Team Sunweb's Michael Matthews Wins Tour De Romandie Prologue

Team Sunweb's Michael Matthews (AUS) has today secured his first victory of the season at the Tour de Romandie's opening prologue, with a winning time of five minutes and 33 seconds

Speaking of the win Michael said: "I had a rocky start to the season and things were difficult with my broken shoulder but I finally feel like things are on the up again. I didn't know how well I would feel after the weekend but I gave my best and I'm really pleased that I could finish it off with the win. It was a beautiful course and I had a lot of fun out there today; I really enjoy TT's, especially ones like these where I can use my power. Tonight we'll just enjoy this win and tomorrow we'll focus on what we're going to do next."

Team Sunweb coach Tom Veelers (NED) added: "It was a well deserved win after a period of bad luck in the opening parts of the season. After a recon and analysis from our scientific expert we had a specific, solid plan of how to tackle the course. Michael was technically good on the corners and strong on the climbs and was really determined to take the win today. This is a great boost for morale and a good opening to our Tour de Romandie. In the coming days we will continue to search for results with the strong team that we have here."

VIDEO: 2018 Tour of Romandie Prologue Highlights

2018 Tour of Romandie Prologue Top 20

1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:05:33 
2 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01 
3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo   
4 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team   
5 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:05 
6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky   
7 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:06 
8 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky   
9 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale   
10 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:09 
11 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:00:11 
12 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky   
13 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team   
14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale   
15 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:13 
16 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale   
17 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:14 
18 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team   
19 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors   
20 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin