Tour de Suisse stage 1: Dennis edges time trial win

World time trial champion takes leader's jersey over Maciej Bodnar and Michael Matthews.

June 15, 2019 VeloNews.com

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Rohan Dennis (Bahrain-Merida) won the opener of Tour de Suisse, taking his first win since joining Bahrain-Merida. Maciej Bodnar (Bora-Hansgrohe) came second, and Michael Matthews (Sunweb) came third.

“I’m pretty happy it’s been a long time between wins, since September last year so to get that monkey off my back is a good feeling,” said Dennis. “It installs a little bit more confidence in my ability to win no matter what equipment I’m on.”

The nine-stage race kicked off with a 9.5km time trial in Langnau, on a totally flat course with minimal technical features.

Bodnar was one of the first down the ramp, and set the benchmark with a time of 10:50. However, he was ousted shortly afterward by Dennis, who came in on the same time.

Matthews finished shortly after Dennis, two seconds back at 10:52, moving him into third. With that, the podium places remained unchanged for the rest of the day.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos) was one of the first GC men to set off, and initially was on par with Dennis, though he faded in the second half, finishing in 11:07, 17 seconds down. His teammate Egan Bernal rode strongly to finish in 11:13.

Fabio Aru (UAE-Team Emirates) posted a time of 11:20, 30 seconds back, a strong sign of recovery following the surgery that had prevented him from starting this year’s Giro d’Italia.

Of the remaining GC contenders, Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) finished 43 seconds down, and Rui Costa (UAE-Team Emirates) finished 37 seconds back.

Peter Sagan (Bora Hansgrohe) finished seventh on the stage, seven seconds down.

Stage 2, Sunday, is a hilly circuit that will likely see the leader’s jersey change hands.

Tour de Suisse Stage 1 (ITT) Results

Time Trial
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	10:50
2	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
3	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:01
4	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	0:02
5	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:02
6	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	0:05
7	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	0:07
8	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	0:08
9	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	0:09
10	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	0:11
11	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:14
12	BOHLI Tom	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
13	THOMAS Geraint	Team INEOS	0:17
14	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	0:18
15	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:18
16	ANACONA Winner	Movistar Team	0:18
17	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - hansgrohe	0:19
18	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	0:19
19	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:19
20	IMHOF Claudio	Switzerland	0:19
21	FELLINE Fabio	Trek - Segafredo	0:19
22	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	0:20
23	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	0:21
24	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	0:21
25	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	0:21
26	BERNAL Egan	Team INEOS	0:23
27	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	0:23
28	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	0:25
29	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	0:25
30	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ	0:25
31	FRAILE Omar	Astana Pro Team	0:25
32	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto Soudal	0:25
33	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	0:26
34	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	0:26
35	MAS Lluís	Movistar Team	0:27
36	FRIESECKE Gian	Switzerland	0:28
37	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	0:29
38	DEWULF Stan	Lotto Soudal	0:30
39	ARU Fabio	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
40	MORABITO Steve	Groupama - FDJ	0:31
41	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar Team	0:33
42	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:34
43	SICARD Romain	Team Total Direct Energie	0:34
44	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	0:34
45	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana Pro Team	0:34
46	MCNULTY Brandon	Rally UHC Cycling	0:34
47	VALGREN Michael	Team Dimension Data	0:34
48	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	0:35
49	HENAO Sergio	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
50	VAN POPPEL Danny	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:36
51	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	0:36
52	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	0:37
53	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:37
54	COSTA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
55	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	0:38
56	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:38
57	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:38
58	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:38
59	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	0:39
60	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	0:39
61	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	0:40
62	HIRT Jan	Astana Pro Team	0:40
63	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	0:40
64	CONCI Nicola	Trek - Segafredo	0:40
65	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:40
66	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:40
67	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	0:41
68	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe	0:41
69	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team Dimension Data	0:42
70	MAS Enric	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:43
71	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	0:44
72	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:45
73	DEGENKOLB John	Trek - Segafredo	0:46
74	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	0:46
75	BOUWMAN Koen	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:46
76	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	0:47
77	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	0:48
78	BRITTON Rob	Rally UHC Cycling	0:48
79	ZEITS Andrey	Astana Pro Team	0:49
80	MANNION Gavin	Rally UHC Cycling	0:49
81	ZABEL Rick	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:49
82	KREUZIGER Roman	Team Dimension Data	0:49
83	COUSIN Jérôme	Team Total Direct Energie	0:52
84	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	0:52
85	WARBASSE Larry	AG2R La Mondiale	0:52
86	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:52
87	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	0:53
88	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:53
89	MOHORIČ Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:53
90	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:54
91	MÄDER Gino	Team Dimension Data	0:54
92	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	0:55
93	KING Ben	Team Dimension Data	0:55
94	THALMANN Roland	Switzerland	0:56
95	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama - FDJ	0:56
96	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	AG2R La Mondiale	0:57
97	CARPENTER Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	0:57
98	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R La Mondiale	0:57
99	BURGHARDT Marcus	BORA - hansgrohe	0:57
100	OURSELIN Paul	Team Total Direct Energie	0:57
101	BOUDAT Thomas	Team Total Direct Energie	0:58
102	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek - Segafredo	0:58
103	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	0:59
104	SCHELLING Patrick	Switzerland	1:00
105	LIENHARD Fabian	Switzerland	1:00
106	JOYCE Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	1:01
107	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Team Katusha Alpecin	1:01
108	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain Merida	1:02
109	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	1:03
110	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA - hansgrohe	1:03
111	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar Team	1:04
112	TUFT Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	1:04
113	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:04
114	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	1:04
115	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	1:05
116	PELLAUD Simon	Switzerland	1:05
117	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana Pro Team	1:06
118	NIBALI Antonio	Bahrain Merida	1:07
119	SMIT Willie	Team Katusha Alpecin	1:07
120	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:07
121	ANDERSON Ryan	Rally UHC Cycling	1:08
122	HANSEN Adam	Lotto Soudal	1:09
123	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:11
124	BIDARD François	AG2R La Mondiale	1:12
125	ROOSEN Timo	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:12
126	OSS Daniel	BORA - hansgrohe	1:12
127	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:14
128	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:15
129	LIGTHART Pim	Team Total Direct Energie	1:15
130	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE Team Emirates	1:15
131	GRELLIER Fabien	Team Total Direct Energie	1:16
132	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar Team	1:16
133	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar Team	1:17
134	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	1:19
135	GAROSIO Andrea	Bahrain Merida	1:19
136	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	1:21
137	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	1:21
138	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team INEOS	1:24
139	DE TIER Floris	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:24
140	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto Soudal	1:27
141	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	1:28
142	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama - FDJ	1:31
143	MORI Manuele	UAE Team Emirates	1:34
144	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	1:35
145	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek - Segafredo	1:38
146	CALMEJANE Lilian	Team Total Direct Energie	1:38
147	BADILATTI Matteo	Switzerland	1:46

GC
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	10:50
2	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	0:00
3	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:01
4	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	0:02
5	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:02
6	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	0:05
7	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	0:07
8	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	0:08
9	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	0:09
10	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	0:11
11	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:14
12	BOHLI Tom	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
13	THOMAS Geraint	Team INEOS	0:17
14	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Team INEOS	0:18
15	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:18
16	ANACONA Winner	Movistar Team	0:18
17	KONRAD Patrick	BORA - hansgrohe	0:19
18	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	0:19
19	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:19
20	IMHOF Claudio	Switzerland	0:19
21	FELLINE Fabio	Trek - Segafredo	0:19
22	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	0:20
23	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	CCC Team	0:21
24	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	0:21
25	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	0:21
26	BERNAL Egan	Team INEOS	0:23
27	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	0:23
28	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	0:25
29	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	0:25
30	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ	0:25
31	FRAILE Omar	Astana Pro Team	0:25
32	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto Soudal	0:25
33	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	0:26
34	ROCHE Nicolas	Team Sunweb	0:26
35	MAS Lluís	Movistar Team	0:27
36	FRIESECKE Gian	Switzerland	0:28
37	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	0:29
38	DEWULF Stan	Lotto Soudal	0:30
39	ARU Fabio	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
40	MORABITO Steve	Groupama - FDJ	0:31
41	BETANCUR Carlos	Movistar Team	0:33
42	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:34
43	SICARD Romain	Team Total Direct Energie	0:34
44	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek - Segafredo	0:34
45	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana Pro Team	0:34
46	MCNULTY Brandon	Rally UHC Cycling	0:34
47	VALGREN Michael	Team Dimension Data	0:34
48	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	0:35
49	HENAO Sergio	UAE Team Emirates	0:36
50	VAN POPPEL Danny	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:36
51	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	0:36
52	GOGL Michael	Trek - Segafredo	0:37
53	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	0:37
54	COSTA Rui	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
55	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	0:38
56	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:38
57	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:38
58	ŠPILAK Simon	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:38
59	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	0:39
60	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	0:39
61	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	0:40
62	HIRT Jan	Astana Pro Team	0:40
63	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	0:40
64	CONCI Nicola	Trek - Segafredo	0:40
65	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:40
66	RICHEZE Maximiliano	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:40
67	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	0:41
68	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA - hansgrohe	0:41
69	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team Dimension Data	0:42
70	MAS Enric	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:43
71	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	0:44
72	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:45
73	DEGENKOLB John	Trek - Segafredo	0:46
74	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	0:46
75	BOUWMAN Koen	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:46
76	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	0:47
77	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First	0:48
78	BRITTON Rob	Rally UHC Cycling	0:48
79	ZEITS Andrey	Astana Pro Team	0:49
80	MANNION Gavin	Rally UHC Cycling	0:49
81	ZABEL Rick	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:49
82	KREUZIGER Roman	Team Dimension Data	0:49
83	COUSIN Jérôme	Team Total Direct Energie	0:52
84	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	0:52
85	WARBASSE Larry	AG2R La Mondiale	0:52
86	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:52
87	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida	0:53
88	SWIFT Ben	Team INEOS	0:53
89	MOHORIČ Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:53
90	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:54
91	MÄDER Gino	Team Dimension Data	0:54
92	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	0:55
93	KING Ben	Team Dimension Data	0:55
94	THALMANN Roland	Switzerland	0:56
95	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama - FDJ	0:56
96	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	AG2R La Mondiale	0:57
97	CARPENTER Robin	Rally UHC Cycling	0:57
98	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R La Mondiale	0:57
99	BURGHARDT Marcus	BORA - hansgrohe	0:57
100	OURSELIN Paul	Team Total Direct Energie	0:57
101	BOUDAT Thomas	Team Total Direct Energie	0:58
102	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Trek - Segafredo	0:58
103	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	0:59
104	SCHELLING Patrick	Switzerland	1:00
105	LIENHARD Fabian	Switzerland	1:00
106	JOYCE Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	1:01
107	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Team Katusha Alpecin	1:01
108	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain Merida	1:02
109	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE Team Emirates	1:03
110	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA - hansgrohe	1:03
111	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar Team	1:04
112	TUFT Svein	Rally UHC Cycling	1:04
113	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:04
114	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	1:04
115	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	1:05
116	PELLAUD Simon	Switzerland	1:05
117	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana Pro Team	1:06
118	NIBALI Antonio	Bahrain Merida	1:07
119	SMIT Willie	Team Katusha Alpecin	1:07
120	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck - Quick Step	1:07
121	ANDERSON Ryan	Rally UHC Cycling	1:08
122	HANSEN Adam	Lotto Soudal	1:09
123	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:11
124	BIDARD François	AG2R La Mondiale	1:12
125	ROOSEN Timo	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:12
126	OSS Daniel	BORA - hansgrohe	1:12
127	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:14
128	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:15
129	LIGTHART Pim	Team Total Direct Energie	1:15
130	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE Team Emirates	1:15
131	GRELLIER Fabien	Team Total Direct Energie	1:16
132	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar Team	1:16
133	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar Team	1:17
134	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	1:19
135	GAROSIO Andrea	Bahrain Merida	1:19
136	VANENDERT Jelle	Lotto Soudal	1:21
137	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto Soudal	1:21
138	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team INEOS	1:24
139	DE TIER Floris	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:24
140	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto Soudal	1:27
141	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	1:28
142	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama - FDJ	1:31
143	MORI Manuele	UAE Team Emirates	1:34
144	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	1:35
145	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek - Segafredo	1:38
146	CALMEJANE Lilian	Team Total Direct Energie	1:38
147	BADILATTI Matteo	Switzerland	1:46

Youth
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	10:52:47
2	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:00
3	BOHLI Tom	UAE Team Emirates	0:13
4	THOMAS Benjamin	Groupama - FDJ	0:19
5	BERNAL Egan	Team INEOS	0:21
6	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ	0:23
7	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto Soudal	0:23
8	FRIESECKE Gian	Switzerland	0:26
9	DEWULF Stan	Lotto Soudal	0:28
10	GARCÍA CORTINA Iván	Bahrain Merida	0:32
11	MCNULTY Brandon	Rally UHC Cycling	0:32
12	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Astana Pro Team	0:33
13	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	0:34
14	CONCI Nicola	Trek - Segafredo	0:38
15	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First	0:38
16	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	0:39
17	MAS Enric	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:41
18	FABBRO Matteo	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:50
19	MOHORIČ Matej	Bahrain Merida	0:51
20	MÄDER Gino	Team Dimension Data	0:52
21	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	0:53
22	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama - FDJ	0:54
23	OURSELIN Paul	Team Total Direct Energie	0:55
24	BOUDAT Thomas	Team Total Direct Energie	0:56
25	JOYCE Colin	Rally UHC Cycling	0:59
26	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar Team	1:02
27	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama - FDJ	1:02
28	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	1:03
29	NATAROV Yuriy	Astana Pro Team	1:04
30	STANNARD Robert	Mitchelton-Scott	1:09
31	TOLHOEK Antwan	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:12
32	GRELLIER Fabien	Team Total Direct Energie	1:14
33	KUDUS Merhawi	Astana Pro Team	1:17
34	WOUTERS Enzo	Lotto Soudal	1:25

Points
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	12
2	BODNAR Maciej	BORA - hansgrohe	8
3	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	6
4	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	4
5	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck - Quick Step	2

Teams
Rank	Name	Time
1	BORA - hansgrohe	32:56
2	Team Sunweb	0:00
3	EF Education First	0:15
4	Team INEOS	0:28
5	Mitchelton-Scott	0:29
6	Groupama - FDJ	0:29
7	Deceuninck - Quick Step	0:32
8	CCC Team	0:40
9	Movistar Team	0:48
10	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
11	Lotto Soudal	0:55
12	Bahrain Merida	1:01
13	Trek - Segafredo	1:04
14	Astana Pro Team	1:08
15	Team Katusha Alpecin	1:09
16	Swiss Cycling	1:17
17	Team Dimension Data	1:36
18	Rally UHC Cycling	1:45
19	AG2R La Mondiale	1:45
20	Team Total Direct Energie	1:57
21	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:00

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