The Tour de Romandie kicks off tomorrow with a 5.2-kilometer long prologue in Lausanne. The six-stage stage-race will have to individual time-trials, and the first one is set to create small differences between the riders, aswell as decide the first leader of the race.
The first rider to go off the start ramp will be the Swiss National Team's Dario Lillo at 15:10 local time, whilst the last rider will be defending champion Geraint Thomas who will ride with the number 1 dorsal, and will start at 17:26.
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Order - Time - Number - Name - Team - Nationality
1 15:10:00 195 *LILLO Dario SUI SUI
2 15:11:00 184 *GARCIA PIERNA Carlos EKP ESP
3 15:12:00 165 NIBALI Antonio AST ITA
4 15:13:00 155 *NABERMAN Tim DSM NED
5 15:14:00 143 CATAFORD Alexander IPT CAN
6 15:15:00 136 MAAS Jan BEX NED
7 15:16:00 122 *GONZALEZ RIVERA Abner MOV PUR
8 15:17:00 117 TOLHOEK Antwan TFS NED
9 15:18:00 96 SCHACHMANN Maximilian BOH GER
10 15:19:00 85 *PARET PEINTRE Valentin ACT FRA
11 15:20:00 75 KNOX James QST GBR
12 15:21:00 62 BADILATTI Matteo GFC SUI
13 15:22:00 54 *CHAMPION Thomas COF FRA
14 15:23:00 44 *HUYS Laurens IWG BEL
15 15:24:00 37 WILLIAMS Stephen TBV GBR
16 15:25:00 25 KUSS Sepp TJV USA
17 15:26:00 16 *MCNULTY Brandon UAD USA
18 15:27:00 6 RIVERA VARGAS Brandon Smith IGD COL
19 15:28:00 194 *DEBONS Antoine SUI SUI
20 15:29:00 187 *MIQUEL DELGADO Pau EKP ESP
21 15:30:00 166 RIABUSHENKO Aleksandr AST
22 15:31:00 154 COMBAUD Romain DSM FRA
23 15:32:00 145 NEILANDS Krists IPT LAT
24 15:33:00 131 SOBRERO Matteo BEX ITA
25 15:34:00 123 JACOBS Johan MOV SUI
26 15:35:00 115 ELISSONDE Kenny TFS FRA
27 15:36:00 106 *VERSCHAEVE Viktor LTS BEL
28 15:37:00 93 HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres BOH COL
29 15:38:00 87 SCHAR Michael ACT SUI
30 15:39:00 74 HONORE Mikkel QST DEN
31 15:40:00 65 REICHENBACH Sebastien GFC SUI
32 15:41:00 52 ARMEE Sander COF BEL
33 15:42:00 42 *DELACROIX Theo IWG FRA
34 15:43:00 33 PERNSTEINER Hermann TBV AUT
35 15:44:00 27 ROOSEN Timo TJV NED
36 15:45:00 13 *AYUSO PESQUERA Juan UAD ESP
37 15:46:00 3 DE PLUS Laurens IGD BEL
38 15:47:00 192 *BRUN Nils SUI SUI
39 15:48:00 181 PARRA CUERDA Jose Felix EKP ESP
40 15:49:00 175 *STEINHAUSER Georg EFE GER
41 15:50:00 162 CONTI Valerio AST ITA
42 15:51:00 156 PEDERSEN Casper DSM DEN
43 15:52:00 146 *STRONG Corbin IPT NZL
44 15:53:00 137 SMITH Dion BEX NZL
45 15:54:00 124 MAS BONET Luis Guillermo MOV ESP
46 15:55:00 114 BRAMBILLA Gianluca TFS ITA
47 15:56:00 103 HOLMES Matthew LTS GBR
48 15:57:00 92 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix BOH AUT
49 15:58:00 86 PETERS Nans ACT FRA
50 15:59:00 77 *VERNON Ethan QST GBR
51 16:00:00 66 ROUX Anthony GFC FRA
52 16:01:00 57 VILLELLA Davide COF ITA
53 16:02:00 43 HERMANS Quinten IWG BEL
54 16:03:00 36 TEUNS Dylan TBV BEL
55 16:04:00 26 *LEEMREIZE Gijs TJV NED
56 16:05:00 17 POLANC Jan UAD SLO
57 16:06:00 2 AMADOR Andrey IGD CRC
58 16:07:00 197 *VOISARD Yannis SUI SUI
59 16:08:00 183 GALVAN FERNANDEZ Francisco EKP ESP
60 16:09:00 172 *HEALY Ben EFE IRL
61 16:10:00 167 ZEITS Andrey AST KAZ
62 16:11:00 157 TUSVELD Martijn DSM NED
63 16:12:00 141 FROOME Chris IPT GBR
64 16:13:00 134 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam BEX ETH
65 16:14:00 126 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar MOV ESP
66 16:15:00 112 ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon TFS ESP
67 16:16:00 102 *GRIGNARD Sebastien LTS BEL
68 16:17:00 94 KONRAD Patrick BOH AUT
69 16:18:00 84 NAESEN Lawrence ACT BEL
70 16:19:00 73 ČERNY Josef QST CZE
71 16:20:00 64 PACHER Quentin GFC FRA
72 16:21:00 56 GESCHKE Simon COF GER
73 16:22:00 45 *JOHANSEN Julius IWG DEN
74 16:23:00 35 SANCHEZ Luis Leon TBV ESP
75 16:24:00 24 *HESSMANN Michel TJV GER
76 16:25:00 15 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando UAD COL
77 16:26:00 7 *SHEFFIELD Magnus IGD USA
78 16:27:00 193 COLOMBO Filippo SUI SUI
79 16:28:00 186 LOPEZ FUENTES Diego EKP ESP
80 16:29:00 174 *QUINN Sean EFE USA
81 16:30:00 164 GRUZDEV Dmitriy AST KAZ
82 16:31:00 153 *BRENNER Marco DSM GER
83 16:32:00 142 BEVIN Patrick IPT NZL
84 16:33:00 135 JANSEN Amund Grondahl BEX NOR
85 16:34:00 125 MUHLBERGER Gregor MOV AUT
86 16:35:00 113 BERNARD Julien TFS FRA
87 16:36:00 104 *SWEENY Harrison LTS AUS
88 16:37:00 95 PALZER Anton BOH GER
89 16:38:00 82 BOUCHARD Geoffrey ACT FRA
90 16:39:00 72 CATTANEO Mattia QST ITA
91 16:40:00 63 MOLARD Rudy GFC FRA
92 16:41:00 53 BOHLI Tom COF SUI
93 16:42:00 41 MEINTJES Louis IWG RSA
94 16:43:00 34 *PRICE PEJTERSEN Johan TBV DEN
95 16:44:00 23 GESINK Robert TJV NED
96 16:45:00 14 *FISHER-BLACK Finn UAD NZL
97 16:46:00 4 *HAYTER Ethan IGD GBR
98 16:47:00 196 *THIEBAUD Valere SUI SUI
99 16:48:00 182 BERRADE FERNANDEZ Urko EKP ESP
100 16:49:00 173 POWLESS Neilson EFE USA
101 16:50:00 161 TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso AST COL
102 16:51:00 152 ARNDT Nikias DSM GER
103 16:52:00 144 FUGLSANG Jakob IPT DEN
104 16:53:00 132 BEWLEY Samuel BEX NZL
105 16:54:00 127 *RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto MOV COL
106 16:55:00 116 SKUJINS Toms TFS LAT
107 16:56:00 105 VANHOUCKE Harm LTS BEL
108 16:57:00 97 *WANDAHL Frederik BOH DEN
109 16:58:00 83 JUNGELS Bob ACT LUX
110 16:59:00 76 *SCHMID Mauro QST SUI
111 17:00:00 67 STORER Michael GFC AUS
112 17:01:00 55 FERNANDEZ Ruben COF ESP
113 17:02:00 47 TAARAMAE Rein IWG EST
114 17:03:00 31 CARUSO Damiano TBV ITA
115 17:04:00 22 DENNIS Rohan TJV AUS
116 17:05:00 12 ALVES OLIVEIRA Ivo Manuel UAD POR
117 17:06:00 5 *PLAPP Lucas IGD AUS
118 17:07:00 191 FLUCKIGER Mathias SUI SUI
119 17:08:00 185 *GARCIA PIERNA Raul EKP ESP
120 17:09:00 171 URAN Rigoberto EFE COL
121 17:10:00 163 DE BOD Stefan AST RSA
122 17:11:00 151 *LEKNESSUND Andreas DSM NOR
123 17:12:00 147 WOODS Michael IPT CAN
124 17:13:00 133 *COLLEONI Kevin BEX ITA
125 17:14:00 121 VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos MOV ESP
126 17:15:00 111 *TIBERI Antonio TFS ITA
127 17:16:00 101 CRAS Steff LTS BEL
128 17:17:00 91 VLASOV Aleksandr BOH
129 17:18:00 81 O'CONNOR Ben ACT AUS
130 17:19:00 71 CAVAGNA Remi QST FRA
131 17:20:00 61 PINOT Thibaut GFC FRA
132 17:21:00 51 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion COF ESP
133 17:22:00 46 PLANCKAERT Baptiste IWG BEL
134 17:23:00 32 MADER Gino TBV SUI
135 17:24:00 21 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TJV NED
136 17:25:00 11 *HIRSCHI Marc UAD SUI
137 17:26:00 1 THOMAS Geraint IGD GBR
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