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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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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

Stage 1 profile

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

 

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