Tour de Romandie 2015

Tour de RomandieThe 69th Tour de Romandie started April 28 to finish May 3. Michael Albasini won two stages, but Ilnur Zakarin was the big man in terms of GC. After a strong Queen Stage he catapulted himself into the lead and with a strong performance in the closing time trial the 25-year old Russian won the overall. Simon Spilak was second en Chris Froome third. (Slideshow route/profile)

Take a look at the final GC and the start list of the 2015 Tour de Romandie.

Click links in the scheme below to find out in-depth information on on individual stages and race results/race reports.

Tour de Romandie 2015: stages

Date Stage details Length Type Results Winner GC
1 Tu 28-4 Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 1 Vallée de Joux – Juraparc 19.2 km TTT Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 1 Read more Team Sky G. Thomas
2 We 29-4 Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 2 Apples – Saint-Imier 168.1 km hilly Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 2 Read more Albasini Albasini
3 Th 30-4 Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 3 Moutier – Porrentruy 172.5 km hilly Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 3 Read more Albasini Albasini
4 Fr 1-5 Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 4 La Neuveville – Fribourg 169.8 km hilly Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 4 Read more Kung Albasini
5 Sa 2-5 Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 5 Fribourg – Champex 162.7 km mountains Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 5 Read more Pinot Zakarin
6 Su 3-5 Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 6 Lausanne – Lausanne 17.3 km ITT Tour de Romandie 2015 stage 6 Read more Martin Zakarin

Tour de Romandie 2015: Route, profiles and more

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Tour de Romandie 2015 - Profile stage 2: Apples – Saint ImierProfile stage 2

Tour de Romandie 2015 - Profile stage 3: Moutier – PorrentruyProfile stage 3

Tour de Romandie 2015 - Profile stage 4: La Neuveville – FribourgProfile stage 4

Tour de Romandie 2015 - Profile stage 5: Fribourg – ChampexProfile stage 5

Tour de Romandie 2015: All stagesAll stages

Tour de Romandie 2015: Presentation route


Video route

Tour de Romandie 2015: Start and finish at Google MapsStart and finish at Google Maps

Tour de Romandie TweetsTour de Romandie Tweets

Tour de Romandie 2014: How the race was won


How Romandie was won in 2014


Tour de Romandie 2015



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Tour de Romandie 2015: Martin wins ITT, Zakarin takes GC

It all boils down to the ITT in Lausanne. Tony Martin is strongest in his favourite discipline, with Simon Spilak second and Ilnur Zakarin third. This means Zakarin wins the overall with Spilak runner-up. Chris Froome completes the podium after a disappointing performance in the time trial. That said, he outperforms both his Tour de France rivals Quintana and Nibali.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Pinot takes Queen Stage, Zakarin leader

Stage 5 is the Queen Stage in which riders face four 1st category cols. It all boils down to a battle at the last climb with Pinot attacking and soloing to victory. Zakarin finishes second and is the new leader. By the way, the first Froome-Quintana-Nibali showdown of the season is lost by the latter, while the Froome-Quintana duel is undecided. As yet.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Young Stefan Küng wins 4th stage

En route to Fribourg the riders crest three cols and it's with 25 kilometres left young Stefan Küng leaves the front group to solo to victory. His fellow escapees Jan Bakelants and Bert-Jan Lindeman are second and third. Küng's compatriot Michael Albasini retains the overall lead.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: And that's two... Albasini wins 3rd stage!

After a hilly stage the last climb is crested with 25 km's left. A long drop to the finish line and then the sprint is won by Michael Albasini. Not only his second win in a row, as he won three stages in 2014 this makes the Swiss a five time stage-winner in the last nine stages in Romandie.
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Tour de Romandie 2015: Albasini takes stage and leader's jersey

Stage 2 in the Tour de Romandie features four climbs and a 15 km's drop after the last top. The race explodes just after leader Geraint Thomas puntured at the closing climb. He can't make it back when a group of favourites takes control. After a furious drop it all boils down to a bunch sprint and home-rider Michael Albasini is fastest. The Swiss takes the leader's jersey also.
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