Tour de Romandie
Stage 3: Châtel-Saint-Denis - Châtel-Saint-Denis
Switzerland
Friday 28 April 2023
18.75 km
ITT shakes up Tour de Romandie GC

Châtel-Saint-Denis, a small but picturesque town lying in the canton of Fribourg, welcomed the race for an 18.7km individual time trial. The course was quite a testing one, the presence of the Route du Moleson climb (5km, 4.9%) complicating things for many of the pre-stage favourites, due to the presence of some steep double-digit ramps in the first part. The subsequent descent was fast and technical in places, only adding to the complexity of the ITT.
Prologue winner Josef Cerny once again finished the day as the best-placed Soudal Quick-Step rider, clocking up a time of 25:56 after averaging a solid 43.38km/h on the stage won by Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates). He was followed by teammate Rémi Cavagna, who remains our squad’s highest-ranked rider on the general classification, only three seconds from the top ten.
The race continues with what will be the decisive stage of the week. Saturday takes the peloton atop Thyon 2000, a long and gruelling Hors catégorie ascent that will be tackled only for the second time this century.
Photo credit: ©Wout Beel
Race details
1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
25:15 |
2 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:05 |
3 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
0:17 |
4 |
Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team |
0:18 |
5 |
Will Barta Movistar Team |
0:19 |
6 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
0:20 |
7 |
Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates |
0:24 |
8 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
0:24 |
9 |
Gino Mäder Bahrain - Victorious |
0:25 |
10 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:27 |
19 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:41 |
20 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:46 |
48 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:18 |
52 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:22 |
60 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:37 |
68 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:50 |
1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
8:33:40 |
2 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:18 |
3 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
0:19 |
4 |
Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team |
0:22 |
5 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
0:30 |
6 |
Damiano Caruso Bahrain - Victorious |
0:32 |
7 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:34 |
8 |
Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás INEOS Grenadiers |
0:36 |
9 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:37 |
10 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:38 |
13 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:41 |
33 |
Fausto Masnada
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:31 |
97 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:02 |
98 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:52 |
101 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
15:11 |
114 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
18:04 |
1 |
Ethan Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
65 pt |
2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
64 pt |
3 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
61 pt |
4 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
57 pt |
5 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
38 pt |
6 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
31 pt |
7 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
30 pt |
8 |
Thibau Nys Trek - Segafredo |
30 pt |
9 |
Matteo Sobrero Team Jayco AlUla |
29 pt |
10 |
Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates |
26 pt |
13 |
Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step |
22 pt |
42 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
6 pt |
1 |
Julien Bernard Trek - Segafredo |
42 pt |
2 |
Gleb Brussenskiy Astana Qazaqstan Team |
15 pt |
3 |
Dario Lillo Switzerland |
12 pt |
4 |
Tom Bohli Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
10 pt |
5 |
Robert Gesink Jumbo-Visma |
8 pt |
6 |
Steven Kruijswijk Jumbo-Visma |
6 pt |
7 |
Michael Schär AG2R Citroën Team |
6 pt |
8 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
5 pt |
9 |
Tobias Foss Jumbo-Visma |
4 pt |
10 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
4 pt |
1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
8:33:40 |
2 |
Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team |
0:18 |
3 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:34 |
4 |
Max Poole Team DSM |
0:37 |
5 |
Oscar Onley Team DSM |
1:07 |
6 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
1:10 |
7 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
1:18 |
8 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
1:40 |
9 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
1:44 |
10 |
Thibau Nys Trek - Segafredo |
2:09 |
22 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
15:11 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 25:41:53 |
2 | Movistar Team | 0:14 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 1:13 |
4 | Team DSM | 1:22 |
5 | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:48 |
6 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:32 |
7 | Team Jayco AlUla | 2:35 |
8 | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:16 |
9 | Lotto Dstny | 3:18 |
10 | Groupama - FDJ | 3:25 |