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2.48pm Best time for Cedric Beullens at 5.2 km. The Belgian has a notable advantage over Bissegger, a 10″ margin over the Swiss.
2.47pm Simone Petilli reaches the finish line third. The blue of Intermaché-Circus-Wanty pays 35″ from Luca Jenni.
2.46pm VELASCO! Great time for the 2023 Italian champion in line for the second set. The standard bearer of Team Astana moves on to 12.5 km with a 41″ margin over Riesebeek.
2.43pm Best time at the finish line for Luca Jenni (Swiss Cycling): the Swiss puts himself ahead of everyone with a 4.73″ margin over Bol.
2.40pm Price Petjersen third with a delay of 36″ from the top momentarily occupied by Bol, in the meantime Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Deceuninck) takes the lead in the second intermediate.
2.39pm Here is the updated top-10 at the finish line.
1 BOL Cees 38,32.68 0.00 24,439
2 BLUM Elia 39.05.67 0.00 24.095
3 MURGANO Marco 39.40.16 0.34.49 23.746
4 RENARD Alexis 39,51.26 1,18,58 23,636
5 AMELLA Matteo 39.54,91 0.49,24 23.6
6 CAVENDISH Mark 39.58.68 0.53.01 23.563
7 MØRKØV Michael 40.12.82 1.07.15 23.425
8 JANSEN Amund Grøndahl 40.51.02 2.18.34 23.06
9 STEHLI Félix 41.03.13 1.57.46 22.946
10 SCHWARZMANN Michael 41.04.33 2.31.65 22.935
14.37 Best time for a top-level time trialist like Stefan Bissegger in the first intermediate. The Swiss from EF Education-Easy Post has an advantage of over 8″ over the competition at 5.2 km, but now the difficulties for him on the climbs begin.
2.36pm Cees Bol takes the lead of the race. The Dutchman from Team Astana is first at the finish line with a 33″ advantage over Blum.
2.35pm The Frenchman from Cofidis Anthony Perez takes the lead at 5.2km with a margin over Azperran of over 3″.
2.33pm Luca Jenni puts himself ahead of everyone in the second survey. The Swiss national team player boasts a 16″ lead over Price Petjersen.
14.32 Best time in the first intermediate for Xabier Azperran (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team): the Spaniard passes with a 62 hundredths margin over Watson.
2.31pm At the moment, at the finish line we find Marco Murgano in second position, 34″ behind Blum.
14.29 Johan Price Pejtersen (Bahrain-Victorius) immediately does better than the Dutchman, putting himself ahead of everyone at the second detection with a margin of 4″ over Bol.
14.28 Cees Bol (Astana Qazaqstan Team) moves ahead of everyone at 12.5 km with an advantage over Blum of 99 cents.
14.28 Elia Blum crosses the finish line with a time of 39:05.07, a time which currently gives him provisional first position.
2.25pm Fourth time for Velasco in the first intermediate. The blue pays for a 3.90″ delay from Watson
2.24pm The race of the winner of the first stage of this Tour of Switzerland, Yves Lampaert (Soudal Quick-Step), begins.
14.22 Samuel Watson scores the best time in the first intermediate. 2.66″ seconds ahead of the Briton over compatriot Cavendish.
2.22pm Cavendish loses a lot on the climb, as expected: the Brit passes into fourth position at 12.5 km with a delay of over 34″ from Blum.
2.20pm An all-blue triptych made up of Simone Velasco (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Vincenzo Albanese (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) and Jacopo Mosca (Lidl-Trek) started.
2.17pm Mark Cavendish has held out in command of the 5.2km survey so far.
14.16 29:17.52 Elia Blum’s time at the intermediate stage of 12.5 km.
2.15pm Jordi Meeus (Bora Hansgrohe) does not start.
14.13 Third position for Jan Sommer in the first set, 4.87″ behind Cavendish for the Swiss.
14.11 The first athlete to progress to the second intermediate should be the Swiss Elia Blum, part of the national team.
14.10 The starting order follows the general classification. So Adam Yates and Joao Almeida will be the last and penultimate to start respectively.
14.08 Twenty-two runners have already begun their efforts. The best intermediate recorded at the first survey is that of Mark Cavendish. The Team Astana veteran leads the rankings at partial number one with a time of 6:16.06.
14.06 The main theme of the day will be the duel for the yellow jersey between Adam Yates and Joao Almeida. The Briton is the favourite, given his 31″ advantage over the Portuguese and the fact that he won one more stage. Almeida, on the other hand, can make use of his skills as a long-distance climber to try to overturn the hierarchies in the last stage. Also worth keeping an eye on for the stage victory are Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Wilco Kelderman (INEOS Grenadiers), while his teammate Egan Bernal wants to defend the podium in the general.
14.03 Just over a quarter of an hour ago the time trial began which will mark the end of the 87th edition of the Tour de Suisse. Today’s time trial will start from the town of Aigle, a municipality in the Canton of Vaud, and will end in Villars-sul-Ollon, for a total length of 15.7 km. After five kilometers of flat terrain, the road will begin to climb near Ollon, with a constant gradient that will leave no room for the runners to catch their breath. There will be a total of 10.2 kilometers to climb for the athletes, for an average inclination of 9%.
2.00pm Friends of OA Sport, good afternoon and welcome back to the LIVE Live broadcast of the eighth and final stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2024.
Good morning friends of OA Sport and welcome to the LIVE live of theeighth and final stage of the Tour of Switzerland 2024, a short stage race that precedes the highlight of the month of July, the Tour de France. Everything is ready to attend the grand finale of the 87th edition of the Tour de Suisse, which will end with a hill climb that promises to be a spectacle. Everything is still in the balance for the final success, with the fight at home UAE Emirates between Adam Yates And Joao Almeida which will be the main theme of today.
Today’s time trial will start from the location of Aiglemunicipality in the Canton of Vaud, and will end in Villars-sul-Ollonfor a total length of 15.7km. After five kilometers of flat terrain, the road will begin to climb near Ollon, with a constant gradient that will leave no room for the runners to catch their breath. They will be in total 10.2 kilometers to climb for the athletesfor a average inclination of 9%.
As mentioned above, what will take center stage the most will be the duel for the yellow jersey between Adam Yates and Joao Almeida. The Briton is the favourite, from the top of his team 31″ lead on the Portuguese and for having won one more stage. Almeida, on the other hand, can make use of his skills as a long-distance climber to try to overturn the hierarchies in the last stage. Also worth keeping an eye on for first place of the day Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) e Wilco Kelderman (INEOS Grenadiers), while his teammate Egan Bernal he wants to defend the podium in the general.
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