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Sunday, June 17: 9th & final stage, Bellinzona 34.1 km individual time trial

Stage 9 profile | Stage 9 photos

Richie Porte successfully defended his lead to win the 2018 Tour of Switzerland. Sirotti photo

Weather at Bellinzona at 3:00 PM, local time: 27C (81F), partly cloudy with wind from the SW at 11 km/hr (7 mph). Showers are possible in the late afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from winner Richie Porte's BMC team.

17 June, 2018, Bellinzona (SUI): The most successful Tour de Suisse in BMC Racing Team's history came to an end with Richie Porte sealing the overall victory in his debut at the race, and Swiss time trial champion Stefan Küng smashing the individual time trial to take the stage win.

In an historic race for the team, BMC Racing Team started with the win in the team time trial last Saturday, finished things off with the individual time trial win today, and in an incredible display of teamwork, led the race from start to finish, first with Küng in yellow for four days and then Porte.

After eight stages, the General Classification battle came down to the 34.1km race against the clock with Porte starting the day with a 17-second lead over Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and 52 seconds in front of Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb).

Küng started the day as one of the stage favorites and made his intentions clear by setting the second-fastest time at the 19.7km intermediate time check, one second behind teammate Tejay van Garderen, before coming home to smash the previous best time by 19 seconds to stop the clock with 39'44".

Küng had time in the hot seat to cool down and with it becoming unlikely that anyone would better his time, the Swiss champion was able to sit back and watch the General Classification battle unfold out on the road.

Despite the flat terrain, Porte quickly settled into a good rhythm and by the second intermediate check point the Australian had already put 38 seconds into Quintana and 14 seconds into Kelderman. Like Küng, Porte came home strong and crossed the line in Bellizona with 40'48" on the clock, finishing in 14th place on the day, which was more than enough to secure his maiden Tour de Suisse overall victory.

The time trial reshuffled the podium with Porte eventually finishing 1'02" over Jacob Fulgsang (Astana Pro Team) and 1'12" in front of Quintana. Van Garderen's performance showed the depth of BMC Racing Team in the time trial discipline, with third place on the day, 23 seconds behind Küng.

Interview with Richie Porte:

Richie, congratulations! Is this the biggest win of your career?

"I'd say so. I've won at races like Paris-Nice, Volta Catalunya and Tour de Romandie but this race is so special and to come here after the passing of Andy Rihs earlier in the season and win his home Tour is a massive satisfaction. I dedicate this win to Andy."

What does your performance here mean for you?

"This was a big goal. Let's not beat around the bush. It's a very important race and I think it's disrespectful to say it's a 'lead in' race for the Tour de France as it means a lot to win it. It's such a prestigious race. So, I think going forward into the Tour de France, it's a good sign to win here. It would have been nice to have won a stage here and maybe if the breakaway hadn't stayed away on Thursday's stage, I would have won one but, at the end of the day, to win the General Classification was the big goal and I'm still happy with the victory. I'm ready for the Tour de France. I did a good race here. I'm not at the top of my form just yet so I am excited for July."

What was the week like for the team defending the race lead from start to finish?

"It hasn't been an easy week but the guys did a fantastic job. We really had our work cut out for us and we didn't get a lot of help from the other teams. I was a little bit worried coming into today about guys like Kelderman but I'm happy with the time we put into them at the start of the race. I think it was a fantastic week."

And what's next after this race?

"Before this race, I hadn't raced since Tour de Romandie. I was at home for the birth of my son two weeks ago and I've only had one night at home with him so, I think it's great for me to get to go home for a bit of time before a training camp and then hopefully I'll be better at the Tour de France."

Interview with Stefan Küng:

Stefan, congratulations! Talk us through the time trial course and how you are feeling after it?

"It wasn't an easy course. It had some quite technical bits and a bit of up and down so, you had to pace it really well. I was saving a little bit for the end because I knew that you could make up or lose a lot of time there. I'm pretty happy with how I paced it. Obviously, it was a hard one for everyone after a hard Tour de Suisse in hot conditions but I am happy with my ride and it's nice to take the win at home."

Can it get any better than being the Swiss National TT champion winning a time trial at the Tour de Suisse?

"No, I don't think so. I'm really proud to wear this jersey here at home. The guys from Assos have done a good job designing it so, winning at home is special. It can't get any better and I think this Tour de Suisse as a whole, couldn't have been better for our team with the TTT win at the beginning and spending the whole week in yellow with Richie pulling off the overall win. It makes us really proud. It's a pity that Andy isn't with us to experience this moment but he was here in our hearts throughout the whole week and maybe that is what made the difference."

Complete results:

Stage 9 photos

34.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.493 km/hr

1	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	39min 44sec
2	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	@ 19sec
3	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	0:23
4	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	0:26
5	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
6	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	0:37
7	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
8	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	0:38
9	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	0:44
10	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	0:46
11	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:49
12	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	0:59
13	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:03
14	PORTE Richie	BMC	1:04
15	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	1:09
16	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	1:12
17	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	1:13
18	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	1:16
19	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	1:19
20	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:21
21	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	1:24
22	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:26
23	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
24	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	1:31
25	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
26	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	1:33
27	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
28	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	1:35
29	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	1:37
30	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	1:42
31	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	1:43
32	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	1:45
33	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	1:53
34	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	1:54
35	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
36	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:57
37	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	1:58
38	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	1:59
39	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:01
40	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	2:11
41	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:13
42	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	2:16
44	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
45	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	2:17
46	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:18
47	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	2:21
48	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	2:25
49	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	2:27
50	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	2:28
51	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
52	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
53	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	2:30
54	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	2:32
55	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	2:34
56	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	2:35
57	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	2:37
58	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
60	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	2:40
61	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
62	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	2:42
63	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	2:46
64	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:51
65	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	2:53
67	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	2:55
68	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
69	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	3:02
70	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:03
71	ROSA Diego	Sky	3:04
72	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:07
73	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	3:08
74	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	3:09
75	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	3:14
76	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	3:20
77	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	3:21
78	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	3:22
79	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	3:24
80	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	3:27
81	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	3:29
83	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:31
84	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
85	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	3:33
87	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:36
88	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	3:45
89	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	3:46
91	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	3:47
92	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	3:49
93	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	3:54
94	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	3:55
95	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	3:59
96	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
97	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
98	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	4:00
99	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	4:02
100	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	4:07
101	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	4:11
102	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	4:22
103	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	4:32
104	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	4:36
105	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	4:38
106	DOULL Owain	Sky	4:39
107	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	4:40
108	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
109	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	4:41
110	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	4:43
111	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	4:45
112	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
113	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	4:47
114	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
115	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	4:53
116	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	4:58
117	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	5:01
118	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
119	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	5:04
120	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	5:10
121	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	5:11
122	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	5:14
123	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:22
124	GERRANS Simon	BMC	5:23
125	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	5:31
126	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
127	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	5:32
128	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	5:41
129	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	5:43
130	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	5:49
131	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	6:29
132	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	7:17
133	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	7:20
134	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	8:16
135	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	9:04
136	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	9:18
137	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	9:25

Final GC after stage 9:

• GC winner: Richie Porte (BMC)
• Mountains classification winner: Mark Christian (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Sprint (points) classification winner: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors)
• Team classification winner: Astana

1,215.4 kilometers (755.2 miles) raced at an average speed of 41.245 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	BMC	29hr 28min 5sec
2	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	@ 1min 2sec
3	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	1:12
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	1:20
5	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	1:21
6	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:47
7	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	1:52
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:59
9	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	2:27
10	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	2:41
11	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	3:07
12	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	3:16
13	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	3:29
14	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	3:47
15	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	3:57
16	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	4:00
17	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:06
18	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	4:32
19	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:08
20	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	5:31
21	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:42
22	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	7:50
23	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	9:47
24	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
25	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	11:28
26	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	11:32
27	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	12:18
28	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	12:33
29	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	13:27
30	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	13:35
31	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	15:08
32	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	15:13
33	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	15:31
34	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	15:34
35	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	16:18
36	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	18:20
37	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	19:12
38	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	21:26
39	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	22:50
40	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	23:39
41	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	24:09
42	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	24:12
43	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	24:45
44	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	25:15
45	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	27:35
46	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	29:44
47	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	30:01
48	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	31:35
49	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	32:38
50	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	32:39
51	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	33:30
52	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	35:00
53	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	35:22
54	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	37:16
55	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	37:25
56	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	38:48
57	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	41:32
58	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	43:22
59	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	44:49
60	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	46:04
61	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	46:20
62	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	46:22
63	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	47:07
64	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	48:37
65	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	49:18
66	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	49:41
67	FRAILE Omar	Astana	50:56
68	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	51:01
69	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	51:19
70	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	52:11
71	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	53:25
72	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	54:10
73	STANNARD Ian	Sky	55:59
74	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	56:09
75	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	58:19
76	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	1:00:17
77	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	1:02:08
78	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	1:04:49
79	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	1:06:09
80	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:06:36
81	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:07:23
82	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	1:07:25
83	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:07:30
84	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:08:00
85	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	1:09:42
86	GERRANS Simon	BMC	1:10:01
87	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	1:10:51
88	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	1:11:13
89	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	1:11:15
90	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	1:12:32
91	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	1:12:47
92	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	1:13:36
93	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	1:15:02
94	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	1:15:08
95	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	1:15:35
96	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	1:15:53
97	GATTO Oscar	Astana	1:16:16
98	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	1:17:40
99	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	1:19:22
100	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	1:19:34
101	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	1:19:35
102	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	1:20:00
103	DOULL Owain	Sky	1:20:17
104	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	1:21:08
105	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:22:42
106	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	1:22:43
107	ROSA Diego	Sky	1:22:47
108	SCHAR Michael	BMC	1:25:01
109	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	1:26:13
110	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	1:26:22
111	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:26:29
112	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	1:27:40
113	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	1:29:29
114	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	1:30:35
115	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:32:29
116	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:34:04
117	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	1:35:07
118	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	1:37:38
119	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	1:38:55
120	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	1:39:46
121	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:40:04
122	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:40:34
123	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	1:40:59
124	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:41:31
125	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	1:41:56
126	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	1:42:16
127	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	1:43:39
128	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	1:44:55
129	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	1:44:59
130	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:45:11
131	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	1:46:43
132	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:48:01
133	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:51:07
134	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:52:18
135	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:55:15
136	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:58:16
137	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	2:06:08

Stage 9 profile:

Stage 9 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Points classification winner Peter Sagan

Stage winner Stefan Küng

Soren Kragh Andersen was second.

And Tejay van Garderen was third.

Richie Porte was fourteenth today, good enough to give him the final overall win.

Stage winner Stefan Küng

Peter Sagan won the points classification.

Final winner Richie Porte

The final GC podium, from left: Jakob Fuglsang (2nd), Richie Porte & Nairo Quintana (3rd).

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Saturday, June 16: Stage 8, Bellinzona Circuit (6 laps), 123.8 km

Stage 8 profile | Stage 8 photos

French road champion Arnaud Démare wins the eighth stage. Sirotti photo

Weather in Bellinzona at 1:40 PM, local time: 26C (78F), sunny, with the wind from the WSW at 11 km/hr (7 mph). Rain should not start until after 6:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from race leader Richie Porte's BMC team.

16 June, 2018, Bellinzona (SUI): Richie Porte survived the hectic circuit race on stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse to maintain his overall lead ahead of the final time trial on Sunday.

The riders did six laps of a 21.5km circuit in Bellinzona and with the stage presenting the last chance for the sprinters, the race was controlled from start to finish. Four riders went clear in the opening kilometers of the first lap but with a bunch sprint in mind, the peloton kept the breakaway within two minutes in the first three laps.

With multiple teams looking for the stage win, BMC Racing Team made the most of the first time all week when the team hasn't had to lead the chase, instead sitting slightly back in the peloton around Porte. The sprinters' teams brought the breakaway back to 30 seconds as the bell rang to signal the last lap before almost making the catch with 10km to go.

A blistering pace saw the peloton strung out in single file but with the help of Greg Van Avermaet and Stefan Küng, Porte was well positioned near the front of the group.

The two remaining breakaway riders were caught in the final few kilometers while the sprinters battled for position under the flamme rouge. Arnaud Demare (Groupama FDJ) sprinted to the stage win and Porte, thanks to his solid positioning, was able to sprint to 12th place.

Porte will be the last rider to roll down the start ramp for the 34km individual time trial, starting the day with a 17-second advantage over Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and 52 seconds over Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb).

Richie Porte:
"That was such a nervous and stressful stage. It looked like today went without any problems but that's thanks to my fantastic team here. BMC Racing Team has been great all week and today was another impressive display from them to put me in a good position in the hectic finish. It was one of those days where you are just happy to get it over and done with."

"The race has gone really well so far but it's not over until it's over. Nairo Quintana had a fantastic day yesterday and I think he could easily have another good day tomorrow, likewise with Wilco Kelderman. You can't underestimate either of them so, if I am here tomorrow in the yellow jersey, I will be super happy. I have to be positive though and things have been going well so far so fingers crossed."

"Stefan is in another league to everyone going into tomorrow. In the team time trial, he made the difference for us. Here's an incredible engine and he did another fantastic job today. I think he is the big favorite for tomorrow.

"For me, after having my crash last year, I think I had a good Santos Tour Down Under but the season has not been so super since so to be here and to be time trialling for the win on the last day of the Tour de Suisse is a dream come true."

Complete results:

Stage 8 photos

123.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.103 km/hr

1	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	2hr 41min 7sec
2	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
8	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
9	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
12	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
13	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
14	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
15	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
16	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
17	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
19	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
20	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
21	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
22	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
23	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
27	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
28	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
29	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
30	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
31	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
32	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
33	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
34	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
35	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
36	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
37	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
41	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
42	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
43	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
46	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
49	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
53	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
56	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
57	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
59	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
60	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	s.t.
61	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
62	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	@ 23sec
66	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
67	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
68	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
69	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
70	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
71	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
72	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
74	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
75	GATTO Oscar	Astana	0:28
76	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
77	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
79	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
82	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	0:39
83	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	0:42
84	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	0:55
85	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
86	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
87	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
89	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
90	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:02
91	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
92	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
93	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	1:04
94	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
96	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	1:15
98	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:20
99	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
100	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	1:32
101	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
102	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	1:36
103	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:40
104	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
105	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
106	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	1:42
107	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	1:46
108	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	1:57
110	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	2:33
111	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	2:45
112	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	4:52
113	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
114	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
115	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
116	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
117	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
118	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
119	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
120	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
121	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
122	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
123	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
124	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
125	DOULL Owain	Sky	4:57
126	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
127	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
128	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
129	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
130	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
132	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
134	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
135	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
136	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
137	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	9:23
138	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
139	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
140	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.

GC after stage 8:

1,108.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.017 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	BMC	28hr 47min 17sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	@ 17sec
3	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	0:52
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	0:53
5	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	1:13
6	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:28
7	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	1:31
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:37
9	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:48
10	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	2:26
11	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	2:32
12	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
13	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	2:56
14	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	3:02
15	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	3:03
16	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:09
17	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	3:15
18	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	3:19
19	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:54
20	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	4:14
21	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:39
22	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	6:57
23	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	7:58
24	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	9:05
25	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	9:30
26	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	9:48
27	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	10:01
28	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	10:23
29	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	11:25
30	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	12:50
31	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	13:05
32	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	13:35
33	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	13:50
34	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	14:23
35	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	14:24
36	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	16:38
37	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	19:22
38	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	19:53
39	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	22:18
40	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	22:19
41	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	22:21
42	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	23:44
43	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	23:47
44	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	24:25
45	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	25:08
46	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	28:11
47	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	28:49
48	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	30:26
49	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	31:13
50	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	32:00
51	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	33:16
52	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	34:45
53	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	35:14
54	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	35:38
55	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	35:43
56	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	37:01
57	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	40:15
58	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	40:42
59	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	44:22
60	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	44:58
61	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	45:02
62	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	45:34
63	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
64	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	46:15
65	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	46:22
66	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	48:25
67	FRAILE Omar	Astana	48:29
68	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	49:40
69	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	49:48
70	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	50:43
71	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	52:26
72	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	52:31
73	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	52:53
74	STANNARD Ian	Sky	54:23
75	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	56:11
76	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	57:40
77	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	58:09
78	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	58:46
79	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	1:03:25
80	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:03:55
81	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	1:05:07
82	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:05:24
83	GERRANS Simon	BMC	1:05:42
84	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:05:54
85	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:06:13
86	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	1:08:26
87	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	1:08:53
88	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	1:09:13
89	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
90	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	1:09:37
91	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	1:09:55
92	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	1:10:34
93	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	1:11:13
94	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	1:11:29
95	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	1:11:41
96	GATTO Oscar	Astana	1:11:49
97	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	1:12:44
98	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	1:13:26
99	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	1:14:22
100	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	1:15:21
101	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	1:15:46
102	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	1:16:36
103	DOULL Owain	Sky	1:16:42
104	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	1:16:52
105	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	1:17:52
106	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:18:24
107	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	1:19:22
108	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	1:19:35
109	ROSA Diego	Sky	1:20:47
110	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	1:22:16
111	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	1:23:26
112	SCHAR Michael	BMC	1:23:37
113	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:23:57
114	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	1:24:03
115	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	1:25:02
116	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	1:25:50
117	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	1:29:25
118	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:30:06
119	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	1:31:07
120	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	1:32:34
121	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	1:33:30
122	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:34:42
123	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	1:36:26
124	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:36:40
125	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:37:09
126	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	1:37:16
127	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:37:55
128	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	1:39:15
129	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	1:39:42
130	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	1:41:38
131	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	1:42:00
132	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:42:21
133	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:42:53
134	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	1:43:11
135	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:43:24
136	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	1:44:10
137	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:48:37
138	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:49:02
139	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:54:06
140	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	1:59:52

 

Stage 8 profile:

Stage 8 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The Nippo-Vini Fantini team is presented at the starting ceremonies.

American road champion Lawrence Warbasse gets his bike.

Here's a better view than I posted yesterday of an Aqua Blue Sport team bike like Warbasse's with the SRAM Force 1 group's single front chainring drivetrain.

Race leader Richie Porte on the start line.

Racing in Bellinzona

Richie Porte is being escorted by his BMC teammates.

Nairo Quintana is just 17 seconds behind Richie Porte.

Here they come....

Arnaud Démare takes the stage.

Stage winner Arnaud Démare

Peter Sagan remains the owner of the points classification leader's black jersey.

Richie Porte will start the final stage in yellow.

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Friday, June 15: Stage 7: Eschenbach/Atzmanning - Arosa, 170.5 km

Stage 7 profile | Stage 7 photos

Nairo Quintana takes brilliant solo win in Arosa

Weather at the finish city of Arosa, Switzerland at 2:00 PM, local time: 13C (56F), partly cloudy with the wind from the north at 19 km/hr (12 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Climbing specialist Nairo Quintana (MOV/COL) captured the win on the mountain top finish in Arosa after an impressive long solo performance.

As soon as the peloton left Chur at the foot of the long final climb, the South American rider commenced his charge against race leader Richie Porte (BMC/AUS). Quintana collected a bonus of half a minute but not more than that. During the final 25 km a long pursuit was contested between Quintana and Porte in which the Colombian received little to no support whereas Porte received invaluable support from Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet. From Litzirüti on, in the steep final kilometres, it was a battle between the giants, Quintana against Porte.

At the finish in Obersee, the lake in the center of Arosa, the difference between Quintana and Porte was down to 22 seconds. Nairo Quintana moves into second position in the general classification but that wasn’t what mattered the most, the Colombian said after capturing his first victory of the season. “This mountain top finish was a big test for me with the eye on the Tour de France. Now I’ve got the confirmation that I’m riding at a high level and I’m right on track for the biggest goal of the season at the Tour de France.” With a palmares that includes the overall victory in the Giro d’Italia 2014, the Tour de Romandie and the Vuelta a España in 2016 it’s clear that the name Nairo Quintana is a great addition to the list of stage winners in the Tour de Suisse.

Richie Porte seemed to hit the red zone after launching his solo pursuit on Quintana in Litzirüti. The Australian was content that Jakob Fuglsang (AST/DEN) was able to bridge up with him and set the pace. “Yes, in the end I was struggling. I literally exploded,” admitted Porte, who didn’t hold back his appreciation for the big show from Quintana. “He pulled off a great performance. I congratulate him with his result.”

It was incredibly hard, added Porte, who obviously didn’t find much time to admire the scenic mountain landscapes. “Maybe one day, I’ll come back to Arosa for a recreational ride.” Even though Porte managed to extend his lead over the second rider in the general classification, the Australian race leader didn’t want to claim that the overall victory was already in the pocket. “We’ll only draw conclusions on the final day. I don’t think it’s appropriate to talk about the overall victory just yet.”

Complete Results:

170.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.210 km/hr

Stage 7 photos

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	4hr 1min 39sec
2	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	@ 22sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
4	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	0:38
5	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
6	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:50
9	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
10	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	0:59
11	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:08
12	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:21
13	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
14	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
15	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	1:46
16	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	2:08
17	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
18	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
19	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
21	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:20
22	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	2:27
23	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	2:33
24	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	2:46
26	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	2:56
27	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
29	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:09
30	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	4:14
32	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:25
33	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	6:10
34	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	6:39
35	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	7:09
36	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	7:23
37	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
38	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:46
41	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
42	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	9:18
43	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
44	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	9:28
46	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
47	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	10:26
48	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	10:42
49	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
50	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	10:52
51	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
52	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	11:55
53	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	13:20
54	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	14:29
56	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
57	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
58	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	16:04
59	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	16:33
60	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	18:06
61	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
62	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
63	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	18:08
64	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	19:11
65	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	19:14
67	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	19:50
68	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
69	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	22:01
70	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
71	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	25:52
72	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
74	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
75	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
76	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
77	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
78	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
79	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
80	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
81	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
85	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
87	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
89	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
90	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
94	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
95	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
96	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
97	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
98	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
99	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
100	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	26:21
101	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	28:14
102	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
103	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	29:53
104	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
105	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
106	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
107	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
108	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
109	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
110	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
111	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
112	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
116	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
117	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
118	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
119	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
120	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
122	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
123	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
126	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	29:57
127	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
128	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
130	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
131	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
132	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
133	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
134	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
135	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
136	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
137	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
138	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
139	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
140	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1,057 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.494 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	BMC	26hr 6min 10sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	@ 17sec
3	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	0:52
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	0:53
5	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	1:13
6	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:28
7	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	1:31
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:37
9	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	1:48
10	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	2:26
11	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	2:32
12	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
13	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	2:56
14	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	3:02
15	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	3:03
16	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:09
17	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	3:15
18	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	3:19
19	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:54
20	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	4:14
21	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:39
22	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	6:57
23	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	7:58
24	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	9:05
25	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	9:30
26	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	9:32
27	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	9:48
28	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	10:01
29	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	10:23
30	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	10:30
31	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	12:50
32	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	13:05
33	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	13:07
34	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	13:50
35	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	14:00
36	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	14:25
37	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	14:56
38	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	16:38
39	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	20:11
40	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	21:17
41	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	21:26
42	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	21:55
43	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	22:53
44	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	23:16
45	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	23:47
46	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	28:11
47	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	28:49
48	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	30:26
49	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	30:45
50	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	31:37
51	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	33:16
52	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	34:17
53	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	34:48
54	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	35:14
55	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	35:38
56	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	36:15
57	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	39:20
58	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	40:10
59	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	40:19
60	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	43:03
61	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	43:22
62	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	43:47
63	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	44:02
64	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	44:18
65	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	45:20
66	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	45:34
67	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	47:56
68	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	48:25
69	FRAILE Omar	Astana	48:29
70	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	48:36
71	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	48:57
72	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	49:25
73	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	51:36
74	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	53:54
75	STANNARD Ian	Sky	54:00
76	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	56:11
77	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	57:40
78	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	58:09
79	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	58:28
80	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	59:50
81	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:00:32
82	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:02:53
83	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:03:09
84	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	1:04:45
85	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	1:05:07
86	GERRANS Simon	BMC	1:05:19
87	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:06:13
88	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	1:06:32
89	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	1:07:22
90	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	1:07:27
91	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	1:07:59
92	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	1:08:25
93	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	1:10:28
94	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	1:10:34
95	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	1:10:50
96	GATTO Oscar	Astana	1:11:21
97	DOULL Owain	Sky	1:11:45
98	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	1:11:47
99	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	1:12:02
100	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	1:13:02
101	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	1:13:26
102	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	1:14:42
103	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	1:16:12
104	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	1:16:36
105	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	1:16:52
106	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:17:20
107	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	1:17:24
108	SCHAR Michael	BMC	1:18:40
109	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:19:00
110	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	1:19:22
111	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	1:19:45
112	ROSA Diego	Sky	1:20:47
113	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	1:22:21
114	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	1:23:30
115	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	1:24:07
116	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	1:24:35
117	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	1:25:02
118	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	1:27:42
119	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	1:29:25
120	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:30:06
121	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	1:30:44
122	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:31:48
123	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:33:38
124	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	1:34:18
125	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:35:29
126	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	1:36:26
127	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	1:36:46
128	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	1:37:08
129	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	1:37:16
130	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:37:55
131	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:38:01
132	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	1:39:19
133	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:42:04
134	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:42:21
135	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	1:42:30
136	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	1:43:11
137	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:43:45
138	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:44:05
139	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:49:14
140	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	1:50:29

Stage 7 profile:

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Where we're headed today, the finish city of Arosa.

We're in the big stuff. Here Lilian Calmejane climbs to Arosa.

Nairo Quintana races for the finish.

Further back Jakob Fuglsang helps Richie Porte chase the fleeing Quintana.

The stage is Nairo Quintana's

Jakob Fuglsang leads Richie Porte across the line 22 seconds later.

Richie Porte just after the stage.

Stage winner Nairo Quintana

Richie Porte goes into the weekend with a 17-second lead.

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Thursday, June 14: Stage 6, Fiesch - Gommiswald, 186 km

Stage 6 profile | Stage 6 photos

Soren Kragh Andersen wins the stage. In style. Sirotti photo

The race: Here's the organizer's race report.

06/14/2018: Richie Porte firmly in the saddle

At the end of the queen stage Richie Porte (BMC/AUS) managed to add 12 more seconds to his race lead.

During the final kilometres of the 186 km long stage from Fiesch to Gommiswald, Porte put on a show of strength. The Australian rider set a blistering pace and forced one contender after the other to get dropped from his wheel. “At first I didn’t have the plan to attack but when I was informed I figured it was worth to try something. I was somewhat surprised that the others weren’t keeping up. If I will attack again on Friday at the uphill finish in Arosa? Who knows. In cycling, every day is different. I prefer not to make predictions.”The hard work in the peloton on Thursday was done by Michael Schär who led the peloton throughout most of the first 140 km. “The last few days were very intense. When Simon Gerrans and Alessandro De Marchi joined forces in the final part of the stage, it became even harder for me because the pace was increased.” Porte paid tribute to the work of his domestique. “It’s unbelievable to see what a performance he pulled off!”

In a stage that included the Furka and Klausen Pass at long distance from the finish, it wasn’t a major surprise to see a race within the race. A group of 18 riders from 16 teams started a quest for the stage victory but only five riders would eventually finish ahead of Porte in Gommiswald. The first one of those five riders was Sören Kragh Andersen (SUN/DEN) who celebrated the biggest professional victory of his career to date. “I’m overjoyed and I must thank my team for giving me the opportunity to have a crack at the stage win today. For me, the hard training work paid off. When Michael Gogl attacked in the final, I was playing a risky game because I was waiting for a reaction from the other riders. It worked out in the end, even though I’m not the best of climbers. This triumph in Gommiswald is a major boost to my confidence.”

Complete Results:

186 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.214 km/hr

Stage 6 photos

1	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	4hr 59min 53sec
2	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	@ 10sec
3	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	0:24
4	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	0:25
5	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
6	PORTE Richie	BMC	0:27
7	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	0:29
8	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:39
9	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
12	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
13	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
14	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
16	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
17	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
19	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
22	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
23	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:51
24	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	0:54
25	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
26	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
27	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
30	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team Sky	s.t.
31	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
32	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:20
34	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
36	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	1:25
37	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
38	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	1:29
40	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	1:43
41	HENAO Sebastián	Team Sky	1:45
42	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
43	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	2:04
44	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:16
45	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
46	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
47	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:31
48	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
49	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	2:36
51	FRAILE Omar	Astana	2:54
52	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
53	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
54	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	3:11
56	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
57	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:25
58	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
59	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
60	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
61	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
62	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	3:37
64	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	3:56
65	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
66	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
67	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	s.t.
68	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
69	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	4:09
70	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	4:29
71	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	4:44
72	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
73	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
74	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
76	STANNARD Ian	Team Sky	s.t.
77	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	5:02
78	GERRANS Simon	BMC	5:09
79	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	5:10
80	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
81	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team Sky	s.t.
83	SCHAR Michael	BMC	5:41
84	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	6:47
85	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	6:49
86	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	6:54
87	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	7:04
88	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	7:08
89	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	7:10
90	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
91	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	7:55
92	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	8:18
93	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	10:32
94	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	14:05
95	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
96	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
97	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
99	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
100	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	14:32
101	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
102	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	15:51
104	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
105	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
106	DOULL Owain	Team Sky	s.t.
107	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
108	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
109	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
112	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
113	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
114	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	16:18
117	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	24:45
118	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
119	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	s.t.
120	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
121	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
122	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
123	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
124	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
125	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
127	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
129	ROSA Diego	Team Sky	s.t.
130	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
131	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
132	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
133	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
134	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
135	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
137	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
138	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
139	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
140	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
141	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	25:26

GC after stage 6:

887 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.190 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	BMC	22hr 4min 13sec
2	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	@ 32sec
3	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	0:33
5	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:41
6	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:45
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:48
8	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:52
9	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:58
10	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	0:59
11	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	1:04
12	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:05
13	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
14	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:19
15	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:25
16	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	1:29
17	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:30
18	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team Sky	1:36
19	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	1:45
20	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	1:59
21	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	2:00
22	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	2:27
23	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:37
24	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:51
25	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	3:10
26	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	3:15
27	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	3:42
28	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	4:06
29	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	4:22
30	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	5:20
31	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	5:23
32	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	5:25
33	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	5:32
34	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	5:45
35	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	6:04
36	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	6:46
37	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:09
38	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	7:13
39	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	7:45
40	HENAO Sebastián	Team Sky	8:40
41	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	9:28
42	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	9:36
43	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	13:28
44	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	13:43
45	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	13:46
46	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	14:16
47	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	14:30
48	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	14:43
49	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	14:50
50	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:09
51	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	16:21
52	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	16:45
53	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	17:30
54	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	18:28
55	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	20:00
56	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	20:05
57	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	21:45
58	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	21:57
59	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:58
60	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	22:04
61	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	22:27
62	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	22:51
63	FRAILE Omar	Astana	22:55
64	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	23:23
65	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	24:24
66	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	25:07
67	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	25:48
68	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	26:36
69	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	28:34
70	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	29:00
71	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	30:46
72	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	31:19
73	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team Sky	32:06
74	STANNARD Ian	Team Sky	32:20
75	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	33:03
76	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	33:18
77	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	35:28
78	GERRANS Simon	BMC	35:44
79	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	36:06
80	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	36:45
81	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	38:01
82	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	39:11
83	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	40:39
84	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	40:49
85	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	40:55
86	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	40:58
87	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	41:48
88	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	41:53
89	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	42:25
90	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	42:51
91	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	43:51
92	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	45:16
93	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	45:21
94	GATTO Oscar	Astana	45:47
95	DOULL Owain	Team Sky	46:11
96	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	46:21
97	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	46:28
98	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	47:01
99	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	47:45
100	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	47:52
101	SCHAR Michael	BMC	49:01
102	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	49:05
103	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	49:08
104	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	50:10
105	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	50:38
106	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	51:18
107	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	51:26
108	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	51:46
109	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	53:26
110	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	53:55
111	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	54:21
112	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	54:32
113	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	54:56
114	ROSA Diego	Team Sky	55:13
115	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	55:27
116	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	56:47
117	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	57:16
118	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	57:22
119	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	1:01:09
120	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:02:13
121	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	1:03:51
122	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	1:03:59
123	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	1:04:32
124	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	1:04:43
125	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:05:54
126	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	1:06:47
127	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	1:07:11
128	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	1:07:33
129	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	1:07:41
130	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:08:20
131	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:08:22
132	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	1:09:44
133	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	1:09:54
134	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	1:12:25
135	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	1:12:51
136	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	1:13:36
137	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	1:14:06
138	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:14:26
139	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:16:18
140	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:19:39
141	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	1:20:54

Stage 6 profile:

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Simon Gerrans gets his bike to start the stage.

Racing in Switzerland requires some real gears. Here's an Aqua Blue Sport bike that uses a single front chainring, so the gear range is the same as if it were a double front-ring bike with a closer rear cassette.

Tough stuff to get over today, including the Furka Pass.

Climbing the Furka Pass

Another view of the Furka Pass. It tops out at 2,429 meters (7,969 feet).

Soren Kragh Andersen almost has this stage won.

Not far behind, Richie Porte closing in on the finish.

Soren Kragh Andersen wins the stage.

Stage winner Soren Kragh Andersen.

Richie porte remains the race leader.

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Wednesday, June 13: Stage 5, Gstaad - Leukerbad, 155.7 km

Stage 5 profile | Stage 5 photos

Diego Ulissi wins stage five.

Weather at the finish city of Leukerbad at 2:30 PM, local time: 13C (55F), cloudy, with the wind from the NNW at 16 km/hr (10 mph). Rain showers are possible, but unlikely, in the late afternoon.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

During the first uphill finish of the stage race in Leukerbad, Stefan Küng stood tall for a very long time but at 4 km from the finish, the rider from Thurgau had to let go of the group. Earlier, during the ascent to Montana, Küng - wearing race number 13 on his back - encountered bad luck when a rider touched his rear wheel which forced him to switch bikes. Küng was on his own to fight his way back towards the peloton and wasted a lot of energy. Possibly, the Swiss rider lacked that energy during the final ascent. At the finish line, the deficit for Küng was up to 3:23.

During the first part of the final climb, Küng was still riding just behind Richie Porte. The Australian: “He told me that he’d enjoyed better days.“ Porte, who’s riding his maiden Tour de Suisse, said he was delighted to take over the leader’s jersey. “It’s a nice reward for me. This is a well respected event and of course I’m riding for a Swiss team too.” Wouldn’t it have been better to have taken the jersey by the team at a later part of the race? Porte: “No, it doesn’t change a lot. We have to race anyway…!” And there’s still another maillot jaune which Porte hopes to capture, the one at the Tour de France in July.

The headwind in the final kilometres made the finish even harder and a late attack from unlucky Mikel Landa (MOV/ESP) fell just short at 200 m from the finish line. “After the attack from Landa I thought for a while that we wouldn’t be racing for the victory,” confessed Diego Ulissi (UAE/ITA) after capturing the 30th win of his career. The Italian was pleased to have won the uphill sprint in Leukerbad for more than one reason. “For five years I’ve been living in Lugano and furthermore, the Tour de Suisse holds a status as a big international race.” Within his UAE Team Emirates squad, Ulissi is also the dedicated rider to target the general classification. “With a bit of luck I’ll be ranked in the top-10. It’s not possible for me to battle for the overall victory. There are opponents who are faster than me on the climbs and when racing against the clock."

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

1	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	3hr 37min 31sec
2	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
4	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
7	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
8	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
9	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
11	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
14	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
15	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	@ 7sec
17	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	0:12
19	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	0:14
20	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
21	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
22	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	0:47
23	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:20
24	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	1:24
25	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
26	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
27	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
28	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
29	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
30	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	1:33
31	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
32	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
33	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:39
36	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	2:02
37	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	3:20
38	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	3:23
39	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	4:01
40	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	4:29
41	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
42	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	6:20
43	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
44	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
46	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
47	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
48	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
49	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
52	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	8:24
53	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:35
54	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
55	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	9:28
56	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	10:11
57	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	13:37
58	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	14:48
60	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
61	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
62	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
63	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
64	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
65	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
66	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
68	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
70	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	15:30
71	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	18:36
72	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
73	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
74	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
75	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
76	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
78	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
79	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
80	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	18:42
81	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	19:27
82	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
83	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
84	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
85	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
86	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
87	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
88	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	21:21
89	GATTO Oscar	Astana	23:07
90	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	24:19
91	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
93	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
96	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
97	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
98	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
99	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
102	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
103	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
104	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
105	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
106	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
107	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
108	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
110	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
112	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
114	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
115	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
116	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
117	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
119	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
120	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
121	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
122	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
123	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
124	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
125	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
128	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
129	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
130	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
131	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
132	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
134	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
135	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
136	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
137	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
138	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
139	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
140	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
141	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
142	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
143	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
144	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

1	PORTE Richie	BMC	17hr 3min 53sec
2	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	@ 20sec
3	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
4	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	0:21
5	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:29
6	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:33
7	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	0:36
8	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:40
9	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:46
10	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	0:47
11	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
12	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	0:52
13	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:53
14	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	0:58
15	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
16	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:07
17	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	1:09
18	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	1:17
19	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	1:18
20	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	1:23
21	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	1:24
22	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	1:32
23	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	1:33
24	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	2:00
25	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:17
26	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:27
27	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	2:31
28	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:40
29	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	2:43
30	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	2:48
31	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	3:20
32	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	3:55
33	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	4:25
34	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	4:29
35	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	4:39
36	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	4:53
37	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	5:44
38	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:16
39	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	6:20
40	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	6:47
41	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	7:09
43	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	7:21
44	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	7:22
45	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	8:49
46	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	10:04
47	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	12:06
48	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	12:11
49	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	12:43
50	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	12:58
51	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	14:17
52	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	14:18
53	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	14:43
54	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	15:02
55	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	15:41
56	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	15:43
57	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	17:07
58	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	17:14
59	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	18:55
60	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	19:06
61	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	19:54
62	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	19:55
63	FRAILE Omar	Astana	20:28
64	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	20:55
65	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	20:56
66	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	21:31
67	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	21:57
68	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	22:09
69	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	23:14
70	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	24:03
71	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	24:32
72	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	25:17
73	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	25:24
74	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	27:00
75	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	27:01
76	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	27:08
77	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	27:23
78	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	27:50
79	STANNARD Ian	Sky	28:03
80	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	28:27
81	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	28:43
82	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	29:13
83	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	29:37
84	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	29:57
85	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	30:03
86	GATTO Oscar	Astana	30:23
87	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	30:38
88	DOULL Owain	Sky	30:47
89	ROSA Diego	Sky	30:55
90	GERRANS Simon	BMC	31:02
91	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	31:09
92	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	31:11
93	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	31:23
94	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	31:37
95	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	31:38
96	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	32:28
97	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	32:36
98	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	32:43
99	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	34:32
100	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	34:35
101	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	34:56
102	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	35:16
103	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	35:42
104	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	36:05
105	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	37:00
106	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	37:20
107	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	37:31
108	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	37:41
109	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
110	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	38:00
111	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	39:21
112	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	39:33
113	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	39:54
114	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	40:14
115	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	40:54
116	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	41:23
117	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	41:36
118	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	41:52
119	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	42:11
120	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	42:29
121	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	43:15
122	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	43:23
123	SCHAR Michael	BMC	43:47
124	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	44:02
125	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	44:04
126	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	44:25
127	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	45:26
128	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	45:36
129	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	45:45
130	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	46:49
131	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	47:35
132	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	48:07
133	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	48:33
134	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	48:35
135	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	48:38
136	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	49:18
137	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	49:19
138	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	49:48
139	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	50:08
140	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	50:55
141	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	51:19
142	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	51:20
143	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	55:21
144	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	56:36

 

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

We're racing in the big stuff today.

Mikel Landa tries to escape.

Race leader Stefan Küng works to limit his losses.

Approaching the finish

Nearly 15 minutes back Michael Matthews (Sunweb) leads a group up the mountain to the finish.

Coming to the line Diego Ulissi looks back.

The stage is Diego Ulissi's

Stage winner Diego Ulissi

Richie Porte wills start stage six in yellow.

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Tuesday, June 12: Stage 4, Gansingen - Gstaad, 189.2 km

Stage 4 profile | Stage 4 photos

Christopher Juul-Jensen finishes alone in the rain.

Weather at the finish city of Gstaad at 2:00 PM, local time: 16C (60F), Rain showers, with the wind from the WNW at 11 km/hr (7 mph).

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Christopher Juul-Jensen's Mitchelton-Scott team.

Dane Chris Juul-Jensen took an impressive victory today on the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse after attacking away from the day's breakaway to win solo in tough, rainy conditions.

After spending all stage in the breakaway, Juul-Jensen jumped away with Nans Peters (AG2R) on the final climb of the day with 10kilometres to go. The 28-year-old showed great determination by attacking solo in the final three kilometres to hold off the peloton by just eight seconds to claim his first victory of the season for Mitchelton-SCOTT.

After racing aggressively and jumping across to the breakaway yesterday, Juul-Jensen took his chances once again by making it into the six-rider breakaway that formed within the opening kilometres of the 189km stage. The Dane, along with other five escapees worked together to gain an advantage of over six minutes ahead of the peloton.

As the riders entered the final half of the stage, the rain began to pour down and the leader's advantage plummeted down to two minutes. With 10kilometres, to go on the final second category climb of the day, the breakaway riders started to believe they had a chance and began to attack one another which saw Juul-Jensen head away with Peters.

On the final descent to the finish line, the peloton swept up the other leaders leaving only Juul-Jensen and Peters out front as the weather condition continued to deteriorate further.

Peters actually distanced the Mitchelton-SCOTT rider and with the peloton sat just 20second behind, it looked like Juul-Jensen's chances were over. However, he continued to fight on to regain contact and shortly after attack Peters with three kilometres to go.

As the 28-year-old entered the airfield, it was touch and go if he would be caught or not but he maintained a small distance, enough to claim the victory with Michael Albasini also finishing inside the top ten taking eighth place.

The general classification remains unchanged with Mitchelton-SCOTT's highest placed rider, Jack Haig in 12th at 32seconds.

Chris Juul-Jensen - Stage 4 winner:
"I'm super happy, we didn't expect to stay away on a day like today but when we had two minutes at the bottom of the climb, then suddenly the break started to believe it was actually possible. I am over the moon.

"Coming out of a great Giro with Mitchelton-SCOTT, I felt I had good form and when he (Peters) attacked I kept him at a relatively close distance and I could see that he was maybe taking the corners slightly slower then I was. I was closing the gap and decided to make the most of it before it was too late.

"It was a long three kilometres on the airfield here but it is a fantastic feeling. Especially here, being in Switzerland with the king of Switzerland on the team, I am happy to pull out a good result."

Complete Results:

Stage 4 photos

189.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.140 km/hr

1	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	4hr 35min 56sec
2	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	@ 8sec
3	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
4	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
7	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
8	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
9	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
11	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
12	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
14	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
15	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
17	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
21	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
22	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
23	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	s.t.
24	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
25	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
28	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
30	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
31	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
32	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
33	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
36	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
38	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
40	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
42	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
43	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
45	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
46	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
47	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
48	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
50	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
51	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
53	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
56	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
58	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
59	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
61	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
62	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
63	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
64	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
65	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	s.t.
66	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	1:41
67	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	1:55
68	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	1:57
69	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	2:03
70	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	2:07
71	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
72	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
74	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
76	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
77	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
80	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
83	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	2:14
85	GERRANS Simon	BMC	3:16
86	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
87	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
88	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	3:34
91	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	4:56
92	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	5:22
93	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
94	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
95	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
97	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
98	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
99	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
100	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
102	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
103	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	5:29
104	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	6:14
105	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	6:15
106	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	6:41
107	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	7:25
108	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
109	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
110	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
111	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
112	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
113	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
114	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
117	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
118	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
119	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
120	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
121	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
122	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
123	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
124	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	9:59
125	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
126	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
127	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
128	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
129	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
130	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
131	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
132	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
133	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
134	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
135	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
136	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
137	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
138	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
139	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
140	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
141	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
142	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
143	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
144	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	12:46
145	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	19:35
147	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

545.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.577 km/hr

1	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	13hr 26min 19sec
2	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	@ 3sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
4	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
5	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:17
7	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	0:23
8	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	0:30
10	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:32
13	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	0:33
14	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:36
15	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
16	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
17	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	0:39
18	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	0:48
21	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:49
22	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
23	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	0:52
24	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:53
25	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:56
26	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
27	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:01
29	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
32	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
33	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	1:05
34	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
35	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	1:08
36	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
37	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:10
38	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	1:13
41	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	1:19
42	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	1:21
43	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
44	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:23
45	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	1:40
46	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	2:22
47	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	2:32
48	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	2:34
49	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	2:44
50	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	2:52
51	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:55
52	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	3:08
53	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	3:18
54	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	3:23
55	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	3:24
56	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	3:30
57	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	3:32
58	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	3:36
59	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:39
60	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	3:48
61	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	4:11
62	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	4:35
63	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:40
64	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	5:21
65	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	5:24
66	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	5:28
67	FRAILE Omar	Astana	5:43
68	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	5:47
69	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	6:11
70	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	6:22
71	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	6:23
72	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	6:26
73	GERRANS Simon	BMC	6:46
74	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	6:53
75	GATTO Oscar	Astana	7:19
76	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	7:21
77	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	7:57
78	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	7:59
79	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	8:00
80	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	8:01
81	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	8:12
82	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	8:20
83	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	8:27
84	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	8:29
85	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
86	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	8:32
87	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	8:42
88	STANNARD Ian	Sky	9:30
89	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	9:49
90	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	10:10
91	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	10:19
92	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:33
93	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	10:40
94	DOULL Owain	Sky	11:23
95	ROSA Diego	Sky	11:31
96	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	11:49
97	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	12:38
98	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
99	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	12:44
100	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	13:04
101	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	13:05
102	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	13:15
103	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	13:25
104	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	13:44
105	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	13:58
106	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	15:05
107	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	15:08
108	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	15:17
109	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	15:58
110	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	16:38
111	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	16:53
112	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	17:07
113	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	17:20
114	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	17:36
115	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	17:55
116	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	18:13
117	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	18:59
118	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	19:07
119	SCHAR Michael	BMC	19:31
120	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	19:46
121	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	19:48
122	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	20:09
123	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	20:57
124	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	21:10
125	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	21:20
126	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	21:21
127	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	21:29
128	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	22:22
129	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	22:33
130	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	22:56
131	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	23:51
132	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	23:58
133	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	24:17:00
134	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	24:19:00
135	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	24:22:00
136	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	25:02:00
137	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	25:03:00
138	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	25:06:00
139	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	25:32:00
140	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	25:52:00
141	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	26:39:00
142	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	27:03:00
143	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	27:04:00
144	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	28:11:00
145	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	31:05:00
146	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	32:20:00
147	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	40:23:00

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Swiss road champion Silvan Dillier and GC leader Stefan Küng await the stage start.

Peter Sagan

U.S. champion Lawrence Warbasse

Richie Porte gets his bike.

Tim Wellens

Christopher Juul-Jensen leads Nans Peters in their break.

Juul-Jensen just held off the field.

Michael Matthews wins the field sprint.

Peter Sagan has swapped his rainbow jersey for the points leader's black jersey.

Stefan Küng get another day in yellow.

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Monday, June 11: Stage 3, Oberstammheim - Gansingen, 182.8 km

Stage 3 profile

Sonny Colbrelli takes stage three.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Peter Sagan's Bora-hansgrohe team.

Dark clouds hung in the sky on today’s stage, and as the day progressed, the threatened rain showers came and drenched the peloton. In spite of this, the weather conditions didn’t dampen the spirits of the peloton, with the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, launching a bold attack 6km from the finish, stretching out the peloton and showing them he meant business. In the sprint finale, the Slovak rider had the power but was denied as he just couldn’t find the space on the finish line, settling for third after injecting excitement into the day’s proceedings on a wet and miserable final 10km.

The Stage
Today, the race would head west, starting in Oberstammheim and finishing in Gansingen. As the race has progressed, the terrain has steadily become more ‘Swiss’ in character, with the hills of the first stages steadily being replaced by harder and harder climbs, ahead of the mountains that will populate the later stages. Today, riders would face another undulating parcours with a third category climb ridden three times, and another ridden twice over the 182km stage. While the day’s final climb would come 5km from the finish, a swift downhill section would lead to a flat finale, which raised the question of whether the sprinters would have a second chance to go for the prize before the race hit the big mountains tomorrow – if a late attack on the final climb didn’t deny them.

The Team Tactics
The final climb of the day was just 5km from the finish line, meaning a sprint finish would be more difficult to prepare for than on yesterday’s stage. The final climb had the potential to act as a launch pad for a late attack, and so the team would be keeping a close eye on the final 10km, being ready to close down any attacks, and if the conditions were right, make a move themselves. However, with the possibility of a sprint finish, the main aim would be to keep Peter Sagan safe throughout the day to ensure he was in the best position and condition to go for the win.

The Race
After two days of good weather, the riders woke up this morning to dark skies and rain forecast for later in the day. This could have a massive impact on how the day would unfold, not only because rain would increase the chance of crashes, but also because the wet weather would make racing miserable. Not letting this affect them, a break of three riders made their move early on, building up a sizeable advantage, topping out at 5:30. With the race approaching the categorised climbs of the day, the peloton upped the pace to keep the break in contact, and as always, the BORA-hansgrohe riders were instrumental in drawing them back in, with Maciej Bodnar making full use of his time trial strengths to pace the peloton, just as the first raindrops started to fall, and the break started to fall apart as they fought amongst themselves for the points on the climbs. With 6km remaining, the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, went on the attack. This bold move strung out the peloton and quickly caught the break, and as the final kilometre came into view, the Slovak rider was well placed, with Daniel Oss leading him out. While he had the power, the chaotic sprint saw Peter fighting hard for position, and the top three riders crossed the line, their bikes and bodies touching, with Peter taking third on the line.

From the Finish Line
"It was another nice race day today and, once again, we all gave it our all. Everybody in the squad worked hard to protect me and position me for the finale. In the final climb, I tried to attack on my own but I was brought back in. However, sometimes, you should also aim at making the race more interesting and providing some more excitement for the spectators. The race isn't over, we have six more stages to try our chances." – Peter Sagan, UCI World Champion

"We would have, certainly, liked to see Peter victorious at the finish line but you can't win every day. What is important, in my view, is that we race the best way possible and this is what the guys did today. They all did a very good job throughout the stage and Peter delivered, again, a strong sprint. It was a very close finish, which shows we are in contention in every stage. Tomorrow, we have a mountain stage but the climb isn't too tough so we will see what options we have as the stage evolves."– Enrico Poitschke, Sports Director 

Complete Results:

182.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.192 km/hr

1	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	4hr 39min 51sec
2	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
5	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
8	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
10	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
11	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
14	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
15	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
16	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
17	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	s.t.
19	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
21	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
22	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
28	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
32	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
33	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
35	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
36	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
38	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
39	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
40	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
41	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
43	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
44	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
45	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
46	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
47	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
48	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
49	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
50	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
51	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
52	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
55	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
56	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 10sec
57	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	0:27
58	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
59	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
60	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
61	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
63	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
65	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
66	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
67	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	0:55
68	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	1:14
69	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
70	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	1:33
71	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
72	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
74	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
75	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:07
78	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
79	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
82	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
83	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
84	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	s.t.
85	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
86	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	2:11
87	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
88	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	3:10
91	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
92	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
93	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
94	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
95	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
96	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
98	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
99	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
100	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
101	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
102	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
103	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
104	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
105	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
107	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
108	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
109	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
110	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
111	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
114	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	3:56
115	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
116	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
119	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
120	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
121	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	5:51
122	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
123	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
124	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
125	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
126	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
127	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
128	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
129	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
132	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
133	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
134	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
135	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
136	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
137	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
138	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	6:50
139	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
140	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	7:16
141	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
142	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	8:02
143	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
144	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
145	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
146	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	9:09
147	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

356.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.294 km/hr

1	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	8hr 50min 15sec
2	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	@ 3sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
4	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
5	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	0:16
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:23
7	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	0:30
10	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:32
13	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	0:33
14	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	0:36
15	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
16	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
17	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	0:39
18	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	0:48
21	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:49
22	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
23	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	0:52
24	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:53
25	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:56
26	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
27	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	0:57
29	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:01
30	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
33	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
34	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	1:05
35	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
36	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	1:08
37	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
38	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:10
39	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	1:12
42	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	1:13
43	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	1:19
44	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	1:21
45	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
46	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:23
47	DOULL Owain	Sky	1:32
48	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	1:40
49	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	2:12
50	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	2:14
51	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	2:22
52	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	2:32
53	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	2:34
54	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	2:36
55	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	2:39
56	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	2:43
57	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	2:44
58	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	2:55
59	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
60	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	3:08
61	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	3:13
62	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	3:18
63	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
64	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	3:22
65	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	3:23
66	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	3:24
67	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	3:30
68	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	3:32
69	GERRANS Simon	BMC	3:38
70	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:39
71	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	3:40
72	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	3:48
73	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	4:12
74	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	4:23
75	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	4:24
76	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	4:35
77	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	4:39
78	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:45
79	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	4:54
80	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	4:56
81	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	5:17
82	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:19
83	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	5:22
84	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	5:26
85	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	5:28
86	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	5:42
87	FRAILE Omar	Astana	5:43
88	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	5:48
89	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	6:00
90	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	6:01
91	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	6:08
92	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	6:13
93	ROSA Diego	Sky	6:17
94	STANNARD Ian	Sky	6:22
95	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	6:27
96	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	6:31
97	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	6:43
99	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	7:16
100	GATTO Oscar	Astana	7:19
101	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	7:24
102	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	8:01
103	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	8:20
104	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	8:22
105	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	8:32
106	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	8:41
107	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	8:44
109	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	9:12
110	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	9:21
111	SCHAR Michael	BMC	9:40
112	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	9:57
113	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	10:03
114	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:33
115	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	10:38
116	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	11:16
117	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	11:19
118	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	11:29
119	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	11:39
120	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	11:41
121	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	11:42
122	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	11:50
123	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	12:22
124	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	12:25
125	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	12:29
126	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	12:34
127	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	13:40
128	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	14:00
129	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	14:12
130	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	14:26
131	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	14:31
132	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	14:55
133	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	15:15
134	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	15:16
135	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	15:39
136	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	15:41
137	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	16:01
138	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	16:41
139	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	17:12
140	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	17:13
141	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	17:45
142	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	17:55
143	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	18:20
144	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	19:22
145	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	20:56
146	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	21:14
147	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	22:29

Stage 3 profile:

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Sunday June 10: Stage 2, Frauenfeld Circuit, 155 km

Peter Sagan wins stage two.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Peter Sagan's Bora-hansgrohe team.

Having taken a record fifteen stage wins and a stage victory in every edition of the race for the past seven years, the only real question for this year’s Tour de Suisse was when the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, was going to take his sixteenth win. On the first road stage on the second day of the race, Peter answered this question with a stunning win from a long bunch sprint, delivered to the Flamme Rouge by his BORA-hansgrohe teammates and reacting expertly to his sprint rivals’ moves, the Slovak rider took an unprecedented sixteenth stage victory, cementing his name into the history books of the race.

The Stage
Starting and finishing in Frauenfeld for the second day, the first road stage of the 2018 Tour de Suisse would again make its way around the northern Swiss canton of Thurgau over a 39km circuit ridden four times, making for a total distance of 155km. On the undulating profile, the key feature of the day was the third category Herdern climb which, while nowhere near as hard as the climbs still to come in the race, would steadily have an impact on the riders’ legs as the day went on. However, in spite of the hilly terrain, the all-important final kilometre was flat, meaning that as long as they stayed in contention over the climbs of the final circuit, the faster riders would have a chance to go for the win – albeit perhaps without some of the pure sprinters in tow.

The Team Tactics
The stage’s third category climb would be ascended four times over the course of the day, with an undulating parcours coming with it. In spite of this, the flat finish in Frauenfeld was earmarked for a sprint, and so the team would be riding for the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, today. The aim, therefore, was to bring Peter over the day’s climbs fresh and to ride hard on the front to ensure the Slovak rider was in the perfect position to go for the win.

The Race
The second the flag dropped to mark the end of the neutralised zone at the start, an attempt to break away came. It was a beautiful day in northern Switzerland, and the good weather conditions would have had a strong influence on the three-man break’s exuberance, quickly building up a lead of three minutes. This was about as much as the peloton was going to allow though, and for the rest of the day the time gap was never much more than two minutes, in spite of an attack from the bunch adding one more to their number. Shortly after crossing the finish line for the penultimate time, the peloton was close, with it all back together shortly after at 17km remaining. Now the speeds really started to rise, and while BORA-hansgrohe were the driving force in upping the pace, with German National Champion, Marcus Burghardt, together with Daniel Oss, taking charge at the head of the peloton, attempts to break away still came, but alert as always, Patrick Konrad made the jump to keep the team in contention. While this attack didn’t last, it showed how organised the BORA-hansgrohe riders were in the closing kilometres as the teams tried to find the best position for the sprint, riding hard to keep the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, in contention. Reacting instinctively to Gaviria’s kick with 250m to go, the Slovak rider was in the perfect position to react for the long, hard sprint to the line, and with the chance to take an unprecedented sixteenth stage victory, Peter grabbed it with both hands, and with 100m remaining, there was no doubt who was going to take the win.

From the Finish Line
"I’m very happy about this, and have to thank all my BORA-hansgrohe teammates for their support today. They trust me enough to work so hard through the day and it means I can go for the win. I was thinking about the team’s tactics and in the end it worked out exactly as we’d planned. I’m very happy to have won the stage. All my preparation has been good and I’m feeling a bit more relaxed about the rest of the race now. There’s a lot of hard work that goes into these wins behind the scenes. My legs aren’t at their best yet and I still have some work to do before the Tour de France, but I’m looking forward to the rest of the race." – Peter Sagan, UCI World Champion

"It is indeed a very good day for BORA-hansgrohe today. Peter just celebrated his 16th stage win here in the Tour de Suisse, Sam Bennett won in Cologne and Emanuel Buchmann finished fourth in the last stage of the Dauphiné. So, we are very happy. The squad here in Switzerland worked very hard all day and they all did a fantastic job. They positioned Peter in a perfect spot for the finale and he finished off the day's effort with a strong sprint and a stage victory." – Enrico Poitschke, Sports Director

Complete results:

155 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.408 km/hr

1	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 50min 9sec
2	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
3	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
4	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
8	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
9	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
12	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
13	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
14	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
15	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
16	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
17	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
18	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
21	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	s.t.
23	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
24	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
26	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
27	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	BIDARD François	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
29	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
30	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
31	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
32	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
34	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
35	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
37	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
38	DILLIER Silvan	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
40	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
41	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
42	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
44	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
46	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
47	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
48	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
49	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
50	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
51	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
52	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
53	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
54	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
56	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
57	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
58	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
61	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
62	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	@ 10sec
63	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
64	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	0:18
65	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:02
66	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
67	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
68	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
69	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
70	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
71	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
73	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
74	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
75	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
76	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
78	SCHAR Michael	BMC	s.t.
79	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
81	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
82	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
84	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
87	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
88	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
89	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
90	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
92	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
93	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
94	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
98	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
100	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
101	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
102	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
103	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	s.t.
104	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
105	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
106	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
108	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	s.t.
110	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
111	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
112	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
113	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
114	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
115	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
116	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
117	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
118	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
119	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
120	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
121	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
122	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	7:27
123	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
126	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
127	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
128	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
129	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
130	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
131	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	s.t.
132	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
133	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:01
135	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
136	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
137	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
138	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
139	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
140	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
141	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
142	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
143	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
144	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
145	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
146	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
147	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	13:57

GC after stage two:

173.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.526 km/hr

1	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	4hr 10min 24sec
2	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	@ 3sec
3	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
4	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
5	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	0:20
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	0:23
7	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	GERRANS Simon	BMC	0:28
10	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	0:30
11	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
12	RICHEZE Ariel	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
13	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
14	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	0:32
16	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
17	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	0:33
18	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	0:36
19	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
20	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
21	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
22	PADUN Mark	Bahrain-Merida	0:39
23	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
26	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	0:45
27	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	0:48
28	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	0:49
29	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
30	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
31	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	0:52
32	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:53
33	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:56
34	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
35	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
36	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	1:01
37	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	DOULL Owain	Sky	1:05
42	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
43	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
44	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	1:08
45	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
46	FRANK Mathias	AG2R La Mondiale	1:10
47	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	BIDARD François	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
49	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	1:13
50	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
52	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	1:19
53	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
54	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	1:21
55	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
56	DILLIER Silvan	AG2R La Mondiale	1:23
57	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2:04
58	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	2:09
59	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	2:18
60	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	2:32
61	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
62	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	2:34
64	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
65	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	2:38
66	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	2:39
67	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	2:41
68	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	2:50
69	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	2:51
72	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	2:54
74	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	2:55
75	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
76	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:58
78	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	3:03
79	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	ROSA Diego	Sky	3:07
81	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	3:10
82	VANDENBERGH Stijn	AG2R La Mondiale	3:12
83	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
84	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
85	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
86	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	3:13
87	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	3:15
89	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	3:17
91	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	3:18
92	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	3:20
93	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	3:21
94	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
95	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	s.t.
96	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	s.t.
97	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
99	GATTO Oscar	Astana	3:23
100	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
101	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	3:27
102	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	3:28
103	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3:32
104	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
105	SCHAR Michael	BMC	3:49
106	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	4:06
107	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	4:26
108	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	4:46
109	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	4:47
111	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	5:09
112	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	5:10
113	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	s.t.
114	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	5:22
115	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	5:25
116	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
117	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	5:28
118	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	5:34
119	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	5:48
120	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	5:54
121	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	5:58
122	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	7:59
123	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	8:29
124	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	8:32
125	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	8:35
126	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	8:40
127	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
128	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	9:29
129	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	10:10
130	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	10:22
131	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
132	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	10:23
133	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	10:30
134	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	10:33
135	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	11:02
136	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	11:20
137	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	11:22
138	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	11:45
139	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	11:54
140	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	12:04
141	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	12:05
142	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	12:29
143	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	12:31
144	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	13:31
145	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	14:30
146	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	15:05
147	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	15:10

Stage two profile:

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Saturday, June 9: Stage 1, Frauenfeld 18.3 km team time trial

BMC was the fastest team of the day. Photo Chris Auld

The race: Here's the report from winner Team BMC

BMC Racing Team couldn’t have asked for a better start to the Tour de Suisse with a dominant performance in the team time trial to secure the win, which was dedicated to late team owner, Andy Rihs.

Stefan Küng was the first rider across the line in Frauenfeld to claim the first leader's jersey of the race, after also wearing the jersey in 2018.

As the second to last team to roll down the ramp, BMC Racing Team was chasing the provisional best time of 20'38" set by Team Sunweb, and from the start the team formed a perfect train and powered along the 18.3km course. After 10km, the team posted the best time by seven seconds and continued their perfect run into the line to stop the clock in 20,18", to win by a commanding 20 seconds.

The team time trial was the first in almost three years, and first with BMC Racing Team, for Richie Porte, who is making his debut at the Tour de Suisse, which made for a solid start to his General Classification ambitions.

Stefan Küng:
"The guys were fantastic. We showed once more why we are one of the best, if not the best, team in this discipline in the world. We took it really seriously. We had a good look at the parcours two days ago and this morning and everyone was fully focussed. Everyone was ready for the challenge and with such a good team in the background it set the stage for us. It was set up to win today and we can be really proud of our performance today."

"It's really special to be the leader of this race. Thanks to the guys for that because everybody did their job and I was the one chosen to go first over the line. It means a lot to me. It's my home. It's where I grew up and it's where I competed in my first cycling race ever 14 years ago so the circle is closing. To wear the yellow jersey in my home race is a dream and I am going to enjoy it for sure."

Richie Porte:
"That was my first team time trial since 2015 when I was with Team Sky and they were beaten by BMC Racing Team. It was absolutely incredible. You really have to tip your cap today to Stefan Küng. He was like ten men. He was absolutely flying so, it was very impressive."

"I don't think you are meant to feel good in a race like that. It's been a while since I raced so I don't really know where I am at but I mean it was just fantastic to come to the Tour de Suisse, the home of Andy Rihs, and be able to win the stage. I think we dedicate the win to Andy."

Fabio Baldato, Sports Director:
"The guys were amazing today. They did an incredible job so we couldn't have asked for more. We arrived early and did three laps of the course on Thursday and another two laps today so the riders knew the course well. Stefan Küng was really impressive today so it's nice to see him get the jersey on home soil. We always want to do well when we race in Switzerland and it's an honor to be able to dedicate this victory to Andy Rihs. I think he would be really proud. This is a nice result to start the race and I hope we can continue this success in the next eight days."

Results:

18.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.089 km/hr

1	BMC	20min 18sec
2	Team Sunweb	@ 20sec
3	Quick-Step Floors	+27''
4	Bora-hansgorhe	+27''
5	Mitchelton-Scott	+29''
6	Movistar	+33''
7	Bahrain-Merida	+36''
8	Groupama-FDJ	+45''
9	Katusha-Alpecin	+46''
10	UAE-Team Emirates	+50''
11	LottoNL-Jumbo	+53''
12	Lotto-Soudal	+58''
13	Trek-Segafredo	+58''
14	Team Sky	+1' 02''
15	EF Education First–Drapac	+1' 05''
16	Ag2r LA Mondiale	+1' 07''
17	Team Dimension Data	+1' 10''
18	Direct Energie	+1' 16''
19	Aqua Blue Sport	+1' 16''
20	AStana	+1' 18''
21	Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini	+2' 01''

GC after Stage 1:

1	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	20min 18sec
2	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
3	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
4	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
5	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	@ 20sec
6	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	GERRANS Simon	BMC	0:25
10	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	0:27
11	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
12	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
13	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
14	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	0:29
20	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
21	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	HAIG Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
23	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	0:33
25	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
26	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Movistar	s.t.
27	LANDA Mikel	Movistar	s.t.
28	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	s.t.
29	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain Merida	0:36
30	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
31	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
32	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
33	PADUN Mark	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
34	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
35	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
37	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	0:46
39	SMIT Willie	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	CRAS Steff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	SPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
42	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
44	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida	0:49
45	ROJAS José Joaquín	Movistar	s.t.
46	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:50
47	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
48	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
49	GANNA Filippo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
50	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:53
51	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
52	BOUWMAN Koen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
53	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
54	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	0:58
55	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
56	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
59	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
60	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	0:59
63	DOULL Owain	Sky	1:02
64	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
65	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
66	SIVAKOV Pavel	Sky	s.t.
67	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
68	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education First-Drapac	1:05
69	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
70	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
71	DOMBROWSKI Joe	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
72	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
73	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:07
74	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
77	GAUTIER Cyril	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
80	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	1:08
81	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	1:10
82	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	KUDUS Merhawi	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
87	ANTON Igor	Dimension Data	s.t.
88	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
89	VAUGRENARD Benoit	Groupama-FDJ	1:12
90	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	1:15
91	BOUDAT Thomas	Direct Energie	1:16
92	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
93	OURSELIN Paul	Direct Energie	s.t.
94	TAARAMÄE Rein	Direct Energie	s.t.
95	SICARD Romain	Direct Energie	s.t.
96	WARBASSE Larry	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
97	CHRISTIAN Mark	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
98	DENIFL Stefan	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
99	DUNBAR Edward	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
100	KONING Peter	Aqua Blue Sport	1:18
101	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	s.t.
102	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
103	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
104	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
105	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:20
106	PEARSON Daniel	Aqua Blue Sport	1:22
107	BENNATI Daniele	Movistar	1:23
108	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	1:41
109	SCHAR Michael	BMC	1:44
110	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	1:50
111	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	2:00
112	MARANGONI Alan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2:01
113	ITO Masakazu	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
114	SANTAROMITA Ivan	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
115	ZACCANTI Filippo	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
116	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	2:06
117	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	2:18
118	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	2:21
119	GAVIRIA Fernando	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
120	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:25
121	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	2:27
122	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain Merida	2:31
123	HATSUYAMA Sho	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2:40
124	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	2:41
125	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
126	SWIFT Ben	UAE-Team Emirates	2:42
127	CUNEGO Damiano	Nippo-Vini Fantini	2:52
128	GROSU Eduard Michael	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
129	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	2:53
130	QUEMENEUR Perrig	Direct Energie	3:04
131	GRELLIER Fabien	Direct Energie	s.t.
132	THEUNS Edward	Team Sunweb	3:05
133	GESCHKE Simon	Team Sunweb	s.t.
134	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
135	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:17
136	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	3:20
137	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
138	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	3:23
139	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:27
140	FRAILE Omar	Astana	3:29
141	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
142	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
143	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	3:43
144	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	3:49
145	FERRARI Roberto	UAE-Team Emirates	3:53
146	WATSON Calvin	Aqua Blue Sport	4:33
147	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	5:06