04.27 - Tour of Romandie: Prologue

It wasn't the Sky that was the limit for Christopher Froome today - the British rider is out of the Tour de Romandie after this crash...

FROOMEROMANDIE

He can do better - Ivan Basso placed 77th at 16-seconds today...

BASSOROMANDIE

Gert Steegmans used a time trial to make his comeback after a time trial crash in Paris-Nice - the Belgian placed 47th at 13-seconds...

STEEGMANSROMANDIE

Christian Vande Velde placed 38th at 12-seconds...

VANDE VELDEROMANDIE

Svein Tuft placed 27th at 10-seconds - the best and only Canadian in the Prologue..!

TUFTROMANDIE

Denis Menchov is in Romandie for training - the Russian finished 24th at 10-seconds...

MENCHOVROMANDIE

Mark Cavendish seems to be coming into form - the British sprinter placed 18th at just nine-seconds...

CAVENDISHROMANDIE

Despite everyone's efforts, Alejandro Valverde is still in business - the Spaniard placed 13th at eight seconds...

VALVERDEROMANDIE

Haimer Zubeldia took 10th at eight seconds...

ZUBELDIAROMANDIE

Ruben Plaza took 9th place at sixs seconds...

Roman Kreuziger started his Romandie defence well - the Czech took 8th place at six seconds...

KREUZIGERROMANDIE

Best sprinter, best Kiwi, best Sky man - Greg Henderson took 7th place at six seconds...

HENDERSONROMANDIE

Christophe Moreau started his last-ever Romandie in style, taking 6th place at five-seconds...

MOREAUROMANDIE

Rick Flens was the only Rabobank rider in the top ten - the Dutchman placed 5th at four-seconds...

Michael Rogers seems set for a fine season - the Australian took 4th place today, just three seconds off the pace...

ROGERSROMANDIE

Jeremy Roy of France was the big suprise of the day - he took 3rd place at just three seconds...

ROYROMANDIE

Peter Sagan is in Romandie and a big threat on some of the stages - the Slovakian took second place, just one-second down on the winner...

SAGANROMANDIE

Marco Pinotti won today's Prologue time trial at an average speed of almost 49-kilometres-per-hour!

PINOTTIHTCROMANDIE

If the hat fits - Marco Pinotti starts the week as leader of Romandie, but he's actually dreaming of the Giro d'Italia...

PINOTTIHTCROMANDIE