Egan Bernal, the most outstanding of the four Colombians in competition – Mundo Ciclístico Magazine

The third stage of Tour of Switzerland 2024 was left in the hands of Thibau Nys. The 21-year-old Belgian won an uphill sprint after a particularly difficult final, after going through 161.7 kilometers between Steinmaur and Rüschlikon.

The corridor of Lidl-Trek surpassed the British in packaging Stephen Williams (Israel – Premier Tech) 2nd and to Italian Alberto Bettiol (EF Education – EasyPost)who crossed the line in third and with the time bonuses obtained took over the leader’s yellow jersey.

As for the Colombians, the best was Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) in 13th place, 3 seconds behind the winner, then entered Sergio Higuita (Bora – Hansgrohe) in the 19th box at 7 seconds, while Brandon Rivera (Ineos Grenadiers) finished 43rd and Einer Rubio (Movistar Team) 52° at 33 seconds from Nys.

After departure in Steinmauerthe platoon passed through the canton of Aargau and Lucerne to the finish line in Rüschlikon. But before the runners reached this idyllic town, the riders faced a rather tough finale with the climbs Oberwil-Lieli (3.8 km at 5.4%), Aeugst am Albis (2.6 km at 6.5%) and the port of Albis (2 km at 5.9%).

They encouraged the escape of the day Luca Jenni (Switzerland National Team), Roberto Carlos González (Team Corratec-Vini Fantini), Christoph Janssen (Swiss Cycling), Fabian Lienhard (Groupama-FDJ) and Johan Jacobs (Movistar). Switzerland was very well represented with no less than four runners, the Panamanian González He was the only foreigner on the getaway.

These five attackers managed to reach a maximum lead of four minutes, but it was not enough to cause a surprise. He Soudal Quick-Stephe Jayco AlUlahe Alpecin-Deceuninck and the Lotto Dstnythey worked well together in the platoon and managed to reduce the gap of the five adventurers.

A fairly large group remained in the last ten kilometers. An uphill sprint seemed imminent, although Marc Hirschi did everything possible to avoid it, but the Swiss UAE Team Emirates was neutralized at the end.

In closing, Wilco Kelderman He clearly felt good and started the sprint from afar. The Dutchman of Visma | Lease a Bike managed to hold out for a long time, but was finally overtaken by Thibau Nys. The young Belgian managed to do a perfect sprint and crossed the finish line victorious, ahead of the winner of the Walloon Fleche, Stephen Williams.

This is the sixth victory of the season for Nys, only 21 years old. His winning streak for the year began in the Romandie Tourfollowed by two stage wins and the overall victory in the Hungary Tour and another victory in the Norway Tour.

The Swiss race will continue this Wednesday with the dispute of the fourth stagea fraction with mountains of 171 kilometers between Rüschlikon and Gotthard Pass which includes a rising ending.

Tour of Switzerland (2.UWT)
Results Stage 3 | Steinmaur – Rüschlikon (161.7 km)

Individual General Classification