Godon takes a convincing prologue win at the Tour de Romandie

On the day that his Ineos Grenadiers team announced the impending arrival of co-sponsor Netcompany, Dorian Godon stormed to a clear win in the prologue at the Tour de Romandie. The French national road champion, a marquee offseason signing for Ineos, rode the 3.2 km course in 3:35. Despite the short distance, that was a full six seconds faster than runner-up Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek), who was faster than third-placed Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), also six seconds back, by the narrowest of margins. Overall favorite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was sixth on the day, seven seconds behind Godon, with other GC hopefuls Primož Roglič and Florian Lipowitz of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe at eight seconds and 10 seconds back, respectively.