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GB’s Yates holds off teammate Almeida to win the Tour of Switzerland

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GB’s Yates holds off teammate Almeida to win the Tour of Switzerland

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British rider Adam Yates held off teammate Joao Almeida on stage eight to win the Tour of Switzerland.

Yates finished second in Sunday’s time trial, but that was still enough to claim overall victory by 22 seconds.

It was the fourth stage in a row in which Team Emirates riders occupied the top two places.

Lidl-Trek rider Mattias Skjelmose finished third.

The time trial was a largely uphill course of 15.7km to Villars-sur-Ollon and it was Almeida who recorded the fastest time of 33 minutes and 23 seconds.

But the nine-second lead was not enough to challenge the 32-second advantage Yates had after his stage seven win at Villars-sur-Ollon.

The British Tom Pidcock and Oscar Onley finished sixth and eighth respectively in the overall standings.

Both Yates and Almeida will soon turn their attention to the Tour de France, where they are likely to act as support riders for UAE teammate Tadej Pogacar when the event starts on June 29.

Result stage eight

  1. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) 33 minutes 23 seconds

  2. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +9sec

  3. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +21 sec

  4. Matthew Riccitello (Premier Tech USA/Israel) +38 sec

  5. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +51 sec

  6. Lenny Martinez (Fra/FDJ) +56 sec

  7. Pelayo Sanchez (Spa/Movistar team) +1min. 22 sec

  8. David De La Cruz (Spa/Pro Cycling Team) +1min. 26 sec

  9. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min.30sec

  10. Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min.41sec

General classification

  1. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) 20 hours 18 minutes 49 seconds

  2. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +22 sec

  3. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +3min. 2 sec

  4. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +3 minutes 12 seconds

  5. Matthew Riccitello (US/Israel-Premier Tech) +3 minutes 31 seconds

  6. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +4 min 36 sec

  7. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +5 minutes 1 sec

  8. Oscar Onley (GB/Dsm-firmenich PostNL) +5mins 40secs

  9. Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +6mins 31secs

  10. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) +6 minutes 35 seconds

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