Egan Bernal, excellent attrition work: he got rid of several rivals in the Tour of Switzerland

Bryan Coquard won this Monday’s stage of the Return to Switzerlandwhich took place between Vaduz and Regensdorf, of 177 kilometers, in which Yves Lampaert remains the leader and the best Colombian continues to be Egan Bernal (Ineos).

Nairo arrived back

The stage was not at all calm, as the cyclists made it hard, perhaps, thinking of getting rid of several rivals facing the mountain from next Wednesday until Sunday at the end. Bernal was key.

He put his gregarious people to work on the promotion terrain in order to free the main group of strong men who could go against their objectives.

Bernal moved up five places overall, but the most important thing is that the runner from Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, He looks good, ahead of the group and working hard to go for the podium in Switzerland.

“It has been a great stage, a good victory and that helps us facing the Tour de France. It was a tough day in which I took advantage of the last meters for the victory,” said the winner of the day.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was in a fall, but his health is not the best and he paid dearly for the blow after staying out of the main peloton and reached the finish line at two minutes and 23 seconds, next to Damiano Caruso, one of the contenders for the title and one less rival for Bernal.

The important thing is that Egan Bernal is ahead in the general standings of strong men like Richard Carapaz. Enric Mas, Cian Uijtdebroekswho are great opponents in this eight-stage competition.

Quintana, who is in Switzerland to help Mas, gives up the option of being ahead, but Movistar also confirms that Rubio, from Boyacá, is another of the cards for the fight.

Classifications

Stage
1. Bryan Coquard 4h 06m 39s
2. Michael Matthews mt
3. Arnaud de Lie mt
4. Brandon Rivera MT
14. Adam Yates mt
15. Richard Carapaz mt
18. Yves Lampaert mt
20. Enric Mas mt
39. Egan Bernal mt
41. Sergio Higuita mt
43. Cian Uijtdebroeks mt
45. Joao Almeida mt
57. Einer Rubio mt
106. Damiano Caruso at 2 min 23 s
107. Nairo Quintana to mt

General
1. Yves Lampaert 4h 11m 44s
2. Ethan Hayter at 4s
3. Joao Almeida at 7 seconds
21. Adam Yates at 15s
39. Egan Bernal at 18 seconds
40. Brandon Rivera at 19s
44. Enric Mas mt
54. Richard Carapaz at 23 s
55. Sergio Higuita mt
56. Cian Uijtdebroeks mt
74. Einer Rubio at 28 s