Team Sky's Chris Froome won the Tour Of Romandie opening prologue
An all star field whose winner over the last two years has provided the winner of the Tour De France, started with a 7.5km prologue from Le Châble to Bruson
FDJ's Pinot set the early time to beat of 13.32 before Movistar's Rui Costa beat his time by 0.25 seconds.
Mark Cavendish finished in a time of 16.05 before Team Sky's Richie Porte came home in a new best time of 13.30.
Garmin Sharp's Andrew Talansky pulled one out of the bag and finished nine seconds ahead of Porte.
Robert Kiserlovski went second but Chris Froome was fastest with 500m to go and won in a time of 13.15.59