Tour de Romandie 2016

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The 2016 Tour de Romandie was won by Nairo Quintana. After winning the first mountain stage his leaders jersey was safely on his shoulders for the rest of the race. Chris Froome was a faded shadow of his best self in the first mountain stage, finishing almost 20 minutes down on Quintana, while he powered to the win in the Queen Stage. On the podium Quintana was flanked by Thibaut Pinot and Ion Izagirre. (Slideshow route/profile)

Tick links in underneath scheme for race results, race reports and characteristics of individual stages. You’ll find the General Classification of the 2016 Tour de Romandie under stage 5.

Tour de Romandie 2016 stages:

Date Start and finish Length Type Results Winner Leader
P Tu 26-4 Tour de Romandie Prologue Proloog La Chaux-de-Fonds 3.95 km ITT Tour de Romandie Prologue Read more I. Izagirre I. Izagirre
1 We 27-4 Tour de Romandie stage 1 La Chaux de Fonds- Moudon
Mathod- Moudon		 169 km
109 km		 hilly Tour de Romandie stage 1 Read more Kittel I. Izagirre
2 Th 28-4 Tour de Romandie stage 2 Moudon – Morgins 173.9 km mountains Tour de Romandie stage 2 Read more Quintana Quintana
3 Fr 29-4 Tour de Romandie stage 3 Sion – Sion 15.11 km ITT Tour de Romandie stage 3 Read more Pinot Quintana
4 Sa 30-4 Tour de Romandie stage 4 Conthey – Villars-sur-Ollon 172,7 km mountains Tour de Romandie stage 4 Read more Froome Quintana
5 Su 1-5 Tour de Romandie stage 5 Ollon – Genève 177.4 km hilly/flat Tour de Romandie stage 5 Read more Albasini Quintana

Tour de Romandie 2016: Route, google Maps and Tweets

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Tour de Romandie 2016: The routeRoute

Tour de Romandie 2016: Start and finish at Google MapsStart and finish at Google Maps

Tour de Romandie TweetsTour de Romandie Tweets

Tour de Romandie 2016 Profile prologue La Chaux-de-Fonds - La Chaux-de-Fonds - source:www.romandie.chProfile prologue

Tour de Romandie 2016 Profile 1st stage La Chaux-de-Fonds - Moudon - source:www.romandie.chProfile stage 1

Tour de Romandie 2016 Profile 2nd stage Moudon - Morgins - source:www.romandie.chProfile stage 2

Tour de Romandie 2016 Profile 3rd stage Time trial Sion - source:www.romandie.chProfile stage 3

Tour de Romandie 2016 Profile 4th stage Conthey - Villars - source:www.romandie.chProfile stage 4

Tour de Romandie 2016 Profile 5th stage Ollon - Geneva - source:www.romandie.chProfile stage 5

Tour de Romandie 2016



Watch the highlights of recent races here:

Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 5 – Albasini brings early break home, Quintana overall winner

michael albasini Tour de RomandieIn the closing stage of the Tour de Romandie a super break with Chris Froome colours the race. The winner of yesterday's Queen Stage is dropped in the finale and Kelderman, Amador, Verona and Albasini power to the line. Tom Bohali storms alongside in the last kilometre, but Michael Albasini takes him back to sprint to victory. Nairo Quintana is the overall victor in the 2016 Tour de Romandie, with Thibaut Pinot in second and Ion Izagirre in third.
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 4 - Froome soloes to victory, Quintana still in the lead

chris froome 2016 TDR The 4th stage in the Tour of Romandie features five climbs. At the penultimate climb Chris Froome attacks with Tejay van Garderen to leave the American alone with 7 kilometres left on the last climb. Sweet revenge after his off-day two days ago. Quintana retains the leaders jersey and is ready to win the overal in the 2016 Tour de Romandie.
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 3 - Thibaut Pinot takes win, Quintana retains in lead

Thibaut PinotThe 3rd stage of the Tour de Romandie is a hilly individual time trial at 15.1 kilometres. Thibaut Pinot powers to the win, 2 seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin. Nairo Quintana is still in the lead, 23 seconds ahead of Pinot while Zakarin is 26 seconds down.
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 2 - Quintana wins first mountain stage and is new leader

nairo quintana 2016 RomandieThe best is saved for last in the 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie. In the final 22 kilometres the riders are welcomed by two tough ascents that are separated by a steep 3 kilometres drop. Quintana attacks at the closing climb with 6.5 kilometres left and Zakarin joins him. The Russian sprints to victory, or so it seems, as the organisation decides it was an irregular sprint. So: stage win and leaders jersey to Quintana with Zakarin in second.
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 1 - Kittel to take shortened race, Izagirre retains lead

Marcel Kittel 2016Stage 1 of the Tour of Romandie is shortened due to bad weather. At around 100 kilometres, the riders now head from Mathod to Moudon for a Marcel Kittel showcase. The strong German outsprints the pack and seems ready for next week's Giro d'Italia. Ion Izagirre retains in the overall lead.
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More articlesTour de Romandie 2016: Prologue - Ion Izagirre first leader, Tom Dumoulin in secondTour de Romandie 2016: RidersTour de Romandie 2016: The RouteTour de Romandie 2016: FavouritesTour de Romandie 2016 Route prologue: La Chaux-de-Fonds - La Chaux-de-FondsTour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 1: Mathod - MoudonTour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 2: Moudon - MorginsTour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 3: ITT in SionTour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 4: Conthey - VillarsTour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 5: Ollon - Geneva