{"id":205802,"date":"2025-06-22T19:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205802\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T19:05:11","slug":"what-we-learned-from-the-tour-de-suisse-and-what-it-means-for-the-tdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205802\/","title":{"rendered":"What we learned from the Tour de Suisse, and what it means for the TDF"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Tour de Suisse showed us what may happen in the gaps between the great battles of the Tour’s two favorites.<\/p>\n

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The Tour de Suisse has long served as a final proving ground before the Tour de France, and the 2025 edition delivered drama, dominance, and a few moments of clarity. From Egan Bernal\u2019s 2019 win en route to yellow in Paris to Geraint Thomas and Richard Carapaz translating Swiss form into Tour podiums, the race often reveals more than just who\u2019s in shape. It hints at how July may unfold.<\/p>\n

This year, the Criterium du Dauphine, the other one-week June stage race, stole the show. That’s bound to happen when Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Poga\u010dar arrive up to the same race, something that has only happened only a small handful of times outside the Tour itself. <\/p>\n

Suisse, instead, showed us what may happen in the gaps between the great battles of the Tour’s two favorites, as well as provided insight into one of the riders set to support Poga\u010dar next month. We learned absolutely nothing about Vingegaard’s support since the Visma Tour squad all headed straight for an altutide camp after the Dauphin\u00e9. <\/p>\n

Suisse still provided some insight. It featured a mountainous route capped by a brutal uphill time trial, with tricky mid-week stages that look a lot like the routes riders will face in the first week of the Tour. Most obviously, it was won by a rider Poga\u010dar will rely on in the high mountains in July. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we learned, and what it might mean with the Grand D\u00e9part less than two weeks away:<\/p>\n

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