È lo sloveno Jan Tratnik la freccia più veloce al prologo del Giro di Romandia. Il portacolori del Team Bahrain Merida ha preceduto per una questione di centesimi il connazionale Primoz Roglic (grande favorito per la vittoria finale) e lo svizzero Bohli. Miglior italiano di giornata è stato Sonny Colbrelli che ha chiuso al 12esimo posto con un ritardo di 6 secondi dal compagno di squadra. Un secondo in più ci ha impiegato Filippo Ganna, al via con la nuova maglia del Team Ineos. Esordio difficile per il campione europeo Campenaerts, fresco recordman dell'ora: ha sbagliato una curva, è caduto e ha chiuso all'utimo posto.

Per gli amanti delle statistiche, quella di Tratnik è la seconda vittoria stagionale per la Bahrain Merida.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:05:06,79
2 Primož Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:00,39
3 Tom Bohli (SUI) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00,71
4 Tony Martin (GER) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:03,64
5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:03,97
6 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:04,11
7 Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:04,33
8 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:04,80
9 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:04,93
10 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:05,10
11 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team 0:00:05,16
12 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Merida 0:00:05,27
13 Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:05,75
14 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:05,77
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0:00:06,16
16 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:06,90
17 Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First 0:00:07,57
18 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:07,58
19 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:07,66
20 Michael Albasini (SUI) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:07,72
21 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:07,88
22 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:07,91
23 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:08,07
24 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:08,26
24 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:08,26
26 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:08,41
27 Silvan Dillier (SUI) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:08,47
28 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Dimension Data 0:00:08,52
29 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:08,81
30 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:09,02
31 Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:09,05
32 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:09,11
33 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) CCC Team 0:00:09,45
34 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:09,78
35 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:09,97
35 Winner Andrew Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:09,97
37 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:10,32
38 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:10,45
39 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:10,71
40 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:10,76
41 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 0:00:10,77
42 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:00:11,06
43 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:11,35
44 Léo Vincent (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:11,43
45 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:11,99
46 Christoph Pfingsten (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:12,49
47 Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:12,74
48 Mathias Frank (SUI) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:13,03
49 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:13,07
50 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) EF Education First 0:00:13,15
51 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos 0:00:13,24
52 William Clarke (Aus) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:13,41
53 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:13,46
54 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team 0:00:13,47
55 William Barta (USA) CCC Team 0:00:13,62
56 Eduard Prades Reverter (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:13,63
57 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:13,72
58 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:13,77
59 Simon Špilak (Slo) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:14,27
60 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:00:14,44
61 Florian Stork (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:14,45
62 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team 0:00:14,51
63 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 0:00:14,56
64 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos 0:00:14,66
65 Danilo Wyss (SUI) Team Dimension Data 0:00:14,76
66 Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) CCC Team 0:00:15,07
67 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First 0:00:15,25
68 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:15,27
69 Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:15,49
70 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:15,69
71 Roland Thalmann (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:16,02
72 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:16,10
73 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:16,16
74 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:16,20
75 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:16,30
76 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:16,50
77 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:16,79
78 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:16,81
79 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:17,00
80 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:17,08
81 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:17,16
82 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:17,34
83 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:17,74
84 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:17,81
85 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:18,14
86 Nico Denz (GER) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:18,62
87 Patrick Müller (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:18,63
88 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0:00:18,66
89 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Merida 0:00:18,93
90 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education First 0:00:19,07
91 Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:19,15
92 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:19,29
93 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:19,50
94 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19,83
95 Simon Pellaud (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:19,87
96 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:20,00
97 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo - Visma 0:00:20,30
98 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:20,34
99 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First 0:00:20,44
100 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:20,52
101 Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:20,61
102 Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:20,65
103 Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:00:21,16
104 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:21,17
105 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First 0:00:21,22
106 Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:21,37
107 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:21,51
108 Patrick Schelling (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:21,85
109 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain Merida 0:00:22,44
110 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain Merida 0:00:22,81
111 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:22,92
112 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:00:23,57
113 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:24,23
114 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:24,47
115 Mathias Flueckiger (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:24,72
116 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:24,86
117 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 0:00:25,15
118 Claudio Imhof (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:25,17
119 Adam Blythe (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:00:25,57
120 Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:26,45
121 Gino Mäder (SUI) Team Dimension Data 0:00:26,70
122 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:27,62
123 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team 0:00:27,79
124 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:28,48
125 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:28,84
126 Kilian Frankiny (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:29,12
127 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:29,32
128 Sander Armée (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:29,41
129 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain Merida 0:00:29,63
130 Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:30,19
131 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:30,33
132 Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:30,34
133 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:30,91
134 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00:32,04
135 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Ineos 0:00:32,86
136 Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Nationalmannschaft Schweiz 0:00:34,04
137 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:34,56
138 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:35,11
139 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:02,21
DNS Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott