Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I angitu a Alejandro Valverde ki te tiaki i tana taitara Fleche Wallonne i te Wenerei i te mea i mutu a Chris Froome i te 123 i muri i te hinganga. Ko te kaieke Movistar a Valverde i rere ki te wikitoria i mua o Julian Alaphilippe me Michael Albasini i roto i te whakataetae i kite i te toa o mua a Philippe Gilbert i te wehenga mai i muri i te hinganga kino i te 50 kiromita mai i te mutunga. I uru a Froome ki tetahi aitua i nga kiromita 12 whakamutunga engari i taea e ia te hoki ki runga i tana pahikara ka mutu. Ko Alejandro Valverde (pokapū) o Pāniora e mōhio ana kua nui tana mahi ki te kī i te wikitōria i Fleche Wallonne o Pāniora. Ko Valverde (pokapū) i oti i mua o Julian Alaphilippe (maui) me Michael Albasini (matau) i te Wenerei. Ko te kaiwhakahaere hākinakina o Team Sky a Gabriel Rasch i whakamoemiti ki a Froome mo te whakaoti i te whakataetae, a, i kii ia ka pai te wikitoria o Tour de France ki te whai waahi ki te Tour de Romandie a tera wiki. I kii a Rasch ki a TeamSky.com: 'I tino pakaru a Chris engari i whakaatu i te maia ki te whakaoti i te whakataetae ka aromatawai maatau i ona whara i te po nei. 'Kāore ia i hiahia ki te haere ki te hōhipera, ā, i tēnei wā tonu, e tūmanako tonu ana mātou kia tū ia ki te Tour de Romandie a te Rātū e whai ake nei.' I hinga a Chris Froome o Team Sky i te 12km whakamutunga engari i whawhai ia ki te whakaoti i te whakataetae ahakoa te 'whakapa'
I toa a Alejandro Valverde i mua i a Julian Alaphilippe me Michael Albasini. I oti a Chris Froome i te 123 i muri i tana tukinga i te 12 kiromita whakamutunga. Ko te kaiwhakahaere hākinakina o Team Sky a Gabriel Rasch i whakamoemiti ki a Froome mo te whakaoti. I kii a Rasch kua 'whakaputaina' a Froome engari e tumanako ana ia ki te eke i te Tour de Romandie.