Tour de Suisse 2024 stage 4 GC Update: Adam Yates leads UAE Team Emirates 1-2 from Joao Almeida
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Stage 4 of the Tour of Switzerland 2024 promised to be the first big battle for the general classification as it was the first day of high mountains. In the end, the big winner of the day was Adam Yates despite Torstein Traeen holding on for the stage win from the breakaway.
The UAE Team Emirates rider did not hesitate to attack from the peloton in search of the stage victory, although it finally went to Traeen. But at least it served him to wear yellow, succeeding Alberto Bettiol who lost it after the EF Education-EasyPost rider was dropped on the final climb of the stage, being unable to keep up with the pace of the peloton.
The Top 3 is completed by the yellow jersey's UAE Team Emirates teammate, Joao Almeida, 26 seconds behind, and defending Tour de Suisse champion, Mattias Skjelmose, 3rd, with the same time difference. Egan Bernal, for his part, showed good legs on the final climb, and managed to move into the 4th overall position, 49 seconds behind the leader, Yates.
The rest of the Top 10 is completed by the following riders: Wilco Kelderman is 5th, 1 minute and 15 seconds behind Adam Yates, despite suffering a crash on the final climb. Oscar Onley is 6th, 1 minute and 17 seconds behind the leader; Enric Mas 7th, Cian Uijtdebroeks is the second Visma in the Top 10 with his 8th place; Matthew Riccitello gives Israel - Premier Tech a presence in the top ranks with his 9th place; and Felix Gall of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale completes the overall Top 10 after stage 4.
Tour de Suisse 2024 stage 4 GC Update:
| 1 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates | 11:50:08 |
| 2 | ALMEIDA Joao | UAE Team Emirates | + 26 |
| 3 | SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 26 |
| 4 | BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 49 |
| 5 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:15 |
| 6 | ONLEY Oscar | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:17 |
| 7 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | + 01:17 |
| 8 | UIJTDEBROEKS Cian | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:21 |
| 9 | RICCITELLO Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:25 |
| 10 | GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:42 |
| 11 | PIDCOCK Tom | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:42 |
| 12 | HIGUITA Sergio | BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:48 |
| 13 | POELS Wout | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:50 |
| 14 | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 01:56 |
| 15 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:57 |
| 16 | BENNETT George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:00 |
| 17 | CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:02 |
| 18 | SANCHEZ Pelayo | Movistar Team | + 02:02 |
| 19 | PARET-PEINTRE Valentin | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 02:07 |
| 20 | VAN GILS Maxim | Lotto Dstny | + 02:10 |
| 21 | DE LA CRUZ David | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 02:13 |
| 22 | LÓPEZ Martin | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 02:16 |
| 23 | CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates | + 02:20 |
| 24 | RUBIO Einer | Movistar Team | + 02:23 |
| 25 | VERVAEKE Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 02:33 |
| 26 | BADILATTI Matteo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 02:38 |
| 27 | ADRIÀ Roger | BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:45 |
| 28 | RIVERA Brandon | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:48 |
| 29 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:49 |
| 30 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:50 |
| 31 | HAYTER Ethan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:52 |
| 32 | PICKERING Finlay | Bahrain Victorious | + 02:57 |
| 33 | VOISARD Yannis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 03:02 |
| 34 | BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 03:03 |
| 35 | LECERF William Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 03:12 |
| 36 | MONIQUET Sylvain | Lotto Dstny | + 03:32 |
| 37 | STAUNE-MITTET Johannes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 03:54 |
| 38 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 04:04 |
| 39 | KONRAD Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 04:07 |
| 40 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04:12 |
| 41 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | + 04:26 |
| 42 | OOMEN Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 04:31 |
| 43 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 04:33 |
| 44 | TULETT Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:49 |
| 45 | VALTER Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:57 |
| 46 | VAN DEN BROEK Frank | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 05:13 |
| 47 | FISHER-BLACK Finn | UAE Team Emirates | + 05:51 |
| 48 | ZWIEHOFF Ben | BORA-hansgrohe | + 06:01 |
| 49 | CONCI Nicola | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 06:32 |
| 50 | WARBASSE Lawrence | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 06:40 |
| 51 | GARCÍA Raúl | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 06:47 |
| 52 | VADER Milan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 08:06 |
| 53 | DILLIER Silvan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 08:08 |
| 54 | FOLDAGER Anders | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 08:11 |
| 55 | HERRADA Jesus | Cofidis | + 09:49 |
| 56 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 10:33 |
| 57 | TAARAMÄE Rein | Intermarché-Wanty | + 10:57 |
| 58 | BAUDIN Alex | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 11:30 |
| 59 | GUGLIELMI Simon | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 11:44 |
| 60 | HOWSON Damien | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 12:21 |
| 61 | THALMANN Roland | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 12:33 |
| 62 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Intermarché-Wanty | + 12:46 |
| 63 | LEEMREIZE Gijs | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 12:51 |
| 64 | HAMILTON Chris | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 12:52 |
| 65 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | Movistar Team | + 13:16 |
| 66 | SHAW James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 14:02 |
| 67 | WOOD Harrison | Cofidis | + 14:25 |
| 68 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | + 14:48 |
| 69 | COSTA Rui | EF Education-EasyPost | + 14:51 |
| 70 | LUTSENKO Alexey | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 15:12 |
| 71 | BARONCINI Filippo | UAE Team Emirates | + 15:16 |
| 72 | MAYRHOFER Marius | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 15:40 |
| 73 | TRÆEN Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 16:19 |
| 74 | GESINK Robert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 16:21 |
| 75 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar Team | + 16:38 |
| 76 | BERNARD Julien | Lidl-Trek | + 16:49 |
| 77 | WANDAHL Frederik | BORA-hansgrohe | + 17:08 |
| 78 | FRIGO Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | + 17:20 |
| 79 | STEINHAUSER Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 17:45 |
| 80 | THOMPSON Reuben | Groupama-FDJ | + 17:47 |
| 81 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 18:35 |
| 82 | DELAPLACE Anthony | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 19:37 |
| 83 | RODRÍGUEZ Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 19:47 |
| 84 | DE GENDT Aimé | Cofidis | + 20:19 |
| 85 | 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 |
| 89 | 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 |
| 93 | BEULLENS Cédric | Lotto Dstny | + 23:54 |
| 94 | PÜNTENER Fabio | Switzerland | + 24:08 |
| 95 | CALZONI Walter | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 24:09 |
| 96 | FLYNN Sean | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 24:59 |
| 97 | CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain Victorious | + 25:15 |
| 98 | HEIDUK Kim | INEOS Grenadiers | + 26:05 |
| 99 | PETERS Nans | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 26:08 |
| 100 | PASQUALON Andrea | Bahrain Victorious | + 28:31 |
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As expected, Adam Yates was the strongest today on Gotthardpass and gained important time on all of his GC rivals. He's now the Yellow Jersey and favourite to win this bike race. #TDS2024
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