Rohan Dennis wins Tour de Suisse Prologue

BMC Racing's Rohan Dennis set the fastest time over the short a 6km opening time trial and took the leaders jersey

The Australian completed the short prologue faster than his teammate Stefan Küng and Matthias Brandle.

The first stage of the Swiss race was a prologue of six kilometers in Cham. The Individual Time Trial was a fast, flat course with some tight technical turns.

Ryan Mullen from Cannondale-Drapac set the earliest fastest tiem of 6 minutes and 37 seconds having to wait in the hot seat for may hours until Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) beat him by 11 seocnds.

Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) was faster than Ryan Mullen but was 9 seconds slower than Dennis.

Matthias Brandle (Trek-Segafredo) and Michael Matthews (Sunweb) finished with the same time as Tom Dumoulin to take third and fourth place respectively.

Local Swiss rider Stefan Küng (BMC), got second with an incredible effort finishing only 8 seconds down on Dennis.

With the prologue time trial victory, Rohan Dennis wears the leader's jersey.

Stage 2 is a 43 km circuit race around Cham that's traversed 4 times and is particularly hard with 2,412m of climbing.

Tune in tomorrow for our LIVE coverage.

2017 Tour de Suisse Stage 1 Prologue Individual Time Trial Top Ten Results

1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:06:24 
2 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:08 
3 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:09 
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb   
5 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb   
6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:11 
7 Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:12 
8 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:13 
9 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:14 
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team

2017 Tour de Suisse GC after Stage 1

 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:06:24 
2 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:08 
3 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:09 
4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb   
5 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb   
6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:11 
7 Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:12 
8 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:13 
9 Steven Lammertink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:14 
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team  

VIDEO: 2017 Tour de Suisse Stage 1 Highlights

 
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