The first stage of the Tour de Romandie on Wednesday had to be reduced in length and ended up a bit easier for the peloton to stick together. Stick together they did as 109 riders finished with the top time including six Americans. Brent Bookwalter was the first one in 47th with Tejay Van Garderen finishing 55th. Those two both moved up slightly in the overall standings with Van Garderen now eighth and Bookwalter 23rd. Also still in the top 50 is Joe Dombrowski who moved up to 39th after finishing 93rd (how weird does that sound?).

The Tour de Romandie continues with a 108.1 mile mountain stage on Thursday.

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