Tour de Suisse

Stage 7: Tübach - Weinfelden

CH Switzerland Saturday 17 June 2023 179.8 km

Evenepoel takes an emotional win at the Tour de Suisse

Evenepoel takes an emotional win at the Tour de Suisse

Remco Evenepoel paid tribute to Gino Mäder at the end of stage seven, pointing his finger to the sky as he crossed the line in Weinfelden. It was a touching moment at the end of a sombre and emotionally wearing day in the saddle, which the peloton raced as one until with 25 kilometers to go, when the GC times were taken.

On the last climb, Ottenberg, some squads upped the pace and soon a small group took off, among those there being also the World Champion, who rode away with 17 kilometers to go and opened a solid gap over the others. Evenepoel kept pushing in the closing part of the stage, increasing his advantage, and arrived alone at the finish, where he took his 44th pro victory.

“Friday evening was a very difficult one for all of us, we didn’t know what we were going to do and how the race would continue. In the end, after talking between us, we decided to have a neutralized stage today until 25 kilometers to go, and from there on, whoever wanted to race was free to do that without any time gaps in the general classification.”

“In my opinion, this was the best way to honour Gino and who he was, to pay a tribute to him and show my respect to his family in these difficult moments. This win and this trophy are for them. It doesn’t change anything, but I want them to know that all of us in the peloton, in our small world, are thinking of them”, said after the stage Remco, who remains fourth overall going into the individual time trial in Abtwil.

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
4:01:04
2 Wout van Aert
Jumbo-Visma
0:00
3 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
0:00
4 Lorrenzo Manzin
TotalEnergies
0:00
5 Alex Aranburu Deba
Movistar Team
0:00
6 Kevin Vermaerke
Team DSM
0:00
7 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
8 Jonas Koch
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
9 Gonzalo Serrano Rodríguez
Movistar Team
0:00
10 Matthew Dinham
Team DSM
0:00
15 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
35 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
48 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
49 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
94 James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
DNS Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step
-04:01:04
1 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
20:44:45
2 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
0:08
3 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
0:18
4 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:46
5 Wilco Kelderman
Jumbo-Visma
1:16
6 Romain Bardet
Team DSM
1:29
7 Rigoberto Urán Urán
EF Education-EasyPost
1:54
8 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
1:57
9 Dylan Teuns
Israel - Premier Tech
3:00
10 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
3:48
31 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
31:50
69 James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step
51:07
80 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step
56:33
104 Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step
1:16:23
106 Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step
1:16:29
1 Wout van Aert
Jumbo-Visma
50 pt
2 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
32 pt
3 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
26 pt
4 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
20 pt
5 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
18 pt
6 Quinten Hermans
Alpecin-Deceuninck
10 pt
7 Stan Dewulf
AG2R Citroën Team
10 pt
8 Kristian Sbaragli
Alpecin-Deceuninck
9 pt
9 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
6 pt
10 Michael Gogl
Alpecin-Deceuninck
6 pt
17 James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step
3 pt
1 Pascal Eenkhoorn
Lotto Dstny
44 pt
2 Sergio Higuita García
BORA - hansgrohe
28 pt
3 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
26 pt
4 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
24 pt
5 Nickolas Zukowsky
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
17 pt
6 Wout van Aert
Jumbo-Visma
16 pt
7 Wilco Kelderman
Jumbo-Visma
14 pt
8 Julien Bernard
Trek - Segafredo
13 pt
9 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
12 pt
10 Silvan Dillier
Alpecin-Deceuninck
12 pt
15 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
7 pt
24 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
2 pt
1 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Trek - Segafredo
20:44:45
2 Felix Gall
AG2R Citroën Team
0:08
3 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
0:18
4 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:46
5 Cian Uijtdebroeks
BORA - hansgrohe
1:57
6 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
7:56
7 Welay Hagos Berhe
Team Jayco AlUla
9:33
8 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
20:27
9 Kevin Vermaerke
Team DSM
27:25
10 Ewen Costiou
Team Arkéa Samsic
32:14
1 AG2R Citroën Team 62:43:15
2 Israel - Premier Tech 4:34
3 INEOS Grenadiers 9:32
4 Team Jayco AlUla 10:38
5 BORA - hansgrohe 12:48
6 Groupama - FDJ 14:31
7 EF Education-EasyPost 20:36
8 Trek - Segafredo 24:37
9 Soudal - Quick Step 25:38
10 Jumbo-Visma 28:13

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