Dylan Teuns, who won the Fleche Wallonne classic last week, took the win on stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie on Wednesday, edging Rohan Dennis at the line. Dennis, who rides for Jumbo-Visma, took the overall lead after finishing second in the 3-mile prologue time trial the day before.

After a breakaway group was caught just before the end of 110 mile stage from La Grand Beroche to Romont, Dennis attacked on the short climb to the finish. Teuns, a Belgian who rides for Bahrain-Victorious, followed and caught Dennis at the line.

The pair finished two seconds ahead of Swiss rider Marc Hirschi of Team UAE. Dennis took the green leader’s jersey from young Briton Ethan Hayter of Ineos, who was caught in a crash with 9 miles to go.

Dennis is 16 seconds ahead of Austrian Felix Grossschartner of Bora Hansgrohe and last year’s winner Welshman Geraint Thomas of Ineos.

TOUR DE ROMANDIE STAGE 1 RESULTS

1	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain – Victorious	4:23:58
2	DENNIS Rohan	Jumbo-Visma	0:00
3	HIRSCHI Marc	UAE Team Emirates	0:02
4	VLASOV Aleksandr	BORA – hansgrohe	0:02
5	HERMANS Quinten	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	0:02
6	O’CONNOR Ben	AG2R Citroën Team	0:04
7	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain – Victorious	0:04
8	AYUSO Juan	UAE Team Emirates	0:04
9	CRAS Steff	Lotto Soudal	0:04
10	SCHMID Mauro	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:04

 

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