He Switzerland Tour will serve as a primer in order to face the Tour de France at the end of June. This Sunday the 9th until Sunday the 16th, the race will be run in Swiss territory, with the leading role of five Colombians who hope to have an outstanding participation throughout the days. In fact, Egan Bernal He stood out as the best Latin American in the first stage.
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The first day of the Tour de Suisse consisted of a 4.8 kilometer time trial in Vaduz, capital of Liechtensteinwhere the starting point of the competition took place with the sprinters as the possible top winners of the stage. Yves Lampaert He had the best time throughout the almost five kilometers. The Belgian finished his journey in 05’05¨, displacing Mattias Skjelmose already Joao Almeidathese two, who start as favorites.
On the other hand, Egan Bernal finished the course just 18 seconds behind Yves Lampaert, but very far from the top positions in box 44. Stefan Bissegger, was the best Swiss, just three seconds behind the Belgian. was behind Ethan Hayter with the same local time.
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE TOUR OF SWITZERLAND AFTER THE FIRST STAGE
1. Yves Lampaert – Soudal Quick-Step | 05’05¨
2. Stefan Bissegger – EF Education | at 3¨
3. Ethan Hayter – INEOS | mt
4. Joao Almeida – UAE Team Emirates | at 6¨
5. Finn Fisher-Black – UAE Team Emirates | at 7¨
6. Samuel Watson – Groupama | at 8¨
7. Alberto Bettiol – EF Education | at 9¨
8. Mauro Schmid – UAE Team Emirates | at 10¨
9. Stefan Küng – Groupama | mt
10. Soren Kragh Andersen – Alpecin Deceuninck | mt
