It seemed likely that the final day of the Tour de Romandie wouldn’t provide much separation on Sunday and that was certainly the case. There were 78 riders who finished in the peloton and the top 11 for the overall standings were all part of that. That meant Tejay Van Garderen stayed in tenth place for the tour despite being 55th across the line. It was the second top ten finish of the year for Van Garderen who ended up 1:27 behind winner Nairo Quintana of Colombia.

Nathan Brown (64th), Chad Haga (68th), Peter Stetina (69th), and Joe Dombrowski (70th) also finished in the peloton. Brown finished a solid 29th overall while Dombrowski (44th) and Stetina (46th) both jumped into the top 50 on the final day. Despite dropping 2:47 in time for finishing next after the 78-man peloton Brent Bookwalter still finished 35th overall. Both Brown and Bookwalter’s overall finish was their highest of the year.

Also posting season best finishes were Alexey Vermeulen in 65th, Chad Haga in 69th, and Andrew Talansky in 105th (a DNF in his only previous event). The UCI World Tour will continue with the Tour of Italy from May 6th through the 29th.

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