Rohan Dennis: Form for rest of Tour de Romandie is definitely there

LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND APRIL 26 Rohan Dennis of Australia and Team Jumbo Visma sprints during the 75th Tour De Romandie 2022 Prologue a 512km individual time trial from Lausanne to Lausanne ITT TDR2022 on April 26 2022 in Lausanne Switzerland Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) during the prologue at Tour de Romandie 2021 (Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

The first leaders' jersey of the 2022 Tour de Romandie was four seconds and one podium step away for Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma), though second place in the prologue delivered a show of form that bodes well for the rest of the six-day tour. 

The Australian time-trial champion set out from the start gate and onto the streets of Lausanne after eventual winner Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers). That gave Dennis a clear target to beat on the 5.12km course of the Tour de Romandie opener, one which would require an average speed of more than 52km per hour.

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.