{"id":88289,"date":"2026-06-20T07:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/88289\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T07:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:10:14","slug":"start-times-for-the-2026-tour-of-switzerland-time-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/88289\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Times for the 2026 Tour of Switzerland time trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/tour-of-switzerland\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de Suisse<\/a> continues Saturday with a 29-kilometer individual time trial in and around Aarburg. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/tour-de-suisse-women-2026-backstedt-strikes-2-out-of-2-on-saturday\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">women will race<\/a> in the morning or early afternoon, and the men will take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/2026-tour-de-suisse-men-preview-narvaez-holds-off-the-charging-peloton-on-stormy-stage-3\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">start later in the afternoon<\/a>. As race leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/elisa-longo-borghini\" title=\"Elisa Longo Borghini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elisa Longo Borghini<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/tadej-pogacar\" title=\"Tadej Pogacar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tadej Pogacar<\/a> will start last, but who or what else should you keep an eye on? IDL Pro cycling has you covered.In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourdesuisse.ch\/en\/women\/route\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">women&#8217;s race<\/a> Becky Storrie (GB) of Picnic PostNL will be the first to roll down the ramp at 10:39, with race leader Longo Borghini closing proceedings at 12:15. World Champion and red hot favourite Marlen Reusser (SWI) from Movistar sets off at 12:07.<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s race, Marco Brenner will be the first to roll off the starting platform at 2:57 p.m. The first target time is likely to be set by Alec Segaert, who starts at 3:08 p.m. The riders in the top ten will set off starting at 4:54 p.m.: Wilco Kelderman will start at 4:55 p.m., just ahead of Ilan Van Wilder.<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu van der Poel, who also wants to test himself, will start at 4:10 p.m. Pogacar will be the last to roll down the ramp at 5:02 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Tour of Switzerland stage 4 time trial start times, Elite Women<\/p>\n<p>Favourites:<\/p>\n<p>11:57. Thalita De Jong (Ned) Human Powered Health<\/p>\n<p>11:59. Femke De Vries &#8211; Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n<p>12:01. Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar &#8211; AG Insurance-Soudal<\/p>\n<p>12:03. Cedrine Kerbaol &#8211; EF Education-Oatly<\/p>\n<p>12:05 &#8211; Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney &#8211; Canyon-SRAM<\/p>\n<p>12:07. Marlen Reusser &#8211; Movistar Team<\/p>\n<p>12:09. Steffi H\u00e4berlin &#8211; SD Worx-Protime<\/p>\n<p>12:11 &#8211; Sarah Van Dam &#8211; Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n<p>12:13. Ailish Lauren Dickson &#8211; FDJ United-SUEZ<\/p>\n<p>12:15. Elisa Longo Borghini &#8211; UAE Team ADQ<\/p>\n<p>2026 Tour of Switzerland stage 4 time trial start times, Elite Men<\/p>\n<p>Favourites:<\/p>\n<p>2:57 p.m. Marco Brenner, first<br \/>3:08 p.m. Alec Segaert<br \/>3:14 p.m. R\u00e9mi Cavagna<br \/>3:22 p.m. Finn Fisher-Black<br \/>3:29 p.m. Matthew Brennan<\/p>\n<p>15:35 Sjoerd Bax<br \/>3:40 p.m. Steven Kruijswijk<br \/>3:42 p.m. Bauke Mollema<br \/>3:54 p.m. Marijn van den Berg<br \/>4:03 p.m. Felix Grossschartner<\/p>\n<p>16:10 Mathieu van der Poel<br \/>16:18 Mauro Schmid<br \/>4:26 p.m. Milan Vader<br \/>4:41 p.m. Antonio Tiberi<br \/>4:47 p.m. Bart Lemmen<\/p>\n<p>16:48 Primoz Roglic<br \/>16:54 Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez<br \/>16:55 Wilco Kelderman<br \/>4:56 p.m. Ilan Van Wilder<br \/>4:57 p.m. Brandon McNulty<\/p>\n<p>16:58 Finlay Pickering<br \/>4:59 p.m. Mathias Vacek<br \/>5:00 p.m. Andrea Bagioli<br \/>5:01 p.m. Richard Carapaz<br \/>5:02 p.m. Tadej Pogacar, last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tour de Suisse continues Saturday with a 29-kilometer individual time trial in and around Aarburg. 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