30-04-2025
British teenager Brennan wins Romandie opening stage
British teenager Matthew Brennan edged to a sprint victory on the opening stage of the Tour de 19-year-old, riding for Visma-Lease a Bike, claimed the yellow jersey in Fribourg on Wednesday with his fourth professional has previously won the Grand Prix de Denain and two stages of the Volta a Samuel Watson, of Ineos Grenadiers, could not emulate his success from victory in Tuesday's prologue despite the efforts of team-mate and former Tour de France winner Geraint favourite Remco Evenepoel finished ninth, trailing Brennan by seven the warm April conditions, Brennan produced an impressive ride to edge clear from the peloton in the longest stage of the race - a 194.4km route, including four categorised second stage consists of a 157km loop in La Grande Beroche.
Tour of Romandie - stage one
Matthew Brennan (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) 4hrs 42mins 32secsAurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) Same timeArtem Shmidt (USA/Ineos Grenadiers) Same timeHuub Artz (Ned/Intermarche-Wanty) Same timeClement Venturini (Fra/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) Same time
