Tour de Romandie: Matthew Brennan dominates bunch sprint for stage 1 victory, moves into race lead

Matthew Brennan wins the first stage of the Tour de Romandie from Munichstein to Freiburg in the final sprint.

Matthew Brennan is the winner of the first stage of the Tour de Romandía 2025 and is the leader of the general standings.The Briton, of the Team Visma, won the sprint in Fribourg's goal, ahead of Aurélien Paret-Peintre (m.t.) and Artem Shmidt (m.t.).On the other hand, Ivan Romeo (Movistar Team) is the best Spanish in the overall standings occupying the fifth position to six seconds of Brennan.Every day, after each of the four stages that make up…

The young Britishman Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the stage 1 of the Tour de Romandía this Wednesday at esprint, dressing at the same time with the yellow leotard as leader of the general standings thanks to the bonuses. At 19 years old, this promise that participates both in cycling tests on track and en route, achieves his fourth victory in the professional circuit, after taking in March the Grand Prix of Denain (France) and two st…

Aurélien Paret-Peintre "A nice start to the matter after an intense stage" "I am happy with the result. I knew it was a nice finish that matched my qualities. The team worked very well all day and Callum Scotson was perfectly placed at the top of the last difficulty. The descent was winding and made some breaks but I was in the right race movement to go to the stage at the entrance of the last kilometer. I started my sprint in the wake of Matthe…

The young Britishman takes the yellow jersey as leader of the Tour de Romandie, while the peloton suffers from the first heats of the seasonHe is only 19 years old and he is already in a World Tour race (first world division): the British rider Matthew Brennan, of the Team Visma-Lease a bike, won the first online stage of the Tour de Romandie on Wednesday, between Münchenstein, near Basel, and Fribourg. The best sprinter of his generation took t…

Cycling Author jesandoval The Tour de Romadiía had its first stage on Wednesday 30 April with the day between Münchenstein and Fribourg. There, on the 194.3 km route, with a fraction mostly of flat terrain. There, Harold Tejada and Sergio Higuita were looking for a good position.After a day in which cyclists sought to make a difference of entry in the first of the five stages, there was room for everything. Several cyclists took the getaway in t…