Tour de Romandie 2018, Matthews wins the prologue

Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) wins the prologue and wears on his shoulders the first overall jersey of 2018 Tour de Romandie. The Australian stopped the clock at 5 minutes and 33 seconds after brief stage 1 over 4 kilometers of racing in Fribourg. Matthews in this way keeps moving forward on the path that leads him to be coated with the label of the ideal all-rounder. Swiss Tom Bohli (BMC Racing) finishes in second only by one spare second. In order of rank Primoz Roglic (Lotto Nl – Jumbo) and Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) crossed the finish line with the same time to Bohli. European time trial champion Victor Campenaerts (Lotto – Soudal) completes stage 1 top-5 ranking by finishing the prologue with 5 extra seconds to the winner. Of course Michael Matthews is the first holder of the leader’s jersey.

Tour de Romandie 2018 Stage 1 Results and General Classification

1 MATTHEWS Michael Team Sunweb  43.459 5:33
2 BOHLI Tom BMC Racing Team 43.329   + 0:01
3 ROGLIC Primoz Team LottoNL-Jumbo 43.329 ,,
4 DENNIS Rohan BMC Racing Team 43.329 ,,
5 CAMPENAERTS Victor Lotto Soudal 42.817   + 0:05
6 THOMAS Geraint Team Sky 42.817 ,,
7 CLARKE William Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 42.690   + 0:06
8 ROSA Diego Team Sky 42.690 ,,
9 LATOUR Pierre AG2R La Mondiale 42.690 ,,
10 IZAGIRRE Gorka Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 42.316   + 0:09
11 BERNAL Egan Arley Team Sky 42.070   + 0:11
12 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan Team Sky 42.070 ,,
13 GRIVKO Andrei Astana Pro Team 42.070 ,,
14 ROLLAND Pierre Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 42.070 ,,
15 DE GENDT Thomas Lotto Soudal 41.827 0:13
16 GOUGEARD Alexis AG2R La Mondiale 41.827 ,,
17 DILLIER Silvan AG2R La Mondiale 41.706   + 0:14
18 PORTE Richie BMC Racing Team 41.706 ,,
19 MARTINELLI Davide Quick-Step Floors 41.706 ,,
20 GONÇALVES José Team Katusha – Alpecin 41.706 ,,
21 IZAGIRRE Ion Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 41.586   + 0:15
22 VERVAEKE Louis Team Sunweb 41.586 ,,
23 MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 41.467   + 0:16
24 CONCI Nicola Trek – Segafredo 41.467 ,,
25 CARTHY Hugh Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 41.349   + 0:17
26 DOWSETT Alex Team Katusha – Alpecin 41.349 ,,
27 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA – hansgrohe 41.349 ,,
28 LUDVIGSSON Tobias Groupama – FDJ 41.231   + 0:18
29 POWER Robert Mitchelton-Scott 41.231 ,,
30 KRUIJSWIJK Steven Team LottoNL-Jumbo 41.114   + 0:19
31 AMADOR Andrey Movistar Team 41.114 ,,
32 CUMMINGS Stephen Dimension Data 41.114 ,,
33 MARTIN Daniel UAE-Team Emirates 41.114 ,,
34 HOWSON Damien Mitchelton-Scott 40.997   + 0:20
35 CATALDO Dario Astana Pro Team 40.997 ,,
36 COSTA Rui UAE-Team Emirates 40.997 ,,
37 ŠPILAK Simon Team Katusha – Alpecin 40.881   + 0:21
38 BERNARD Julien Trek – Segafredo 40.881 ,,
39 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC Racing Team 40.766   + 0:22
40 MØRKØV Michael Quick-Step Floors 40.766 ,,
41 HAMILTON Lucas Mitchelton-Scott 40.766 ,,
42 POLJANSKI Pawel BORA – hansgrohe 40.766 ,,
43 MOLARD Rudy Groupama – FDJ 40.766 ,,
44 GESCHKE Simon Team Sunweb 40.766 ,,
45 SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo Movistar Team 40.766 ,,
46 SIVAKOV Pavel Team Sky 40.652 0:23
47 KANGERT Tanel Astana Pro Team 40.652 ,,
48 EIKING Odd Christian Wanty – Groupe Gobert 40.652 ,,
49 DOMBROWSKI Joe Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 40.652 ,,
50 MEURISSE Xandro Wanty – Groupe Gobert 40.652 ,,
51 FRANK Mathias AG2R La Mondiale 40.538   + 0:24
52 CLEMENT Stef Team LottoNL-Jumbo 40.538 ,,
53 KEUKELEIRE Jens Lotto Soudal 40.538 ,,
54 ROSSKOPF Joey BMC Racing Team 40.538 ,,
55 ROJAS José Joaquín Movistar Team 40.538 ,,
56 DUCHESNE Antoine Groupama – FDJ 40.538 ,,
57 VERONA Carlos Mitchelton-Scott 40.425   + 0:25
58 DENZ Nico AG2R La Mondiale 40.425 ,,
59 GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel Dimension Data 40.425 ,,
60 FUGLSANG Jakob Astana Pro Team 40.425 ,,
61 BETANCUR Carlos Movistar Team 40.312   + 0:26
62 CANTY Brendan Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 40.312 ,,
63 GASPAROTTO Enrico Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 40.312 ,,
64 ROSON Jaime Movistar Team 40.312 ,,
65 GRMAY Tsgabu Trek – Segafredo 40.200   + 0:27
66 GAUDU David Groupama – FDJ 40.200 ,,
67 BROWN Nathan Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 40.200 ,,
68 BAŠKA Erik BORA – hansgrohe 40.200 ,,
69 CAPECCHI Eros Quick-Step Floors 40.200 ,,
70 KNOX James Quick-Step Floors 40.200 ,,
71 ALBASINI Michael Mitchelton-Scott 40.200 ,,
72 KOCHETKOV Pavel Team Katusha – Alpecin 40.200 ,,
73 BELKOV Maxim Team Katusha – Alpecin 40.089   + 0:28
74 FABBRO Matteo Team Katusha – Alpecin 40.089 ,,
75 ROWE Luke Team Sky 39.978 0:29
76 HOULE Hugo Astana Pro Team 39.978 ,,
77 DUMOULIN Samuel AG2R La Mondiale 39.978 ,,
78 MARTIN Guillaume Wanty – Groupe Gobert 39.978 ,,
79 FRAILE Omar Astana Pro Team 39.868   + 0:30
80 PERNSTEINER Hermann Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 39.868 ,,
81 LOPEZ David Team Sky 39.868 ,,
82 ANACONA Winner Movistar Team 39.868 ,,
83 DOUBEY Fabien Wanty – Groupe Gobert 39.758 0:31
84 KOREN Kristijan Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 39.758 ,,
85 DOMONT Axel AG2R La Mondiale 39.758 ,,
86 HANSEN Jesper Astana Pro Team 39.758 ,,
87 ARMÉE Sander Lotto Soudal 39.649 0:32
88 BOOM Lars Team LottoNL-Jumbo 39.649 ,,
89 THOMAS Benjamin Groupama – FDJ 39.649 ,,
90 DEGAND Thomas Wanty – Groupe Gobert 39.649 ,,
91 KUDUS Merhawi Dimension Data 39.649 ,,
92 KENNAUGH Peter BORA – hansgrohe 39.541   + 0:33
93 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 39.541 ,,
94 VINCENT Léo Groupama – FDJ 39.433   + 0:34
95 SCHILLINGER Andreas BORA – hansgrohe 39.433 ,,
96 PLANCKAERT Baptiste Team Katusha – Alpecin 39.433 ,,
97 WYSS Danilo BMC Racing Team 39.433 ,,
98 VIVIANI Elia Quick-Step Floors 39.433 ,,
99 MERTZ Remy Lotto Soudal 39.326   + 0:35
100 VENTER Jaco Dimension Data 39.326 ,,
101 BEPPU Fumiyuki Trek – Segafredo 39.326 ,,
102 TEN DAM Laurens Team Sunweb 39.326 ,,
103 FRANKINY Kilian BMC Racing Team 39.326 ,,
104 ACKERMANN Pascal BORA – hansgrohe 39.220 0:36
105 NIEVE Mikel Mitchelton-Scott 39.114 0:37
106 SHAW James Lotto Soudal 39.008 0:38
107 HAMILTON Chris Team Sunweb 39.008 ,,
108 COLBRELLI Sonny Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 39.008 ,,
109 SELIG Rüdiger BORA – hansgrohe 38.903 0:39
110 AIT EL ABDIA Anass UAE-Team Emirates 38.799 0:40
111 TANKINK Bram Team LottoNL-Jumbo 38.799 ,,
112 QUINTANA Dayer Movistar Team 38.695 0:41
113 ATAPUMA John Darwin UAE-Team Emirates 38.695 ,,
114 STORER Michael Team Sunweb 38.592 0:42
115 VAN ZYL Johann Dimension Data 38.592 ,,
116 MINNAARD Marco Wanty – Groupe Gobert 38.592 ,,
117 DE TIER Floris Team LottoNL-Jumbo 38.592 ,,
118 CIMOLAI Davide Groupama – FDJ 38.286 0:45
119 TUFT Svein Mitchelton-Scott 38.286 ,,
120 DANIEL Gregory Trek – Segafredo 38.286 ,,
121 DURASEK Kristijan UAE-Team Emirates 38.185 0:46
122 DOUGALL Nick Dimension Data 38.084 0:47
123 DUPONT Timothy Wanty – Groupe Gobert 38.084 ,,
124 STAMSNIJDER Tom Team Sunweb 38.084 ,,
125 VAN POPPEL Boy Trek – Segafredo 38.084 ,,
126 GAVIRIA Fernando Quick-Step Floors 37.984 0:48
127 DLAMINI Nickolas Dimension Data 37.885 0:49
128 FERRARI Roberto UAE-Team Emirates 37.299 0:55
129 BONO Matteo UAE-Team Emirates 37.299 ,,
130 SABATINI Fabio Quick-Step Floors 37.299 ,,
131 WOUTERS Enzo Lotto Soudal 37.108 0:57
132 WAGNER Robert Team LottoNL-Jumbo 43.329 0:01
DNS BRÄNDLE Matthias Trek – Segafredo -5:33