Tour de Suisse

Stage 1: Küssnacht – Küssnacht

CH Switzerland Sunday 15 June 2025 129.4 km

Breakaway makes it on Tour de Suisse opener

Breakaway makes it on Tour de Suisse opener

Stage 1 of the Tour de Suisse was a rain-soaked one, and this helped the huge breakaway make it to the finish against all odds and completely rewrite the script of the battle for the overall glory, as among those who managed to gain minutes on the peloton on Sunday were also some of the general classification riders.

Before this huge group forged a gap of three minutes, Pieter Serry tried his luck and attempted to go up the road, only for the bunch to quickly react and bring that move back after just a couple of kilometers. Then, to the surprise of many, 28 riders went clear and kept their advantage on the field pretty much intact, despite the presence of the steep Michaelskreuz climb not far from the finish.

An attack in the final kilometers from what at that point was a splintered breakaway saw Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ) take the victory and the first leader’s jersey of the race in Küssnacht, while the peloton – which included also Soudal Quick-Step’s Ilan Van Wilder – concluded this strange stage more than three minutes down on the winner.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
2:50:15
2 Kévin Vauquelin
0:20
3 Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:20
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:20
5 Ben O'Connor
Team Jayco AlUla
1:07
6 Felix Großschartner
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
1:07
7 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Movistar Team
1:07
8 Lennard Kämna
Lidl - Trek
1:07
9 Rainer Kepplinger
Bahrain - Victorious
1:07
10 Nicola Conci
XDS Astana Team
1:26
28 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
3:12
51 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
4:38
78 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
11:15
99 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
11:15
103 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
11:15
121 Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
11:15
127 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
11:15
1 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
2:50:05
2 Kévin Vauquelin
0:24
3 Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:26
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:26
5 Ben O'Connor
Team Jayco AlUla
1:17
6 Felix Großschartner
UAE Team Emirates - XRG
1:17
7 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Movistar Team
1:17
8 Lennard Kämna
Lidl - Trek
1:17
9 Rainer Kepplinger
Bahrain - Victorious
1:17
10 Ben Swift
INEOS Grenadiers
1:32
28 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
3:22
51 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
4:48
78 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
99 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
103 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
121 Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
127 Ayco Bastiaens
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
1 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
12 pt
2 Kévin Vauquelin
8 pt
3 Mathis Le Berre
6 pt
4 Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
6 pt
5 Julian Alaphilippe
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
4 pt
6 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Movistar Team
4 pt
7 Ben O'Connor
Team Jayco AlUla
2 pt
8 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
2 pt
1 Felix Engelhardt
Team Jayco AlUla
9 pt
2 Kévin Vauquelin
7 pt
3 Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
6 pt
4 Julian Alaphilippe
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
6 pt
5 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Movistar Team
3 pt
6 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
3 pt
7 Ben O'Connor
Team Jayco AlUla
2 pt
8 Victor Langellotti
INEOS Grenadiers
2 pt
9 Valentin Madouas
Groupama - FDJ
2 pt
10 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
2 pt
1 Romain Grégoire
Groupama - FDJ
2:50:05
2 Kévin Vauquelin
0:24
3 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Movistar Team
1:17
4 Sam Maisonobe
Cofidis
1:36
5 Ewen Costiou
1:36
6 Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:36
7 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
3:22
8 Oscar Onley
Team Picnic PostNL
3:22
9 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
3:22
10 Andrew August
INEOS Grenadiers
3:22
33 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
40 Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
11:25
1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 8:35:43
2 Movistar Team 0:47
3 XDS Astana Team 1:06
4 Israel - Premier Tech 1:06
5 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2:32
6 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 2:33
7 Lidl - Trek 2:33
8 Array 2:39
9 INEOS Grenadiers 2:52
10 Bahrain - Victorious 3:59

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