ANDGan Bernal This Sunday he had to overcome his last challenge to take third place on the podium of the Tour of Switzerland, not an easy task for the Colombian who suffered, fought, but in the end did not achieve the goal he set before the start of the race.
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It was a complicated fraction, an individual time trial uphill of 15.7 kilometers between the towns of Aigle and Villars Sur Ollon. All the attention focused on the Colombian.
Egan Bernal came third in the fifth stage of the 2024 Tour of Switzerland.
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The first to finish the fraction were the Colombians Brandon Riverawho completed the test in 35 minutes and 59 seconds, and Einer Rubio who climbed in the general standings after stopping the clock at 35 minutes and 47 seconds.
Incessant fighting
Egan Bernal He left around 9:15 in the morning and the times were not in his favor with respect to the times he set. Mattias Skjelmose, who was doing an incredible time trial.
The Colombian was not able to demonstrate the firmness that he left in this week of competition and collapsed in the last 3 kilometers of the individual time trial.
Mattias Skjelmose He made a devastating time to take third place off the podium from the 27-year-old Colombian who had been suffering before. It seemed like it was not enough for the Colombian against the Dane who clocked a time of 33 minutes and 43 seconds.
The Ineos rider did not have the best finish of the test and finished stage 8 stopping the clock at 34 minutes and 54 seconds, the podium was lost and fourth place in the classification was shaky.
Egan He was unable to claim his fourth podium this season and ended up empty-handed after being ninth in the stage, 1 minute and 30 seconds behind the winner of the race.
Egan Bernal
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The Colombian lost with Skjelmose 1 minute and 09 seconds, a key difference in the overall standings, 10 seconds took Bernal off the podium, who could not meet the set goal.
The stage victory went to the Portuguese Joao Almeida, who met the budget and stopped the clock at 33 minutes and 23 seconds, a time that shook his teammate Adam Yates, who defended the lead by finishing with a time of 33 minutes and 32 seconds.
Classification
1. João Almeida 33min 23 s
2. Adam Yatesa 9s
3. Mattias Skjelmose at 21s
4. Matthew Riccitello at 38s
5. Thomas Pidcock at 51s
6. Lenny Martinez at 56s
7. Pelayo Sánchez at 1 min 22 s
8. David de la Cruz at 1 min 26 s
9. Egan Bernal at 1 min 30 s
10. Wilco Kelderman at 1 min 41 sec
General
1. Adam Yates 20h 18m 49s
2. João Almeidaa 22 s
3. Mattias Skjelmose at 3 min 02 sec
4. Egan Bernal at 3 min 12 s
5. Matthew Riccitello at 3 min 31 sec
6. Thomas Pidcock at 4 min 36 sec
7. Enric Mas at 5 min 01 a
8. Oscar Onley at 5 min 40 sec
9. Wilco Kelderman at 6 min 31 sec
10. Felix Gall at 6 min 35 s
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