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2022 Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse)
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85th edition: June 12 - June 19, 2022

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Sunday, June 19: 8th & Final Stage, Vaduz (Liechtenstein) 25.6 km individual time trial

Stage 8 map & profile | Stage 8 photos

Remco Evenpoel on his way to winning the stage. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

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The stage: Ex-racer David Loosli writes:
25 mostly flat kilometers to decide victory or defeat. The men’s Tour de Suisse 2022 will be determined by the battle against the clock. The real specialists on a time trial bike have an advantage on the last day. It will be obvious which general classification riders still have fuel in the tank and which ones are running on empty as a result of the two tough mountain stages. A time trial over this distance can still cause one or two changes in the General Classification. The most gifted rouleurs and time trialists will certainly provide a final fireworks display around Vaduz.

Weather at the city of Feldkirch, a few kilometers from the course, at 1:40 PM, local time: 36C (97F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is a 2% chance of rain until 5:00 PM, when the chance goes up to 24%.

The race: Peter Sagan is out of the race after testing positive for Covid for the third time. Omar Fraile (INEOS Grenadiers) was also a non-starter.

The first rider scheduled to ride was Lorrenzo Manzin (TotalEnergies) at 2:10 PM.

Here's the report from final overall winner Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas became the first British winner of the Tour de Suisse after a resounding final time trial performance.

After a nip and tuck race, the Welshman produced the second fastest time on a sweltering day, finishing just three seconds off the stage win, but ensuring an emphatic GC victory by one minute and 12 seconds.

Geraint Thomas heading toward ownership of the yellow jersey. INEOS photo

The Grenadier came into the stage just two seconds off yellow, but used all his power and experience to see off nearest rival Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe).

The victory represented three Tour de Suisse victories in a row for the team, following Egan Bernal (2019) and Richard Carapaz (2021).

Daniel Martinez also put in a superb performance against the clock, setting the fourth fastest time to jump up to eighth place overall. Dylan van Baarle made it three Grenadiers in the top-10 times with 10th on the day.

Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step - Alpha Vinyl) produced the fastest time on the day, just three seconds ahead of Thomas.

Geraint Thomas:
“[The win] is super nice actually. I was second here back in 2015. I was second going into the TT there as well but (Simon) Spilak overtook me and I lost that by five seconds. It’s super nice to win here – it’s something I’ve always wanted to do – especially after that narrow loss.

“It’s really nice to win such a big race and such a hard race. With the weather, for sure it’s the hottest race I’ve done consistently.

“Especially with the heat you had to be conservative and not be aggressive too early. It’s super hard racing. Obviously the stage (Aleksandr) Vlasov won in Mendrisio was a really hard day, but they’ve all been tough to be fair! [It was about] consistency and always being up there in the right place.

“We lost our leader in (Adam) Yates which was unfortunate. To rally and do what we’ve done has been super satisfying.”

Complete results:

Stage 8 photos

25.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.021 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28min 26sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 3sec
3	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:11
4	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
5	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	0:33
6	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	0:39
7	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	0:55
8	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:59
9	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	1:02
10	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	1:05
11	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	1:17
12	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:25
13	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:28
15	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	1:32
16	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:38
18	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:39
19	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:40
20	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	1:43
21	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	1:44
22	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:45
23	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	2:06
26	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:10
27	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	2:11
28	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:12
29	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	2:14
30	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	2:15
31	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	2:18
32	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	2:23
33	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	2:25
34	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	2:27
35	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:29
36	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	2:30
37	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:32
38	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:34
39	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	2:35
40	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	2:38
41	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	2:39
42	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:40
43	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	2:41
44	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
45	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
46	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	2:42
47	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	2:43
49	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	2:49
50	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	2:51
51	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	2:52
52	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	2:54
53	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
54	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:56
55	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	3:00
56	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	3:05
57	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	3:10
58	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	3:12
59	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	3:13
60	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	3:23
61	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	3:30
62	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	3:32
63	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	3:35
64	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
65	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	3:36
66	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:51
67	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	3:54
68	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:55
69	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	4:24
70	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	4:26
71	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:30
72	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	4:43
73	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	4:45
74	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	5:38
75	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	5:54
76	Albert Torres	Movistar	5:59

Final GC after stage 8:

Final overall winner: Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers)
Mountains classification winner: Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo)
Points classification winner: Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco)
Best young rider: Sergio Higuita (Bora-hansgrohe)
Team classification winner: Bora-hansgrohe

1,339.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.448 km/hr

1	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	33hr 7min 9sec
2	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 1min 12sec
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	1:16
4	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	2:10
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	2:25
6	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	2:59
7	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	3:37
8	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:39
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:42
10	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	3:45
11	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:04
12	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	4:10
13	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4:26
14	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:49
15	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	6:57
16	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	7:07
17	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	8:37
18	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	9:57
19	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	12:03
20	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	16:20
21	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:36
22	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	20:52
23	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	21:33
24	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	27:08
25	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	29:24
26	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	31:15
27	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	31:56
28	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	35:02
29	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	38:49
30	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	40:35
31	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	41:48
32	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	42:42
33	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	42:55
34	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	43:20
35	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	45:57
36	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	49:31
37	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	51:05
38	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	52:39
39	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	55:03
40	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	58:59
41	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	59:35
42	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	1:00:11
43	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	1:00:37
44	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	1:02:00
45	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	1:02:09
46	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	1:03:01
47	Nico Denz	Team DSM	1:07:08
48	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	1:07:57
49	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	1:08:47
50	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	1:11:49
51	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	1:15:26
52	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:17:29
53	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	1:18:38
54	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	1:19:11
55	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	1:21:46
56	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:23:06
57	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	1:23:36
58	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	1:23:44
59	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:24:17
60	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	1:25:16
61	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:30:28
62	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:30:41
63	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	1:34:32
64	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	1:35:25
65	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:36:26
66	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:37:39
67	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	1:40:29
68	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:43:15
69	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	1:45:41
70	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	1:47:23
71	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:51:06
72	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:53:47
73	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:57:13
74	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:57:34
75	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:00:09
76	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	2:12:19

Stage 8 map & profile

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

Stage 8 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Thibaut Pinot

King of the Mountains classification winner Quinn Simmons.

Remco Evenepoel on his way to winning the stage.

GC third-place Jakob Fuglsang

Sergio Higuita doing what he can to save his yellow jersey.

Geraint Thomas hammering his way home to win the Tour of Switzerland.

Stage winner Remco Evenepoel

The GC podium, from left: Jakob Fuglsang (3rd), Geraint Thomas (1st) & Sergio Higuita (2nd)

Saturday, June 18: Stage 7, Ambri - Malbun, 194.6 km

Stage 7 map & profile | Stage 7 photos

Thibaut Pinot has left everyone else behind. Photo: Getty Images Sport

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The stage: Retired racer David Loosli writes:
In character, stage 7 is similar to the previous day’s stage. An energy-sapping pass followed by a mountain finish. Only this time the peloton starts in Ambri and sets course towards the Lukmanier Pass to reach Malbun via the Surselva and Chur. The leader’s team must give everything again today to defend the yellow jersey. For cyclists who don’t have great time trial skills, it will mean giving everything they’ve got. It will be an exciting stage that will certainly bring clarity to the General Classification.

Weather at the finish city of Malbun at 1:25 PM, local time: 24C (75F), fair, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: There were just 84 riders on the line to start stage seven. Not starting today were Sander Armee (Cofidis), Marco Haller (Bora-hansgorhe) and Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ).

Forty kilometers into the stage Lukas Ruegg (Swiss Cycling Team) abandoned.

Here's the report from stage winner Thibaut Pinot's Team Groupama-FDJ:

The wait has been shorter this time around. Barely two months after his last win, on the Tour of the Alps, Thibaut Pinot made it again this Saturday on stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse, which ended at the top of Malbun, in Liechtenstein. After joining the morning breakaway with Lewis Askey, the French climber perfectly managed his effort in the final climb to conquer a solo victory on the line.

Behind him, Sébastien Reichenbach took a fine ninth place, which allowed him to move up to sixth place overall, while Stefan Küng limited his losses very well and remains seventh on the eve of the final time trial, where he will be a clear favourite.

The second mountain stage was on the menu this Saturday on the Tour of Suisse, which was, on a side note, heading towards Liechtenstein. On the way to Malbun, through the Lukmanierpass in the first part of the race, another summit finish was awaiting the riders after almost 195 kilometres of racing. For Groupama-FDJ and Thibaut Pinot, the plan was crystal clear: to get up front. “I had a difficult start to the week, but I gained confidence on Friday when I saw that I was once again able to follow the leaders,” said Thibaut Pinot. “I told myself that there was a good chance that I could play for victory if I was in the breakaway today. That was the goal since last night.”

It however took about thirty kilometres for the race to settle. Lewis Askey followed a first move, which Thibaut Pinot was able to join in the foothills of the long climb of the Lukmanierpass (29 km at 5%). “It wasn’t easy to go in the break”, he said. “A lot of teams didn’t want me to take it, so we had to insist, and the team did a great job to help me get in front. Antoine really controlled the bunch to allow me to jump into the breakaway. It was also a team effort.” “We had to push hard, and he really had to fight for it”, confirmed Yvon Madiot. “We didn’t want him to be alone either. The idea was to put a rider with him, and it turned out to be Lewis. He worked a lot for Thibaut in the first part of the race”.

It was indeed after a big pull from the Briton, five kilometres from the top of the first climb, that Thibaut Pinot launched an attack. He was followed by Clément Berthet, and both took up to thirty seconds before part of the breakaway managed to bridge across. After the Lukmanierpass’ downhill, a group of fourteen men was therefore leading the race. The gap, close to eight minutes at one point, reduced to five minutes in the long valley leading to the final climb. “We quickly understood that the peloton’s strategy was to let between three and four minutes,” added Yvon. And the advantage was therefore of… 3’30, when tackling the last ascent towards Malbun (12.6 km at 8.6%), in Liechtenstein. The gap was potentially enough to play for victory, and the fight therefore started straight away among the leading riders, as Ion Izagirre went from the bottom.

After waiting for a few moments, Thibaut Pinot then caught the first riders in pursuit and then found himself in a first chasing group with Alexey Lutsenko. The two men stayed about thirty seconds behind the Spaniard for a long time, before the rider from Melisey picked up the pace with five kilometres to go. After getting rid of the Kazakh, he bridged to the Spaniard two kilometres from the top before and almost immediately dropped him. The Frenchman then flew to a master victory.

“It was very hot, so it was important not to put myself in the red zone from the bottom”, he said. “It was risky, but my tactic was the right one. There was no panic, but there was surely a bit of doubt when I heard I was forty seconds behind. The speed at the bottom was too high for me, and I kind of knew that Izagirre would pay for it on the final, which we also knew was very steep. In these temperatures, if you go over your limits, you necessarily pay for it. I was in control, even you’re never sure if it will be enough. I climbed the way I wanted, and it worked”.

“Pacing himself, he picked up the riders one after the other”, added Yvon. “He did it with experience, courage and also thanks to a good shape”. With a gap superior to thirty seconds under the flamme rouge, Thibaut Pinot was able to fully celebrate his second win of the season. The taste was different, but also very special. “I ride my bike to win races”, he argued after the finish. “I came to the Tour de Suisse for that, to live this kind of stage. This victory means a lot. The Tour de Suisse remains one of the most beautiful races of the season for me. Winning here confirms all the work done since the start of the season. It is also very good ahead of the Tour de France, and it will allow me to get there with a certain peace of mind. Winning under 35 degrees is also important for me. I went to the car a lot, I took a lot of bottles. I tried to stay as cool as possible, that was the most important thing for me”. “It is yet another level than when he won in Italy”, slipped Yvon. “He continues to pass milestones, slowly but surely”.

After bringing the team its eighth victory of the season, Thibaut Pinot also saw Sébastien Reichenbach and Stefan Küng also achieved very good performances on the last climb. The first one took ninth, 50 seconds behind the new leader Sergio Higuita, while Stefan Küng limited his losses to 1’40 to the Colombian. “It’s a great win, and the day overall is not bad either since we still have two riders in the top-10 overall”, said Yvon. “Seb and Stefan put on a great ride, and we had great confirmation of Stefan’s fine shape. He lost some time because it was a very difficult climb, but he is still there, he is hanging on”.

On Saturday evening, Sébastien Reichenbach is in sixth place overall, 2’09 from the yellow jersey, closely followed by his fellow countryman, seventh ten seconds further. “The goal of my preparation was not to go for GC of this Tour de Suisse, but I have passed a real milestone in the mountains this season, and I will no longer set myself limits”, explained the double European time trial champion. “We’ll see how it goes in the future. I have prepared to perform well on the time trial, especially for the Tour, so I am scared for tomorrow”. On Sunday, a 25,6-kilometer race against the clock will set the final positions in the Tour de Suisse. “He will do a very good time trial, but his legs might feel heavy after two days fighting in the mountains”, concluded Yvon. “He will have extra motivation because he will be fighting for a very good GC. He will start with two goals tomorrow”.

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

194.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.076 km/hr

1	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	5hr 6min 39sec
2	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	@ 25sec
3	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	0:38
4	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	1:19
5	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:30
6	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	1:40
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	1:48
8	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:59
9	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	2:09
10	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	2:19
11	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	2:24
12	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:30
13	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	2:32
14	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:37
15	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	2:43
16	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:53
17	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	2:59
19	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:42
20	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	4:02
22	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	4:44
23	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
24	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	5:03
25	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	5:14
26	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	5:18
27	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	5:50
28	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	6:02
29	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	6:50
30	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	8:11
31	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	8:27
32	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	9:20
33	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	9:31
34	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	9:38
35	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	10:12
37	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	10:52
38	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	12:13
39	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	12:51
40	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
42	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	14:20
43	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	15:01
44	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
45	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
46	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	15:27
49	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	16:25
50	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	17:08
52	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	17:11
53	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	19:28
54	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	19:34
55	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
56	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	19:43
61	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	20:20
62	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	20:49
63	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	21:51
64	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	22:36
65	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:00
66	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	23:19
67	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	23:50
68	Nico Denz	Team DSM	24:45
69	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	26:25
71	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
72	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	28:03
73	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	28:36
74	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
75	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	28:42
77	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
78	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	28:50
79	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	29:10
80	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	30:47
81	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:53

GC after stage 7:

1,305.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.992 km/hr

1	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	32hr 38min 38sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	0:19
4	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	1:16
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:37
6	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	2:09
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	2:19
8	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	2:31
9	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	2:47
10	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	2:59
11	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	3:11
12	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	3:16
13	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:09
14	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	4:34
15	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	4:40
16	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	5:17
17	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	5:50
18	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	7:08
19	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	10:29
20	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:45
21	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	17:12
22	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	17:57
23	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	19:13
24	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	20:10
25	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	24:31
26	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	26:59
27	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	27:18
28	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	28:40
29	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	32:32
30	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	36:06
31	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	37:10
32	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	38:25
33	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	38:57
34	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	40:06
35	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	41:15
36	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	42:00
37	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	43:13
38	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	46:31
39	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	47:58
40	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	50:15
41	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	53:10
42	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	53:25
43	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	55:16
44	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	56:53
45	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	57:59
46	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	58:55
47	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	59:01
48	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	1:00:54
49	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	1:03:14
50	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	1:05:23
51	Nico Denz	Team DSM	1:05:41
52	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	1:08:20
53	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	1:10:09
54	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11:59
55	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	1:13:58
56	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:15:56
57	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	1:16:53
58	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:20:37
59	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20:46
60	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	1:21:07
61	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	1:21:23
62	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	1:21:27
63	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:22:11
64	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:24:34
65	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:28:21
66	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	1:31:01
67	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	1:32:36
68	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:33:50
69	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:33:53
70	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	1:36:59
71	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:41:55
72	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	1:42:16
73	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:42:45
74	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	1:45:01
75	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:47:36
76	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:49:57
77	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	1:52:20
78	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:54:46
79	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:54:58
80	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:55:44
81	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	2:09:33

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Thibaut Pinot is about to crest the final hill with the finish line in sight.

Thibaut Pinot crosses the line with no other racer in sight.

Oscar Rodriguez came in 25 seconds later.

Alexey Lutsenko was 3rd across the line.

Sergio Higuita's 4th place was good enough for the GC lead.

Geraint Thomas was fifth. He second in the GC, at just 2 seconds. Tomorrow will be interesting.

Looks like 6th-place Nicolas Prodhomme gave it all he had, and then some.

Jakob Fuglsang in his final moments in yellow. He fnished a fine 7th, but that wasn't good enough to keep the lead.

Domenico Pozzovivo is still racing at a very high level. Today he finished 8th.

Stage winner Thibaut Pinot

Sergio Higuita is the GC leader by 2 seconds over Geraint Thomas.

Friday, June 17: Stage 6, Locarno - Moosalp, 177.5 km

Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos

Nico Denz (left) just beats Clement Champoussin for the stage win. Photo: Getty Images

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The stage: Retired racer David Loosli writes:
From one “sunny Canton” to the next. For the riders, however, it will be anything but a holiday! After the start in Locarno, the route leads northwards through the Leventina and the Val Bedretto. The big battle for the General Classification will start at the latest on the ascent to the Nufenen Pass – the highest road pass in Switzerland. The long descent through the Upper Valais follows, until the ultimate challenge of the final climb up to Moosalp. The mountain goats in the peloton will enjoy this Queen stage to the fullest. The General Classification will start to really shape up after this stage.

Weather at the city of Törbel, on the route, 9 km from the finish at 1:30 PM: 23C (73F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: There were 29 non-starters, including GC leader Aleksandr Vlasov, which makes Jakub Fuglsang the leader at the start of the stage and 93 riders in the stage. Three teams pulled out completely, UAE Team Emirates, Alpecin-Fenix and Bahrain Victorious.

The Independent writes: Following a meeting involving teams, rider representatives and governing body the UCI, Tour de Suisse race director Olivier Senn said the remaining 18 teams had agreed to continue but admitted there was no guarantee the race would reach Vaduz on Sunday.

"It's obviously not nice," Senn said. "We've very sad that coronavirus is spreading so far within the teams. All the teams know the rules. Four teams decided to withdraw including the one yesterday so there's 18 teams.

"All the remaining teams agreed to start and there is no further decision on today's stage. We will reassess tomorrow morning and obviously we hope we don't have many more cases. In the moment we keep going as planned."

Here's the race report from stage winner Nico Denz's Team DSM:

Nico Denz raced to his first WorldTour win on stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse, out sprinting the remainder of the day’s breakaway atop the day’s mountain top finish.

Denz made it into the day’s early break of 12 riders early in the stage, a strong group which quickly built an advantage over over six minutes on the peloton behind. Their advantage held firm over the first of the day’s two mountain climbs and by the foot of the final climb they still have over five minutes with 17 kilometres to race.

As the road ramped up Denz was the first to push on and move clear, eventually forming a lead duo at the front of the race. Despite the efforts of Masnada on the steep slopes of the final climb, Denz held strong and was still in contention when the two of them were joined by two more, eventually becoming five inside the last 1000 metres.

Denz opened up his sprint early on the uphill drag to the line, timing his final move and bike throw to perfection to take the stage win after a photo finish review – Team DSM’s second stage win of the race.

Behind, in the GC group Andreas Leknessund rode a strong final climb to place 17th on the stage, moving back up to sixth on GC going into the final two days of racing.

After the stage Team DSM coach Phil West said: “It was a nice day for the team today. Stage win with Nico and also we move up on GC with Andreas. We started the day with the goal of going for a stage result and conserving our GC position with the plan of getting Nico in the break, primarily to help Andreas in the valley road after the main climb. But as it panned out they gave the break a lot of time and there was some gamesmanship between the GC guys behind.
“Up front Nico rode a really good race and was up there with some strong climbers but he played it well and was able to come into the final in contention the sprint. Credit to the team today, they supported each other and delivered a result which was really good.”

Complete results:

Stage 6 photos

177.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.219 km/hr

1	Nico Denz	Team DSM	5hr 11min 14sec
2	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
3	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 11sec
6	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
7	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	1:46
8	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	2:14
9	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
14	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:18
15	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	2:22
18	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	2:50
19	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	2:53
20	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	2:55
21	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
22	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:06
23	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
27	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:12
29	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	4:22
31	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	6:06
32	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:22
33	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	6:41
34	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	8:01
35	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	8:17
37	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	8:41
38	Albert Torres	Movistar	10:21
39	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	10:56
40	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	11:47
41	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	12:53
43	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	13:28
44	Sander Armee	Cofidis	13:40
45	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	13:53
48	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:33
49	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	15:49
51	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	15:58
52	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	16:06
53	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	16:23
55	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
56	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	17:05
57	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	17:26
59	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
61	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	17:47
62	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	19:41
63	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	21:44
66	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
68	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
69	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
70	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	22:43
71	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	24:16
72	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	24:19
73	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	24:35
74	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	24:50
75	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	24:52
76	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	25:28
77	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	27:06
78	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	27:43
79	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
80	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	29:00
81	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	29:25
82	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
84	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
85	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

1,110.9 kilometers raced so far an at an average speed of 40.384 km/hr

1	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	27hr 30min 30sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1sec
3	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
4	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:26
5	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	0:34
6	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:46
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:49
8	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	1:00
9	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:07
10	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	1:29
11	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:36
12	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:47
13	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:52
14	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:44
15	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	3:08
16	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	3:53
17	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	4:36
18	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:20
19	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:54
20	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	9:03
21	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	10:22
22	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	10:59
23	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	11:17
24	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	11:24
25	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	13:45
26	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	15:37
27	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	18:19
28	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	19:09
29	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	19:10
30	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	20:17
31	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	27:35
32	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	29:53
33	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	30:31
34	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	33:42
35	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	34:42
36	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	34:54
37	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	35:00
38	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	35:39
39	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	36:51
40	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	38:48
41	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	38:52
42	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	39:02
43	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	39:12
44	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	39:53
45	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	40:57
46	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	41:32
47	Nico Denz	Team DSM	42:25
48	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	45:08
49	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	46:20
50	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	47:18
51	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	47:39
52	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	51:31
53	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	54:30
54	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	55:04
55	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	55:53
56	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	56:17
57	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	57:51
58	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	59:25
59	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	1:00:22
60	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	1:02:32
61	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	1:03:02
62	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	1:03:21
63	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	1:03:28
64	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	1:05:23
65	Sander Armee	Cofidis	1:06:38
66	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:07:05
67	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	1:07:51
68	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	1:08:40
69	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	1:09:29
70	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	1:09:46
71	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:12:19
72	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:12:46
73	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:13:12
74	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:13:25
75	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	1:15:09
76	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:16:59
77	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	1:19:04
78	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	1:20:05
79	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:20:15
80	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:23:23
81	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:23:25
82	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	1:24:39
83	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	1:25:52
84	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:26:20
85	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:27:51
86	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:32:56
87	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:04:20

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Tour of Switzerland stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Nico Denz (left) just beats Clement Champoussin for the stage win.

Right behind them werer 3rd and 4th placed Jose Herrada & Quinn Simmons

GC second-place Geraint thomas was 8th.

GC leader Jakub Fuglsang was 10th.

Remco Evenepoel was 22nd. To his right in the Israel-Premier Tech kit should be Hugo Houle.

Some chow for stage winner Nico Denz.

Jakob Fuglsang goes into the weekend wearing yellow.

Thursday, June 16: Stage 5, Ambri - Novazzano, 190.1 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Aleksandr Vlasov wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. Sirotti photo.

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The stage: Retired racer David Loosli writes:
Benvenuti in Ticino! Stage 5 is a pure “Tessin stage”. The sunny region of Switzerland hosts a truly classic stage. After the start next to the new ice hockey stadium of HC Ambri-Piotta, the peloton sets off on its journey south. The first attacks are anticipated on the ascent to Monte Ceneri. The approximately 80-kilometre-long additional circuit, which will be completed a little more than twice, could develop into an elimination race. The classic specialists will no doubt make the race hard and fast. The constant ups and downs on sections of the 2009 Mendrisio World Cup course culminate in Novazzano.

Weather at the finish city of Novazzano at 1:10 PM, local time: 29C (85F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: There were many non-starters today, including the entire Jumbo-Visma team because of Covid-19. Also Adam Yates (INEOS) has Covid and did not start.

Other non-starters: Yegeniy Federov (Astana), Gino Mader (Bahrain Victorious), Hermann Pernsteiner (Bahrain Victorious), Otto Vergaerde (Trek Segafredo), Michael Gogl (Alpecin Fenix) & Joey Rosskopf (Human Powered Health).

Plus Team DSM riders Soren Kragh Andersen, Cees Bol & Casper Pedersen have left the race after positive Covid tests. I believe that adds up to 17 riders who did not start today.

Here's the race organizer's stage five summary:

Aleksandr Vlasov is the happy victor of the 5th Stage. The stage took the riders through Ticino in sweltering heat. Remco Evenepoel, a firm favourite, lost a lot of time. Both Stefan Küng and Sébastien Reichenbach performed strongly and finished in the top ten.

It seemed as if he had started the sprint of the five-man group too early. But Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) held his head and his lead, claiming his victory in style. “I like Switzerland. I race well here,” the stage winner, who won the Tour de Romandie in Spring, said joyfully. “My legs were good today. And I also coped well with the heat, although it was as hot as an oven.”

But his fiercest rivals for the overall competition remain within striking distance. Geraint Thomas (Ineos), Jakob Fuglsang (Israel Premier) and Andreas Kron (Lotto-Soudal) trail by only a few seconds. The Swiss performed strongly. Stefan Küng (7th) and Sébastian Reichenbach (9th) boasted top ten finishes. Marc Hirschi (UAE) was unable to take best advantage of his team’s hard work and finished in 21st place. Previous leader Stephen Williams (Bahrain Victorious) lost more than 27 minutes and subsequently the gold jersey, finishing 99th.

Gino Mäder, the Swiss hope in the General Classification, did not start due to a gastrointestinal complaint.

Elimination race around Novazzano
It took about 10 kilometres for the day’s breakaway group to escape the peloton. Included were two Swiss cyclists, Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Fenix) and Claudio Imhof (Swiss Cycling). The group quickly built up a lead of over seven minutes but fell apart on the demanding circuit race around Novazzano. Silvan Dillier was the last man standing but was caught with 15 kilometres to go. The tremendous pace of the peloton also claimed victims like Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step). In the end, a leading group of five fought for the win, with Aleksandr Vlasov coming out on top.

Preview of the next Stage
After some preliminary hilly sections the first real mountain stage is on the agenda for tomorrow. The riders start in Locarno, ride up the Leventina and cross the highest Alpine pass in Switzerland, the Nufenen Pass. After the descent through Goms, the General Classification contenders will need to show what they’ve got. The first mountain finish on the Moosalp, an 18 kilometre long and 8% steep climb, rounds off the stage.

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

190.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.172 km/hr

1	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 30min 28sec
2	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
3	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	@ 5sec
6	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	0:06
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:09
11	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:10
13	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	0:21
15	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	0:29
16	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	0:37
17	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
19	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:53
21	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
22	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:44
23	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	1:46
24	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:49
25	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
27	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:12
29	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	4:44
30	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
32	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	6:06
34	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	6:23
35	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
37	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	6:39
38	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	6:42
39	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	8:01
41	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
42	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
43	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	8:20
44	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
45	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	11:06
46	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
47	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	13:13
48	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
49	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	13:24
50	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	13:38
51	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	14:00
52	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
56	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	14:18
57	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	14:46
58	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:06
59	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
63	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
65	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
69	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	27:19
73	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
76	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
78	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
80	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
83	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
84	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
85	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
86	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
88	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
89	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
90	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
92	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
93	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
94	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
95	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
98	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
101	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
102	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
106	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
107	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
108	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
110	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
111	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
112	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
113	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
115	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
117	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
118	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
119	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
120	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
121	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
122	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
123	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

933.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.890 km/hr

1	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	22hr 16min 56sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 6sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:07
4	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:14
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
6	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:28
8	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	0:40
9	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:43
10	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:44
11	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	1:01
12	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	1:03
13	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:13
15	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:38
16	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:54
17	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:58
18	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	2:06
19	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:22
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:39
21	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	2:44
22	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	3:18
23	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	4:04
24	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	4:42
25	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	5:18
26	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	5:45
27	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	6:03
28	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	6:26
29	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	6:46
30	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	9:04
31	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	9:31
32	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	10:49
33	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	11:07
34	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	11:09
35	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	12:28
36	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	14:20
37	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	15:07
38	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	15:10
39	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	16:11
40	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	17:07
41	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	17:27
42	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	18:53
43	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	19:38
44	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	19:47
45	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	19:50
46	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	20:04
47	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	20:09
48	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:08
49	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	23:32
50	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	23:35
51	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	24:50
52	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	25:02
53	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	25:15
54	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	25:34
55	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	27:19
56	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:37
57	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	28:51
58	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	28:59
59	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	29:21
60	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	29:33
61	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	30:24
62	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	31:13
63	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	31:17
64	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	33:38
65	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	33:48
66	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	34:59
67	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	35:06
68	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	35:15
69	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	35:26
70	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	36:10
71	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	36:53
72	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	37:59
73	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	39:24
74	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	40:11
75	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	40:19
76	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	41:58
77	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	42:41
78	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	43:27
79	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	43:54
80	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	44:05
81	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	44:43
82	Nico Denz	Team DSM	44:55
83	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	45:00
84	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	45:46
85	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	46:06
86	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	46:41
87	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	47:26
88	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	48:04
89	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	48:22
90	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	49:05
91	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	49:52
92	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	51:38
93	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	52:08
94	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	53:10
95	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	53:35
96	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	53:48
97	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	54:12
98	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	54:42
99	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	54:52
100	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	54:53
101	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	55:03
102	Sander Armee	Cofidis	55:18
103	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	56:04
104	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	56:52
105	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	57:34
106	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	58:25
107	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	58:39
108	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	58:52
109	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	59:15
110	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	59:43
111	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	1:00:17
112	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	1:00:46
113	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:00:53
114	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01:06
115	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	1:01:22
116	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	1:05:01
117	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:05:11
118	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	1:10:05
119	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:13:32
120	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	1:15:15
121	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:16:23
122	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	1:29:21
123	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	1:43:17

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map. The race goes from north to south.

Stage 5 profile

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

GC leader Stephen Williams before the stage start.

Peter Sagan (3rd from left) & his TotalEnergies team are presented as part of the starting ceremonies.

Remco Evenepoel before the race

The peloton heads south to Novazzano.

Near the finish the INEOS Grenadiers work for Geraint Thomas.

Aleksandr Vlasov and Neilson Powless fight for the stage win.

Aleksandr Vlasov beats Neilson Powless for the stage win.

Aleksandr Vlasov sits up after winning the stage.

Aleksandr Vlasov will be wearing yellow at the start of Friday's stage.

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Wednesday, June 15: Stage 4, Grenchen - Brunnen, 190.8 km

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Daryl Impey

Daryl Impey just beats Michael Matthews for the stage win. Sirotti photo

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The stage: Retired racer David Loosli writes:
On paper this stage is tailored for sprinters and is the flattest in the whole Tour. After the start near the Tissot Velodrome, the peloton crosses the Cantons of Solothurn, Bern, Lucerne and Schwyz. Before the celebrations in Brunnen however, there is one last obstacle to overcome on this leg. On the additional lap in the Mythen region, the cyclists have to tackle the ascent over the Sattel. This offers a last opportunity for breakaways and mountain climbers to shake off the sprinters.

Weather at the finish city of Brunnen at 1:25 PM, local time: 28C (83F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 15% chance of rain.

The race: There were several non-starters today: Frederik Wandahl (Bora-hansgrohe), Jan Maas (BikeExchange-Jayco), Kasper Asgreen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) & Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix).

Here’s the report from second-place Michael Matthews’ Team BikeExchange-Jayco:

Michael Matthews narrowly missed out on his second win of the season as stage four of the Tour de Suisse came down to a frantic reduced bunch sprint.

The Australian fought valiantly over the final classified climb of the day to stay in contention for the victory, but fell agonisingly short in the dash for the line in Brunnen.

After three tough days of racing, the peloton looked to make their lives easier on day four by only allowing a breakaway of three riders up the road. The trio were never given much of a leash throughout the stage and they were comfortably reeled back in ahead of the final categorised climb.

The general classification teams then made their way to the head of the pack as the pace increased on the slopes, with Matthews clinging on at the rear of the rapidly reducing bunch. The 31-year-old managed to make it over the top still in contention, with teammate Damien Howson also amongst the group of around 40 riders left at the head of the race.

With the climbing done for the day, the focus switched to the upcoming reduced bunch sprint as Howson looked to guide his teammate into position ahead of the final kilometre. Matthews made it safely through the tricky last corner but found himself boxed in as riders fought for position and the sprint opened up.

As a gap appeared, Matthews made his made move, but it was too late to overhaul Daryl Impey, despite closing in fast as they threw their bikes for the line. The result gives Matthews his second top-three finish of the week and his third top-10, with four stages remaining in Switzerland.

Michael Matthews (2nd):
“I’m very disappointed in myself, I made a big mistake in the final corner, a lot of guys passed me, but not all sprinters. Then I had to come back past them again in the final straight to the finish.

"I had to start my sprint really early, I think with around 400 or 500 to go to get back to actually fight for the victory. I had really good speed, I had really good legs, but just made a silly mistake through the final corner.

"I fought really hard to get over the final climb, I had a teammate with me to pace me over the very top and bring me into the sprint, but I was just bombarded into the final corner and unfortunately, I couldn’t launch my sprint like the way I wanted to.”

Mat Hayman (Sport Director):
"We’re disappointed to miss out in such a close sprint at the end there. It was really hard to pick the stage today, it was touch and go whether or not the sprinters would make it over the final climb.

"In the end, it was select, not all the sprinters made it over and it’s good to see Michael’s form, but when you miss out on the win by that much, it’s disappointing."

Complete results:

Stage 4 photos

190.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.044 km/hr

1	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 14min 9sec
2	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
3	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
4	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
7	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
14	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
18	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
21	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
33	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
38	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
40	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
42	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
44	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
46	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
47	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
49	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
51	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
55	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
56	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
57	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
58	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
60	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	@ 27sec
61	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	0:28
62	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
63	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:53
64	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	1:06
65	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Nico Denz	Team DSM	1:11
67	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:55
68	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	2:11
69	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:51
71	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
72	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
75	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
76	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	2:54
79	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	4:29
80	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:27
85	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	7:24
88	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
90	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
92	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
95	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
96	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
97	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
98	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
100	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	8:24
102	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
105	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
106	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
107	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
110	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
111	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
113	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
114	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
115	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	10:09
116	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
117	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
118	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
119	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
120	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
121	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
122	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
124	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
125	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
126	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
128	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
129	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
130	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
131	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
132	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
133	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
134	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
135	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
136	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
137	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
138	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	13:20
139	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
140	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
141	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	s.t.
142	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
143	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

743.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.819 km/hr

1	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	17hr 46min 28sec
2	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	@ 6sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0:07
4	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:10
6	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
13	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:34
14	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	0:55
18	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	0:58
19	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:01
20	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:03
28	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:29
29	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
32	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
33	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:32
34	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	1:40
35	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	2:02
36	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
37	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:14
39	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	2:20
40	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:22
41	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	3:14
42	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:54
43	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	4:14
44	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:27
45	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	4:37
46	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	4:43
48	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	4:44
49	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	6:19
50	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	6:25
51	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	6:34
52	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	6:40
53	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	6:43
54	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	6:50
55	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:29
56	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	7:40
57	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:42
58	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	7:47
59	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:56
60	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	8:08
61	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	8:10
62	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	8:32
63	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	8:44
64	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	8:53
65	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	8:56
66	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	10:33
67	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	11:04
68	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	12:02
69	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	12:52
70	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	12:53
71	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	13:00
72	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	13:17
73	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	13:36
74	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	13:46
75	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	14:37
76	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	14:39
77	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	15:11
78	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	15:22
79	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	15:48
80	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	16:08
81	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	16:35
82	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	16:46
83	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	16:50
84	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	17:24
85	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	17:34
86	Nico Denz	Team DSM	17:36
87	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	17:42
88	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	18:27
89	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	19:20
90	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	20:04
91	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	20:23
92	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	20:45
93	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	21:46
94	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	22:33
95	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	22:53
96	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	23:13
97	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	23:18
98	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	24:19
99	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	25:51
100	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	26:16
101	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	26:29
102	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	26:53
103	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	27:07
104	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	27:23
105	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	27:34
106	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	27:44
107	Sander Armee	Cofidis	27:59
108	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	28:45
109	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	29:33
110	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	30:00
111	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	30:03
112	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	30:15
113	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	30:42
114	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	30:46
115	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	31:06
116	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	31:15
117	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	31:20
118	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
119	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	31:33
120	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	31:43
121	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	31:56
122	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	32:16
123	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	32:24
124	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	32:43
125	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	32:58
126	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	33:27
127	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	33:28
128	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	33:34
129	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	33:47
130	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	34:03
131	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	34:40
132	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	36:02
133	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	37:42
134	Albert Torres	Movistar	37:52
135	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	38:46
136	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	42:46
137	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	45:07
138	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	46:13
139	Cees Bol	Team DSM	46:21
140	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	47:56
141	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	49:04
142	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	1:02:02
143	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	1:15:58

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Philippe Gilbert

Philippe Gilbert grabs his bike before the stage start.

Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan before the stage.

Stephen Williams

GC leader Stephen Williams with teammates before the race.

Panorama

Looks like a lovely day to go racing in Switzerland.

Panorama

Into the woods.

Daryl Impey

The finish. Here they come...

Daryl Impey

Daryl Impey just wins the stage.

Stephen Williams

GC leader Stephen Williams just after the stage finish

Daryl Impey

Stage winner Daryl Impey

Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams will start stage five in yellow.

Tuesday, June 14: Stage 3, Aesch - Grenchen, 176.9 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Peter Sagan

He's back! Peter Sagan wins stage three. Sirotti photo

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The stage: Retired racer David Loosli writes:
The 3rd stage once again highlights the topographical features of Switzerland. It is never just flat! As always, a stage in the Jura region promises a spectacle and is an unparalleled rollercoaster ride. The peloton must climb almost 3,000 metres and the favorites for the General Classification could make their presence felt here for the first time. It is also a chance for breakaway groups, if the sprint teams are not sure that their leaders will make it to the finish. As was the case in the previous stage, there will be an additional lap in Grenchen before the stage ends near the Tissot Velodrome.

Weather at the finish city of Grenchen at 1:45 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 18 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: All 150 stage two finishers began today's stage.

Here's the race report from third-place Alexander Kristoff's Team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert:

Thanks to an exemplary collective performance, Alexander Kristoff received the opportunity to sprint for the victory in the third stage of the Tour de Suisse (2.UWT), despite the parcours with more than 3000 meters of climbing.

For more than three hours, Italian rider Simone Petilli rode in the lead of the peloton in order to control de gap with the breakaway, including Philippe Gilbert and Stefan Bissegger.

His pulls made it possible to keep the gap under 3 minutes halfway through the race and then to catch almost all escapees with 20 kilometer to go. German rider Georg Zimmermann took over and reeled in the last survivor with 12 kilometer to go.

The sprint train of the Norwegian rider was formed before the technical final in the streets of Granges and Alexander Kristoff could ideally launch his effort with 250 meter to go. The former European champion was third at the finish and took his eleventh podium of the season.

“Today was probably my best opportunity to sprint in this Tour de Suisse, which is particularly hilly. This is why the team sacrificed for me and did a perfect job from the start to the finish. Unfortunately it was not a perfect day for me, because in addition to the heat and the many climbs, Georg Zimmermann and I crashed in the beginning of the stage. But I’m satisfied that I was in the mix for the win despite these obstacles. I’m grateful for what my teammates did for me today, they brought me to the front in the technical final, which contained for example a lot of road furniture. Afterwards, Andrea Pasqualon launched me perfectly. Of course I’m disappointed that I wasn’t rewarded with a victory, but I have to admit that Peter Sagan was stronger today. I have a good feeling and I’m convinced that this rude Tour de Suisse will be beneficial for the next couple of weeks.” - Alexander Kristoff

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

176.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.511 km/hr

1	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	4hr 28min 38sec
2	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
6	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
9	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
13	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
15	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
16	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
25	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
37	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
38	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
39	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
40	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
43	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
45	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
48	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
49	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
50	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
55	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
59	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
60	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	@ 31sec
61	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
64	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
65	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	0:35
66	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	0:39
67	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
68	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
69	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
70	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	0:51
71	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	0:53
72	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
73	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
74	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:07
75	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:12
77	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
78	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
80	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	1:18
81	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	1:37
83	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:46
85	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	1:54
87	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	2:19
89	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	2:25
90	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
91	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
93	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	2:47
95	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	2:52
97	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:55
99	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	2:57
100	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	3:02
101	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	3:23
102	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	3:36
107	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
108	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
110	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
112	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
114	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
115	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
116	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:17
117	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
118	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
120	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	4:33
121	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
122	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	4:43
123	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	4:51
124	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
125	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
126	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	5:02
127	Albert Torres	Movistar	6:32
128	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
129	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
130	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
131	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
132	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
133	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
134	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
135	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
136	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
137	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
138	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
139	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
140	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
141	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
142	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
143	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	10:05
144	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
145	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	10:07
146	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
147	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	15:13
148	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	26:14

GC after stage 3:

552.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.809 km/hr

1	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	13hr 32min 19sec
2	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	@ 6sec
3	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:07
4	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:10
6	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
12	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:34
14	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	0:55
18	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	0:58
19	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	1:01
20	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
24	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:03
28	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:29
29	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
32	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
33	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
34	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:32
35	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	1:40
36	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:02
37	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
38	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
39	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
41	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:14
42	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	2:20
43	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:22
44	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	2:33
45	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	3:14
46	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:54
47	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	3:58
48	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	4:14
49	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:27
50	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	4:37
52	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	4:43
53	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	4:49
54	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:51
55	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:05
56	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	5:28
57	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	5:29
58	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	5:36
59	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	5:53
60	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	6:12
62	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	6:19
63	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	6:25
64	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	6:47
65	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	6:50
66	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	6:58
67	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	7:33
68	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	7:42
69	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	7:47
70	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
71	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:48
72	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	8:08
73	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	8:09
74	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	8:10
75	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	8:42
76	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	9:11
77	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	9:18
78	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	10:00
79	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	10:01
80	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	10:10
81	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	10:36
82	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	11:04
83	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	11:19
84	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	11:59
85	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	12:40
86	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	13:04
87	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	13:14
88	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	13:44
89	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	13:59
90	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	14:39
91	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	15:35
92	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	15:42
93	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	15:45
94	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	15:54
95	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	15:55
96	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	16:08
97	Nico Denz	Team DSM	16:25
98	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	16:44
99	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	16:46
100	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	16:58
101	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	17:26
102	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	17:41
103	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	18:05
104	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	18:27
105	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	18:52
106	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	18:59
107	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	19:10
108	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	19:20
109	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	19:24
110	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	19:42
111	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	19:51
112	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	20:06
113	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	20:07
114	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	20:14
115	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	20:21
116	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	20:33
117	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:37
118	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	21:06
119	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	21:11
120	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	21:34
121	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:36
122	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:47
123	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	22:34
124	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	22:49
125	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	22:56
126	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	23:38
127	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	23:42
128	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	24:09
129	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	24:31
130	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	24:52
131	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	25:00
132	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	25:04
133	Sander Armee	Cofidis	25:08
134	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	25:39
135	Albert Torres	Movistar	27:43
136	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	27:52
137	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	30:18
138	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	30:22
139	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	31:33
140	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	31:47
141	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	32:37
142	Cees Bol	Team DSM	33:01
143	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	35:04
144	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	35:44
145	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	36:04
146	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	37:47
147	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	48:42
148	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	1:05:49

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Philippe Gilbert

One of the best ever. Philippe Gilbert picks up his bike.

Stephen Williams

GC leader Stephen Williams before the stage start.

Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan heads to the start.

Joey Rosskopf

American champion Joey Rosskopf

Team TotalEnergies

Team TotalEnergies has their sprint train lined up and ready to deliver Peter Sagan.

Peter Sagan

Here they come...

Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan gets his first big win since last year's Giro d'Italia stage 10, where he also won the points classification.

Peter Sagan

Stage winner Peter Sagan

Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams will start stage four in yellow.

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Monday, June 13: Stage 2, Küsnacht - Aesch, 198 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Andreas Leknessund gets his first World Tour victory in style, leaving the rest of the pack the better part of a minute behind.

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The stage: Retired racer David Loosli writes:
The second day could be described as a classic transfer stage. Over the Zurich Oberland and through the Canton of Aargau, the route heads towards Aesch BL. However, it would be wrong to underestimate this stage! Here over 2,000 metres of altitude await and it is a constant up and down. The Challpass, which is approached from Laufen, is a tough climb. Mountain sprinters and punchers have an advantage in this section. This has the potential to be an animated stage with a breakaway group that could even hold on until the final extra lap around Aesch.

Weather at the finish city of Aesch at 1:45 PM, local time: 23C (75F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: All 152 stage one finishers signed on for today's stage.

Here's the report from stage winner Andreas Leknessund's Team DSM:

On the hunt for stage wins at the Tour de Suisse this week, Team DSM and Andreas Leknessund delivered on their promise of aggressive racing as Leknessund powered to a brilliant solo win from the breakaway.

After yesterday’s opening day under the shining Swiss sun, Team DSM were back in action for stage two at the Tour de Suisse; faced with another rolling stage and some challenging climbs. It was a fast start to proceedings with the bunch still compact after 25 kilometres before the elastic eventually snapped and a group of eight forged on, with Leknessund riding well to make the move for the team after some good work by the rest of the guys.

Two more riders bridged across to them and the now group of ten worked well together, building up their advantage to three minutes where it held steady for the following 80 kilometres. An easing in pace in the bunch and continued cooperation in the break saw the gap increase even further, and heading into the last 60 kilometres it stood at just under six minutes.

Hitting the categorised climbs Leknessund rode strongly, staying out front as the breakaway slowly whittled down in numbers which was also reflected in their time gap and as they hit the foot slopes of the last ascent, their advantage stood at two minutes with 20 kilometres to go.

Sensing a moment to push on as the pace slowed, Leknessund launched a stinging attack and broke clear from the rest of the break inside 18 kilometres remaining. Putting the power through the pedals, he continued to extend his advantage over the break and held the peloton at bay over the top of the climb, where the rest of the team rode towards the front and discouraged the chase.

Hitting the apexes on the sinuous descent, Leknessund hit the valley road with his minute lead still intact. Not giving up and being encouraged by the car behind, he powered on all the way to the finish straight, before sitting up and raising his arms aloft in the final few metres; taking in the adulation from the crowds and celebrating his first WorldTour level win in his career.

“I don’t have much to say, it’s unbelievable, I’m really happy to have taken the win for the team,” beamed a jubilant Leknessund at the finish. “It was full gas all day. The hardest part was on the last climb and we felt that if I could get the gap over the peloton then we could make it to the line. In the final kilometres I was suffering but also could enjoy it. We came here for stage wins and now we have one, so for the rest of the days I will try to follow and see, but to be aggressive still and go in the breakaway again will be nice so we can go for another top result.”

Team DSM coach Phil West added: “We wanted to be really active and solid as a team again. We paid real attention to the break because we saw after the finish yesterday that a different selection could come. With the climb and profile towards the end of the stage there was a chance someone could go from the break on the final climb of make a move from a small group in the peloton so we set the stage up to do that. At the start everyone was really good and there in rotation following the attacks and eventually a strong break went with Andreas. From there they built the time gap and Andreas was able to make that attack on the final climb and solo home, holding off the peloton which is fantastic. Also credit to the rest of the guys as well who were together there in the front on the final climb and help control and discourage other teams from chasing. All in all it was a really solid team performance and a nice win on stage two, to bounce back and build from yesterday.”

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

198 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.485 km/hr

1	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	4hr 46min 22sec
2	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 38sec
3	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
4	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
5	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
11	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
14	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
15	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
16	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
18	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
21	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
24	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
31	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
36	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
39	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
43	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
48	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
50	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
52	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
55	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
60	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
63	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
64	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
67	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
68	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
69	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
72	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
73	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
74	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
75	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	0:48
76	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
77	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	1:09
78	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	1:28
79	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	1:47
80	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	2:12
81	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
82	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	2:14
83	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
85	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
86	Sander Armee	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
90	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
91	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	2:26
93	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	2:47
94	Davide Villella	Cofidis	3:11
95	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	3:18
96	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	4:19
97	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
98	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
99	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
100	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	5:17
104	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	5:25
105	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
106	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
108	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
110	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
111	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
112	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
113	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
115	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	6:15
117	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
118	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
119	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
122	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
123	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
124	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	s.t.
125	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
126	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
127	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
128	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
129	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
130	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
131	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
133	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
134	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
135	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
136	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	10:05
137	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	10:19
138	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
139	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
140	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
141	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
142	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
143	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
144	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	10:56
145	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	12:04
146	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
147	Cees Bol	Team DSM	12:05
148	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	14:36
149	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
150	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	20:42

GC after stage 2:

375.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.451 km/hr

1	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	9hr 3min 41sec
2	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:06
4	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:07
5	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	0:10
6	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
7	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
12	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
15	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:34
18	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
20	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	0:58
24	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	1:01
25	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
27	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
34	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	1:29
38	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
40	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
42	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
43	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
44	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
45	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
46	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:02
47	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
48	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
50	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
51	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
52	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
54	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:14
55	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	2:20
56	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	3:29
58	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	3:38
59	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	4:17
60	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	4:49
61	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
62	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	5:37
63	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	5:43
64	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	5:53
65	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	5:56
67	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	6:24
68	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
70	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	6:25
71	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	6:32
73	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	6:58
74	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	7:03
75	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	7:47
76	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:48
78	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	8:06
79	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	8:08
80	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	8:20
81	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	8:42
82	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	9:04
84	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	9:23
85	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	9:52
87	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	11:19
89	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
90	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	11:28
91	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	12:22
93	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	12:32
94	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	13:22
95	Nico Denz	Team DSM	13:33
96	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	14:05
97	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	14:19
98	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	14:29
100	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
101	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	14:39
102	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
104	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	14:55
105	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	15:04
106	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	15:39
108	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	15:46
109	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
110	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	15:54
111	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	16:15
112	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	16:24
113	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	17:10
114	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	17:42
116	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	18:04
117	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	18:20
118	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	18:35
120	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	18:52
121	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	19:24
123	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	19:26
124	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	19:42
126	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
127	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	19:58
128	Davide Villella	Cofidis	20:04
129	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	20:14
130	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	20:16
131	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
132	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
133	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Albert Torres	Movistar	21:11
135	Sander Armee	Cofidis	21:32
136	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	23:46
137	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	24:57
138	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	25:01
139	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	25:08
140	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	25:15
141	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
142	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	25:33
143	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	26:05
144	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
145	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	29:12
146	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	29:32
147	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	31:15
148	Cees Bol	Team DSM	33:01
149	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	33:29
150	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	39:35

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Rohan Dennis heads to the start.

The peloton waits for the stage to begin.

Andreas Leknessund leads the break from which he will launch his successful attack.

A joyful Andreas Leknessund wins stage two.

The field sprint. Alberto Bettiol is the best of the rest.

Field sprint winner Alberto Bettiol, thinking Leknessund had been caught, mistakenly celebrates winning the stage.

Antoine Duchesne leads in a group at 2min 12sec. That's Jack Bauer behind him.

Stage winner Andreas Leknessund

Stephen Williams remains the GC leader.

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Sunday, June 12: Stage 1, Küsnacht - Küsnacht, 177.6 km

Stage 1 map and profile

Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams wins the first stage. Photo: Heinz Zwicky/Sprint Cycling Agency

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Weather at the finish city of Küsnacht at 1:40 PM, local time: 28C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 3 km/hr (2 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: The Tour de Suisse 2022 will not start with a prologue as usual. The first stage, to be contested as a circuit, is a real challenge! The course towards Greifensee, the Zurich Oberland and over the Pfannenstil back to Küsnacht ZH will be completed four times and includes a total of over 2,000 metres of altitude. General Classification riders need to be on their toes from day one. While it may not be possible to win the Tour here it can definitely be lost. If the race is tough, I expect a group of 10-20 riders to fight for the day’s victory at the end.

The race: 152 riders began stage one at 1:00 PM.

Here's the report from stage winner Stephen williams' Team Bahrain Victorious:

Stevie Williams won his first World Tour race. The 26-year-old Welshman surprised almost everyone with a reduced bunch sprint win where he outsprinted Max Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) and Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) after a 177km race around the Kusnacht region. The loops were hilly, and the temperatures reached 30 degrees, which took a toll on some riders. The initial breakaway of 7 had a max lead of 4 minutes.

The breakaway was shedding during the stage, and the last rider was caught with 9km to go, just before the final climb where Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe), and Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech) were attacking, but the front group came together less than 1 km to go.

Winner Stevie Williams: “I’m really happy how it went. It was a pretty tough day. The sun was on the whole day, quite a demanding course, and the climbs were not super hard, but they were draining energy every time. To come away with a win and win like this was great. It’s been a strange few years, and I’m over the moon to come here and win a stage.”

Sport Director Roman Kreuziger: “In general, the team was good. All the guys were good in positioning before the last climb. Of course, we are super happy that Stevie won. The mission is complete, but we lost 15 seconds with Gino, which is a little bit disappointing. He suffered in this heat, but he’ll be day by day better. Today we should celebrate and be super happy about how it went. And for me, this is my first victory leading the guys, so I’m super excited.”

Tomorrow, Stevie will don the yellow jersey on a similar stage profile, again in hot weather, defending his hard-earned jersey.

While Williams was storming the Tour de Suisse, in France, Damiano Caruso joined Jack Haig in the final metres of the 74th Critérium du Dauphiné, cementing 4th & 5th positions in the overall classification and 2nd place in the Team Classification.

Haig had hung on gallantly to the leaders on the ‘Hors Catégorie’ Plateau de Solaison climb to the line, and Caruso fought back valiantly in the last kilometres to rejoin his teammate. In doing so, the Italian posted a best-ever result in the race for both himself and Team Bahrain Victorious. It’s a 3rd top 10 of the year for last year’s Giro runner-up and adds to his confidence looking forward:

“It was truly a good result not just for me but also for the team. The week was definitely a positive one for us. We also know that we are up against previous Grand Tour-winning riders and teams who have demonstrated again that they are the point of reference.

Over three weeks, it will be a different challenge, but we had good sensations, and the important thing now is to recover well and keep that condition in the coming weeks.”

In matching his 5th place finish last year, Jack Haig confirmed that he too is a ‘rider to watch’ as the stage-racing season continues and with the Tour de France approaching. The Australian has shown not only his individual prowess but also his commitment to the team, working unselfishly throughout.

Complete results:

177.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.487 km/hr

1	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 16min 51sec
2	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
4	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
16	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 24sec
17	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	0:51
23	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
27	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:19
39	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
41	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
46	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
47	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	1:52
48	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
51	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
52	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:10
57	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	4:07
61	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	4:39
65	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
66	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
67	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	5:17
71	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	5:36
72	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	6:14
73	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
75	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	6:22
76	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
79	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
80	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
81	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	6:45
83	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	7:37
84	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
85	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
87	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	s.t.
88	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:42
90	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	8:32
91	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	9:08
95	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	9:42
96	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
97	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
99	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
101	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
104	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	9:59
105	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	10:07
106	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
107	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	11:55
110	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
111	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	12:12
112	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	12:17
113	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	12:48
114	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	13:55
115	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
117	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
118	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
119	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	14:29
122	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
125	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
126	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
128	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
129	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
130	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
131	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
133	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
135	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	15:24
137	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
138	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
139	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
140	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
141	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
142	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
143	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
144	Davide Villella	Cofidis	17:21
145	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	19:21
146	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
147	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
148	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	s.t.
149	Sander Armee	Cofidis	19:46
150	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	19:46
151	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	21:24
152	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	4hr 16min 41sec
2	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	0:06
4	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	0:10
5	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
7	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Sergio Higuita	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Domenico Pozzovivo	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
11	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Remco Evenepoel	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
16	Kasper Asgreen	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:34
17	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
18	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Felix Grossschartner	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	1:01
23	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Alex Aranburu	Movistar	s.t.
27	Mathieu Burgaudeau	TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
32	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:29
39	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
41	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
46	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	s.t.
47	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	2:02
48	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
49	Jose Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
51	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
52	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
56	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	2:20
57	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
58	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Fenix	4:17
61	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
62	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Simon Vitzthum	Swiss Cycling	4:48
65	Lukas Rüegg	Swiss Cycling	4:49
66	Roland Thalmann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
67	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	5:27
71	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	5:46
72	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	6:24
73	Clément Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Sjoerd Bax	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
75	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	6:32
76	Mike Teunissen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Louis Vervaeke	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
79	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
80	Dion Smith	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
81	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	6:55
83	Casper Pedersen	Team DSM	7:45
84	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	7:47
85	Joey Rosskopf	Human Powered Health	s.t.
86	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Yannis Voisard	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
88	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Michael Matthews	BikeExchange-Jayco	7:52
90	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	8:42
91	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
94	Manuele Boaro	Astana Qazaqstan	9:18
95	Quinn Simmons	Trek-Segafredo	9:43
96	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	9:50
97	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	9:52
98	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
99	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Patrick Bevin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Gavin Mannion	Human Powered Health	s.t.
104	Cameron Meyer	BikeExchange-Jayco	10:09
105	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	10:17
106	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
107	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Tom Bohli	Cofidis	12:05
110	Alexander Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
111	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	12:22
112	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	12:27
113	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	12:58
114	Jan Maas	BikeExchange-Jayco	14:05
115	Dylan Van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Jack Bauer	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
117	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
118	Kristian Aasvold	Human Powered Health	s.t.
119	Alexander Kamp	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	Markus Hoelgaard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	14:37
122	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
123	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	14:39
124	Antonio Nibali	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
126	Joel Suter	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
127	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
128	Matthias Reutimann	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
129	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
130	Jay Vine	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
131	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Tim Declercq	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
133	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
135	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Marco Haller	BORA-hansgrohe	15:34
137	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
138	Kamil Malecki	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
139	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
140	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
141	Keegan Swirbul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
142	James Knox	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
143	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
144	Davide Villella	Cofidis	17:31
145	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	19:31
146	Claudio Imhof	Swiss Cycling	s.t.
147	Reto Hollenstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
148	Kyle Murphy	Human Powered Health	s.t.
149	Sander Armee	Cofidis	19:56
150	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
151	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	21:34
152	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.

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