What had been happening all week happened again. This Saturday, in the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland, the UAE continued its monologue. Before his boss, Tadej Pogacar, calls him up for the Tour de France, there are Adam Yates and João Almeida, two companions (it is hard to call them sociable) who the Slovenian will have at his side. In Big bouquetthey enjoy it as much as they can. This time, the victory went to the British, although they crossed the finish line practically hand in hand. Third double in a row. So far, they have done whatever they wanted with the rest. This Sunday, in a 15.7km time trial that looks to be uphill (865m elevation gain), they’ll have to settle the score.
Yates will arrive as the overall leader, but Almeida, due to the conditions, could start as the favourite to take the yellow jersey. The Englishman, at least, sees it that way. “I personally think I’ll gain about a minute in tomorrow’s time trial,” he said without hesitation. “In recent days, he has shown how strong he is when he sets his own pace, which is crazy. Tomorrow when he is alone in the time trial, I think he will fly,” he said of his teammate, whom he trails by 31 seconds and whom he praised. “He is a great guy. When we went alone, I asked him if I could take over the stage and he said yes. “He could have won, but he showed his great character.”was shown. “What do we do now?” Almeida asked himself, finally handing the win over to his partner.
Bernal is still strong
Their countless joint rides began on the climb to Villars-sur-Olonne (12.2 km at 6.4%), two kilometres from the finish. Which covered a total of 118.2km in one day and also climbed the Col de la Croix (17km at 7.1%). One of those days that, after several stages of effort, allows you to test your body in front of those chains of the Tour. One of those days that, to date, the UAE dominates at will. Despite the exciting edition of Egan Bernal, who is third overall after another spectacular day among the best‘Despite the great week of Matthew Riccitello (Israel), who closed the day’s podium and overtook Enric Mas (now 6th) in the classification, or the presence of men like Wilco Kelderman (Visma) and Mattias Skjelmose (Liddell-Trek), who crossed the finish line in fourth and fifth place. Everything remains with the UAE.’
Classification of the Switzerland tour
Seventh step
1 Adam Yates (GBR/UAE) – 3 hours 05:41
2 Joao Almeida (BY/UAE) – Mount
3 Matthew Riccitiello (USA/Israel) – 14″
4 Wilco Kelderman (PBA/Visma) – 16″
10th Enrique Mas (Movistar) – 35″
General
1 Adam Yates (GBR/UAE) – 19h 45:17
2 Joao Almeida (BY/UAE) – 31″
3 Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos) – 1:51
4 Mattias Skalmoz (Din/Liddle-Trek) – 2:50
6th Enrique Mas (Movistar) – 3:23
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