Romandia Tour 2018

Race details

Route

72nd Tour of Romandia

Competition

UCI World Tour 2018 2.UWT

Stages

6

Dates

April 24 - 29, 2018

Distance

685.42 km

A country

Switzerland

Start place

Friborg

Finish place

Geneva

Teams

nineteen

Racers started

133

Finished the riders

103

average speed

39.966 km / h

Winners

Winner

Primo Roglich ( LottoNL-Jumbo )

Second

Egan Bernal ( Sky )

Third

Richie Port ( BMC Racing )

Spectacled

Thomas De Gendt ( Lotto-Soudal )

Mountain

Thomas De Gendt ( Lotto-Soudal )

Youth

Egan Bernal ( Sky )

Time team

UAE Team Emirates

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Documentation

The 72nd edition of the Romandia Tour , a multi-day road bike race on the roads of the Swiss region of Romandia . The race was held from April 24 to April 29, 2018 as part of the UCI 2018 World Tour . The victory was won by the Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic from Team Lotto NL-Jumbo ^[1] .

Content

Members

According to UCI rules, all 18 teams of the UCI WorldTeam category were required to take part in the race. The organizers also invited the Belgian pro-continental team Wanty-Groupe Gobert . ^[2] A total of 133 riders entered the start of the competition. 103 athletes reached the finish line.

WorldTeams (18)

AG2R La Mondiale
Astana Pro Team
Bahrain merida
BMC Racing Team
Bora-hansgrohe
Dimension Data
EF Education First-Drapac p / b Cannondale
Groupama-fdj
Katusha-alpecin
Team Lotto NL-Jumbo
Lotto soudal
Mitchelton-scott
Movistar team
Quick step floors
Sky
Team sunweb
Trek-segafredo
UAE-Team Emirates

Professional Continental Team

Wanty-groupe gobert

Route

The race started with a 4-kilometer prologue in Friborg . The first stage with a finish in Delemont proposed a suitable area for punchers with ascents that were climbed twice - 50 km and 20 km from the finish line. Its length was 6.19 km with an average gradient of 6.4% and a maximum gradient of 9%. The second stage between Delemont and Yverdon-les-Bains was more favorable for sprinters. Then followed a mountain cut with a length of almost 10 kilometers and a vertical difference of 781 meters between Ollon and the ski resort of Villar-sur-Ollon. The fourth stage started and finished in Sion and was the key in the struggle for victory in the overall standings. It included five lifts, three of which were of the first category and two of the second category. The last of them was located 30 kilometers to the finish line. The final leg between Mont-sur-Rolle and Geneva presented another opportunity for sprinters to compete for the stage victory. ^[3] ^[4] .

Stage	date	Route	Length (km)	Winner	General classification leader
Prologue	Apr 24	Friborg - Friborg	4.02	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews
one	Apr 25	Friborg - Delemont	166.6	Omar Freile	Primo Roglich
2	Apr 26	Delemont - Yverdon-les-Bains	173.9	Thomas de Gendt	Primo Roglich
3	Apr 27	Ollon - Villar-sur-Ollon	9.9	Egan Bernal	Primo Roglich
four	Apr 28	Sion - Sion	149.2	Jacob Fulsang	Primo Roglich
five	Apr 29	Mont-sur-Role - Geneva	181.8	Pascal Ackerman	Primo Roglich

Race Course

Prologue

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Sunweb	5 '33
2nd	Tom Pain	BMC racing	+ 1
3rd	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 1
4th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 1
5th	Victor Campenarts	Lotto-soudal	+ 5
6th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 5
7th	William Clark	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 6
8th	Diego Rose	Sky	+ 6
9th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6
10th	Isagirre Hill	Bahrain merida	+ 9

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Michael Matthews	Sunweb	5 '33
2nd	Tom Pain	BMC racing	+ 1
3rd	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 1
4th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 1
5th	Victor Campenarts	Lotto-soudal	+ 5
6th	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 5
7th	William Clark	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 6
8th	Diego Rose	Sky	+ 6
9th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6
10th	Isagirre Hill	Bahrain merida	+ 9

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 1

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Omar Freile	Astana	4h 03 '42
2nd	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain merida	+ 0
3rd	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	+ 0
4th	Rudy molar	Groupama-fdj	+ 0
5th	Isagirre Hill	Bahrain merida	+ 0
6th	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 0
7th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 0
8th	Xandro Meriss	Wanty-groupe gobert	+ 0
9th	Merhavi Kudus	Dimension Data	+ 0
10th	Eros Kapekki	Quick step floors	+ 0

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	4h 09 '16
2nd	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 0
3rd	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 4
4th	Diego Rose	Sky	+ 5
5th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5
6th	Isagirre Hill	Bahrain merida	+ 8
7th	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 10
8th	Jonathan Castroviejo	Sky	+ 10
9th	Pierre Rolland	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 10
10th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 13

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 2

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto-soudal	4h 03 '05
2nd	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain merida	+ 2 '04
3rd	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2 '04
4th	Michael Matthews	Sunweb	+ 2 '04
5th	Mikael Merkёv	Quick step floors	+ 2 '04
6th	Xandro Meriss	Wanty-groupe gobert	+ 2 '04
7th	Diego Rose	Sky	+ 2 '04
8th	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 2 '04
9th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2 '04
10th	Antoine Duchenne	Groupama-fdj	+ 2 '04

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	8h 14 '25
2nd	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 0
3rd	Geraint Thomas	Sky	+ 4
4th	Diego Rose	Sky	+ 5
5th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5
6th	Isagirre Hill	Bahrain merida	+ 8
7th	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 10
8th	Jonathan Castroviejo	Sky	+ 10
9th	Pierre Rolland	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 10
10th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 13

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 3

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Egan Bernal	Sky	25 '10
2nd	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 4
3rd	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 18
4th	Stephen Kreiswijk	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 48
5th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1 '06
6th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1 '21
7th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 1 '26
8th	Daniel Martin	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1 '28
9th	Emanuel Buchman	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 1 '30
10th	Simon Shpilak	Katusha-alpecin	+ 1 '43

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	8h 39 '39
2nd	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 6
3rd	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 27
4th	Stephen Kreiswijk	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 1 '02
5th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1 '17
6th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 1 '22
7th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1 '22
8th	Daniel Martin	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1 '42
9th	Emanuel Buchman	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 1 '42
10th	Ion Isagirre	Bahrain merida	+ 1 '55

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 4

Egan Bernal attacked several times on the last ascent, Roglich always managed to get on his wheel. A group of favorites has formed. Fulsang counterattacked from it after the descent and, having managed to break away, won the stage. In the fight for bonus seconds, 2nd and 3rd places were taken by Bernal and Roglich.

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Jacob Fulsang	Astana	4h 18 '48
2nd	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 48
3rd	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 48
4th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	+ 48
5th	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 50
6th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 2 '09
7th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2 '09
8th	Jaime Rawson	Movistar	+ 2 '09
9th	Emanuel Buchman	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 2 '09
10th	Merhavi Kudus	Dimension Data	+ 2 '09

Source: ProCyclingStats

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	12h 59 '09
2nd	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 8
3rd	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 35
4th	Jacob Fulsang	Astana	+ 1 '16
5th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1 '23
6th	Stephen Kreiswijk	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 2 '32
7th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 2 '49
8th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2 '49
9th	Emanuel Buchman	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 3 '09
10th	Daniel Martin	UAE Team Emirates	+ 3 '12

Source: ProCyclingStats

Stage 5

Stage Results
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Pascal Ackerman	Bora-hansgrohe	4h 09 '51
2nd	Mikael Merkёv	Quick step floors	+ 0
3rd	Roberto Ferrari	UAE Team Emirates	+ 0
4th	Timothy Dupont	Wanty-groupe gobert	+ 0
5th	Rudiger Zelig	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 0
6th	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain merida	+ 0
7th	Benjamin Toma	Groupama-fdj	+ 0
8th	Jens Keukeleira	Lotto-soudal	+ 0
9th	Michael Albazini	Mitchelton-scott	+ 0
10th	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 0

Source: ProCyclingStats

Classification Leaders

Stage	Winner	General	Spectacled	Mountain	Youth	Team	The most aggressive racer
P	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	not played out	Tom Pain	BMC Racing Team	not played out
one	Omar Freile	Primo Roglich	Omar Freile	Marco Minnard	Egan Bernal		Marco Minnard
2	Thomas de Gendt		Thomas de Gendt				Thomas de Gendt
3	Egan Bernal						not played out
four	Jacob Fulsang			Thomas de Gendt		UAE Team Emirates	Egan Bernal
five	Pascal Ackerman			Thomas de Gendt		UAE Team Emirates	not played out
Total		Primo Roglich	Thomas de Gendt	Thomas de Gendt	Egan Bernal	UAE Team Emirates	not played out

Final position

General classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	17h 09 '00
2nd	Egan Bernal	Sky	+ 8
3rd	Richie port	BMC racing	+ 35
4th	Jacob Fulsang	Astana	+ 1 '16
5th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1 '23
6th	Stephen Kreiswijk	Lottonl-jumbo	+ 2 '32
7th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	+ 2 '49
8th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2 '49
9th	Emanuel Buchman	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 3 '09
10th	Daniel Martin	UAE Team Emirates	+ 3 '12

Source: ProCyclingStats

Spectacle classification
Racer		Team	Glasses
1st	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto-soudal	112 points
2nd	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	81 points
3rd	Egan Bernal	Sky	80 points
4th	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain merida	74 points
5th	Pierre Latour	AG2R La Mondiale	56 points
6th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	55 points
7th	Jacob Fulsang	Astana	54 points
8th	Roan Dennis	BMC racing	51 points
9th	Pascal Ackerman	Bora-hansgrohe	50 points
10th	Mikael Merkёv	Quick step floors	46 points

Mountain classification
Racer		Team	Glasses
1st	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto-soudal	43 points
2nd	Egan Bernal	Sky	36 points
3rd	Hugh Carty	EF Education First-Drapac	33 points
4th	Primo Roglich	Lottonl-jumbo	27 points
5th	Mikel Niev	Mitchelton-scott	21 points
6th	Antoine Duchenne	Groupama-fdj	17 points
7th	Alexis Guzhar	AG2R La Mondiale	17 points
8th	Pavel Sivakov	Sky	15 points
9th	Richie port	BMC racing	14 points
10th	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	14 points

Youth classification
Racer		Team	Time
1st	Egan Bernal	Sky	17h 09 '08
2nd	Daniel Martinez	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 3 '26
3rd	David Gudu	Groupama-fdj	+ 4 '28
4th	Merhavi Kudus	Dimension Data	+ 5 '13
5th	Lucas hamilton	Mitchelton-scott	+ 5 '56
6th	Robert Power	Mitchelton-scott	+ 7 '13
7th	Amanuel Gebrezgabihir	Dimension Data	+ 7 '35
8th	Hugh Carty	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 14 '31
9th	Matteo Fabbro	Katusha-alpecin	+ 15 '31
10th	Pavel Sivakov	Sky	+ 17 '09

Team time classification
Team		Time
1st	UAE Team Emirates	51h 35 '39
2nd	Astana	+ 1 '17
3rd	Sky	+ 2 '12
4th	Bahrain merida	+ 3 '31
5th	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 6 '17
6th	BMC racing	+ 6 '20
7th	Mitchelton-scott	+ 7 '23
8th	Movistar	+ 7 '25
9th	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 11 '26
10th	Groupama-fdj	+ 18 '54

Notes

↑ Primoz Roglich - winner of the Tour of Romandia-2018 (Neopr.) . velolive.com (April 29, 2018). Circulation date May 1, 2019.
↑ Tour de Romandie 2018 - Start List . cyclingnews.com . Circulation date May 1, 2019.
↑ Tour de Romandie: les favoris poursuivent leur préparation en vue du Giro (neopr.) . lesoir.be (23 avril 2018).
↑ Voorbeschouwing: Ronde van Romandië 2018 (nid.) . wielerflits.nl (23 avril 2018).

Links

Official Website (English) (French) (German)
2018 Romance Tour at FirstCycling
2018 Romance Tour at ProCyclingStats

[1] Primoz Roglich - winner of the Tour of Romandia-2018 (Neopr.) . velolive.com (April 29, 2018). Circulation date May 1, 2019.

[2] Tour de Romandie 2018 - Start List . cyclingnews.com . Circulation date May 1, 2019.

[3] Tour de Romandie: les favoris poursuivent leur préparation en vue du Giro (neopr.) . lesoir.be (23 avril 2018).

[4] Voorbeschouwing: Ronde van Romandië 2018 (nid.) . wielerflits.nl (23 avril 2018).