Tour de Suisse 2024: Almeida wins mini mountain stage, Yates still leader

fotobureau Cor VosAnother show of strength by UAE Emirates brings João Almeida the stage win. Adam Yates finishes in second to stay in the overall lead. Mattias Skjelmose finishes in third, while Egan Bernal consolidates his third place in the GC by finishing fourth. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 6th stage 2024 Tour de Suisse

1. João Almeida (por)
2. Adam Yates (gbr) + 0.06
3. Mattias Skjelmose (den) + 0.09
4. Egan Bernal (col) + 0.15
5. Lenny Martinez (fra) + 0.35
6. Tom Pidcock (gbr) + 0.40
7. Enric Mas (spa) + 0.47
8. Matthew Riccitello (usa) s.t.
9. Pelayo Sánchez (spa) + 0.54
10. Felix Gall (aut) s.t.

12. Oscar Onley (gbr) + 1.14
39. Cian Uijtdebroeks (nld) + 3.29

GC after stage 6
1. Adam Yates (gbr)
2. João Almeida (por) + 0.27
3. Egan Bernal (col) + 1.28
4. Mattias Skjelmose (den) + 2.24
5. Enric Mas (spa) + 2.38
6. Matthew Riccitello (usa) + 2.42
7. Tom Pidcock (gbr) + 3.28
8. Oscar Onley (gbr) + 3.37
9. Felix Gall (aut) + 4.01
10. Pelayo Sánchez (spa) + 4.28

Race report
Frank van den Broek, Stefan Bissegger and Anders Foldager establish the breakaway early on. The trio tackles the finishing climb over 1 minute ahead of the peloton.

Van den Broek goes alone on the climb, while Cian Uijtdebroeks and Enric Mas get dropped from the GC group.

Adam Yates attacks with 3.5 kilometres remaining. He gobbles up the lone attacker and continues on his own. However, the first chasers - João Almeida, Egan Bernal, Mattias Skjelmose - remain close behind.

Almeida catches up with Yates in the final kilometre. He takes the lead, seemingly to set the pace for his team leader, but he pushes so hard that he drops Yates in the last 500 metres. The Portuguese rider doesn't wait and wins the race by 6 seconds ahead of Yates. With the bonus seconds added, he closes the gap by 10 seconds, but the Brit still holds the lead in the general classification.

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