Tour de Suisse
Stage 7: Villars-sur-Ollon - Villars-sur-Ollon
Switzerland
Saturday 15 June 2024
118.2 km
Lecerf moves up in the Tour de Suisse standings
Saturday brought the fourth and final summit finish of this year. On the menu, three classified climbs, a vertical gain of 3000 meters and around 120 kilometers – enough to make an important selection long before the final climb of the day, Villars-sur-Olon. The breakaway, despite being a strong one on paper, stood no chance against the peloton, where the GC favourites were keen on fighting for victory.
With the last member of the front group reeled in four kilometers from the finish, attacks between the general classification contenders began soon, but it was only in the last kilometer that the winner emerged, yellow jersey Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) being the one who prevailed.
William Junior Lecerf did another good effort on the ascent, and his strong outing helped the 21-year-old Belgian make a gain of two places in the overall standings. Soudal Quick-Step’s neo-pro – who won a stage at the Tour du Rwanda earlier this season – can make his way into the top 20 on Sunday, when the Tour de Suisse schedules a 15.7km uphill individual time trial.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
| 1 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
3:05:41 |
| 2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
0:14 |
| 4 |
Wilco Kelderman Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:16 |
| 5 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
0:16 |
| 6 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
0:16 |
| 7 |
Oscar Onley Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:16 |
| 8 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
0:16 |
| 9 |
Felix Gall Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
0:32 |
| 10 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
0:35 |
| 23 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:00 |
| 63 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:04 |
| 73 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:04 |
| 107 |
Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step |
17:42 |
| 144 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
24:03 |
| 1 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
19:45:17 |
| 2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:31 |
| 3 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
1:51 |
| 4 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
2:50 |
| 5 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
3:02 |
| 6 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
3:23 |
| 7 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
3:54 |
| 8 |
Oscar Onley Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
4:03 |
| 9 |
Felix Gall Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
4:41 |
| 10 |
Wilco Kelderman Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
4:59 |
| 21 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
10:23 |
| 39 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:24 |
| 86 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
58:39 |
| 108 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:09:46 |
| 125 |
Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:26:36 |
| 1 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
40 pt |
| 2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
36 pt |
| 3 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
20 pt |
| 4 |
Bryan Coquard Cofidis |
18 pt |
| 5 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
18 pt |
| 6 |
Stefan Bissegger EF Education - EasyPost |
18 pt |
| 7 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
14 pt |
| 8 |
Thibau Nys Lidl - Trek |
12 pt |
| 9 |
Torstein Træen Bahrain - Victorious |
12 pt |
| 10 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
12 pt |
| 1 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
47 pt |
| 2 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
27 pt |
| 3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
23 pt |
| 4 |
Alexey Lutsenko Astana Qazaqstan Team |
19 pt |
| 5 |
Torstein Træen Bahrain - Victorious |
18 pt |
| 6 |
Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny |
16 pt |
| 7 |
Johannes Staune-Mittet Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
10 pt |
| 8 |
Gerben Kuypers Intermarché - Wanty |
10 pt |
| 9 |
Luca Jenni Swiss Cycling |
10 pt |
| 10 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
10 pt |
| 24 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
3 pt |
| 1 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
19:48:07 |
| 2 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
0:12 |
| 3 |
Thomas Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers |
1:04 |
| 4 |
Oscar Onley Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
1:13 |
| 5 |
Pelayo Sánchez Mayo Movistar Team |
2:39 |
| 6 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
3:26 |
| 7 |
Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
5:49 |
| 8 |
Harold Martín López Granizo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
6:17 |
| 9 |
Finlay Pickering Bahrain - Victorious |
6:52 |
| 10 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
7:33 |
| 41 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
55:49 |
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | 59:22:48 |
| 2 | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:49 |
| 3 | Movistar Team | 19:00 |
| 4 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 21:19 |
| 5 | Israel - Premier Tech | 34:41 |
| 6 | Lidl - Trek | 39:43 |
| 7 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 40:03 |
| 8 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 42:44 |
| 9 | Bahrain - Victorious | 43:26 |
| 10 | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | 48:59 |
