Tom Dumoulin of Giant Alpecin has won the Tour De Suisse Prologue.
The opener for this annual race which attracted the likes of Mark Cavendish saw a 5.1km time trial from Risch to Rotkreuz.
Marco Marcato of Wanty Group was first down the ramp and onto the course but it was Matthias Brandle who was the fastest of the early riders, with the IAM Cycling rider, who is a former World Hour record holder, finishing in 5:45, a second ahead of BMC's Greg Van Avermaet and two seconds ahead of Meyer.
World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski finished seventeen seconds down and Brandle's time lasted until local hero Fabian Cancellera came home in a time of 5:43.
Then Tom Dumoulin of Giant Alpecin became the new leader with a time of 5.41 and that was that.
Dumoulin will wear the leader's jersey on the second stage with Cancellera the points jersey and Brandle the KOM jersey.
"I am very happy with this victory," said Dumoulin to his team's press office.
"After returning from the team’s altitude training camp in the Sierra Nevada (ESP), it is always a question as to how the legs will perform but it is a great feeling that it turned out to be excellent.
“During the prologue I didn’t feel great but apparently it went pretty fast and it was enough for the win. I went full gas uphill and used my aerodynamics in the downhill section.
“Now I have the yellow leader’s jersey and together with the strong team that we have here, we will see and try to keep it as long as possible obviously.”
| 1 | Tom Dumoulin | Team Giant - Alpecin | 05:41 | 53.842 |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek Factory Racing | 0:02 | 53.528 |
| 3 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | 0:04 | 53.217 |