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Sunday, June 13: 8th & final stage, Andermatt - Andermatt, 159.5 km

Stage 8 map & profile

Gino Mader finishes just ahead of Michael Woods to win the 8th stage. Photo: Peter De Voecht/Bettini Photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Andermatt at 1:40 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Richard Carapaz's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Richard Carapaz and the INEOS Grenadiers stood up to one final test to claim an impressive overall victory at the Tour de Suisse.

The Ecuadorian won his first stage race of the year by 17 seconds after fending off late attacks from closest rival Rigoberto Uran on a mountainous final stage.

The Grenadiers had ridden hard as a unit to keep the race together during a fractured opening to the stage, and when the big attacks came on the cobbled Gotthardpass, Carapaz looked comfortable as he shut down each move.

Eddie Dunbar put in a towering performance in support of his teammate in the closing stages, setting a big tempo to pull back attackers, before re-joining to help on the descent and the final run-in. The Young Rider jersey, fourth place on the stage and 12th overall was a great reward for the Irishman.

The entire team stepped up on the final day, with Luke Rowe and Michal Golas returning to the front following a brutal early pace. Rowe also helped Pavel Sivakov re-enter the bunch, with the Russian putting in a big turn on the front. Seb Henao took it up on the final climb before Rohan Dennis put in another characteristically impressive stint on the front before the attacks began.

The final GC podium, from left: Rigoberto Uran (2nd), Richard Carapaz (1st) & Jakob Fuglsang (3rd).

Richard Carapaz:
"In the end it’s a really beautiful victory, we’ve worked really hard for it, we’ve been in great form, we’ve been testing ourselves to see where we’re all at, and to win here in Switzerland it gives me a lot of confidence and the team as well. It’s a beautiful race, and to win it makes it all the better, and to have this title on my palmares is something really special, I’m really happy.

"At the start of the day we didn’t have many seconds ahead of Rigo, but I knew that I was feeling good and that the team are going really well, I have a lot of trust in them and them in me, and we knew that they were going to attack, but in the end I had Eddie with me and he was responding to all the attacks, and I was feeling good so I knew I could be there with them. When Rigo attacked I was there, and during the final it was really important to have a teammate with me, it makes you feel stronger and it was great to arrive to the line together.

"It’s been great having the team around me, how strong they’ve all been, in the end we had the situation under control right from the start, and in the end we had a good day together.

"It’s good to come here, we’ve been working hard since last year and it’s great to get this result. It’s been one of my main objectives, so to come away with the win gives me confidence and the team as well ahead of the rest of the summer."

Eddie Dunbar:
"The team rode really super today. Even at the start we controlled it very well. Then we had Luke and Golas come back and really control things in the valley. Then a lot of other teams were actually a bit panicked about the breakaway today, so they helped us in the valley as they were worried about the GC position – so that saved a lot of energy for us. We got to the climb and we rode our tempo – in the end it was a very strong tempo.

"We expected the favourites to attack and they did. Thankfully we were able to respond and bring it home. I think Richie is a worthy winner of this race. He showed all week he’s the strongest rider here and he proved it again today. It’s a great day for the team again."

Complete results:

159.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.837 km/hr

1	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 6min 25sec
2	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
3	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 9sec
4	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
9	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:21
11	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:44
12	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:13
14	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	1:36
15	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
16	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
18	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	1:38
19	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
20	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	3:20
21	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
22	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	4:57
28	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	5:03
32	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	5:52
33	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
34	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	6:25
35	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	6:28
38	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	6:30
39	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	7:37
40	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
41	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	7:41
42	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
45	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
46	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	10:24
50	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
52	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:55
53	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	11:20
54	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	11:59
56	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
58	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	s.t.
59	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
60	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
61	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	14:04
65	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	14:32
66	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:02
67	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	15:36
68	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
69	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
70	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
71	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
72	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
73	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	17:15
74	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
75	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
76	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
78	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
79	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
84	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	17:45
85	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	19:20
86	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
88	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
91	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
93	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
94	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
95	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	21:32
96	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
97	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	22:04
98	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	23:33
99	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
102	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
105	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
108	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
109	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
111	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
112	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
114	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
116	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
117	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
118	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
119	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
121	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
123	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	25:18
124	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	s.t.

Final GC after stage 8:

• GC winner: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation)
• Points classification winner: Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo)
• Best young rider: Eddie Dunbar (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Team classification winner: Jumbo-Visma

1,024.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.425 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	24hr 44min 1sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	@ 17sec
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	1:15
4	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:19
5	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:55
6	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	3:16
7	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	3:43
8	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	4:16
9	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:39
10	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	5:33
11	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	6:11
12	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	6:15
13	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	7:04
14	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	7:54
15	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	9:22
16	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	10:41
17	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	11:11
18	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	12:22
19	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	12:36
20	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	13:41
21	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	14:15
22	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	17:09
23	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	17:27
24	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	18:18
25	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	19:25
26	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	19:37
27	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	21:21
28	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	21:35
29	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	22:09
30	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	23:16
31	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	25:07
32	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	25:43
33	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	27:43
34	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	27:49
35	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	27:55
36	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	29:02
37	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	30:01
38	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
39	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	32:04
40	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	32:19
41	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	33:52
42	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	33:59
43	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	35:07
44	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	35:45
45	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	35:46
46	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	35:59
47	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	36:07
48	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	36:19
49	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	36:37
50	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	37:12
51	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	37:33
52	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	37:51
53	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	38:07
54	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	38:13
55	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	39:47
56	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	40:19
57	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	40:21
58	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	41:04
59	Hector Carretero	Movistar	41:32
60	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	44:05
61	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	44:39
62	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	45:20
63	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	45:21
64	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	46:32
65	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	47:24
66	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	49:32
67	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	52:06
68	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	52:18
69	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	54:27
70	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	54:32
71	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	54:44
72	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	55:01
73	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	57:04
74	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	57:12
75	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	57:17
76	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	58:22
77	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	58:23
78	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	58:49
79	Marc Soler	Movistar	59:03
80	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	1:01:43
81	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	1:02:39
82	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:02:44
83	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	1:03:18
84	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	1:03:32
85	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:03:54
86	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	1:04:02
87	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:05:33
88	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	1:05:39
89	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	1:05:40
90	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	1:06:11
91	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:35
92	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	1:09:46
93	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:10:59
94	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	1:11:19
95	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:11:55
96	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:12:45
97	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	1:13:41
98	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	1:14:15
99	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	1:14:23
100	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	1:14:50
101	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	1:18:30
102	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	1:19:21
103	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	1:19:25
104	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:20:05
105	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	1:20:14
106	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20:19
107	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20:42
108	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	1:21:22
109	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	1:22:21
110	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:24:02
111	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	1:27:11
112	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	1:29:25
113	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	1:29:38
114	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	1:29:47
115	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	1:31:13
116	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:32:06
117	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:33:40
118	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:34:13
119	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	1:35:34
120	Juan Alba	Movistar	1:37:39
121	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:39:33
122	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	1:41:09
123	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:41:44
124	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	1:44:48

Stage 8 map & profile:

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

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Saturday, June 12: Stage 7: Disentis Sedrun - Andermatt, 23.2 km individual time trial

Stage 7 map & profile

Rigoberto Uran on his stage-winning ride. Getty Sport photo

Weather at the finish city of Andermatt at 1:20 PM, local time: 20C (68F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 15% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Richard Carapaz's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Richard Carapaz put up a strong defence of his yellow jersey on a tough seventh stage time trial at the Tour de Suisse.

The Ecuadorian set the fourth fastest time on the 23.2-kilometre course, which featured an ascent and descent of the Oberalppass.

Despite taking time out of nearest rival Jakob Fuglsang, a strong stage win from Rigoberto Uran moved the Colombian to within 17 seconds of Carapaz’s race lead.

The final day sees the race head into more high mountain terrain, with a showdown expected on the Gotthardpass. The team will be up for the challenge in a bid to secure the victory for Carapaz.

Rohan Dennis was the next Grenadier home in 20th, with Eddie Dunbar finishing 26th on the stage.

Complete results:

23.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.631 km/hr

1	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	36min 2sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 40sec
3	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	54
4	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	56
6	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	58
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	1:00
8	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	1:04
10	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	1:05
11	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:14
12	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	1:16
13	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:23
14	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	1:32
15	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	1:35
16	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	1:43
17	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	1:46
18	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	1:52
19	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	1:58
21	Marc Soler	Movistar	2:02
22	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	2:04
23	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	2:14
24	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	2:18
26	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
27	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	2:24
28	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	2:30
29	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	2:32
30	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	2:35
31	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
32	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	2:43
33	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	2:48
34	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	2:52
35	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	2:57
36	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	3:01
37	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	3:05
38	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	3:06
39	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	3:09
40	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:11
41	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	3:12
42	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:15
43	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:19
44	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	3:21
45	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	3:31
46	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	3:32
47	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
48	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	3:35
49	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	3:36
51	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
52	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:37
53	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	3:44
54	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	3:48
55	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	3:50
56	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	3:52
57	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	3:57
59	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	3:58
60	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	3:59
62	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	4:00
63	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	4:02
64	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	4:04
66	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	4:07
67	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	4:10
68	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:12
69	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	4:14
70	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	4:15
71	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	4:18
72	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	4:21
73	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	4:22
74	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:24
75	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	4:26
76	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	4:27
77	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	4:29
78	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	4:30
79	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	4:31
80	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	4:34
81	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	4:36
82	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	4:37
84	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	4:39
85	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	4:41
86	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	4:48
87	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	4:50
88	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	4:53
89	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	4:55
90	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	4:58
94	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	5:00
95	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	5:06
96	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
97	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	5:07
98	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	5:08
99	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
100	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
101	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	5:11
102	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	5:15
103	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	5:18
104	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	5:21
105	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:24
107	Hector Carretero	Movistar	5:25
108	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:27
109	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	5:30
110	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	5:31
112	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	5:47
113	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:48
114	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	5:49
115	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	5:51
116	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	5:52
117	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
118	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	5:56
119	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	6:00
120	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	6:01
121	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	6:08
122	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	6:09
123	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	6:10
124	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling Team	6:12
125	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	6:20
126	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	6:22
127	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	6:31
128	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	6:35
129	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	6:37
130	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	6:43
131	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	6:45
132	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	6:48
133	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	6:49
134	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	6:57
135	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	6:58
136	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	7:02
137	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	7:15

GC after stage 7:

• GC leader: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Antonio Nibali (Trek-Segafredo)
• Points classification leader: Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo)
• Best young rider: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: Deceuninck-Quick Step

865.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.946 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	20hr 37min 27sec
2	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	@ 17sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:39
4	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07
5	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	1:15
6	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:10
7	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	3:16
8	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	3:39
9	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	3:43
10	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	4:29
11	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:43
12	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	4:44
13	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	5:37
14	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
15	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	5:58
16	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	6:12
17	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	6:15
18	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	6:43
19	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	7:19
20	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	7:30
21	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	7:48
22	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	8:00
23	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	8:14
24	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	10:30
25	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	10:48
26	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	10:53
27	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	13:24
28	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	14:34
29	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	14:49
30	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	16:12
31	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	16:28
32	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	16:47
33	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	17:21
34	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	18:47
35	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	20:05
36	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	20:21
37	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	20:32
38	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	20:55
39	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	21:18
40	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	21:39
41	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	21:40
42	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	22:00
43	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	22:29
44	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	22:41
45	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	22:42
46	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	23:15
47	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	24:37
48	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	25:48
49	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	26:10
50	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	27:35
51	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	27:40
52	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	27:52
53	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	27:57
54	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	28:14
55	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
56	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	28:27
57	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	28:29
58	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	28:47
59	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	29:12
60	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	29:42
61	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	30:01
62	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	30:18
63	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	31:57
64	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	32:34
65	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	33:40
66	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	34:05
67	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	35:16
68	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	35:45
69	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	35:54
70	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	36:22
71	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	37:55
72	Marc Soler	Movistar	39:52
73	Hector Carretero	Movistar	40:05
74	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	40:16
75	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	40:20
76	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	42:47
77	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	42:55
78	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	43:33
79	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	43:51
80	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	44:50
81	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	45:11
82	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	45:22
83	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	45:33
84	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	46:12
85	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	46:26
86	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	46:33
87	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	46:56
88	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	47:35
89	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	48:03
90	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	48:16
91	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	48:27
92	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
93	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	48:31
94	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	48:34
95	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	49:01
97	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	50:17
98	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	50:51
99	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	50:59
100	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	51:26
101	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	53:48
102	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	54:07
103	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	55:04
104	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	55:57
105	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	56:01
106	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	56:41
107	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	56:50
108	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	57:56
109	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	59:16
110	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	59:19
111	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	59:29
112	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01:08
113	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01:31
114	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	1:01:33
115	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	1:03:47
116	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	1:04:16
117	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	1:04:38
118	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:04:51
119	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	1:05:11
120	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:05:13
121	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	1:05:15
122	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:05:23
123	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	1:06:01
124	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	1:06:14
125	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	1:07:49
126	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	1:08:28
127	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:08:42
128	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:10:16
129	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	1:10:24
130	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:10:49
131	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	1:12:10
132	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:14:08
133	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	1:14:15
134	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	1:16:00
135	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:18:20
136	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:20:22
137	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	1:21:24

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map. The riders will go from east to west.

Stage 7 profile

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Friday, June 11: Stage 6, Andermatt - Disentis Sedrun, 130 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Though Rui Costa (on left) was first across the line, he was relegated to second for irregular sprinting, making Lotto Soudal's Andreas Kron the stage winner. Photo: Photo News

Weather at the finish town of Disentis Sedrun at 1:45 PM, local time 22C (71F), cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The race: Winner of two stages in the year's Tour of Switzerland, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) did not start stage 6 because his is slightly ill. The team Tweeted: "After the rainfall from the past days, @mathieuvdpoel suffers from a mild cold. While he was really looking forward to the next stages, the team's medical staff decided to pull him out of the @tds so as not to compromise his health in light of his next goals."

Four Team BikeExchange riders also could not start the stage because of gastroenteritis problems: Luke Durbridge, Lucas Hamilton, Amund Jansen and Jack Bauer.

In the final sprint, Hermann Pernsteiner (Bahrain Victorious) went first, but was left behind by Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) and Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal). Costa did not hold his line, blocking Kron. Costa was relegated to second, giving the stage win to Kron.

Here's the stage 6 summary from GC leader Richard Carapaz's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Richard Carapaz retained his 26-second race lead at the Tour de Suisse following a strong controlling performance from the Grenadiers on stage six.

Another day in the mountains saw the team ride hard and smart to take control of the peloton following a host of counter-attacks.

After the early break was caught following the long descent off the Gotthardpass, a mass counter attack followed, with Pavel Sivakov going up the road to be present in a group of 42.

As the break thinned out over the Lukmanierpass, Sivakov dropped back to add to the pace-setting on the front, bolstering the hard work done by Luke Rowe and Rohan Dennis. The team's work helped ensure the breakaway was no longer a danger, with the peloton arriving 2:49 after Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) had taken the stage victory.

Carapaz retained hold of the yellow jersey heading into Saturday's key time trial. Eddie Dunbar now sits 13th on the GC but kept hold of the young rider jersey he'd inherited on Friday morning.

Complete results:

130 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.027 km/hr

1	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	3hr 14min 52sec
2	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	@ 1sec
4	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	0:03
5	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
6	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
7	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
8	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	0:50
10	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:00
11	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:15
12	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
13	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
15	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	1:19
17	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:37
18	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	1:41
19	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	2:16
20	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	2:49
21	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
37	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
38	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
41	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
44	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
45	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
48	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
50	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
52	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
53	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
54	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
55	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:08
56	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	3:45
57	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	7:40
58	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	8:26
60	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	9:34
62	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
63	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
64	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
69	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	12:53
70	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
74	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	s.t.
78	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
79	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
81	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
83	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
84	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
85	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
86	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	15:13
87	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
88	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
89	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
92	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
93	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	20:41
94	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	21:23
95	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
96	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
97	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
99	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
101	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
105	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
106	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
107	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
109	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
110	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
111	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
113	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
115	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
118	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
121	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
122	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
123	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
124	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
125	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
126	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
129	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
130	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
133	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
137	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	25:07
138	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
142	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	28:19

GC after stage 6:

• GC leader: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Antonio Nibali (Trek-Segafredo)
• Points classification leader: Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo)
• Best young rider: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: Deceuninck-Quick Step

841.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.077 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	20hr 0min 31sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	@ 26sec
3	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:38
4	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:53
5	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	1:11
6	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:32
7	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:19
8	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	2:22
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	3:10
10	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	3:37
11	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	3:48
12	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	4:06
13	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	4:28
14	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	4:31
15	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4:39
16	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	5:16
18	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	5:38
19	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	5:43
20	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	5:50
21	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	6:06
22	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	6:19
23	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	6:21
24	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	6:21
25	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	7:49
26	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	8:33
27	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	10:01
28	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	10:36
29	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	11:29
30	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	11:54
31	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	12:18
32	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	13:49
33	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	14:01
34	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	14:06
35	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	15:09
36	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	16:07
37	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	16:49
38	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	18:19
39	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	19:01
40	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	19:18
41	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	19:32
42	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	19:35
43	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	20:21
44	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	21:21
45	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	21:25
46	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	21:40
47	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	21:54
48	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	22:39
49	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	23:45
50	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	23:51
51	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	24:05
52	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	24:07
53	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	24:12
54	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	24:31
55	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	24:37
56	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	25:01
57	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	25:29
58	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	25:29
59	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	26:44
60	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	26:47
61	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	26:48
62	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	27:04
63	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	27:24
64	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	28:13
65	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	28:51
66	David De La Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	30:38
67	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	30:44
68	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	31:27
69	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	32:21
70	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	32:50
71	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	33:31
72	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	34:42
73	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	35:06
74	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	35:17
75	Hector Carretero	Movistar	35:34
76	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	36:02
77	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	38:02
78	Marc Soler	Movistar	38:44
79	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	39:12
80	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	39:22
81	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	39:24
82	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	39:37
83	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	39:41
85	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	40:15
86	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	40:32
87	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	40:52
88	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	41:32
89	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	41:42
90	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	42:19
91	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	42:36
92	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	42:55
94	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	44:01
95	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	44:47
96	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	45:12
97	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	45:13
98	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	45:40
99	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	45:41
100	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	45:49
101	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	45:54
102	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	46:06
103	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	46:23
104	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	47:00
105	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	48:04
106	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	48:43
107	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	50:39
108	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	50:40
109	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	50:59
110	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	51:43
111	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	51:55
112	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	53:19
113	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	54:06
114	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	55:02
115	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	55:07
116	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	56:26
117	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	57:02
118	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	57:16
119	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	57:49
120	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	58:04
121	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	59:43
122	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	1:00:02
123	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:00:39
124	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:00:50
125	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	1:01:21
126	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	1:01:30
127	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	1:02:21
128	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:02:31
129	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	1:02:33
130	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	1:03:35
131	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	1:04:55
132	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	1:04:58
133	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:05:00
134	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:05:55
135	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:06:12
136	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	1:06:56
137	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:08:04
138	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	1:08:07
139	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	1:10:45
140	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:14:19
141	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:15:16
142	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	1:17:56

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Thursday, June 10: Stage 5, Gstaad - Leukerbad, 172 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Richard Carapaz takes the stage and the GC lead. Photo: Getty Images

Weather at the finish city of Leukerbad at 1:35 PM, local time: 18C (64F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). Through 4:00 there is an 8% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Richard Carapaz's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Richard Carapaz powered into the overall lead at the Tour de Suisse following an impressive win on stage five.

The Ecuadorian took his first victory of 2021 in Leukerbad after an attacking finale on a day in the mountains. Launching a move with four kilometres to go, the Grenadier bridged across to rival Jakob Fuglsang before the pair went on to contest the finish.

Carapaz followed in the wheel as the Dane opened up his sprint on the uphill drag to the line. Victory saw Richie move into the yellow jersey and a 26-second lead over the Astana-Premier Tech rider with three stages to go.

The team worked hard to put Carapaz in position, pushing the pace at key moments and taking it up with 40km to go. Rohan Dennis hit the front on Erschmatt climb before Eddie Dunbar took over.

The peloton heads back into the mountains. Team Qhubeka-Assos photo

The Irishman battled valiantly as attacks fired up the road, keeping Carapaz within striking distance on the descent and ahead of the final climb. Continuing his strong race, Dunbar also moved up to 11th overall on the day.
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Thursday also saw the start of La Route d'Occitanie. The Grenadiers returned following Egan Bernal's overall victory in 2020. Ben Swift sprinted to sixth on the opening day as the peloton arrived behind solo victor Andrea Vendrame (Ag2r-Citroen).

The sprint. Richard Carapaz (right) was the faster man, beating Jakob Fuglsang. Getty Sport photo

Richard Carapaz:
"I’m really happy. It’s something we’ve been working on all week. Today we knew it was a special day. We wanted to think about the GC but of course the possibility of winning a stage was there. I managed to do both so I’m very happy.

"We knew there were a lot of people interested in the general classification. Of course that was a launchpad for us. A lot of people made moves. I made my perfect attack and that was it.

"We’re here and we came thinking about preparing for the Tour de France. Of course we want to win this race. The main objective is the Tour but if we can be successful in this race that is perfect."

Complete results:

172 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.669 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 1min 52sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	@ 39sec
4	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
5	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
6	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
9	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	0:49
10	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	1:22
11	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	2:17
12	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	3:39
13	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
14	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	4:04
15	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	4:13
17	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	4:31
18	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
19	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
20	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
21	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:36
22	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
24	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
25	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	4:49
26	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	4:52
27	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4:54
28	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	5:55
29	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
30	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	6:07
31	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	6:52
32	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	8:45
33	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
34	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
39	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
41	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	9:37
43	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	10:20
44	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	12:25
52	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	14:38
54	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
57	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
60	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
62	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	14:48
63	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	17:57
64	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	19:09
65	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
68	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
69	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
71	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
72	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	s.t.
73	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
76	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
77	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
78	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
79	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
80	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
87	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	20:07
88	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
89	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
90	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
91	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
93	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
94	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
95	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
99	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
100	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
101	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
102	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
103	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
104	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
105	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
106	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
110	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
111	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
113	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
114	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
115	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
116	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
117	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
118	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
120	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	20:25
121	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	20:29
122	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
123	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	23:26
124	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
125	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
127	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
128	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
129	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	24:52
130	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
134	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
137	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
138	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
139	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
140	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
141	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
142	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
143	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
144	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
146	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
147	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
149	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
150	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
151	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	29:13

GC after stage 5:

• GC leader: Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Esteban Chaves (Team BikeExchange)
• Points classification leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Best young rider: Lucas Hamilton (Team Bike Exchange)
• Team classification leader: Deceuninck-Quick Step

711.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.593 km/hr

1	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	16hr 42min 50sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	@ 26sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:33
4	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:38
5	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	1:11
6	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	1:31
7	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:32
8	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	2:19
9	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	2:22
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	3:10
11	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	4:28
12	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	4:31
13	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:39
14	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	5:38
15	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	5:43
16	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	5:50
17	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	5:57
18	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	6:06
19	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	6:19
20	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	6:21
21	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	6:28
22	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	6:32
23	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	6:34
24	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:37
25	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	6:52
26	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	8:03
27	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	9:07
28	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	9:39
29	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	9:40
30	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	10:17
31	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	10:32
32	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	10:50
33	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	11:29
34	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	11:36
35	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	11:54
36	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	12:10
37	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	12:53
38	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	13:48
39	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	13:55
40	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	14:01
41	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	14:03
42	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	14:06
43	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	14:33
44	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	15:09
45	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	15:23
46	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	15:39
47	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	16:07
48	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	17:00
49	Hector Carretero	Movistar	17:00
50	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	18:14
51	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	18:19
52	Jasha Sütterlin	Team DSM	18:47
53	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	19:18
54	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	19:35
55	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	19:58
56	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	20:03
57	Marc Soler	Movistar	20:10
58	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	20:38
59	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	20:48
61	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	21:07
62	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	21:12
63	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	21:23
64	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	21:25
65	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	21:58
66	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	22:18
67	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	22:39
68	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	22:42
69	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	22:55
70	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	23:28
71	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	24:02
72	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	24:05
73	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	24:12
74	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	24:57
75	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	25:01
76	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	25:13
77	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	25:27
78	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	25:50
79	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	26:00
80	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	26:05
81	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	26:13
82	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	26:23
83	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
84	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	26:38
85	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	26:39
86	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	26:47
87	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	27:03
88	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	27:06
89	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	27:07
90	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	27:14
91	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	27:15
92	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	27:17
93	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	27:20
94	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	27:24
95	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	27:32
96	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
97	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	27:58
98	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	28:26
99	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	29:30
100	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	30:09
101	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	30:11
102	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	30:48
103	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	31:38
104	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	32:05
105	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	32:21
106	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	32:25
107	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	32:52
108	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	33:21
109	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	33:59
110	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	34:47
111	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	35:46
112	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	35:51
113	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	36:10
114	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	36:30
115	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	37:25
116	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	37:47
117	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	37:52
118	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	38:28
119	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	38:42
120	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	39:15
121	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	39:24
122	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	40:36
123	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	41:39
124	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	41:42
125	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	42:00
126	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	42:16
127	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	42:43
128	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	42:47
129	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	42:56
130	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	43:47
131	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	43:54
132	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	43:59
133	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	45:01
134	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	45:15
135	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	45:46
136	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	46:21
137	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	46:24
138	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	46:26
139	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	46:34
140	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	46:55
141	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	47:21
142	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	48:22
143	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	50:35
144	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	52:27
145	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	55:45
146	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	56:10
147	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	56:24
148	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	56:42
149	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	59:22
150	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	1:01:22
151	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	1:04:18

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage five map. Start city of Gstaad is the upper star.

Stage 5 profile

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Wednesday, June 9: Stage 4, St. Urban - Gstaad, 171 km

Stage 4 profile

Stefan Bisseger wins on a rainy day in Switzerland. Sirotti photo

Weather at the town of Gstaad at 1:30 PM, local time: 18C (65F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). During the afternoon there is a 90% chance of rain.

The race: Because a member of the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team tested postive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the entire team has withdrawn from the race. We posted the organizer's full press release on our news page here.

Here's the report from stage winner Stefan Bisseger's EF Education-Nippo team:

Stefan Bissegger: “I finally got a stage win at the Tour de Suisse. And I’m really, really happy with that.“

Not only did Stefan Bissegger win a stage in his home country today — but he was victorious after a dramatic sprint finish. The only thing that could have made this day even more cinematic would be a dose of heavy rain showers pounding on the peloton as they made their way through the Alps. And the Swiss weather delivered.

Yet some rain and slippery roads weren’t going to stop Bissegger from crossing the line first in Gstaad.

“As soon as he could smell the victory, nothing was going to stop him,” said teammate Neilson Powless.

A fast and furious start to the stage saw several of our riders trying to get into the break, including national road race champion Alex Howes and young German rider Jonas Rutsch. Things started to look promising for Bissegger after he launched an attack with 164 kilometers left to race. Bissegger quickly went on the attack once more and then suddenly found himself in between the break and the peloton.

Here's some of the 90% chance of rain that was forecast. Sirotti photo

Once Bissegger reached the break, there were now four race leaders who continued to extend their gap over the peloton. Bissegger may have been the last rider to make it into the break, but once he was there he was leading on the descents and fighting hard to make up for every second.

“Rigo and I were sitting very comfortably up the final climb with Stefan up the road. He was able to get into a strong breakaway after fighting and racing really fast and hard,” said Powless.

Then the four riders became three. Benjamin Thomas (Groupama-FDJ) and Joey Rosskopf (Rally Cycling) challenged Bissegger as the three made their way along the Gstaad airfield.

Then came the sprint finish  — and we all know what happened next. “I am never too confident but we all know Stefan is very fast. He did the sprint perfectly,” said sport director Matti Breschel.

The fact that he can sprint so well wasn’t a huge surprise to anyone who has followed Bissegger this year. His first WorldTour win this year came after the time trial stage in Paris-Nice — a win that was the most significant in his career.

Until now, that is. And this win feels even more special for a few reasons. “This is a normal road stage as opposed to a time trial, which is more for specialists. Both are really nice, but I’m here in Switzerland and it’s even better,” said Bissegger

Breschel also shares Bissegger’s excitement and knows how special it is for rider’s to win in their own country. “A win is always nice, but Stefan is on home ground,” said Breschel.

The team has a lot even more to celebrate besides Stefan’s stage win. “It’s great too because now we’re leading the team classification and I’m still holding onto the best young rider jersey,” said Powless.

The team is gearing up for the mountains ahead but for now, they will celebrate Stefan’s victory.

“I know how much work he put in here. His whole approach to cycling is something I really like and it’s nice to see it pay off,” said Breschel.

Allez, Bisseger and team. See you back in the mountains tomorrow.

Mathieu van der Poel remains the GC leader. Sirotti photo

Complete Results:

171 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.328 km/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	3hr 46min 21sec
2	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
4	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	@ 23sec
5	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:16
6	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
11	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
12	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
13	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
16	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
19	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
23	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
24	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
26	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
27	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
29	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
32	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
36	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
44	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
46	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
47	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
48	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
49	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
51	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
57	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
59	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
60	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
61	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
64	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
65	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
67	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
68	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
69	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
71	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
73	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
74	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
75	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
76	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
78	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
79	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
80	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
82	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	s.t.
85	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	5:32
86	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
88	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
90	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	5:49
93	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
94	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	6:02
95	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
96	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
99	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	6:17
100	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
101	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
102	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
103	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
104	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
105	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
107	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
109	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
110	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	6:25
111	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
112	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:42
115	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	7:49
116	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	8:13
117	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	8:17
118	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
119	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	8:25
120	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	9:35
121	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	10:43
122	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
123	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
125	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
127	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
128	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
129	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
130	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
131	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	s.t.
132	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
134	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
136	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
137	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
138	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	11:44
139	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
140	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
141	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
142	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
143	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
144	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
145	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
146	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
147	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
149	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
150	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
151	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
152	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Mountains classification leader: Nickolas Zukowsky (Rally Cycling)
• Points classification leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Best young rider: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Nippo)
• Team classification leader: EF Education-Nippo

539.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.576 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	12hr 40min 51sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 1sec
3	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:04
4	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:06
5	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:13
6	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	0:16
7	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
8	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:29
9	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:37
10	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	0:38
11	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	0:39
12	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	0:48
14	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	0:50
15	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:52
16	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
17	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:59
19	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:02
21	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:04
22	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
23	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	1:07
25	Marc Soler	Movistar	1:10
26	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	1:12
27	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	1:19
28	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
29	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	1:30
30	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:36
31	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:40
32	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:41
33	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	1:52
34	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	1:53
35	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:55
36	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	1:57
37	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	2:00
38	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	2:06
39	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:08
40	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	2:10
41	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	2:21
42	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	2:35
43	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	2:38
44	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	2:42
45	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	2:56
46	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3:10
47	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	3:16
48	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	3:20
50	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	3:43
51	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	3:47
52	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	3:48
53	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	3:50
55	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	3:53
56	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	4:02
57	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	4:15
58	Jasha Sütterlin	Team DSM	4:16
59	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	4:56
60	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	5:03
61	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	5:04
62	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	5:10
63	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	5:13
64	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	5:17
65	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	5:26
66	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:27
67	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	5:28
68	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:32
69	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	5:41
70	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	5:42
71	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	5:53
72	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	5:55
73	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	5:59
74	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	6:05
75	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	6:13
76	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	6:44
77	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	6:48
78	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	6:52
79	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	6:58
80	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	7:08
81	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	7:10
82	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:14
83	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	7:20
84	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	7:21
86	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
87	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	7:29
88	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:32
89	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	7:58
90	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	8:02
91	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	8:13
92	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	8:15
93	Hector Carretero	Movistar	8:22
94	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	8:22
95	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	8:26
96	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	10:09
97	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	10:21
98	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	10:28
99	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	11:00
100	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	11:06
101	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	11:09
102	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	11:46
103	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	12:16
104	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	12:25
105	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	12:36
106	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	12:40
107	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	12:52
108	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	13:02
109	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	13:21
110	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	13:43
111	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	13:59
112	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	14:30
113	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	14:39
114	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	14:47
115	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	15:55
116	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	16:30
117	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	16:44
118	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	18:42
119	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	18:50
120	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	19:09
121	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	19:14
122	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	19:24
123	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	19:37
124	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	20:16
125	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	20:33
126	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	20:36
127	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	21:01
128	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	21:39
129	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	21:41
130	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	21:42
131	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:00
132	Maxim Van Gils	Lotto Soudal	22:08
133	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	22:10
134	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:16
135	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	22:36
136	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	22:47
137	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	23:05
138	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	23:37
139	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	23:47
140	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	25:15
141	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	26:21
142	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	27:32
143	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	29:08
144	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	31:00
145	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	31:39
146	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	31:57
147	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	32:03
148	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	32:16
149	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	32:45
150	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	32:51
151	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	34:37
152	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	39:33

Stage 4 profile:

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Tuesday, June 8: Stage 3, Lachen - Pfaffnau, 185 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Two stage wins in a row for Mathieu van der Poel.

Weather at the finish city of Pfaffnau at 1:30 PM, local time: 19C (67F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). Through the afternoon there is a 24% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC second-place Julian Alaphilippe's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

GC leader Stefan Küng in his yellow jersey just can barely be seen in this photo as he's escorted by his Groupama-FDJ teammates across the beautiful Swiss countryside. Sirotti photo.

Julian Alaphilippe was again on the offensive at his penultimate appearance before the Tour de France, launching a move from further out, on the short but hard Rütsch climb. Seeing he had a gap on a fragmented peloton, the World Champion kept pressing on the descent and made it a selective race, despite more than 20 kilometers separating him from the finish.

His acceleration forced the chasers to put in a stern effort in order to bring him back just ahead of the intermediate sprint, where Mattia Cattaneo jumped from the bunch and grabbed three bonus seconds that at the end of the day elevated him to fifth place in the overall standings.

Several other riders followed suit, hoping they would manage to hold off the peloton, but a concerted effort of the teams interested in a bunch sprint brought everything back together with the flamme rouge in sight. Mauri Vansevenant led into the final kilometer with Alaphilippe tucked behind him, and as soon as he peeled off the front, the 28-year-old Frenchman opened his sprint and took a solid third place in Pfaffnau, behind Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Christophe Laporte (Cofidis).

Van der Poel is again the day's fastest rider. Sirotti photo

“I’m satisfied, because the feeling on the bike was good and the team rode a good race again. After attacking on the final ascent, I found myself suddenly alone at the front, and as I wanted to test the legs, I kept pushing hoping I would arrive at the intermediate sprint. It proved to be a bit too far, especially as the teams behind began a strong chase. After that, I remained calm in the group until I was brought to the front by my teammates in the closing kilometers. Third in the sprint was the maximum I could do today, a result that gives me confidence for the next stages”, said Julian, who continues to sit second in the general classification.

Mathieu van der Poel will ride stage four in yellow. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

185 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.977 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 24min 26sec
2	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
4	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
5	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
10	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
11	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
12	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
14	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
16	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
17	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
18	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
24	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
26	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
29	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
30	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
32	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
36	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
37	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
40	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
41	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
45	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 10sec
47	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	0:27
48	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	s.t.
49	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 0sec
50	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	0:35
51	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	1:32
52	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
53	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
55	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
56	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
59	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
63	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
65	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
67	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
68	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
69	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
71	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
72	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
73	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
77	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
78	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
80	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
83	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
84	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
86	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
87	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
88	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
89	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
91	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
94	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
95	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
96	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
97	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
98	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
99	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
103	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
105	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
109	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
110	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
111	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
114	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	1:47
116	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
118	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	1:50
119	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
120	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
121	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
123	David se la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
124	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
126	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
127	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	2:39
130	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	4:47
132	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	7:49
133	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	9:25
134	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
137	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
138	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
140	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
141	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
142	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
143	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
144	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	12:51
146	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	13:10
147	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	14:39
148	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
149	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
150	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
151	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
152	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	18:22
153	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
154	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
155	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
156	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	s.t.
157	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
158	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
159	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
160	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Mountains classification leader: Nicolas Zukowsky (Rally Cycling)
• Points classification leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Best young rider: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Nippo)
• Team Classification leader: Deceuninck-Quick Step

368.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.823 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	8hr 49min 14sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 1sec
3	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	0:04
4	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:06
5	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:13
6	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	0:16
7	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
8	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:29
9	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:37
10	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	0:39
11	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	0:48
13	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	0:50
14	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:52
15	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
16	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:59
18	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
19	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	1:02
20	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:04
21	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
22	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	1:07
24	Marc Soler	Movistar	1:10
25	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	1:12
26	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:17
27	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	1:19
28	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
29	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	1:30
30	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:36
31	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:40
32	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:41
33	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:44
34	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	1:47
35	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	1:52
36	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	1:53
37	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:55
38	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	1:57
39	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	2:00
40	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	2:06
41	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:08
42	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	2:10
43	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	2:15
44	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	2:35
45	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	2:38
46	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	2:42
47	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	3:16
48	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	3:20
49	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	3:27
50	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	3:47
51	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	3:48
52	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	3:50
54	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	3:52
55	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	3:53
56	Jasha Sütterlin	Team DSM	4:00
57	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	4:02
58	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	4:15
59	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	4:46
60	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	4:47
61	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	4:56
62	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	5:04
63	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	5:10
64	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	5:12
65	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	5:13
67	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	5:17
68	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	5:26
69	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
71	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
72	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	5:27
73	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	5:32
74	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	5:35
75	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	5:41
76	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	5:42
77	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	5:47
78	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	5:49
79	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	5:53
80	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	6:05
81	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:31
82	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	6:34
83	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	6:52
84	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	6:53
85	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	6:57
86	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	6:58
87	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	7:01
88	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	7:08
89	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	7:09
90	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	7:10
91	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	7:12
92	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	7:14
93	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	7:19
94	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	7:20
95	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Hector Carretero	Movistar	7:21
97	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
100	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	7:25
101	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	7:27
102	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	7:29
103	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
104	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	7:31
105	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	8:26
106	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	9:27
107	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	10:02
108	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	10:21
110	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	11:00
111	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	11:17
112	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	11:46
113	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	12:14
114	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	12:16
115	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	12:20
116	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	12:21
117	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	12:40
118	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	12:41
119	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	12:42
120	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	13:09
121	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	13:21
122	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	13:23
123	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	13:47
124	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	14:47
125	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	15:34
126	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	15:42
127	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	15:48
128	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	15:55
129	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	16:08
130	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	16:12
131	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	16:14
132	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	16:15
133	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	16:19
134	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	16:33
135	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	17:09
136	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	18:10
137	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	18:47
138	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	19:15
139	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	19:28
140	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	19:50
141	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	19:53
142	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	20:04
143	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	20:33
144	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	20:56
145	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	22:08
146	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	22:32
147	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:41
148	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	24:31
149	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	25:29
150	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	25:33
151	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	25:35
152	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	25:55
153	Floris De Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	26:17
154	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	26:49
155	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	29:06
156	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	29:10
157	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	29:30
158	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	29:50
159	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	30:26
160	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	34:06

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage three map

Stage 3 profile

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Monday, June 7: Stage 2, Neuhausen am Rheinfall - Lachen, 173 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Mathieu van de Poel wins in Lachen.

Weather at the finish city of Lachen at 1:30 PM, local time: 18C (65F) with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There are showers in the vicinity. During the afternoon there is a 75% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from new GC 2nd place Julian Alaphilippe's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

Julian Alaphilippe did what he does best and attacked in the closing kilometers of stage 2 on the steepest part of Litschstrasse, a 2.3km climb averaging 8.5% which promised and delivered fireworks, as well as some changes in the general classification. Up until then, the day had two protagonists: a breakaway comprising four men and the pouring rain which kept nagging the riders from before the start all the way to the finish.

Deceuninck – Quick-Step made themselves noticed with more than 70 kilometers to go, when Tim Declercq took over the reins in the peloton and started chewing into the escapees’ advantage. Then, in the run-in to the last ascent, Dries Devenyns moved to the front and went full gas with Alaphilippe in his wheel. The World Champion attacked on the steepest section and forced a selection. With the four men that could follow him reluctant to share the work, Julian put in another dig and distanced the yellow jersey, while making sure only a small group would go over the top of the climb.

On the wet descent, where the rainbow jersey led the way, the nine riders cooperated until three kilometers to go, when attacks began coming. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) opened a gap and went on to fight for victory, nabbed by the former just a few seconds ahead of the chasing group, from where Alaphilippe took eighth. The result he got in Lachen elevated the Frenchman to second in the general classification, just one second from the race lead.

“I’m not really disappointed, as I was à bloc. It was a nice finale, but also a hard one, because the rain made the roads very slippery. I tried and gave the maximum to make the difference, but on the flat there was a moment of hesitation and two guys got away and that was it. On Sunday I took a good result, today I was again at the front, and this shows the form is there, which gives me confidence for the remaining stages, where I hope to find some more opportunities for some nice results”, said Julian after the stage that put Deceuninck – Quick-Step at the top of the team classification.

Complete results:

173 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.109 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 12min 30sec
2	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 1sec
3	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	0:04
4	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
5	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
8	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
9	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:09
11	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	0:11
12	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
14	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	0:22
15	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
16	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
17	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
21	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
22	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
28	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
29	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
30	Marc Soler	Movistar	s.t.
31	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	1:03
33	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	1:06
34	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
36	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
44	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	1:10
45	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
48	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	1:44
49	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	1:56
50	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
51	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
54	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
56	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	@ 22sec
57	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	2:06
58	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	2:10
59	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	2:15
60	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	3:00
61	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
64	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
67	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
68	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
71	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
72	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
75	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
81	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	3:17
82	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	4:18
83	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	4:32
84	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
85	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
86	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	4:55
87	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
91	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
94	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
97	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
98	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
101	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	s.t.
104	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
105	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
106	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
107	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
108	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
111	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
112	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	5:06
113	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	6:22
114	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
115	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	7:05
116	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
117	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
118	Juan Alba	Movistar	s.t.
119	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	8:08
120	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	8:50
121	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	8:52
122	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
123	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:07
124	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	s.t.
125	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
126	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
128	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
129	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
131	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
133	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
134	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
135	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
136	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
137	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
138	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
139	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
140	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
141	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
142	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
143	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
144	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
145	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
146	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	13:33
147	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
148	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
149	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
150	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
151	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
152	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
153	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
154	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
155	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
156	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	15:21
157	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
158	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
159	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
160	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Tom Bohli (Cofidis)
• Points classification leader: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Neilson Powless (EF Education-Nippo)
• Team classification leader: Deceuninck-Quick Step

183.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.659 km/hr

1	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 24min 52sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 1sec
3	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:02
4	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	0:06
5	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	0:12
6	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
7	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	0:13
8	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:25
9	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	0:30
10	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:33
11	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	0:34
12	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	0:35
13	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	0:44
15	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	0:46
16	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:48
17	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	0:51
18	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
19	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
20	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	0:55
21	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	0:55
22	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	0:58
23	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
24	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	1:00
25	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:01
27	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	1:03
28	Marc Soler	Movistar	1:06
29	Soren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
30	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	1:08
31	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:13
32	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	1:15
33	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:17
34	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:24
35	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	1:26
36	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:30
37	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	1:32
38	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	1:33
39	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:36
40	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:37
41	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	1:43
42	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	1:44
43	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	1:48
44	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	1:50
45	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	1:51
46	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	1:53
47	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	1:56
48	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:04
49	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	2:12
50	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	2:16
52	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	2:17
53	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	2:24
55	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	2:26
56	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	2:34
57	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	2:39
58	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	3:10
59	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	3:11
60	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	3:12
61	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	3:20
63	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	3:28
64	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	3:34
65	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	3:36
66	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	3:37
68	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	3:41
69	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	3:42
70	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	3:43
71	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	3:46
72	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	3:50
73	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
75	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	3:51
77	David de la Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	3:53
78	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:56
79	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	4:05
80	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	4:06
81	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	4:14
83	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	4:29
84	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	4:32
85	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	4:43
86	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:55
87	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	4:56
88	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	5:15
89	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	5:16
90	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	5:17
91	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	5:21
92	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	5:22
93	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	5:25
94	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
95	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	5:27
96	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	5:32
97	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	5:33
98	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	5:34
99	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	5:38
101	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
102	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	5:44
103	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Hector Carretero	Movistar	5:45
105	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
108	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	5:49
109	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	5:51
110	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	5:53
111	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	5:55
112	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	6:05
113	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	6:50
114	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	6:58
115	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:40
116	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	7:51
117	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	8:23
118	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	8:26
119	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	8:41
120	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	9:24
121	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	9:41
122	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	9:59
123	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	10:17
124	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	10:20
125	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	10:21
126	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	10:35
127	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	10:40
128	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	10:44
129	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
130	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	10:45
131	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	10:52
132	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	10:54
133	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:04
133	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
134	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
136	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
137	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	11:06
138	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	11:15
139	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
140	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	11:24
141	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
142	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	11:27
143	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
144	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	11:31
145	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	11:34
146	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	13:58
147	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	14:01
148	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	14:06
149	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	14:12
150	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	14:23
151	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	14:25
152	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	14:32
153	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	14:36
154	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	14:38
155	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	14:39
156	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	15:40
157	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	15:43
158	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	16:00
159	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	16:04
160	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	16:26

Stage 2 map & profile:

The stage goes from north to south. The stars cover up the start & finish city names.

Stage 2 profile

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Sunday, June 6: Stage 1, Frauenfeld 10.9 km individual time trial

Stage 1 map & profile

Stefan Küng on his way to winning the stage. Photo: Sam Buchli

Weather at Frauenfeld at 1:30 PM, local time: 16C (61F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). The forecast says there is a 90% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Stefan Küng's Groupama-FDJ team.

In the opening stage of the Tour de Suisse this Sunday, Stefan Küng took quite a special win. First and foremost, the Swiss rider won at home in the 11-kilometre time trial around Frauenfeld. Besides that, the European TT champion claimed his very first victory in a WorldTour time trial since joining the Groupama-FDJ cycling team. It also makes it three wins for him this season.

Unlike the Critérium du Dauphiné, which ended under bright sunshine this Sunday, the Tour de Suisse started under gloomy weather in the canton of Thurgau, in the north part of the country. The weather conditions could therefore have an impact on the results in what was quite a technical time trial, including a dozen of turns.

“According to the forecast, there was one moment where the weather could have been better, and many teams had chosen the same time slot for their leader,” said Franck Pineau. “But in the end, almost everyone competed the time trial in the rain and on wet roads”. Naturally named as one of the stage favourites, Stefan Küng started shortly before 4 pm. Back then, the best time (12’04) belonged to his fellow-countryman Stefan Bissegger, winner of the Paris-Nice time trial. The bar was certainly high, but still reachable. However, one had to make the most of every part of the circuit. “Stefan went so fast in the corners,” said Franck Pineau. “I have rarely been so fast in the rain. Really, it was super quick. He scared me a little, but he seemed really in control. It felt like the bike was glued to the road so it wouldn’t slip.”

“Honestly, I don’t feel like I took a lot of risks today,” Stefan said. “I always felt in control. I never felt like I overstepped the line. I had analysed the course well. I knew exactly where there was a manhole cover, where I could pass the white lines faster… I was in control, felt tied to my bike and was able to focus on pushing the pedals. In a ten-kilometre time trial with so many turns, we know that the race is won on details”. With nice trajectories and a fluent pedal stroke, the European champion seemed really at ease. “Even in normal times, he leaves nothing to chance”, continued Franck. “He is always very precise during the recon. He looks at everything, he passes through again and again… He did exactly the same thing this time, except he had a little extra motivation: he was at home”.

Many factors could then explain how Stefan Küng went to set the best time at the finish, for four seconds. He then had to wait an hour or so before being able to celebrate. “Today I had a plan and I executed it perfectly,” he said. “Obviously I knew the roads, but you don’t pass roundabouts on the left when there is traffic… I was confident in myself, both physically and technically. I did exactly what I wanted to do, that’s how I was able to win”.

Stefan Küng is the day's fastest rider.

His third victory of the season, after the time trial and the overall ranking in Valencia, also had a very special flavour. “I’m really happy to win today because I’m home, I live just one kilometre from here,” he said. “These are the roads I train on every day. I knew everyone in the organization committee, my friends and family were there alongside the road. This makes this victory very special. Also, I can tell you that two weeks ago I would have never imagined sitting here because I was still building up my form and I was struggling in my first time trial training. Then I felt from day to day I was getting better and I was eventually pretty confident before the start”. Not only a winner on home soil, Stefan Küng also took his first time trial victory, at the WorldTour level, since joining the team back in 2019. “It’s quite a performance”, said Franck Pineau. “It’s no surprise to see him win, but it wasn’t a foregone conclusion with the rain and all these turns. I also want to pay tribute to the mechanics. When it comes to the second, one glitch can ruin everything. All the lights were green today and I want to congratulate the whole staff”.

As a winner of the first stage, Stefan Küng also took the yellow jersey, which he actually already wore three years ago. “I think it’s going to be hard to keep it tomorrow,” said the Swissman. “It all depends on whether the other riders light up the fireworks in the last, quite steep climb. I think my shape is good and we’ll see how it goes. The most important thing still was to win a stage. If I only keep the yellow jersey one day, so be it, but I will do my best to defend it”. With a stage victory in the pocket, Groupama-FDJ anyway started the Tour de Suisse in the best possible way. “On paper, our greatest chance was in this time trial,” concluded Franck. “We made it happen, and so much the better. Now, we have a great team that also wants to show itself everyday. We’re relieved, we won’t have to think too much, we’re going to have fun and go on the attack. When you start a WorldTour race in this way, for sure you’re more peaceful for the rest. I want us to seize all the opportunities that arise”.

Complete results & GC:

10.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.50 km/hr

1	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	12min 0sec
2	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	@ 4sec
3	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:12
4	Thomas Scully	EF Education-Nippo	0:15
5	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:19
6	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-Nippo	0:22
7	Jannik Steimle	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
8	Florian Vermeersch	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
9	Soren Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Rohan Dennis	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
11	Neilson Powless	EF Education-Nippo	0:25
12	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	0:29
13	Dries Devenyns	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:30
14	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
15	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	0:31
16	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
17	Manuele Boaro	Astana-Premier Tech	0:33
18	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	0:34
20	Stefan de Bod	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	0:35
22	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	0:36
23	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	0:38
25	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling Team	0:39
27	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	0:40
28	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	0:41
29	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
31	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	0:42
32	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	0:43
35	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Christoph Pfingsten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	0:44
38	Alexys Brunel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-Nippo	0:46
42	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
43	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	0:47
45	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	0:48
46	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
47	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	0:49
48	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	Benjamin Thomas	Groupama-FDJ	0:50
50	Jasha Sutterlin	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
52	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Andreas Stokbro	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
54	Joel Suter	Swiss Cycling Team	0:52
55	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
56	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
57	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:53
58	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	0:54
60	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
61	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
62	Alvaro Hodeg	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:55
63	Matthew Walls	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Lucas Hamilton	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
67	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
68	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	0:56
69	Michael Schar	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Andre Greipel	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:57
71	Gijs Leemreize	Jumbo-Visma	0:58
72	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
73	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
75	Fabien Doubey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
76	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
78	Connor Brown	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
79	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Pierre Latour	Total Direct Energie	1:00
81	Victor de la Parte	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
82	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
83	Joey Rosskopf	Rally Cycling	s.t.
84	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
85	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:01
86	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
88	Amund Grondahl Jansen	Team BikeExchange	1:02
89	Benoit Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	1:03
91	Anton Palzer	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Maxim van Gils	Lotto Soudal	1:04
93	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	1:05
94	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Tim Declercq	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
96	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Marc Soler	Movistar	1:06
98	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
100	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	1:07
101	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
102	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling Team	1:08
103	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:09
105	Matteo Dal-Cin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
106	Lukas Ruegg	Swiss Cycling Team	1:11
107	Julien Simon	Total Direct Energie	1:12
108	Hector Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
109	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
110	Nickolas Zukowsky	Rally Cycling	s.t.
111	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	Sebastian Henao	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
113	Niklas Eg	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Gavin Mannion	Rally Cycling	s.t.
116	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
117	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
118	Filippo Conca	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
119	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:13
120	Cyrille Thiery	Swiss Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:14
122	Oliviero Troia	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
123	David De La Cruz	UAE Team Emirates	1:15
124	Alexis Vuillermoz	Total Direct Energie	1:15
125	Antwan Tolhoek	Jumbo-Visma	1:16
126	Jempy Drucker	Cofidis	1:18
127	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
128	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:19
129	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
130	Reinardt van Rensburg	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
131	James Piccoli	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
132	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
133	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:21
134	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
135	Rob Britton	Rally Cycling	1:22
136	Jonas Gregaard	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
137	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	1:24
138	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:25
139	Rick Zabel	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:27
140	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
141	Cristian Munoz	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
142	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:28
143	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
144	Viktor Verschaeve	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
145	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
146	Kevin Kuhn	Swiss Cycling Team	1:29
147	Benjamin King	Rally Cycling	1:30
148	Eros Capecchi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
149	Antonio Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	1:32
150	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	1:36
151	Petr Vakoc	Alpecin-Fenix	1:37
152	Domen Novak	Bahrain Victorious	1:39
153	Kyle Murphy	Rally Cycling	s.t.
154	Juan Diego Alba	Movistar	1:40
155	Otto Vergaerde	Alpecin-Fenix	1:42
156	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
157	Simon Pellaud	Swiss Cycling Team	1:43
158	Mathias Frank	Ag2r-Citroën	1:46
159	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	1:49
160	Nicholas Dlamini	Qhubeka-Assos	1:51

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