Peter Kennaugh helped his BORA-hansgrohe team-mate Pascal Ackermann collect his first professional victory on the last stage of the Tour de Romandie on Sunday.

He said how pleased he was to be back racing after a month or two out of action.

’It’s great to be back with the team. My condition is ok at the moment, but we still have a lot of work to do.

’The race here in Switzerland has been hard, but I’ve managed to get through the stages quite ok and have been assist the team wherever I can.

’This race is never an easy one, and hopefully it will provide me with the legs I need to move my form to the next level. I’ll next race Eschborn-Frankfurt then a team training camp in Austria. ’This will hopefully allow me to get some good work done heading towards the Critérium du Dauphiné, where I think I will be in a lot better shape.

’Then I’ll target the national championships, and use the Dauphiné to decide with the team if I’ll go to the Tour de France or not.’

Pete finished 87th in the Tour de Romandie.