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Hello and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse.

We'll have all the action from the 191km stage from Grenchen to Brunnen. 

The stage starts outside the velodrome today

Peter Sagan speaks before the start of stage 4

🇨🇭 | Tour de Suisse 🚵🗣️ @petosagan before the fourth stage of the TDS 2022 👇#Pickxsports #Cycling #TDS #TourDeSuisse #TDS2022 #Interview #PeterSagan pic.twitter.com/WfzXCzfTcW June 15, 2022

We're less than 15 minutes from the start of the stage

Here's Peter Sagan winning stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse

Here are the Ineos Grenadiers team at the signing on. The peloton are about to roll out of the neutralised section in less than ten minutes

The riders are moving off from the depart fictif . Four none-starters: Frederick Wandahl (Bora-Hansgrohe); Kasper Asgreen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl); Jay Vine (Alpecin-Fenix) and Jan Maas (BikeExchange-Jayco).

Stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, 190.8 kilometres from Grenchen to Brunnen  is officially underway. 144 riders still in the race. 

It's a fast start with numerous attacks and a few riders have punctured including former Tour de Suisse multiple winner Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates). Not a time when you want a puncture.

These are the standings from stage 3. Rui Costa, meanwhile, has had a bike change.

Still no breakaway and the first climb of the day, the third category Kappelen, is fast looming on the horizon.

Update from Alpecin-Fenix on why Jay Vine had to quit the Tour de Suisse

🇨🇭 #TourdeSuisse2022 ❌ @JayVine3 has been forced to retire from the @tds due to maladaptation to the heat, resulting in dehydration despite max. application of hydration plans. It was no longer medically justified to have him continue the race. We wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/EfQIShMvay June 15, 2022

Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal), Markus Hoelgaard (Trek-Segafredo) and Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix) steal a march on the peloton and rapidly build up a respectable margin of 1-30.

We're on the fourth straight  hilly stage of the Tour de Suisse, and this one features the bones of 2,000 metres of vertical climbing. The three man break are already at the foot of the first of two categorized ascents, the Kol de Kappelen, a three kilometre third category effort at a relatively benign 5.5 percent. Relatively.

And as the three man break reaches the summit of the Capellen the temperatures continue to rise on yet another warm, dry day and their gap opens up to over five minutes. Bahrain Victorious and Ineos Grenadiers lead the chase. Holmes is the best placed of the three on GC at just over 10 minutes.

Over the summit of the Kapellen, Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal) claims top points on offer, Mark Hoelgaard (Trek-Segafredo) is second, Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix) third. The bunch now a fraction under 5 minutes behind.

And here we have one of the first photos of the day of our trio of breakaways: Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal), Mark Hoelgaard (Trek-Segafredo) and Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix).

The race has come off a fast-ish descent from the third category Kapellen, and the break of three has 4-46 on a peloton where Movistar have taken over from Ineos Grenadiers in a working alliance with Bahrain Victorious, who (let's not forget) lead the race with young British pro. Stevie Williams, to keep the move under control.

EF Education-EasyPost join the hunt of the three riders ahead, and the gap on the break is beginning to shrink. Almost 5 minutes when the race came off the Kapellen climb, it's now standing at just over 4.

After a blisteringly fast start (47.6 kmh average in the first hour), the race now faces the best part of 100 kilometres of rolling Swiss countryside. Meantime, Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux), one of the multiple crash victims on Tuesday, is reported to be struggling.

All the remaining setpiece flashpoints for the stage feature late on in today's 190 kilometre stage. That's a hot spot sprint at Vitnau at km 144;  another sprint at Bergstrasse at km 166;  and then the main climbing challenge of the day, the second category Sattel at km 175.8, its summit at less than 15 kilometres to go.

And as the thermometer inches towards a warm 30 degrees out there in the Swiss countryside, the bunch are making inroads on the three riders' advantage, with the gap ebbing to just over 3 minutes.

While today's racing unfolds, there's plenty to read on the Cycingnews site regarding the Tour de Suisse overall. Hot off the virtual press is this article on how yesterday's 18th TdS stage win of his career for Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) represents a shot across the bows of his rivals in the upcoming Tour de France. Peter Sagan's Tour de Suisse victory a signal of intent for Tour de France

Meanwhile elsewhere in central Europe,  following his sadly truncated Ardennes Classics campaign, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) makes his return to racing  on home soil at the Tour of Slovenia today. Interest in how Pogačar, the defending champion at Slovenia, will fare in the five-day stage race is high, for reasons too obvious to mention, but arguably the biggest one from an international point of view is that Slovenia is his last race before the Tour de France. We'll be bringing you a full race report and news update from there when the stage ends later today, of course, but meantime my colleague Barry Ryan has produced this great preview of Pogačar's return to the Tour of Slovenia here.  

And still it drops. As we reach the 100 kilometres to go marker, the gap on our breakaway trio of the day, Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal), Mark Hoelgaard (Trek-Segafredo), Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix), is now down to 2-45.

Crash in the bunch. Riders from QuickStep-AlphaVinyl, Trek-Segafredo are reportedly down while BikeExchange-Jayco's Damien Howsen needs a wheel change.

James Knox (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) is reported to be one of the riders involved in the crash, the gap on the break is now to 2-17

James Knox (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) is now back in the bunch following the crash affecting several riders. As is  his compatriot Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers) after a puncture. The gap between the bunch and the three ahead, incidentally, has now stabilized at just under 2 minutes.

Thymen Arensman (DSM) is reported to have abandoned. He was lying 40th overall.

Having just completed the Giro d'Italia, Arensman has reportedly being suffering from dehydration today in this hot weather. It's roughly 30 degrees out there.

#TourdeSuisse 🇨🇭 - 🏁 78 kmDNF 🇳🇱 Arensman! Communication from the team says he’s suffering a lot from the heat and dehydration. #DomestiqueLive June 15, 2022

The gap on our three breakaways, Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal), Mark Hoelgaard (Trek-Segafredo) and Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix) continues to shrink remorselessly. Now down to 1-37. 

Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo), currently heading the King of the Mountains classification in this year's Tour de Suisse, has a mechanical. The gap on the break continues to dwindle very gently, and is now down to 1-20.

Some beautiful scenery today on the Tour de Suisse, currently heading east through the centre of the country to finish at the town of Brunnen.

And as the race winds its way alongside a lake, the bunch give the three ahead - longstanding breakaway Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal), Mark Hoelgaard (Trek-Segafredo), Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Fenix) -  a sort of reprieve and the gap rises to nearly 2 minutes again.

Holmes takes the hot spot sprint at Vitznau, 48 kilometres from the finish in Brunnen, ahead of Hoelgard and Janssens. No time bonuses for the GC contenders, then. Gap at 1-48.

Just a reminder what's left to go. There's another sprint in the town of Bergstrasse at km 166,  and then the main climbing challenge of the day, the second category Sattel at km 175.8, around 14 kilometres to go. The Sattel is only 3 kilometres long but an average gradient of 8.5 percent is hardly gentle. Then in a very similar finish to stage 2, where Andreas Leknessund (DSM) won on Tuesday with a late solo break, after the second cat summit, there's a fast drop down to the finish town of Brunnen.

40 kilometres to go, and the gap is still hovering stubbornly around 1-35. That's after a breakaway that's been out there for around 140 kilometres.

The prospect of the bunch pulling back the break before the second and final intermediate sprint, at Bergstrasse some 24 kilometres from the finish is shrinking fast. 7 kilometres beforehand, the three breakaways continue to lead by 1-24, for all Movistar, Cofidis and Bahrain Victorious have upped the pace notably in the pack.

A marked acceleration by Jumbo-Visma in the pack reduces the break's advantage to 1-08, but even so at the second hot spot sprint, Holmes once again takes the first place, with Janssens in second and Hoelgaard third.

Next up on the stage 4 Tour de Suisse menu is the second category Sattel, its summit just 14 kilometres from the finish. Meantime the gap held by the break is plummeting and now stands at a scant 40 seconds.

Ineos Grenadiers up the pace notably behind as the foot of the climb approaches. The gap is now less than 25 seconds.

The last in-race official cars speed past the trio of breakaways. Seems like the end is nigh.

As the road steepens on the second category Sattel, a Groupama-FDJ, Israel Premier Tech and Movistar-led peloton rounds a left-hand bend and bears down on Holmes and Janssen, the last two survivors from the break.

Holmes, the last man standing is caught and the bunch is steadily shedding units at the back. A moment of hesitation, but surely somebody will push on.

And there's a spirited little dig by Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo) on the steadily rising, well-surfaced road, but the peloton comes back up to the Italian and he's quickly re-absorbed.

About a kilometre-and-a-half to go and while there's an uneasy truce after Brambilla's brief move, at the back the bunch is losing large numbers of bodies.

Another brief sally, this time from local boy Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) but this isn't working. Behind, Williams, the overall leader since stage 1, is in difficulties. 

Britain's Hugh Carthy (EF Education-Easypost) leads through the 15-to-go banner but after a steepish start  the road is undulating now and Sebastian Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) lopes away.

Reichenbach leads but with a minimal margin on the EF Education-EasyPost led peloton of some 30 riders. Meantime  race leader Williams has got back on after his moment of difficulty and is moving up through the bunch fast.

We're well onto the smooth, sinuous descent of the Sattel now and while Reichenbach still leads by about 5 seconds, he may well have a problem making his move stick.

Reichenbach is pulled back into the peloton. He led over the summit of the Sutter though, followed by Hugh Carthy and a promising-looking Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).

Speeds hitting around 80 kmh for the lead bunch of around 50 riders, still led by EF-Education First on the fast descent.

Bunch is still together on a fast, steady descent. 

A bit of road furniture to negotiate, but EF Education-EasyPost still lead the bunch.

The road finally flattens out as the race heads towards the finale and we're heading for a bunch sprint.

Broad, A-roads for now for the peloton with a few drags like one they just tackled over a railway bridge still stringing out the bunch.

Last kilometre, EF still leading but the whole bunch is poised to accelerate as the road narrows.

Long sprint with Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech) just holding off the opposition to win. 

Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech) wins stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, ahead of Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Soren Kragh Andersen (DSM ).

EF Education-Easy Post had set things up nicely for Alberto Bettiol after leading the pack all the way over the Sutter climb and down to the finish, but Impey, Matthews and Kragh Andersen all stormed past him in the final metres, leaving Bettiol in fourth.

Stephen Williams (Bahrain Victorious) remains in the lead for a fourth day despite a wobble on the second category climb of the Sutter late on. Overall Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) leapfrogs over Andreas Leknessund (DSM) into third, but only as a result of better placings. They're still tied on time at 7 seconds.

And here's a picture of Impey on the point of winning stage 4

This is Impey's first win since the South African took the 2020 National Road Title and is Israel-Premier Tech's second WorldTour victory this season after Paddy Bevin won a stage of the Tour de Romandie. In terms of Israel-Premier Tech's fight to amass enough points to stay in the WorldTour in 2023, this win is more than welcome, too, for the team.

No changes in any of the secondary classifications after stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse. Stage 2 winner Andreas Leknessund (DSM) remains in charge of the points jersey, Quinn SImmons (Trek-Segafredo) is on top of the KoM ranking, Andreas Kron (Lotto-Soudal) in the same spot on the BYR and Bora-Hansgrohe rule the roost in the teams ranking.

And here's what stage 4 winner Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech) had to say. Impey, it should be remembered, had a very bad crash in the last stage last year's Ruta del Sol, breaking his pelvis and collarbone and spending 9 weeks off the bike. "I’m ecstatic. It was a tough day.The competition is so good these days with the young guys, and after everything that happened last year, I didn’t know if I was going to get back on top of the step." "To finally pull off a victory after all of the hard times is special. I had great support from the team and from my family at home. I’m really happy to win."

And now for a brief look at what's upcoming on Thursday's stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse, 189 kilometres long and running from Ambri to Novazzano. Held almost entirely in the Italian-speaking south of Switzerland,  on a day with nearly 3,000 metres of vertical climbing,  stage 5 finishes at one of the most southerly points of the country, just a few kilometres from neighbouring Italy. Featuring numerous unclassified ascents, as well as a third category climb less than ten kilometres from the finish, the odds of even a reduced bunch sprint, like the one which decided stage 4 on Wednesday, seem minimal.

And here is a link to the full report and results of the day by Stephen Farrand Tour de Suisse: Daryl Impey wins stage 4

And here's a few more pictures of stage 4 winner Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech) and race leader Stephen Williams (Bahrain Victorious) to end the day's reporting.

Thanks for joining us for the day's reporting, we'll be back on Thursday with more live race action from the Tour de Suisse

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"Il faudra un mort ou un paralysé pour que ça bouge...", l'appréhension du peloton face aux nombreuses chutes

Sempiternelle histoire du cyclisme. Quand année après année, ce sport est balafré par les chutes. Parfois fauché par la mort. Il y eut le Suisse Gino Mader en juin dernier, décédé des suites de ses blessures à l'hôpital helvète de Chur au lendemain d'une chute catastrophique à très haute vitesse dans la descente du Col de l'Albula. Avant lui les Belges Bjorg Lambrecht en 2019 et Antoine Demoitié en 2016 ou le Kazakh Andrei Kivilev en 2003 avaient aussi laissé la vie en course. Comme l’Italien Fabio Casartelli, dernier coureur mort après un accident sur les routes du Tour de France, c'était en 1995. Ces deux derniers décès ayant définitivement fait rentrer le port du casque dans les mœurs du cyclisme professionnel. L'histoire est parfois porteuse d'enseignements.

Sans aller jusqu’à de tels extrêmes, le printemps cycliste a encore été marqué par des chutes dont la violence a choqué dans le peloton. Notamment mercredi dernier, quand à 85 km/h à l’approche du Kanarieberg sur A Travers la Flandres, la roue de Wout Van Aert a touché celle de son coéquipier Tiesj Benoot, envoyant dans un gigantesque fracas de nombreux coureurs au tapis, dont Wout Van Aert. Maillot arraché, épaule droite en sang, brancard, ambulance, hôpital, pompe à morphine, le Belge souffre dans sa chair, victime de plusieurs fractures à la clavicule au sternum et aux côtes. Son rêve de Tour des Flandres et de Paris-Roubaix s'est envolé.

"Juste le bruit en fait ça me fout des frissons rien que d’en parler"

A l’arrière du peloton, plusieurs coureurs parviennent à passer entre les gouttes tant bien que mal. Parmi eux, Julian Alaphilippe se remémore la scène 48 heures plus tard, encore un peu choqué. "C'était terrible en fait, souffle le double champion du monde. Je ne suis pas passé loin et j'ai fait un peu d'équilibre pour pas tomber parce que j'étais complètement à gauche et je voulais remonter Paul Magnier en tête de peloton. Juste le bruit en fait, ça me fout des frissons rien que d'en parler."

Car l’Auvergnat sait de quoi il parle. Victime d’une chute très douloureuse sur les Strade Bianche début mars dont il porte encore les stigmates à une jambe, il fut surtout éjecté en 2022 à plus de 60km/h contre un arbre sur Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Un poumon perforé et de trop nombreux sacrifices pour revenir au meilleur niveau ont un peu changé sa façon de voir les choses. "Ça me fait peur, c'est un grand mot", balaye-t-il. "Mais oui, j'ai beaucoup plus d'appréhension qu'avant. Je suis assez tombé ces dernières années et je sais ce que c'est à cette vitesse, je sais ce par quoi les mecs qui sont par terre vont passer donc oui ça refroidit. J’ai fait un message à Wout Van Aert. Le cyclisme est un sport cruel qui demande beaucoup de sacrifices et tout peut s’arrêter comme ça sur une chute."

Forte pression sur les équipes

D’autant que dans le milieu, beaucoup pensent que ce genre de chutes pourraient être évitées. Celle d’A Travers la Flandre est intervenue à un moment clé de la course où toutes les équipes tentaient de se replacer en tête de peloton sur une route large avant d’aborder un chemin sinueux puis la montée d’une difficulté potentiellement fatale pour les coureurs les moins bien placés. Dans ce contexte, Visma Lease a Bike a fait partie des équipes qui ont pris le lead, mais un instant d’inattention et une irrégularité sur la route ont envoyé au sol Wout Van Aert et bien d’autres coureurs comme Jasper Stuyven ou Mads Pedersen.

Derrière cette volonté d’être bien placé à un moment clé, peut être encore plus ces dernières années qu’à une certaine époque, il y a la pression mise constamment sur les coureurs pour faire des résultats. La moindre place d’honneur rapporte des points au classement UCI, et permet tous les trois ans d’établir un classement des 18 meilleures équipes labellisées "World Tour" qui peuvent prétendre à participer à toutes les plus grandes courses du monde, les autres se battant pour obtenir les rares invitations délivrées par les organisateurs des compétitions. Dans ce contexte là, chaque point compte, chaque accessit est disputé.

"Comme si vous conduisiez une voiture en regardant la télé et en étant au téléphone"

"Il y a une pression qui est très forte sur les coureurs", reconnaît Valentin Madouas, le puncheur de la Groupama-FDJ. "Mais c’est normal, car les attentes des équipes sont très élevées, tout est de plus en plus professionnel, le staff est beaucoup plus présent et le peloton globalement beaucoup plus jeune." Tout cela entraînant une sélection de plus en plus drastique des coureurs sur chaque course, car tous prétendent au meilleur. "Chacun doit montrer qu’il mérite sa place, les équipiers comme les leaders", poursuit le champion de France. "Donc la pression est plus forte, il y a plus de monde sous tension, et c’est un mélange de tout ça qui cause ce genre de chutes."

Sans compter l’évolution du matériel. Les vélos tout carbone ultra légers (même si l’UCI impose une masse plancher de 6,800kg) ne laissent qu’un maigre filet de sécurité aux cyclistes qui les pilotent. Les freins à disques qui ont définitivement remplacé les freins à patins répondent immédiatement et ne laissent donc aucun temps de réaction à quiconque se trouve lancé à très haute vitesse derrière un coureur qui freine subitement. Heureusement, la réglementation interdit aux cyclistes certaines positions hyper aérodynamiques notamment dans les descentes.

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"Et puis ils ont les capteurs de puissance qu’ils doivent surveiller, les directeurs sportifs qui hurlent dans les oreillettes", s’indigne un éminent membre du staff de l'une des meilleures équipes du monde. "Ça va trop vite, c’est comme si vous conduisiez une voiture en regardant la télé et en étant au téléphone. C’est normal que ça aille au tapis. On essaye d’alerter l’UCI sur la nécessité de trouver des solutions, mais il faudra attendre un nouveau mort ou un mec paralysé pour que ça bouge. Et encore..."

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PREVIEW | Tour de Suisse 2023 stage 7 - Hilly day open for classics riders, reduced bunch sprint possible as Wout van Aert seeks first win

Preview . Today was a very complicated day at the Tour de Suisse , the race goes on but with a very different tone. Stage 7 sees the peloton back in action for what should be a very tricky and interesting day, packed with climbs and very open overall.

Stage 7 is a hilly day, a very tricky one. The 162-kilometer route from Tübach to Weinfelden features several climbs, none too hard but they are not easy. This is the most Tour de Suisse-like day in the race (if such definition actually exists!), just a day packed up very different climbs throughout the middle of the day, where a breakaway can win, so can late attacks of anything up to a bunch sprint.

Departure and arrival times (estimated CET):

- June 17 - Stage 7: Tübach - Weinfelden, 162.7km. From 12:15 p.m. to 4:35 p.m.

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The GC riders should remain conservative with the time-trial on the final day, but they do have roads to try and surprise. The start of the day is flat which should help the sprinter teams keep everything under control, but into the mountainous section of the race that could prove to be harder. The riders start an 8.9-kilometer climb at 5.3% with 50 kilometers of racing.

Then they face a hard one, Eggerstanden features a section of 3.3 kilometers at 9.2%. This is hard, and part of a 6.2-kilometer ascent which ends with 77 kilometers to go. The riders plummet down and climb back up again, and that is how it goes until the end of the day. A third category follows ending with 52 kilometers to go, it's 2.4 kilometers at 5.4%, and from there on the riders descent 500 meters in altitude towards the finish line.

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They do descend more however, but still have some climbing. Gentle, inconsistent rolling roads, all the way into the final 4.5 kilometers. It's a very hard day to control, but if there is enough firepower and intention, there is still time to take back some time on those final kilometers into Weinfelden, although they are a bit technical.

In case of a bunch sprint the riders find 90-degree turns with 1.7 and 1 kilometers to go, and then in very quick succession two with just under 500 meters to go. A short finishing straight coming from a loss of speed, it means a very long sprint is to happen.

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Sunny with a small breeze from the northwest, however the temperature will likely be the only factor affecting the race.

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This would on most instances be a certain day for a breakaway. It includes several climbs of different lengths and gradients spread all throughout the day, the second half of the stage barely features flat meters, mostly rolling climbs but several descents. It's very hard to control such a stage and there are tons of climbers, puncheurs and rouleurs with freedom which means fireworks are expected, as it's the final stage before the time-trial where virtually none stand chances of success.

The only thing that can prevent if the flat start. But if there are enough numbers and patience to start attacking in the first climb of the day, then a strong group will certainly explode off. How many contenders there are... This race is not too different than the Ardennes in terms of startlist, but the fact that the climbs are not overly hard opens it up to many many riders. Most prominently premier puncheurs such as Tom Pidcock , Max Schachmann, Neilson Powless, Marc Hirschi, Dylan Teuns and Andreas Kron .

But the list spreads far and wide, some can sprint too. Take Jhonathan Narváez and Quinten Hermans for example who pack a lot of speed. There are rouleurs who can fly off to the win comfortably if they get a gap in the finale such as Stan Dewulf, Kasper Asgreen, Soren Kragh Andersen, Oier Lazkano, Matteo Sobrero, Quinn Simmons and Hugo Houle ... And there are some more who can be up there such as Romain Grégoire , Rui Costa or Krists Neilands who are more pure puncheurs. All of these riders may not only try to get into a breakaway, but also launch a late attack.

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But can the stage end in a sprint however? Common logic would say no, this is a very difficult day to control, but most teams are full and there are several teams who may commit to prevent a strong breakaway from going up the road, but allying to chase whoever does. Wout van Aert and Biniam Girmay can both climb and sprint very well and bring certainties that the work may be worth it, both Jumbo and Intermarché should commit to this. Movistar of Alex Aranburu and Cofidis of Bryan Coquard should in my opinion also help as they stand their best chances of succeeding in this scenario, and they will certainly both resist the climbs if the pace is hard too.

The likes of Iván Garcia Cortina , Luca Mozzato and Alexander Kamp could also prove to be outsiders if it comes down to a sprint, as are some of the riders who can join the break. If the day is taken somewhat more conservatively and a normal bunch sprint becomes the expected scenario - which is not unthinkable - it will also open up the doors for riders like Kaden Groves , Jordi Meeus , Tim Merlier , Arnaud Démare and Peter Sagan who will hope for that.

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Prediction Tour de Suisse 2023 stage 7:

*** Wout van Aert, Biniam Girmay ** Alex Aranburu, Bryan Coquard, Tom Pidcock, Quinn Simmons * Jordi Meeus, Kaden Groves, Arnaud Démare, Tim Merlier, Peter Sagan, Soren Kragh Andersen, Max Schachmann, Rui Costa, Marc Hirschi, Oier Lazkano, Andreas Kron

Pick : Oier Lazkano

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