FRIBOURG, Switzerland — Australia's Michael Matthews won the opening prologue of the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland on Tuesday in Fribourg.

Sunweb rider Matthews, who won the green jersey on last year's Tour de France, seized the yellow jersey thanks to a 5min 33sec ride around the 4km route in the Swiss town that finished with a tricky climb.

He finished a second ahead of home hope Tom Bohli of BMC and Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, the Lotto NL rider who is one of the favorites. Matthews' fellow Australian Richie Porte, who won the race last year, was 14 seconds off the pace.

Wednesday's first stage proper will be a 166.6km ride from Fribourg to Delemont, near Basel.

Froome named in Sky team for Giro

Team Sky have named Britain's Chris Froome in their team for the Giro d'Italia starting next month despite the ongoing investigation into his adverse doping test.

Briton Froome, 32, is fighting to clear his name after an increased dosage of asthma medication at the Vuelta a Espana last year threw up an adverse analytical finding from a urine sample.

The four-times Tour de France winner's sample showed double the allowed limit of Salbutamol but Froome has denied any wrongdoing and is free to race because he is not suspended.

Froome, who has not ridden in the Giro since 2010 and has never won it, will be aiming to become the first rider to complete the Giro/Tour double for 20 years. Italian Marco Pantani was the last man to achieve the feat in 1998.

The three-week 3546.2 km Giro begins in Jerusalem on May 4. The Tour de France starts two months later. — Agencies