The Tour de Romandie Feminin 2024 kicked off with 133.8 kilometres from La Grand Beroche to Lausanne, where a short final climb awaited at the end. In the end, it came down to a sprint from a thinned-out peloton, which Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) won ahead of world champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protim) and the German Liane Lippert (Movistar).
In the final, the SD Worx - Protime team dominated the action. Demi Vollering pulled Kopecky into the sprint. Lurking behind her was Balsamo, who passed the Belgian a few metres before the finish. Lippert followed a few metres behind in third place.
"When I saw Kopecky attacking in the last 400 metres, I closed my eyes and kept going all the way to the finish," said the winner from Italy.
Tour de Romandie Feminin 2024 - Results: the top 10 of stage 1
- Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) 3:29:15
- Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime) +0:00
- Liane Lippert (Movistar) +0:00
- Noemi Rüegg (Swiss national team) +0:00
- Mavi Garcia (Liv AlUla Jayco) +0:00
- Nienke Vinke (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:00
- Ashleigh Moolman (AG Insurance - Soudal Team) +0:00
- Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx - Protime) +0:00
- Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) +0:00
- Juliette Labous (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:00
The overall standings
- Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) 3:29:05
- Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime) +0:04
- Liane Lippert (Movistar) +0:06
- Noemi Rüegg (Swiss national team) +0:10
- Mavi Garcia (Liv AlUla Jayco) +0:10
- Nienke Vinke (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:10
- Ashleigh Moolman (AG Insurance - Soudal Team) +0:10
- Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx - Protime) +0:10
- Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) +0:10
- Juliette Labous (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:10
The Tour de Romandie Feminin 2024 is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, the premier league of women's cycling, and runs until Sunday over a total of three stages. On Saturday, the race continues over 101.9 kilometres between Chippis and Vercorin, where a tough mountain finish awaits the riders.
