– Adam Yates final winner ahead of his teammate Joao Almeida
The Briton won the 87th Tour de Suisse this Sunday, resisting the return of his Portuguese teammate to the UAE team at the end of the last stage.
Published today at 6:39 p.m.
Adam Yates succeeds Dane Mattias Skjelmose on the Tour de Suisse list.
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The Briton Adam Yates won the 87th Tour de Suisse this Sunday by resisting the return of his teammate Joao Almeida, winner of the final time trial towards Villars-sur-Ollon, for a final demonstration of the UAE tandem.
At 31, the 3rd in the last Tour de France – Tadej Pogacar’s luxury lieutenant – pockets his 28th professional victory after notably winning the Tour of Catalonia 2021 and the Tour de Romandie 2023. “I just tried to keep my pace, and thank God it was enough,” said the Briton, “not sure” at the start of being able to keep his Portuguese rival, with better credentials in the solo effort, at bay.
Yates covered the 15.7 km climb between the headquarters of the International Cycling Union in Aigle and the resort of Villars-sur-Ollon in the Alps in 33’32”, finishing 8”25 behind Almeida, who was 31 seconds behind overall on Sunday morning.
Skjelmose, defending champion, finishes 3rd
Yellow jersey since Wednesday’s event and the entry into the mountains, then winner of the stages of THURSDAY And SATURDAY ahead of Almeida, Yates confirms his return to form after suffering a concussion in February during a violent fall at the UAE Tour.
The Briton succeeds the winners of the event from the Dane Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), who was invited to the final podium on Sunday by finishing 3rd in the time trial, taking back more than a minute from the Colombian Egan Bernal.
At 25, Joao Almeida signs his 13th professional success and brushes aside questions about the energy spent supporting his leader, particularly in the final ascent on Thursday, which may have failed him on Sunday.
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“We will never know,” he replied, preferring to emphasize the “excellent teamwork” of UAE, more armed than ever to help Tadej Pogacar win a third Tour de France after crushing the last Giro in historic proportions.
Undivided domination of the UAE team
Once they had completed the two flat stages, Monday and Tuesday, the UAE runners dominated each day in the mountains, to the point of signing four successive doubles at altitude between Thursday and Sunday.
Beyond the gap opened up with the competition, there was the visual impression: that of a world of difference with rivals who were nevertheless in the top 15 of the last Tour de France, like the Briton Tom Pidcock (6th of the final ranking) or the Austrian Felix Gall (10th).
On Saturday in particular, Yates and Almeida took over and then unhooked Gall on the final climb before discussing the future winner on the slope and crossing the line hand in hand, Yates slightly in the lead.
No Swiss in the top 10
On the Swiss side, the highest ranked representative is Matteo Badilatti (31 years old). 21st in the final time, the Grison of the Q36.5 team finished 15th overall, 10’27” behind Yates.
Behind, we find in particular the Argives Jan Christen (19 years old/UAE), 30th (+25’03”) and Silvan Dillier (33 years old/Alpecin-Deceuninck), 53rd (+42’42”), the Lucerne Roland Thalmann (30 years old/Tudor), 56th (+43’54”), Zurich’s Mauro Schmid (24 years old/Jayco AlUla), 60th (+44’20”), Thurgau’s Stefan Küng (30 years old/Groupama- FDJ), 63rd (+47’43”), the Neuchâtel resident Alexandre Balmer (24 years old/Corratec-Vini Fantini), 75th (+55’58”), the Uranese Fabio Püntener (24 years old/Swiss Cycling), 83rd (+1h02’10”) and Bernese Marc Hirschi (25 years old/UAE), 90th (+1h05’43”).
AFP/Sport-Center
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