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Sunday, June 18: 9th & Final Stage, Schaffhausen 28.6 km individual time trial

Stage 9 profile | Stage 9 photos

Rohan Dennis wins the final stage

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

Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin) took the overall victory at the Tour de Suisse for the second time in his career. Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) finished the Swiss race the way he opened it, winning the closing individual time trial, to claim his second stage win after his prologue victory in Cham.

The 81st edition of Tour de Suisse concluded with a 28.6km individual time trial in Schaffhausen. The fast route encompassed one climb, a 3.7km ascent at 5% average gradient, that came just over five and a half kilometers from the finishing line.

Like he did in the prologue the first rider to put in a good reference time was Irish Ryan Mullen (Cannondale-Drapac) who crossed the line in 38:29 minutes. However, this time around Mullen didn't have a prolonged stay in the hot seat: he was quickly dethroned by Australian Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) who stopped the clock in 36:30 minutes, almost two minutes faster than Mullen on the line.

The rider that came closest to upstaging Dennis was his own teammate Stefan Küng who, in the first intermediate (at the 9km mark) was only nine seconds down to the "aussie", but ultimately came across the line 29 seconds adrift. The 23-year-old Swiss, who enjoyed a short spell in the yellow jersey (Stage 2), ended up taking the second place on the day, finishing his maiden Tour de Suisse on a high note.

As the GC riders started on the course it quickly became clear that nobody would dethrone Dennis and deny the Australian his sixth win of the season, the second on Swiss soil.

Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin) went into the final stage leading the general classification with a 52 seconds lead over BMC’s Damiano Caruso. The Slovenian came home in a solid fifth place, 51 seconds adrift, more than enough to keep the yellow jersey and win the overall classification in Tour de Suisse for the second time in his career.

BMC Racing Team enjoyed a full podium on the day with Caruso finishing in a strong third place, 47 seconds down on Dennis, thereby keeping his second place in the GC standings.

Steven Kruijswijk’s (LottoNL-Jumbo) against the clock was good, but not good enough to overcome the 13 seconds deficit to Caruso. The Dutch rider was sixth fastest on the line and had to settle for the third place in the overall podium.

Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport) brought the King of The Mountains jersey home, while two stage’s winner Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed the points classification.

Complete Results:

Stage 9 photos

28.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.014 km/hr

1	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	36min 30sec
2	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	@ 29sec
3	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	47
4	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	51
5	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
6	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	54
7	Marc SOLER GIMENEZ	Movistar	58
8	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:00
9	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+1:02
10	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:04
11	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+1:06
12	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+1:10
13	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+1:13
14	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:16
15	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+1:19
16	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:22
17	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:25
18	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:29
19	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
20	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:38
21	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+1:41
22	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:44
23	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:48
24	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+1:57
25	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+1:58
26	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:59
27	Owain DOULL	Sky	+2:00
28	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+2:01
30	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+2:05
31	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+2:10
32	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+2:11
33	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+2:16
34	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
35	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:18
36	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+2:25
37	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+2:27
38	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+2:28
39	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+2:29
40	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+2:31
41	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+2:32
42	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+2:33
43	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+2:37
44	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+2:42
45	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+2:43
46	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+2:44
47	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:45
48	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+2:53
49	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+2:54
50	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+2:55
51	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+2:57
52	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:58
53	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+3:01
54	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
55	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+3:02
56	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+3:03
57	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:05
59	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+3:06
60	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
61	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:07
62	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+3:08
63	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
64	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+3:09
65	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+3:12
66	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+3:17
67	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+3:20
68	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+3:23
69	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+3:25
70	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+3:28
72	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	+3:30
73	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+3:31
74	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+3:37
75	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+3:38
76	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+3:39
78	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
79	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+3:40
81	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+3:44
82	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+3:47
83	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+3:50
84	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+3:51
85	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
86	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+3:53
87	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:54
88	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
89	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3:55
91	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
92	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+3:58
93	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+3:59
94	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+4:02
95	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+4:04
96	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+4:06
97	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+4:08
98	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+4:10
99	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
100	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+4:12
101	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+4:14
102	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+4:16
103	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+4:29
104	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+4:35
105	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+4:37
106	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+4:40
107	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+4:41
109	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+4:54
110	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+4:55
111	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+4:56
112	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
113	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:04
115	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+5:11
116	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+5:12
117	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+5:13
118	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+5:15
119	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+5:16
120	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
121	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+5:17
122	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
123	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:24
124	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:25
125	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:31
126	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+5:32
127	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:34
128	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+5:39
129	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
130	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+5:50
131	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+6:01
132	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+6:05
133	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+6:07
134	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
135	Daniel OSS	BMC	+6:30
136	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+7:01
137	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+7:04
138	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+7:09
139	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+7:19
140	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+8:01

Final GC after Stage 9:

• GC winner: Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin)
• Points classification winner: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification winner: Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Best Swiss rider: Mathias Frank (Ag2r)
• Team classification winner: Ag2r

1,166.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.75 km/hr

1	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	28hr 37min 11sec
2	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	@ 48sec
3	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:08
4	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:37
5	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:09
6	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+3:51
7	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+4:00
8	Marc SOLER	Movistar	+4:14
9	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+4:47
10	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+5:30
11	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+7:03
12	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+7:32
13	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+9:02
14	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+9:53
15	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+11:53
16	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+14:22
17	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+15:04
18	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+16:11
19	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+17:28
20	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+18:30
21	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+19:10
22	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20:07
23	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+20:12
24	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+23:46
25	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+26:14
26	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+26:23
27	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+26:43
28	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+29:39
29	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+33:35
30	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+34:39
31	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+34:41
32	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+35:54
33	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+38:30
34	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+38:49
35	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+39:37
36	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+39:51
37	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+40:46
38	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+42:17
39	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+43:35
40	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+44:13
41	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+45:12
42	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+45:39
43	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+45:59
44	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+47:49
45	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+48:00
46	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+48:14
47	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+49:16
48	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+50:43
49	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+51:04
50	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+51:42
51	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+54:16
52	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+54:37
53	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+55:41
54	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+55:48
55	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+56:39
56	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+56:49
57	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+57:37
58	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+57:46
59	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+57:58
60	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:01:51
61	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+1:01:53
62	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+1:02:08
63	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:05:15
64	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+1:05:27
65	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+1:06:09
66	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+1:06:42
67	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+1:06:51
68	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+1:07:35
69	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:09:04
70	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+1:10:46
71	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:10:48
72	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:11:29
73	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:11:58
74	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+1:13:08
75	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+1:13:28
76	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:15:36
77	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+1:16:11
78	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+1:16:29
79	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+1:17:56
80	Owain DOULL	Sky	+1:18:29
81	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:18:29
82	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+1:18:42
83	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:19:43
84	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+1:20:02
85	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+1:22:34
86	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+1:23:21
87	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:23:26
88	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:24:37
89	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+1:25:10
90	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	+1:25:46
91	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+1:25:51
92	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+1:25:51
93	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:26:16
94	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+1:26:55
95	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+1:27:00
96	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+1:28:32
97	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	+1:28:59
98	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+1:31:03
99	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+1:32:26
100	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:32:45
101	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:33:01
102	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+1:33:31
103	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+1:33:48
104	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:34:39
105	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+1:35:25
106	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:36:18
107	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:36:20
108	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+1:36:31
109	Daniel OSS	BMC	+1:39:04
110	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:39:07
111	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+1:40:13
112	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:40:18
113	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+1:40:26
114	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:41:01
115	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:41:09
116	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+1:41:35
117	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+1:42:28
118	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+1:42:48
119	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:43:07
120	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:45:37
121	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+1:46:29
122	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:47:23
123	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:47:33
124	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+1:47:36
125	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:50:09
126	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:50:18
127	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+1:50:45
128	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+1:51:54
129	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+1:52:27
130	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:52:37
131	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:53:24
132	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+1:53:26
133	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:55:44
134	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:56:17
135	Ivan GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	+1:59:00
136	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+2:04:26
137	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+2:04:31
138	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+2:05:53
139	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:06:16
140	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+2:32:38

Stage 9 profile:

Stage 9 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Taylor Phinney

Jon Izaguirre

Domenico Pozzovivo

Damiano Caruso

Stefan Kung was second in the stage

Stage winner Rohan Dennis

Final overall winner Simon Spilak

Points classification winner Peter Sagan

The final GC podium, from left: Damiano Caruso (2nd), Simon Spilak & Steven Kruijswijk (3rd)

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Saturday, June 17: Stage 8, Schaffhausen - Schauffhausen, (8 x 12.5 laps) 100 km

Stage 8 profile | Stage 8 photos

Peter Sagan wins stage 8.

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

Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) stormed to his second win in the 81st edition of Tour de Suisse. The world champion was unrivalled in Schaffhausen outsprinting Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) and Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors) to seal another emphatic win on Swiss soil, upping his record tally of victories in the race to 15.

Stage 8 in the Tour de Suisse was a hilly criterium of exactly 100 kilometers in Schaffhausen, close to the German border. The route consisted of eight laps of 12.5km circuit, each time featuring two climbs – the longest a 1.2km ascent with 4.6% average.

With plenty KOM points on offer it was no surprise that the Mountains Classification leader Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport) was quick to jump clear after the flag dropped. The Danish rider had the company of Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal), Jaco Venter (Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) and Nick Van der Lijke (Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij), the latter his main rival in the fight to conquer the KOM jersey.

A benevolent peloton allowed the quartet to swiftly establish a gap but kept them on a close leash so that the advantage never surpassed the two-minute mark.

Hansen, Olympic gold medalist in track, resisted the opposition and, one after another, took maximum KOM points and mathematically secured the King of the Mountains jersey when the quartet passed the 6th categorized climb, thereby becoming the first Danish rider to conquer the blue jersey in Tour de Suisse.

With two laps, around 25km to go, the gap to the peloton was down to just over a minute and soon after Gianluca Brambilla (Quick-Step Floors) attacked from the bunch. The explosive Italian managed to gain ground on the pack but was soon reeled in as the sprinter’s teams started to increase the tempo, laying the groundwork for the expected bunch sprint.

Eventually, the breakaway was caught was the peloton started on the last lap, with 12.5km to go.

Stage 3 winner Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) tried to surprise six kilometers from the finish but the Australian was effectively chased down by Marcus Burghardt (Bora-Hansgrohe). As the peloton regrouped it was Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) who launched a vicious attack, but the Italian’s move was shut down soon after.

When the front group flew under the flame rouge it was Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) leading the way to deliver teammate Matteo Trentin.

Despite the strong Quick-Step Floors lead-out there was no denying Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) who powered past his rivals to claim his 15th win in Tour the Suisse, the second in this year’s edition.

Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) was second on the line while Trentin had to settle for third place.

In the eve of the last stage, a 28.6km ITT, Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin), winner of stage 7, leads the overall classification, with 52 seconds advantage on Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing Team).

Complete Results:

Stage 8 photos

100 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.035 km/hr

1	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	1hr 57min 34sec
2	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
3	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
7	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
9	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
10	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
11	Ivan GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
12	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
14	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	s.t.
15	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
16	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
17	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
19	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
20	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
21	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
22	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
24	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
25	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
26	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
27	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
28	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
29	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
31	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
36	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
37	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
43	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
45	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
46	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
47	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
48	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
50	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
51	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
52	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
53	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	s.t.
54	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	s.t.
55	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
56	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
57	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
58	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
59	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
60	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
61	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
63	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
66	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
67	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
68	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
71	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
72	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
73	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
74	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
75	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
76	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
77	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
78	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
79	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	s.t.
80	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
81	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
82	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
85	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
87	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
89	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
90	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
91	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
92	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
93	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
94	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
95	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
96	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
97	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
98	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
99	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
101	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
102	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
103	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
104	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
105	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
107	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
108	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
109	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
110	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	s.t.
111	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
113	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
114	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
115	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
116	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
117	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
118	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
119	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
120	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
121	Marc SOLER GIMENEZ	Movistar	s.t.
122	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
123	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
124	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
125	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
126	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
127	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
128	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
129	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	@ 46sec
130	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+1:41
131	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
132	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	s.t.
133	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	s.t.
134	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:48
135	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	s.t.
136	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:01
137	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	s.t.
138	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
139	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
140	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
141	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+4:43
142	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
143	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
144	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.

GC after Stage 8:

• GC leader: Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Team classification leader: Ag2r

1,137.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.64 km/hr

1	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	27hr 59min 50sec
2	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	@ 52sec
3	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:05
4	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:28
5	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:35
6	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:51
7	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+2:54
8	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+3:51
9	Marc SOLER	Movistar	+4:07
10	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+4:10
11	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+6:35
12	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+7:07
13	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+7:35
14	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+8:47
15	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+9:19
16	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+11:42
17	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:55
18	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+14:14
19	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+15:42
20	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+15:42
21	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+17:30
22	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+18:47
23	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+19:29
24	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+19:56
25	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+22:04
26	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+22:45
27	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+24:31
28	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+27:35
29	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+30:48
30	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+33:05
31	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+34:26
32	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+35:24
33	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+35:30
34	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+35:41
35	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+37:35
36	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+37:59
37	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+39:26
38	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+40:58
39	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+41:10
40	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+41:58
41	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+42:08
42	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+43:22
43	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+43:44
44	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+44:57
45	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+45:12
46	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+46:28
47	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+46:33
48	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+47:51
49	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+48:41
50	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+49:00
51	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+49:24
52	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+52:45
53	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+53:09
54	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+53:38
55	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+54:18
56	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+54:28
57	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+54:59
58	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+55:22
59	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+55:43
60	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+56:21
61	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+1:00:15
62	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:01:20
63	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+1:01:46
64	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+1:02:16
65	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+1:03:51
66	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+1:04:12
67	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:04:18
68	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+1:04:25
69	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+1:05:31
70	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:06:30
71	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:07:40
72	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+1:07:57
73	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:08:01
74	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:09:41
75	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+1:11:13
76	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+1:11:49
77	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:12:59
78	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+1:13:08
79	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+1:13:36
80	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+1:14:26
81	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+1:14:39
82	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:14:39
83	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+1:14:49
84	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+1:16:18
85	Owain DOULL	Sky	+1:17:20
86	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:18:33
87	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:20:05
88	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+1:20:22
89	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+1:20:28
90	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:21:17
91	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+1:21:29
92	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+1:22:10
93	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+1:22:48
94	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	+1:23:07
95	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:23:44
96	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+1:23:56
97	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+1:25:09
98	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+1:26:26
99	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+1:26:37
100	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:26:48
101	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:28:02
102	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+1:28:34
103	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+1:29:18
104	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	+1:29:50
105	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:29:59
106	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+1:30:43
107	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+1:31:36
108	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:32:05
109	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:33:01
110	Daniel OSS	BMC	+1:33:25
111	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+1:33:35
112	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:34:33
113	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+1:35:03
114	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+1:35:45
115	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+1:36:26
116	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:36:40
117	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:36:47
118	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:37:04
119	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+1:37:11
120	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:37:57
121	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+1:38:23
122	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:38:42
123	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+1:39:56
124	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:42:35
125	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+1:43:12
126	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:43:28
127	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:43:30
128	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+1:44:50
129	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+1:45:29
130	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:46:27
131	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:47:11
132	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:48:15
133	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+1:49:40
134	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+1:49:44
135	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+1:51:13
136	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:52:16
137	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:52:40
138	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:54:03
139	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	+1:54:12
140	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+1:57:16
141	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:59:25
142	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+2:01:29
143	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:01:43
144	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+2:30:09

Stage 8 profile:

Stage 8 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Greg van Avermaet heads to the start line.

Peter Sagan before the race start

GC leader Simon Spilak

Michael Matthews defies gravity as he leans his bike over during the fast circuit race.

Peter Sagan is clearly the fastest man of the day.

Stage winner Sagan

Simon Spilak will start the final stage in yellow.

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Friday, June 16: Stage 7, Zernez - Solden, 160.8 km

Stage 7 profile

Simon Spilak wins the stage and takes over the GC leadership

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

Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin) moved into the overall lead at the Tour de Suisse after he soloed to a dramatic summit victory on the mighty Tiefenbach Glacier. Overnight leader Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) faded in the punishing slopes of the final climb and slipped to fourth place on the GC.

At 166.3kms long, stage 7 of Tour de Suisse took the riders from Zernez to Tiefenbachferner in the mountains high above Sölden, Austria. The bulk of the route, for the most part a deceivingly amenable run-in to the herculean climb up to the Tiefenbach Glacier at 2,780 meters, meant that many riders were eager to get on the break.

Eventually, a group of 18 riders, including previous stage winners Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), got the all clear. After 60km the gap hoovered just under three minutes but the AG2R- La Mondiale led peloton kept the breakaway on a tight leash, working diligently for the yellow jersey Domenico Pozzovivo, winner of stage 6.

25 kms before the start of final Hors Catégorie climb - a brutal 14.2km ascent with an average gradient of 9.5% - the gap of the breakaway was down to 2 minutes, meaning that the stage win would, in all likelihood, be fought out between the GC favorites.

Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), the last survivor of the breakaway was caught in the early slopes of the climb and with 15kms to go the punishing gradients started to quickly whittle down the peloton, spearheaded by Katusha-Alpecin and Bahrain-Merida.

Key moment of the stage occurred shortly after, as Pozzovivo dropped from the main group, unable to follow the relentless tempo being set by previous Tour de Suisse champion Simon Spilaks’ Katusha-Alpecin.

Soon the front group had dwindled down to just a handful of riders, including Spilak, Caruso, Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale-Drapac) and Marc Soler (Movistar)

The double digits’ gradients started to eat into the riders’ resolve and with eight kilometers to go, with Pozzovivo 1:30 minutes in arrears, only Spilak and Dombrowski remained in front. Soon after the 30-year-old Slovenian went solo, searching for his first stage win in Tour de Suisse, a race he previously won in 2015.

Izagirre caught up to American Dombrowski as they passed the 3km to go banner. The Spaniard pushed pedal to metal in the hopes to make it across to Spilak, who lead the race 25 seconds ahead, but he ran out of road.

A crimson clad Spilak emerged solo from the 1,7kms tunnel and powered down the remaining 600 meters to the finishing line to celebrate a monumental stage win and, more importantly, propel himself into the top of the general classification.

Izagirre crossed the line 22 seconds later in second position while Dombrowski held on to third place, 36 seconds adrift.

In the general classification Spilak moved into pole-position, with a lofty 52 seconds advantage on second-placed Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing Team). Steven Kruijswijk, fifth across the line, moved up to third overall.

Overnight leader Domenico Pozzovivo, arrived to the finish 2:40 minutes after the Slovenian and slumped to fourth place overall.

The KOM jersey still rests on the shoulders of Aqua Blue Sport’s Lasse Norman Hansen, while World Champion Peter Sagan extended his lead in the points classification.

Complete Results:

160.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.819 km/hr

1	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	3hr 58min 36sec
2	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	@ 22sec
3	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	36
4	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	+1:04
5	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
6	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:07
7	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:33
8	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+1:47
9	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:53
10	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+2:40
11	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+3:11
14	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+3:44
15	Marc SOLER	Movistar	s.t.
16	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+3:58
17	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
18	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+4:17
19	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+4:41
20	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+5:00
22	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+5:14
24	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
25	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+6:14
26	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+7:26
27	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+7:35
28	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+7:47
29	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+8:08
30	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+8:50
31	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
32	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+9:19
34	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+10:23
35	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+10:32
36	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	+11:50
37	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+11:56
38	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+12:02
39	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
41	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+12:19
42	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+12:30
43	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+12:34
44	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
45	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+13:23
46	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+13:55
47	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+14:49
48	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
49	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+15:02
50	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+15:04
51	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
52	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
54	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+15:12
55	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+17:17
56	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+17:28
57	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	s.t.
58	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
59	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
60	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+18:03
61	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+18:11
62	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+19:14
63	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
64	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
65	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+19:17
66	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	+19:23
67	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+19:51
68	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
69	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+20:03
70	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+20:10
71	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+20:24
72	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
73	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
74	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
75	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
76	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	s.t.
77	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	s.t.
78	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+20:28
79	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
80	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
81	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
82	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+20:30
83	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
84	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20:40
86	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:17
87	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+21:24
88	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
89	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+21:41
90	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+21:46
91	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+21:46
92	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+22:15
93	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+22:24
94	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
95	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+22:32
96	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+22:40
97	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+22:47
98	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+22:53
99	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+22:58
101	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+23:00
102	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+23:02
103	Owain DOULL	Sky	+23:29
104	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
105	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+23:33
106	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+24:27
108	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+24:30
109	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
111	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+25:05
112	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+25:31
113	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+26:32
114	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+26:38
116	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+26:41
117	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+26:43
118	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
120	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
121	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
122	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+26:47
123	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
124	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
125	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+26:51
126	Ivan GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	+26:54
127	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+26:59
128	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
129	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
131	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
132	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+26:59
133	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+27:04
134	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+27:22
135	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
136	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+27:33
137	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+27:35
138	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
139	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+28:15
140	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
141	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
142	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+32:16
143	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
144	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
145	Daniel OSS	BMC	+32:19
146	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+33:20

GC after Stage 7:

1	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	26hr 2min 16sec
2	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	@ 52sec
3	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:05
4	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:28
5	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+2:35
6	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:51
7	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+2:54
8	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+3:51
9	Marc SOLER	Movistar	+4:07
10	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+4:10
11	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+6:35
12	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+7:07
13	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+7:35
14	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+8:47
15	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+9:19
16	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+11:42
17	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:55
18	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+14:14
19	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+15:42
20	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+15:42
21	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+17:30
22	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+18:47
23	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+19:29
24	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+19:56
25	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+22:04
26	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+22:45
27	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+24:31
28	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+27:35
29	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+30:48
30	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+33:08
31	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+34:26
32	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+35:24
33	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+35:30
34	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+35:41
35	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+37:35
36	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+37:59
37	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+39:26
38	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+40:58
39	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+41:10
40	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+41:58
41	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+42:08
42	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+43:22
43	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+43:44
44	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+44:57
45	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+45:12
46	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+46:28
47	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+46:33
48	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+47:51
49	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+48:41
50	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+49:00
51	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+49:24
52	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+52:45
53	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+53:09
54	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+53:38
55	Antonio PEDRERO LOPEZ	Movistar	+54:18
56	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+54:28
57	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+55:01
58	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+55:22
59	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+55:46
60	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+56:21
61	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+1:00:05
62	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+1:00:15
63	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+1:01:20
64	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+1:02:16
65	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+1:03:51
66	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+1:04:12
67	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:04:18
68	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+1:04:25
69	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+1:05:31
70	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+1:06:30
71	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:07:50
72	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+1:07:57
73	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:08:01
74	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:09:41
75	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+1:11:13
76	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+1:11:35
77	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+1:11:52
78	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:12:59
79	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+1:13:12
80	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+1:13:36
81	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+1:14:26
82	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+1:14:39
83	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:14:39
84	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+1:14:49
85	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+1:16:22
86	Owain DOULL	Sky	+1:17:20
87	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:18:33
88	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:20:05
89	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+1:20:22
90	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+1:20:28
91	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:21:17
92	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+1:21:34
93	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+1:22:10
94	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+1:22:48
95	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	+1:23:07
96	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:23:44
97	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+1:23:56
98	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+1:24:35
99	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+1:25:09
100	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+1:26:26
101	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+1:26:37
102	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:26:48
103	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:28:02
104	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+1:28:34
105	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	+1:29:50
106	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:30:00
107	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:30:00
108	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+1:30:43
109	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+1:31:36
110	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:32:05
111	Daniel OSS	BMC	+1:33:25
112	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+1:33:35
113	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:33:46
114	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:34:03
115	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+1:34:17
116	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:34:33
117	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+1:35:30
118	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+1:35:35
119	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+1:35:45
120	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:36:16
121	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+1:36:26
122	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:36:46
123	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:38:42
124	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+1:39:56
125	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+1:40:46
126	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:42:35
127	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+1:43:12
128	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:43:28
129	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:43:30
130	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+1:44:50
131	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:45:27
132	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:46:27
133	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:47:12
134	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+1:47:46
135	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+1:49:40
136	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+1:49:44
137	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+1:51:13
138	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:52:16
139	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+1:52:33
140	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:52:40
141	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:54:03
142	Ivan GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	+1:54:12
143	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+1:58:28
144	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:58:42
145	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:59:25
146	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+2:28:28

Stage 7 profile:

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Thursday, June 15: Stage 6, Locarno - La Punt, 166.7 km

Stage 6 profile | Stage 6 photos

Domenico Pozzovivo wins the stage and takes the GC lead.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage 6 report.

Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) crowned an epic day in the mountains with a thrilling solo win on stage 6 of Tour de Suisse. With the victory in La Punt the Italian climbed to the top of the general classification and is the new yellow jersey.

With 166.7 kilometers, the queen stage of this year’s edition of Tour de Suisse delivered a memorable alpine extravaganza with the riders tackling two monstrous climbs, San Bernadino Pass and Albula Pass, totaling nearly 4.000 vertical meters of ascent.

The route commenced in Locarno and straight from the gun several riders tried to go on the attack but it was not until the peloton hit the base of the HC San Bernardino Pass - a 30 kms haul to 2.000 meters with an average gradient of 5.3%. – that the day’s breakaway was formed.

After 50kms of racing Tomasz Marczynski, Bart De Clerq (Lotto Soudal), Philip Deignan (Team Sky), Jan Bakelants (Ag2r La Mondiale), Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac), Carlos Verona (Orica-Scott), Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Ondrej Cink (Bahrain-Merida) and Simone Petilli (UAE Team Emirates) opened a gap of a minute on the bunch. Soon after Matvey Mamykin (Katusha-Alpecin), after a solo effort, joined the men up front and the breakaway of 10 was formed.

As the men in front crested the summit of the San Bernardino, with Bakelandts taking maximum KOM points, they enjoyed an advantage of two minutes over the peloton.  Meanwhile, down the road, several riders called it a day, including Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo) and Alex Dowsett (Movistar). By the day’s end eight riders had abandoned.

Good cooperation between the men in front allowed the 10-men-strong group to keep their advantage in the valley and as they made their way towards the base of the Albula Pass they kept an optimistic two minutes gap to the yellow jersey’ Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing Team) group.

However, BMC's pace-making shaved the break's lead to a little over a minute as the leaders hit the first slopes of the mighty Hors Catégorie climb - 25.8 kilometres at 5.3% with the second half steepest.

As the gradient began to sting Petilli accelerated from the break but the fatal attack came from Canadian Michael Woods who showed his climbing pedigree by launching a solo effort with 25kms to go.

In the thinning peloton it was the overall classification leader Caruso who forced the selection by attacking 18kms from the line. Simon Spilak (Katusha Alpecin) was one of the first favorites to crack and a subsequent vicious counter-attack from Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) reduced the group to all but eight units, including Caruso, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) and Ion Izaguirre (Bahrain-Merida). Spilak with Pello Bilbao (Astana) and Matthias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale) managed to bridge across soon after.

With 12kms to go Pozzovivo went all in with an explosive attack. The inertia from his rivals enabled the purebred Italian climber to rapidly distance the group and catch up to lone leader Woods before the summit. At that point the duo had 35 seconds on Caruso’s group.

The furious 9.3 kilometres descent to the finish line in La Punt was made more treacherous by the rain that started to pour but Pozzovivo’s aggressive approach to each bend saw him quickly open a gap to Woods.

In the last kilometer the 34-year-old Italian led with only 10 seconds advantage but, in the finishing straight, he dug deep to hold off the chasers and emerged victorious amid the downpour.

Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), who joined the favorite’s group on the descent, powered to second place, four seconds adrift, while Izagirre rounded up the podium in third.

With the win Pozzovivo - third overall at the start of the day with a 25-second deficit to Caruso - pocketed 10 valuable bonus seconds and moved into the lead in the general classification, albeit with the same exact time as Caruso, who finished seventh today, 15 seconds back.

World champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) keeps the lead in the points classification while Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport) remains on top in the mountains classification.

Complete results:

Stage 6 photos

166.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.873 km/hr

1	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	4hr 38min 49sec
2	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	@ 4sec
3	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
4	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	12
6	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
7	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	15
8	Pello BILBAO	Astana	18
9	Marc SOLER	Movistar	s.t.
10	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	21
11	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	24
12	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+1:34
13	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:40
14	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+1:46
15	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:56
16	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+2:22
17	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
18	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
19	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
20	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+2:36
21	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+3:11
22	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+3:24
23	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
24	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+4:29
25	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
26	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	+5:21
27	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+5:24
29	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+5:36
30	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+5:43
31	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+6:16
32	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
33	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+7:25
34	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+9:58
35	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+10:15
36	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+10:29
37	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
38	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+11:32
39	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
40	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+11:59
41	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
42	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+12:08
43	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+12:29
44	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
45	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
46	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+12:33
48	Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
49	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+12:38
50	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+12:41
51	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+13:19
52	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
54	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+13:35
55	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+13:46
56	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+14:20
57	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+14:34
58	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+14:49
59	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+15:07
60	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+16:07
62	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:48
63	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+17:41
64	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
66	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20:01
67	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+21:34
68	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+23:24
69	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+24:19
70	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
72	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
73	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+24:35
74	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+24:39
75	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+24:59
77	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+25:07
78	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+26:33
79	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+26:53
80	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+26:59
82	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+27:40
83	Owain DOULL	Sky	+30:11
84	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+30:22
85	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
86	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+35:26
87	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
88	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+35:29
89	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
90	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
92	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
93	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	s.t.
94	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
95	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
96	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
97	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
98	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
99	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
100	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
101	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
102	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
103	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
104	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+35:35
105	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
106	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
107	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	s.t.
109	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
110	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
111	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
112	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
116	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
117	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
118	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
120	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
121	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
123	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
124	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	s.t.
125	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
126	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
127	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
128	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
129	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	s.t.
130	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
131	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+35:45
132	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
133	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
134	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
135	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
136	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
137	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
138	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+35:49
139	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
140	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+35:51
141	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
142	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
143	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+35:53
144	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+35:55
145	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+36:10
146	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+36:13
147	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+36:15
148	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+36:22
149	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+39:01

GC after stage 6:

• GC leader: Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Team classification leader: Ag2r

869.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.437 km/hr

1	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	22hr 3min 28sec
2	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
3	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 13sec
4	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	22
5	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	23
6	Marc SOLER	Movistar	35
7	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE Abu Dhabi	54
8	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+1:19
9	Pello BILBAO	Astana	+1:42
10	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+3:02
11	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+3:06
12	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+3:36
13	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+3:45
14	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+3:47
15	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+4:31
16	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+5:17
17	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+5:29
18	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+6:40
19	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	+7:28
20	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+9:09
21	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+9:55
22	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+10:08
23	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+10:14
24	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+10:54
25	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+12:10
26	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+12:43
27	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+14:18
28	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+15:53
29	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+15:56
30	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+16:30
31	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+19:01
32	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+21:24
33	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+21:31
34	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+22:43
35	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+23:10
36	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+23:51
37	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+24:03
38	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+24:26
39	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+24:56
40	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+26:00
41	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+26:10
42	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+26:12
43	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+26:21
44	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+27:03
45	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+27:21
46	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+27:48
47	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+28:52
48	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+29:28
49	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+30:05
50	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+31:11
51	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+31:51
52	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+31:57
53	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+33:11
54	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+35:04
55	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+35:39
56	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+36:13
57	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+36:30
58	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+37:45
59	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+38:17
60	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+39:49
61	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+39:53
62	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+39:57
63	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+40:07
64	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+40:45
65	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+41:22
66	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+42:44
67	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+42:59
68	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+44:14
69	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+45:13
70	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+45:20
71	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+46:35
72	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+46:44
73	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+47:08
74	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+48:18
75	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+48:39
76	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+48:47
77	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+49:25
78	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+49:56
79	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+50:32
80	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+51:16
81	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+51:34
82	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+51:34
83	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+51:53
84	Owain DOULL	Sky	+54:03
85	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+54:20
86	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+55:18
87	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+58:13
88	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+58:22
89	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+59:05
90	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+59:25
91	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+59:49
92	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+1:00:37
93	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:01:03
94	Daniel OSS	BMC	+1:01:18
95	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+1:01:47
96	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+1:02:07
97	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+1:02:32
98	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+1:02:36
99	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:03:13
100	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+1:03:44
101	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+1:03:53
102	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+1:04:27
103	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+1:06:10
104	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+1:06:45
105	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+1:06:48
106	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+1:06:58
107	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:07:15
108	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+1:07:18
109	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:07:34
110	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:07:43
111	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+1:08:31
112	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+1:08:32
113	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+1:08:58
114	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:09:42
115	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:10:07
116	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+1:10:39
117	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+1:10:42
118	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:11:00
119	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	+1:11:29
120	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:11:55
121	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:12:05
122	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+1:12:08
123	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+1:13:25
124	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+1:14:38
125	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:15:04
126	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:15:12
127	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+1:15:18
128	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:15:27
129	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+1:15:33
130	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+1:17:12
131	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+1:17:40
132	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+1:18:19
133	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:18:56
134	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+1:19:52
135	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+1:20:12
136	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+1:20:37
137	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+1:23:10
138	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:24:23
139	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+1:24:30
140	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+1:25:19
141	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+1:26:50
142	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	+1:27:30
143	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+1:27:32
144	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:28:10
145	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:31:32
146	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:32:38
147	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:33:38
148	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+1:35:07
149	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+1:56:24

Stage 6 profile:

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Where everyone was headed today, the finish town of La Punt.

Michael Albasini descends the Albula Pass

Philippe Gilbert

Lars Boom

Mauro Gianetti

Sylvain Chavanel

Domenico Pozzovivo heads down the Albula Pass with a small lead.

Domenico Pozzovivo wins the stage with a giant four seconds to spare.

Rui Faria leads the first chasing group in

Domenico Pozzovivo gets his reward for a job well done.

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Wednesday, June 14: Stage 5, Bex - Cevio, 222 km

Stage 5 profile | Stage 5 photos

World Champion Peter Sagan wins stage five

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

Going into the race with the record number of stage wins, the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan, has taken a victory at each of the past seven editions of the Tour de Suisse. Having been narrowly beaten in the earlier stages, the Slovak BORA-hansgrohe rider made it count today, leaving his rivals in his wake in a win that made it look easy, earning him the stage victory and the race’s black points jersey. Peter adds to his tally of wins, extending his own record, with his total now standing at fourteen.

After the first mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse, it was back to a hilly stage for today’s 222km route. However, only a race like the Tour de Suisse could include an Hors Catégorie climb on a stage classed as ‘hilly’. The Simplonpass dominated the stage profile, with 100km of the stage clocked up before the race even started to climb, and while teams would have a fast and furious descent to make up time before a relatively flat run to the finish, there would be no guarantee that the sprinters would be in a position – or a condition – to contest the flat finale.

As the Tour de Suisse’s longest stage, for a breakaway to last the entire distance, the group would have to be made up of the right sorts of riders. While attack after attack came, the breaks were reeled back as quickly as they were able to form. With 70km raced, a group finally made their escape, with six riders making their way up the road and rapidly building up a two minute advantage, before topping out at six minutes. This was before the major climb of the day, however, and while the break managed to hold the peloton at bay, it was less than four minutes slower to the summit of the Simplonpass, having reduced the gap by more than two minutes. Hitting the final 50km, the break shed one of its number – the relentless pace tiring them out. If the distance wasn’t draining enough, after four days of blazing sunshine the skies opened and drenched the riders to the bone in a demoralising torrent of rain. Three more of the break dropped away, leaving just two to push on ahead, but with the peloton upping the pace with the scent of the finish line in the air, a sprint looked increasingly likely.

With 6km remaining, it was all back together, with the BORA-hansgrohe riders having put in a huge effort to pull in the break’s thirty-second advantage in just a few minutes. The teams battling amongst themselves for position, the peloton was stretched out as riders struggled to hold on, with none of the sprinters able to keep their trains with them, such was the pace. 250m to go and the UCI World Champion went away in an incredible effort that left the bunch in his wake – a huge gap forming behind him, giving him enough time to check over his shoulder, before taking his first win of the 2017 Tour de Suisse and his 14th in the race, extending his record of stage wins.

Moments after the finish, Peter was doubling back to thank his BORA-hansgrohe teammates for their hard efforts today. He explained how important their role was from the finish. “I’m very happy for this victory because the BORA-hansgrohe riders really sacrificed themselves today. We went all in at the end of the stage and my teammates got me to the finish. I’m so happy with this win – it was very good for the team and I couldn’t have done it without them. It took a little while to get this win - the first road stage was a little mad, with attacks and a really hectic finish, then two days ago it was a good finish but I’d put in a big effort before to get up the final climb. Today was really good for me though. There was a bit of rain but I felt much better in the end and managed to keep my head in the finale.”

Today, the team did everything perfectly, observed Directeur Sportif, André Schulze. “It was a really fast stage today – the breakaway was able to distance themselves after 70km of racing. In the first hours, the pace was around 49km/h, so it was really fast out there. The team did a great job today and showed amazing teamwork. Jan was in the front of the peloton with Sunweb and Trek to catch the breakaway, and in the finale the team did everything perfectly. In the last 400m, I think everyone could see that Peter was the strongest and he took the win. We are all very happy with this victory. In the coming days we are working for Patrick, and on Saturday we’ll try it again in the sprint with Peter.”

It’s going to be an incredibly hard 167km of racing tomorrow. Two Hors Catégorie mountains dominate the stage profile, with the climbing starting from the drop of the flag. First comes the San Bernadino Pass, before a gruelling ascent of the Albulapass to the finish. There’s nowhere to hide on a stage like this, and this will be a day when the GC race really comes to life.

Complete results:

Stage 5 photos

222 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.174 km/hr

1	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	5hr 15min 50sec
2	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
3	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
4	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
5	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
7	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
8	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
9	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
10	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
11	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
14	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
15	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
17	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
20	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	s.t.
21	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
22	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	s.t.
25	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
26	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
27	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
28	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
31	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
33	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE	Sky	s.t.
37	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
38	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
39	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
40	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
41	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
44	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
45	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
47	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
48	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
49	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
50	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
51	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
52	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
53	Jhonatan RESTREPO VALENCIA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
54	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
56	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
57	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
58	Marc SOLER GIMENEZ	Movistar	s.t.
59	Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	s.t.
61	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
63	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
64	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
65	Victor DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ	Movistar	s.t.
66	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
67	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
68	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
69	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
70	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
71	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
72	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
74	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
75	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
76	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
77	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	19
78	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	22
79	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
80	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
81	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
82	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
83	SEBASTIAN HENAO GOMEZ	Sky	s.t.
84	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
85	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
87	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
88	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
89	Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
90	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	s.t.
91	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
92	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	s.t.
93	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
96	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	37
97	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	39
98	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	42
99	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	s.t.
100	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	44
101	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	50
102	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	58
103	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+1:04
104	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:28
105	Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+1:30
106	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+1:34
107	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+2:06
108	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
109	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+2:10
110	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+4:16
111	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:52
112	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+9:46
113	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
115	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
117	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
118	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
119	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
120	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
121	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
122	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
123	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
124	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
125	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
126	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
127	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
128	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
129	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
130	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
131	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
132	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
133	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
134	Antonio PEDRERO LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
135	David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO	Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Rohan DENIS	BMC	s.t.
137	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
138	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
139	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
140	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
141	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
142	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
143	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+10:40
144	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+12:02
145	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+15:43
146	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
147	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
148	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
149	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
150	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	s.t.
151	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
152	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
153	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	s.t.
154	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
155	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
156	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
157	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
158	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
159	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
160	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
161	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
162	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
163	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+27:50

GC after Stage 5:

• GC leader: Damiano Caruso (BMC)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Team classification leader: Ag2r

703.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.398 km/hr

1	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	17hr 24min 24sec
2	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 16sec
3	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	25
4	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
5	Marc SOLER GIMENEZ	Movistar	32
6	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	34
7	Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE	Sky	+1:10
8	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:11
9	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:21
10	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+1:38
11	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	+1:39
12	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:41
13	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+2:05
14	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:21
15	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	+2:22
16	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+2:24
17	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+3:10
18	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+3:31
19	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:00
20	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	Bahrain-Merida	+4:02
21	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+4:13
22	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+4:34
23	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+4:39
24	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+5:27
25	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:39
26	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	+6:30
27	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+6:42
28	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+6:59
30	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+8:51
31	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+9:37
32	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+9:39
33	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+9:43
34	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+9:46
35	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:47
36	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+12:06
37	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:29
38	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+12:42
39	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+13:02
40	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+13:11
41	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+13:20
42	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+13:29
43	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+13:37
44	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+13:41
45	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+13:46
46	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+13:59
47	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+14:03
48	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+14:11
49	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:44
50	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+15:29
51	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+15:49
52	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+15:53
53	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+16:00
54	SEBASTIAN HENAO GOMEZ	Sky	s.t.
55	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+16:01
56	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+16:02
57	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+16:30
58	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+16:36
59	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:42
60	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+16:44
61	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+16:54
62	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+18:00
63	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+18:12
64	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+18:38
65	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+18:52
66	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+19:00
67	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+19:06
68	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+19:28
69	Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL	Katusha Alpecin	+19:42
70	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+19:53
71	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+20:04
72	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+20:06
73	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+21:34
74	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+22:21
75	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+22:41
76	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+23:02
77	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+23:07
78	Owain DOULL	Sky	+24:07
79	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+24:22
80	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+24:35
81	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+25:26
82	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+25:49
83	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+26:03
84	Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ	Trek-Segafredo	+26:07
85	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+26:27
86	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+26:30
87	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
88	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+26:55
89	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+26:56
90	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+27:10
91	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+27:16
92	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+27:22
94	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+27:33
95	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+27:47
96	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+28:33
97	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+28:49
98	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+30:40
99	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+30:49
100	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+30:50
101	Daniel OSS	BMC	+31:11
102	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+31:18
103	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+31:25
104	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+31:34
105	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+31:38
106	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+31:58
107	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+32:01
108	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
109	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+32:10
110	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+32:24
111	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+32:35
112	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+32:57
113	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+33:12
114	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+33:27
115	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+33:44
116	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+34:28
117	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+34:47
118	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+35:04
119	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+35:27
120	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+35:40
121	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	+35:59
122	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+36:22
123	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+36:45
124	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+36:54
125	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+38:05
126	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+39:11
127	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+39:28
128	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+39:52
129	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+39:57
130	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+39:58
131	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+40:09
132	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+40:19
133	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+41:52
134	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+41:59
135	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+42:20
136	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+42:59
137	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+43:36
138	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+43:39
139	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+44:32
140	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+44:52
141	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+45:17
142	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+45:50
143	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+47:21
144	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+47:54
145	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+48:04
146	Antonio PEDRERO LOPEZ	Movistar	+48:11
147	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+49:16
148	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+49:20
149	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+49:59
150	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	+52:16
151	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+52:18
152	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+52:40
153	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	+52:57
154	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	+53:46
155	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+56:12
156	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+56:55
157	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+57:08
158	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+58:24
159	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+59:12
160	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:01:14
161	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	+1:01:42
162	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	+1:06:15
163	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+1:21:04

Stage 5 profile:

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Team Quick-Step leads the peloton into the finish town of Cevio

Here they come and Peter Sagan is clearly in charge

And it's a clean win for Sagan...

....who had time for a bit of a dance after winning.

Stage winner Sagan

Damiano Caruso retained his GC lead.

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Tuesday, June 13: Stage 4, Bern - Villars sur Ollon, 143.2 km

Stage 4 profile | Stage 4 photos

Larry Warbasse wins stage four.

The race: Here's the report from new GC leader Damiano Caruso's Team BMC.

Tour de Suisse stage 4 featured the first of three summit finishes in this year's race and saw a showdown of the General Classification contenders with Damiano Caruso becoming the third BMC Racing Team rider to take the yellow jersey in Switzerland.

After the race had rolled through the heart of Bern, the flag was dropped and immediately riders began to set a fast pace at the front with a number of breakaway attempts quickly pulled back.

Eventually, after 14km, of the 143.2km course, four riders were able to break free from the peloton and began to build up an advantage which had reached almost eight minutes just 20km later. 

With the road beginning to rise towards the Col des Mosses, the gap started to fall but, as the race headed over the summit of the category one climb with 30km to go, the three remaining leaders were still five minutes ahead of the peloton.

However, as the main bunch reached the final hors categorie climb to Villars-sur-Ollon, they were dramatically cutting into the advantage of the breakaway which quickly split up on the steeper slopes with Larry Warbasse (AquaBlue Sport) left riding solo at the front.

The first attack from the peloton came with less than 7km to go but BMC Racing Team reacted quickly with Tejay van Garderen closing the gap before moving to the front with Caruso tucked into his wheel. A burst of acceleration from Caruso saw a group of six riders go clear before they began to attack one another inside 3km to go.

Up ahead, Warbasse was going under the flamme rouge with an advantage of just under one minute which would ultimately prove to be enough to take the stage win.

As the AquaBlue Sport rider crossed the line, the racing continued behind with Caruso looking powerful as he sprinted towards the finish line to take second on the stage, ahead of Steven Kruijswijk (Team LottoNL-Jumbo), and move into the overall race lead.

Damiano Caruso: "It feels really nice to have the yellow jersey. It was so hot today and after a really hard day of racing like that, it feels incredible to wear this jersey. My BMC Racing Team teammates were really amazing. They were around me all day and protected me. Tejay van Garderen was especially strong on the last climb and other guys were able to put me in the right position at the key moments."

"On the last climb, I tried to follow the best riders and in the end, I surprised myself because I was able to take second place and the bonus seconds. I am really happy about this and I will enjoy this jersey and see what happens over the next few days."

"Tomorrow is a long stage and the goal will be to keep safe and keep the jersey. After that we will see what happens."

Sports Director, Jackson Stewart: "It was a great stage. We didn't have to do too much work as we didn't have the responsibility of the leader's jersey. We let some of the other teams do the early work, and we brought Damiano Caruso safely into the climb. The guys did an amazing job as usual and Tejay van Garderen finished it off to keep it together for him. It was great to see Damiano take the jersey and show that he is one of the strongest guys here."

"We are a really good team, and today you could see that we are one of the strongest teams here. It is always nice to see everyone working together, and it is always nice to have the Swiss guys here. They have an extra level of motivation, but they also know the roads and this extra level of knowledge is good to have."

"It is really good team atmosphere and having the jersey every other day gives us a great morale as we look ahead to the rest of the week."

Complete results:

Stage 4 photos

143.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.533 km/hr

1	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	3hr 48min 55sec
2	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	@ 40sec
3	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
4	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
5	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	44
6	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	47
7	Marc SOLER	Movistar	59
8	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	+1:07
9	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+1:20
10	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:34
11	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
12	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:44
13	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+2:00
14	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+2:02
15	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+2:12
17	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+2:27
18	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:45
19	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	+2:45
20	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+2:49
21	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+3:21
22	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+3:25
23	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+3:26
24	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+3:53
25	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+4:09
26	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:15
27	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+4:22
28	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+4:24
29	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+4:29
30	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
31	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
32	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+5:04
33	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
35	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+5:20
36	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:55
37	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+6:27
38	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+6:56
39	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
40	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+7:12
41	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	s.t.
42	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
43	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
44	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
45	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
46	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+7:36
47	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+7:39
48	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+7:54
49	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+8:13
50	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+8:30
51	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
52	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
54	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
55	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
56	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
59	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+9:04
60	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+9:47
61	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+12:47
62	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
63	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
64	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
65	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
66	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
67	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
69	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
70	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
71	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	s.t.
72	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
73	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
74	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+14:07
76	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
77	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
78	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
79	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
80	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
81	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
82	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
83	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
84	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
85	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
86	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
87	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
88	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
89	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
90	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
91	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	+16:21
92	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
93	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
95	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
99	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
100	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
101	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
103	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
104	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
106	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
107	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
109	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
110	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
111	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
113	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
115	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
117	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
120	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+16:36
121	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+16:44
122	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+16:52
123	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+16:59
125	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+18:16
126	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
127	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
128	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+19:17
129	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+19:51
130	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20:13
131	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+20:15
132	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+20:38
133	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+20:39
135	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
137	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
138	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
139	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+21:21
140	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+21:39
141	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+22:03
142	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
144	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
145	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
146	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
147	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
148	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	s.t.
149	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
150	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
151	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	s.t.
152	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
153	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
154	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
155	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
156	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	s.t.
157	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	s.t.
158	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
159	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
160	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
161	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
162	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
163	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
164	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
165	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+22:40
166	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	s.t.
167	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+22:54
168	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	+23:51
169	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+24:48

GC after Stage 4:

• GC leader: Damiano Caruso (BMC)
• Points classification leader: Michael Matthews (Sunweb)
• Mountains classification leader: Lasse Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Team classification leader: Ag2r

481.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.628 km/hr

1	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	12hr 8min 35sec
2	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 15sec
3	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	24
4	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	24
5	Marc SOLER	Movistar	31
6	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	33
7	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	+1:09
8	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:10
9	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:20
10	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	+1:25
11	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	+1:37
12	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	+1:38
13	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:40
14	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	+2:04
15	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:20
16	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	+2:21
17	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	+2:23
18	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+3:09
19	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	+3:30
20	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+3:59
21	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+4:01
22	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	+4:12
23	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+4:33
24	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	+4:38
25	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+5:26
26	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	+5:38
27	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	+6:29
28	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+6:41
29	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	+6:41
30	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	+6:49
31	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	+6:58
32	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+7:07
33	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	+8:02
34	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+8:50
35	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+9:13
36	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+9:20
37	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+9:38
38	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+9:45
39	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:46
40	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+11:43
41	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:28
42	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+12:39
43	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	+12:41
44	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+12:48
45	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+12:57
46	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+13:20
47	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	+13:34
48	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	+13:36
49	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+13:36
50	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	+13:40
51	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+13:45
52	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	+14:02
53	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	+14:10
54	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:43
55	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	+15:28
56	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+15:37
57	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+15:48
58	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+15:52
59	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	+15:59
60	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	+15:59
61	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	+16:01
62	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+16:10
63	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+16:29
64	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+16:40
65	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+16:41
66	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+16:43
67	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+17:22
68	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+17:35
69	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+17:47
70	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+18:11
71	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+18:37
72	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	+19:02
73	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+19:05
74	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+19:05
75	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+19:19
76	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+19:33
77	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+20:03
78	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	+20:09
79	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+21:02
80	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+21:03
81	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+21:33
82	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+21:38
83	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+21:51
84	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+22:03
85	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+22:20
86	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+23:01
87	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+23:25
88	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+23:40
89	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+23:59
90	Owain DOULL	Sky	+24:06
91	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+24:17
92	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+24:36
93	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+24:37
94	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+25:03
95	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+25:17
96	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+25:48
97	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+26:02
98	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+26:05
99	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+26:08
100	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	+26:12
101	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+26:26
102	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+26:29
103	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+26:32
104	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	+26:42
105	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+26:53
106	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+26:58
107	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+27:09
108	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+27:10
109	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+27:15
110	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+27:34
111	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+27:46
112	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+28:33
113	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+28:48
114	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+29:41
115	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+29:51
116	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+30:05
117	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+30:06
118	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+30:10
119	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+30:11
120	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+30:22
121	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+30:53
122	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+30:55
123	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	+31:05
124	Daniel OSS	BMC	+31:10
125	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+31:33
126	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+31:47
127	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+31:52
128	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+32:00
129	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+32:00
130	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+32:12
131	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+32:20
132	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+32:33
133	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+32:56
134	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+32:59
135	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+33:12
136	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+33:43
137	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+33:48
138	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+33:49
139	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+33:52
140	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+34:15
141	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+34:36
142	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	+34:40
143	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+34:44
144	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+34:46
145	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+35:05
146	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+35:59
147	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	+36:32
148	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+36:34
149	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+36:53
150	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+36:56
151	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+37:13
152	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	+37:13
153	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+37:34
154	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	+38:02
155	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+38:24
156	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+38:48
157	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+39:33
158	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+40:18
159	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+40:28
160	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+41:11
161	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+41:24
162	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+42:40
163	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+43:28
164	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	+44:06
165	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+45:43
166	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	+45:58
167	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	+50:11
168	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+51:27
169	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+53:13

Stage 4 profile:

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Peter Sagan gets his bike.

Tom Dumoulin

Taylor Phinney heads to the start.

Fortune favors the bold. Warbasse finishes alone

Damiano Caruso wins the sprint for second place

Stage winner Larry Warbasse

Damiano Caruso will start stage 5 in yellow.

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Monday, June 12: Stage 3, Menziken - Bern, 159.3 km

Stage 3 profile | Stage 3 photos

Michael Matthews wins stage three and becomes the new GC leader

The race: Here's the report from winner Michael Matthew's Team Sunweb:

Whilst a two man breakaway extended their lead to nine minutes after jumping from the gun, Team Sunweb opted for a day tucked inside the peloton in preparation for the expected quick, punchy sprint to the line. With Michael Matthews starting the day just one second behind the overall race leader and Tom Dumoulin one place behind in third position overall, it was up to Team Sunweb to help keep control of proceedings towards the head of the peloton to bring things back together for the sprint.

Albert Timmer took a multitude of strong turns at the front of the bunch to bring the breakaways advantage down and the last rider was eventually caught with 13 kilometres to go. On the approach to the finale it was a fight for position in preparation for the sprint. Team Sunweb were there with three men around Michael Matthews, and as the road turned to cobble on the approach to the finish the team were in prime position for the finale.

Nikias Arndt finished off what was a perfect lead out and delivered Michael to the front with 150 metres to go. Michael was able to finish off the team’s hard work to take the victory at stage 3. His efforts also mean he takes over the lead in the overall standings to wear the leaders jersey. Tom Dumoulin is also up there in second place, making it a 1-2 in the GC for Team Sunweb.

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

159.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.593 km/hr

1	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	3hr 49min 48sec
2	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
5	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
6	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
7	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
8	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
11	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
13	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
14	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
16	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	s.t.
17	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
18	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
19	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
20	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
21	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
22	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	s.t.
23	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
25	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
26	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Marc SOLER GIMENEZ	Movistar	s.t.
28	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
30	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
31	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
33	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
34	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
36	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
37	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
38	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	@ 19sec
39	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
40	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
41	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
42	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
43	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
44	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
46	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	26
47	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
48	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
49	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
50	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
51	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
52	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
53	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	s.t.
56	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
57	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
58	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
59	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	38
61	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
62	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	43
63	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
64	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
65	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
67	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	49
68	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	53
69	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
70	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
71	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
72	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
74	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:03
75	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+1:14
76	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
77	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
78	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
79	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
80	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
81	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
83	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
84	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
87	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
88	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
89	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
90	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
91	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
92	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
93	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
94	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
97	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+1:44
99	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:48
100	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
101	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	s.t.
102	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
103	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+1:57
104	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
105	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
107	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:17
108	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
110	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
111	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
112	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
113	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+2:23
114	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+2:50
115	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
116	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
117	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
119	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
120	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	s.t.
122	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
123	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
124	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
125	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+3:14
126	Owain DOULL	Sky	+3:42
127	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
128	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
129	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
130	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
131	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
132	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
133	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
134	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
135	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
136	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
137	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
138	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
139	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
140	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
141	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
142	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
143	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	s.t.
144	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
145	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
146	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
147	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
148	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	s.t.
149	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
150	Antonio PEDRERO LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
151	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	+4:40
152	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	s.t.
153	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	s.t.
154	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+4:51
155	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	+4:58
156	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
157	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
158	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+5:37
159	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+6:58
160	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
161	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
162	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
163	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
164	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+8:29
165	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
166	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
167	Rohan DENIS	BMC	s.t.
168	Lawson CRADDOCK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
169	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	s.t.
170	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
171	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
172	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
173	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	s.t.
174	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Michael Matthews (Sunweb)
• Points classification leader: Michael Matthews (Sunweb)
• Mountains classification leader: Lasse Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport)
• Team classification leader: Team Sunweb

338 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.659 km/hr

1	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	8hr 18min 47sec
2	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	@ 10sec
3	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	11
4	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	19
5	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	20
6	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	22
7	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	23
8	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	24
9	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	25
10	Marc SOLER	Movistar	s.t.
11	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	26
13	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	27
14	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	28
15	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
16	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	29
17	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
18	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
19	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	30
20	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
21	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	31
22	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
23	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
24	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	32
26	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	33
27	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
28	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	36
29	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	37
30	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	38
31	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	39
32	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	41
33	Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE	Sky	42
34	Tsgabu GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	43
35	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	45
36	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	47
37	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	48
38	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	49
39	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	55
40	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	56
41	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	57
42	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
43	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	+1:01
44	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	+1:03
45	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	+1:11
46	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+1:16
47	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	+1:17
48	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	+1:26
49	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:29
50	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:33
51	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	+1:36
52	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	+1:43
53	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	+1:50
54	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	+1:54
55	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+2:01
56	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+2:08
57	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+3:54
58	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	+4:04
59	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+4:06
60	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+5:11
61	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+5:14
62	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+5:25
63	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+5:32
64	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+6:35
65	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	+7:33
66	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	+7:46
67	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+7:57
68	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+8:19
69	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+8:28
70	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+8:31
71	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	+8:56
72	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+9:06
73	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+9:44
74	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+9:49
75	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+9:57
76	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+10:09
77	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+10:24
78	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+10:34
79	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+10:42
80	Owain DOULL	Sky	+10:52
81	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:54
82	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+10:58
83	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	+11:01
84	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	+11:04
85	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+11:10
86	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+11:23
87	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+11:25
88	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+11:26
89	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	+11:28
90	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+11:33
91	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+11:36
92	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+11:41
93	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	+11:46
94	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+11:46
95	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
96	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
97	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+11:47
98	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	+11:47
99	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+11:49
100	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+11:52
101	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+12:02
102	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	+12:06
103	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+12:14
104	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+12:18
105	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+12:19
106	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+12:34
107	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	+12:39
108	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+12:43
109	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	+12:48
110	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+12:51
111	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+12:57
112	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+13:00
113	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+13:02
114	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+13:15
115	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+13:18
116	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+13:20
117	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	+13:25
118	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+13:26
119	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	+13:30
120	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+13:33
121	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+13:44
122	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+13:55
123	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+13:56
124	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+13:58
125	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:07
126	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:13
127	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+14:14
128	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+14:16
129	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
130	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	+14:18
131	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+14:20
132	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+14:23
133	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+14:23
134	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:37
135	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	+14:48
136	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+15:00
137	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+15:14
138	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	+15:22
139	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	+15:24
140	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	+15:37
141	Daniel OSS	BMC	+15:42
142	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+15:43
143	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+15:46
144	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+16:03
145	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
146	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	+16:24
147	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+16:38
148	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+16:39
149	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+16:40
150	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+16:52
151	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	+16:52
152	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+16:52
153	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	+17:31
154	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+17:37
155	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+18:20
156	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+18:23
157	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	+19:01
158	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+19:18
159	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+20:01
160	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+20:14
161	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	+21:08
162	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+21:30
163	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+21:36
164	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	+21:41
165	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+22:33
166	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+22:55
167	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+24:33
168	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	+24:48
169	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+25:51
170	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+25:52
171	Lawson CRADDOCK	Cannondale Drapac	+26:18
172	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	+29:01
173	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+29:17
174	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+29:18

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

As the race gets close to Bern, Trek-Segafredo is working hard to protect John Degenkolb.

The strung-out peloton arrives in Bern.

As they come to the line, it's between Michael Matthews and John Degenkolb.

Michael Matthews has the stage won well before the line.

Matthews gets to start stage four in yellow.

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Sunday, June 11: Stage 2, Cham - Cham, 172.7 km

Stage 2 profile

Philippe Gilbert wins stage two.

The race: Here's the report from new GC leader Stefan Küng's BMC team.

Stefan Küng moved into the leader's yellow jersey at his home race today after a chaotic finish to Tour de Suisse stage 2 saw Rohan Dennis caught up in a late crash.

After less than 15km, of the 172.7km course, a five-rider breakaway was given the freedom to go clear at the front of the race.

With their advantage quickly rising to over six minutes, BMC Racing Team took control of the bunch behind and, as the peloton finished the first of four laps around Cham, the breakaway was hovering around four minutes in front.

Heading into the final 70km of the day, an increase in pace from the peloton saw the gap to the leaders begin to fall steadily and, as the bell rang to signal the beginning of the final lap, it was sitting at 2'30". 

With 27km to go, the peloton had brought the breakaway to within one minute before the catch was ultimately made 3km later. At the same moment, with riders battling for position, Rohan Dennis was involved in a crash in the middle of the bunch. He was able to get back on the bike and finished the stage but lost contact with the peloton. An update on Rohan's condition will be provided by BMC Racing Team doctor, Dr. Dario Spinelli as soon as possible.

As the riders hit the Horben climb for the fourth and final time, the pace at the front saw riders drop off the back before Damiano Caruso was part of a three-rider move that was able to put daylight between themselves and the bunch.

Ultimately, the group was pulled back and, despite a late attack from Greg Van Avermaet with 4.5km to go, the previously predicted bunch sprint played out with Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) taking the win.  Stefan Küng, who finished second yesterday, crossed the line in the bunch and moved into the yellow jersey as the race heads to Bern on stage 3.

Stefan Küng: “It was a pretty hard start today, and it just got faster and faster. In the end, it got pretty hectic but we had a strong team with Daniel Oss then Martin Elmiger controlling the race which allowed the rest of us to sit safely in the peloton and save ourselves for the end.”

“We did a really active race with me, Damiano and Greg all giving it a go. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for the stage win, but we showed that we are here and we will keep trying.”

“It was really unfortunate that Rohan Dennis crashed. To take the jersey like that never feels really good especially when it is a teammate. But, I will definitely try to enjoy my day in yellow tomorrow especially as we are racing to our capital city, Bern. I am really looking forward to it. This is like my childhood dream becoming a reality. It wasn’t that long ago that I was standing on the side of the road watching the race and now I am the leader. I am sure I can count on my teammates one more time tomorrow. They are all looking good, and we are ready to show our best.”

Complete Results:

172.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.459 km/hr

1	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	4hr 22min 36sec
2	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
3	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
4	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
5	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
8	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
10	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
11	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
13	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
15	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
16	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
17	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
18	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	s.t.
20	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
21	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
22	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
23	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
24	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
25	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	s.t.
27	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
28	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
29	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	s.t.
30	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	s.t.
31	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
32	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
34	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
35	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
36	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
37	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
38	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
39	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
40	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
42	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
44	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
45	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	s.t.
47	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
48	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
49	Marc SOLER GIMENEZ	Movistar	s.t.
50	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	s.t.
51	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
52	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
53	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
54	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
55	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
57	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	24
59	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	42
60	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+3:30
61	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
62	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
63	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+3:31
64	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
65	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+5:04
66	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+5:32
68	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
69	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+6:47
72	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
73	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
74	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
75	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	s.t.
77	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
78	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
79	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
80	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
81	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	+9:53
82	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
83	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	s.t.
85	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
86	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
87	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
88	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	s.t.
89	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
90	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
91	Rohan DENIS	BMC	s.t.
92	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
93	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
94	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
95	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
96	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
97	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
100	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
101	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
102	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
103	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	s.t.
104	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
105	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
106	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
107	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
108	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
110	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
111	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
112	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	s.t.
113	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
115	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
116	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
117	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
118	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
119	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
121	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
122	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
123	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
124	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
125	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
126	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
127	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
128	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
129	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
130	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
131	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
132	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
133	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
134	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
135	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
136	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
137	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+10:37
138	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	s.t.
139	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
140	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:27
141	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
142	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
143	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
144	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
145	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
146	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	s.t.
147	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
148	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
149	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
150	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
151	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
152	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
153	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
154	Ivan GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
155	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
156	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
157	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
158	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	s.t.
159	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
160	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
161	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
162	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+14:08
163	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
164	Lawson CRADDOCK	Cannondale Drapac	+17:14
165	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+17:59
166	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+20:22
167	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
168	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
169	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	s.t.
170	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
171	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
172	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	s.t.
173	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
174	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

178.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.839 km/hr

1	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	4hr 29min 8sec
2	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	@ 1se
3	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	s.t.
4	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	@ 4sec
5	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	8
6	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	10
7	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	11
8	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	12
9	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	13
10	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	14
11	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	16
12	Marc SOLER	Movistar	s.t.
13	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	17
15	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	18
16	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
17	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	19
18	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
19	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	20
21	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
22	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
23	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
24	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
25	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
26	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	21
27	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
28	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
29	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	22
30	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
31	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
32	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Pello BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
34	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	23
35	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	24
36	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
37	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	25
38	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	26
39	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	27
40	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	28
41	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	29
42	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	30
44	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	31
45	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	32
46	Mikel NIEVE	Sky	33
47	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	34
48	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	35
49	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	36
50	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	39
51	Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	40
52	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	41
53	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	44
54	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	45
55	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	46
56	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	48
57	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	51
58	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	54
59	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+1:09
60	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+3:38
61	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	+3:45
62	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	+3:48
63	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	+4:09
64	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	+4:12
65	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+5:16
66	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+5:33
67	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	+5:51
68	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	+5:58
69	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	+6:06
70	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+6:33
71	Owain DOULL	Sky	+7:01
72	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	+7:05
73	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
74	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	+7:08
75	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	+7:09
76	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	+7:10
77	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	+7:17
78	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+7:18
79	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	+7:19
80	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	+7:30
81	Rohan DENIS	BMC	+9:45
82	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	+9:59
83	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	+10:00
84	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+10:02
86	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	+10:04
87	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+10:06
88	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	+10:07
89	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	+10:13
90	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
91	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+10:16
92	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	+10:16
93	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	+10:17
94	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	+10:18
96	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+10:19
97	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
98	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	+10:21
99	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+10:22
100	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	+10:23
101	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
102	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
103	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
104	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
105	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Oscar GATTO	Astana	+10:24
107	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
108	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
109	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	+10:25
110	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
111	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	s.t.
112	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
113	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	+10:26
114	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
115	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
117	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+10:27
118	Javier MORENO BAZAN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
119	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+10:28
120	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	+10:29
121	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
122	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
123	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+10:30
124	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
125	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	+10:31
126	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
127	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	+10:32
128	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
129	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	+10:34
130	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	+10:39
131	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
132	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+10:40
133	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+10:45
134	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+10:46
135	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+10:51
136	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
137	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+10:54
138	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	+11:00
139	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	+11:13
140	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	+12:30
141	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	+12:32
142	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	+12:33
143	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
144	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	+12:42
145	Daniel OSS	BMC	+12:43
146	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	+12:47
147	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	+12:48
148	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	+12:49
149	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:54
150	Ivan GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	+12:56
151	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	+12:58
152	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
153	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	+13:00
154	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	+13:01
155	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
156	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	+13:01
157	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	+13:03
158	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	s.t.
159	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	+13:04
160	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+13:07
161	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+13:37
162	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	+14:20
163	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	+14:38
164	Lawson CRADDOCK	Cannondale Drapac	+17:40
165	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	+18:42
166	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	+20:23
167	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+20:39
168	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	+20:40
169	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	+20:42
170	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	+20:44
171	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	+20:45
172	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	+20:49
173	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	+20:51
174	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	+20:57

Stage 2 profile:

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Saturday, June 10: Stage 1, Cham 6.0 km individual time trial

Rohan Dennis was the fastest man in Switzerland today

The race: Here's the story from winner Rohan Dennis' BMC team.

Rohan Dennis claimed the first yellow jersey of the Tour de Suisse after an impressive show of strength saw him secure victory on the prologue ahead of BMC Racing Team teammate, Stefan Küng.

As Dennis flew off the ramp he was chasing the early benchmark set by Ryan Mullen (Cannondale - Drapac Pro Cycling Team) of 6'37" and out on the course, he didn't hold anything back.

The current Australian national time trial champion showed why he is known as one of the best time trialists in the world when he crossed the line in time of 6'24" to secure the stage win and the leader's yellow jersey.

With Dennis in the hot seat, Küng was the penultimate rider to start his 6km effort and he demonstrated his time trialling prowess by crossing the line eight seconds back to finish second on the opening day of racing in Switzerland.

Martin Elmiger, who was racing in his hometown of Cham, also put in a solid performance and stopped the clock at 6'38" to finish tenth.

Interview with Rohan Dennis:

Congratulations, Rohan. This is your first race back after the Giro d'Italia, how are you feeling after today's win?

"To be leading the race in my first race back, especially a UCI WorldTour race, is quite special. I've been struggling a bit in training since I had to pull out of the Giro d'Italia but I think today was just my day."

"I was a little bit mentally knocked down after the Giro d'Italia. It was a massive goal for me this year. I put a lot of work into it, even from July last year, or August after the Rio Olympics. In the end, things like that happen. I had to move on and try to rebuild. Training hasn't been going too well so today was a little bit of a surprise. Once you get out there you do what you have to do and hope for the best."

When you were sat in the hot seat, did you think you had done enough to win?

"I actually thought that Stefan Kung would probably beat me. Obviously it's his home country so it would have been nice for him to win but he's got more time than me, he's younger and he's a huge talent. I think in a couple of years he might have the victory over me so I will take it while I can."

"A one and two for BMC Racing Team is always good. My first goal for this week was the prologue and the final time trial just to see where I am at and try and have fun during the week. I just want to get into the swing of things and Damiano Caruso is our leader here."

And looking ahead to tomorrow?

"Stage 2 is a lot harder than it looks on paper. The guys were saying last time they did this circuit that they were 50 or so guys at the finish. But I'll see how my legs are. I'm good over a six to ten minute effort but I haven't really even looked at tomorrow's stage too seriously. I might be really bad or I might be good and be able to keep the jersey. I have nine seconds over Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) and he's a good sprinter. I think it's ten seconds on the line so if he wins and I'm in the peloton, I'll lose it. It might be a day, or two or three."

"We're here for Damiano Caruso, he's our GC guy. I'm not here with GC on my mind. I'm here to have some fun and see how it goes in between the two time trials."

Stefan Küng: "It is always nice to race here. This is my home race so it is always special for me. It was a good race for me today but it wasn't the perfect one so, congratulations to Rohan Dennis. As a team we can be really proud. We have our roots in Switzerland so to perform this well is incredible. With BMC Switzerland, ASSOS and TAG Heuer, we are really connected to Switzerland and it is always good to perform well on home soil. For me, it is really home and that is something even more special."

Martin Elmiger: "It was a nice race. It goes so fast. I tried to enjoy it but it hurt too much. I am happy with how I was riding today. It was a totally different kind of race today for me. When you race at home, you think less about the pain about more about enjoying it and absorbing the atmosphere."

Complete Results & GC:

6.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 56.250 km/hr

1	Rohan DENNIS	BMC	6min 24sec
2	Stefan KÜNG	BMC	@ 8sec
3	Matthias BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	9
4	Michael MATTHEWS	Sunweb	s.t.
5	Tom DUMOULIN	Sunweb	s.t.
6	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	11
7	Lars BOOM	Lotto NL-Jumbo	12
8	Ryan MULLEN	Cannondale Drapac	13
9	Steven LAMMERTINK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	14
10	Martin ELMIGER	BMC	s.t.
11	Alex DOWSETT	Movistar	s.t.
12	Luke DURBRIDGE	Orica-Scott	s.t.
13	Taylor PHINNEY	Cannondale Drapac	15
14	Yves LAMPAERT	Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Jan BÁRTA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
17	Peter SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	16
18	Maciej BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	17
19	Lasse Norman HANSEN	Aqua Blue Sport	19
20	Michael ALBASINI	Orica-Scott	s.t.
21	Hugo HOULE	Ag2r La Mondiale	20
22	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
23	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Damiano CARUSO	BMC	21
25	Sylvain CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
26	Matteo TRENTIN	Quick-Step	22
27	Owain DOULL	Sky	s.t.
28	Nikias ARNDT	Sunweb	s.t.
29	Mike TEUNISSEN	Sunweb	s.t.
30	Tim WELLENS	Lotto Soudal	23
31	Jon IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	24
32	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
33	Marc SOLER	Movistar	s.t.
34	Fabio FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	25
36	Martijn KEIZER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
37	Victor DE LA PARTE	Movistar	s.t.
38	Sébastien REICHENBACH	FDJ	26
39	Maxime MONFORT	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
40	Sep VANMARCKE	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
41	Jonathan DIEBBEN	Sky	s.t.
42	Tomasz MARCZYNSKI	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
43	John DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	27
44	Patrick BEVIN	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
45	Jack BAUER	Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Martijn TUSVELD	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
47	Michael SCHÄR	BMC	28
48	Nelson OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
49	Danny VAN POPPEL	Sky	s.t.
50	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
51	Valerio CONTI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
52	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
53	Carlos Alberto BETANCUR	Movistar	s.t.
54	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	Georg PREIDLER	Sunweb	29
56	Sam BEWLEY	Orica-Scott	s.t.
57	Tao GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
58	Aaron GATE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
59	Alexis GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
60	Jan BAKELANTS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
61	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
62	Mark CHRISTIAN	Aqua Blue Sport	30
63	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
64	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
65	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
66	Ruben PLAZA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
67	Jarlinson PANTANO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	Patrick KONRAD	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	Pello BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
70	Ramon SINKELDAM	Sunweb	31
71	Davide MARTINELLI	Quick-Step	s.t.
72	Felix GROSSSCHARTNER	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
73	Steven KRUIJSWIJK	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
74	Marco HALLER	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
75	Jelle WALLAYS	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Ag2r La Mondiale	32
77	Benjamin KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
78	Nico DENZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	Anthony ROUX	FDJ	s.t.
80	Jhonatan RESTREPO	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
81	Jaco VENTER	Dimension Data	33
82	Odd Christian EIKING	FDJ	s.t.
83	Zdenek ŠTYBAR	Quick-Step	34
84	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
85	David DE LA CRUZ	Quick-Step	s.t.
86	Paul MARTENS	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
87	Lawson CRADDOCK	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
88	Daniel HOELGAARD	FDJ	35
89	Koen DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	Jay MCCARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Philippe GILBERT	Quick-Step	36
92	Boy VAN POPPEL	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
93	Simon ŠPILAK	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
94	Daan OLIVIER	Lotto NL-Jumbo	37
95	Carlos VERONA	Orica-Scott	s.t.
96	Ivan GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
97	Juan Jose LOBATO	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
98	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
99	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	Mathias FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	38
101	Rein TAARAMÄE	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
102	Matej MOHORIC	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
103	Philip DEIGNAN	Sky	s.t.
104	Bart DE CLERCQ	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
105	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
106	Mathew HAYMAN	Orica-Scott	s.t.
107	Jonas KOCH	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
108	Nikolas MAES	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
109	Lawrence WARBASSE	Aqua Blue Sport	39
110	Conor DUNNE	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
111	Elmar REINDERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
112	Oscar GATTO	Astana	s.t.
113	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
114	KEVIN REZA	FDJ	s.t.
115	Fabien GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
116	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	40
117	SEBASTIAN HENAO	Sky	s.t.
118	Lilian CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
119	Antoine DUCHESNE	Direct Energie	s.t.
120	Nick VAN DER LIJKE	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
121	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	s.t.
122	Pieter WEENING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
123	Baptiste PLANCKAERT	Katusha Alpecin	41
124	Louis VERVAEKE	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
125	Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE	Sky	s.t.
126	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Enrico GASPAROTTO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
128	Simone CONSONNI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
129	Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY	Bahrain-Merida	42
130	Ryan ANDERSON	Direct Energie	s.t.
131	Rob POWER	Orica-Scott	s.t.
132	Marko KUMP	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
133	Javier MORENO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
134	CEDRIC PINEAU	FDJ	s.t.
135	Tyler FARRAR	Dimension Data	43
136	Bert-Jan LINDEMAN	Lotto NL-Jumbo	s.t.
137	Lachlan MORTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
138	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	Cannondale Drapac	44
139	Sacha MODOLO	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
140	Simone PETILLI	UAE Abu Dhabi	s.t.
141	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
142	Kiel REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
143	Albert TIMMER	Sunweb	s.t.
144	Hugh CARTHY	Cannondale Drapac	s.t.
145	Sondre HOLST ENGER	Ag2r La Mondiale	45
146	Michel KREDER	Aqua Blue Sport	s.t.
147	Valerio AGNOLI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
148	Jesper HANSEN	Astana	46
149	Jesper ASSELMAN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
150	Jonathan HIVERT	Direct Energie	47
151	Matvey MAMYKIN	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
152	Gregory RAST	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
153	Martijn BUDDING	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
154	Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN	Dimension Data	48
155	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
156	Taco VAN DER HOORN	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
157	NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO	Bahrain-Merida	49
158	Alberto LOSADA	Katusha Alpecin	s.t.
159	Ondrej CINK	Bahrain-Merida	50
160	Perrig QUEMENEUR	Direct Energie	51
161	Antonio PEDRERO	Movistar	s.t.
162	Dayer Uberney QUINTANA	Movistar	52
163	Marcus BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	53
164	Jan HIRT	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	54
165	Michal KOLÁR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
166	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
167	Juraj SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	55
168	Michael WOODS	Cannondale Drapac	56
169	Daniel PEARSON	Aqua Blue Sport	59
170	Jeroen MEIJERS	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	+1:00
171	Leszek PLUCINSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:01
172	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:02
173	Matti BRESCHEL	Astana	+1:06
174	Roy CURVERS	Sunweb	s.t.
175	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE Abu Dhabi	+1:09
176	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+1:18

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Start list with back numbers, June 9, 2017:

	ASTANA
1	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
2	BILBAO Pello
3	BRESCHEL Matti
4	FOMINYKH Daniil
5	GATTO Oscar
6	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
7	KAMYSHEV Arman
8	HANSEN Jesper
	BMC
11	VAN AVERMAET Greg
12	CARUSO Damiano
13	DENNIS Rohan
14	VAN GARDEREN Tejay
15	ELMIGER Martin
16	KÜNG Stefan
17	OSS Daniel
18	SCHÄR Michael
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	FRANK Mathias
22	BAKELANTS Jan
23	BAGDONAS Gediminas
24	GOUGEARD Alexis
25	HOLST ENGER Sondre
26	HOULE Hugo
27	DENZ Nico
28	POZZOVIVO Domenico
	BORA-HANSGROHE
31	SAGAN Peter
32	BARTA Jan
33	BODNAR Maciej
34	BURGHARDT Marcus
35	KONRAD Patrick
36	KOLAR Michal
37	MCCARTHY Jay
38	SAGAN Juraj
	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC
41	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
42	CARTHY Hugh
43	CRADDOCK Lawson
44	MULLEN Ryan
45	PHINNEY Taylor
46	VANMARCKE Sep
47	BEVIN Patrick
48	WOODS Michael
	DIMENSION DATA
51	MORTON Lachlan David
52	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
53	DOUGALL Nick
54	KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi
55	VENTER Jacobus
56	DEBESAY Mekseb Abrha
57	KING Benjamin
58	FARRAR Tyler
	FDJ
61	REICHENBACH Sébastien
62	EIKING Odd Christian
63	HOELGAARD Daniel
64	MORABITO Steve
65	PINEAU Cedric
66	REZA Kévin
67	ROUX Anthony
68	VICHOT Arthur
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
71	SPILAK Simon
72	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
73	LOSADA Alberto
74	MAMYKIN Matvei
75	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
76	HALLER Marco
77	RESTREPO Jhonatan
78	TAARAMAE Rein
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
81	WELLENS Tim
82	MAES Nikolas
83	DE CLERCQ Bart
84	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
85	MONFORT Maxime
86	ROELANDTS Jurgen
87	VERVAEKE Louis
88	WALLAYS Jelle
	MOVISTAR
91	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
92	BETANCUR Carlos Alberto
93	DE LA PARTE Victor
94	DOWSETT Alex
95	PEDRERO Antonio
96	QUINTANA Dayer Uberney
97	SOLER Marc
98	SANTOS SIMOES Nelson Filipe
	ORICA-SCOTT
101	ALBASINI Michael
102	DURBRIDGE Luke
103	POWER Robert
104	CORT NIELSEN Magnus
105	PLAZA Ruben
106	VERONA Carlos
107	BEWLEY Sam
108	HAYMAN Mathew
	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
111	GILBERT Philippe
112	BAUER Jack
113	BRAMBILLA Gianluca
114	DE LA CRUZ David
115	MARTINELLI Davide
116	LAMPAERT Yves
117	STYBAR Zdenek
118	TRENTIN Matteo
	SKY
121	HENAO Sebastian
122	DIBBEN Jonathan
123	DEIGNAN Philip
124	DOULL Owain
125	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
126	NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel
127	PUCCIO Salvatore
128	VAN POPPEL Danny
	TEAM SUNWEB
131	DUMOULIN Tom
132	ARNDT Nikias
133	CURVERS Roy
134	PREIDLER Georg
135	MATTHEWS Michael
136	SINKELDAM Ramon
137	TEUNISSEN Mike
138	TIMMER Albert
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
141	IZAGUIRRE Jon
142	BONIFAZIO Niccolo
143	CINK Ondrej
144	GARCIA Ivan
145	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
146	AGNOLI Valerio
147	MORENO Javier
148	GASPAROTTO Enrico
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
151	PANTANO Jarlinson
152	DE KORT Koen
153	DEGENKOLB John
154	FELLINE Fabio
155	BRANDLE Matthias
156	RAST Grégory
157	REIJNEN Kiel
158	VAN POPPEL Boy
	LOTTO NL - JUMBO
161	KRUIJSWIJK Steven
162	BOOM Lars
163	KEIZER Martijn
164	LINDEMAN Bertjan
165	LOBATO Juan Jose
166	MARTENS Paul
167	OLIVIER Daan
168	LAMMERTINK Steven
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
171	FARIA Rui Alberto
172	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin
173	CONSONNI Simone
174	CONTI Valerio
175	PETILLI Simone
176	KUMP Marko
177	MODOLO Sacha
178	MOHORIC Matej
	AQUA BLUE SPORT
181	HANSEN Lasse Norman
182	CHRISTIAN Mark
183	DUNNE Conor
184	GATE Aaron
185	PEARSON Daniel
186	WARBASSE Larry
187	NORDHAUG Lars Petter
188	KREDER Michel
	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
191	HIRT Jan
192	KACZMAREK Jakub
193	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix
194	KOCH Jonas
195	KUREK Adrian
196	PLUCINSKI Leszek
197	PONZI Simone
198	SAMOILAU Branislau
	DIRECT ENERGIE
201	CHAVANEL Sylvain
202	ANDERSON Ryan
203	BOUDAT Thomas
204	CALMEJANE Lilian
205	DUCHESNE Antoine
206	GRELLIER Fabien
207	HIVERT Jonathan
208	QUEMENEUR Perrig
	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ
211	WEENING Pieter
212	ASSELMAN Jesper
213	BUDDING Martijn
214	MEIJERS Jeroen
215	REINDERS Elmar
216	TUSVELD Martijn
217	VAN DER HOORN Taco
218	VAN DER LIJKE Nick