Races Road Tour de Romandie: Albasini wins stage 2 By Cycling News published 29 April 2015 Swiss rider moves into overall lead Comments Race Home Stages Stage 1 19.2km | La Vallée de Joux - Juraparc (TTT) Stage 2 168.1km | Apples - Saint-Imier Stage 3 172.5km | Moutier - Porrentruy Stage 4 169.8km | La Neuveville - Freiburg Stage 5 162.7km | Fribourg - Champex-Lac Stage 6 17.3km | Lausanne - Lausanne (ITT) View all Stages Race history Start list Image 1 of 102Geraint Thomas and Rohan Dennis possibility talking about the hour record(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Andre Cardoso (Cannondale-Garmin)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Carter Jones (Giant-Alpecin)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) was a clear winner.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Matthew Busche (Trek)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Carlos Betancur (Ag2r-La Mondiale)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Manuel Senni (BMC)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Ian Stannard (Team Sky) leads round a corner(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Ruben Plaza (Lampre-Merida)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)The FDJ team presented to the crowd(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Rafa Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)New leader of the points classification Jonathan Fumeaux (IAM Cycling)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Gianni Meersman and David de la Cruz (Etixx-Quick Step)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The smiling assassin Nairo Quinanta (Movistar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)There was lots of colour when Team Sky came onto stage(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Colombian support for Nairo Quintana at the team presentation(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team BMC are presented to the crowd(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Agr2-La Mondiale presented to the crowd(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Tinkoff-Saxo presented to the crowd(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Chris Froome and Luke Rowe having a chat(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) in yellow(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Nico Roche is the last riders in the Team Sky train(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Darwin Atapuma cracks a smile at the end of the BMC train(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Race leader Geraint Thomas (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Rohan Dennis (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Damiano Caruso (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Jonathan Fumeaux (IAM Cycling) with Maxim Belkov (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Maxim Belkov (Katusha) and Jonathan Fumeaux (IAM Cycling)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-saxo)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Jean-Christophe Peraud(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Robert Gesink(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Canadian champion Svein Tuft(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Nairo Quintana (Movistar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Maxime Bouet(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Pieter Serry(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Stefan Küng (BMC) and Romain Guillemois (Team Europcar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Flowers frame the peloton.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Simon Špilak (Katusha) on the start line(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Danilo Wyss and Amael Moinard(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Gianni Meersman and David de la Cruz(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Chris Froome(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bryan Naulleau(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Pierre Rolland(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Rui Costa and Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bryan Naulleau (Europcar) on the front.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) lost his leader's jersey during the stage.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The Team Sky trains rolls f0r Thomas(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The Team Sky trains rolls f0r Thomas(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Jonathan Fumeaux in the green Jersey.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Ivan Santaromita(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Simon Yates in white(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Winner Anacona, Bart de Clercq and Egor Silin.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Fabrice Jeandesboz(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Michele Scarponi.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Pavel Kochetkov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bryan Naulleau(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Albasini takes the stage 2 win.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Geraint Thomas in yellow.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The pack rolls through the Swiss countryside.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Maxim Belkov (Team Katusha) in the mountains jersey.(Image credit: Sirotti)Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) lost his leader's jersey during the stage.(Image credit: Sirotti)Nairo Quintana (Movistar).(Image credit: Sirotti)Tom Danielson (Cannondale-Garmin)(Image credit: Sirotti)Jakob Fugslang (Astana)(Image credit: Sirotti)Albasini on the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Albasini pulls on the yellow jersey.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The pack rolls through the countryside.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The pack rolls through the countryside.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Spring flowers by the side of the road sweeten the route.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Spring flowers by the side of the road sweeten the route.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSpor
