The last week race before the first Grand Tour of the season is Tour de Romandie 2018. The Swiss competition has come to its seventy-second edition and the roads of French-speaking Switzerland are featuring the event. The race will take place between Tuesday 24 and Sunday 29, April, for a total of 6 days of racing. Nineteen teams are taking part to the Tour de Romandie 2018. Wanty – Groupe Gobert is the only wild card in addiction to the 18 World Teams that have the right and obligation to participate. The title holder of the Tour de Romandie, Richie Porte of BMC Racing, will be present at the 4 kilometers prologue that will run on the streets of Fribourg.
Tour de Romandie 2018 Startlist
BMC RACING TEAM
1 PORTE Richie
2 ROSSKOPF Joseph
3 WYSS Danilo
4 FRANKINY Kilian
5 BOHLI Tom
6 DENNIS Rohan
7 van GARDEREN Tejay
QUICK – STEP FLOORS
11 VIVIANI Elia
12 CAPECCHI Eros
13 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
14 KNOX James
15 MARTINELLI Davide
16 MORKOV Michael
17 SABATINI Fabio
MITCHELTON – SCOTT
21 ALBASINI Michael
22 HAMILTON Lucas
23 HOWSON Damien
24 POWER Rob
25 TUFT Svein
26 VERONA Carlos
27 NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
BORA – HANSGROHE
31 BUCHMANN Emanuel
32 ACKERMANN Pascal
33 BASKA Erik
34 KENNAUGH Peter
35 POLJANSKI Pawel
36 SCHILLINGER Andreas
37 SELIG Rudiger
MOVISTAR TEAM
41 AMADOR Andrey
42 ANACONA Winner Andrew
43 BETANCUR Carlos
44 QUINTANA Dayer
45 ROJAS Jose
46 ROSON GARCIA Jaime
47 SEPULVEDA Eduardo
BAHRAIN – MERIDA
51 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon
52 COLBRELLI Sonny
53 GASPAROTTO Enrico
54 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
55 KOREN Kristijan
56 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas
57 PERNSTEINER Hermann
LOTTO SOUDAL
61 DE GENDT Thomas
62 KEUKELEIRE Jens
63 SHAW James
64 ARMEE Sander
65 WOUTERS Enzo
66 CAMPENAERTS Victor
67 MERTZ Remy
ASTANA PRO TEAM
71 FUGLSANG Jakob
72 CATALDO Dario
73 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
74 GRIVKO Andrey
75 HANSEN Jesper
76 HOULE Hugo
77 KANGERT Tanel
AG2R LA MONDIALE
81 FRANK Mathias
82 DENZ Nico
83 DILLIER Silvan
84 DOMONT Axel
85 DUMOULIN Samuel
86 GOUGEARD Alexis
87 LATOUR Pierre Roger
TEAM SKY
91 THOMAS Geraint
92 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
93 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
94 LOPEZ GARCIA David
95 SIVAKOV Pavel
96 ROSA Diego
97 ROWE Luke
TREK – SEGAFREDO
101 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
102 BEPPU Fumiyuki
103 BERNARD Julien
104 BRANDLE Matthias
105 CONCI Nicola
106 DANIEL Gregory
107 van POPPEL Boy
TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P.
111 CARTHY Hugh John
112 BROWN Nathan
113 CANTY Brendan
114 CLARKE William
115 DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
116 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
117 ROLLAND Pierre
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
121 ROGLIČ Primož
122 BOOM Lars
123 CLEMENT Stef
124 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
125 TANKINK Bram
126 de TIER Floris
127 WAGNER Robert Thomas
TEAM SUNWEB
131 MATTHEWS Michael
132 GESCHKE Simon
133 HAMILTON Christopher
134 STAMSNIJDER Tom
135 STORER Michael
136 TEN DAM Laurens
137 VERVAEKE Louis
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
141 MARTIN Daniel
142 AIT EL ABDIA Anass
143 BONO Matteo
144 ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
145 ĐURASEK Kristijan
146 FARIA da COSTA Rui Alberto
147 FERRARI Roberto
GROUPAMA – FDJ
151 MOLARD Rudy
152 THOMAS Benjamin
153 VINCENT Leo
154 CIMOLAI Davide
155 DUCHESNE Antoine
156 GAUDU David
157 LUDVIGSSON Tobias
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
161 CUMMINGS Stephen
162 DLAMINI Nicholas
163 DOUGALL Nicolas
164 GHEBREIGZABHIER WERKILUL Amanuel
165 KUDUS Merhawi
166 van ZYL Johann
167 VENTER Jaco
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
171 ŠPILAK Simon
172 BELKOV Maxim
173 DOWSETT Alex
174 FABBRO Matteo
175 GONCALVES Jose
176 KOCHETKOV Pavel
177 PLANCKAERT Baptiste
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
181 MARTIN Guillaume
182 DEGAND Thomas
183 DOUBEY Fabien
184 DUPONT Timothy
185 EIKING Odd Christian
186 MEURISSE Xandro
187 MINNAARD Marco