Tour de Suisse
Stage 6: Locarno - Blatten
Switzerland
Friday 14 June 2024
151.4 km
A weather-shortened Tour de Suisse stage
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 |
