As expected the GC battle exploded on the slopes of the Gotthard Pass. @Eganbernal was right up there in fifth - which sees him move up to fourth on GC at #TourdeSuisse 👊
"It helps us to realize the condition we're in" - Impressive Egan Bernal up to 4th overall at 2024 Tour de Suisse following first summit finish
CyclingWednesday, 12 June 2024 at 22:00
Egan Bernal finished fifth in the first high mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse 2024. The Colombian of the INEOS Grenadiers continues to prove that he is back at a very high level after coming close to tragedy a couple of years ago.
This latest performance has also allowed the British team's leader to move up to fourth overall, behind only Adam Yates, Joao Almeida and Mattias Skjelmose. After the finish, the 27-year-old rider was asked about his feelings during the day and about that final climb that chained two mountain passes, one of second category followed by another of first: "I think it was a good test. It was a pretty long climb, very hard, but good, I think it helps us to realize the condition we're in," Egan answered.
The Colombian continues to prepare himself for the Tour de France, where he will be one of the leaders of INEOS along with Geraint Thomas, Carlos Rodriguez and Tom Pidcock. It is a race that he already won in 2019 and where he was expected to triumph on several occasions but crashes and health problems have prevented him from doing so. However, making act of greatness and courage, Bernal is again among the elite of world cycling, although he no longer aspires to achievements of the level of those achieved by Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard.
This season he has already been fifth in the final general classification of the Tour Colombia, third in O Gran Camiño, seventh in Paris-Nice, third in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and tenth in the Tour de Romandie, finishing in the Top 10 of all the stage races he has entered, with a good level of participants present in all of them.
Overall classification of the Tour de Suisse 2024 after stage 4.
| Position | Name | Team | Weather |
| 1 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates | 11:50:08 |
| ALMEIDA Joao | UAE Team Emirates | + 26 | |
| SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 26 | |
| BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 49 | |
| 5 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:15 |
| ONLEY Oscar | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:17 | |
| MORE Enric | Movistar Team | + 01:17 | |
| UIJTDEBROEKS Cyan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:21 | |
| RICCITELLO Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:25 | |
| GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:42 | |
| PIDCOCK Tom | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:42 | |
| HIGUITA Sergio | BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:48 | |
| POELS Wout | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:50 | |
| DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 01:56 | |
| MARTINEZ Lenny | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:57 | |
| BENNETT George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:00 | |
| CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:02 | |
| SANCHEZ Pelayo | Movistar Team | + 02:02 | |
| PARET-PEINTRE Valentin | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 02:07 | |
| VAN GILS Maxim | Lotto Dstny | + 02:10 | |
| DE LA CRUZ David | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 02:13 | |
| LÓPEZ Martin | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 02:16 | |
| CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates | + 02:20 | |
| RUBIO Einer | Movistar Team | + 02:23 | |
| VERVAEKE Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 02:33 | |
| BADILATTI Matteo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 02:38 | |
| ADRIÀ Roger | BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:45 | |
| RIVERA Brandon | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:48 | |
| WILLIAMS Stephen | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:49 | |
| BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:50 | |
| HAYTER Ethan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:52 | |
| PICKERING Finlay | Bahrain Victorious | + 02:57 | |
| VOISARD Yannis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 03:02 | |
| BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 03:03 | |
| LECERF William Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 03:12 | |
| MONIQUET Sylvain | Lotto Dstny | + 03:32 | |
| STAUNE-MITTET Johannes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 03:54 | |
| SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 04:04 | |
| KONRAD Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 04:07 | |
| LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04:12 | |
| MOLARD Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | + 04:26 | |
| 42 | OOMEN Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 04:31 |
| 43 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 04:33 |
| TULETT Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:49 | |
| 45 | VALTER Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:57 |
| VAN DEN BROEK Frank | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 05:13 | |
| FISHER-BLACK Finn | UAE Team Emirates | + 05:51 | |
| ZWIEHOFF Ben | BORA-hansgrohe | + 06:01 | |
| CONCI Nicola | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 06:32 | |
| WARBASSE Lawrence | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 06:40 | |
| 51 | GARCIA Raul | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 06:47 |
| 52 | VADER Milan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 08:06 |
| DILLIER Silvan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 08:08 | |
| FOLDAGER Anders | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 08:11 | |
| HERRADA Jesus | Cofidis | + 09:49 | |
| MATTHEWS Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 10:33 | |
| TAARAMÄE Rein | Intermarché-Wanty | + 10:57 | |
| 58 | BAUDIN Alex | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 11:30 |
| GUGLIELMI Simon | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 11:44 | |
| HOWSON Damien | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 12:21 | |
| THALMANN Roland | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 12:33 | |
| CALMEJANE Lilian | Intermarché-Wanty | + 12:46 | |
| LEEMREIZE Gijs | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 12:51 | |
| HAMILTON Chris | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 12:52 | |
| OLIVEIRA Nelson | Movistar Team | + 13:16 | |
| SHAW James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 14:02 | |
| WOOD Harrison | Cofidis | + 14:25 | |
| IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | + 14:48 | |
| COSTA Rui | EF Education-EasyPost | + 14:51 | |
| LUTSENKO Alexey | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 15:12 | |
| BARONCINI Filippo | UAE Team Emirates | + 15:16 | |
| MAYRHOFER Marius | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 15:40 | |
| TRÆEN Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 16:19 | |
| GESINK Robert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 16:21 | |
| ARCAS Jorge | Movistar Team | + 16:38 | |
| BERNARD Julien | Lidl-Trek | + 16:49 | |
| WANDAHL Frederik | BORA-hansgrohe | + 17:08 | |
| FRIGO Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | + 17:20 | |
| STEINHAUSER Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 17:45 | |
| THOMPSON Reuben | Groupama-FDJ | + 17:47 | |
| 81 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 18:35 |
| 82 | DELAPLACE Anthony | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 19:37 |
| RODRIGUEZ Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 19:47 | |
| DE GENDT Aimé | Cofidis | + 20:19 | |
| WILKSCH Hannes | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 20:42 | |
| 86 | DARBELLAY Valentin | Team corratec - Vini Fantini | + 20:43 |
| 87 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 20:52 |
| 88 | PEREZ Anthony | Cofidis | + 22:35 |
| DEWULF Stan | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 23:16 | |
| 90 | STEWART Jake | Israel-Premier Tech | + 23:21 |
| 91 | REICHENBACH Sebastien | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 23:33 |
| 92 | WIRTGEN Luc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 23:51 |
| BEULLENS Cédric | Lotto Dstny | + 23:54 | |
| PÜNTENER Fabio | Switzerland | + 24:08 | |
| 95 | CALZONI Walter | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 24:09 |
| FLYNN Sean | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 24:59 | |
| CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain Victorious | + 25:15 | |
| HEIDUK Kim | INEOS Grenadiers | + 26:05 | |
| 99 | PETERS Nans | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 26:08 |
| PASQUALON Andrea | Bahrain Victorious | + 28:31 |
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