GC Update Tour de Suisse 2024 stage 7: Adam Yates and João Almeida extend lead even further after dominating climb

We have lived a queen stage at the Tour de Suisse without surprises in which Adam Yates has beaten Joao Almeida, thus consolidating his first place in the general classification before the final time trial on Sunday. The Briton and the Portuguese rode hand in hand at the finish line making it clear that they have a good vibe and that in the Tour de France they will be a team for Tadej Pogacar.

Egan Bernal remains comfortably in third place overall with almost a minute advantage over Mattias Skjelmose, who should hold on in the time trial. Yates should also hold off Almeida in the fight for yellow, although it must be said that the Portuguese rider is looking better than ever in Switzerland.

Fourth is Mattias Skjelmose and the change comes later as Enric Mas, for the second consecutive day, has lost positions in the general classification and is now sixth behind Matthew Riccitello. We'll see if tomorrow he is able to gain some position in the time trial or, otherwise, lose it to Tom Pidcock who is half a minute behind him. The bad news does not end there for Movistar Team as Pelayo Sanchez has dropped out of a top 10 that closes Oscar Onley, Felix Gall and Wilco Kelderman.

Another UAE exhibition at the Tour de Suisse! Adam Yates wins stage 7, hand-in-hand with Joao Almeida

Overall classification of the Tour de Suisse 2024 after stage 7:

1	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	19:45:17
2	ALMEIDA Joao	UAE Team Emirates	+ 31
3	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:51
4	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 02:50
5	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 03:02
6	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	+ 03:23
7	PIDCOCK Tom	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:54
8	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 04:03
9	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 04:41
10	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 04:59
11	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Movistar Team	+ 05:29
12	DEL TORO Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 06:16
13	HIGUITA Sergio	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 06:38
14	POELS Wout	Bahrain Victorious	+ 07:38
15	BADILATTI Matteo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 08:15
16	BRENNER Marco	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 08:39
17	DE LA CRUZ David	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 08:42
18	BENNETT George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 08:54
19	LÓPEZ Martin	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 09:07
20	PICKERING Finlay	Bahrain Victorious	+ 09:42
21	LECERF William Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 10:23
22	RIVERA Brandon	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 11:52
23	TULETT Ben	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 16:13
24	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	+ 17:28
25	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 18:53
26	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 19:36
27	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 19:54
28	CHRISTEN Jan	UAE Team Emirates	+ 22:16
29	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 22:16
30	UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 22:21
31	VAN GILS Maxim	Lotto Dstny	+ 22:47
32	VAN DEN BROEK Frank	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 23:02
33	KONRAD Patrick	Lidl-Trek	+ 23:25
34	HERRADA Jesus	Cofidis	+ 23:28
35	OOMEN Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 24:06
36	MARTINEZ Lenny	Groupama-FDJ	+ 25:23
37	ADRIÀ Roger	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 27:06
38	COSTA Rui	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 27:06
39	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 28:24
40	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 28:44
41	LAPEIRA Paul	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 29:48
42	TAARAMÄE Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 30:35
43	ZWIEHOFF Ben	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 30:50
44	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 31:22
45	VAUQUELIN Kévin	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 31:48
46	GARCÍA Raúl	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 32:18
47	VADER Milan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 32:56
48	MONIQUET Sylvain	Lotto Dstny	+ 34:02
49	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 34:30
50	FOLDAGER Anders	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 36:01
51	DILLIER Silvan	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 37:26
52	WOOD Harrison	Cofidis	+ 37:59
53	HOWSON Damien	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 38:02
54	SCHMID Mauro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 38:03
55	BERNARD Julien	Lidl-Trek	+ 38:04
56	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	+ 38:48
57	THALMANN Roland	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 39:20
58	WARBASSE Lawrence	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 39:54
59	CONCI Nicola	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 40:11
60	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 40:22
61	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 41:42
62	THOMPSON Reuben	Groupama-FDJ	+ 41:43
63	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	+ 42:39
64	FRIGO Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 44:21
65	GESINK Robert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 44:22
66	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 44:41
67	GUGLIELMI Simon	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 44:41
68	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 45:46
69	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar Team	+ 46:09
70	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 46:10
71	BALMER Alexandre	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 50:09
72	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 51:17
73	FISHER-BLACK Finn	UAE Team Emirates	+ 51:27
74	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Victorious	+ 51:40
75	PETERS Nans	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 52:07
76	MAYRHOFER Marius	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 52:07
77	WILKSCH Hannes	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 54:33
78	WANDAHL Frederik	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 54:45
79	BUSATTO Francesco	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 55:56
80	CALZONI Walter	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 57:05
81	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 57:09
82	BARONCINI Filippo	UAE Team Emirates	+ 57:22
83	BERHE Welay	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 57:31
84	PÜNTENER Fabio	Switzerland	+ 57:57
85	KUYPERS Gerben	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 58:21
86	GELDERS Gil	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 58:39
87	WILLIAMS Stephen	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 58:57
88	DELAPLACE Anthony	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 59:08
89	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 59:58
90	DE GENDT Aimé	Cofidis	+ 01:00:00
91	HIRSCHI Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:01:10
92	DEWULF Stan	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:02:57
93	BEULLENS Cédric	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:03:10
94	NYS Thibau	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:03:17
95	WIRTGEN Luc	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:04:05
96	TRÆEN Torstein	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:04:15
97	MALECKI Kamil	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:04:41
98	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:05:14
99	DARBELLAY Valentin	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 01:06:05
100	ENGELHARDT Felix	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:06:31
101	BISSEGGER Stefan	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:06:33
102	HEIDUK Kim	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:06:34
103	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	+ 01:06:50
104	GONZALEZ Roberto	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 01:08:47
105	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:08:53
106	AZPARREN Xabier	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:09:07
107	JACOBS Johan	Movistar Team	+ 01:09:31
108	LAMPAERT Yves	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:09:46
109	PASQUALON Andrea	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:11:19
110	LAURANCE Axel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:11:30
111	COQUARD Bryan	Cofidis	+ 01:11:57
112	MOSCA Jacopo	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:13:30
113	ALBANESE Vincenzo	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:13:51
114	VELASCO Simone	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:14:39
115	DRIZNERS Jarrad	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:15:27
116	WATSON Sam	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:18:45
117	FLYNN Sean	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:19:35
118	DEBONS Antoine	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 01:19:44
119	BITTNER Pavel	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:20:16
120	PUCCIO Salvatore	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:20:20
121	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:21:06
122	ACKERMANN Pascal	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:23:19
123	MEEUS Jordi	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:25:31
124	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:26:09
125	BASTIAENS Ayco	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:26:36
126	PETILLI Simone	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:26:48
127	SOMMER Jan	Switzerland	+ 01:28:32
128	JENNI Luca	Switzerland	+ 01:28:33
129	LUND ANDRESEN Tobias	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:30:48
130	STÖCKLI Jan	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 01:30:55
131	DÉMARE Arnaud	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:33:11
132	PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:33:22
133	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:34:36
134	MARIT Arne	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:37:14
135	BOL Cees	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:38:19
136	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:38:32
137	RENARD Alexis	Cofidis	+ 01:38:42
138	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:39:01
139	MCLAY Daniel	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:40:23
140	STEHLI Felix	Switzerland	+ 01:40:41
141	CAVENDISH Mark	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:40:42
142	MØRKØV Michael	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:41:13
143	JANSSEN Christoph	Switzerland	+ 01:42:15
144	MURGANO Marco	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 01:42:36
145	AMELLA Matteo	Team corratec - Vini Fantini	+ 01:43:10
146	BLUM Elia	Switzerland	+ 01:48:16