Tour de Romandie 2019 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

May 5, 2019

Tour de Romandie 2019 – Stage 5 – Geneva – Geneva (ITT) : 16,85 km

The 73rd edition of the Tour de Romandie stays true to form as a shorter, less intense first test for Tour de France contenders before next month’s Tour de Suisse and Criterium du Dauphine, attracting a stellar field and a well-balanced course. Last season, the victory went to Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo), who used his time trialing prowess and strong climbing form to claim the overall win over Egan Bernal (Team Sky) and Richie Porte (BMC). This season, Roglic will be up against Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas, while an on-form Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), third in the Basque Country Tour, will be one to watch.

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) secured final overall victory at the Tour de Romandie after he delivered a dominant display to win the concluding time trial in Geneva. It was the Slovenian’s third stage race victory of the season after triumphs at the UAE Tour and Tirreno-Adriatico, and the win further underscored his credentials ahead of the Giro d’Italia, which gets underway next Saturday.

The last man down the start ramp in Geneva, Roglic racked up his third stage win of the Tour de Romandie with an assured and smooth performance on the 16.8km course, beating European time trial champion Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) by 13 seconds.

Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) delivered a solid display to take 7th on the stage, a performance that sufficed for him to retain second place overall, 49 seconds down on Roglic. Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) availed of the final time trial to move up to third place overall, though the Welshman, like Rui Costa, never looked like threatening Roglic’s yellow jersey, and was instead put to the pin of his collar to hold off a strong Felix Großschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe).

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) began the day in third place overall, but the French climber knew that his podium berth was under threat during the final time trial, and so it proved. He battled gamely, however, and did enough to place 5th overall, one place ahead of Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma).

The day – and the week – belonged to Kruijswijk’s teammate Roglic, who maintained his remarkable 100 percent record in stage races this season. Indeed, Roglic’s consistency since making the step up to WorldTour level in 2016 has been striking.

Last year, Roglic won the Tour of the Basque Country, Tour de Romandie and Tour of Slovenia before placing 4th overall at the Tour de France. This time around, he will arrive at the Giro buoyed by a similar hat-trick and set out with his sights set considerably higher.

“I hadn’t raced since Tirreno-Adriatico, I’m very happy,” Roglic said afterwards. “I love this race, I like riding here. I’m ready for the Giro.”

Time trial

The 16.8km time trial around Geneva was a race of two halves, with the course climbing gently to the intermediate check point after 8.2km before descending rapidly to the finish on Quai Gustave-Ador.

Maciej Bodnar (Bora-Hansgrohe) was the day’s early pace-setter, but the leaderboard took on a rather different guise when Filippo Ganna (Team Ineos) hurtled around the course at an average speed in excess of 50kph. The pursuit world champion was barely settled in the hot seat, however, when Campenaerts stopped the clock with a time two seconds quicker than his.

When Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma) came home 3 seconds down on Campenaerts shortly afterwards, it was evident that the Belgian’s time would endure for most of the afternoon, and it later became apparent that only Roglic himself would be able to mount a real challenge.

Even so, there were some notable performers before the final tranche of starters, including Paddy Bevin (EF Education First), who would take 4th on the stage, and neo-professional Will Barta (CCC), who took 8th on the day.

Although the time gaps were relatively tight atop the GC coming into the stage, Roglic’s quality against the watch meant that the battle for the yellow jersey was largely devoid of suspense. Only Geraint Thomas, who began the day 26 seconds off the pace, was deemed a possible challenger, but come the check point, it was apparent that the Welshman was not going to trouble Roglic.

Roglic cruised to the 8.2km mark some 14 seconds up on Campenaerts and thus more than half a minute up on Thomas, who was instead locked in a battle with Großschartner to claim the third step of the podium. Thomas summoned up the strength to claw back his deficit to Großschartner in the final 5 miles of the course and pipped the Austrian to third place by just one second.

The day belonged to Roglic, however. With overall victory effectively assured by the midway point of the time trial, the Slovenian might have been forgiven had he eased off on the sweep down to the finish, but instead he held his speed and came home to claim a resounding win, 13 seconds clear of Campenaerts.

Results :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:19:58
2 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:13
3 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:15
4 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team 0:00:16
5 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma
6 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:22
7 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:37
8 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team 0:00:43
9 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:44
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:46
11 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
12 Claudio Imhof (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:00:47
13 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:48
14 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:00:52
15 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:53
16 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:56
17 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
18 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
19 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
20 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:00
21 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
22 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:01
23 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:03
24 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First
25 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:05
26 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First 0:01:06
27 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team 0:01:07
28 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team 0:01:08
29 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
30 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:01:13
31 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
32 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
33 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:14
34 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:16
36 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:18
37 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:20
38 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:23
39 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team
41 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:24
42 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
43 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
44 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
45 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
46 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:25
47 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:33
48 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:34
49 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:36
50 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education First 0:01:38
51 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 0:01:40
52 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First 0:01:42
53 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma
54 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
55 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:43
56 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:44
57 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:47
58 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:48
59 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:01:49
60 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
61 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:50
62 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:01:52
63 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
64 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
65 Florian Storck (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:01:53
66 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
67 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:01:54
68 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Dimension Data 0:01:56
69 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
70 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:00
71 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:03
72 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:04
73 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:05
74 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott
75 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team 0:02:06
76 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
77 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:07
78 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
79 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:08
80 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:09
81 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:10
82 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:02:11
83 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team
84 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:14
85 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:02:15
86 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:16
87 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:17
88 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
89 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 0:02:18
90 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:19
91 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:20
92 Will Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:22
93 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:23
94 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:25
95 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:02:28
96 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:31
97 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:34
98 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:02:36
99 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
100 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
101 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
102 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:37
103 Mathias Flueckiger (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:02:44
104 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:45
105 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:46
106 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:47
107 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:53
108 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
109 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:58
110 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
111 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:03:12
112 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:29
DNS Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-Quick Step
DNS Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-Quick Step
DNS Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-Quick Step
DNS Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
DNS Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team

Final General Classification :
1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 15:25:11
2 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:49
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:12
4 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:13
5 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:17
6 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:33
7 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:35
8 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:00
9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:08
10 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 0:02:18
11 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:21
12 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:25
13 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:02:32
14 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:34
15 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:02:35
16 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team 0:03:07
17 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:03:12
18 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert 0:03:18
19 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:03:32
20 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:37
21 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:57
22 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:04:01
23 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:06
24 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:19
25 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First 0:05:24
26 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 0:06:21
27 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:06:45
28 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First 0:06:46
29 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:06:57
30 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:25
31 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:07:36
32 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:08:16
33 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First 0:08:25
34 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:08:37
35 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 0:09:07
36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:09:10
37 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team 0:09:14
38 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:41
39 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:10:22
40 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:11:13
41 Simon Pellaud (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:11:21
42 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:11:45
43 Danilo Wyss (Swi) Dimension Data 0:11:54
44 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:19
45 Mathias Flueckiger (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:12:21
46 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott 0:12:26
47 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:13:56
48 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education First 0:14:16
49 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:53
50 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team 0:15:26
51 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:16:48
52 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:17:25
53 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:18:43
54 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:18:46
55 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:19:07
56 Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ 0:20:18
57 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:20:29
58 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:20:55
59 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:21:54
60 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 0:21:58
61 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert 0:22:11
62 Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team 0:22:15
63 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:36
64 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:22:58
65 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:23:23
66 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert 0:25:53
67 Florian Storck (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:27:17
68 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:27:42
69 Claudio Imhof (Swi) Swiss National Team 0:28:09
70 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:28:19
71 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:28:38
72 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:28:56
73 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:29:06
74 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team 0:29:38
75 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:29:50
76 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:29:51
77 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:30:04
78 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott 0:30:14
79 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:27
80 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:31:33
81 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:31:45
82 Will Barta (USA) CCC Team 0:32:06
83 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:32:25
84 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Sky 0:33:47
85 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:06
86 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:34:41
87 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:36:20
88 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:36:23
89 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:37:05
90 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:39:41
91 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:39:51
92 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:40:11
93 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:40:26
94 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:43:18
95 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:43:29
96 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:44:12
97 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:44:30
98 Tom Bohli (Swi) UAE Team Emirates 0:45:44
99 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:46:01
100 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:47:08
101 Bagdonas Gediminas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:47:33
102 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:51:32
103 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:55:25
104 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:57:07
105 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 0:57:53
106 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:57:58
107 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:58:50
108 Will Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 1:01:19
109 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:03:40
110 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:05:02
111 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:09:55
112 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 1:13:44