Tour de Romandie (2018) Photos April 24

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The inside scoop on the 4 km Fribourg prologue from BORA - hansgrohe sports director Steffen Radochla: “It was a demanding day today, with a few difficult turns and cobbled sectors to contend with. Particularly in light of the quality field present at the race, Emanuel and Pawel produced some solid results and their times were not bad today. We’re heading for the mountains tomorrow, and the team will do its best there.”	Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) wins the 4 km Fribourg prologue by just 1s in 5:33	2nd Tom BOHLI (SUI/BMC RACING) + 1s put his near miss into perspective
Itzulia Basque Country winner, 3rd Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 1s	Prologue winner and race leader, Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB)	"A massive relief [to finally get a win] with the season I've had so far"

Stage 1:  Fribourg → Delémont, 167 km  Full Results and Report

Early break with Will CLARKE (AUS/EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale) and Marco MINNAARD (NED/Wanty - Groupe Gobert)	Race leader, Michael Matthews (AUS/Team Sunweb)	Tom STAMSNIJDER and the rest of Team Sunweb set a blistering pace the first time up Le Sommet dropping sprinters including Elia Viviani, Fernando Gaviria and Michael Albasini
Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) looks across to the faster rider in the end...	Omar FRAILE MATARRANZ (ESP/ASTANA) wins a depleted/bunch sprint in 4:03:42 ahead of 2nd Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) and 3rd Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA (POR/UAE TEAM EMIRATES)	Race leader, Michael MATTHEWS (Australia / Team Sunweb) was dropped on the second pass of Le Sommet
Astana picked up where they left off at Tour of the Alps notching another stage win	Stage 1 winner and points leader, Omar FRAILE MATARRANZ (ESP/ASTANA)	3rd on the prologue and finishing in the front group today, Primož ROGLIČ (LOTTO NL - JUMBO) is now the new race leader

Stage 2:  Delémont → Yverdon-les-Bains, 174 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 3:  Ollon → Villars, 9.9 km  Full Results and Report

Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) won the 9.9 km (avg 7.9% / max 10%) uphill ITT from Ollon to Villars in 25:10	2nd Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 4s	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) stopping the clock just shy of the win, but now leading the overall by 6s with Bernal moving into 2nd
3rd Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) + 18s	4th Steven KRUIJSWIJK (NED/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) + 48s	Your Stage 3 ITT winner, the rising start in the sport, Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) who moved up to 2nd overall today + 6s

Stage 4:  Sion → Sion, 149 km  Full Results and Report

File photo: Looking down from the mountains to Sion, a Swiss valley town where Stage 4 started and finished	The peloton climbing the mountains surrounding Sion	Race leader, Primoz ROGLIC (Slowenia / Lotto NL - Jumbo)
	The break and the two top GC contenders on the final climb	Jakob FUGLSANG (Danmark / Team Astana) successfully attacked with 12 km to go, staying away on the treacherous descent back into Sion
Your Stage 4 winner, Jakob FUGLSANG (Danmark / Team Astana): "I've been working hard for my teammates this year. For me to get a victory is super nice"	48s later, Primoz ROGLIC (Slowenia / Team Lotto NL - Jumbo) edged out Egan BERNAL (Columbia / Team Sky) for second, adding a few bonus seconds to his overall lead before the final stage

Stage 5:  Mont-sur-Rolle → Genève, 182 km  Full Results and Report

The early break with Winner ANACONA (COL) of Movistar Team - Michael STORER (Australia / Team Sunweb) - Carlos VERONA (ESP) of Mitchelton - Scott - Alexis GOUGEARD (FRA) of AG2R La Mondiale - Pavel SIVAKOV (RUS) of Team SKY	Sprint finish in Geneva as expected. Pascal Ackermann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe), Michael Morkov (DEN - QuickStep - Floors) and Roberto Ferrari (ITA - UAE Team Emirates) at the front	Pascal Ackermann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe) win Stage 5 ahead of 2nd Michael Morkov (DEN - QuickStep - Floors) and 3rd Roberto Ferrari (ITA - UAE Team Emirates)
Pascal Ackermann celebrates his first professional victory	The celebration continues, Pascal Ackermann celebrates his first professional victory	Pascal Ackermann and teammates post-race: “The guys worked hard to support me the whole day, and in the end Rudi Selig brought me into the perfect position in the last 200m. I am very thankful for all the hard work of my teammates. It was a real goal of ours to win today and we achieved this. The race has not been easy and it was difficult for me to stay within the time limit on the penultimate stage. So it is nice to see that our hard work paid off.”
The rising star in the sport just rose higher this week. Could he be the next Alberto Contador? Best young rider and 2nd overall, Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY)	Consistently very good every day, your 2018 Tour de Romandie overall winner, Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO)	This week's success extends Roglic’s and Team LottoNL-Jumbo’s superb winning stretch in World Tour stage races, after the Slovenian had claimed the overall at the Itzulia Basque Country, in Spain, earlier in April.
Your 2018 Tour de Romandie overall podium: 2nd Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) + 8s , 1st Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/LOTTO NL - JUMBO) 17:09:00, 3rd Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) + 35s