João Almeida sprung to victory on stage six of the Tour de Suisse, out-sprinting his teammate Adam Yates within the last.
Yates attacked with simply over 3km to go, however his UAE Group Emirates teammate Almeida joined him within the last kilometre, after which sprinted away to victory, claiming 4 seconds benefit.
UAE Group Emirates, because of this, stay in charge of the race, with Yates 27 seconds forward of Almeida in second place. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) stays in third, 1:28 behind the chief.
The unique 151.1km route had been lower down to simply 42.5km resulting from snow on the climbs, with the race primarily descending to the foot of the day’s last climb, the Blatten.
“I feel we have been each fairly robust, it was good,” Almeida mentioned post-stage. “He attacked fairly removed from the end, and I used to be simply on the wheel of Skjelmose, which was excellent for me. I caught him with out bringing the opposite riders. I am actually proud of this victory.
“I feel it is constructive, so long as we do first and second it would not matter who, I feel we’re each pleased. So long as we do good teamwork, and respect one another, as we all the time do, that is the primary factor. On the finish of the day, the group wins. Hold the main target the subsequent two days, and hopefully we are able to make it.
“In fact I wish to win on a regular basis, however in fact I respect the group and my teammates.”
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The way it occurred
With simply 43km of motion on Friday, it was nearly assured that it will not be a day for the breakaway.
Nevertheless, there was numerous makes an attempt to rise up the street early on, with a quartet managing to flee: Frank van den Broek (dsm-Firmenich PostNL) Stefan Bissegger (EF Training-EasyPost), Alexis Renard (Cofidis) and Anders Foldager (Jayco AlUla).
Renard didn’t final lengthy up the street, however the main trio’s benefit grew to over a minute, regardless of the stage being brief.
UAE Group Emirates, the squad of race chief Adam Yates, offered the impetus within the peloton behind, guaranteeing that Van den Broek, Bissegger and Foldager have been stored on a brief leash.
Foldager was the primary to fold, leaving Renard and Bissegger. The latter attacked to make sure he gained the dash for a Tissot watch – one thing he confirmed later – earlier than Van den Broek grew to become the final rider up the street.
Nevertheless, he was quickly swallowed up by the UAE-led peloton, with Isaac del Toro placing on the tempo, earlier than his chief Yates attacked with 3.2km to go.
There was by no means a decisive hole, nonetheless, with a small assortment of favourites, together with João Almeida (UAE Group Emirates) chasing.
As Yates went beneath the flamme rouge, Almeida attacked from the chasing group, caught Yates, after which went previous him within the last 300m to take the victory.
Everybody misplaced time on Yates, with essentially the most notable being Enric Mas (Movistar) and Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech), who each misplaced 47 seconds.
Outcomes
Tour de Suisse 2024, stage 5: Ulrichen > Blatten (42.5km)
1. João Almeida (Por) UAE Group Emirates, in 55:13
2. Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Group Emirates, +4s
3. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +9s
4. Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers, +15s
5. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, +35s
6. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, +40s
7. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, +47s
8. Matthew Riccitello (USA) Israel-Premier Tech, each at identical time
9. Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar, +54s
10. Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Group, each at identical time
Normal Classification after stage six
1. Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Group Emirates, 16:39:46
2. João Almeida (Por) UAE Group Emirates, +27s
3. Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers, +1:28
4. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +2:24
5. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, + 2:38
6. Matthew Riccitello (USA) Israel-Premier Tech, +2:42
7. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, +3:28
8. Oscar Onley (GBr) dsm-firmenich PostNL, +3:37
9. Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Group, +4:01
10. Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar, +4:28
