Thomas de Gendt wins stage two at the Tour of Romandie

Lotto Soudal’s Thomas de Gendt won the 174km second stage of the Tour de Romandie in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, today

The Belgian soloed to victory in 4:03:05, beating Bahrain-Merida’s Sonny Colbrelli (Italy) by over two minutes. AG2R La Mondiale’s Samuel Dumoulin (France) rounded out the podium.

Lotto Soudal's Thomas de Gendt, pictured here, won the 174km second stage of the Tour de Romandie in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, today.

De Gendt’s teammate Primoz Roglic (Slovakia) retained his race lead over BMC Racing’s Rohan Dennis (Australia).

Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas (Britain) currently sits in third.

2018 Tour of Romandie Stage 2 Top 10

1. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:03:05
2. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:04
3. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
5. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
6. Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
7. Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
8. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
9. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ

2018 Tour of Romandie GC after Stage 2

1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 8:14:25
2. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
3. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky +0:04
4. Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky +0:05
5. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6. Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida +0:08
7. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky +0:10
8. Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
9. Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team +0:13
10. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin