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Report Kristen Faulkner took victory in the Individual Time Trial at the Tour de Suisse Women by a margin of 14 seconds, and stepped into the overall lead of the race too, on a remarkable day for Team BikeExchange-Jayco. Incredible rides from Faulkner, Georgia Williams and Georgia Baker saw the team take a clean sweep of the podium. Williams, wearing her New Zealand TT champions kit, had taken the hotseat with a blistering time of 32’00 flat, going an incredible 1’14” clear of the next rider in the provisional standings at that point. Faulkner improved on her team-mate’s time by…

Report 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…

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Report The wait this time was shorter. Barely two months after his last success at the Tour of the Alps, Thibaut Pinot took victory on the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse, which ended at the top of Malbun, Liechtenstein. A member of the morning breakaway in the company of Lewis Askey, the French climber perfectly managed his effort on the final ascent before going to win alone. “I had a complicated start to the week but I gained confidence on Friday when I saw that I was once again able to follow the leaders,” said Thibaut Pinot. “I…

Tadej Pogačar returns to savor the taste of victory and does it on his home roads, winning the 3rd stage of the Tour of Slovenia, 144.6 km from Zalec to Celje. As happened on Wednesday on the occasion of Rafal Majka’s success, the winner of two Tour de France titles pounced from afar, attacking from the group together with his Polish teammate 23 km from the line: the UAE Team Emirates duo stormed the 2nd category ascent of Svetina (5.2 km at 7.7% average gradient), gaining a good margin on the chasers. After taking the descent, without risking too much,…

Report Nico Denz put in a huge performance on stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse to take his first WorldTour win and the team’s second stage victory of the week so far. Having forced the winning move from the day’s breakaway on the lower slopes of the final climb to the finish, Denz out-sprinted those still in contention in the finale and, despite having to wait for confirmation of the photo finish, was rewarded with the stage victory. Having made the early breakaway of 12 riders, Denz rode smartly on the long final climb to finish, tracking the moves…