2025 Tour de Romandie (World Tour), Switzerland

78th Edition: April 29 - May 4, 2025

Tour de Romandie podium history | 2024 edition | 2026 edition | Start list
Prologue | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2025 Tour de Romandie map

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Sunday, May 4: Stage 5, Geneva 17.1 km individual time trial.

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Stage winner Remco Evenepoel in the start house.

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Weather at the race city of Geneva at 2:15 PM, local time. 19C (67F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain.

As of 1:45 AM Sunday Geneva time, the forecast was for showers and scattered thunderstorms. The race organizer posted: "...the risk of rain is likely to increase as the race progresses. The roads will be slippery due to the rain, especially in town. The wind will be favorable on the outward journey between Les Eux-Vives and Collonges, then sideways and then headwinds on the day's main climb and on the return journey as far as Les Eux-Vives."

The race: The first rider scheduled to start was Johan Price-Pejtersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at 1:32 PM.

Jacopo Mosca (Lidl-Trek) did not start.

Here's the report from stage five winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Remco Evenepoel concluded the Tour de Romandie by taking his 18th career win in the individual time trial, a result that elevated him four places on the general classification of the World Tour race, where this year he returned for the first time since 2019, his neo-pro season.

The 25-year-old started the day in ninth place overall, but produced another impressive ride that saw him go fastest through the intermediate checkpoint before setting the best time at the finish – 20:33, thanks to an average speed close to 50km/h. Victorious in Genève, Evenepoel moved up to fifth on the general classification and became the first reigning World ITT Champion since Tony Martin, in 2013, to win a stage against the clock at the Tour de Romandie.

“I’m happy with this win. We were lucky with the weather, as we didn’t have the rain that was initially predicted. The first four kilometers of the race were pretty technical, then everything was pretty straightforward until the finish line. I am delighted with my performance, and especially with the feeling I had in my shoulder, in the corners and on the straight lines.”

Third-place Alberto Bettiol on his ride.

“I can look back on these last couple of weeks with satisfaction. I took two wins since returning to competition and found the rhythm again. Not everything went as I had wanted in some races, but it’s only normal after so much time off the bike. I will now recover a bit and then continue my preparations for the summer”, said Remco after his 56th success in the Soudal Quick-Step jersey.

The Olympic Champion was joined in the top ten of the Tour de Romandie by teammate Junior Lecerf, who finished the Swiss race in a solid eighth place, the same result he got earlier this season in another World Tour event, the UAE Tour.

I was wondering why the UAE Team Emirates riders had their sponsors' names covered on their time trial kits and Google/AI gave me this response:

In the 2025 Tour de Romandie time trial, UAE Team Emirates riders had their sponsor's name covered because the team was racing under the name UAE Team Emirates XRG. This change reflects a new sponsorship agreement where XRG, a company focused on natural gas, chemicals, and lower-carbon energy solutions, became the co-title partner and official energy partner of the team. The shift to this new branding indicates that the team is evolving with its sponsorship structure.

Complete results:

Photos

17.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.927 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	20min 33sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 12sec
3	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	0:18
4	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:24
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:27
6	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:32
7	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:33
8	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:38
9	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
10	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
12	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	0:40
13	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:41
14	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:44
15	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
16	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	0:46
18	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:52
19	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	0:54
20	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	0:58
21	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:02
22	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	1:06
25	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	1:09
26	Logan Currie	Lotto	1:10
27	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11
28	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:14
30	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	1:16
32	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:16
33	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:17
34	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	1:18
36	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
37	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:21
38	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:22
39	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
40	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	1:24
41	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	1:25
42	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:26
44	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
45	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:27
46	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	1:29
47	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
48	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
49	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	1:33
50	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
51	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:34
52	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:35
53	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:37
55	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	1:39
56	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:40
58	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	1:41
59	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:45
60	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:46
62	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:47
63	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	1:51
64	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:52
65	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:53
68	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
69	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:54
71	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
72	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
73	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:55
74	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
75	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	2:03
76	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	2:05
78	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
80	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:06
81	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	2:08
83	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:10
84	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	2:12
86	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	2:14
87	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:16
89	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	2:18
90	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:20
91	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	2:22
92	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
93	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	2:24
94	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:29
95	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	2:31
96	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:34
97	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	2:41
98	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
99	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	2:45
100	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:47
101	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	2:48
102	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	2:51
103	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	2:52
104	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	2:54
105	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	3:01
106	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:06
107	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	3:10
108	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:04

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Mountains classification winner: Ben Zweihoff (Red Bull BORA-hansgrohe)
• Points classification winner: Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Best young rider: Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

673.04 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.954 km/hr

1	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16hr 50min 44sec
2	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	@ 26sec
3	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:41
4	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	1:22
5	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
6	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:31
7	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	2:05
8	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	2:16
9	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:43
10	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	2:58
11	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:05
12	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:16
13	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:41
14	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	3:53
15	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	3:58
16	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	4:04
17	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	4:19
18	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	4:48
19	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:27
20	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:29
21	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	5:39
22	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	6:09
23	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:37
24	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:18
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	7:29
26	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:37
27	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:54
29	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:16
30	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	10:01
31	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	10:29
32	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	10:35
33	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	11:30
34	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	11:52
35	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	12:48
36	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	12:49
37	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	15:29
38	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	16:21
39	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	18:33
40	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	19:58
41	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	20:20
42	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	20:50
43	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:25
44	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	21:48
45	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	21:56
46	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	22:57
47	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	23:15
48	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	23:29
49	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	23:47
50	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	25:08
51	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	25:24
52	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	25:46
53	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:09
54	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	26:10
55	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	26:34
56	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	26:46
57	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	28:07
58	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	29:06
59	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	29:35
60	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	30:10
61	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	30:15
62	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:44
63	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	30:55
64	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	31:06
65	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	31:09
66	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	33:20
67	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	34:30
68	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	34:45
69	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	34:50
70	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	35:30
71	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	36:53
72	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	38:36
73	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	40:12
74	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	41:46
75	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	41:59
76	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	42:11
77	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	44:53
78	Logan Currie	Lotto	45:41
79	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	48:04
80	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	48:27
81	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	48:31
82	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	50:28
83	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	50:29
84	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	50:41
85	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	51:07
86	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	51:08
87	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	52:06
88	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	52:26
89	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	52:40
90	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	52:50
91	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	53:12
92	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	53:37
93	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	54:13
94	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	56:12
95	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	57:52
96	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	58:04
97	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	58:11
98	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	58:23
99	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	59:39
100	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:01:40
101	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:09:09
102	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:11:07
103	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	1:16:11
104	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:16:27
105	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	1:16:53
106	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:18:20
107	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:28:06
108	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:34:39

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Overnight GC leader Lenny Martinez was thirteenth in the stage.

Jay Vine was fourth

Joao Almeida's second-place ride was good enough to give him the final GC win.

Stage winner Remco Evenepoel doing what he does better than anyone else in the world, riding against the clock.

Lenny Martinez after his ride, his final moments in yellow.

Stage winner Remco Evenepoel

UAE team Emirates won the Teams classification. Note that their road kits have the XRG sposnor's name.

The final GC podium, from left: Lenny Martinez (2nd), Joao Almeida (1st) & Jay Vine (3rd)

2025 Tour de Romandie winner Joao Almeida

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Saturday, May 3: Stage 4, Sion - Thyon, 118.2 km

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Lenny Martinez beats Joao Almeida for the stage win. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Thyon at 2:15 PM, local time: 9C (48F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 30% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Lenny Martinez's Team Bahrain Victorious.

Lenny Martinez may have finished runner-up on Stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie, but the young French rider showed no hesitation on the Queen Stage, powering to victory atop the brutal Thyon 2000 climb and outsprinting João Almeida in the final metres.

Early in the stage: The peloton races through Sion.

The 118.2 km stage began with an early breakaway featuring Ben Zwiehoff (Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe), Louis Barré (Intermarché – Wanty), and Julien Bernard (Lidl – Trek), who escaped on the opening ascent of the Anzère. Heading into the final 50 km, the peloton maintained a manageable two-minute gap on the Category 1 Nax climb, keeping the leaders within reach.

As the race approached the final climb, Max van der Meulen and Finlay Pickering began to reduce the deficit, reeling in the last breakaway rider with 13 km to go.

In the final 5 km, only four riders remained at the front: Martinez, Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates), João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), and Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan Team). With 4 km to go, it became a head-to-head battle between Martinez and Almeida, as the pair distanced themselves and quickly opened up a gap.

Just as he had on Stage 3, Lenny outsprinted Almeida at the line to take an emphatic win.

With the victory and 10 bonus seconds, Martinez moved into the overall lead, now holding a slim 2-second advantage over Fortunato heading into tomorrow’s decisive individual time trial in Geneva.

Heading up the first climb of the day.

A delighted Lenny commented:
“Yeah I felt okay on the last climb, all the team did a great job, the same as yesterday also. Yesterday second place I wanted to win. This morning I woke up and I was thinking maybe I can win today also. I tried the best I could do and in the end I won so I’m super happy. I feel super good with this team, they did a super amazing job every day for me. They give me a lot of confidence on me like a leader and I’m just super proud of the team.”

Complete results:

Photos

118.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 31.694 km/hr

1	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	3hr 43min 46sec
2	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	@ 29sec
4	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:31
5	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:11
7	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:13
8	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:17
9	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	1:29
10	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
11	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	1:36
14	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:43
15	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	2:28
16	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	2:57
17	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	3:01
18	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	3:08
19	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	3:10
21	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	3:23
22	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:28
24	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	4:27
25	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:46
26	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	5:31
28	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	5:47
29	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	5:57
30	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:05
31	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:08
32	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	6:26
33	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:32
34	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	6:36
35	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:58
36	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	9:57
37	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	10:04
38	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	10:09
40	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	10:41
43	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	10:53
44	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	11:23
46	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	11:27
47	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
48	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	13:37
49	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	14:06
51	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
53	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
54	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	15:08
56	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	16:44
57	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	17:32
58	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	17:53
59	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	17:55
61	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:03
62	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:37
64	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19:14
65	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
66	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	20:36
67	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
69	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	21:31
71	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
72	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
73	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	24:01:00
75	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
78	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	25:00
79	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
80	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	25:59
81	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
82	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:35
84	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:38
85	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	27:56
87	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	28:18
88	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	28:23
89	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
90	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
92	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	28:52
93	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	30:48
94	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	31:31
95	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	31:41
96	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	32:34
97	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	33:54
98	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	35:39
99	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	35:46
100	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	36:34
101	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
102	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
103	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
104	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
105	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
106	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
107	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
108	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
109	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
• Mountains classification leader: Ben Zweihoff (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Points classification leader: Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Best young rider: Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
• Teams classification leader: XDS Astana

655.94 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.757 km/hr

1	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	16hr 29min 56sec
2	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	@ 2sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:03
4	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:32
5	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	0:54
6	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:06
8	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:37
9	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	1:41
10	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:46
11	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	1:57
12	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	2:20
13	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:29
14	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	2:49
15	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	2:53
16	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:12
17	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	3:24
18	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	3:49
19	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	3:54
20	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	4:11
21	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:20
22	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	5:13
23	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	5:30
24	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:35
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	5:41
26	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:27
27	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	6:42
28	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:06
29	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	8:06
30	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	8:22
31	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8:29
32	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	9:25
33	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	10:13
34	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	10:14
35	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	11:01
36	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	12:23
37	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	13:50
38	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	15:07
39	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	18:16
40	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	18:28
41	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	19:03
42	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19:11
43	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	19:26
44	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	20:05
45	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	20:18
46	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	21:07
47	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	21:38
48	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	21:58
49	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	22:44
50	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	23:09
51	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	24:06
52	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:18
53	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	24:50
54	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	24:53
55	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	24:56
56	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	26:17
57	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	26:43
58	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	27:42
59	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	28:32
60	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	28:44
61	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:03
62	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	29:04
63	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	29:13
64	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	29:18
65	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	29:52
66	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	30:47
67	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	31:57
68	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	32:13
69	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	33:51
70	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	33:58
71	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	34:26
72	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	34:52
73	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	38:07
74	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	38:40
75	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:27
76	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	40:47
77	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	41:08
78	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	44:29
79	Logan Currie	Lotto	44:46
80	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	46:24
81	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	47:13
82	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	47:40
83	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	48:51
84	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	49:03
85	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	49:30
86	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	49:45
87	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	50:14
89	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	50:17
90	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	50:28
92	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	50:46
93	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	51:23
94	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	51:24
95	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	53:12
96	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	55:37
97	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	56:07
98	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	56:27
99	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	56:35
100	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	58:00
101	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	59:24
102	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:06:50
103	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:10:05
104	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	1:13:41
105	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:14:01
106	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	1:14:14
107	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:16:43
108	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:26:11
109	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:34:16

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage four photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The peloton on the day's first climb, the Anzere.

A panoramic view of the riders on the Anzere.

A UAE Team Emirates rider takes the point on the Anzere.

Here come the two successful escapees, Lenny Martinez and Joao Almeida

Lenny Martinez and Joao Almeida approach the line.

Lenny Martinez wins the stage and is the new GC leader.

Lorenzo Fortunato was third.

Jay Vine was fourth across the line.

Fifth place Carlos Rodriguez

Cristian Rodriguez finishing sixth.

Seventh place Mathys Rondel

Looking much worse for the wear, Remco Evenepoel was eleventh.

Juan Pedro Lopez was twelfth.

Oscar Onley was fifteenth.

James Shaw and GC leader Alex Baudin finish almost eleven minutes after Lenny Martinez.

Alex Baudin after the stage. He was 44th, @ 10min 53sec. He was no longer the GC leader.

Stage winner and new GC leader Lenny Martinez

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Friday, May 2: Stage 3, Cossonay - Cossonay, 183.1 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Jay Vine wins stage three. Keystone photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Cossonay at 2:20 PM, local time: 23C (73F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Lenny Martinez's Team Bahrain Victorious.

Lenny Martinez delivered a strong performance on Stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie, finishing second after outsprinting most of his general classification (GC) rivals on the final climb in Cossonay.

The 183 km stage, which started and finished in Cossonay, featured a demanding course with 2,457 meters of elevation gain. The final showdown came on the third ascent of Cossonay, the 2.2 km climb to the finish, averaging 5.7%, where Martinez demonstrated his climbing strength against some of the race’s top contenders.

Early in the stage, a breakaway of three riders – including Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Bauke Mollema (Lidl–Trek), and Huub Artz (Intermarché–Wanty) – built up a lead of over six minutes. With the gap closing and 53 km to go, Küng launched a solo move, holding a 2:30 gap over the peloton. Max Van der Meulen led the initial chase on the Col de Mollendruz, and as the race approached the final climb, more teams began to commit to closing the gap, including Kamil Gradek, who joined Max in the effort.

A beautiful spring day in Switzerland. Keystone photo

Küng was eventually reeled in with 11 km remaining, just ahead of the third and final ascent of Cossonay. The top climbers went head-to-head in the closing kilometers, with Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) launching a decisive attack 900 m from the line to take the stage win. Martinez followed strongly, claiming second place ahead of João Almeida (UAE Emirates), who completed the podium in third.

Jay Vine wins stage three.

Lenny Martinez commented after the stage:
“Vine attacked a bit earlier on the climb. I was thinking, I go, I don’t go. I was a bit behind the guys and a bit blocked also, and I was thinking in the end the group could close on him. He was strong, and okay, second place with a sprint a bit on the flat like this is not too bad at the end.

"Another stage tomorrow, super hard with one-hour climb, and we will see how the body reacts on this long climb.”

Martinez now moves up to 8th in the general classification. The battle for the yellow jersey continues tomorrow with the queen stage featuring the summit finish at Thyon 2000 — a decisive stage for the GC ahead of the final individual time trial in Geneva on Sunday.

Complete results:

Photos

183.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.102 km/hr

1	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4hr 3min 35sec
2	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2sec
3	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
6	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
10	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
14	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
15	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
16	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Cristian Rodriguez	Areka-B&B Hotels	s.t.
21	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
25	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	0:07
26	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
27	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
30	Clément Venturini	Areka-B&B Hotels	s.t.
31	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
33	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:13
34	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
35	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:28
36	Raúl García	Areka-B&B Hotels	s.t.
37	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
39	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
42	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	0:49
43	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
45	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:53
46	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:57
47	Thibault Guernalec	Areka-B&B Hotels	1:05
48	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:24
49	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	1:28
52	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:41
53	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:47
54	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
55	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:50
56	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:54
57	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:06
59	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	2:16
60	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:19
61	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
62	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	2:36
63	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
65	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
67	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	2:43
68	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:54
69	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	3:17
70	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	3:26
71	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
72	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
73	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	4:01
75	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	4:23
77	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	4:49
78	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
79	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	11:37
80	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Victor Guernalec	Areka-B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
86	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
90	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
92	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
93	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
95	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
96	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
97	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
99	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
100	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:44
101	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	17:52
102	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
104	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
107	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
109	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
110	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
111	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
112	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
115	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
118	Léandre Lozouet	Areka-B&B Hotels	26:16

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification leader: Ben Zweihoff (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Points classification leader: Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: XDS Astana

537.74 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.148 km/hr

1	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	12hr 45min 30sec
2	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 5sec
3	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	0:06
4	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:17
5	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:41
7	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:49
8	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:50
9	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	0:52
10	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	0:56
11	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:00
12	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	1:01
13	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:02
14	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03
15	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:04
16	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:05
17	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:11
18	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:12
19	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:14
20	Cristian Rodriguez	Areka-B&B Hotels	1:15
21	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	1:24
22	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:26
23	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:29
24	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	1:31
26	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:32
27	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:35
29	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	1:36
30	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:48
31	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:50
32	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:51
33	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	2:10
34	Thibault Guernalec	Areka-B&B Hotels	2:14
35	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	2:20
36	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	2:23
37	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	2:24
38	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	2:34
39	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:35
40	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	2:45
41	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
42	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	3:04
43	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	3:05
44	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	4:02
45	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	4:18
46	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	4:40
48	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:45
49	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	8:36
50	Clément Venturini	Areka-B&B Hotels	8:41
51	Raúl García	Areka-B&B Hotels	8:59
52	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	9:35
53	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	10:03
54	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	10:28
55	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	10:40
56	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:41
57	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	11:05
58	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	11:06
59	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	11:41
60	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	11:43
61	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11:46
62	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	12:05
63	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	12:29
64	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	12:51
65	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	12:56
66	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	13:09
67	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	13:15
68	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:47
69	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	13:52
70	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	14:01
71	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	14:16
72	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	14:20
73	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	14:49
74	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	15:11
75	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	15:47
76	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	16:35
77	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16:38
78	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	17:05
79	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	17:57
80	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	20:06
81	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	20:13
82	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	20:17
83	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	20:26
84	Logan Currie	Lotto	21:25
85	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:30
86	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	22:13
87	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	22:16
88	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	23:30
89	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:35
90	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:40
91	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	23:41
92	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	24:33
93	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	24:46
94	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	24:47
95	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	24:51
96	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	24:53
97	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	24:58
98	Victor Guernalec	Areka-B&B Hotels	25:56
99	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	26:24
100	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	27:54
101	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	29:34
102	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	29:49
103	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	30:56
104	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	31:08
105	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	31:16
106	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	32:32
107	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	36:05
108	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	37:39
109	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	37:47
110	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	37:53
111	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	38:06
112	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	38:07
113	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	38:20
114	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	44:07
115	Léandre Lozouet	Areka-B&B Hotels	45:52
116	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	50:17
117	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	55:47
118	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:02:22

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage three photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

GC leader Alex Baudin heads to the start.

Pavel Bittner at the start.

Remi Cavagna

Racing in Romandie

The day's break:  Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Bauke Mollema (Lidl–Trek), and Huub Artz (Intermarché–Wanty)

Another panorama shot of the peloton

The fields in bloom

A very happy Jay Vine wins the stage.

Lenny Martinez wins the field sprint for second place.

Stage winner Jay Vine.

Alex Baudin will start stage four in yellow.

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Thursday, May 1: Stage 2, La Grande Béroche - La Grande Béroche, 157 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Lorenzo Fortunato wins stage two. Sprint Cycling photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of La Grande Béroche at 2:40 PM, local time: 24C (75F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain.

The race: Anders Foldager (Jayco AUla) & Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Deceuninck) did not start.

Here's the race report from third-place Junior Lecerf's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Junior Lecerf made a spectacular jump on the general classification of the Tour de Romandie thanks to a smart move and a strong ride that netted him a maiden World Tour podium. The result elevated him a whooping 33 places in the ranking, where he now sits second with three stages to go, the first of which will be another hilly one, to Cossonay.

At the start line.

Soudal Quick-Step took over the reins in the peloton early during Thursday’s trek around the picturesque town of La Grande Béroche, pushing a steady tempo which then gradually increased in the final 60 kilometers, when the peloton began making inroads into the breakaway’s gap. Our team made the race really hard on the Chaumont, a 3km “wall” averaging a brutal 12%, where the tempo led to a major selection, only twenty riders remaining in the group by the time they arrived at the top.

Early in the stage the peloton goes over the Mauborget. There were five riders up the road.

That was the point where Remco Evenepoel decided to bring the race to life, launching a powerful acceleration that put the group on a string. The Olympic Champion continued to insist on the descent and later, when the road flattened, but the others marked his move, leading to a change of tactic. Around 25 kilometers from the finish, five riders went clear, one of whom was Junior Lecerf. The Belgian, a top ten finisher in the beginning of the season at the UAE Tour, helped the quintet take their advantage to 1:30 inside ten kilometers to go, when the leaders began playing a cat-and-mouse game.

Despite this, they still had enough on the chasers, and after a couple of attacks, the victory went to Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana), who took a flyer in the final 500 meters. Lecerf finished in third place, and is just five seconds off the yellow jersey. Evenepoel led home the chasers, almost a minute behind, moving up to sixth place on the general classification of the Tour de Romandie.

“It was a good day for us. We took responsibility and controlled it, we were always in the front and followed all the moves. Remco tried a couple of times, then I had the opportunity to go for the stage and I gave my best. I’m a bit disappointed to miss out on the win, but at the same time, I’m proud with this result, my first World Tour top three. We’ll see what we can do in the remaining stages, but the confidence is there and we are motivated for more”, Junior said after the stage.

Complete results:

157 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.142 km/hr

1	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	3hr 54min 40sec
2	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 2sec
3	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
5	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	0:56
7	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
12	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
13	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
18	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:15
20	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
22	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
26	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
35	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
38	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
40	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
41	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
42	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
43	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
45	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
47	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
52	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:53
54	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	8:28
55	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
60	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
61	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
63	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
64	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
65	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
67	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
69	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
73	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
77	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
79	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	11:46
80	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
84	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
85	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
88	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
89	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
90	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
91	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
92	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
93	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
96	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
99	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
103	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
104	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
107	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
108	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
109	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	18:23
110	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
113	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
114	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
117	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
118	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
122	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
124	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Mountains classification leader: Ben Zweihoff (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Teams classification leader: XDS Astana

354.74 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.784 km/hr

1	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	8hr 41min 53sec
2	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 5sec
3	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	0:06
4	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:17
5	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	0:52
7	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:53
8	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
9	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:56
10	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:00
12	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	1:01
13	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:02
14	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03
15	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:04
16	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:05
17	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:07
18	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	1:10
19	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:11
20	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:14
22	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:15
23	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	1:16
24	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	1:19
25	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	1:21
26	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
27	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:22
29	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:23
30	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:24
32	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:25
35	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
36	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:30
39	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	1:31
40	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	1:32
41	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	1:37
42	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	1:39
43	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:44
44	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
45	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	1:58
46	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	2:01
47	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:12
48	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	2:23
49	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:26
50	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	2:34
51	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	2:38
52	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	2:41
53	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:02
54	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	8:24
55	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:31
56	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:33
57	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	8:34
58	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:36
59	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
60	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	8:38
61	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	8:41
62	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	8:42
63	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:43
64	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	8:48
65	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:49
67	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	8:52
68	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	9:36
69	Logan Currie	Lotto	9:50
70	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:52
71	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:53
72	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	9:55
73	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	9:56
75	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	9:58
76	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	10:04
77	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	10:12
78	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	10:23
79	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11:35
80	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	11:44
81	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	11:46
82	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	11:47
83	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	11:48
85	Milan Menten	Lotto	11:51
86	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:53
87	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	11:55
88	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	11:59
89	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:05
90	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	12:06
91	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	12:58
92	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	13:06
93	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	13:10
95	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	13:11
96	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:12
97	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	13:13
98	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	13:14
99	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	13:16
100	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:18
102	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	13:23
103	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	13:36
104	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:21
105	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	14:42
106	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	15:39
107	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	18:15
108	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	19:33
109	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	19:38
110	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19:39
111	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	19:41
112	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	19:42
113	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:49
114	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	19:57
115	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	20:03
116	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	20:14
117	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	20:16
118	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	20:17
119	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	20:30
120	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:04
121	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:17
122	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	32:27
123	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	37:57
124	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:32

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, April 30: Stage 1, Münchenstein - Fribourg, 194.3 km

Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos

Matthew Brennan wins stage one and is the new GC leader. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Fribourg at 2:15 PM, local time: 22C (71F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Léo Bisiaux (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) & Joel Suter (Tudor Pro Cycling) did not start.

Here's the report from third-place Artem Schmidt's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Artem Shmidt took his first WorldTour podium with a third place finish on stage one of Tour de Romandie.

The stage is about to start.

Geraint Thomas put in a huge effort on the front as the peloton came into the finishing straight in Fribourg, with Matthew Brennan (Visma - Lease A Bike) launching his sprint to take the victory. Shmidt was hot on his wheel, and sprinted to third on the podium and moved up to fourth on the GC.

A flurry of early breaks saw five riders establish a four minute gap over the bunch, with the Grenadiers controlling much of the pace in the peloton.

The peloton rolls out of the start city of Münchenstein under blue skies.

With the break caught with 20km to go, having completed all three categorised climbs, a bunch sprint was inevitable on the flat finish to Fribourg.

Ben Swift came home 10th in the bunch sprint, while Sam Watson relinquished the yellow jersey, three seconds behind Brennan, to sit second on the GC going into Thursday’s stage.

Complete results:

Stage one photos

194.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.262 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 42min 32sec
2	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
3	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
7	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Milan Menten	Lotto	s.t.
9	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
12	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
15	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
21	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
22	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
27	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
29	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
35	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
38	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
40	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
51	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
55	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
56	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
60	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
64	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
68	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
69	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
70	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	@ 10sec
73	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
74	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:13
75	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	0:21
76	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	s.t.
77	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:24
79	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:33
80	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	0:37
81	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	0:56
82	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	1:08
83	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
87	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:12
89	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
90	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
92	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
94	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
95	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
97	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
99	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	1:15
100	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
102	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
103	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:18
104	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
110	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
112	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
114	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
115	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:37
118	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	1:41
119	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
120	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
121	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
122	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
123	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:31
124	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	2:43
125	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:46
126	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	2:57
127	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	3:44
128	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	14:36
129	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	16:37
130	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:14
131	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
132	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
133	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	25:57

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Ben Zwiehoff (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Points classification leader: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emriates-XRG

197.74 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.335 km/hr

1	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4hr 47min 2sec
2	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
3	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	0:05
5	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	0:06
6	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:07
7	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
8	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:08
11	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
12	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
13	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	0:09
14	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
15	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:11
16	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:12
19	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
21	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:13
22	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
23	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	0:15
24	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
26	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Milan Menten	Lotto	0:16
28	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:17
31	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	0:18
36	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:19
40	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
41	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:20
45	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
50	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:21
51	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
52	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
54	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	0:24
56	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
57	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	0:25
58	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
59	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	0:26
60	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
62	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	0:27
63	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	0:28
65	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:30
66	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	0:31
68	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
69	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:32
71	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
72	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	0:35
73	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
74	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:38
75	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:40
76	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
77	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:47
78	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	0:54
79	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	0:57
80	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:08
81	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	1:19
82	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:21
84	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	1:23
85	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:26
86	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:27
87	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:29
88	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
89	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	1:30
90	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	1:31
92	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Logan Currie	Lotto	1:33
94	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:34
95	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:35
96	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:36
98	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	1:37
100	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
101	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
102	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:38
103	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
104	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:39
106	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	1:41
108	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
109	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
110	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
111	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:43
112	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	1:45
113	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	1:47
114	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	1:48
115	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:51
116	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:55
117	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	2:01
118	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	2:02
119	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	2:04
120	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	2:05
121	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	2:06
122	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	2:18
123	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:46
124	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:52
125	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	3:07
126	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	3:17
127	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	4:04
128	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	14:42
129	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:00
130	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:30
131	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:32
132	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	19:40
133	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:45
134	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	20:52
135	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:20

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Speedster Stefan Küng obliges a fan before the race.

Bauke Mollema

Overnight GC leader Sam Watson after his Team INEOS Grenadiers was presented.

Team Jayco-AlUla

Remco Evenepoel heads to the start.

GC leader Sam Watson

It's about time to go road racing in Switzerland.

Here they come, and Visma | Lease a Bike rider Matthew Brennan clearly got the jump on the rest of the pack.

Matthew Brennan wins the stage.

Sam Watson finished 49th, costing him his yellow jersey.

Stage winner and new GC leader Matthew Brennan

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Tuesday, April 29: Prologue, 3.44 km Saint-Imier Individual Time Trial

Prologue map & profile | Photos

Stage winner and GC leader Samuel Watson.

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Weather at the race city of Saint-Imier at 2:35 PM, lcoal time: 20C (68F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east-northeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain.

The race: First rider off was Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto) at 3:13 PM.

Here's the report from winner Sam Watson's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Sam Watson powered to a perfect prologue at the Tour de Romandie to secure his first victory with the Grenadiers.

Watson clocked a time of 4:33.30 to take the win on the 3.44-kilometre course in Saint Imer, Switzerland, just milliseconds ahead of UAE Team Emirates’ Ivo Oliveira.

After securing his first WorldTour victory Watson also pulled on his first overall leader's jersey as a professional. In doing so he became the 50th rider in the team's history to lead the race.

In the start house, Lennert Van Eetvelt was the first rider off.

Artem Shmidt was the next best Grenadier in 13th, while Carlos Rodriguez had a strong start to be in contention with the GC competitors.

Wednesday will see the riders tackle the first stage with 194.4km and four categorised climbs.

Sam Watson:
"I did not expect it to be honest. I was out training in Andorra yesterday and I got a call from the team saying to get to the airport as soon as I could because I’m racing Romandie tomorrow. Here I am with a victory! It’s so special.

"All I felt was pain. I crossed the line and I didn’t know I was leading until the first interview, so it’s quite a nice surprise.

"It’s not really set in yet. To say I’ve won my first WorldTour race with INEOS Grenadiers, my first win with them, is a dream.

"It definitely gives me some confidence going into the next stages. I was at the end of quite a hard three day block so today fills with me confidence. On paper, this race suits me."

Remco Evenepoel finishes his ride. He was eighth.

Complete results and GC:

Photos

3.44 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.363 km/hr

1	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	4min 33sec
2	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	@ 3sec
4	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:04
7	Thibault Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
8	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:05
10	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
11	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
12	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	0:06
13	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07
15	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	0:08
17	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
18	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
19	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:09
22	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
26	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:10
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:11
30	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
31	Alexander Hajek	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	0:12
33	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
37	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Victor Guernalec	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Milan Menten	Lotto	0:13
40	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
41	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
43	Jørgen Nordhagen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	0:14
47	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
50	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
52	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	0:15
54	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
55	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
56	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:16
61	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
62	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
64	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
66	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:17
68	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
71	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Asbjørn Hellemose	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
77	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
79	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
80	Logan Currie	Lotto	s.t.
81	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
83	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
84	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Michele Gazzoli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
87	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	0:19
88	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	0:20
89	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Roland Thalmann	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	0:21
95	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
98	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	0:22
100	Jorge Arcas	Movistar Team	s.t.
101	Welay Berhe	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
103	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
104	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
105	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:23
107	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
108	Anton Kuzmin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
109	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
111	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	0:24
112	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
113	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
114	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	0:25
116	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	0:26
117	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	0:27
118	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
119	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
121	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	0:28
122	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
124	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:29
125	Romain Combaud	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
126	Jacob Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:30
127	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
128	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:31
129	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:32
130	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
131	Reuben Thompson	Lotto	0:33
132	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:34
133	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
134	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:35
135	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	0:41
136	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:35
137	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:49
138	Joel Suter	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:16

Prologue map & profile

Prologue map

Prologue profile

Prologue photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Lucas Plapp was 129th, just 32 seconds slower than winner Sam Watson.

Geraint Thomas was 78th

Jack Haig was 35th.

Twenty-second place Bauke Mollema

Aleksandr Vlasov was fourteenth

Ninth-place Jay Vine

Remco Evenepoel riding to eighth place

Stefan Küng was sixth.

Third-place Ivan Romeo

Ivo Oliveira was second, just 28/100 of a second slower than winner Sam Watson. UAE Team Emirates photo

Sam Watson riding to first place.

Prologue winner Sam Watson will start stage one in yellow.

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Start list with back numbers, April 28, 2025:

	INEOS Grenadiers
1	Carlos Rodriguez
2	Victor Langellotti
3	Michael Leonard
4	Artem Shmidt
5	Ben Swift
6	Geraint Thomas
7	Sam Watson
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
11	Joao Almeida
12	Ivo Oliveira
13	Jan Christen
14	Felix Grossschartner
15	Rune Herregodts
16	Pablo Torres
17	Jay Vine
	Soudal Quick-Step
21	Remco Evenepoel
22	Josef Cerný
23	Pascal Eenkhoorn
24	Junior Lecerf
25	Casper Pedersen
26	Pieter Serry
27	Mauri Vansevenant
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
31	Silvan Dillier
32	Tobias Bayer
33	Ramses Debruyne
34	Johan Price-Pejtersen
35	Oscar Riesebeek
36	Henri Uhlig
37	Stan Van Tricht
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
41	Aleksandr Vlasov
42	Alexander Hajek
43	Jonas Koch
44	Filip Maciejuk
45	Anton Palzer
46	Matteo Sobrero
47	Ben Zwiehoff
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
51	Matthew Brennan
52	Thomas Gloag
53	Menno Huising
54	Daniel McLay
55	Jørgen Nordhagen
56	Loe van Belle
57	Julien Vermote
	Team Jayco-AlUla
61	Lucas Plapp
62	Welay Berhe
63	Edward Dunbar
64	Anders Foldager
65	Asbjørn Hellemose
66	Christopher Juul-Jensen
67	Campbell Stewart
	Intermarché-Wanty
71	Huub Artz
72	Louis Barré
73	Kamiel Bonneu
74	Dries De Pooter
75	Gerben Kuypers
76	Tom Paquot
77	Luca Van Boven
	Lidl-Trek
81	Juan Pedro Lopez
82	Julien Bernard
83	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
84	Lennard Kämna
85	Bauke Mollema
86	Jacopo Mosca
87	Sam Oomen
	Movistar Team
91	Iván Romeo
92	Jorge Arcas
93	Pablo Castrillo
94	Davide Cimolai
95	Nelson Oliveira
96	Mathias Norsgaard
97	Javier Romo
	EF Education-EasyPost
101	Kasper Asgreen
102	Alex Baudin
103	Hugh Carthy
104	Lukas Nerurkar
105	Darren Rafferty
106	Archie Ryan
107	James Shaw
	Bahrain Victorious
111	Lenny Martinez
112	Nicolò Buratti
113	Kamil Gradek
114	Jack Haig
115	Mathijs Paasschens
116	Finlay Pickering
117	Max van der Meulen
	Cofidis
121	Emanuel Buchmann
122	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
123	Nicolas Debeaumarché
124	Jesus Herrada
125	Ion Izagirre
126	Oliver Knight
127	Hugo Toumire
	Team Picnic-PostNL
131	Oscar Onley
132	Pavel Bittner
133	Romain Combaud
134	Patrick Eddy
135	Bjoern Koerdt
136	Gijs Leemreize
137	Timo Roosen
	Groupama-FDJ
141	Clément Davy
142	Remi Cavagna
143	David Gaudu
144	Lorenzo Germani
145	Stefan Küng
146	Enzo Paleni
147	Rémy Rochas
	XDS Astana Team
151	Harold Tejada
152	Alberto Bettiol
153	Clément Champoussin
154	Lorenzo Fortunato
155	Michele Gazzoli
156	Sergio Higuita
157	Anton Kuzmin
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
161	Cristian Rodriguez
162	Amaury Capiot
163	Raúl García
164	Thibault Guernalec
165	Victor Guernalec
166	Léandre Lozouet
167	Clément Venturini
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
171	Aurélien Paret-Peintre
172	Léo Bisiaux
173	Stefan Bissegger
174	Benoît Cosnefroy
175	Callum Scotson
176	Johannes Staune-Mittet
177	Andrea Vendrame
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
181	Mathys Rondel
182	Jacob Eriksson
183	Arthur Kluckers
184	Sebastian Kolze Changizi
185	Joel Suter
186	Roland Thalmann
187	Maikel Zijlaard
	Lotto
191	Lennert Van Eetvelt
192	Logan Currie
193	Jarrad Drizners
194	Milan Menten
195	Eduardo Sepulveda
196	Reuben Thompson
197	Jonas Gregaard