04.28 - Tour of Romandie: Stage 1

Things could be worse than a day in this office - the peloton experiences the countryside around Porrentruy

SCENERYPELOTONROMANDIE

Three men are away today - Andre Zeits, Chad Beyer and Thibout Pineau...

BEYERBMCESCAPE ROMANDIE

Marco Pinoti chats away with last year's winner, Roman Kreuziger...

ROMANDIEPINOTTI

Another view of the office - the peloton in gentle pursuit in the Vaud mountains...

SCENERYPELOTONROMANDIE

Team Columbia is in charge of the work force - and they have a nine-minute gap to cross

COLUMBIACHASEROMANDIE

The three leaders know they have a major task if they are to stay away today...

PINEAUESCAPEBEYER

Frantisek Rabon is leading Team Columbia now - and the gap is coming down...

COLUMBIACHASEROMANDIE

Travis Meyer, Australian champion, is leading a Garmin train behind Columbia...

MEYERGARMINROMANDIE

Zeits and Pineau have gone away from Beyer on the last real climb, but they lead the peloton by just five minutes now...

Charly Wegelius tries to stir the peloton into action...

WEGELIUSESCAPEROMANDIE

Pineau is now alone in the lead with 35-kilometres to go...

PINEAUESCAPEROMANDIE

Mark Cavendish is in a small group over nine-minutes back - but watch out for him in tomorrow's stage to Freiburg...

CAVENDISHROMANDIE

Liquigas is now firmly in control of the peloton in the last 25-kilometres...

LIQUIGASCHASEROMANDIE

Peter Sagan is the missile to be launched by the Liquigas rain today - if it becomes a sprint finish...

SAGANROMANDIE

The scenery at the end of the afternoon is no worse than the morning's panorama...

SCENERYPELOTONROMANDIE

Jan Bakelants has gone in front and passed Pineau with 15-kilometres to go...

BAKELANDTSESCAPEROMANDIE

The sprint is just about 2nd and 3rd place with 75-metres to go...

SAGANSPRINTROMANDIE

Peter Sagan wins stage one of the Tour de Romandie, ahead of Francesco sGavazzi and Nicholas Roche (out of shot)

SAGANSPRINTROMANDIE

He's beginning to enjoy his fame - Peter Sagan is all smiles on the podium as the new race-leader...

SAGANSPRINTROMANDIE