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2025 Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse)
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88th edition: June 15 - June 22, 2025

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Sunday, June 22: 8th & Final Stage, Beckenried - Stockhütte 10.1 km individual time trial

Stage 8 map & profile | Stage 8 photos

Joao Almeida on his way to winning the stage and the 2025 Tour de Suisse. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start city of Beckenried at 2:20 PM, local time: 28C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: The final stage is only 10 kilometers long, but the 830 metres of altitude indicate just how steep the route to the finish Stockhütte will be. A lot can happen on this very difficult Individual Time Trial and we will see which cyclists still have something in reserve. Tactics are not allowed. It’s the final showdown in the battle against the clock and the fight for the yellow jersey of the Tour de Suisse 2025.

The race: First rider off was Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ) at 11:38 AM.

Here's the report from stage & final GC winner Joao Almeida's UAE Team Emirates-XRG:

UAE Team Emirates-XRG capped a landmark weekend with a sensational double victory as João Almeida clinched the overall title at the Tour de Suisse, while Filippo Baroncini sealed his first General Classification triumph at the Baloise Belgium Tour. The two victories also marked a major milestone for the team—the 50th win of the 2025 season.

João Almeida produced a clinical ride on the final Stage 8 uphill time trial, overturning a 33-second deficit to leapfrog Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) and secure overall victory at the Tour de Suisse.

Almeida’s win in the 10.1 km mountain test confirmed his consistency and tactical brilliance throughout the week having clawed back seconds since losing over three minutes on a wet stage 1. He would go on to redeem himself with three stage victories and also claimed the black points jersey.

Almeida: “I’m super happy. I did a good climb, and I was feeling really good. I think I started too fast, I over paced in the beginning. In the end, I hoped to have enough gas to push in the last kilometre, but in the end it was not necessary.

"One mistake can cost you a lot; luckily, we could make it up. At the end of the day, it’s a lesson: you should never give up. Sometimes things go wrong and nothing is perfect, but you need to keep trying. We kept trying and we did it. I’ll have time to enjoy this win and I’ll be ready for the Tour de France. I’ll support Tadej Pogačar there and hope we can get more great wins.”

Complete results:

Photos

10.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 21.996 km/hr

1	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	27min 33sec
2	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 25sec
3	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:12
4	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:40
5	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:54
6	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:04
7	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:07
8	William Barta	Movistar Team	2:13
9	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	2:14
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	2:19
11	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	2:24
12	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	2:26
13	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	2:28
14	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2:32
15	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	2:35
16	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:37
17	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	2:39
18	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:42
19	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:43
20	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	2:45
22	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:46
23	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
24	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:47
25	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	2:54
26	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	2:56
27	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:00
28	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	3:01
29	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	3:08
30	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	3:09
31	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:13
32	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	3:14
33	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:16
34	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	3:22
35	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	3:23
36	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	3:24
37	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	3:32
38	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
40	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:49
41	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:57
43	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:58
44	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	4:04
45	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	4:05
46	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:06
47	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	4:08
48	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	4:11
49	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:15
50	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	4:16
51	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
52	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	4:17
53	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:20
54	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	4:21
55	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	4:22
56	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:23
58	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	4:24
60	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	4:31
61	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
62	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	4:35
63	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:39
64	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	4:52
65	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	4:54
66	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	4:56
67	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:00
68	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	5:04
69	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	5:06
71	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:10
72	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	5:12
73	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	5:13
74	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	5:14
75	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	5:15
76	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	5:16
77	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:17
78	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	5:18
79	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	5:20
80	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	5:21
81	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:24
82	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:31
84	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:33
85	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	5:38
86	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	5:39
87	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	5:42
89	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	5:43
90	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	5:44
91	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	5:46
92	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	5:49
93	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	5:57
94	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
95	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	6:01
97	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	6:03
98	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	6:05
101	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	6:17
102	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:30
103	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	6:33
104	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	6:40
105	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	6:44
106	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:50
107	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	6:51
108	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	7:06
109	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	7:19
110	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:21
112	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	7:22
113	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	7:30
114	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	7:36
116	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:47
117	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	7:50
118	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:55
119	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:56
120	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	7:59
121	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:21
122	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:27
123	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9:26

Final GC after stage 8:

GC winner: João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Mountains classification winner: Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Points classification winner: João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Teams classification winner: Israel-Premier Tech

1,283.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.519 km/hr

1	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	29hr 29min 1sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 1min 7sec
3	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:58
4	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:20
5	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:57
6	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	4:52
7	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:08
8	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	6:16
9	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	6:41
10	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	8:30
11	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	8:45
12	William Barta	Movistar Team	9:27
13	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	12:58
14	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	13:56
15	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	14:18
16	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	16:23
17	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	16:41
18	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	17:40
19	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	20:00
20	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	20:24
21	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:14
22	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	29:06
23	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	30:32
24	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	34:52
25	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	35:17
26	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	37:42
27	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	40:20
28	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	40:53
29	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	43:16
30	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	45:50
31	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	45:54
32	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:04
33	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	47:20
34	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	48:01
35	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	48:17
36	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	48:59
37	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	49:08
38	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	49:36
39	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	49:49
40	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	49:56
41	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	53:14
42	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	54:41
43	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	55:29
44	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	56:01
45	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	57:01
46	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	57:23
47	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	57:55
48	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	59:04
49	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	59:25
50	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	59:29
51	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:01:20
52	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:01:33
53	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:02:57
54	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	1:03:03
55	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	1:04:08
56	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	1:04:30
57	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:04:59
58	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	1:07:14
59	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:07:29
60	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	1:08:26
61	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:09:10
62	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	1:09:18
63	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	1:09:32
64	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:10:33
65	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:10:39
66	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	1:16:17
67	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:17:21
68	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	1:17:33
69	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	1:18:45
70	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:19:07
71	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:19:19
72	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	1:19:40
73	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:19:49
74	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:20:27
75	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20:40
76	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:22:09
77	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:22:26
78	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	1:23:22
79	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:23:24
80	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:25:47
81	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	1:26:19
82	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:29:13
83	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:29:16
84	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	1:29:39
85	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:30:11
86	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:32:20
87	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	1:32:35
88	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:33:00
89	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	1:33:58
90	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	1:34:17
91	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:34:50
92	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:35:28
93	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:35:52
94	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:36:17
95	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:36:34
96	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:36:43
97	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	1:38:27
98	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:39:12
99	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	1:39:17
100	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	1:41:08
101	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:41:13
102	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:41:27
103	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	1:42:27
104	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:44:22
105	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:44:55
106	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:45:03
107	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	1:45:52
108	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:46:31
109	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	1:47:35
110	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	1:47:40
111	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	1:48:57
112	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	1:49:02
113	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:50:23
114	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:50:54
115	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	1:52:23
116	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	1:56:05
117	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:57:28
118	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:57:40
119	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:57:43
120	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:00:53
121	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	2:02:19
122	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	2:03:29
123	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	2:19:13

Stage 8 map & profile:

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

Stage 8 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Joao Almeida going faster than any of the other riders, winning the stage and the GC.

Felix Gall was second in the stage and finished fourth in the GC.

Oscar Onley was third in the stage and GC and won the Best Young Rider classification.

GC leader Kévin Vauquelin's fourth-place ride was not good enough to keep the GC lead.

Ben O'Connor was seventh in the stage and the final GC

Tenth-place Ilan Van Wilder finished eighth in the GC.

Neilson Powless was 32nd in the stage and 38th in the GC.

Julian Alaphilippe was 40th in the stage and finished 5th in the GC.

Kévin Vauquelin won the Best Young Rider classification.

King of the Mountains Aleksandr Vlasov

The final GC podium, from left: Kévin Vauquelin (2nd), Joao Almeida (1st), & Oscar Onley (3rd).

2025 Tour de Suisse winner Joao Almeida

Saturday, June 21: Stage 7, Neuhausen am Rheinfall - Emmetten, 207.3 km

Stage 7 map & profile | Stage 7 photos

Joao Almeida wins the seventh stage. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Emmetten at 3:15 PM, local time: 26C (78F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 65% chance of rain.

The stage: It is the last chance to influence the general classification before the final individual time trial. Stage 7 presents several opportunities to do so. From the climb to Schindellegi, the passage over the Bürgenstock or the short final climb to Emmetten. Will the GC riders decide the stage win amongst themselves, or will there be courageous individuals making their bid for victory?

The race: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Petr Kelemen (Tudor Pro Cycling) & Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek) did not start. Early in the stage Sjoerd Bax (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) & Steven Kruijswijk (Visma | Lease a Bike) abandoned.

After crashing Albert Torres (Movistar) had to leave the race, as did Simon Clarke, Matthew Ricitello (both Israel-Premier Tech) & Jasha Sutterlin (Jayco AlUla). Late in the stage Roger Adria (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) abandoned.

Here's the stage seven report from second-place Oscar Onley's Team Picnic-PostNL:

Stage 7 delivered another exciting mountain showdown at the Tour de Suisse, and the Team Picnic PostNL riders were once again right in the thick of the action. Early in the stage, a strong breakaway of seven riders formed, including Frank van den Broek. The group worked well together and built up a lead of over three minutes. As the race approached the mountains, the peloton gradually brought the gap down, and by the base of the penultimate climb, the lead was reduced to 1’19”.

As the road tilted upward, the GC battle kicked off. Oscar Onley was well-positioned in the front of the peloton and followed a sharp acceleration from Felix Gall. Around the same time, out front, Quinn Simmons went solo from the breakaway with Van den Broek continuing to chase hard behind. With the pace ramping up in both the break and the peloton, Van den Broek was caught by the GC group, but he didn’t stop there.

After digging deep to rejoin the front, he immediately turned to support duties—passing bottles and gels to Oscar and then going to the front of the group to help drive the pace heading into the final climb. On the final 3.9 km ascent to Emmetten, Onley showed his strength once again. Responding to the key moves, he rode a composed and determined climb, ultimately sprinting to second place—securing his fourth podium finish of the race.

After the finish Onley said: “We went hard on the second-to-last climb and the plan was to attack across to Frank, but yeah, he just didn’t have enough time. We did a really good job in the valley, keeping it controlled, and then it was just down to the legs on the final climb. It was hard - there was a bit of a headwind, so it wasn’t easy to make the difference.

"I guess I’m happy with the result. I wanted to gain a bit more time, but Alaphilippe is really strong and Vauquelin is going well too, so there wasn’t much I could do. The plan for tomorrow is to go as hard as I can in the time trial and see where I end up. There are no tactics and you can’t control anything, so I’ve just got to do what I can do.”

Complete results:

Photos

207.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.674 km/hr

1	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4hr 38min 25sec
2	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
3	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
4	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 4sec
5	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:08
6	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:07
7	Joseph Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	1:09
8	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
10	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:11
11	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
12	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco AlUla	1:14
14	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain-Victorious	1:22
15	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:41
16	Will Barta	Movistar Team	1:43
17	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	2:06
19	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:41
20	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:48
21	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	3:49
22	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	3:52
24	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Lotto	s.t.
25	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
26	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:47
27	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	6:04
28	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	6:25
29	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:16
30	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	7:21
31	Frank Van Den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	7:39
32	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	7:57
33	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	8:20
35	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	9:07
36	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	9:40
38	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	10:02
39	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	11:07
41	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	12:39
42	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	12:57
43	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
46	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
47	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
48	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Andrew August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
51	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
52	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Juan Pedro López	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	13:20
58	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
60	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
63	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Matej Mohorič	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
67	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	14:11
69	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco AlUla	14:22
70	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
71	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:20
72	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	16:33
73	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	19:38
74	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Martin Tjøtta	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
80	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
83	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
86	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
88	Danny Van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
91	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
92	Larry Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
94	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
97	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
98	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
99	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
100	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
102	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
103	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
104	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	20:32
106	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	20:34
107	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
108	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
109	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
110	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
111	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:48
112	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
113	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	27:19
114	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	27:21
115	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:25
117	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	27:27
118	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	27:44
119	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
120	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	30:42
121	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	31:07
122	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	31:29
124	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	32:12
125	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.

GC after stage 7:

GC Leader: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Mountains classification leader: Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Points classification leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Teams classification leader: Israel-Premier Tech

1,273.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.873 km/hr

1	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	29hr 0min 55sec
2	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 33sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:41
4	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:19
5	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:28
6	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	2:59
7	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco AlUla	3:34
8	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	4:27
9	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	4:30
10	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	6:07
11	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:35
12	Will Barta	Movistar Team	7:47
13	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	10:06
14	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	10:43
15	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain-Victorious	11:17
16	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	13:33
17	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	14:42
18	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Lotto	15:19
19	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:41
20	Joseph Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	17:54
21	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	24:21
22	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	26:34
23	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:43
24	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	29:53
25	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	32:12
26	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	33:21
27	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	36:31
28	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	38:40
29	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:10
30	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	40:45
31	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	41:17
32	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	43:37
33	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:00
34	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:36
35	Juan Pedro López	Lidl-Trek	45:15
36	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	46:07
37	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	46:40
38	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	46:55
39	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	46:58
40	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	47:29
41	Frank Van Den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	51:12
42	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco AlUla	51:40
43	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	51:52
44	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	51:59
45	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	52:10
46	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	52:49
47	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	53:45
48	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain-Victorious	55:20
49	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	55:58
50	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	56:52
51	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	57:22
52	Andrew August	INEOS Grenadiers	57:34
53	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	58:34
54	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	59:19
55	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	59:25
56	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	1:00:04
57	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	1:00:47
58	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	1:02:04
59	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:02:58
60	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain-Victorious	1:03:04
61	Matej Mohorič	Bahrain-Victorious	1:03:32
62	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	1:03:39
63	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	1:04:30
64	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	1:06:06
65	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco AlUla	1:06:57
66	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:08:24
67	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:11:04
68	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	1:12:29
69	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	1:12:53
70	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	1:13:54
71	Larry Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:14:13
72	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:14:25
73	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	1:14:29
74	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:16:06
75	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	1:16:21
76	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:16:45
77	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:17:59
78	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:18:53
79	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	1:18:59
80	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20:12
81	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20:48
82	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:20:49
83	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	1:21:53
84	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:22:17
85	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain-Victorious	1:23:57
86	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	1:25:37
87	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	1:27:01
88	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	1:27:56
89	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco AlUla	1:28:16
90	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:28:47
91	Martin Tjøtta	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:29:12
92	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:29:20
93	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:29:44
94	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:29:55
95	Danny Van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:30:19
97	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	1:30:45
98	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:32:27
99	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	1:33:47
100	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	1:35:40
101	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	1:35:51
102	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:36:13
103	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	1:36:16
104	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:37:08
105	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:37:40
106	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:38:43
107	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	1:39:06
108	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:39:42
109	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:40:12
110	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	1:40:49
111	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	1:42:31
112	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:43:26
113	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	1:43:51
114	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	1:44:20
115	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:45:24
116	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	1:46:51
117	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	1:49:02
118	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:50:02
119	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:51:25
120	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:54:16
121	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:54:20
122	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	1:56:12
123	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	1:57:38
124	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	2:02:46
125	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	2:12:24

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Stage seven gets started at Neuhausen am Rheinfall.

The sprint for the finish line.

Joao Almeida wins the stage.

Oscar Onley finishes second.

GC leader Kévin Vauquelin was third.

Felix Gall was fourth across the line.

Julian Alaphilippe was fifth.

Clément Champoussin was ninth.

Thirteenth place Ben O'Connor

Hugo Houle was 18th.

Romain Grégoire was 35th. Next to him is Junior Lecerf.

Stage winner Joao Almeida

With one stage to go Kévin Vauquelin remains the GC leader.

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Friday, June 20: Stage 6, Chur - Neuhausen am Rheinfall, 186.7 km

Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos

Jordi Meeus wins stage six. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Neuhausen am Rheinfall at 2:20 PM, local time: 14C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The stage: After a few difficult stages, the sprinters’ teams are unlikely to let the opportunity for a stage win go begging. Of course in Switzerland a sprint stage will still involve climbs. A total of almost 2,400 metres awaits the cyclists which could signal opportunities for a strong breakaway group. The last two kilometres may also provide further excitement, as the route climbs steadily uphill to the Flame Rouge.

The race: About a third into the stage Nolann Mahoudo (Cofidis) & Roel Sintmaartenskijk (Intermarché-Wanty) abandoned.

Here's the report from stage winner Jordi Meeus' Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe:

A late catch, a perfect lead-out, and a fast finish: Jordi Meeus takes his second win of the season, on Stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse.

Jordi Meeus sprinted to his second win of the season on Stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse, powering across the line in Neuhausen am Rheinfall after a dramatic chase to bring back the day’s break.

The 186.7km stage from Chur almost looked set to reward the escapees, with a trio holding out in front for more than 180 kilometres. It took a concerted effort from several sprint teams, including Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, to finally reel them in inside the last kilometre.

With the peloton lined out and the final few hundred metres approaching, Danny van Poppel hit the front to bring Jordi Meeus into position. As the race veered into the final corner and the last 300 metres opened up, Van Poppel launched Meeus into the finishing straight. The Belgian surged past his rivals and carried his speed all the way to the line, taking the win ahead of Ballerini and Askey. Van Poppel also finished strongly to place sixth.

“It’s definitely been a hard week for me so far, it’s not really been my favourite terrain with all the hills and climbs. I was disappointed after Stage 2 because that was supposed to be a flatter stage, but I didn’t feel great at the start of the week. Each day my legs got better, and this morning I could feel that I had good shape. I’m really happy I could finish it off today. It’s only my second win at WorldTour level, so I’m super happy to take this one home.” - Jordi Meeus

Complete results:

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186.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.736 km/hr

1	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4hr 10min 24sec
2	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
3	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
6	Danny Van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
8	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Joseph Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
14	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
15	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
16	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
17	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
21	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
28	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Will Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
31	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
32	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
33	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
37	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
38	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Lotto	s.t.
39	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
43	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
44	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
46	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
48	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
53	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
55	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
56	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
58	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 17sec
60	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
62	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
63	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
65	Matej Mohorič	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
66	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	0:28
68	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
69	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
70	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	0:36
71	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Andrew August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
76	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
82	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
83	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
84	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	0:49
92	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	0:53
93	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Larry Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
99	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
100	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
101	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
102	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
103	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
104	Juan Pedro López	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
105	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	1:18
106	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:40
110	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	1:47
111	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:56
112	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
113	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	2:07
114	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:33
117	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
118	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
119	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	2:46
120	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
121	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	2:58
122	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3:04
123	Frank Van Den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	4:15
124	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:21
125	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
126	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
127	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:29
128	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
130	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
132	Martin Tjøtta	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
133	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain-Victorious	9:01
134	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	9:08

GC after stage 6:

GC leader: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Mountains classification leader: Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Points classification leader: João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Teams classification leader: Israel-Premier Tech

1,065.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.719 km/hr

1	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	24hr 22min 34sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 29sec
3	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:39
4	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:21
5	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:44
6	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco AlUla	2:16
7	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:20
8	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:40
9	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	3:08
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	3:17
11	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	4:54
12	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:24
13	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	5:31
14	Will Barta	Movistar Team	6:00
15	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	6:13
16	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	9:28
17	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	9:37
18	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain-Victorious	9:51
19	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Lotto	11:23
20	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	12:31
21	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:56
22	Joseph Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	16:41
23	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	16:52
24	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	16:56
25	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	19:57
26	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	25:19
27	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	26:04
28	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	26:09
29	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:25
30	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	27:29
31	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	29:08
32	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:12
33	Juan Pedro López	Lidl-Trek	32:14
34	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	32:38
35	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	33:31
36	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	33:57
37	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	34:19
38	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	34:49
39	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	35:35
40	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain-Victorious	35:38
41	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	36:30
42	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco AlUla	37:14
43	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	37:25
44	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	38:28
45	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	38:58
46	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	39:09
47	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	40:22
48	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	41:29
49	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	42:15
50	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	42:44
51	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	42:57
52	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain-Victorious	43:22
53	Frank Van Den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	43:29
54	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	43:51
55	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	44:21
56	Andrew August	INEOS Grenadiers	44:33
57	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	44:35
58	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	45:29
59	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	45:33
60	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	47:23
61	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	48:40
62	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	48:54
63	Matej Mohorič	Bahrain-Victorious	50:08
64	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	50:09
65	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	50:15
66	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	51:22
67	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	51:24
68	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	51:28
69	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco AlUla	52:31
70	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	54:24
71	Larry Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	54:31
72	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	54:47
73	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	55:23
74	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	56:00
75	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	57:03
76	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	58:17
77	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	59:05
78	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	1:00:30
79	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:01:06
80	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:01:07
81	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01:39
82	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	1:02:11
83	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:02:25
84	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03:05
85	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	1:03:09
86	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03:20
87	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain-Victorious	1:04:15
88	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	1:04:54
89	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	1:05:30
90	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	1:05:55
91	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:05:57
92	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	1:05:58
93	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:06:24
94	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	1:07:19
95	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	1:07:20
96	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco AlUla	1:08:34
97	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:09:05
98	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:09:27
99	Martin Tjøtta	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:09:30
100	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:09:38
101	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:10:13
102	Danny Van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11:03
104	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11:35
105	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
106	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:14:44
107	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	1:15:38
108	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:15:50
109	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	1:16:09
110	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:16:20
111	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	1:16:55
112	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:17:58
113	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:19:01
114	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:19:09
115	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:19:20
116	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:20:00
117	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	1:20:23
118	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	1:21:07
119	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:22:49
120	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
121	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:23:44
122	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco AlUla	1:25:07
123	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:25:42
124	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:25:43
125	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	1:26:13
126	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:26:51
127	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	1:27:24
128	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	1:28:24
129	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
130	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:29:24
131	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	1:29:50
132	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	1:31:35
133	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:34:34
134	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:40:51
135	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:56:34

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

GC leader Kévin Vauquelin at the opening ceremonies in Chur.

Lorenzo Fortunato heads to the start.

Valentin Madouas before the race.

Bob Jungels

It's about time to go racing.

Jordi Meeus wins the stage.

Sprinter Arnaud De Lie was 15th.

Kévin Vauquelin finishes 19th in the stage. That's Soudal Quick-Step's Pieter Serry next to him.

Stage winner Jordi Meeus

Kévin Vauquelin will start stage 7 in yellow.

Thursday, June 19: Stage 5, La Punt - Santa Maria Val Mûstair, 183.8 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Oscar Onley just beats Joao Almeida for the stage win.

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Weather at the finish city of Santa Maria Val Mûstair at 2:25 PM, local time: 26C (79F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 36% chance of rain.

The stage: The undisputed Queen Stage of the Tour de Suisse 2025 takes place on the fifth day. The highest point of the Tour awaits shortly after the start. At 2,284 metres above sea level, the Julier Pass is the roof of the Tour this year.

However, the stage, which is located entirely in the canton of Graubünden, has a lot more in store for the riders. The Julier Pass is followed by the San Bernardino Pass (2,067 metres above sea level) and, the icing on the cake, the steep and difficult final climb to Santa Maria in Calanca. The climb up to Santa Maria is probably unknown to many riders, making things all the more exciting.

The race: Midway into the stage Kevin Colleoni (Intermarché-Wanty) abandoned.

Here's the stage five report from winner Oscar Onley's Team Picnic-PostNL:

Team Picnic PostNL secured a brilliant win on Thursday afternoon, where a good team ride set-up Oscar Onley who rode a patient and measured climb in the finale, powering to stage victory at Tour de Suisse.

After strong performances in the previous days with third and then second stage places, Team Picnic PostNL set their sights one place higher for stage five of Tour de Suisse. Helping to control a strong breakaway up the road, the team ensured GC finisher Onley was well positioned for the first passage of the finish climb. On that ascent, Onley rode within himself and made sure to crest within the group but not go over the limit.

More riders came back on the valley road that followed which then set up a final showdown on the last climb. Biding his time, Onley seized his moment around halfway up and went clear solo at the head of the race. A strong Almeida bridged to him, and the duo worked well all the way to the finish; both looking to put as much time into the others as possible. With something left in the tank, Onley came off of Almeida’s wheel with 150 meters to go and kicked hard, with a punchy uphill sprint that just held off his charging opponent come the line. After catching his breath, Onley could celebrate a great win for the team after a strong ride by everyone involved; as Team Picnic PostNL and he move up on the GC ahead of the final three stages.

A delighted Onley expressed: “I knew I was in good shape and feeling good this week, but obviously with someone like Almeida who’s shown how strong he is already this week; then we knew it would be tough. Also, with a strong break up front there was a chance that the win might not have came from the bunch in the end. I felt good all day and just gave it a go on the last climb. I don’t win often and had quite a few podiums or close results this year, so to pull it off today is really nice for myself and also for the team, and my teammates too. They do a really good job every day, and today was no different so it’s nice to be able to pay them back. I was quite disappointed after that first stage to lose time on the GC. Warren and the coaching staff on the team were really supportive of me though, and said how long and hard the week is, and that we could try and get back into it come the weekend. We’re just trying to chip away at it each day.”

Team Picnic PostNL coach Pim Ligthart added: “That was a really nice win today. Like every stage so far the guys were really committed to our goals and to each other, and showed some good teamwork, keeping Oscar safe and protected ahead of the second last climb. Oscar was patient today and didn’t spend any extra energy that he didn’t need to before the last time up the climb. On the ascent, he rode it really smart too and it paid off. It’s a well-deserved win for him but also the whole team. It’s been a really nice week her so far, and we’ve rode well each day as a team, so we’ll look to keep that momentum up for the rest of the race.”

Complete results:

Photos

183.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.327 km/hr

1	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	4hr 33min 28sec
2	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 23sec
4	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:57
5	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:05
6	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	1:14
7	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:22
8	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:46
9	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:25
10	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	2:38
11	William Barta	Movistar Team	2:42
12	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	2:51
15	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	2:53
16	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	2:59
17	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	4:18
18	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:22
19	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	4:25
20	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	4:43
21	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	4:47
22	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:42
23	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:19
24	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:38
25	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	6:53
26	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:20
27	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:51
28	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	8:33
29	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	9:56
30	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
31	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:12
33	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:12
34	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
36	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
37	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	12:41
39	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	13:05
40	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	13:09
41	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:17
42	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:54
43	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	14:00
45	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
46	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	15:14
47	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	16:43
49	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
51	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	17:12
53	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:00
54	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	18:36
57	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	18:40
59	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
61	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	19:37
62	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	19:59
63	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:17
64	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
67	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:25
68	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	21:43
69	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
75	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
76	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:06
77	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
78	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	24:39
79	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	25:01
80	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	25:03
82	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	26:17
84	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
85	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
87	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	27:34
91	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
93	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
94	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
98	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
99	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
101	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
104	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
106	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
107	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
108	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
110	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
114	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
115	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
116	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
117	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
118	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
119	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
120	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
122	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
124	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
128	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
129	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	27:50
130	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	32:35
131	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	34:49
132	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	35:24
133	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	35:37
134	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	36:49
136	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	38:17
137	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
138	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
139	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Mountains classification leader: Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
Points classification leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Teams classification leader: Israel-Premier Tech

879.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.509 km/hr

1	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	20hr 12min 10sec
2	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 29sec
3	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:39
4	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	1:21
5	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:44
6	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	2:16
7	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	2:20
8	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	2:40
9	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	3:08
10	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	3:17
11	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	4:54
12	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:24
13	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	5:31
14	William Barta	Movistar Team	6:00
15	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	6:13
16	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	9:28
17	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	9:37
18	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	9:51
19	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	11:23
20	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:55
21	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	13:20
22	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	16:16
23	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	16:41
24	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	16:56
25	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	19:40
26	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	25:02
27	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	25:16
28	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	26:04
29	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:08
30	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	26:36
31	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:32
32	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	28:15
33	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	30:28
34	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	31:21
35	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	32:38
36	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	32:55
38	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	33:04
39	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	34:19
40	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	34:21
41	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	34:45
43	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	34:59
44	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	35:17
45	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	36:50
46	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	38:11
47	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	38:58
48	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	39:09
49	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	39:14
50	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	40:22
51	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	41:29
52	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	42:15
53	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	42:21
54	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	42:39
55	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	42:44
56	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	42:58
57	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	43:45
58	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	43:57
59	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:53
60	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	45:33
61	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	46:47
62	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	47:25
63	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	48:54
64	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	49:33
65	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	49:51
66	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	50:15
67	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	50:52
68	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	51:22
69	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	51:24
70	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	51:38
71	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	52:40
72	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	53:38
73	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	54:24
74	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	55:23
75	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	56:00
76	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	56:47
77	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	57:03
78	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	58:00
79	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	59:00
80	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	59:05
81	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	59:53
82	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:00:29
83	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	1:00:30
84	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:01:18
85	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01:39
86	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	1:02:52
87	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:03:01
88	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03:05
89	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	1:03:20
90	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	1:04:15
91	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	1:04:18
92	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	1:04:54
93	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:05:04
94	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	1:05:30
95	Jan Maas	Cofidis	1:05:48
96	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	1:06:52
97	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:06:54
98	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	1:07:19
99	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:07:41
100	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:08:29
101	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:09:42
102	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	1:09:45
103	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:10:13
104	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	1:11:35
106	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
107	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11:46
108	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	1:12:52
109	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:13:17
110	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	1:14:22
111	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	1:14:48
112	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:16:20
113	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:17:58
115	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	1:18:20
116	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:18:25
117	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:18:44
118	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	1:19:43
119	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	1:19:47
120	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	1:20:16
121	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:20:22
122	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	1:20:31
123	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
124	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:21:21
125	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	1:22:26
126	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	1:22:55
127	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:25:07
128	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	1:25:29
129	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:25:53
130	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	1:26:19
131	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	1:26:48
132	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:28:05
133	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	1:28:24
134	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
135	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	1:28:49
136	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:32:42
137	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:33:06
138	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:34:22
139	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	1:36:05

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Stage five photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The two race leaders, Oscar Onley & Joao Almeida, sprint for the line.

Oscar Onley (on left) beats Joao Almeida for the stage win..

Felix Gall finished third.

Fourth-place Kévin Vauquelin.

Matthew Riccitello finishes fifth.

Ilan Van Wilder was sixth across the line.

Lennard Kämna was eighth.

Ninth-place Felix Grossschartner

Ben O'Connor finishes 13th

Aleksandr Vlasov was 24th.

GC leader Romain Grégoire finishes 25th, @ 6 min 53sec.

Stage winner Oscar Onley

New GC leader Kévin Vauquelin.

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Wednesday, June 18: Stage 4, Heiden - Piuro (Valchiavenna), 193.2 km

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Stage winner Joao Almeida solos across the finish line. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish at Piuro at 2:00 PM, local time: 29C (84F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Following a crash during stage three, Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) did not start as a precautionary measure. Early in the stage Pelayo Sanchez (Movistar) abandoned.

Here's the race report from second-place Oscar Onley's Team Picnic-PostNL:

The first big mountain pass of the Tour de Suisse, the Splügenpass, awaited the peloton today. Officially almost nine kilometres at seven percent in gradient, the road beforehand climbed up in steps, so the whole ascent could be categorised at four percent for almost 35 kilometres; with those steeper gradients in the finale as they crested above 2100 metres in elevation.

From the start a fierce pace was set in the peloton as multiple teams and riders looked to make the breakaway. The attacks continued for well over an hour before eventually a group went clear out front. Team Picnic PostNL stayed within the peloton and rallied around Oscar Onley, keeping him well positioned for what was to come. On the ascent the team took control and started to up the pace, ensuring that the breakaway was within a catchable distance. Then onto the steeper section of the climb, the tempo ramped up even further and the peloton split to shreds. Onley climbed superbly to top the ascent in third place, and rode a good descent down the other side behind lone-leader Almeida.

More riders joined Onley’s group as they approached the bottom of the descent and despite there being a few riders going through and off, the pace started to go out from the group and Almeida’s advantage extended. Sensing that, Onley almost made a stealth attack off the front when he was making his pull at the front and he was quickly joined by O’Connor. The duo worked well together for the final five kilometres and kept rotating, extending the gap to those behind come the line, where Onley once more produced a strong kick to take second place on the stage; and with that move up to eighth on GC.

Onley reflected: “We planned for chaos today as no team seemed strong enough to fully control. The guys covered the moves well before Alex did a really big job to bring the break back before the main climb. I was feeling pretty good on the climb but just had to let go of Almeida towards the top. I was looking for opportunities in the final to try and get away as our group were playing around a bit, and managed to do that.”

Team Picnic PostNL coach Pim Ligthart added: “It was some really good teamwork once more from the guys today, where we also made the pace in the bunch before the climb. Oscar tried to follow as long as possible behind Almeida, but he was really strong on the big climb. Oscar did well to come over the top in the chase group and then down the descent on the other side. Oscar read the race really well to attack after he got a bit of a gap and there was hesitation behind him at six kilometres, where he was joined by O’Connor. The two of them rode it to the finish and Oscar took a really nice second place. It was a good job from the whole team today and we’re looking forward to the next stages.”

Complete results:

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193.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.309 km/hr

1	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4hr 10min 19sec
2	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	@ 40sec
3	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:42
4	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:00
5	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	1:02
8	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
9	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
12	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	4:03
14	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
17	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
20	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
24	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
25	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	6:33
28	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	7:10
31	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	7:47
33	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	13:29
36	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
37	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
38	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
40	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
43	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
46	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
49	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	14:10
51	Jan Maas	Cofidis	15:33
52	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
60	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
61	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
62	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
65	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
69	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
70	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	15:41
71	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
72	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:52
73	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
76	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
77	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
80	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
81	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
83	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
86	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	18:52
88	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	20:14
89	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
90	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
92	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
93	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
94	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
97	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
99	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
100	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
104	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
106	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
108	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:20
110	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	20:58
111	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
114	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
115	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
116	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
117	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
121	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
124	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
125	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
126	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
127	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
128	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
129	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
131	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	22:08
133	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	28:32
134	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
136	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
137	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
139	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
140	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
141	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	28:41

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla)
Points classification leader: Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Israel-Premier Tech

695.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.501 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	15hr 37min 20sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 25sec
3	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:29
4	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:56
5	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	1:20
6	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:07
8	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	2:53
9	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:23
10	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	3:25
11	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:30
14	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	4:21
15	William Barta	Movistar Team	4:40
16	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	4:57
17	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:26
18	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	6:41
21	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:42
22	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	7:51
23	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	8:20
24	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	8:22
26	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	8:33
27	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	8:47
28	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	8:59
29	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	9:30
30	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:22
31	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	11:06
32	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	15:52
33	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
34	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	16:28
35	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	17:18
36	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	17:50
37	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	17:56
38	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	18:29
39	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	19:00
40	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19:18
41	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	20:03
42	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	20:07
44	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	21:13
45	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	21:52
46	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	22:09
47	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	22:37
48	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	22:52
49	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	23:04
50	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:12
51	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	23:24
52	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	24:54
53	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	25:07
54	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25:10
55	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	26:28
56	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	26:30
57	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	26:36
58	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
59	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	29:09
60	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	29:12
61	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	29:30
62	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:20
63	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	30:31
64	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	31:26
65	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	31:53
66	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	32:38
67	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	32:39
68	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	32:48
69	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	32:49
70	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	32:53
71	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	33:33
72	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	33:41
73	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	34:46
74	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	34:53
75	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	35:00
76	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:27
77	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	35:29
78	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	35:34
79	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	37:00
80	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	37:45
82	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	38:06
83	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	39:19
84	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	40:34
85	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	40:35
86	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	40:40
87	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	40:42
88	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	40:57
89	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	41:07
90	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	41:26
91	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	41:29
92	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	42:17
93	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	42:40
94	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	43:07
95	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	43:30
96	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	43:33
97	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	44:01
98	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	44:10
100	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	45:23:
101	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
102	Jan Maas	Cofidis	45:27
103	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	45:34
104	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:07
106	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	46:40
107	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	47:46
108	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	47:52
109	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	47:59
110	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	48:22
111	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	48:34
112	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	48:36
113	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	49:27
114	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	49:28
115	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	50:08
116	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	50:52
118	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	51:29
119	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
120	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	51:46
121	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	52:08
122	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	52:13
123	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	52:32
124	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	53:30
125	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	53:31
126	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	53:35
127	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	54:04
128	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	54:19
129	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	54:19
130	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	55:04
131	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	55:09
132	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	56:14
133	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	57:15
134	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	59:10
135	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	59:41
136	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	59:51
137	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:00:20
138	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:01:53
139	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	1:01:53
140	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
141	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	1:02:37

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Joao Almeida wins stage four.

Second-place Oscar Onley

Ben O'Connor was third.

Kévin Vauquelin & Romain Grégoire finish fourth and fifth. Behind them is Felix Gall.

Ilan Van Wilder was seventh.

13th-place Joe Blackmore (right) & 14th Valentin Madouas lead in a group @ 4 minutes, 3 seconds

GC leader Romain Grégoire just after finishing the stage.

Stage winner Joao Almeida

Romain Grégoire remains the GC leader.

Tuesday, June 17: Stage 3, Arrau - Heiden, 195.6 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

American road champion Quinn Simmons wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Heiden at 2:15 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the stage three report from third-place Oscar Onley's Team Picnic-PostNL.

A day in the rolling hills at the Tour de Suisse saw the peloton traverse a 195 kilometre route from Aarau to Heiden; with the latter half of the day featuring more ascents, and hardly any flat roads in the final 30 kilometres. It was a fast start to the action but a break of six formed out front, with all Team Picnic PostNL riders in the peloton; looking after each other and keeping GC finisher Oscar Onley safe.

In the middle of the stage an increase in pace within the peloton cut the gap to 30 seconds for those ahead, but things slowed and it increased once more. Coming into the last 40 kilometres the team did a good job to come forward in the bunch ahead of the hilly finale. However, the break had worked together and on the Knolhusen climb Simmons attacked for what would ultimately be the stage winning move. Warren Barguil helped to set a good tempo in the peloton to stretch things out and keep Onley well positioned for the tricky descents, before Frank van den Broek helped bring him to the fore for the final three kilometre drag to the line.

Despite Simmons being ahead, it didn’t deter the peloton and there were attacks from GC riders, with Onley looking sprightly to follow the wheels and keep himself in contention at the front. Coming around the last corner, Onley kicked hard and produced a good sprint to take a strong third place on the day; a nice reward after some good teamwork.

Complete results:

Photos

195.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.959 km/hr

1	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	4hr 39min 42sec
2	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 18sec
3	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
6	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
15	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
17	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
18	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
24	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
25	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
27	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:31
31	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	0:35
32	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:41
33	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	0:46
34	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
36	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	0:50
37	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	0:59
38	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:12
40	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
42	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	1:30
43	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
44	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
47	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1:36
48	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
49	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:47
50	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	1:59
51	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:07
52	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	2:19
53	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:40
55	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	2:46
56	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	3:06
57	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:39
58	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	3:48
59	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	5:22
60	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	6:19
61	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6:27
63	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	7:00
64	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
65	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
72	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
73	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	8:00
75	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
77	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
78	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
79	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	8:12
80	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	9:12
81	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
82	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
85	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
89	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
90	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
91	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	11:20
93	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	11:34
94	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
95	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
96	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
98	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
100	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	12:50
104	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
105	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	14:59
107	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:01
108	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
110	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
113	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
114	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
115	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
116	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
117	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
118	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
120	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
121	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
123	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
125	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
126	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
127	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
130	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
131	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
132	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
133	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
134	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
136	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
137	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
139	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
140	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	16:39
142	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	16:56
143	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
144	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
145	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar Team	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla)
Points classification leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Team classification leader: Movistar

502 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.906 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	11:26:01
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 25sec
3	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:27
4	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:18
6	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	William Barta	Movistar Team	1:37
10	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	1:46
12	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:54
13	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:00
14	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	2:18
15	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	2:49
16	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:06
18	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:17
19	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	3:19
20	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	3:23
21	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
22	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
26	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
30	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	3:38
33	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:39
34	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:52
35	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:59
36	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:17
37	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:45
38	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:49
39	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	5:17
41	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
42	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	5:21
43	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:30
44	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:56
45	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	6:03
46	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	6:27
47	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	6:30
48	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	7:14
49	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	7:17
50	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	7:34
51	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:38
52	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	8:03
53	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	8:19
54	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	8:46
55	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	10:21
56	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	10:55
57	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	12:03
58	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	12:13
59	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:28
60	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	12:38
61	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	12:39
62	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
63	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	14:07
64	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:19
65	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:56
66	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	14:57
67	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	16:05
68	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	16:20
69	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	16:53
70	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:35
71	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:06
72	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	18:08
74	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
75	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	18:22
76	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	18:31
77	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:08
78	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
79	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	20:19
82	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	20:20
83	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	20:42
86	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	20:56
87	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	21:09
88	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	21:21
89	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	21:55
90	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	22:42
91	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
92	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	23:05
93	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	23:09
94	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	23:37
95	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	25:38:00
96	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	25:41:00
97	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	25:59:00
98	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:09:00
99	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
102	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
104	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	26:20:00
107	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
108	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	27:32:00
109	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	27:44:00
110	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	28:24:00
111	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	28:32:00
112	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	28:57:00
113	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	29:20:00
114	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	29:22:00
115	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	29:30:00
116	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:37:00
117	Jan Maas	Cofidis	30:54:00
118	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
119	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
120	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	31:31:00
122	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
123	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	32:10:00
124	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
125	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	33:18:00
126	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
127	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	33:19:00
128	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	33:32:00
129	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	33:54:00
130	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	34:21:00
131	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
132	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
133	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
134	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
135	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
136	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	34:50:00
137	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	36:16:00
138	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	37:17:00
139	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
140	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	39:12:00
141	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
142	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
143	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	39:43:00
144	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	42:39:00
145	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage three photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Geraint Thomas gets his bike.

Speedster and Belgian road champion Arnaud De Lie during teams presentation ceremony.

GC leader Romain Grégoire heads to the start.

Stefan Kûng's bike needs a bit of work.

It's time to go racing in Switzerland. Stage three gets rolling.

Stage winner Quinn Simmons solos across the finish line.

Joao Almeida & Oscar Onley finish second and third 18 seconds after Quinn Simmons.

Romain Grégoire was fourth in the stage, allowing him to remain the GC leader.

Romain Grégoire just after the stage finish.

Stage winner Quinn Simmons

Romain Grégoire remains the GC leader.

Monday, June 16: Stage 2, Aarau - Schwarzsee, 177 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Vincenzo Albanese wins stage two. Sirotti photo

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Weather at Schwarzsee at 2:25 PM, local time: 18C (64F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Max van der Meulen (Bahrain Victorious) & Anton Palzer (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) did not start.

Here's the stage two report from second-place Fabio Christen's Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team:

Fabio Christen sprinted to a second place in Schwarzsee in the second stage of the Tour de Suisse. The 22-year-old Swiss rider chose the right move in the final kilometer after his brother Jan was caught after a late move. In a direct sprint with Vincenzo Albanese he had to settle for second.

“I looked forward to today. This was a stage I had done a recon of one month ago and knew what was coming. It was all in my head,” Fabio said directly after the finish. “I knew there would be attacks. It was my brother who attacked but I knew I had to wait because attacks would probably not make it on this finish. I think I launched my sprint at the right moment but Albanese chose the same time. He took the shorter line and I didn’t have time to go around him.”

The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team with Sjoerd Bax, David de la Cruz, Gianluca Brambilla, Marcel Camprubí, David González and our Swiss duo Matteo Badilatti and Fabio Christen showed they were more than ready for today.

“The team did a great job keeping me at the front in the final 10 kilometers,” Fabio continued. “My dream is to win a stage here in Switzerland. The legs are obviously good and the team is strong. That gives morale so we will keep trying.

Sports director Michael Albasini saw a very committed team on the roads from Aarau to Schwarzsee.

“I thought there might be a bigger breakaway today,” he analyses. “Yesterday we had that big breakaway with Sjoerd and Matteo. It was a hard day today as well but in the end the sprinter teams went for it which was good for us.”

“The team around Fabio was strong and committed which was great to see. He clearly had the legs to win but there will be more chances. I know tomorrow’s finish in Heiden very well because Peter Sagan beat me there once. Tomorrow’s start is tricky so it could be a breakaway day. However, Fabio and the team are looking strong so we hope to have another chance to show our Swiss team on Swiss roads again tomorrow.”

Complete results:

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177 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.010 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 55min 57sec
2	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
19	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
20	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
25	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
29	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
30	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
38	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
42	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
44	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
46	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
47	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
49	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
50	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
51	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
52	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
53	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
62	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
65	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
68	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
71	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
72	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
75	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
78	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
81	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
83	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
86	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
88	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
89	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
90	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
92	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
93	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
95	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	@ 23sec
96	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
99	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
100	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
103	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	0:49
104	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:55
105	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:00
106	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:35
107	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	1:47
108	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
109	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
110	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	3:13
111	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
112	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
113	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	3:21
114	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
115	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:26
116	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	6:01
117	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:12
118	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
120	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
121	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
123	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
129	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
130	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
131	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
133	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
134	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
137	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
138	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
139	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
140	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
141	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
142	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	11:08
143	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
144	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
145	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
147	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
148	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar Team	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla)
Points classification leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

306.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.279 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	6hr 46min 1sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 25sec
3	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:27
4	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:18
6	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:33
11	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	1:37
12	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
13	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
21	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
22	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
23	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	3:23
24	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
25	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
30	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
33	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
34	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
36	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	3:39
40	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
43	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:51
46	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:17
47	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:49
48	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
51	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
52	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
54	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	5:16
57	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:56
58	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	5:57
59	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	6:02
60	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
61	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
62	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	6:33
64	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	8:15
65	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	9:43
66	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:24
67	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
69	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	11:16
70	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	11:21
71	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	11:25
72	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	11:26
73	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
77	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
80	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
86	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
88	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
89	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
90	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
91	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
92	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	11:49
93	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
95	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	11:53
96	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
97	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	12:15
98	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	12:21
99	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	12:26
100	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:01
101	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Stake Laengen Vegard	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
103	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	13:13
104	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	14:14
105	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
106	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	14:39
107	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	14:39
109	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	14:47
110	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:54
111	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15:52
112	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	16:44
113	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	16:48
114	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
115	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
116	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	17:11
117	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	17:27
118	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	18:35
119	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
120	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	18:36
121	Jan Maas	Cofidis	19:38
122	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
123	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
124	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
126	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
129	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
130	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
131	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
133	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
134	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
135	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
137	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
138	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
139	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	20:09
140	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	22:34
141	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
142	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
143	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
144	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
145	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	25:00
146	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
147	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	27:56
148	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Chris Froome at the teams presentation ceremony.

Team Picnic-PostNL before the race.

GC leader Romain Grégoire

Sprinter Arnaud De Lie

Riders at the start line and ready to race.

Vincenzo Albanese wins stage two.

GC leader Romain Grégoire just after the stage finish

Stage winner Vincenzo Albanese just after the stage finish.

Stage winner Vincenzo Albanese

Romain Grégoire remains the GC leader.

Sunday, June 15: Stage 1, Küssnacht - Küssnacht, 129.4 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Romain Grégoire wins the first stage. Sirotti photo

Weather at the start/finish city of Küssnacht at 2:40 PM, local time: 26C (79F), fair, with the wind from the north-northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 13% chance of rain, rising to 100% at 5:00 PM.

The race: Here is the report from stage winner Romain Grégoire's Team Groupama-FDJ.

This is what can be called a dream start for Romain Grégoire and the Groupama-FDJ cycling team! In the short opening stage of the Tour de Suisse, the young Frenchman took advantage of a crazy start to the race to enter a breakaway of around thirty riders! The peloton couldn’t compete with this group, which therefore fought for victory in the final fifteen kilometres.

Among the strongest on the last climb, the rider from Besançon then broke away on the downhill and kept on going with a ten-kilometre solo to finish it off in style! In addition to his first WorldTour victory this season, Romain Grégoire took the leader’s yellow jersey.

The race:
A very intense start to the Tour de Suisse was expected on Sunday on the first stage, taking place around Küssnacht. Over a course of barely 130 kilometres, with a very steep climb after twenty kilometres of racing, but also with twenty kilometres to go, the race promised to be quite open. The first few minutes confirmed it, and the day’s breakaway took time to establish itself. “We really thought it could be a day for the breakaway,” explained William Green. “In that case, it was probably going to be a strong breakaway, which would go clear on the first climb. The stage was obviously really suitable for Romain if the breakaway was caught, but we initially wanted to put Valentin in front today. In the end, it went full gas on the climb, then it was chaos on the descent and after”.

Wet roads at the start to the first stage.

A large number of attacks occurred inside a fragmented peloton, until twenty-eight riders managed to open a proper gap around kilometre 40. “We had Stefan and Romain in front first,” William explained. “Stefan followed many moves, so we were represented there, then Romain followed one move and it was the right one!” “I hadn’t planned to take the breakaway this morning, but it kept on attacking from all sides, and we had to follow the moves,” added Romain.

After the first third of the race, the Frenchman found himself with about twenty competitors at the front, and with a lead that quickly exceeded three minutes. “I was the only one from the team, but there were squads with numbers who also had their GC rider,” Romain added. “I focused on them a bit. As long as they were in control, there was no need to move”. “It was actually a super hard tempo in this breakaway,” said William. “It was impossible for anyone to attack.”

This was also reflected in the peloton’s inability to really get closer from the fugitives. Entering the final forty kilometres, while pouring rain appeared on the course, the gap between the two groups remained over three minutes. Twenty kilometres later, the breakaway approached the decisive climb of Michaelskreuz (3.9 km at 8.9%) with a good margin, which was more than enough to go for victory. “Romain rode most of the climb in the top five positions, then when O’Connor took over and rode a hard tempo, he was still there comfortable,” William explained. The selection initially came from behind, but about a kilometre from the summit, the young man quickly reacted to an acceleration from Julian Alaphilippe, before pursuing the effort with the former double world champion, Kévin Vauquelin and Bart Lemmen.

The four men broke away from the rest of the breakaway at the summit, and after a kilometre of downhill, Romain Grégoire gradually distanced himself from his last three competitors. “I think we were roughly at the same level,” he said. “At the top of the last climb, I wanted to get in front to make the descent safely and not be affected by the others’ lines. In the end, after 2 or 3 wet bends, I found myself with a small gap, and I thought that it was worth taking a little more risk. So I went flat out to the end. I don’t think I was stronger, but I managed to make the difference technically.” However, his lead didn’t initially exceed 6-7 seconds, and it is therefore thanks to his raw power that he stayed away in a final uphill section before entering the last six, more linear kilometers. “His performance in the final kilometres shows that he’s in super form,” William pointed out. “Romain was probably the fastest in the sprint, but he rode away solo and really committed to it.”

While the gap remained more or less the same for some time, the Groupama-FDJ rider finally managed to get the better of his rivals at the start of the final five kilometres, despite a relentless chase behind him. His lead indeed increased to ten seconds, then to fifteen entering the final kilometre. In control in the last moments, Romain Grégoire was even able to take his time to enjoy this resounding success. “It’s always exceptional to win, especially at the WorldTour level,” he said a few minutes later. “It’s just pure joy and a great relief. After what happened in the Basque Country and Ardèche, it also feels good to win with some margin, and in a clear and clean way. I’m proud of this victory, I’m super happy, and I’m going to enjoy it!” “Romain is a special rider,” added William. “He’s always motivated, he knows what he wants, and he just completely went for it today. It was really special how he won. It’s also the last preparation race before the Tour, there were a lot of strong guys at the start or in the breakaway, so I think that makes it even more meaningful for him.”

Romain Grégoire celebrates a bit after his win.

The icing on the cake: Romain Grégoire took the leader’s yellow jersey at the end of this first day of racing, which the main GC riders concluded more than three minutes behind the young Frenchman. “A yellow jersey in a WorldTour race isn’t a usual thing,” he said. “The Tour de Suisse is already a success, but we’ll take it one stage at a time. Tomorrow, I should be able to hold on to it. And now that I’ve got a lead in the general classification, I might as well fight every day and see where it takes me.”“We didn’t come here with any particular ambition for the general classification,” concluded William. “We were really focused on the stages, and we’ve already won one thanks to Romain’s performance today. Now, we’re going to do our best to defend the yellow jersey for as long as possible and we’ll see what comes out, even if there are still opportunities on the stages that we certainly won’t sacrifice. Johan will unfortunately not be with us tomorrow after he was forced to abandon. He would have been perfect to control the race, but the team we have here is very strong and we’re confident for what comes next.”

Complete results:

129.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.604 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2hr 50min 15sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 20sec
3	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:07
6	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	1:26
11	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
13	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
14	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
21	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:12
24	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
26	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:28
40	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:40
46	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:06
47	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:38
48	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
49	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
53	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
56	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	5:51
60	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
61	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
62	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
64	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
66	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:51
67	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	6:26
68	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	7:37
69	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	9:32
70	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	10:13
71	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
72	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
73	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	11:15
75	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
82	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
83	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
84	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
87	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
90	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
95	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
100	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
110	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
112	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
113	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
114	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
117	Filippo Zana	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
119	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
121	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
124	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
125	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
126	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
127	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
129	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
132	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
133	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
137	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
138	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:43
139	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	16:37
140	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
141	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
142	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
143	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
144	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
145	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
147	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
149	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
150	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
151	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

GC leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Mountains classification leader: Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla)
Points classification leader: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Teams classification leader: Visma | Lease a Bike

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	2hr 50min 5sec
2	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 24sec
3	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:26
4	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:17
6	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
7	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Lennard Kämna	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:32
11	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	1:36
12	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
13	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
14	Sjoerd Bax	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
18	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
21	Matteo Badilatti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Hugo Houle	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:22
24	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
26	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	AJ August	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
36	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
37	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:38
40	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
42	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:50
46	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:16
47	Gianluca Brambilla	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4:48
48	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
49	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
50	Sylvain Moniquet	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
53	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
56	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
57	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	6:01
60	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
61	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
62	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Anthon Charmig	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
64	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
66	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	6:32
68	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	7:47
69	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	9:42
70	Rui Costa	EF Education-EasyPost	10:23
71	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
72	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
73	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	11:25
75	Max van der Meulen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
78	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
82	Menno Huising	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
83	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
84	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
87	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
90	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Luc Wirtgen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Julien Vermote	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
95	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Chris Froome	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
100	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
110	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
112	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
113	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
114	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	Alexander Kamp	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
117	Filippo Zana	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
119	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	s.t.
120	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar Team	s.t.
121	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
124	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
125	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
126	Stake Laengen Vegard	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
127	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
128	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
129	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
131	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
132	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
133	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Jonas Koch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
137	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
138	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:53
139	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	16:47
140	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
141	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
142	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
143	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	s.t.
144	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
145	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
146	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
147	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
148	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
149	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
150	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
151	Anton Palzer	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list with back numbers, June 14, 2025:

	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Jan Christen
2	Mikkel Bjerg
3	João Almeida
4	Felix Grossschartner
5	Vegard Stake Laengen
6	Julius Johansen
7	António Morgado
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
11	Silvan Dillier
12	Ramses Debruyne
13	Gal Glivar
14	Jimmy Janssens
15	Henri Uhlig
16	Emiel Verstrynge
17	Fabio Van den Bossche
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
21	Ewen Costiou
22	Elie Gesbert
23	Laurens Huys
24	Mathis Le Berre
25	Martin Tjøtta
26	Kévin Vauquelin
27	Alessandro Verre
	Cofidis
31	Ion Izagirre
32	Nolann Mahoudo
33	Sam Maisonobe
34	Sylvain Moniquet
35	Stefano Oldani
36	Jan Maas
37	Sergio Samitier
	Bahrain Victorious
41	Matej Mohoric
42	Pello Bilbao
43	Rainer Kepplinger
45	Nicolò Buratti
46	Finlay Pickering
47	Mathijs Paasschens
48	Max van der Meulen
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
51	Felix Gall
52	Léo Bisiaux
53	Stefan Bissegger
54	Benoît Cosnefroy
55	Callum Scotson
56	Paul Lapeira
57	Nans Peters
	EF Education-EasyPost
61	Rui Costa
62	Vincenzo Albanese
63	Samuele Battistella
64	Madis Mihkels
65	Neilson Powless
66	Harry Sweeny
67	Max Walker
	Groupama-FDJ
71	Stefan Küng
72	Lewis Askey
73	Romain Grégoire
74	Johan Jacobs
75	Olivier Le Gac
76	Eddy Le Huitouze
77	Valentin Madouas
	INEOS Grenadiers
81	Geraint Thomas
82	Laurens De Plus
83	Lucas Hamilton
84	Bob Jungels
85	Ben Swift
86	AJ August
87	Victor Langellotti
	Intermarché-Wanty
91	Georg Zimmermann
92	Kevin Colleoni
93	Alexander Kamp
94	Gerben Kuypers
95	Simone Petilli
96	Jonas Rutsch
97	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
	Lidl-Trek
101	Tao Geoghegan Hart
102	Andrea Bagioli
103	Juan Pedro Lopez
104	Otto Vergaerde
105	Lennard Kämna
106	Sam Oomen
107	Quinn Simmons
	Movistar Team
111	Nairo Quintana
112	Pablo Castrillo
113	William Barta
114	Albert Torres
115	Nelson Oliveira
116	Javier Romo
117	Pelayo Sanchez
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
121	Aleksandr Vlasov
122	Roger Adrià
123	Anton Palzer
124	Jonas Koch
125	Jordi Meeus
126	Matteo Sobrero
127	Danny van Poppel
	Soudal Quick-Step
131	Ayco Bastiaens
132	James Knox
133	Antoine Huby
134	Junior Lecerf
135	Pieter Serry
136	Ilan Van Wilder
137	Mauri Vansevenant
	Team Jayco-AlUla
141	Mauro Schmid
142	Luke Durbridge
143	Patrick Gamper
144	Felix Engelhardt
145	Ben O'Connor
146	Jasha Sütterlin
147	Filippo Zana
	Team Picnic PostNL
151	Warren Barguil
152	Pavel Bittner
153	Sean Flynn
154	Oscar Onley
155	Alex Edmondson
156	Frank van den Broek
157	Tim Naberman
	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike
161	Menno Huising
162	Julien Vermote
163	Tiesj Benoot
164	Thomas Gloag
165	Tijmen Graat
166	Steven Kruijswijk
167	Bart Lemmen
	XDS Astana Team
171	Davide Ballerini
172	Anthon Charmig
173	Nicola Conci
174	Clément Champoussin
175	Alberto Bettiol
176	Fausto Masnada
177	Lorenzo Fortunato
	Israel-Premier Tech
181	Chris Froome
182	Joe Blackmore
183	George Bennett
184	Hugo Houle
185	Simon Clarke
186	Matthew Riccitello
187	Michael Woods
	Lotto
191	Arnaud De Lie
192	Jasper De Buyst
193	Sébastien Grignard
194	Eduardo Sepulveda
195	Arjen Livyns
196	Brent Van Moer
197	Jonas Gregaard
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
201	Fabio Christen
202	Matteo Badilatti
203	Gianluca Brambilla
204	Sjoerd Bax
205	David de la Cruz
206	Marcel Camprubí
207	David González
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
211	Marc Hirschi
212	Julian Alaphilippe
213	Marco Haller
214	Petr Kelemen
215	Marius Mayrhofer
216	Lawrence Warbasse
217	Luc Wirtgen

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