April 26, 2018 (Yverdon-les-Bains, France) – Canada’s Antoine Duchesne (Groupama-FDJ) claimed the best WorldTour result of his career finishing 10th on Stage 2 from Delémont to Yverdon-les-Bains, 173.9km, at the Tour de Romandie won by Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal over Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida in second and Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale in 3rd.

Duchesne has been on fire lately as he was in the 5-rider break all day yesterday on Stage 1 before they were caught near the end. This followed another break attempt at the 200.4km Scheldeprijs in April – read more here. Prior to that he was in a 6-rider break on Stage 4 at Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy in March – read more here.

Results (brief)

1. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4:03:05
2. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:04
3. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
5. Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
6. Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
7. Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
8. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
9. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ

17. Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
122. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:27