{"id":192279,"date":"2025-06-17T17:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/192279\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:55:09","slug":"quinn-simmons-soars-to-stage-3-victory-at-the-tour-de-suisse-dedicates-win-to-gino-mader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/192279\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Simmons soars to stage 3 victory at the Tour de Suisse, dedicates win to Gino M\u00e4der"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a handlebar moustache and the stars and stripes on his chest, US champion Quinn Simmons<\/a> (Lidl-Trek) earned a determined victory on Tuesday at the Tour de Suisse<\/a>, which he dedicated to the late Gino M\u00e4der<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was part of the early breakaway on stage three, attacking alone with 20km to go at the base of a category-two kicker.<\/p>\n

Holding a gap of around 40 seconds to the peloton, Simmons ploughed doggedly to the finish in Heiden, where he celebrated by flapping his arms like an eagle, before pointing to the sky.<\/p>\n

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“To be honest, I really wanted to win yesterday on the two-year anniversary we lost Gino<\/a> \u2013 I really wanted to win and dedicate that to him, but I do it a day late,” Simmons said post-race.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the American was riding behind M\u00e4der on a descent at the Tour de Suisse when the Bahrain Victorious rider crashed and later died. Speaking months later, Simmons said the incident made him re-consider his career.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s really hard for me to be here again, especially seeing his mum at the start,” he said after his victory on Tuesday. “Now, I can pay a bit of tribute, and for sure I had extra motivation today.”<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) finished second, 18 seconds down, with Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) a close third. Stage one winner Romain Gr\u00e9goire<\/a> (Groupama-FDJ) remains the race leader.<\/p>\n

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How it happened<\/p>\n

After starting the attacks in the finale of stage two, US champion Simmons took up the breakaway on day three of the Tour de Suisse, joining forces with five others on the undulating, near-200km route to Heiden.<\/p>\n

With no categorised climbs until the last 20km, the peloton kept the escapees on a tight leash. Simmons and his companions \u2013 who also included British rider Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost) \u2013 were rarely afforded more than a two-minute gap.<\/p>\n

With 60km to go, Geraint Thomas<\/a> (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed in slow motion on a sharp hairpin bend. The Welshman, winner of the race in 2022, remained on the floor for a few minutes clutching his left knee. He then remounted and, after a fleeting visit to the medical car, was paced back into the pack by three team-mates.<\/p>\n

With the breakaway\u2019s buffer falling, Simmons tried his luck from range with 20km to go, kicking away on a category-two climb. The American carried 43 seconds over the summit, with Picnic PostNL chasing him from the peloton.<\/p>\n

The lumpy run-in to the line brought a litany of short-lived attacks. Among those who tried their luck were Almeida, Gr\u00e9goire and Joe Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech), but the only rider to gain a gap behind Simmons was Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), who went inside 8km to go.<\/p>\n

An American 1-2, however, would not materialise. Powless was re-absorbed into the bunch, and with no concerted effort to reel him back in, Simmons ran away with the stage win, his third victory of the year.<\/p>\n

The American’s eagle celebration, he explained, “was for me \u2013 the last time I was in this jersey I never won a bike race and I had a terrible season, and I had a huge motivation to win in the American champion\u2019s jersey.”<\/p>\n

He gave the last word to M\u00e4der, gesturing to the sky in tribute as he crossed the line.<\/p>\n

ResultsTour de Suisse 2025, stage three: Aarau > Heiden (195.6km)<\/p>\n

1. Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek, in 4:39:42
2. Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, +18s
3. Oscar Onley (GBr) Picnic PostNL
4. Romain Gr\u00e9goire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
5. K\u00e9vin Vauqelin (Fra) Ark\u00e9a-B&B Hotels
6. Jan Christen (Sui) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
7. Fabio Christen (Sui) Q36.5
8. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Bahrain Victorious
9. Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
10. Cl\u00e9ment Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana, all at same time<\/p>\n

General classification after stage three<\/p>\n

1. Romain Gr\u00e9goire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, in 11:26:01
2. K\u00e9vin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels, +25s
3. Bart Lemmen (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike, +27s
4. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling, at same time
5. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Jayco AlUla, +1:18
6. Felix Gro\u00dfschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
7. Lennard K\u00e4mna (Ger) Lidl-Trek
8. Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team, all at same time
9. Will Barta (USA) Movistar, +1:37
10. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) XDS Astana, at same time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a handlebar moustache and the stars and stripes on his chest, US champion Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) earned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-192279","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\/114699994680607427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192279","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=192279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}