LottoNL-Jumbo’s Primoz Roglic won the Tour de Romandie title, when the fifth and final stage concluded in Geneve, Switzerland, today.
The Slovakian finished with a final classification of 17:09:00, beating Team Sky’s Egan Bernal (Colombian) into second by eight minutes.
Primoz Roglic, pictured here at last year’s UCI World Road Champs, won the Tour de Romandie when the fifth and final stage concluded today. Photo: Photo credits
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Pascal Ackermann (Germany) won the 181.8km final stage in 4:09:51, beating Quick-Step Floors’ Michael Morkov (Denmark) and UAE Team Emirates’ Roberto Ferrari (Italy) in a bunch sprint.
“I think we are all really happy with this win,” Roglic said afterwards.
“With the whole team, I think that we showed we are really strong. We have some really strong guys and it was a pleasure to work with them and to win in the end.”
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Stage five
1. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:09:51
2. Michael Morkov (Den) Quick-Step Floors
3. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
4. Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
5. Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
6. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7. Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
9. Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott
10. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
Selected
69. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 4:09:51
74. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:00:00
99. Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data +0:00:22
General classification
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 17:09:00
2. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky +0:08
3. Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team +0:35
4. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team +1:16
5. Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates +1:23
6. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +2:32
7. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team +2:49
8. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe +3:09
10. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates +3:12
Selected
85. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:44:19
96. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data +0:59:34
102. Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data +1:07:50
