Tour de Romandie, stage 1 summary

Stage 1 : Apr 25, Morges - La Chaux-de-Fonds, 184.5 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 4.50.23
2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
5 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
7 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
8 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 1 compared to stage 0 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+100 Lieuwe Westra
+98 Paolo Tiralongo
+90 Johnny Hoogerland
+90 Giampaolo Caruso
+89 Kenny Elissonde
+88 Mikel Landa Meana
+85 Guillaume Levarlet
+84 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+84 Cyril Gautier

Biggest losers by position :
-145 Mark Cavendish
-131 Maarten Wijnants
-122 Christopher Froome
-112 Geraint Thomas
-112 Giacomo Nizzolo
-110 Julien Vermote
-110 Kristof Vandewalle
-107 Alex Rasmussen
-107 Danny Pate
-107 Travis Meyer
-102 Michal Kwiatkowski

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:09 Bradley Wiggins
+0:05 Lieuwe Westra
+0:03 Paolo Tiralongo

Biggest losers by time :
-11:18 Alan Perez Lezaun
-11:18 Christopher Froome
-11:18 Danny Pate
-11:18 Daryl Impey
-11:18 Frederik Willems
-11:18 Maarten Wijnants
-11:18 Mark Cavendish
-11:18 Travis Meyer
-11:17 Kenny Dehaes
-11:17 Matteo Montaguti
-7:23 Alex Rasmussen

Favourites by position :
+73 Ivan Basso
+65 John Gadret
+49 Cadel Evans
+42 Janez Brajkovic
+41 Roman Kreuziger
+40 Ryder Hesjedal
+35 Andreas Kloden
+23 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+10 Bradley Wiggins
+4 Bauke Mollema
+2 Michael Rogers
-15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-32 Jakob Fuglsang
-122 Christopher Froome

Favourites by time :
+0:09 Bradley Wiggins
-0:01 Roman Kreuziger
-0:01 Michael Rogers
-0:01 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:01 Janez Brajkovic
-0:01 Ivan Basso
-0:01 Cadel Evans
-0:01 Bauke Mollema
-0:01 Andreas Kloden
-1:16 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-2:28 John Gadret
-5:33 Jakob Fuglsang
-11:18 Christopher Froome

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 4:53:51 (was 11th at 0:09)
2 Michael Rogers 0:07 (was 4th at 0:06)
3 Bauke Mollema 0:09 (was 7th at 0:08)
4 Stef Clement 0:09 (was 8th at 0:08)
5 Andrew Talansky 0:11 (was 13th at 0:10)
6 Wilco Kelderman 0:11 (was 15th at 0:10)
7 David Zabriskie 0:12 (was 21st at 0:11)
8 Simon Spilak 0:12 (was 23rd at 0:11)
9 Ruben Plaza Molina 0:12 (was 24th at 0:11)
10 Tiago Machado 0:13 (was 26th at 0:12)
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14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0:15 (was 37th at 0:14)
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21 Andreas Kloden 0:18 (was 56th at 0:17)
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24 Ryder Hesjedal 0:18 (was 64th at 0:18)
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28 Roman Kreuziger 0:19 (was 69th at 0:18)
29 Janez Brajkovic 0:19 (was 71st at 0:18)
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31 Cadel Evans 0:21 (was 80th at 0:20)
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50 Ivan Basso 0:26 (was 123rd at 0:25)
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76 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:33 (was 61st at 0:17)
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91 John Gadret 3:02 (was 156th at 0:34)
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106 Jakob Fuglsang 5:52 (was 74th at 0:19)
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150 Christopher Froome 11:31 (was 28th at 0:13)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Stef Clement 6
2 Jimmy Engoulvent 6
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 3
4 Kenny De Haes 3
5 Kevin Seeldraeyers 1
6 Martin Kohler 1

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Fabrice Jeandesboz 8
2 Martin Kohler 8
3 Thomas Rohregger 6
4 Angelo Tulik 6
5 Daniel Navarro 5
6 Kevin Seeldraeyers 4
7 Kenny De Haes 4
8 Maxime Mederel 3
9 Tejay Van Garderen 2
10 Rinaldo Nocentini 2

Retirements to date : Stage
Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 1
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 2


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