Tour de Romandie #1: Kudus 9th
Stage 1 of the 72nd Tour de Romandie was won by Omar Fraile (Astana) ahead of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) and Rui Costa (UAE-Team Emirates). Our ride of the day over the 166.6km course came from Merhawi Kudus who finished ninth with the same time as the Fraile. Gino van Oudenhove – Sporting Director We are looking well ahead in this race, with 2 hard days on Friday and Saturday. Our main objective was to keep Amanuel and Merhawi protected and well-placed in the climbs with the all the GC contenders. The rest of the team did a good job, Merhawi was totally up there. Amanuel.