Richie Porte confirmed he will be one of the Tour de France contenders come July after sealing Tour de Romandie victory by placing second in the stage 5 time trial.
The BMC man started stage 5 needing to overcome a 19-second deficit to Simon Yates (Orica-Scott) and did so comfortably to seal a 21-second victory. LottoNL-Jumbo's Primoz Roglic won the stage as the Slovenian continues his transformation into a premier one-week stage racer.
Simon Yates and Primoz Roglic completed the podium with Stefan Kung winning the points classification, Sander Armee the KOM jersey and Pierre Latour the best young rider prize
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primož Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 24:58:00 |
| 2 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:08 |
| 3 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:34 |
| 4 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:00:35 |
| 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:41 |
| 8 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:00:42 |
| 9 | Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:46 |
| 10 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 17:16:00 |
| 2 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | 0:00:21 |
| 3 | Primož Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:00:26 |
| 4 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:51 |
| 5 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:03 |
| 6 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:16 |
| 7 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:01:21 |
| 8 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | 0:01:22 |
| 9 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:01:24 |
On the heels of the final major Classic of the spring, the Tour de Romandie marks a transition period on the WorldTour calendar as the pro peloton gears up for Grand Tour season.
Six days of racing through Switzerland's French-speaking Romandie region, the race tends to reward all-rounders who can thrive on challenging Alpine gradients while also delivering good results against the clock. This year is no different.
A short prologue in Aigle kicks things off and an 18.3km individual time trial concludes the 2017 Tour de Romandie, with a few great opportunities for the climbers sandwiched in between the chronos.
Movistar's Nairo Quintana won the race last year, but he isn't planning to make the start this week. Two-time winner Chris Froome (Sky), however, is slated to race in Romandie. Given his track record and his status as an elite climber and time trialist too, he is a formidable favourite. BMC's dual threat of Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen, similarly well-equipped on both climbing days and against the clock, could be in the mix as well. 2015 winner Ilnur Zakarin, Ion Izagirre, Primoz Roglic, Rafal Majka and Jarlinson Pantano are other possible contenders in Romandie.
2016 Tour de Romandie Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 16:20:20 |
| 2 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:19 |
| 3 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:23 |
| 4 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:26 |
| 5 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:57 |
| 6 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida | 0:01:12 |
| 7 | Simon Špilak (Slo) Team Katusha | 0:01:16 |
| 8 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:24 |
| 10 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:27 |
2016 Tour de Romandie | 2015 Tour de Romandie | 2014 Tour de Romandie
