He fiercely defended his third place on the podium of the Tour of Switzerland

TODam Yates hit the table and consolidated his lead in the Tour of Switzerland after winning the queen stage in Villars-sur-Ollo. Egan Bernal He taught in the mountains, received a bonus, finished in sixth place and remains on the podium of the race.

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The battle for the podium was close. Egan Bernal (third, 1 minute and 27 seconds behind the leader Adam Yates) and Ineos came out this Saturday with the challenge of defending that privileged position in the Tour of Switzerland, and in a very complicated mountain stage that promised to shake up the general classification.

Good weather conditions accompanied the cyclists, unlike the rainy stage 6 which was shortened by the organization. The seventh fraction was disputed in the town of Villars-sur-Ollo, on a route of 118.2 kilometers with four mountain prizes and a final climb of 1,236 meters high.

Maxim Van Gils Einer Rubio and a group of cyclists were the first to move the race by leading the escape of the day. The Colombian cyclist passed third in the Villars-sur-Ollon pass.

Behind, Ineos Grenadiers took the lead of the pack to push the climb and close the gap that reached over 2 minutes. The Colombian Brandon Rivera He was one of the riders who set a very strong pace to break the legs of Egan Bernal’s rivals, who sought to close the gap in the general standings.

The escape was diluted, Einer Rubio was hunted along with other runners and the only survivor of the long escape was the Norwegian Johannes Staune Mittet, who resisted and faced the last mountain pass as the leader of the test, but it was not enough and was hunted.

Everything began to be defined in the last 6 kilometers, with a Egan Bernal consistent that he gained by crossing the pass in second place. Brandon Rivera crossed in third place.

The first to attack was the Portuguese Joao Almeida, who moved the group of favorites. Adam Yates reacted and marked the Portuguese who was looking for victory, behind Egan He kept an eye on Mattias Skjelmose.

The British Adam Yates He hit the table and took the victory of stage 7 of the Tour of Switzerland, crossing together with the Portuguese Joao Almeida who left him the victory.

The positive news was the Colombian’s sixth place Egan Bernal, who left the last of his legs for the final meters and finished the test 16 seconds behind Yates.

This Sunday the 87th edition of the Tour de Suisse culminates with a 15-kilometre individual time trial between Aigle and Villars sur Ollon.

Classifications

STAGE

1. Adam Yates 3h 05m 41s

2. João Almeida mt

3. Matthew Riccitello at 14 seconds

4. Wilco Kelderman at 16 s

5. Mattias Skjelmose mt

6. Egan Bernal mt

15. Einer Rubio at 57 s

18. Brandon Rivera at 1 min 20 sec

General

1. Adam Yates 19h 45m 17s

2. Joao Almeida at 31 seconds

3. Egan Bernal at 1 min 51 s

4. Mattias Skjelmose at 2 min 50 sec

5. Mattias Skjelmose at 3 min 02 sec

6. Enric Mas at 3 min 23 s

13. Sergio Higuita at 6 min 38 s

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