Tour de Suisse 2024 stage 6 GC Update: Joao Almeida closes gap and proves Adam Yates biggest threat
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Stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse 2024 offered the spectator a very short day of cycling of 42 km, but with a fight for the general classification due to its high finish on the final ascent to Blatten. João Almeida took the stage victory, finishing ahead of his teammate and yellow jersey Adam Yates.
Yates attacked on the final climb, and his teammate Almeida along with Egan Bernal and Mattias Skjelmose followed behind. In the end, the general classification leader strengthened his lead despite losing some time to Almeida himself. With two stages to go, the brilliant UAE Team Emirates duo have the yellow jersey completely under control.
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Bernal maintains the 3rd position overall, extending the lead over the 4th classified, now Mattias Skjelmose. The Lidl-Trek rider replaces Enric Mas who drops to 5th place, losing a lot of time to the Colombian of the INEOS Grenadiers in the fight for the podium. Skjelmose is 56 seconds behind Bernal, and Mas is 1 minute and 10 seconds behind.
As for the rest of the Top 10 positions, Matthew Riccitello is the other rider next to Enric Mas to be affected by Skjelmose's move up from 6th to 4th, as the American drops to 6th place himself. Tom Pidcock moves up one position from 8th to 7th, gaining on Oscar Onley, who now occupies the British rider's position before the start of the stage. Felix Gall enters the Top 10 moving up from 11th to 9th place, with Pelayo Sanchez completing the top 10
Tour de Suisse 2024 stage 6 GC Update
| 1 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates | 16:39:46 |
| 2 | ALMEIDA Joao | UAE Team Emirates | + 27 |
| 3 | BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:28 |
| 4 | SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 02:24 |
| 5 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | + 02:38 |
| 6 | RICCITELLO Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:42 |
| 7 | PIDCOCK Tom | INEOS Grenadiers | + 03:28 |
| 8 | ONLEY Oscar | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 03:37 |
| 9 | GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04:01 |
| 10 | SANCHEZ Pelayo | Movistar Team | + 04:28 |
| 11 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:33 |
| 12 | HIGUITA Sergio | BORA-hansgrohe | + 04:48 |
| 13 | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 05:15 |
| 14 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Groupama-FDJ | + 05:54 |
| 15 | UIJTDEBROEKS Cian | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 06:22 |
| 16 | BENNETT George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 06:44 |
| 17 | POELS Wout | Bahrain Victorious | + 06:44 |
| 18 | DE LA CRUZ David | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 06:56 |
| 19 | BADILATTI Matteo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 07:02 |
| 20 | BRENNER Marco | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 07:05 |
| 21 | PICKERING Finlay | Bahrain Victorious | + 07:32 |
| 22 | LÓPEZ Martin | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 07:41 |
| 23 | LECERF William Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 08:13 |
| 24 | RIVERA Brandon | INEOS Grenadiers | + 10:23 |
| 25 | KONRAD Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 12:11 |
| 26 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 12:19 |
| 27 | OOMEN Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 12:52 |
| 28 | PARET-PEINTRE Valentin | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 13:11 |
| 29 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama-FDJ | + 14:11 |
| 30 | TULETT Ben | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 15:19 |
| 31 | GARCÍA Raúl | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 15:20 |
| 32 | RUBIO Einer | Movistar Team | + 16:21 |
| 33 | VOISARD Yannis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 17:04 |
| 34 | VAN GILS Maxim | Lotto Dstny | + 17:05 |
| 35 | VERVAEKE Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 17:10 |
| 36 | VALTER Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 17:15 |
| 37 | STAUNE-MITTET Johannes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 17:50 |
| 38 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 18:34 |
| 39 | VAN DEN BROEK Frank | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 19:15 |
| 40 | TAARAMÄE Rein | Intermarché-Wanty | + 19:21 |
| 41 | CHRISTEN Jan | UAE Team Emirates | + 19:41 |
| 42 | HERRADA Jesus | Cofidis | + 20:58 |
| 43 | COSTA Rui | EF Education-EasyPost | + 21:07 |
| 44 | DILLIER Silvan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 21:28 |
| 45 | ZWIEHOFF Ben | BORA-hansgrohe | + 22:45 |
| 46 | LEEMREIZE Gijs | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 23:17 |
| 47 | VADER Milan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 23:27 |
| 48 | WOOD Harrison | Cofidis | + 23:29 |
| 49 | HAYTER Ethan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 23:31 |
| 50 | FOLDAGER Anders | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 24:47 |
| 51 | ADRIÀ Roger | BORA-hansgrohe | + 24:56 |
| 52 | MONIQUET Sylvain | Lotto Dstny | + 25:57 |
| 53 | SHAW James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 26:19 |
| 54 | WARBASSE Lawrence | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 28:40 |
| 55 | CONCI Nicola | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 28:57 |
| 56 | SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 29:26 |
| 57 | RODRÍGUEZ Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 29:55 |
| 58 | HOWSON Damien | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 29:57 |
| 59 | BERNARD Julien | Lidl-Trek | + 29:59 |
| 60 | THALMANN Roland | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 30:09 |
| 61 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | + 30:22 |
| 62 | HAMILTON Chris | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 30:28 |
| 63 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | Movistar Team | + 30:43 |
| 64 | THOMPSON Reuben | Groupama-FDJ | + 30:56 |
| 65 | BAUDIN Alex | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 32:17 |
| 66 | GESINK Robert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 33:08 |
| 67 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 33:27 |
| 68 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 34:34 |
| 69 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Israel-Premier Tech | + 34:44 |
| 70 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar Team | + 34:55 |
| 71 | GUGLIELMI Simon | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 35:01 |
| 72 | FRIGO Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | + 36:16 |
| 73 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 37:28 |
| 74 | FISHER-BLACK Finn | UAE Team Emirates | + 37:46 |
| 75 | WILKSCH Hannes | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 38:18 |
| 76 | WANDAHL Frederik | BORA-hansgrohe | + 38:30 |
| 77 | BALMER Alexandre | Team corratec - Vini Fantini | + 38:55 |
| 78 | MAYRHOFER Marius | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 40:04 |
| 79 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 40:29 |
| 80 | LUTSENKO Alexey | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 40:39 |
| 81 | DELAPLACE Anthony | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 41:37 |
| 82 | PÜNTENER Fabio | Switzerland | + 41:42 |
| 83 | BUSATTO Francesco | Intermarché-Wanty | + 42:15 |
| 84 | CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain Victorious | + 43:03 |
| 85 | BARONCINI Filippo | UAE Team Emirates | + 43:41 |
| 86 | VAN DEN BERG Marijn | EF Education-EasyPost | + 43:57 |
| 87 | TRÆEN Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 44:46 |
| 88 | LAMPAERT Yves | Soudal Quick-Step | + 45:33 |
| 89 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | Groupama-FDJ | + 45:45 |
| 90 | CALZONI Walter | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 45:51 |
| 91 | PETERS Nans | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 46:25 |
| 92 | DEWULF Stan | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 46:42 |
| 93 | NYS Thibau | Lidl-Trek | + 47:02 |
| 94 | GELDERS Gil | Soudal Quick-Step | + 47:25 |
| 95 | WIRTGEN Luc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 47:50 |
| 96 | BEULLENS Cédric | Lotto Dstny | + 48:28 |
| 97 | DE GENDT Aimé | Cofidis | + 48:46 |
| 98 | DE LIE Arnaud | Lotto Dstny | + 49:24 |
| 99 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 49:38 |
| 100 | VELASCO Simone | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 50:26 |
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
His reporting spans the full racing calendar, from one-day classics to stage races, with a focus on accurate, real-time coverage and clear contextual analysis. For statistics, results, and historical context, he regularly uses resources such as ProCyclingStats. To support reporting on rider activity and training context where relevant, he also references Strava.
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