Tour de Suisse 2024 stage 8 highlights - João Almeida wins final time-trial but Adam Yates resists and takes yellow jersey

An internal battle within UAE Team Emirates decided the overall classification of the Tour de Suisse. After dominating every single mountain stage; Adam Yates and João Almeida raced against each other to decide the winner of the overall classification.

The best legs on the day came from the Portuguese climber who looks to be on the form of his life, winning two stages and finishing second in the GC this week, and setting up Yates for two more - and time gain on stage 4. Yates had the advantage entering stage 8, and ultimately had enough of a lead to defend his yellow jersey.

Mattias Skjelmose was third on the day and, benefiting from a bad stage from Egan Bernal (only 9th best time), also climbed to third in the GC. Matthew Riccitello and Tom Pidcock followed; whilst Lenny Martínez, Pelayo Sánchez and David de la Cruz all put on very strong rides to feature in the Top10 of the 15-kilometer time-trial that finished atop the climb to Villars-sur-Ollon.

Adam Yates wins Tour de Suisse as João Almeida wins final time-trial, his second win of the week

2024 Tour de Suisse stage 8 results:

1	ALMEIDA João	UAE Team Emirates	33.23,87
2	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	0.08,25
3	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl - Trek	0.20,43
4	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel - Premier Tech	0.37,55
5	PIDCOCK Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	0.50,70
6	MARTINEZ Lenny	Groupama - FDJ	0.55,14
7	SÁNCHEZ Pelayo	Movistar Team	1.21,85
8	DE LA CRUZ David	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	1.25,98
9	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	1.30,12
10	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1.40,86
11	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1.45,81
12	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	1.47,06
13	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain - Victorious	1.52,83
14	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	2.02,62
15	HERRADA Jesús	Cofidis	2.02,82
16	VAN DEN BROEK Frank	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2.02,88
17	VAN GILS Maxim	Lotto Dstny	2.03,58
18	TULETT Ben	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2.04,25
19	VAUQUELIN Kévin	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	2.06,76
20	GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	2.16,20
21	BADILATTI Matteo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2.20,51
22	SHAW James	EF Education - EasyPost	2.20,92
23	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	2.23,45
24	HIGUITA Sergio	BORA - hansgrohe	2.24,64
25	WILLIAMS Stephen	Israel - Premier Tech	2.33,25
26	RIVERA Brandon Smith	INEOS Grenadiers	2.36,05
27	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana Qazaqstan Team	2.36,46
28	ENGELHARDT Felix	Team Jayco AlUla	2.37,45
29	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	2.49,22
30	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2.49,67
31	BENNETT George	Israel - Premier Tech	2.50,30
32	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	2.51,09
33	CHRISTEN Jan	UAE Team Emirates	2.55,52
34	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	2.57,33
35	HOWSON Damien	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2.57,55
36	PICKERING Finlay	Bahrain - Victorious	2.57,91
37	VELASCO Simone	Astana Qazaqstan Team	2.58,69
38	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3.00,49
39	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Jayco AlUla	3.01,33
40	DEL TORO Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	3.02,27
41	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Alpecin - Deceuninck	3.03,05
42	KONRAD Patrick	Lidl - Trek	3.11,72
43	LÓPEZ Harold Martín	Astana Qazaqstan Team	3.11,85
44	LECERF William Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	3.13,86
45	MAŁECKI Kamil	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3.28,40
46	POELS Wout	Bahrain - Victorious	3.30,45
47	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3.34,86
48	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	3.36,99
49	PETERS Nans	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	3.38,84
50	TAARAMÄE Rein	Intermarché - Wanty	3.39,71
51	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin - Deceuninck	3.45,15
52	BERNARD Julien	Lidl - Trek	3.47,60
53	LAPEIRA Paul	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	3.47,70
54	PEREZ Anthony	Cofidis	3.49,31
55	CONCI Nicola	Alpecin - Deceuninck	3.50,79
56	DRIZNERS Jarrad	Lotto Dstny	3.51,88
57	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	3.52,07
58	ADRIÀ Roger	BORA - hansgrohe	3.55,13
59	TRÆEN Torstein	Bahrain - Victorious	3.55,37
60	BRENNER Marco	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3.55,78
61	COSTA Rui	EF Education - EasyPost	3.56,24
62	FISHER-BLACK Finn	UAE Team Emirates	3.56,37
63	BERHE Welay Hagos	Team Jayco AlUla	3.59,04
64	KUYPERS Gerben	Intermarché - Wanty	4.01,40
65	LAURANCE Axel	Alpecin - Deceuninck	4.02,52
66	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4.06,01
67	MONIQUET Sylvain	Lotto Dstny	4.07,18
68	HEIDUK Kim	INEOS Grenadiers	4.15,96
69	ZWIEHOFF Ben	BORA - hansgrohe	4.21,24
70	PÜNTENER Fabio	Swiss Cycling	4.21,55
71	OOMEN Sam	Lidl - Trek	4.23,68
72	WARBASSE Larry	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	4.25,86
73	FRIGO Marco	Israel - Premier Tech	4.28,02
74	GUGLIELMI Simon	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	4.28,89
75	BISSEGGER Stefan	EF Education - EasyPost	4.19,24
76	JACOBS Johan	Movistar Team	4.32,06
77	GESINK Robert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4.36,63
78	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Groupama - FDJ	4.37,89
79	HIRSCHI Marc	UAE Team Emirates	4.41,19
80	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4.41,37
81	THALMANN Roland	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4.42,99
82	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar Team	4.50,73
83	ALBANESE Vincenzo	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	4.50,97
84	CALZONI Walter	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5.02,46
85	JENNI Luca	Swiss Cycling	5.04,08
86	BUSATTO Francesco	Intermarché - Wanty	5.07
87	ACKERMANN Pascal	Israel - Premier Tech	5.08,05
88	BOL Cees	Astana Qazaqstan Team	5.08,81
89	NYS Thibau	Lidl - Trek	5.10,79
90	VADER Milan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	5.10,97
91	BARONCINI Filippo	UAE Team Emirates	5.11,55
92	PUCCIO Salvatore	INEOS Grenadiers	5.12,75
93	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	5.12,78
94	WILKSCH Hannes	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5.16,79
95	DELAPLACE Anthony	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	5.19,02
96	AZPARREN Xabier Mikel	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5.19,08
97	DARBELLAY Valentin	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	5.24,16
98	DILLIER Silvan	Alpecin - Deceuninck	5.24,73
99	WANDAHL Frederik	BORA - hansgrohe	5.25,48
100	WOOD Harrison	Cofidis	5.26
101	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama - FDJ	5.29,57
102	UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	5.35,37
103	PETILLI Simone	Intermarché - Wanty	5.39,53
104	LAMPAERT Yves	Soudal Quick-Step	5.40,05
105	BLUM Elia	Swiss Cycling	5.41,80
106	ANDRESEN Tobias Lund	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5.44,11
107	PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan	Bahrain - Victorious	5.44,79
108	DE GENDT Aimé	Cofidis	5.45,28
109	MAYRHOFER Marius	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5.46,17
110	THOMPSON Reuben	Groupama - FDJ	5.47,05
111	BALMER Alexandre	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	5.57,45
112	BITTNER Pavel	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	6.00,17
113	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA - hansgrohe	6.00,80
114	WIRTGEN Luc	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6.05,25
115	PASQUALON Andrea	Bahrain - Victorious	6.06,05
116	BASTIAENS Ayco	Soudal Quick-Step	6.07,36
117	MURGANO Marco	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	6.16,29
118	MOSCA Jacopo	Lidl - Trek	6.20,92
119	DEWULF Stan	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	6.23,29
120	DEBONS Antoine	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	6.24,13
121	SCHMID Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	6.25,97
122	RENARD Alexis	Cofidis	6.27,39
123	AMELLA Matteo	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	6.31,04
124	CAVENDISH Mark	Astana Qazaqstan Team	6.34,81
125	HAYTER Ethan	INEOS Grenadiers	6.43,29
126	DÉMARE Arnaud	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	6.44,22
127	MØRKØV Michael	Astana Qazaqstan Team	6.48,95
128	BEULLENS Cedric	Lotto Dstny	6.49,01
129	FLYNN Sean	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	6.50,32
130	SOMMER Jan	Swiss Cycling	6.55,41
131	GONZÁLEZ Roberto Carlos	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	7.29,57
132	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Dstny	7.15,95
133	GELDERS Gil	Soudal Quick-Step	7.25,05
134	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl	Team Jayco AlUla	7.27,15
135	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama - FDJ	7.31,41
136	STÖCKLI Jan	Team Corratec - Vini Fantini	7.33,70
137	MARIT Arne	Intermarché - Wanty	7.35,42
138	STEHLI Félix	Swiss Cycling	7.39,26
139	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Israel - Premier Tech	7.40,46
140	FOLDAGER Anders	Team Jayco AlUla	8.03,30
141	MCLAY Daniel	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	8.05,98
142	WATSON Samuel	Groupama - FDJ	8.06,33
143	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	EF Education - EasyPost	8.09,78
144	JANSSEN Christoph	Swiss Cycling	8.17,55
DNS	MEEUS Jordi	BORA - hansgrohe	-
DNS	COQUARD Bryan	Cofidis	-