Tappa dura, estenuante, bersagliata dal maltempo, la quarta, del Giro di Romandia con l'arrivo in quota a Thyon 2000. Dopo tanta fatica e sofferenza, con oltre 4000 metri di dislivello, ad esultare è stato Michael Woods, canadese della Israel Start-Up Nation, che in compagnia del gallese Geraint Thomas hanno fatto la differenza sull'ascesa finale. Incredibile lo sprint finale, che ha visto Thomas finire a terra a 50 metri dall'arrivo. Dalle immagini pare che al corridore della Ineos gli sia scivolata la mano mentre stava per cambiare rapporto per la volata. 

Quanto alla gara, Woods ha sferrato il suo attacco a poco meno di 5 km dalla conclusione andando a riprende sia Simone Petilli (Intermarché Wanty Gobert Matériaux) che il danese Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education Nippo) protagonisti della frazione con una lunga fuga. Poi, in salita non è venuta meno l'attesa selezione, con la maglia gialla Soler (Movistar) ad accendere le polveri con un primo allungo ai meno 7. Poi è stata la volta di Woods, O'Connor, di un ottimo Masnada e di Geraint Thomas sicuramente tra i più attivi del gruppetto di testa. 

Da segnalare la buona prova degli italiani Fausto Masnada (quinto), Damiano Caruso (ottavo) e dello stesso Petilli (dodicesimo), mentre Mattia Cattaneo si è classificato al 16simo posto.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 4:58:35
2 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:17
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00:21
4 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:34
5 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:00:37
6 Richie Porte (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00:42
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech 0:00:42
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:52
9 Marc Soler Gimènez (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:53
10 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:01:57
11 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA - hansgrohe 0:01:57
12 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:02:20
13 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo - Visma 0:02:45
14 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:00
15 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:03:25
16 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:03:28
17 Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:04:17
18 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:04:40
19 Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:05:00
20 Simon Pellaud (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:05:34
21 Rohan Dennis (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:05:53
22 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:05:53
23 Felix Gall (AUT) Team DSM 0:06:18
24 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:06:18
25 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education - Nippo 0:06:46
26 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech 0:07:22
27 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain Victorious 0:07:22
28 Edward Dunbar (Irl) INEOS Grenadiers 0:07:36
29 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:08:09
30 Jesús Herrada (Esp) Cofidis 0:08:15
31 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:15
32 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:08:29
33 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek - Segafredo 0:08:29
34 Ben Zwiehoff (GER) BORA - hansgrohe 0:08:40
35 José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis 0:09:09
36 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:38
37 Mathias Flückiger (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:10:55
38 Julien El Farès (Fra) EF Education - Nippo 0:12:06
39 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:13:03
40 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:13:09
41 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:34
42 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:14:27
43 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:14:34
44 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:15:09
45 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:15:55
46 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:16:29
47 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:15
48 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:17:44
49 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:18:03
50 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:18:03
51 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:18:03
52 Christoph Pfingsten (GER) Jumbo - Visma 0:18:03
53 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:18:03
54 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:18:03
55 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:18:56
56 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:18:56
57 Javier Romo Oliver (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech 0:18:56
58 Reto Hollenstein (SUI) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:18:56
59 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education - Nippo 0:18:56
60 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:56
61 Diego Andres Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education - Nippo 0:18:56
62 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:18:56
63 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:18:56
64 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:18:56
65 Andrey Amador (CRc) INEOS Grenadiers 0:18:56
66 Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM 0:18:56
67 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:18:56
68 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana - Premier Tech 0:18:56
69 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:18:56
70 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education - Nippo 0:18:56
71 Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:18:56
72 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:18:56
73 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:18:56
74 Clément Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:20:03
75 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:21:02
76 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:21:02
77 Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team DSM 0:21:28
78 Marcus Burghardt (GER) BORA - hansgrohe 0:22:29
79 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:23:10
80 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:23:10
81 Mathias Frank (SUI) AG2R Citroën Team 0:24:26
82 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:24:26
83 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:24:36
84 Josef Cerný (Cze) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:24:36
85 Owain Doull (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:26:04
86 Joel Suter (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:26:15
87 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama - FDJ 0:26:40
88 Tony Martin (GER) Jumbo - Visma 0:27:23
89 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:27:23
90 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:28:35
91 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:29:39
92 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education - Nippo 0:30:42
93 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis 0:31:54
94 Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education - Nippo 0:32:34
95 Matthias Reutimann (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:32:34
96 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:32:38
97 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:32:38
98 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:33:39
99 Fabian Lienhard (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:33:39
100 Johan Jacobs (SUI) Movistar Team 0:33:39
101 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis 0:33:39
102 Joab Schneiter (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:33:39
103 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana - Premier Tech 0:33:39
104 Cyrille Thièry (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:33:39
105 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:33:39
106 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 0:33:39
107 Filippo Ganna (Ita) INEOS Grenadiers 0:33:39
108 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:33:39
109 Mathias Jørgensen (Den) Movistar Team 0:33:39
110 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:33:43
111 Charles Quarterman (GBr) Trek - Segafredo 0:33:43
112 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:33:49
113 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 0:34:10
114 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:34:10
115 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:34:10
116 Jordi Meeus (Bel) BORA - hansgrohe 0:34:15
117 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:34:39
118 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:34:50
119 Tom Bohli (SUI) Cofidis 0:34:59
120 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana - Premier Tech 0:35:24
121 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:35:27
122 Claudio Imhof (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:35:27
123 Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) Movistar Team 0:35:58
124 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:37:53
DNF Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain Victorious
DNF Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation
DNF Filippo Conca (Ita) Lotto Soudal
DNF Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux
DNS Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNS Nico Denz (GER) Team DSM

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 17:37:35
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00:11
3 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:21
4 Marc Soler Gimènez (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:33
5 Richie Porte (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00:36
6 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:00:45
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech 0:00:48
8 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00:49
9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:01:04
10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA - hansgrohe 0:01:58
11 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:02:03
12 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo - Visma 0:02:46
13 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:04
14 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:03:28
15 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:03:37
16 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:06:01
17 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:06:19
18 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:06:21
19 Rohan Dennis (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:06:37
20 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:07:01
21 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education - Nippo 0:07:25
22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech 0:07:32
23 Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:08:15
24 Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:08:54
25 Jesús Herrada (Esp) Cofidis 0:09:13
26 Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:09:19
27 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek - Segafredo 0:09:42
28 Ben Zwiehoff (GER) BORA - hansgrohe 0:10:32
29 Gijs Leemreize (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:10:52
30 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain Victorious 0:11:14
31 José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis 0:12:14
32 Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:13:47
33 Felix Gall (AUT) Team DSM 0:13:52
34 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:15:00
35 Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:07
36 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:17:22
37 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:17:41
38 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious 0:17:57
39 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:19:04
40 Edward Dunbar (Irl) INEOS Grenadiers 0:19:21
41 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:20:07
42 Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:20:16
43 Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 0:20:59
44 Simon Pellaud (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:21:01
45 Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education - Nippo 0:21:04
46 Dion Smith (NZl) Team BikeExchange 0:21:05
47 Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team DSM 0:21:24
48 Damien Howson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:21:24
49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:22:08
50 Julien El Farès (Fra) EF Education - Nippo 0:22:56
51 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:23:05
52 Reto Hollenstein (SUI) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:23:27
53 Mathias Flückiger (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:23:31
54 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana - Premier Tech 0:24:23
55 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team 0:24:26
56 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Team BikeExchange 0:24:52
57 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Movistar Team 0:25:22
58 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education - Nippo 0:26:16
59 Clément Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:26:44
60 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:27:23
61 Christoph Pfingsten (GER) Jumbo - Visma 0:27:36
62 Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:27:47
63 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:28:27
64 Rob Power (Aus) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:28:48
65 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange 0:29:10
66 Alessandro Covi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:30:10
67 Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM 0:30:38
68 Mathias Frank (SUI) AG2R Citroën Team 0:33:03
69 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:33:17
70 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:33:45
71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:34:26
72 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroën Team 0:35:26
73 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:36:51
74 Stephen Williams (GBr) Bahrain Victorious 0:36:53
75 Diego Andres Camargo Pineda (Col) EF Education - Nippo 0:37:00
76 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:38:50
77 Andrey Amador (CRc) INEOS Grenadiers 0:39:07
78 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:40:39
79 Marcus Burghardt (GER) BORA - hansgrohe 0:40:45
80 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:41:04
81 Sander Armée (Bel) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:42:21
82 Javier Romo Oliver (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech 0:44:13
83 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 0:44:34
84 Filippo Ganna (Ita) INEOS Grenadiers 0:45:03
85 Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama - FDJ 0:45:07
86 Chad Haga (USA) Team DSM 0:45:13
87 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:45:15
88 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal 0:45:17
89 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education - Nippo 0:47:26
90 Tony Martin (GER) Jumbo - Visma 0:49:15
91 Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education - Nippo 0:49:30
92 Owain Doull (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:49:43
93 Joel Suter (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:49:44
94 Josef Cerný (Cze) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:49:50
95 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana - Premier Tech 0:53:15
96 Thomas Champion (Fra) Cofidis 0:54:13
97 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Jumbo - Visma 0:56:13
98 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:56:42
99 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:57:16
100 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 0:58:50
101 Matthias Reutimann (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 0:59:52
102 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Team BikeExchange 1:02:16
103 Johan Jacobs (SUI) Movistar Team 1:02:40
104 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis 1:03:29
105 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 1:03:46
106 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 1:03:59
107 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 1:05:34
108 Charles Quarterman (GBr) Trek - Segafredo 1:06:26
109 Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck - Quick-Step 1:06:54
110 Jordi Meeus (Bel) BORA - hansgrohe 1:10:31
111 Fabian Lienhard (SUI) Groupama - FDJ 1:13:27
112 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana - Premier Tech 1:14:37
113 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 1:14:42
114 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis 1:14:55
115 Joab Schneiter (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 1:15:45
116 Tom Bohli (SUI) Cofidis 1:15:49
117 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 1:16:03
118 Cyrille Thièry (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 1:18:20
119 Mathias Jørgensen (Den) Movistar Team 1:20:26
120 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:20:48
121 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis 1:21:27
122 Juraj Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 1:21:40
123 Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) Movistar Team 1:24:24
124 Claudio Imhof (SUI) Nazionale Svizzera 1:29:01