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Sunday, June 22: 9th and Final Stage, Martigny - Saas Fee, 156.5 km

Rui Costa wins stage 9. Photo ©Sirotti

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Rated Ascents:

• Km 39.9: Veysonnaz, category 1
• Km 60.9: St. Martin, category 2
• Km 114.7: Eischoll, category 1
• Km 155.7: Saas Fee, hors category

The Race: What a day of racing! Early on, a ten-man group containing BMC rider Steve Morabito break went clear. Morabito presented some danger to race leader Tony Martin, being down just 3min 5sec. But greater peril was in store for Martin. Rui Costa, Bauke Mollema and Mathias Frank bridged up to the break. That trio represented 3rd-5th places in GC and all three were less than two minutes behind Martin.

Costa, Mollema and Frank emerged together on the Saas Fee ascent, having left the rest of the break behind. Tony Martin, who had put up a spirited defense of his lead all week, was unable to match the speed of the attackers.

Frank was the first of the trio to have a go, but it was world road champion Rui Costa who took wings. Costa was able to get a small gap that he held to the finish, enabling him to win both the stage and his third consecutive Tour of Switzerland. Mathias Frank would probably have come in second in the stage, but just before the finish his chain jumped.

Complete Results:

1	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	4hr 13min 14sec
2	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	@ 14 seconds
3	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:24
4	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	0:00:47
5	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
6	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:28
7	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:01:41
8	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:01:48
9	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	0:02:18
10	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo
11	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp
12	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
13	Sergio Pardilla Bellon	MTN - Qhubeka
14	Philip Deignan	Team Sky
15	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
16	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski	Team Sky
17	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	0:02:22
18	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:02:42
19	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team
20	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar
21	Kevin Seeldrayers	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
22	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	0:03:19
23	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
24	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida
25	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	0:03:46
26	Thomas Degand	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
27	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:04:14
28	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:04:48
29	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:05:42
30	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	0:07:01
31	Tomasz Marczynski	CCC Polsat Polkowice
32	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:08:28
33	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team
34	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	0:08:45
35	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha Team	0:08:56
36	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	0:08:56
37	Andy Schleck	Trek Factory Racing	0:09:24
38	José Serpa Santander	Lampre-Merida	0:09:45
39	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:09:46
40	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	0:10:34
41	Warren Barguil	Team Giant-Shimano	0:10:36
42	Christian Knees	Team Sky	0:13:27
43	Francis De Greef	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:15:41
44	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:16:42
45	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
46	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	0:17:02
47	Javier Moreno Bazan	Movistar Team
48	Ruben Plaza Molina	Movistar Team
49	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	0:18:09
50	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:20:05
51	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr
52	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling
53	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp
54	Aliaksandr Kuchynski	Katusha Team
55	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE
56	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin-Sharp
57	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	0:20:08
58	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:23:49
59	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling
60	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
61	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
62	Sébastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale
63	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Team Europcar
64	Linus Gerdemann	MTN - Qhubeka
65	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar
66	Laurent Didier	Trek Factory Racing
67	Thomas Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
68	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp
69	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
70	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
71	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida
72	Christiano Salerno	Cannondale
73	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff-Saxo
74	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:27:11
75	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:31:45
76	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Polsat Polkowice	0:32:39
77	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
78	Gatis Smukulis	Katusha Team
79	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team
80	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
81	Edward King	Cannondale
82	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant-Shimano
83	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale
84	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team
85	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
86	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale
87	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
88	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
89	Koen De Kort	Team Giant-Shimano
90	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
91	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
92	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
93	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano
94	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo
95	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar
96	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
97	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice
98	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp
99	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
100	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team
101	Frederik Veuchelen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
102	Michael Morkov	Tinkoff-Saxo
103	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
104	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
105	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr
106	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar
107	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEDGE
108	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEDGE
109	Gregory Rast	Trek Factory Racing
110	Vladimir Isaichev	Katusha Team
111	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team
112	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
113	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida
114	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale
115	Jacobus Venter	MTN - Qhubeka
116	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
117	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
118	Marco Haller	Katusha Team
119	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
120	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar
121	Roger Kluge	IAM Cycling

Final GC after Stage 9: 1331.0 km raced at an average speed of 40.159 km/hr

1	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	33hr 8min 35sec
2	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	@ 33 seconds
3	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:50
4	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:01:13
5	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	0:02:04
6	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	0:02:47
7	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:03:00
8	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:03:03
9	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:03:20
10	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	0:03:46
11	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	0:04:07
12	Sergio Pardilla Bellon	MTN - Qhubeka	0:04:10
13	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:04:55
14	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:05:27
15	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:05:45
16	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	0:05:54
17	Thomas Degand	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:06:04
18	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:06:29
19	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	0:06:56
20	Kevin Seeldrayers	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:07:15
21	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:08:57
22	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:09:12
23	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:10:35
24	Tomasz Marczynski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	0:10:43
25	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	0:11:28
26	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	0:11:32
27	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:13:59
28	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team	0:14:38
29	Andy Schleck	Trek Factory Racing	0:15:07
30	Warren Barguil	Team Giant-Shimano	0:15:30
31	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:17:09
32	Javier Moreno Bazan	Movistar Team	0:20:28
33	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	0:20:31
34	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:20:56
35	Francis De Greef	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:23:18
36	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha Team	0:23:41
37	José Serpa Santander	Lampre-Merida	0:23:48
38	Christian Knees	Team Sky	0:24:09
39	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	0:24:33
40	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	0:25:19
41	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	0:26:02
42	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	0:26:27
43	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:26:28
44	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:27:58
45	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:27:59
46	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:32:02
47	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski	Team Sky	0:32:03
48	Philip Deignan	Team Sky	0:32:28
49	Ruben Plaza Molina	Movistar Team	0:33:28
50	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:34:37
51	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice	0:37:58
52	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice	0:38:09
53	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:38:16
54	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice	0:39:57
55	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	0:41:03
56	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	0:41:04
57	Aliaksandr Kuchynski	Katusha Team	0:41:29
58	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.fr	0:42:55
59	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	0:44:00
60	Alexandre Pichot	Team Europcar	0:44:59
61	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	0:45:29
62	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:45:47
63	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:46:23
64	Laurent Didier	Trek Factory Racing	0:46:47
65	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:49:03
66	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	0:49:14
67	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin-Sharp	0:49:24
68	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:50:06
69	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:50:35
70	Linus Gerdemann	MTN - Qhubeka	0:51:48
71	Koen De Kort	Team Giant-Shimano	0:51:53
72	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:52:01
73	Christiano Salerno	Cannondale	0:52:21
74	Lukasz Owsian	CCC Polsat Polkowice	0:53:39
75	Sep Vanmarcke	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:53:59
76	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	0:54:19
77	Sébastien Minard	AG2R La Mondiale	1:00:46
78	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	1:01:57
79	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	1:02:28
80	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	1:03:28
81	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	1:05:29
82	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEDGE	1:05:53
83	Thomas Leezer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	1:07:56
84	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	1:09:45
85	Manuele Boaro	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:10:48
86	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:11:58
87	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	1:12:08
88	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Team Europcar	1:12:28
89	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	1:12:43
90	Gregory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	1:13:24
91	Frederik Veuchelen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	1:15:30
92	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:17:06
93	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	1:18:40
94	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	1:21:08
95	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale	1:22:18
96	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale	1:22:54
97	Gatis Smukulis	Katusha Team	1:24:41
98	Alexander Porsev	Katusha Team	1:26:20
99	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:26:38
100	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team	1:29:04
101	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	1:29:16
102	Edward King	Cannondale	1:29:35
103	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	1:30:11
104	Jacobus Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	1:30:16
105	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar	1:32:46
106	Michael Morkov	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:33:36
107	Yohann Gené	Team Europcar	1:34:42
108	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	1:39:58
109	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	1:40:10
110	Vladimir Isaichev	Katusha Team	1:41:20
111	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	1:42:01
112	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEDGE	1:42:33
113	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	1:43:21
114	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	1:43:27
115	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant-Shimano	1:44:53
116	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	1:46:40
117	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	1:50:46
118	Marco Haller	Katusha Team	1:50:54
119	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	1:51:54
120	Roger Kluge	IAM Cycling	1:52:22
121	Andrea Palini	Lampre-Merida	1:54:25

Final Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	88 points
2	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	46
3	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	42
4	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	38
5	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	37
6	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	29
7	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	28
8	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	25
9	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team	24
10	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	21
11	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	20
12	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo	20
13	Philip Deignan	Team Sky	19
14	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	18
15	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team	16
16	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	15
17	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	14
18	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	13
19	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	12
20	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	11
21	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	11
22	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	10
23	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	10
24	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	10
25	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	9
26	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	9
27	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	9
28	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	9
29	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	8
30	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	8
31	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling	8
32	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	7
33	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	7
34	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	6
35	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	6
36	Koen De Kort	Team Giant-Shimano	6
37	Sergio Pardilla Bellon	MTN - Qhubeka	5
38	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	5
39	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team	4
40	Michael Morkov	Tinkoff-Saxo	4
41	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha Team	3
42	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	3
43	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	2
44	Benjamin King	Garmin-Sharp	2
45	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	2
46	Bryan Coquard	Team Europcar	2
47	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	1
48	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	1
49	Marcus Burghardt	BMC Racing Team	1
50	Valentin Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	1

Final Mountains Classification:

1	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	74 points
2	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	37
3	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	32
4	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	28
5	Philip Deignan	Team Sky	24
6	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	20
7	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEDGE	20
8	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	20
9	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	18
10	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	16
11	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	16
12	Frederik Veuchelen	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	14
13	Vladimir Isaichev	Katusha Team	14
14	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	12
15	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	12
16	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	12
17	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	12
18	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	11
19	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	10
20	Laurent Didier	Trek Factory Racing	8
21	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	8
22	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	8
23	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	8
24	Christian Knees	Team Sky	8
25	Jacobus Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	8
26	Laurens De Vreese	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	7
27	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	7
28	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.fr	6
29	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	6
30	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	6
31	Warren Barguil	Team Giant-Shimano	6
32	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team	5
33	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	5
34	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	4
35	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	4
36	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEDGE	3
37	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	2
38	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	2
39	Andy Schleck	Trek Factory Racing	2
40	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	1
41	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	1
42	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	1
43	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	1

Final Swiss Rider Classification:

1	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	33hr 9min 8sec
2	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	@ 2min 14sec
3	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:05:56
4	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:08:24
5	Michael Schär	BMC Racing Team	0:19:58
6	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:20:23
7	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:27:25
8	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:34:04
9	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:37:43
10	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	0:40:30
11	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:48:30
12	Martin Elmiger	IAM Cycling	0:48:41
13	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:51:28
14	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	1:02:55
15	Gregory Rast	Trek Factory Racing	1:12:51

Final Team Classification:

1	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	99hr 38min 25sec
2	Lampre-Merida	@ 5min 14sec
3	BMC Racing Team	0:07:49
4	FDJ.fr	0:07:57
5	IAM Cycling	0:12:20
6	Garmin-Sharp	0:18:37
7	Team Sky	0:21:39
8	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:22:52
9	Team Giant-Shimano	0:26:27
10	Movistar Team	0:30:57
11	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:35:40
12	MTN - Qhubeka	0:52:20
13	Katusha Team	0:58:20
14	Orica GreenEDGE	1:00:51
15	CCC Polsat Polkowice	1:11:09
16	Team Europcar	1:13:44
17	Cannondale	1:27:45
18	Trek Factory Racing	1:40:28
19	Astana Pro Team	1:49:23
20	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	2:25:22
21	AG2R La Mondiale	2:35:19

Stage 9 photos:

Rui Costa flies up the mountain. Photo ©Sirotti

Mathias Frank and Bauke Mollema chase Rui Costa. Photo ©Sirotti

Tony Martin works to limit his losses. Photo ©Sirotti

Steve Morabito. Photo ©Sirotti

Andy Schleck didn't find his old form at the Tour of Switzerland. He finished today's stage more than nine minutes behind Costa. Photo ©Sirotti

Rui Costa took the lead on the day it mattered most, the last day. Photo ©Sirotti

Mathias Frank finished second and won the Swiss Rider classification. Photo ©Sirotti

Third placed Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 9 map and profile:

Stage 9 map

Stage 9 profile

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Saturday, June 21: Stage 8, Delémont - Verbier, 219.1 km

Johan Chaves wins stage 8. Photo ©Sirotti

Complete stage 8 results, GC, photos, map and profile |

Rated ascents:

• Km 205.7: Vollèges, category 3
• Km 217.3: Verbier, hors category

The Race: The day's break was mopped up a few kilometers before the summit of the climb to Verbier. Then, near the top, Johan Chaves blasted off, holding a slim lead over Roman Kreuziger and Bauke Mollema to the end.

Tony Martin showed he had good climbing chops today by finishing just 17 seconds behind the Colombian climber. That let Martin extend his lead over Tom Dumoulin to 51 seconds with just one stage remaining in the 2014 Tour of Switzerland.

Sunday's stage ends with an hors category climb to Saas-Fee.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.234 km/hr

1	Johan Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEDGE	5hr 11min 16sec
2	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 3 seconds
3	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
4	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	0:00:16
5	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:17
6	Philip Deignan	Team Sky
7	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
8	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
9	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida
10	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
Complete stage 8 results, GC, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 8:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	28hr 54min 16sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 51 seconds
3	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:05
4	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:14
5	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:41
6	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:01:47
7	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:50
8	Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle	Garmin-Sharp	0:02:07
9	Eros Capecchi	Movistar Team	0:02:29
10	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	0:02:30
Complete stage 8 results, GC, photos, map and profile

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Friday, June 20: Stage 7, Worb 24.5 km individual time trial

Tony Martin won the second of the Swiss Tour's time trials. Photo ©Sirotti

Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos, map and profile |

The Race: Lately Tony Martin has been an unbeatable time trialist. The 2014 Tour of Switzerland has had two individual time trials and the German powerhouse has won them both. And Martin didn't beat a bunch of schmoes. Martin put a half-minute between himself and world road champion Rui Costa and left Fabian Cancellara 41 seconds behind.

By beating Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 22 seconds Martin has extended his overall lead to 28 seconds. With some hilly riding coming up this weekend, Martin's lead of 65 seconds over Rui Costa (who moved up to third place today) might make for some interesting racing.

Results:

Tony Martin's average speed: 46.490 km/hr

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	31 min 37.2sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 22 seconds
3	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:00:28
4	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:41
5	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:45
6	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:00:59
7	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:02
8	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:01:06
9	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:01:13
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	0:01:13
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GC after Stage 7:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	23hr 42min 43sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 28 seconds
3	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:05
4	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:14
5	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:01:33
6	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:01:36
7	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:42
8	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	0:01:42
9	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:01:47
10	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:01:48
Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos, map and profile

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Thursday, June 19: Stage 6, Büren a. A. - Delémont, 192.8 km

Matteo Trentin wins stage 6. Photo ©Sirotti

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Rated ascents:

• Km 57.5: Grand Chaumont, category 1
• Km 72.9: Col des Pontins, category 2
• Km 161.6: Col des Rangiers, category 2
• Km 181.1: Le Rond-Pré, category 3

The Race: With three tough climbs climbs on today's menu, the sprinters and their teams won't be dominating the action.

Before the stage was 20 kilometers old, the day's break (Vladimir Isaichev (Katusha), Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge), Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana) and Jacobus Venter (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) had been established. At the crest of the first big ascent of the day, The Grand Chaumont, the quartet had 2min 40sec.

After the Col des Pontins, in Sonvilier (km 81), the break had grown their gap to 3min 48sec but by the top of the Col des Rangiers, all of the escapees had been caught.

Peter Sagan tried to break things up on the Rond-Pré, but it was gruppo compatto for the sprint, which was won by Omega Pharma's Metteo Trentin.

Tony Martin stayed alert and finished in the front group to retain his overall lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.831 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	4hr 43min 19sec
2	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff-Saxo
3	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana Pro Team
4	Ben Swift	Team Sky
5	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
6	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida
7	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team
8	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
9	Sergio Luis Henao Montoya	Team Sky
10	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team
Complete stage 6 results, GC, photos, map and profile

GC after stage 6:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	23hr 11min 06sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 6 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:00:10
4	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:17
5	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:23
6	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:00:27
7	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
8	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:28
9	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:29
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
Complete stage 6 results, GC, photos, map and profile

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Wednesday, June 18: Stage 5, Ossingen - Büren a. A., 183.6 km

Sacha Modolo wins stage 5. Photo ©Sirotti

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Rated ascents:

• Km 42.7: Bad Zurzach, category 4
• Km 62.3: Bozberg, category 3
• Km 80.7: Staffelegg, category 3
• Km 158.9: Obervil, category 4

The Race: Bradley Wiggins did not start today. After fighting a chest infection that cost him gobs of time, he crashed late in stage four. That was enough. He quit to get ready for the national championships.

The day's break was established very early. Three riders (Sander Armée, Jaroslaw Marycz and Frederik Veuchelen), none of whom were GC threats, scooted away and by the time they reached Brugg (km 56), they had a gap of more about four minutes. The trio's lead was stretched out to five minutes before the sprinters' teams began the serious work of bringing the escapees back home in time for the finish.

With about 10 km remaining the break was caught. During the race's technical final meters a huge crash brought down a lot of riders. Sacha Modolo wasn't involved and won the stage

Tony Martin remains the overall leader.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.401 km/hr

1	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	4hr 08min 06sec
2	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
3	John Degenkolb	Team Giant-Shimano
4	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team
5	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team
6	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
7	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team
8	Heinrich Haussler	IAM Cycling
9	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE
10	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team
Complete Stage 5 results, GC, photos, stage map and profile

GC after stage 5:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	18hr 27min 47sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 6 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:00:10
4	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:17
5	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:23
6	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:00:27
7	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
8	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:28
9	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:29
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
Complete Stage 5 results, GC, photos, Stage map and profile

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Tuesday, June 17: Stage 4, Heiden - Ossingen, 160.4 km

Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos, map and profile |

Rated ascents:

• Km 117.6: Benken, Category 4
• Km 145.2: Benken, Category 4

The Race: With just two ascents of the fourth-category Benkin on today's menu, the sprinters will want to make sure this opportunity doesn't get away.

The day's break, Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) and Laurens de Vreese (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), were clear by the 20th kilometer. The pack gave them some room, but not too much. 100 kilometers into the stage the duo had four minutes.

Omega Pharma did a lot of the work of bringing de Vreese and Teklehaimanot back to the pack and with ten kilometers remaining, they had been reeled in.

As the sprinters got set to race into a headwind, it was Lampre rider Sacha Modolo who went first. But Mark Cavendish opened a big can of whoopass and left everyone behind to win the stage.

Tony Martin finished safely to keep his GC lead, making a fabulous day for Omega Pharma-Quick Step. They got to have the stage win and keep the overall lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.752 km/hr

1	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	3hr 35min 03sec
2	Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle	Movistar Team
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
4	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida
5	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha Team
6	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
7	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol Team
8	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale
9	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team
10	Matthew Harley Goss	Orica GreenEDGE
Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 4:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	14hr 19min 41sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 6 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:00:10
4	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:17
5	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:23
6	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:00:27
7	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
8	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:28
9	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:29
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos, map and profile

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Monday, June 16: Stage 3, Sarnen - Heiden, 202.9 km

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Rated Ascents:

• Km 79.1: Sattel, Category 2
• Km 137.2: Wasserfluh, Category 2
• Km 180: Wald, Category 2

The Race: After a day of breaks, it was a compact group that sped into Heiden for the uphill finish. Race leader Tony Martin went to the front and took a hard pull.

Then, with 400 meters to go Cadel Evans led out the sprint with Peter Sagan locked on his wheel and Michael Albasini close by. Sagan waited and waited and then pounced. After a little elbow-to-elbow work with Albasini, Sagan timed his effort perfectly to take the sprint.

Tony Martin remains the overall leader.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.790 km/hr

1	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	5hr 22min 09sec
2	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE
3	Sergio Luis Henao Montoya	Team Sky
4	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
5	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team
6	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil	Movistar Team
7	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	Lampre-Merida
8	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
9	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
10	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo
Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, profile & map

GC after Stage 3:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	10hr 44min 34sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 6 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:00:14
4	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:17
5	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:23
6	Davide Formolo	Cannondale	0:00:27
7	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
8	Roman Kreuziger	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:28
9	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:29
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
Complete stage 3 results, GC, photos, profile & map

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Sunday, June 15: Stage 2, Bellinzona - Sarnen, 181.8 km

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The Race: This is the 2014 Tour of Switzerland's queen stage with two ascents rated Hors Category, the Gotthard and the Furka passes, followed by the second-category Grimsel and Brünig climbs. The Brünig comes with 22 km remaining, so if race leader Tony Martin has been dropped, but is close to the leaders after the climbing, he may be able close the gap and keep his lead.

Indeed, Tony Martin did preserve his overall lead.

A six-man break went clear just fifteen kilometers into the stage. On the ascent of the final climbs, the Brünig, it was down to just Philip Deignan and Lawrence Warbasse. Cameron Meyer steamed down the descent and, bad news for them, caught the pair and then won the sprint for the stage.

Further back, though the break had carved out a lead of more than five minutes, determined chasing by the peloton shrank the lead to just 14 seconds at the end, allowing Tony Martin to remain the leader.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.381 km/hr

1	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	5hr 08min 18sec
2	Philip Deignan	Team Sky
3	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	@ 14 seconds
5	Ben Swift	Team Sky
6	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
7	Koen De Kort	Team Giant-Shimano
8	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE
9	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana Pro Team
10	Alexandr Kolobnev	Katusha Team
Complete Stage 2 results, GC, map and profile

GC after Stage 2:

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	5hr 22min 20sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 6 seconds
3	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:13
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale	0:00:19
5	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:22
6	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:23
7	Philip Deignan	Team Sky	0:00:27
8	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
9	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	0:00:29
10	Peter Kennaugh	Team Sky
Complete Stage 2 results, GC, map and profile

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Saturday, June 14: Stage 1, Bellinzona 9.4 km individual time trial

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The Race: World time trial champion Tony Martin took the first stage and the overall leadership with a superb ride over a technical and hilly course. It is Martin's intention to repeat his Tour of Belgium performance where he took the lead in the time trial (stage 3 in the Belgian tour) and held it to the end. What makes Martin's ride particularly impressive was that Martin rode cautiously over the difficult course, afraid of crashing.

There were a few surprises in today's results. Bradley Wiggins was a distant 14th, 32 seconds off Martin's pace and Fabian Cancellara, still suffering from the effects of a training crash last week, was fourth, at 16 seconds.

Tomorrow Martin will get a real test of his desire to keep the lead. The mountainous stage has two hors category ascents, the Gothard and the Furka.

Results: GC is the same

Tony Martin's average speed: 40.865 km/hr

1	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	13min 48.1sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	Team Giant-Shimano	@ 6 seconds
3	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:13
4	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:16
5	Domenico Pozzovivo	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:19
6	Peter Sagan	Cannondale
7	Bauke Mollema	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:22
8	Tom Jelte Slagter	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:23
9	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:00:27
10	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	0:00:29
Complete Stage 1 results, stage map & profile