2022 Tour de Suisse – Stage Eight – Highlights

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Remco Evenepoel confirmed again he is one of the peloton’s finest time trialists, notching up his seventh success in the discipline after a storming ride on the last day of the Tour de Suisse, which concluded in Liechtenstein’s capital, Vaduz.

As soon as he left the start house, Remco showed he was a man on a mission, flying on the first part of the 25.6km hilly route and going fastest by a mile at the 12.9km checkpoint. Averaging over 54km/h, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s rider stormed around the course and obliterated the best result at the finish, going into the hot seat with just a dozen riders still to come. Not even the European Champion or Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), who would go on to win the overall classification, could improve Evenepoel’s time (28:26), and the 22-year-old celebrated his maiden time trial victory in the World Tour ranks.

Behind Evenepoel, Geraint Thomas became the first British winner of the Tour de Suisse. The Welshman produced the second fastest time on a sweltering day, finishing just three seconds off the stage win, but ensuring an emphatic GC victory by one minute and 12 seconds. He entered the stage just two seconds off yellow, and used all his power and experience to see off nearest rival Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe).

This win is the third Tour de Suisse overall victory in a row for the INEOS Grenadiers team, following Egan Bernal (2019) and Richard Carapaz (2021).

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