Rohan Dennis won the Tour de Romandie introduction.
Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis won the introduction to the Tour de Romande, a solo trial at Oron-la-Ville. The following places were taken by his teammates from the Ineos Grenadiers team – Britain’s Geraint Thomas and Australia’s Richie Porte.
Dennis, a two-time World Championship gold medalist previously in this competition, outperformed them on the four-kilometer road by 8 and 9 seconds. The Italian world champion, Filippo Ganna, of the Ineos Grenadier team, was ninth, 15 seconds behind.
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The race consists of an introduction and five stages, and it contains the highest class on the World Tour. It will end on May 2 in Friborg. The Poles did not start.
Last year, the Tour de Romandie was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Primoz Roglic of Slovenia won the Swiss race.
Wyniki prologu: 1. Rohan Dennis (Australia/Ineos Grenadiers) - 5.27 2. Geraint Thomas (Wielka Brytania/Ineos Grenadiers) 8 s 3. Richie Porte (Australia/Ineos Grenadiers) 9 4. Remi Cavagna (Francja/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) 11 5. Stefan Bissegger (Szwajcaria/EF Education-Nippo) 11 6. Jan Tratnik (Słowenia/Bahrain Victorious) 13
MC, PAP
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