Tour de Suisse 2025: Sprint triumph Meeus, Vauquelin retains lead

fotobureau Cor VosWith Harry Sweeny, Mauro Schmid and Stefan Küng, three bona fide rouleurs spend the entire day at the front. They work together seamlessly, but ultimately it’s not enough to hold off the chasing pack. Jordi Meeus powers to victory in the sprint, while Kévin Vauquelin retains the yellow jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 6th stage 2025 Tour de Suisse

1. Jordi Meeus (bel)
2. Davide Ballerini (ita) s.t.
3. Lewis Askey (gbr) s.t.
4. Madis Mikhels (est) s.t.
5. Niccolò Buratti (ita) s.t.
6. Danny van Poppel (nld) s.t.
7. Pavel Bittner (cze) s.t.
8. Paul Lapeira (fra) s.t.
9. Marius Mayrhofer (ger) s.t.
10. Stefano Oldani (ita) s.t.

GC after stage 6
1. Kévin Vauquelin (fra)
2. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) + 0.29
3. João Almeida (por) + 0.39
4. Oscar Onley (gbr) + 1.21
5. Lennard Kämna (ger) + 1.44
6. Ben O'Connor (aus) + 2.16
7. Felix Gall (aut) + 2.20
8. Pablo Castrillo (spa) + 2.40
9. Matthew Riccitello (usa) + 3.08
10. Ilan Van Wilder (bel) + 3.17

Race report
Harry Sweeny, Mauro Schmid, Stefan Küng and former yellow jersey Romain Grégoire form the day's breakaway. They open up a 3-minute lead.

Ewen Costiou, Pello Bilbao and Matej Mohoric open the chase on the Hemberg climb. On the descent, they close to within a minute and a half of the breakaway, but ultimately fall short of making the junction.

With 45 kilometres remaining, Grégoire is forced to drop from the front group. At that point, the peloton is trailing by a minute and a half.

Sweeny, Schmid and Küng keep the peloton at bay with seamless cooperation, but it's not enough, and they’re caught just before the flamme rouge. Danny van Poppel then delivers a textbook lead-out to launch Jordi Meeus to triumph.

Kévin Vauquelin finishes safely in the bunch to retain his overall lead.

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