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Tuesday, April 29: Prologue, Ascona 5.57 km individual time trial

More photos from stage 1 posted below results and map

The Race: Michal Kwiatkowski wasn't sure of his form coming out of the classics season. In the Ardennes races he did very well, indeed, with a third in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and La Flèche Wallonne and fifth in Amstel Gold. Would he be too tired to perform well today? I guess not. He beat the reigning world time trial champion (Tony Martin) by five seconds to win the Tour de Romandie prologue.

The 2013 overall winner, Chris Froome is recovering from sickness and has been out of competition for a while. Still, he rode to a commendable 13th place, just 10 seconds slower than the flying Pole.

BMC rider Tejay Van Garderen fell in a corner (he's bruised but uninjured) and lost more than three minutes.

Complete Results: (both stage and GC)

Winner's average speed: 52.492 km/hr

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	6min 22sec
2	Rohan Dennis	Garmin Sharp	@ 4 seconds
3	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
4	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
5	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	5"
6	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	6"
7	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	7"
8	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	8"
9	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin Sharp	9"
10	Martijn Keizer	Belkin
11	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
12	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
13	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	10"
14	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar Team
15	Lieuwe Westra	Astana Pro Team	11"
16	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
17	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	12"
18	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
19	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	13"
20	Anthony Roux	FDJ
21	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r-La Mondiale
22	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha
23	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	14"
24	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
25	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
26	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling
27	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol	15"
28	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge
29	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team
30	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling
31	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
32	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
33	Stef Clement	Belkin
34	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
35	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	16"
36	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp
37	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
38	Pavel Brutt	Team Katusha
39	Moreno Hofland	Belkin
40	Jérémy Roy	FDJ	17"
41	Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes	Lampre-Merida
42	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol	18"
43	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
44	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
45	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
46	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ	19"
47	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
48	Benat Intxausti	Movistar Team
49	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	20"
50	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
51	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
52	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
53	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
54	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
55	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	21"
56	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
57	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
58	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team
59	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
60	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
61	Paul Martens	Belkin	22"
62	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team
63	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
64	Xabier Zandio	Team Sky
65	Jack Bobridge	Belkin
66	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r-La Mondiale
67	Mikhail Ignatyev	Team Katusha	23"
68	Richie Porte	Team Sky
69	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
70	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ
71	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
72	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar
73	Maxim Iglinsky	Astana Pro Team
74	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
75	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano
76	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
77	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
78	Francis Mourey	FDJ	24"
79	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
80	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin
81	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	25"
82	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin
83	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-Quick-Step
84	Egor Silin	Team Katusha
85	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	26"
86	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin
87	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
88	Nino Schurter	Orica-GreenEdge
89	Matej Mohoric	Cannondale	27"
90	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r-La Mondiale
91	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
92	Luke Rowe	Team Sky
93	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	28"
94	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
95	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
96	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r-La Mondiale
97	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
98	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida
99	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky	29"
100	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
101	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	30"
102	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
103	Aleksei Tcatevich	Team Katusha
104	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing
105	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
106	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing
107	Juan José Lobato	Movistar Team
108	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	31"
109	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha
110	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
111	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky
112	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team
113	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	32"
114	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
115	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ
116	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
117	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
118	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
119	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	33"
120	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge
121	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar
122	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
123	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
124	Cédric Pineau	FDJ	34"
125	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
126	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
127	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	35"
128	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
129	Caleb Fairly	Garmin Sharp
130	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	36"
131	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	37"
132	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky
133	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar Team	38"
134	Jean Marc Marino	Cannondale	39"
135	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r-La Mondiale
136	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin Sharp
137	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	40"
138	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r-La Mondiale	41"
139	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	42"
140	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
141	Lachlan David Morton	Garmin Sharp
142	Axel Domont	Ag2r-La Mondiale	44"
143	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol
144	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	46"
145	Darwin Atapuma Hurtado	BMC Racing Team
146	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	47"
147	Mikael Cherel	Ag2r-La Mondiale	49"
148	Thomas Danielson	Garmin Sharp	52"
149	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar
150	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
151	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	3' 21"

Prologue map

Photos from stage 1:

Marcel Kittel was third today.

World time trial champion Tony Martin

Brett Lancaster was sixth, just behind Tony Martin

2013 winner Chris Froome

Vincenzo Nibali

Richie Porte

Rui Costa

Ivan Basso

Stef Clement

Damiano Caruso

Andrew Talansky

Nicolas Roche

Laurens Ten Dam

Tejay Van Garderen with a ripped jersey from his crash.

Christophe Kern

Jack Bobridge

Giovanni Visconti

Thomas Voeckler

Michal Kwiatkowski puts on the leader's jersey

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