Tour de Romandie 2025: Sprint triumph and GC lead for Brennan

fotobureau Cor VosMatthew Brennan powers to a clear victory on stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie. As a bonus, the 19-year-old Briton takes over the leader’s jersey from Samuel Watson. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 1st stage 2025 Tour de Romandie

1. Matthew Brennan GB)
2. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (fra) s.t.
3. Artem Shmidt (usa) s.t.
4. Huub Artz (nld) s.t.
5. Clément Venturini (fra) s.t.
6. Oscar Onley (gbr) s.t.
7. Clément Champoussin (fra) s.t.
8. Milan Menten (bel) s.t.
9. Ramses Debruyne (bel) s.t.
10. Ben Swift (gbr) s.t.

GC after stage 1
1. Matthew Brennan (gbr)
2. Samuel Watson (gbr) + 0.03
3. Ivo Oliveira (por) s.t.
4. Artem Shmidt (usa) + 0.05
5. Iván Romeo (spa) + 0.06
6. Stefan Küng (swi) + 0.07
7. Thibault Guernalec (fra) s.t.
8. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (fra) s.t.
9. Remco Evenepoel (bel) s.t.
10. Jay Vine (aus) + 0.08

Race report
Gerben Kuypers, Silvan Dillier and Ben Zwiehoff initiate the breakaway, and as Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier and Enzo Palini join the, the group opens up a gap of over 4 minutes.

On the Pol des Pontins, the gap drops below 3 minutes, and the breakaway starts to splinter. Zwiehoff crests the climb solo, but Kuypers regains contact on the descent. On the next climb, the Belgian is distanced once again, only to make it back after the summit.

The two are reeled in with 24 kilometres remaining.

In the ensuing sprint, Matthew Brennan powers to an emphatic victory. He launches his effort from the front and leaves the field trailing by several bike lengths. As a bonus, the young Brit takes over the leader’s jersey from Samuel Watson.

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