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2025-06-15T15:41:24.964Z
\nGC after stage one<\/p>\n
1. Romain Gregoire (FRA) Groupama-FDJ 2:50’05”
2. Kevin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkea-B&B Hotels +24″
3. Bart Lemmen (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike +26″
4. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Tudor S.T.
5. Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar +1’16”
6. Ben O’Connor (AUS) Jayco-AlUla +1’17”
7. Felix Gro\u00dfschartner (AUT) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
8. Lennard Kamna (GER) Lidl-Trek
9. Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Bahrain Victorious all S.T.
10. B. Swift (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers +1’32”<\/p>\n
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2025-06-15T15:36:21.127Z
\nStage one top 10<\/p>\n
1. Romain Gregoire (FRA) Groupama-FDJ 2:50’15”
2. Kevin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkea-B&B Hotels +20″
3. Bart Lemmen (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike
4. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Tudor all S.T.
5. Ben O’Connor (AUS) Jayco-AlUla +1’07”
6. Felix Gro\u00dfschartner (AUT) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
7. Pabl Castrllo (ESP) Movistar
8. Lennard Kamna (GER) Lidl-Trek
9. Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Bahrain Victorious all S.T.
10. Nicola Conci (ITA) XDS-Astana +1’26”<\/p>\n
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2025-06-15T15:32:38.318Z<\/p>\n
Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL), Felix Gall (Decathlon-AG2R), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and others losing over three minutes to Gregoire in the end.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:29:39.934Z<\/p>\n
O’Connor leads in the third group over a minute down. Not what he would’ve hoped for but he is well in the fight for the GC.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:28:44.213Z<\/p>\n
He holds an advantage of 20″ on the three chasers led in by Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels).<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:27:57.903Z<\/p>\n
Romain Gregoire of Groupama-FDJ wins stage one of the Tour de Suisse 2025!<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:27:40.157Z
\nFlamme Rouge!<\/p>\n
It is going to be a superb victory for Gregoire with Alaphilippe almost certain to be in 2nd overall after his Tissot KM bonuses.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:25:30.240Z
\n3km to go<\/p>\n
Romain Gregoire is now extending his advantage on Julian Alaphilippe, Bart Lemmen and Kevin Vauquelin.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:23:57.463Z<\/p>\n
If he can keep it upright, Gregoire will be taking this stage. He is absolutely flying here with the chasers unable to close the gap.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:22:37.551Z
\n5km to go<\/p>\n
Gregoire has 8″ on the three chasers with 25″ back to the next group. No clock on the peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:21:51.119Z<\/p>\n
Gregoire pushes on again and has pulled out more of a margin over his chasers but these roads are very slippy. He needs to be careful.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:19:48.169Z<\/p>\n
They are now just on a little kicker before properly descending to the line. The chasing trio are just 4″ off Gregoire with just under 8km to go.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:17:38.113Z
\n10km to go<\/p>\n
Gregoire has just 7″ on the chasing trio as Alaphilippe finally comes through to start working with Vauquelin and Lemmen.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:16:56.581Z<\/p>\n
Romain Gregoire goes solo for Groupama-FDJ. Behind, Kevin Vauquelin is being forced to do most the work.<\/p>\n
Julian Alaphilippe doesn’t appear to want to help the chasing with Bart Lemmen finally taking a turn.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:14:25.694Z<\/p>\n
Gregoire leads down the descent and has gapped his rivals with Alaphilippe losing touch with Lemmen and Vauquelin, surprisingly.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:13:11.496Z
\nAttack<\/p>\n
Vauquelin launches as they go over the top of the climb with Alaphilippe jumping after him. Lemmen and Gregoire looked to be able to follow as well.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:12:14.298Z<\/p>\n
Now only four riders out front:<\/p>\n
Alaphilippe (Tudor)
Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ)
Lemmen (Visma-Lease a Bike)<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:11:24.494Z
\nAttack<\/p>\n
Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor)<\/p>\n
The Frenchman is looking like the vintage Alaphilippe but he has company with Vauquelin, Gregoire and Lemmen following.<\/p>\n
O’Connor, Castrillo and Gro\u00dfschartner go after them.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:08:36.445Z<\/p>\n
Fortunato is now out of the back of the lead group as well. The Italian climber looks to be feeling it after a very successful Giro d’Italia where he took the mountains jersey.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:07:51.563Z<\/p>\n
Yet more riders go out of the back of the break with Conci, Barguil and Zimmerman the next to go out of the back.<\/p>\n
The peloton are closing in on the break, though. They’re just 2’28” down now.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:05:50.928Z<\/p>\n
Bax, Houle, Maisonobe and Graat all lose touch with the O’Connor led group.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:03:45.721Z<\/p>\n
O’Connor takes up the pacing himself as he drives to try and get as much of a gap over the likes of Almeida back in the peloton as he possibly can.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:02:31.258Z<\/p>\n
Mohoric has been dropped from the breakaway after he worked hard for his teammate, Kepplinger. Simmons also losing touch along with Le Berre.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T15:01:20.057Z
\n20km to go<\/p>\n
Just onto the final climb of the day, the second ascent of the Michaelskreuzstrasse. The break have 2’52” on the peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:57:27.595Z<\/p>\n
There’s been a split in the peloton on the descent but they are now just stitching it back together again.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:54:59.243Z<\/p>\n
Jayco-AlUla are doing a superb job for O’Connor here to give him a huge opportunity for this race overall and just for the stage today.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:50:17.405Z
\nKoM (Adligenswilerstrasse)<\/p>\n
1. Felix Engelhardt (GER) Jayco-AlUla 3pts
2. Matej Mohoric (SLO) Bahrain Victorious 2pts
3. Ben O’Connor (AUS) Jayco-AlUla 1pt<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:49:12.692Z
\n30km to go<\/p>\n
The peloton are finally inside three minutes but it appears to be too little too late. Although, the Michaelskreuzstrasse may see the likes of Almeida and Vlasov launch.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:47:58.358Z<\/p>\n
Swift confirmed to have taken the first Tissot sprint ahead of Alaphilippe and Castrillo. The second Tissot sprint was taken by Simmons ahead of Alaphilippe and Swift.<\/p>\n
So, Alaphilippe and Swift both take 4″ bonus, 3″ for Simmons and 1″ for Castrillo.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:43:07.128Z<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, Jayco-AlUla are the main team working on the front of the break as they have Ben O’Connor in there. This could be a huge moment for the Australian climber.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:41:14.203Z<\/p>\n
Onto the Adligenswilerstrasse for the second time today. The category three climb was first ridden right at the start of the day.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:40:17.194Z
\nIntermediate sprint (K\u00fcssnacht)<\/p>\n
1. Mathis Le Berre (FRA) Arkea-B&B Hotels 6pts
2. Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar 4pts
3. Matej Mohoric (SLO) Bahrain Victorious 2pts<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:38:33.633Z
\nCrash in peloton<\/p>\n
Stefan Bissegger (DAT)
Anton Palzer (RBH)<\/p>\n
Both back riding as far as we know.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:35:36.689Z
\n40km to go<\/p>\n
The gap is closing between the leaders and the peloton but it isn’t closing fast. They are currently +3’25” between each other.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:31:49.297Z
\nCrash in break<\/p>\n
Quinn Simmons (LTK)<\/p>\n
A few others were caught out but didn’t go down. All back riding again. Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana) also caught up in the accident.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:30:41.098Z<\/p>\n
The rain is absolutely pouring it down on the riders now.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:27:18.318Z<\/p>\n
Finally, the gap is starting to close between the leaders and the peloton. It is now at +3’28”.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:26:49.220Z<\/p>\n
The graphics just showed that Simmons took the first Tissot Sprint but that didn’t look to be the case from the shots shown. We shall wait for later this evening for those confirmed results.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:23:32.582Z<\/p>\n
The rain has come and immediately the signal is lost on the ground. It looks like they’re riding into a big storm.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:22:58.666Z
\nTissot Sprint 1<\/p>\n
1. Ben Swift (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 3″
2. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Tudor 2″
3. Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek 1″<\/p>\n
The cameras did not show the result on Tissot Sprint 2.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:16:20.535Z<\/p>\n
The clouds have come and the temperature has dropped a bit from earlier with the sheets of rain looking rather ominous just ahead of them.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:05:47.601Z<\/p>\n
The peloton is led by UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Ineos Grenadiers, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep and Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale as they scramble to salvage the situation.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:04:47.493Z<\/p>\n
It looks like the weather is closing in over the mountains and the riders may be about to get very wet as they head to the Tissot kilometre and return to the Adligenswilerstrasse and Michaelskreuzstrasse.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T14:03:48.507Z
\n70km to go<\/p>\n
The gap continues to grow to 3’35” between the leaders and the chasing peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:53:44.827Z<\/p>\n
It is a long list of 28 riders at the front:<\/p>\n
Gro\u00dfschartner (UAD)
Costiou (ARK)
Le Berre (ARK)
Vauquelin (ARK)
Maisonobe (COF)
Mohoric (TBV)
Kepplinger (TBV)
Cosnefroy (DAT)
Gregoire (GFC)
B. Swift (IGD)
Zimmerman (IWA)
Kamna (LTK)
Simmons (LTK)
Castrillo (MOV)
Barta (MOV)
Durbridge (JAY)
Engelhardt (JAY)
O’Connor (JAY)
Barguil (TPP)
Graat (TVL)
Lemmen (TVL)
Conci (XAT)
Fortunato (XAT)
Bennett (IPT)
Houle (IPT)
Badilatti (Q36)
Bax (Q36)
Alaphilippe (TUD)<\/p>\n
There’s definitely others in there.<\/p>\n
Peloton +3’15”<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:47:56.137Z<\/p>\n
Jan Christen looks to be really struggling with the pain of his road rash that he got from his crash all up his left side back in the peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:46:39.179Z<\/p>\n
George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech) is also in this front group.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:45:22.467Z<\/p>\n
Ben O’Connor of Jayco-AlUla has made the split as well. One of the pre-race favourites is right at the pointy end, here.<\/p>\n
Kevin Vauquelin also in there as a big danger. Felix Gro\u00dfschartner, Antonio Morgado, Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana) and others who absolutely could be involved in the GC at this race in the front group.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:42:23.332Z<\/p>\n
This is an extremely dangerous group of, at least, 27 riders. Could this be the race going up the road on day one of eight?<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:41:33.556Z<\/p>\n
There is a UAE Team Emirates-XRG and it is the very talented Felix Gro\u00dfschartner. He also has Antonio Morgado in there too, a rider who is perfect for today.<\/p>\n
Tao Geoghegan-Hart (Lidl-Trek) is also in this lead group as Alaphilippe and Engelhardt are caught.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:38:31.111Z
\nRace situation<\/p>\n
Leaders:<\/p>\n
Alaphilippe (TUD)
Engelhardt (JAY)<\/p>\n
Chase +10″:<\/p>\n
Costiou (ARK)
Mohoric (TBV)
Van der Meulen (TBV)
Cosnesfroy (DAT)
Zimmerman (IWA)
Kamna (LTK)
Simmons (LTK)
Barta (MOV)
Barguil (TPP)
Durbridge (JAY)
Graat (TVL)
Conci (XAT)
Houle (IPT)
Badilatti (Q36)
Maisonobe (COF)
Vauquelin (ARK)
Le Berre (ARK)
+ a few others<\/p>\n
Peloton +2’20”<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:34:07.000Z
\n90km to go<\/p>\n
Alaphilippe and Engelhardt still have a small lead on a very large chasing break. Then the main GC group that have slowed up now. It looks like the breakaway is set.<\/p>\n
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2025-06-15T13:29:07.189Z<\/p>\n
The chase group has been caught but new attacks come immediately led by Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Benoit Cosnesfroy (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) and Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) among others.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:27:55.290Z
\nKoM (Michaelskreuzstrasse)<\/p>\n
1. Engelhardt (GER) Jayco-AlUla 6pts
2. Alaphilippe (FRA) Tudor 4pts
3. Vauquelin (FRA) Arkea-B&B Hotels 3pts
4. Langellotti (MON) Ineos Grenadiers 2pts
5. Sobrero (ITA) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe 1pt<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:23:32.116Z<\/p>\n
Yet more attacks coming from the peloton. They are over the Michaelskreuzstrasse and are almost at the bottom of the descent with riders all over the course.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:22:28.095Z
\n100km to go<\/p>\n
Leaders:<\/p>\n
Alaphilippe (TUD)
Engelhardt (JAY)<\/p>\n
Chasers +22″:<\/p>\n
Costiou (ARK)
Vauquelin (ARK)
Bilbao (TBV)
Kung (GFC)
Langellotti (IGD)
Lopez (LTK)
Simmons (LTK)
Castrillo (MOV)
Sobrero (RBH)
Benoot (TVL)
Bennett (IPT)
F. Christen (Q36)<\/p>\n
Peloton +51″<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:13:28.474Z
\nAttack<\/p>\n
Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor)
Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla)<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:10:03.767Z<\/p>\n
There are several splits in the peloton now as the pace is very high.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:09:20.583Z<\/p>\n
Riders are losing touch with the peloton on the Michaelskreuzstrasse climb.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:07:29.136Z<\/p>\n
Jan Christen is back in the peloton after his earlier crash. A scary moment for the UAE Team Emirates-XRG man.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:06:28.682Z
\nAttack<\/p>\n
Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
Simone Petilli (Intermarche-Wanty)
Pieter Serry (Soudal-QuickStep)
Felix Engelhardt (Jayco-AlUla)
Alex Edmondson (Picnic-PostNL)
Sjoerd Bax (Q36.5)
Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor)<\/p>\n
But they are quickly swept back up by the peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T13:04:40.426Z<\/p>\n
The riders are about to start the first ascent of the category two climb of the Michaelskreuzstrasse.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:58:01.864Z
\nCrash!<\/p>\n
Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n
One of the home favourites for this race has gone down. Not the way the young Swiss rider will have wanted to start his race.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:55:45.603Z
\nPuncture<\/p>\n
James Knox (Soudal-QuickStep)<\/p>\n
The British climber from Cumbria having a poorly timed flat as more attacks go off the front of the peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:54:50.896Z<\/p>\n
Le Berre is caught and the two pelotons come back together again as well. It is gruppo compacto again.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:51:58.776Z
\nAttack!<\/p>\n
Mathis Le Berre (Arkea-B&B Hotels)<\/p>\n
The French rider has a small gap on the first peloton that still has a gap on the bunch that split on the Adligenswilerstrasse.<\/p>\n
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2025-06-15T12:51:06.356Z
\nKoM (Adligenswilerstrasse)<\/p>\n
1. Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar 3pts
2. Valentin Madouas (FRA) Groupama-FDJ 2pts
3. Tom Gloag (GBR) Visma-Lease a Bike 1pt<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:47:41.793Z
\nSplit in peloton<\/p>\n
Around 20 riders have a gap as they head over the top of the Adligenswilerstrasse climb. Multiple attacks have come but no real break has formed. But the pace is high, meaning the bunch has split.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:39:03.972Z
\n129km to go<\/p>\n
Racing begins and immediately the attacks come to try and form the early breakaway.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:37:02.559Z<\/p>\n
The start may be held a little longer as Luc Wirtgen (Tudor) has had a puncture.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:33:06.817Z<\/p>\n
The first climb comes very early on with the Adligenswilerstrasse being the snappy title for the category three ascent.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:31:52.474Z<\/p>\n
The women started the day in heavy rain with thunder and lightning but it quickly burnt off and it is now very bright and sunny with the temperature at 27\u00b0c.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:30:49.752Z
\nNeutral start<\/p>\n
The riders have rolled out and have started the neutralised zone for the opening stage of the 88th Tour de Suisse. The neutral zone is just 3.1km long today.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:23:48.974Z<\/p>\n
The riders are due to roll out of K\u00fcssnacht in about 10 minutes time for the neutralised start.<\/p>\n
2025-06-15T12:20:46.856Z<\/p>\n
Earlier today the women took on the same stage as the men are doing soon. It was a brutal battle and it ended with a solo victory after multiple attacks.<\/p>\n
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