Tour de Romandie: Roglic wins stage 1, takes overall lead

Defending champion Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) takes the lead at the Tour de Romandie

Updated Mar 30, 2020 VeloNews.com

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Defending champion Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) took a step toward winning his second consecutive title at Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie, winning Wednesday’s opening road stage from a reduced group.

Roglic, who missed winning Tuesday’s prologue by less than one second to Bram Tratnik (Bahrain-Merida), crossed the finish line in La Chaux-de-Fonds ahead of David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates). With his victory, Roglic took a 10-second bonus at the line. He now leads Costa in the overall by 10 seconds.

The sprint finish came after a 168.4km stage that included five categorized climbs, including the Category 2 ascent of the Col de la Tourne. The sprinters were shed early in the stage after a breakaway of 13 riders rode clear just ahead of the opening climb. Among the breakaway riders were American Chad Haga (Team Sunweb), South African rider Jay Thomson (Dimension Data), and Diego Rosa (Team Ineos).

The waning kilometers saw a flurry of attacks, first by Emmanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), who was eventually joined by reigning Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos), Canadian rider Michael Woods (EF Education First), and Gaudu.

Into the final, the peloton saw attacks by Gaudu, Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), and Thomas. The diminished group swarmed Thomas and Carlos Betancur (Movistar) just before the line, and Roglic sprinted to the front for the win.

The victory puts Roglic in the perfect position to challenge for the victory. Romandie holds a special significance for the Slovenian; his victory in 2017 marked his first overall win at a WorldTour stage race.

Tour de Romandie Stage 1 Results

Stage
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:15:18
2	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	0:00
3	COSTA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	0:00
4	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	0:00
5	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	0:00
6	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto Soudal	0:00
7	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar Team	0:00
8	HIRT Jan	Astana Pro Team	0:00
9	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
10	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	0:00
11	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
12	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:00
13	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:00
14	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar Team	0:00
15	ANACONA Winner	Movistar Team	0:00
16	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama - FDJ	0:00
17	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:00
18	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00
19	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:00
20	THOMAS Geraint	Team INEOS	0:00
21	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	0:50
22	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek - Segafredo	0:50
23	VILLELLA Davide	Astana Pro Team	0:50
24	BADILATTI Matteo	Swiss Cycling	0:50
25	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	0:50
26	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	0:50
27	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	0:50
28	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	0:50
29	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	0:50
30	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:50
31	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First	0:50
32	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	0:50
33	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	0:50
34	BERNARD Julien	Trek - Segafredo	1:27
35	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	1:27
36	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	2:10
37	EG Niklas	Trek - Segafredo	2:10
38	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	2:10
39	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:10
40	MEINTJES Louis	Team Dimension Data	2:10
41	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida	4:02
42	DENZ Nico	AG2R La Mondiale	4:37
43	MÜLLER Patrick	Swiss Cycling	4:37
44	FLÜCKIGER Mathias	Swiss Cycling	4:37
45	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	4:37
46	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	4:37
47	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	4:37
48	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	4:37
49	RAVASI Edward	UAE Team Emirates	4:37
50	WYSS Danilo	Team Dimension Data	4:37
51	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	4:37
52	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	4:37
53	PRADES Eduard	Movistar Team	4:37
54	PELLAUD Simon	Swiss Cycling	4:37
55	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	4:37
56	VINCENT Léo	Groupama - FDJ	4:37
57	CHEVRIER Clément	AG2R La Mondiale	4:37
58	PETILLI Simone	UAE Team Emirates	4:37
59	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	4:37
60	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team INEOS	4:37
61	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	4:37
62	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:37
63	THALMANN Roland	Swiss Cycling	4:37
64	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First	4:37
65	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	4:37
66	CAICEDO Jonathan Klever	EF Education First	4:37
67	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	4:37
68	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	8:32
69	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	8:32
70	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	8:32
71	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	8:32
72	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar Team	8:32
73	DILLIER Silvan	AG2R La Mondiale	8:32
74	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	8:32
75	POWLESS Neilson	Team Jumbo-Visma	8:32
76	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	8:32
77	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha Alpecin	8:32
78	ROSA Diego	Team INEOS	8:32
79	STALNOV Nikita	Astana Pro Team	8:32
80	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck - Quick Step	9:03
81	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	11:05
82	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	11:05
83	MARTIN Tony	Team Jumbo-Visma	12:50
84	IMHOF Claudio	Swiss Cycling	12:50
85	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	13:10
86	SCHELLING Patrick	Swiss Cycling	13:10
87	BONNET William	Groupama - FDJ	13:10
88	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	13:10
89	BARTA Will	CCC Team	13:10
90	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	13:10
91	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA - hansgrohe	13:10
92	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	13:10
93	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	13:10
94	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	13:10
95	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Jumbo-Visma	13:10
96	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Team Katusha Alpecin	13:10
97	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	13:10
98	IRIZAR Markel	Trek - Segafredo	13:10
99	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Soudal	13:10
100	VAN EMDEN Jos	Team Jumbo-Visma	13:10
101	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Team Katusha Alpecin	13:10
102	BOHLI Tom	UAE Team Emirates	13:10
103	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	13:10
104	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	13:10
105	MORI Manuele	UAE Team Emirates	13:10
106	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	13:10
107	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	13:10
108	CAPECCHI Eros	Deceuninck - Quick Step	13:10
109	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	23:30
110	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	23:30
111	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:30
112	BAŠKA Erik	BORA - hansgrohe	23:30
113	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Dimension Data	23:30
114	CLARKE Will	Trek - Segafredo	23:30
115	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain Merida	23:30
116	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	23:30
117	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Team Katusha Alpecin	23:30
118	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	23:30
119	BENNETT Sam	BORA - hansgrohe	23:30
120	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA - hansgrohe	23:30
121	MARTINELLI Davide	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:30
122	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek - Segafredo	23:30
123	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	23:30
124	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	23:30
125	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	23:30
126	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	23:30
127	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R La Mondiale	23:30
128	MULLEN Ryan	Trek - Segafredo	23:30
129	VENTER Jaco	Team Dimension Data	23:30
130	CONSONNI Simone	UAE Team Emirates	23:30
131	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:30
132	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:30
133	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE Team Emirates	23:30
134	IVERSEN Rasmus Byriel	Lotto Soudal	23:35

GC
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:20:15
2	COSTA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
3	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	0:12
4	THOMAS Geraint	Team INEOS	0:13
5	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar Team	0:14
6	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA - hansgrohe	0:15
7	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:17
8	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:18
9	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	0:18
10	ANACONA Winner	Movistar Team	0:19
11	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA - hansgrohe	0:22
12	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	0:22
13	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar Team	0:23
14	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:24
15	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	0:24
16	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:26
17	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	0:26
18	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto Soudal	0:28
19	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama - FDJ	0:28
20	HIRT Jan	Astana Pro Team	0:44
21	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	1:04
22	KANGERT Tanel	EF Education First	1:07
23	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	1:10
24	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	1:10
25	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First	1:12
26	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:14
27	ZOIDL Riccardo	CCC Team	1:14
28	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	1:17
29	VILLELLA Davide	Astana Pro Team	1:19
30	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	1:20
31	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek - Segafredo	1:20
32	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	1:27
33	BADILATTI Matteo	Swiss Cycling	1:33
34	BERNARD Julien	Trek - Segafredo	1:50
35	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	1:53
36	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	2:27
37	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	2:41
38	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:42
39	EG Niklas	Trek - Segafredo	2:44
40	MEINTJES Louis	Team Dimension Data	2:48
41	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida	4:17
42	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	4:51
43	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	4:52
44	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	4:53
45	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	4:54
46	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	4:55
47	VINCENT Léo	Groupama - FDJ	4:58
48	PRADES Eduard	Movistar Team	5:00
49	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	5:01
50	WYSS Danilo	Team Dimension Data	5:01
51	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	5:02
52	THALMANN Roland	Swiss Cycling	5:02
53	DEGAND Thomas	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	5:02
54	PETILLI Simone	UAE Team Emirates	5:04
55	DENZ Nico	AG2R La Mondiale	5:05
56	MÜLLER Patrick	Swiss Cycling	5:05
57	CAICEDO Jonathan Klever	EF Education First	5:05
58	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	5:06
59	PELLAUD Simon	Swiss Cycling	5:06
60	RAVASI Edward	UAE Team Emirates	5:07
61	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First	5:08
62	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	5:09
63	FLÜCKIGER Mathias	Swiss Cycling	5:11
64	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	5:15
65	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	5:17
66	CHEVRIER Clément	AG2R La Mondiale	5:17
67	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team INEOS	5:19
68	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	8:41
69	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	8:49
70	DILLIER Silvan	AG2R La Mondiale	8:50
71	POWLESS Neilson	Team Jumbo-Visma	8:50
72	ROSA Diego	Team INEOS	8:52
73	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	8:55
74	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	8:56
75	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	8:56
76	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	8:59
77	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar Team	9:02
78	STALNOV Nikita	Astana Pro Team	9:09
79	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha Alpecin	9:12
80	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck - Quick Step	9:26
81	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	11:25
82	KIRYIENKA Vasil	Team INEOS	11:28
83	MARTIN Tony	Team Jumbo-Visma	13:03
84	BOHLI Tom	UAE Team Emirates	13:20
85	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	13:24
86	IMHOF Claudio	Swiss Cycling	13:24
87	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	13:25
88	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	13:27
89	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	13:29
90	VAN EMDEN Jos	Team Jumbo-Visma	13:30
91	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	13:31
92	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA - hansgrohe	13:32
93	BARTA Will	CCC Team	13:33
94	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	13:35
95	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	13:35
96	MORI Manuele	UAE Team Emirates	13:35
97	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	13:36
98	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Team Katusha Alpecin	13:36
99	IRIZAR Markel	Trek - Segafredo	13:36
100	BONNET William	Groupama - FDJ	13:36
101	CAPECCHI Eros	Deceuninck - Quick Step	13:37
102	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	13:39
103	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Jumbo-Visma	13:40
104	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Team Katusha Alpecin	13:40
105	SCHELLING Patrick	Swiss Cycling	13:41
106	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain Merida	13:43
107	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	13:44
108	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Soudal	14:22
109	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:47
110	CONSONNI Simone	UAE Team Emirates	23:48
111	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:48
112	NIZZOLO Giacomo	Team Dimension Data	23:48
113	MULLEN Ryan	Trek - Segafredo	23:49
114	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	23:49
115	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	23:50
116	MARTINELLI Davide	Deceuninck - Quick Step	23:51
117	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Team Katusha Alpecin	23:52
118	CLARKE Will	Trek - Segafredo	23:53
119	BENNETT Sam	BORA - hansgrohe	23:55
120	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R La Mondiale	23:55
121	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain Merida	23:58
122	BAŠKA Erik	BORA - hansgrohe	23:59
123	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	24:00
124	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek - Segafredo	24:01
125	FENG Chun Kai	Bahrain Merida	24:02
126	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	24:04
127	IVERSEN Rasmus Byriel	Lotto Soudal	24:05
128	VENTER Jaco	Team Dimension Data	24:06
129	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE Team Emirates	24:08
130	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	24:09
131	WANG Meiyin	Bahrain Merida	24:09
132	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	24:09
133	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck - Quick Step	24:11
134	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA - hansgrohe	24:14

Points
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	75
2	COSTA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	37
3	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	30
4	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	30
5	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	24
6	BOHLI Tom	UAE Team Emirates	22
7	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA - hansgrohe	21
8	MARTIN Tony	Team Jumbo-Visma	19
9	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	18
10	THOMAS Geraint	Team INEOS	17
11	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	16
12	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar Team	14
13	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto Soudal	14
14	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	13
15	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA - hansgrohe	12
16	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Movistar Team	12
17	HIRT Jan	Astana Pro Team	10
18	SCHELLING Patrick	Swiss Cycling	10
19	MARTIN Guillaume	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	7
20	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	6
21	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	6
22	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	6
23	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	5
24	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida	5
25	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	4
26	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	3
27	ANACONA Winner	Movistar Team	2
28	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	2

Mountains
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	PELLAUD Simon	Swiss Cycling	30
2	ROSA Diego	Team INEOS	22
3	SCHELLING Patrick	Swiss Cycling	16
4	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	8
5	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale	8
6	THOMAS Geraint	Team INEOS	6
7	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	4
8	CAPECCHI Eros	Deceuninck - Quick Step	4
9	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA - hansgrohe	2
10	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	2
11	MORI Manuele	UAE Team Emirates	2
12	COSTA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	1

Youth
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	4:20:27
2	KNOX James	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:06
3	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	EF Education First	1:00
4	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	2:29
5	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2:30
6	EG Niklas	Trek - Segafredo	2:32
7	GANNA Filippo	Team INEOS	4:41
8	VINCENT Léo	Groupama - FDJ	4:46
9	MÜLLER Patrick	Swiss Cycling	4:53
10	GREGAARD Jonas	Astana Pro Team	5:05
11	POWLESS Neilson	Team Jumbo-Visma	8:38
12	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	8:44
13	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck - Quick Step	9:14
14	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	13:13
15	BARTA Will	CCC Team	13:21
16	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	13:23
17	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	13:24
18	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Team Katusha Alpecin	13:24
19	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto Soudal	13:27
20	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Jumbo-Visma	13:28
21	WILLIAMS Stephen	Bahrain Merida	23:46
22	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek - Segafredo	23:49
23	IVERSEN Rasmus Byriel	Lotto Soudal	23:53
24	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE Team Emirates	23:56

Teams
Rank	Name	Time
1	Movistar Team	13:01:38
2	EF Education First	1:50
3	Astana Pro Team	2:13
4	CCC Team	2:33
5	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:24
6	Groupama - FDJ	4:31
7	Trek - Segafredo	4:39
8	Team INEOS	5:23
9	AG2R La Mondiale	6:14
10	Team Katusha Alpecin	8:38
11	UAE Team Emirates	9:03
12	Mitchelton-Scott	9:13
13	Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team	9:20
14	Swiss Cycling	10:33
15	BORA - hansgrohe	13:08
16	Team Sunweb	15:17
17	Lotto Soudal	15:41
18	Bahrain Merida	17:10
19	Deceuninck - Quick Step	22:13
20	Team Dimension Data	30:40

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