Egan Bernal defeated himself in the very tough stage of the Tour of Switzerland: he came fifth and rose in the general classification

It was anticipated before the start of the fourth stage that the general classification was going to move and the forecast was fulfilled in the Ascent to Gotthard Passa mountain prize with an average inclination percentage of 6.7 percent in the last 8.1 kilometers.

Dillier Silvan, Træen Torstein, Coquard Bryan, Calmejane Lilian, Kuypers Gerben, Matthews Michael and Thalmann Roland starred in the escape of the day, under the gaze of the main group that gave the runners a free track to gain distance.

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The Colombians Egan Bernal, Brandon Rivera, Einer Rubio, Sergio Higuita and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz were traveling with the main batch that was being pulled by the Movistar Team, which decided not to press the accelerator.

The breakaway group managed to take more than 4 minutes ahead of the favorites, but that time began to drop with the arrival of the last first-class mountain climb.

Felix Gail He was the first to move the platoon and the only one to mark it was the Colombian from Ineos Brando Rivera, who stuck to the wheel and did not allow him to make differences. The group connected the two runners, but still had that doubt as to who was going to set the pace, while the leader, Alberto Bettiol, began to falter and was losing time.
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​In the midst of so much indecision in the lot, the British Adam Yates He decided to go out and hunt down Træen Torstein and go for victory against the passivity of the favorites. Back, Mattias Skjelmose He also changed pace and Egan Bernal responded by trying to get there to mark.

Træen Torstein managed to complete the task when it seemed that he had no strength left in his legs and took the victory of the Tour of Switzerland fraction. Egan Bernal gave the positive note by finishing in fifth position, 1 minute behind the winner and making the climb in the general classification.

The Ineos rider remains firm in the fight for the title and went from 16th place to fourth place overall, 49 seconds behind Adam Yates, who finished the race in second place and displaced Bettiol from the lead.