PREVIEW | Tour de Suisse 2025 stage 4 - Intriguing mid-stage climb offers opportunity for long-range GC chaos
CyclingWednesday, 18 June 2025 at 09:56
From the 15th to 22nd of June the World Tour peloton will tackle the Tour de Suisse, one of the hardest races in the calendar and the last of the 'big 7' one-week stage-races in the calendar. We preview stage 4.
You could almost call it a transition day, as the opening kilometers of stage 4 are pan-flat and through the mountains heading down south. Nothing to note until the riders reach the one climb of the day, which is not easy by any means.
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Stage 4: Heiden - Piruo, 193.2 kilometers
The climb to the 2110-meter high Splugenpass is very long, although it has flat sections inbetween. Officially, it is the final 8.8 kilometers that are usually taken as the climb itself, averaging over 7% - which in this altitude will definitely feel more difficult.
The climb finishes with 46 kilometers to go however, although most of them are downhill as the riders lose 1900 meters in altitude. The finale will be in Borgonuovo di Piuru across the border in Italy already; and it will be a slightly uphill finale for those who are still in contention for the stage win.
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Map Tour de Suisse 2025 stage 4
Prediction Tour de Suisse 2025 stage 4:
*** Pello Bilbao
** Joao Almeida, Tiesj Benoot
* Rui Costa, Romain Gregoire, Kevin Vauquelin, Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi
** Joao Almeida, Tiesj Benoot
* Rui Costa, Romain Gregoire, Kevin Vauquelin, Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi
Pick: Pello Bilbao
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