 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 2:54
61 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 3:17
62 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma 3:24
63 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 3:59
64 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny 4:07
65 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 4:18
66 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 4:28
67 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
68 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 4:47
69 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 4:51
70 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 4:54
71 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ 5:21
72 Thomas Champion Cofidis 5:31
73 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 5:34
74 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe 5:42
75 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 5:57
76 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech 6:14
77 Sergio Samitier Movistar 6:26
78 Jan Christen Swiss Cycling 6:44
79 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla 6:52
80 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën 6:55
81 Chris Hamilton Team DSM 7:17
82 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost 7:18
83 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 7:40
84 Antoine Debons Swiss Cycling 7:50
85 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 8:07
86 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 8:59
87 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 9:10
88 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 9:34
89 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ 9:42
90 Jan Sommer Swiss Cycling 10:00
91 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 10:18
92 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 10:20
93 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan 11:13
94 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 12:05
95 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny 13:35
96 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck 13:52
97 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step 14:02
98 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 14:52
99 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 14:56
100 Simon Geschke Cofidis 14:59
101 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 15:11
102 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma 15:13
103 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious 15:31
104 Eddy Finé Cofidis 15:37
105 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 16:36
106 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 16:43
107 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 16:46
108 Jonathan Bögli Swiss Cycling 17:01
109 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling 17:14
110 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 17:18
111 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates 17:22
112 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 17:30
113 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech 17:31
114 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 18:04
115 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck 18:15
116 Marco Brenner Team DSM 19:52
117 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 21:02
118 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious 21:05
119 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 21:57
120 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 21:58
121 Ivan Romeo Movistar 25:27
122 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 26:57
123 Dario Lillo Swiss Cycling 27:15
124 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 27:21
125 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 27:23
126 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 27:24
127 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo 27:52
128 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech 28:05
129 Fernando Gaviria Movistar 28:06
130 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 28:30
131 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck 28:41
132 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 28:45
133 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 28:48
134 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech 35:31
135 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers 35:40
136 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious 35:52
137 Jan Stöckli Swiss Cycling 36:39
138 Antoine Aebi Swiss Cycling 36:55
139 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 37:25

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile


Thursday, April 27: Stage 2, Morteau - La Chaux de Fonds, 162.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Ethan Hayter takes the stage and the GC lead. Sirotti photo

Plato's Apology

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Weather at the finish city of La Chaux de Fonds at 2:30 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: There were two non-starters: Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost) & James Knox (Soudal Quick-Step).

Here's the report from stage winner & new GC leader Ethan Hayter's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Ethan Hayter powered to a comprehensive sprint victory on stage two to move into the overall race lead at Tour de Romandie.

Hayter rounded off an excellent team performance after a lead out from Egan Bernal and Jhonatan Narvaez on a tricky finish in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

The British national time trial champion had weathered a number of attacks on the categorised climbs approaching the finish, with only half the peloton making it to the final climb - Le Communal.

The Grenadiers came together after the final ascent, working together well to navigate a technical finale with a lot of road furniture in the last kilometres.

After coming through the final roundabout, Bernal and Narvaez timed their leadout to perfection, dropping Hayter at the front of the bunch. The London rider calmy waited for his rivals to make the first move before putting an impressive acceleration in to win the stage and move into the race lead.

Ethan Hayter:
"I was climbing quite well yesterday and maybe if there had been another climb nearer the finish I would have done better yesterday, but I was quietly confident today.

"The sprint wasn’t so close, but to get there was the hard part. It was a pretty hard stage, Jumbo made a pretty hard pace on all the final climbs and there were a fair few attacks at the end. I survived and we got to the front at the perfect time.

"We had to go a little bit early, but I think it was best with all the roundabout to stay out of trouble. Then I was waiting for the guys to come behind, because Jhonatan Narvaez came a long, long way to join the front. I saw someone was coming and then opened up the sprint.

Complete results:

162.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.482 km/hr

1 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 3hr 55min 20sec
2 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates s.t.
3 Romain Bardet Team DSM s.t.
4 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla s.t.
5 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
6 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny s.t.
7 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
8 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
9 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
10 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
11 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
12 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
13 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma s.t.
14 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious s.t.
15 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar s.t.
16 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo s.t.
17 Nelson Oliveira Movistar s.t.
18 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
19 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
20 William Barta Movistar s.t.
21 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ s.t.
22 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
23 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
24 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
25 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
26 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
27 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
28 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
29 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
30 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious s.t.
31 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
32 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo s.t.
33 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla s.t.
34 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
35 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
36 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
37 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
38 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
39 Max Poole Team DSM s.t.
40 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
41 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
42 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates s.t.
43 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
44 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
45 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
46 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
47 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla s.t.
48 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
49 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
50 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
51 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
52 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
53 Ion Izagirre Cofidis s.t.
54 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
55 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
56 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
57 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
58 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
59 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ @ 11sec
60 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
61 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 0:58
62 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 1:40
63 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
64 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
65 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo s.t.
66 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
67 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny s.t.
68 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
69 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates s.t.
70 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma s.t.
71 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 2:00
72 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech 3:08
73 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
74 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
75 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ s.t.
76 Antoine Debons Switzerland s.t.
77 Niklas Märkl Team DSM s.t.
78 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
79 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
80 Sergio Samitier Movistar s.t.
81 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
82 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
83 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
84 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
85 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 5:19
86 Jan Christen Switzerland s.t.
87 Chris Hamilton Team DSM s.t.
88 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny s.t.
89 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
90 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
91 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla s.t.
92 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
93 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ s.t.
94 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 6:39
95 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
96 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious s.t.
97 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
98 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
99 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
100 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
101 Jan Sommer Switzerland s.t.
102 Alberto Dainese Team DSM s.t.
103 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
104 Marco Brenner Team DSM 8:19
105 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
106 Eddy Finé Cofidis 11:48
107 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland s.t.
108 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
109 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
110 Simon Geschke Cofidis s.t.
111 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 13:27
112 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
113 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
114 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
115 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
116 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo s.t.
117 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
118 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
119 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma s.t.
120 Dario Lillo Switzerland s.t.
121 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
122 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma s.t.
123 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
124 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
125 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
126 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis s.t.
127 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
128 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious s.t.
129 Sergio Higuita BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
130 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla s.t.
131 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates s.t.
132 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates s.t.
133 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
134 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
135 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
136 Ivan Romeo Movistar s.t.
137 Fernando Gaviria Movistar s.t.
138 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
139 Jan Stöckli Switzerland 21:14
140 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious s.t.
141 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
142 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
143 Antoine Aebi Switzerland 22:16
144 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

340.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.832 km/hr

1 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers 8hr 8min 14sec
2 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma @ 6sec
3 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
4 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 0:11
5 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 0:14
6 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 0:15
7 Romain Bardet Team DSM 0:17
8 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
9 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
10 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious 0:18
11 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 0:20
12 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
13 Max Poole Team DSM 0:21
14 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:23
15 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
16 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
17 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 0:24
18 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
19 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
20 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
21 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 0:26
22 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious 0:27
23 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
24 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
25 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 0:28
26 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
27 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
28 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
29 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 0:29
30 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
31 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
32 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
33 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 0:30
34 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny s.t.
35 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 0:31
36 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
37 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
38 William Barta Movistar 0:32
39 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
40 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
41 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
42 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
43 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 0:33
44 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
45 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 0:34
46 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën 0:36
47 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo 0:38
48 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
49 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla 0:39
50 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 0:40
51 Ion Izagirre Cofidis s.t.
52 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 0:41
53 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny 0:44
54 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 0:46
55 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 0:50
56 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech 0:53
57 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 0:55
58 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 0:58
59 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 1:06
60 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious 1:15
61 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 1:50
62 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 1:54
63 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 2:02
64 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma 2:11
65 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan 2:12
66 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
67 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ 2:17
68 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 2:19
69 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny 2:22
70 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 2:45
71 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 3:17
72 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe 3:35
73 Anthony Perez Cofidis 3:36
74 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo 3:40
75 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ 3:42
76 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe 3:49
77 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech 3:50
78 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën 3:51
79 Thomas Champion Cofidis 3:52
80 Sergio Samitier Movistar 4:03
81 Antoine Debons Switzerland 4:08
82 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost 5:38
83 Chris Hamilton Team DSM 5:50
84 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla 5:53
85 Jan Christen Switzerland 5:58
86 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny 6:04
87 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 6:26
88 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 6:55
89 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost 7:03
90 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 7:16
91 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ s.t.
92 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 7:19
93 Jan Sommer Switzerland 7:20
94 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny 7:29
95 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
96 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 9:15
97 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck 11:22
98 Simon Geschke Cofidis 12:21
99 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny 12:24
100 Eddy Finé Cofidis 12:37
101 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland 13:27
102 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 13:32
103 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
104 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates 13:41
105 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 13:45
106 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma 13:49
107 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla 13:56
108 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo 13:57
109 Sergio Higuita BORA-hansgrohe 13:58
110 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 13:59
111 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 14:05
112 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 14:09
113 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck 14:21
114 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech 14:23
115 Niklas Märkl Team DSM 14:28
116 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious 14:40
117 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 14:51
118 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
119 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 16:38
120 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 17:13
121 Alberto Dainese Team DSM 17:48
122 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious s.t.
123 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 17:58
124 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 18:21
125 Marco Brenner Team DSM 19:33
126 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 23:21
127 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 24:32
128 Ivan Romeo Movistar 24:36
129 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 24:45
130 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 24:47
131 Dario Lillo Switzerland 24:50
132 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 24:52
133 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo 24:55
134 Fernando Gaviria Movistar 24:58
135 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 25:05
136 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech 25:06
137 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
138 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 25:16
139 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers 32:33
140 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious 32:36
141 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech 32:49
142 Jan Stöckli Switzerland 32:59
143 Antoine Aebi Switzerland 33:52
144 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 33:57

 

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Wednesday, April 26: Stage 1, Crissier - Vallée de Joux, 170.9 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Ethan Vernon is the day's fastest rider. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Le Sentier at 2:15 PM, local time: 9C (50F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Testing positive for Covid-19, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan), did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Ethan Vernon's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Ethan Vernon scored a crushing sprint victory on stage 1 of the Swiss race, after a great lead-out of Casper Pedersen, who placed him in a perfect position with 300 meters to go. A winner of three races in the first couple of weeks of the season, Ethan remained calm in a hectic finale, before launching down the middle of the road and stomping his sprinting authority in Vallée de Joux.

“It’s the second World Tour success of my career after the one in the Volta a Catalunya last year, and just like back then, it feels great to win at this level”, said one of the youngest riders to take a Tour de Romandie stage victory this century.

The day contained three classified climbs, but a flawless teamwork of his Soudal Quick-Step teammates helped the Brit make it over the stage’s difficulties, where many of the other sprinters got dropped. Dries Devenyns did a fabulous job, keeping things together for most of the stage, before Rémi Cavagna and even overall leader Josef Cerny took over in the closing kilometres, making sure Vernon remained well-positioned under the flamme rouge.

Following this victory and the bonus seconds it brought, the 22-year-old went straight to the top of the general classification, ahead of Josef, and will sport the yellow jersey on the hilly stage to La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Ethan Vernon will start stage two in yellow. Sirotti photo

“It was difficult on the climbs, as some teams upped the tempo and pushed hard, but I survived thanks to the boys. I am grateful to them, not just for their help there, but also for the mammoth work they put in the entire day. I already had three victories this season before today, but the last of these came two months ago, so it feels good to win again. Leading this race is a bonus, and I will enjoy wearing yellow on Thursday”, added Ethan after Soudal Quick-Step’s 21st victory of the year.

Complete results:

170.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.756 km/hr

1 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 4hr 5min 34sec
2 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo s.t.
3 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny s.t.
4 Romain Bardet Team DSM s.t.
5 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
6 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
7 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
8 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
9 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates s.t.
10 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
11 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious s.t.
12 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
13 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
14 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
15 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
16 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla s.t.
17 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
18 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
19 Eddy Finé Cofidis s.t.
20 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
21 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
22 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
23 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
24 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious s.t.
25 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
26 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
27 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
28 Jan Sommer Switzerland s.t.
29 Jan Christen Switzerland s.t.
30 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
31 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
32 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
33 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
34 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
35 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
36 Max Poole Team DSM s.t.
37 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo s.t.
38 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
39 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
40 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
41 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
42 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates s.t.
43 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ s.t.
44 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
45 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma s.t.
46 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates s.t.
47 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates s.t.
48 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
49 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
50 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
51 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
52 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
53 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ s.t.
54 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland s.t.
55 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
56 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo s.t.
57 William Barta Movistar s.t.
58 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla s.t.
59 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar s.t.
60 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious s.t.
61 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
62 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
63 Nelson Oliveira Movistar s.t.
64 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
65 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
66 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
67 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
68 Sergio Higuita BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
69 Ion Izagirre Cofidis s.t.
70 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
71 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
72 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
73 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny s.t.
74 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
75 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ s.t.
76 Antoine Debons Switzerland s.t.
77 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
78 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
79 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
80 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
81 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
82 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
83 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
84 James Knox Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
85 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
86 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma s.t.
87 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
88 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
89 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
90 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
91 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma s.t.
92 Simon Geschke Cofidis s.t.
93 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
94 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny s.t.
95 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
96 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
97 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ s.t.
98 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
99 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
100 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma s.t.
101 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
102 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla s.t.
103 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
104 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
105 Sergio Samitier Movistar s.t.
106 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
107 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
108 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla s.t.
109 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates s.t.
110 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
111 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
112 Lennard Hofstede Jumbo-Visma s.t.
113 Chris Hamilton Team DSM s.t.
114 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla s.t.
115 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
116 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis s.t.
117 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious @ 56sec
118 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 1:09
119 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 2:44
120 Antoine Aebi Switzerland 10:50
121 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious 10:50
122 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo s.t.
123 Ivan Romeo Movistar s.t.
124 Dario Lillo Switzerland s.t.
125 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
126 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
127 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
128 Jan Stöckli Switzerland s.t.
129 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious s.t.
130 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
131 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
132 Niklas Märkl Team DSM s.t.
133 Fernando Gaviria Movistar s.t.
134 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
135 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
136 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
137 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
138 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
139 Marco Brenner Team DSM s.t.
140 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
141 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ s.t.
142 Alberto Dainese Team DSM s.t.
143 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
144 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
145 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
146 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
147 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
148 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.

 

GC after stage 1:

177.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.145 km/hr

1 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 4hr 12min 59sec
2 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
3 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma @ 1sec
4 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
5 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 0:04
6 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 0:05
7 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
8 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 0:09
9 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla s.t.
10 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates s.t.
11 Nelson Oliveira Movistar 0:10
12 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 0:12
13 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
14 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious s.t.
15 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
16 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 0:13
17 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
18 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost 0:14
19 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 0:15
20 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
21 Max Poole Team DSM 0:16
22 Romain Bardet Team DSM s.t.
23 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 0:17
24 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma s.t.
25 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:18
26 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
27 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
28 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 0:19
29 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
30 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
31 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
32 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
33 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën 0:21
34 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe 0:22
35 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious s.t.
36 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
37 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
38 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 0:23
39 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
40 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
41 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
42 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
43 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën 0:24
44 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
45 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla s.t.
46 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
47 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
48 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 0:25
49 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny s.t.
50 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
51 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
52 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 0:26
53 Chris Hamilton Team DSM s.t.
54 Sergio Higuita BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
55 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
56 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
57 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma s.t.
58 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 0:27
59 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
60 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
61 William Barta Movistar s.t.
62 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
63 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
64 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
65 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
66 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
67 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 0:28
68 Simon Geschke Cofidis s.t.
69 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
70 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 0:29
71 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla s.t.
72 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ s.t.
73 James Knox Soudal Quick-Step 0:31
74 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
75 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
76 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 0:32
77 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
78 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates 0:33
79 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo s.t.
80 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
81 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo 0:34
82 Jan Christen Switzerland s.t.
83 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla s.t.
84 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 0:35
85 Ion Izagirre Cofidis s.t.
86 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
87 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 0:36
88 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
89 Jan Sommer Switzerland s.t.
90 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 0:37
91 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny s.t.
92 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
93 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën 0:38
94 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 0:39
95 Lennard Hofstede Jumbo-Visma s.t.
96 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
97 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
98 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën 0:40
99 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny s.t.
100 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ 0:41
101 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 0:42
102 Eddy Finé Cofidis 0:44
103 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 0:45
104 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
105 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
106 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech 0:48
107 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:49
108 Sergio Samitier Movistar 0:50
109 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 0:51
110 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
111 Antoine Debons Switzerland 0:55
112 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 1:01
113 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 1:02
114 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious 1:08
115 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 1:19
116 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 1:31
117 Jonathan Bögli Switzerland 1:34
118 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ 1:52
119 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step 3:06
120 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling 11:00
121 Ivan Romeo Movistar 11:04
122 Alberto Dainese Team DSM 11:04
123 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious s.t.
124 Marco Brenner Team DSM 11:09
125 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling 11:13
126 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 11:14
127 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
128 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ 11:15
129 Niklas Märkl Team DSM s.t.
130 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious 11:17
131 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
132 Dario Lillo Switzerland 11:18
133 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 11:20
134 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo 11:23
135 Fernando Gaviria Movistar 11:26
136 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost 11:27
137 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 11:28
138 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech 11:30
139 Antoine Aebi Switzerland 11:31
140 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 11:33
141 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech 11:34
142 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
143 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 11:36
144 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 11:37
145 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling 11:38
146 Jan Stöckli Switzerland 11:40
147 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 11:44
148 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 11:49

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

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Tuesday, April 25: Le Bouveret prologue 6.82 km individual time trial

Prologue time trial map | Photos

Josef Cerny on his way to winning the prologue. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the race city of Le Bouveret at 1:50 PM, local time: 9C (48F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). During the afternoon there is a 24% chance of rain.

The race: First rider scheduled to roll off is Jonathan Bogli (Swiss Cycling) at 2:50 PM.

Here's the report from stage winner Josef Cerny's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Josef Cerny became the tenth different Soudal Quick-Step rider to put his name on the winners’ list of this season, after an impressive display of strength on the 6.8km flat course around Le Bouveret. The 30-year-old came at the start of the longest Tour de Romandie prologue in a decade with the hope of racking up a top 10 finish, but he exceeded any expectations beating a host of specialists to net Soudal Quick-Step’s 20th victory of the year.

Multiple national champion of the discipline, Cerny averaged a whooping 55.17km/h despite the wet roads, setting a time of 7:25, which put him in the hot seat, where he remained for the slimmest of margins, only three tenths of a seconds separating him from runner-up Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma). Another Soudal Quick-Step rider, Rémi Cavagna, also came very close, concluding just a second behind his teammate. Our team had three men in the top 10 at the end of the day, after Ethan Vernon – making his first appearance in a month – produced a solid effort to take the best young rider jersey.

Cerny, now the first Czech rider in 14 years to win a stage and wear the Tour de Romandie yellow jersey, was over the moon with his victory: “It was a fast course, but I gave everything and did a good prologue. It was very close, but in the end I was the lucky one. I worked hard in the time trial, had good legs and a very good bike, and now I’m happy with this win. I wasn’t the favourite. I was hoping for a top 10 or a top 5, so to get the victory is just fantastic. It was a fast course, I did a good prologue, I was very close, but in the end I was the lucky one and I’m happy with this victory.”

Josef Cerny will start stage one in yellow. Sirotti photo

“I worked hard in the time trial, had good legs today and a very good bike. I knew I wasn’t the favourite, I was more hoping for a top 10 or top 5, so to win is fantastic. It gives me a lot of joy to have the yellow jersey in such a prestigious race”, said Josef, who also leads the points and KOM classification.

Complete results & GC:

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6.82 kilometeres raced at an average speed of 55.173 km/hr

1 Josef Cerný Soudal Quick-Step 7min 25sec
2 Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma @ 1sec
3 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
4 Nico Denz BORA-hansgrohe 0:04
5 Joel Suter Tudor Pro Cycling 0:05
6 Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
7 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates 0:09
8 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla s.t.
9 Ivo Oliveira UAE Team Emirates s.t.
10 Ethan Vernon Soudal Quick-Step 0:10
11 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
12 Nelson Oliveira Movistar s.t.
13 Juan Ayuso UAE Team Emirates 0:12
14 Jonathan Castroviejo INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
15 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious s.t.
16 Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates s.t.
17 Johan Price-Pejtersen Bahrain Victorious s.t.
18 Casper Pedersen Soudal Quick-Step 0:13
19 Rainer Kepplinger Bahrain Victorious s.t.
20 Andrey Amador EF Education-EasyPost 0:14
21 Ivan Romeo Movistar s.t.
22 Alberto Dainese Team DSM s.t.
23 Filip Maciejuk Bahrain Victorious s.t.
24 Fausto Masnada Soudal Quick-Step 0:15
25 Max Poole Team DSM 0:16
26 Romain Bardet Team DSM s.t.
27 Bob Jungels BORA-hansgrohe 0:17
28 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma s.t.
29 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious 0:18
30 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
31 Magnus Cort EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
32 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates 0:19
33 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar s.t.
34 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
35 Mark Padun EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
36 Jesus Herrada Cofidis s.t.
37 Marco Brenner Team DSM s.t.
38 Simon Yates Jayco-AlUla 0:20
39 Thibau Nys Trek-Segafredo 0:21
40 Nans Peters Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
41 Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma 0:22
42 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
43 Dries Devenyns Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
44 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious s.t.
45 Harold Tejada Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
46 Sebastien Reichenbach Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
47 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 0:23
48 Anthony Perez Cofidis s.t.
49 Tony Gallopin Trek-Segafredo s.t.
50 Oscar Onley Team DSM s.t.
51 Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny s.t.
52 Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
53 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 0:24
54 Dorian Godon Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
55 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
56 Kobe Goossens Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
57 Lawson Craddock Jayco-AlUla s.t.
58 Jhonnatan Narvaez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
59 Geoffrey Bouchard Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
60 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar 0:25
61 Lewis Askey Groupama-FDJ s.t.
62 Harry Sweeny Lotto Dstny s.t.
63 Julien Bernard Trek-Segafredo s.t.
64 Kévin Vauquelin Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
65 Niklas Märkl Team DSM s.t.
66 Ewen Costiou Arkéa-Samsic 0:26
67 Chris Hamilton Team DSM s.t.
68 Sergio Higuita BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
69 Egan Bernal INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
70 Edward Dunbar Jayco-AlUla s.t.
71 Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma s.t.
72 Pierre-Luc Périchon Cofidis 0:27
73 Jacopo Mosca Trek-Segafredo s.t.
74 Dusan Rajovic Bahrain Victorious s.t.
75 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
76 Gianmarco Garofoli Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
77 William Barta Movistar s.t.
78 Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
79 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates s.t.
80 Thibaut Pinot Groupama-FDJ s.t.
81 Lilian Calmejane Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
82 Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma s.t.
83 Filippo Zana Jayco-AlUla 0:28
84 Simon Geschke Cofidis s.t.
85 Jason Osborne Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
86 Dario Lillo Swiss Cycling s.t.
87 Clément Champoussin Arkéa-Samsic 0:29
88 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla s.t.
89 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ s.t.
90 Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan 0:30
91 James Knox Soudal Quick-Step 0:31
92 Thomas De Gendt Lotto Dstny s.t.
93 Clement Berthet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
94 Paul Lapeira Ag2r-Citroën 0:32
95 Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ s.t.
96 Mark Cavendish Astana Qazaqstan 0:33
97 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates s.t.
98 Kenny Elissonde Trek-Segafredo s.t.
99 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
100 Marc Brustenga Trek-Segafredo s.t.
101 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ 0:34
102 Asbjørn Hellemose Trek-Segafredo s.t.
103 Jan Christen Swiss Cycling s.t.
104 Chris Harper Jayco-AlUla s.t.
105 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 0:35
106 Ion Izagirre Cofidis s.t.
107 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
108 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
109 Jonathan Caicedo EF Education-EasyPost 0:36
110 Luis-Joe Lührs BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
111 Fernando Gaviria Movistar s.t.
112 Jan Sommer Swiss Cycling s.t.
113 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe 0:37
114 Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
115 Mathijs Paasschens Lotto Dstny s.t.
116 Andrii Ponomar Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
117 Reto Hollenstein Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
118 Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers 0:38
119 Clément Venturini Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
120 Odd Christian Eiking EF Education-EasyPost 0:39
121 Lennard Hofstede Jumbo-Visma s.t.
122 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto Dstny s.t.
123 Thomas Champion Cofidis s.t.
124 Mason Hollyman Israel-Premier Tech 0:40
125 Michael Schär Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
126 Antoine Aebi Swiss Cycling 0:41
127 Lenny Martinez Groupama-FDJ s.t.
128 Reuben Thompson Groupama-FDJ 0:42
129 Leonardo Basso Astana Qazaqstan 0:43
130 Rick Zabel Israel-Premier Tech 0:44
131 Milan Menten Lotto Dstny s.t.
132 Giacomo Nizzolo Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
133 Eddy Finé Cofidis s.t.
134 Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
135 Cristian Rodriguez Arkéa-Samsic 0:45
136 Johannes Adamietz Lotto Dstny s.t.
137 Antonio Nibali Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
138 Lionel Taminiaux Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:46
139 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:47
140 Michael Woods Israel-Premier Tech 0:48
141 Luc Wirtgen Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
142 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:49
143 Sergio Samitier Movistar 0:50
144 Jan Stöckli Swiss Cycling s.t.
145 Kevin Ledanois Arkéa-Samsic 0:51
146 Chris Froome Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
147 Luca Mozzato Arkéa-Samsic 0:54
148 Antoine Debons Swiss Cycling 0:55
149 Niccolo Bonifazio Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 0:59
150 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 1:01
151 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers 1:02
152 Gijs Leemreize Jumbo-Visma 1:19
153 Jonathan Bögli Swiss Cycling 1:34
154 Rui Costa Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 4:52

 

Prologue map:

 

More Prologue photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Lilian Calmejane

Nico Denz

Elia Viviani

Robert Gesink

Chris Harper

Alexey Lutsenko


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Start list with back numbers, April 24, 2022:

BORA-HANSGROHE
1 Sergio Higuita
2 Cesare Benedetti
3 Nico Denz
4 Bob Jungels
5 Luis-Joe Lührs
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks
7 Ben Zwiehoff
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
11 Adam Yates
12 Ivo Oliveira
13 Juan Ayuso
14 Mikkel Bjerg
15 Finn Fisher-Black
16 Rafal Majka
17 Domen Novak
JUMBO-VISMA
21 Steven Kruijswijk
22 Tobias Foss
23 Robert Gesink
24 Thomas Gloag
25 Lennard Hofstede
26 Gijs Leemreize
27 Jos Van Emden
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
31 Remi Cavagna
32 Josef Cerný
33 Dries Devenyns
34 James Knox
35 Fausto Masnada
36 Casper Pedersen
37 Ethan Vernon
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
41 Quinten Hermans
42 Tobias Bayer
43 Jason Osborne
44 Kristian Sbaragli
45 Robert Stannard
46 Lionel Taminiaux
47 Fabio Van Den Bossche
TREK-SEGAFREDO
51 Tony Gallopin
52 Julien Bernard
53 Marc Brustenga
54 Kenny Elissonde
55 Asbjørn Hellemose
56 Jacopo Mosca
57 Thibau Nys
EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
61 Magnus Cort
62 Andrey Amador
63 Jonathan Caicedo
64 Simon Carr
65 Odd Christian Eiking
66 Mark Padun
67 Sean Quinn
GROUPAMA-FDJ
71 Thibaut Pinot
72 Lewis Askey
73 Lorenzo Germani
74 Matthieu Ladagnous
75 Lenny Martinez
76 Enzo Paleni
77 Reuben Thompson
MOVISTAR
81 Matteo Jorgenson
82 William Barta
83 Fernando Gaviria
84 Gregor Mühlberger
85 Nelson Oliveira
86 Ivan Romeo
87 Sergio Samitier
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
91 Gino Mäder
92 Nikias Arndt
93 Damiano Caruso
94 Rainer Kepplinger
95 Filip Maciejuk
96 Johan Price-Pejtersen
97 Dusan Rajovic
INEOS GRENADIERS
101 Egan Bernal
102 Jonathan Castroviejo
103 Ethan Hayter
104 Jhonnatan Narvaez
105 Brandon Rivera
106 Elia Viviani
107 Cameron Wurf
JAYCO-ALULA
111 Simon Yates
112 Lawson Craddock
113 Edward Dunbar
114 Chris Harper
115 Christopher Juul-Jensen
116 Matteo Sobrero
117 Filippo Zana
TEAM DSM
121 Romain Bardet
122 Marco Brenner
123 Alberto Dainese
124 Chris Hamilton
125 Niklas Märkl
126 Oscar Onley
127 Max Poole
AG2R-CITROËN
131 Clement Berthet
132 Geoffrey Bouchard
133 Dorian Godon
134 Paul Lapeira
135 Nans Peters
136 Michael Schär
137 Clément Venturini
INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
141 Louis Meintjes
142 Niccolo Bonifazio
143 Lilian Calmejane
144 Rui Costa
145 Kobe Goossens
146 Dion Smith
147 Rein Taaramäe
COFIDIS
151 Ion Izagirre
152 Thomas Champion
153 Eddy Finé
154 Simon Geschke
155 Jesus Herrada
156 Anthony Perez
157 Pierre-Luc Périchon
ARKÉA-SAMSIC
161 Kévin Vauquelin
162 Clément Champoussin
163 Ewen Costiou
164 Kevin Ledanois
165 Luca Mozzato
166 Andrii Ponomar
167 Cristian Rodriguez
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
171 Alexey Lutsenko
172 Leonardo Basso
173 Gleb Brussenskiy
174 Mark Cavendish
175 Gianmarco Garofoli
176 Antonio Nibali
177 Harold Tejada
LOTTO DSTNY
181 Eduardo Sepulveda
182 Johannes Adamietz
183 Thomas De Gendt
184 Milan Menten
185 Sylvain Moniquet
186 Mathijs Paasschens
187 Harry Sweeny
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
191 Michael Woods
192 Chris Froome
193 Reto Hollenstein
194 Mason Hollyman
195 Giacomo Nizzolo
196 Nick Schultz
197 Rick Zabel
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
201 Sebastien Reichenbach
202 Tom Bohli
203 Alexander Kamp
204 Arthur Kluckers
205 Joel Suter
206 Yannis Voisard
207 Luc Wirtgen
SWISS CYCLING
211 Jan Christen
212 Antoine Aebi
213 Jonathan Bögli
214 Antoine Debons
215 Dario Lillo
216 Jan Sommer
217 Jan Stöckli