Michal Kwiatkowski wins Tour de Romandie prologue

Tejay van Garderen crashes out of GC contention on day one

Michel Kwiatkowski in the Prologue of the 2014 Tour de Romandie

Michel Kwiatkowski in the Prologue of the 2014 Tour de Romandie

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Michal Kwiatkowski has won the Tour de Romandie prologue to take the first yellow jersey of the race that Chris Froome has entered as defending champion.

Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) finished in six minutes and 22 seconds to beat Australian Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) and quadruple Tour de France stage winner Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) in the 5.57km test, which he started on the back of a full Ardennes Classics campaign.

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