{"id":189723,"date":"2025-06-16T19:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189723\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:16:32","slug":"as-it-happened-ef-education-outwit-the-sprinters-and-catch-quinn-simmons-to-win-tour-de-suisse-stage-2-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189723\/","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: EF Education outwit the sprinters and catch Quinn Simmons to win Tour de Suisse stage 2 finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refresh <\/p>\n

2025-06-16T15:30:36.396Z<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s third stage at the Tour de Suisse could be much like today.<\/p>\n

The 195.6km stage is from Aarau to Heiden. Instead of hwading south via Berne, the stage goes east to the edge of Lake Constance to finish in the hills at the spa resort.<\/p>\n

Join us for full live coverge of all the action.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T15:24:42.381Z<\/p>\n

To read our full stage report and see the best selection of race photographs. Click here<\/a><\/p>\n

Swiss riders Mauro Schmid (Jayco AlUla) and Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck) were joined by Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) in the attack of the day but they were never alllowed to open a major gap and so were reeled in before the gradual climb to the finish.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T15:22:16.919Z<\/p>\n

Stage 1 winner Romain Gr\u00e9goire (Groupama-FDJ) finished 21st and so held onto the overall lead of the race and kept the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n

He even extended his advantage to K\u00e9vin Vauquelin (Ark\u00e9a-B&B Hotels) by sprinting to one bonus second at the first Tissot sprint.<\/p>\n

\"Romain<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T15:15:45.164Z<\/p>\n

This is the moment Vincenzo Albanese won the sprint.<\/p>\n

\"(EDITOR'S<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Tim de Waele\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T15:02:01.580Z<\/p>\n

Vincenzo Albanese spoke about his win.<\/p>\n

“This is my first WorldTour victory in this fantastic race in Switzerland. I’m very, very happy. Thanks to all my team, who did a fantastic job in the final kilometres. I’m very happy,” the Italian said.<\/p>\n

“I felt good from the start of the stage. My goal was to lead out Madis Mihkels but in the last kilometre Simmons and other guys attacked. I followed and saw the 200 metre sign and so I went full to the line.”<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:58:27.560Z<\/p>\n

This is the moment Vincenzo Albanese celebrates his Tour de Suisse victory.<\/p>\n

\"Vincenzo<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Tim de Waele\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\n2025-06-16T14:57:36.343Z
\nResults – Tour de Suisse Stage 2\n<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:52:23.145Z<\/p>\n

Romain Gr\u00e9goire is still the race leader.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:49:33.081Z<\/p>\n

It was excellent execution for Albanese. He surged to sit on the riders who chased down Quinn Simmons and then kicked to the left along the barriers to win the sprint. Lewis Askey was strong and chased Simmons after Alaphilippe struggled but then could only finish third.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:47:30.925Z<\/p>\n

It is only Albanese’s third career win, his last came back in 2022.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:45:44.722Z<\/p>\n

That is Albanese’s first win for EF after joining the American team for 2025.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:44:52.725Z<\/p>\n

Simmons was caught and used as a lead out. Vincenzo Albanese of EF came up along the barriers to win the stage!<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:43:43.455Z<\/p>\n

The US champion leads it out.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:43:26.863Z<\/p>\n

Attack by Quinn Simmons!<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:43:13.641Z<\/p>\n

Ineos are working to close the gap.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:42:30.955Z<\/p>\n

Christen leads by 5 seconds as the final km begins.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:42:06.900Z<\/p>\n

The talented young Swiss rider has a gap but can he hold it to the finish?<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:41:32.504Z<\/p>\n

Attack! Jan Christen of UAE attacks!<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:40:54.705Z<\/p>\n

The riders are lined out but still packed close.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:38:59.095Z<\/p>\n

Everyone is suffering as the sprinters try to survive the climb and hope for easier gradients near the finish.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:38:21.530Z<\/p>\n

The gradient is hurting more now with 4km to go.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:34:26.148Z<\/p>\n

EF, Lotto and Q36.5 are massing up front now, while Picnic come up on the left of the road.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:32:24.145Z<\/p>\n

Could it be a day for Arnaud Del Lie of Lotto?<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:31:04.799Z
\n10km to go<\/p>\n

There is a slight dip in the road before the final valley road that leads up to the finish in Schwarzsee.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:27:26.031Z<\/p>\n

There are at least 100 riders in the peloton.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:27:09.573Z<\/p>\n

EF Education take over on the front, trying to control any attacks. That’s a huge task.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:24:17.800Z
\n15km to go<\/p>\n

Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) is caught, the race is back together but only for an instant.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:23:17.796Z<\/p>\n

Indeed the attacks have started behind too.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:23:04.314Z<\/p>\n

Attack! Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) goes solo but the peloton can see him.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:16:09.768Z
\n20km to go<\/p>\n

Picnic are now riding on the front, working for their fast finisher Pavel Bittner.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:14:10.471Z<\/p>\n

The gap is up to 45 seconds. Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) can start to hope he he has a chance.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:06:59.521Z
\n25km to go<\/p>\n

The rolling roads is helping the brrak stay away. The gap is still 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:06:09.442Z<\/p>\n

The two late intermediate sprinst also offers a second to the peloton and so Groupama lead out Romain Gr\u00e9goire in the first sprint. Then the other teams take over for the second sprint, with Engelhardt sweeping up the bonus second.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T14:01:28.578Z
\n30km to go<\/p>\n

Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) and Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) grab a final bidon and push on but their lead is down to 35 seconds.<\/p>\n

The peloton can smell them and see them too. Their only chance is if the peloton hesitates a little. Schmid is not holding back, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:55:51.007Z<\/p>\n

Tudor is working for Alaphiippe and Hirschi while also trying to hurt their rival sprinters.<\/p>\n

Romain Gr\u00e9goire is still there as the gap falls to just 35 seconds.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:53:11.485Z<\/p>\n

As the race hits the short ut steep climb to Heitenried, the gap is down to 1:05. The peloton is lined out at speed.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:50:28.282Z<\/p>\n

Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) and Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) dive down the descent but the peloton is hunting them down.<\/p>\n

Tudor is riding on the front now, perhaps for Julian Alaphilippe who was so good yesterday, but also for Marc Hirschi, who could be a big threat in a reduced sprint finish.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:42:18.030Z
\n50km to go<\/p>\n

Felix Engelhardt (Team Jayco AlUla) jumped from the peloton to take fourth on the climb as he fights to keep the red climber’s jersey.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:39:33.853Z<\/p>\n

Mauro Schmid leads over the Guggisberg climb and pushes on. He is riding on pride as the Swiss national champion.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:38:28.552Z<\/p>\n

Behind the peloton has split, with a first group at 1:10 and the Romain Gr\u00e9goire group 20 seconds behind.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:37:38.523Z<\/p>\n

Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) seems to be hurting Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) on the final part of the climb.<\/p>\n

The race is definitely on now!<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:31:58.602Z<\/p>\n

The race starts the Guggisberg climb and sadly Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck) has been distanced.<\/p>\n

Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) do not show any mercy and push on.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:23:48.443Z
\n60km to go<\/p>\n

Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) just rolled through the intermediate sprint point after 117km.<\/p>\n

They’ve upped the pace now as they try to extend their lead on the peloton. It is now 1:30.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:22:33.842Z<\/p>\n

Jan Christen (UAE) was one of the riders caught behind the split on stage 1. He also crashed, suffering some road rash.<\/p>\n

The Tour de Suisse is an uphill battle for the UAE tram, in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:11:45.600Z<\/p>\n

As well as PicNic and Red Bull, Lidl-Trek are also massing at the front of the peloton.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:07:20.570Z
\n70km to go<\/p>\n

The stage now changes significantly, with far more climbing on the road to the finish in Schwarzsee.<\/p>\n

The riders go through the feed zone and they can see the climbs ahead of them. Indeed the peloton seems on edge for the racing to come.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:04:59.375Z<\/p>\n

It’s been a quiet and relaxed day in the peloton for race leader Romain Gr\u00e9goire.<\/p>\n

\"Romain<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T13:01:37.377Z<\/p>\n

This photo perhaps explains the earlier and short-lived time loss. The break was held up at a level crossing.<\/p>\n

\"Silvan<\/p>\n

Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) were stopped at a level crossing during the Tour de Suisse stage 2 but soon got going. (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:58:04.402Z<\/p>\n

It’s a great day to ride a bike in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\"It's<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:52:59.981Z
\n80km to go<\/p>\n

The time has flown, as have the riders on the attack. Their lead is back up to 1:25.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:42:30.406Z<\/p>\n

The gap is like a piece of elastic. It keeps shortening and then lengthening again. It is now up to 55 seconds.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:38:47.693Z<\/p>\n

All change! The peloton is suddnely just 30 seconds down on the attackers.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:36:13.836Z<\/p>\n

It was a popular home win for Marlen Reusser<\/a> (Movistar) at the Tour de Suisse Women.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Swiss allrounder won the final stage to seal her GC victory. 28 seconds down, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) beat Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) in the sprint for second place, but Vollering finishes overall runner-up, 36 seconds down, ahead of Niewiadoma-Phinney, who finishes 1:56 off Reusser.<\/p>\n

Click here to read our full stage report.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"KUSNACHT,<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:33:27.493Z<\/p>\n

The riders are to passing to the south of Berne now and so soon approaching Schwarzsee where they will begin the hillier loops.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:27:52.836Z<\/p>\n

The peloton is cruelly keeping the attackers under tight control. They hare holding the gap at 1:30, so that they can be quickly pulled back in the final part of the stage.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:19:29.469Z<\/p>\n

It was a busy weekend of racing. To catch-up what happened at the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9. read our full stage report.<\/p>\n

Click here to see what happened with these two. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"UAE<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:09:08.131Z
\n110km to go<\/p>\n

Th trio of Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) are fighting back against the chase. The gap is back up to 1:30.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T12:02:45.027Z<\/p>\n

With the sun out and temperatures around 23C, riders are dropping back to team cars to collect cold bidons for their teammates.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:57:54.209Z<\/p>\n

Romain Gr\u00e9goire won stage 1 of the Tour de Suisse and so is racing stage 2 in the leader’s yellow jersey.<\/p>\n

\"Romain<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:57:28.355Z<\/p>\n

\"Silvan<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:57:14.480Z<\/p>\n

With the help of PicNic, the attackers’ lead is down to 1:20. The stage could change very soon.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:56:06.492Z<\/p>\n

This is our breakaway trio of Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:55:40.619Z<\/p>\n

\"Stage<\/p>\n

This was the view as stage 2 rolled out. (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:49:28.049Z<\/p>\n

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Picnic-PostNL are leading the chase of the trio up front, pegging their lead to 1:55. The first hour of racing was covered at a fast 48.5km\/h.<\/p>\n

The trio are Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla).<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:47:27.061Z<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was one of the GC time losers on stage 1. He spoke t our friends at Pro Cycling Net at the start of stage 2.<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Almeida – Interview at the start – Stage 2 – Tour de Suisse 2025 – YouTube
\n\"Jo\u00e3o<\/p>\n

Watch On <\/a><\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:33:26.270Z<\/p>\n

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are leading the chase of the three attackers. They clearly want a shot at the stage victory today and no doubt better control of the attackers than yesterday.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:24:08.730Z<\/p>\n

Australia’s Ben O\u2019Connor<\/a>, took advantage of the aggressive racing during stage 1 and joined the 29-rider break that included his Jayco-AlUla teammates Luke Durbridge and Felix Engelhardt.<\/p>\n

The Western Australian was able to gain over two minutes on his major GC rivals, including Jo\u00e3o Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).<\/p>\n

\u201cA pretty crazy day actually. I didn’t really expect to find myself off the front with Durbo and Felix. But in the end, we actually made some pretty huge ground on GC with a bit of an opportunistic move,\u201d O\u2019Connor said via team social media.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to see what O’Connor did and said.<\/p>\n

\"KUSNACHT,<\/p>\n

Ben O’Connor rightly helped drive the break on stage 1 to gain time on his GC rivals. (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:17:03.501Z<\/p>\n

The break climbs the 1.9km Linden hill but will get to enjoy the descent. They are naturally working together to extend their lead on the peloton.<\/p>\n

\"Tour<\/p>\n

This is the profile of today’s stage. (Image credit: Tour de Suisse)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:10:48.497Z<\/p>\n

The trio now have a lead of 2:05 after the peloton let them go.<\/p>\n

Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) are a dangerous trio.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:09:59.631Z<\/p>\n

The opening 100km of the stage are on largely flat roads as the stage passes through the Emmental area. The hills come later on two loops<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:04:01.044Z<\/p>\n

The peloton has slowed, we could have the break of the day.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T11:01:09.922Z<\/p>\n

Three riders have a gap but others are trying. to go across to them.<\/p>\n

Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty) and Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla).<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:56:13.887Z<\/p>\n

\"KUSNACHT,<\/p>\n

This was the moment that Romain Gr\u00e9goire took his big win. (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:55:02.120Z<\/p>\n

Stage 1 saw a surprise split in the peloton, with Romain Gr\u00e9goire<\/a> showing his descending skills in the rain.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman broke away from a splintered breakaway and managed to hold off Kevin Vauquelin<\/a> (Ark\u00e9a-B&B Hotels), Bart Lemmen (Visma\u2013Lease a Bike), and Julian Alaphilippe<\/a> (Tudor) to secure the victory.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read our full stage report.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:48:17.831Z<\/p>\n

They’re off! The flag has dropped and the stage is underway. As expected their are immediate attacks.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:47:43.010Z<\/p>\n

There is some debate about who will and who can win today’s stage. It is far from flat but the valley road to the finish could see some sprinters and fast finishers survive.<\/p>\n

If Mads Pedersen was riding the Tour de Suisse, it would be a perfect stage for the Dane.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:46:31.542Z<\/p>\n

The riders are in the 4.9km neutralised sector and then face the rolling 177km of racing.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:42:59.243Z<\/p>\n

There was a storm and gusts of winds on Sunday afternoon but early summer weather has returned to central Switzerland today.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:42:07.169Z<\/p>\n

The two non-starters are Max van der Meulen(Bahrain-Victorious) and Anton Palzer (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:40:59.475Z<\/p>\n

As the riders line-up in Aarau, there is news that 149 will race on today. There are two non-starters.<\/p>\n

2025-06-16T10:22:26.551Z<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2025-06-16T15:30:36.396Z Tuesday’s third stage at the Tour de Suisse could be much like today. The 195.6km stage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-189723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114694651514109639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}