Julian Alaphilippe remains on the GC podium ahead of the first summit finish.

Fausto Masnada was the “engine” of the breakaway on stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie, a hilly one punctuated by several climbs, the last of which came inside ten kilometers to go. The experienced Italian attacked right from the off, drawing a response from five other riders, who joined him, opening a maximum gap of four minutes.

Masnada, a Giro stage winner and Il Lombardia runner-up, drove a strong tempo on the many hills of the 165.7km stage, helping the group stay away until after the final ascent. There, they were joined by Julian Alaphilippe, who in the meantime had attacked over the top of the climb, and Fausto moved to the front to help the move gain momentum, but the peloton reacted and shut down the move on the descent.

Alaphilippe tried another roll of the dice, with the same result, and the stage came down to a bunch sprint, won by Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R). Kasper Asgreen got involved and finished fifth, while Ilan Van Wilder concluded with the peloton and moved up to eighth on the general classification. After the stage, Fausto took to the podium, where he was rewarded with the trophy for the most combative rider of the day.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Dorian Godon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
3:49:58
2 Andrea Vendrame
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
3 Gianni Vermeersch
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
4 Milan Menten
Lotto Dstny
0:00
5 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
6 Matevž Govekar
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
7 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:00
8 Clément Venturini
0:00
9 Thibaud Gruel
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
10 Kobe Goossens
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
22 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
39 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
44 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
63 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
121 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
10:43
DNF Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
-03:49:58
1 Dorian Godon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
3:52:46
2 Gianni Vermeersch
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:06
3 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:09
4 Tim van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:10
5 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:11
6 Antoine Aebi
Swiss Cycling
0:11
7 Jan Christen
UAE Team Emirates
0:11
8 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:11
9 Andrea Vendrame
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:12
10 Matevž Govekar
Bahrain - Victorious
0:12
36 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:16
53 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:19
82 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
0:26
98 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
10:55
1 Dorian Godon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
69 pt
2 Gianni Vermeersch
Alpecin - Deceuninck
33 pt
3 Maikel Zijlaard
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
30 pt
4 Joey Rosskopf
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
30 pt
5 Andrea Vendrame
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
30 pt
6 Cameron Scott
Bahrain - Victorious
25 pt
7 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
22 pt
8 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
21 pt
9 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Wanty
20 pt
10 Matevž Govekar
Bahrain - Victorious
18 pt
13 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
16 pt
24 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
5 pt
29 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
1 Juri Hollmann
Alpecin - Deceuninck
31 pt
2 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
23 pt
3 Patrick Gamper
BORA - hansgrohe
5 pt
4 Raúl García Pierna
5 pt
5 Joey Rosskopf
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
3 pt
6 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Wanty
1 pt
1 Tim van Dijke
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:52:56
2 Jan Christen
UAE Team Emirates
0:01
3 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:01
4 Matevž Govekar
Bahrain - Victorious
0:02
5 Jan Sommer
Swiss Cycling
0:02
6 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
0:02
7 Darren Rafferty
EF Education - EasyPost
0:03
8 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
0:03
9 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
0:03
10 Thibaud Gruel
Groupama - FDJ
0:04
14 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:06
1 Bahrain - Victorious 11:38:49
2 Soudal Quick-Step 0:01
3 UAE Team Emirates 0:03
4 Swiss Cycling 0:05
5 Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:06
6 Movistar Team 0:06
7 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:06
8 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:10
9 Groupama - FDJ 0:11
10 BORA - hansgrohe 0:12

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