Gino Mäder leads Bahrain - Victorious at home Tour de Suisse

Bahrain - Victorious are having substantial focus on the Critérium du Dauphiné so as to prepare for the Tour de France, but over at the Tour de Suisse Gino Mäder will be riding towards a strong result.

Gino Mäder will be in the helm of the team for his home race, which he calls "the highlight of my season". Mäder has raced to second place at the Tour de Romandie and will be looking to replicate the result. "I want to do better than last year. Last year I had a stage win, although this year, I’ll be aiming more for the GC. I’m going in the race ready to fight," he said in a press release.

The team will be focusing around his overall classification goals, with the support of Hermann Pernsteiner and Stephen Williams who can also look for opportunities in the hilly and mountainous stages.

Bahrain - Victorious for Tour de Suisse: Gino Mäder, Yukiya Arashiro, Filip Maciejuk, Johan Price-Pejtersen, Hermann Pernsteiner, Stephen Williams and Edoardo Zambanini.