Time trial weakness punishes Antón

Igor Antón was yet again left to rue a below-par performance against the clock as he slipped from 13th to 18th on the last stage of the Tour de Romandie on Sunday.

The final-day 18,7km ITT threw up few surprises with Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) taking stage honours and Chris Froome (Sky) claiming the overall crown.

Euskaltel's top man, Igor Antón, was 13th going into the stage after a strong showing on Saturday's queen-stage, but slipped five places after finishing 71st a full 2:11 in arrears.

The team's top man on the day was Mikel Astarloza, with the former crono specialist coming in 46th.

Results (full results here):

• (1, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), 21:07)
• 46, Mikel Astarloza, 1:45
• 71, Igor Antón, 2:11
• 75, Romain Sicard, 2:14
• 101, Peio Bilbao, 2:52
• 105, Garikoitz Bravo, 2:57
• 108, Adrián Sáez, 3:01
• 114, Mikel Landa, 3:40

Final general classification:

• (1, Chris Froome (Sky), 19:24:51)
• 18, Igor Antón, 3:35
• 31, Romain Sicard, 5:16
• 32, Mikel Astarloza, 5:21
• 77, Garikoitz Bravo, 33:38
• 78, Mikel Landa, 34:56
• 98, Adrián Sáez, 50:39
• 103, Peio Bilbao, 56:17