Tour de Suisse: Evenepoel remains well-placed
A charming resort on Lake Lucerne, Brunnen was visited Wednesday by the Tour de Suisse peloton for the first time in more than five decades. The previous time it featured in the race, back in 1968, Spain’s Aurelio Gonzales took the victory from the breakaway more than four minutes ahead of the chasers.
A breakaway was in the spotlight also now, but only until with 20 kilometers to go, when the chasers reabsorbed it as they prepared to tackle the second-category climb Sattel (3.8km, 7.6%). Despite the numerous attacks from those hoping to avoid a bunch finish, it all came back together on the descent, and Daryl Impey (Israel-PremierTech) prevailed.
Remco Evenepoel enjoyed a quiet day, protected by his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl teammates, and concluded the race in the same time as the winner. The Belgian, a debutant at the Tour de Suisse, finds himself just ten seconds from the overall lead going into the hard stage 5, which features a hard circuit around Novazzano and punchy uphill finish.
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Race details
| 1 |
Daryl Impey Israel - Premier Tech |
4:14:09 |
| 2 |
Michael Matthews Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Team DSM |
0:00 |
| 4 |
Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
| 5 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
0:00 |
| 6 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
0:00 |
| 7 |
Felix Großschartner BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
| 8 |
Gianluca Brambilla Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
| 9 |
Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
| 10 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
| 45 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
| 56 |
Fausto Masnada
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
| 57 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
| 63 |
Louis Vervaeke
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:53 |
| 106 |
Tim Declercq
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
8:24 |
| 123 |
James Knox
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
10:09 |
| DNS |
Kasper Asgreen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
-04:14:09 |
| 1 |
Stephen Williams Bahrain - Victorious |
17:46:28 |
| 2 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Soudal |
0:06 |
| 3 |
Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers |
0:07 |
| 4 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
0:07 |
| 5 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
0:10 |
| 6 |
Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates |
0:10 |
| 7 |
Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma |
0:10 |
| 8 |
Jakob Fuglsang Israel - Premier Tech |
0:10 |
| 9 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:10 |
| 10 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
0:10 |
| 12 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:10 |
| 40 |
Fausto Masnada
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
2:22 |
| 44 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
4:27 |
| 75 |
Louis Vervaeke
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
14:37 |
| 135 |
Tim Declercq
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
38:46 |
| 138 |
James Knox
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
46:13 |
| 1 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
20 pt |
| 2 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
14 pt |
| 3 |
Michael Matthews Team BikeExchange - Jayco |
14 pt |
| 4 |
Stephen Williams Bahrain - Victorious |
12 pt |
| 5 |
Daryl Impey Israel - Premier Tech |
12 pt |
| 6 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
12 pt |
| 7 |
Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost |
12 pt |
| 8 |
Matthew Holmes Lotto Soudal |
11 pt |
| 9 |
Maximilian Schachmann BORA - hansgrohe |
10 pt |
| 10 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
8 pt |
| 1 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
34 pt |
| 2 |
Philippe Gilbert Lotto Soudal |
12 pt |
| 3 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
10 pt |
| 4 |
Simon Vitzthum Switzerland |
10 pt |
| 5 |
Matthew Holmes Lotto Soudal |
9 pt |
| 6 |
Jonas Rutsch EF Education-EasyPost |
8 pt |
| 7 |
Manuele Boaro Astana Qazaqstan Team |
8 pt |
| 8 |
Mathias Reutimann Switzerland |
8 pt |
| 9 |
Sébastien Reichenbach Groupama - FDJ |
6 pt |
| 10 |
Joel Suter UAE Team Emirates |
6 pt |
| 18 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
2 pt |
| 1 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Soudal |
17:46:34 |
| 2 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
0:01 |
| 3 |
Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates |
0:04 |
| 4 |
Sergio Higuita García BORA - hansgrohe |
0:04 |
| 5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:04 |
| 6 |
Clément Berthet AG2R Citroën Team |
0:28 |
| 7 |
Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies |
0:52 |
| 8 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn Jumbo-Visma |
0:55 |
| 9 |
Gino Mäder Bahrain - Victorious |
0:55 |
| 10 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
1:23 |
| 14 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
4:21 |
| 1 | BORA - hansgrohe | 53:19:54 |
| 2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:51 |
| 3 | Groupama - FDJ | 1:15 |
| 4 | Jumbo-Visma | 1:42 |
| 5 | Bahrain - Victorious | 2:21 |
| 6 | AG2R Citroën Team | 2:34 |
| 7 | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:07 |
| 8 | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 3:42 |
| 9 | Team DSM | 3:57 |
| 10 | Movistar Team | 4:02 |
