After a false flat opener, a descent and a rolling section the first KOM appears at kilometre 50. The riders move through Oberegg after 8.9 kilometres of climbing at 5.3%.
The second climb begins just after Eichberg with 3.3 kilometres at 9.2%. The Eggerstanden then levels off quite a bit. The entire climb is 6.2 kilometres long and averages 5.7%.
The route continues on undulating terrain and with approximately 50 kilometres to go the last KOM – Glattberg: 2.4 kilometres at 5.4% – has been done and dusted as well. The route goes mostly downhill for the rest of the race, which does not mean that it is a downhill from the Glattberg to the line.
The GC timing will be taken ahead of the ascent towards Will, with 25 kilometres remaining. No bonus seconds are awarded at the Golde Kilometre and at the finish line, while the race continues as normal.
A prolonged false flat section leads towards Wil. There are still 20 kilometres remaining when the Tour de Suisse moves through Stefan Küng’s birthplace. Moments later the riders enter the descent to the Thur River before the route flattens out in the final 5 kilometres.
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