William Junior Lecerf put in another strong effort.

The heavy snow that blocked the roads forced the Tour de Suisse organisers to shorten the parcours of stage six, taking out both the Furka and Nufenen climbs. The new improvised route was just 43 kilometers in length and had only one climb, the 6km-long Blatten-Belalp, which witnessed another showdown between the general classification contenders.

The victory on what will go down as one of the shortest road stages in the race’s history went to Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) after an attack in the final kilometer, while Soudal Quick-Step’s neo-pro William Junior Lecerf – runner-up at the AlUla Tour earlier this season – was for the second day in a row the team’s best placed rider.

The Tour de Suisse continues on Saturday with the penultimate stage, starting and finishing in Villars-sur-Ollon, and William has a fair chance of cracking the top 20, only one minute separating him from gaining three positions in the overall standings.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
55:13
2 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
0:04
3 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
0:09
4 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
0:15
5 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
0:35
6 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
0:40
7 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
0:47
8 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
0:47
9 Pelayo Sánchez Mayo
Movistar Team
0:54
10 Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:54
23 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
2:08
53 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
4:40
95 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
8:59
105 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
8:59
125 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
8:59
1 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
16:39:46
2 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:27
3 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
1:28
4 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
2:24
5 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
2:38
6 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
2:42
7 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
3:28
8 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
3:37
9 Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
4:01
10 Pelayo Sánchez Mayo
Movistar Team
4:28
23 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
8:13
35 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
17:10
88 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
45:33
94 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
47:25
129 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
1:08:44
1 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
28 pt
2 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
28 pt
3 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
18 pt
4 Michael Matthews
Team Jayco AlUla
18 pt
5 Stefan Bissegger
EF Education - EasyPost
18 pt
6 Torstein Træen
Bahrain - Victorious
12 pt
7 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
12 pt
8 Thibau Nys
Lidl - Trek
12 pt
9 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
12 pt
10 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
12 pt
1 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
35 pt
2 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
24 pt
3 Alexey Lutsenko
Astana Qazaqstan Team
19 pt
4 Torstein Træen
Bahrain - Victorious
18 pt
5 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
14 pt
6 Gerben Kuypers
Intermarché - Wanty
10 pt
7 Luca Jenni
Swiss Cycling
10 pt
8 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
10 pt
9 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
8 pt
10 Roberto Carlos González Castellero
Team Corratec - Vini Fantini
7 pt
17 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
1 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
16:42:10
2 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
0:18
3 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
1:04
4 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
1:13
5 Pelayo Sánchez Mayo
Movistar Team
2:04
6 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
2:51
7 Lenny Martinez
Groupama - FDJ
3:30
8 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:58
9 Marco Brenner
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
4:41
10 Finlay Pickering
Bahrain - Victorious
5:08
12 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
5:49
40 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
45:01
1 UAE Team Emirates 50:04:54
2 INEOS Grenadiers 7:48
3 Movistar Team 17:28
4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 19:10
5 Lidl - Trek 21:19
6 Israel - Premier Tech 25:23
7 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 29:18
8 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 33:01
9 Bahrain - Victorious 33:06
10 Groupama - FDJ 33:36

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