A genuine PTHC stage race. Huge mountains, an ITT and flat stages. There's a bit of everything here in Switzerland.
2024 Results
1
Egan Bernal
Polar
22h01'38
2
Louis Meintjes
Bralirwa - Cegeka
+ 4'36
3
Merhawi Kudus
Moser - Sygic
+ 4'40
4
Brandon McNulty
King Power
+ 4'58
5
Sam Oomen
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
+ 5'12
6
Colin Stüssi
Jura GIANTS
+ 6'07
7
Joao Rodrigues
Everesting
+ 6'13
8
Ki Ho Choi
ZARA - Irizar
+ 6'18
9
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Grieg-Maersk
+ 6'20
10
Andreas Leknessund
Gazelle
+ 6'26
GC Contenders
Rider
FL
MT
MM
HI
TT
ST
RC
AC
FT
Bernal
71
82
78
74
81
80
82
69
65
Phinney
69
81
77
73
79
71
70
69
64
Latour
69
81
78
75
70
80
80
74
80
Ranaweera
67
80
77
73
76
75
74
65
57
Reis
69
80
76
72
75
77
77
63
65
Elosegui
65
80
76
71
72
77
83
71
65
Novak
68
80
79
77
66
74
77
76
73
Inkelaar
64
80
75
70
64
75
79
74
69
Darbellay
69
79
75
71
76
73
77
65
70
Stüssi
71
79
76
73
75
77
78
66
65
Lasinis
69
79
76
72
74
73
74
68
67
Arensman
73
79
76
73
74
72
74
68
73
Kirsch
70
79
77
74
71
75
75
67
62
Mavrikakis
70
79
76
72
71
74
69
67
63
Powless
72
78
75
72
80
76
76
71
64
Leknessund
73
78
76
74
78
77
77
69
75
Bernal and Phinney are the best all rounders here. Hard to look past them. The former going for back to back wins.
Latour stands alone in my opinion and should be a strong contender here. Depending on time gaps and how decisive the ITT is.
Ranaweera, Reis and Elosegui are the next big GC guys. The latter especially with his energy stats.
Novak could defintiely turn some heads in the mountain and hilly stages but if the ITT is decisive then unfortunately his finish in GC will be affected, although with a large Mountain stage after the ITT he could make up time. Same goes for Inkelaar however with a slightly lower hill ability, he may not be able to hold in during the hill stage.
Darbellay, Stüssi, Lasinis, Arensman, Kirsch and Mavrikakis all have a chance of getting a great GC finish with a high mountain and TT combination.
Powless and Leknessund are definitely ones to watch, depending on how selective the race is.
Sprint Contenders
Rider
FL
SP
AC
RS
Groenewegen
73
82
81
71
Aniolkowski
76
80
79
74
Vesely
72
80
79
67
Welten
76
79
75
71
Kamberaj
75
79
78
73
Kennett
75
79
78
76
Hodeg
72
79
78
74
El Sabbahi
77
78
77
76
Waersted
73
78
79
78
Szarka
77
78
78
73
Zingle
75
78
78
75
Van der Kooij
73
78
77
74
Page
75
78
79
72
Nommela
72
78
78
70
Mareczko
74
78
77
73
Groenewegen does not have much competition here and with the team he has for a leadout, should quite easily be able to get at least a win.
Aniolkowski and Vesely will try really hard to stop the Aker - MOT fast man from taking a clean sweep and the green jersey.
Other contenders include Welten, Kamberaj, Hodeg and Kennett. The latter being on excellent form and could upset the big favourites.
TT Contenders
Rider
FL
TT
ST
FT
Bernal
71
81
80
65
Mullen
75
81
75
61
Powless
72
80
76
64
Beniusis
71
80
71
68
Vernon
75
79
73
63
Phinney
69
79
71
64
Tanfield
73
79
74
76
Evenepoel
75
79
79
81
Bernal and Mullen are are the favourites here. Same team and could get Polar some excellent points!
Powless and Beniusis will try to defeat the Polar duo.
Vernon, Phinney, Tanfield and Evenepoel are big contenders here. Especially the latter who may also have a chance GC wise if there is not too much selection or seperation in the big stages.
Hilly Contenders
Rider
HI
MM
ST
RS
AC
FT
Mohoric
83
77
78
72
77
71
Kron
79
75
75
75
73
75
Jensen
78
73
74
70
73
79
Evenepoel
77
77
79
81
71
81
Novak
77
79
74
76
76
73
Kwiatkowski
77
76
68
70
69
69
Guerreiro
77
77
73
73
72
61
Sossa
77
75
75
72
70
74
Mohoric should really take this win on stage 3. There are not many who can compete with him in the hills.
Kron is the next best but there is a clear divide in ability between the two.
Jensen, Evenepoel, Novak, Kwiatkowski, Guerreiro and Sossa all get a mention but will need to be in incredible form to take the win away from the EA Vesuvio puncheur.
This is shaping up to be an incredible stage race! Good luck everyone!
Guess I should have brought Giannoutsos here instead of Dauphine. He would have had a good shot at top 10, maybe even fighting for top 15. We went for Ioannidis as a Leader and a lot of potential breakaways instead. Zingle is also too far Down to have a real shot of scoring points.
All in for Groenewegen here! Brought the train, and really hope we are able to deliver. If so, this can be a massive, massive race for us, similar to last season's Dauphine.
Just excited to watch this one from a CT perspective. These are the types of races we are hoping to one day get a chance to race - a very well balanced stage race with something for everyone (except where is the TTT - all races should have one of those)
Not sure anyone could possibly take down Bernal here, especially with Phinney slightly more likely to struggle on the later stages. Powless could certainly fight above his weight if he can stay in contention on the mountains.
Decided to give it a shot with Remco here, but the mountain stages will probably be too tough for him. Given how ToNE played out this year, the race days would have been better spent there.
Not sure why I brought Kron here, given that Remco should also go for the hilly stage but here we go.
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