Will The GC Change After Final TT? | Tour De Suisse 2022 Men’s Stage 8 Highlights

The final stage of this year’s Tour de Suisse heads to Liechtenstein for a decisive race against the clock. At 25.4km in length and with only 133m of climbing, this is a course for the purists and one where the stronger time trialists could take back more than a minute on their GC rivals.

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The final day of the tour de suisse this year was a 25.6 kilometer time trial around the streets of vaduz the capital of liechtenstein of course took the riders along the river rhine out to the time check after 12.9 kilometers and then a slightly hillier and headwind

Section back into the capital city valus itself mostly flat a couple of lumps and bumps are harder second part but if you have better legs the time to make up on the rest dinner for bala was the early pace set up he got the better of chad hager and

Led by 20 seconds for most of the day there was a disastrous moment near the finish for elon von wilder he was unable to finish the race a young man from quickstep alpha final being attended too by the medics remkoev nepal went out like a flash remko the rocket was flying

Stefan kung was threatening him and the intermediate time check was two seconds quicker than the young belgian king was looking to head up into the top five on the gc eve nepal even quicker over the second part of the course he absolutely destroyed the time that had been set by dinner from bala

104 85 quicker a 54 kilometer per hour average and the lead also going well on a brand new prototype disc brake bike was danny martinez kung also flying but by the time he got into the last couple of hundred meters it was clear he wasn’t going to break

The time set by even nepal king’s still looking for his first victory of 2022 despite showing the form of his career 10 seconds down kung climbing better than ever and heading up to a top five on gc and the gc battle was about to begin thomas two seconds behind igita fighting

For what would be a 10th stage race win in his pro career Ikita on paper the slower of the two-time trialists but fighting for his very life out there on the road it was clear at the time check he wasn’t going to hold on to the yellow jersey and there was a mechanical issue for nielsen paulus who’s ridden a great race

As part of a two-man team over the last few days for ef education easy post he’d conserve his fourth place overall jacob fullsang he’d stay third a solid time trial from him second successive year on the overall podium garrett thomas was going so well that he was thinking of even snatching the stage

Went away from remko have nepal the time was green as he turned into the final corner but around 25 meters from the line it turned to red even nepal would hang onto his win but gary thomas would become the first ever british winner of the tour de swiss

He’d also be the oldest since levi light homer the second oldest ever igita would ride a typically combative race holding on to second place just about stage victory in a world tour time trial for the first time in the career of renko even a pool three seconds the margin of a victory

Over garrett thomas king in third place on the day martinez looking great ahead of the tour de france with bob jungles having a bit of a renaissance and finishing fifth as well the overall win going to garrett thomas hormondy winner last year swiss winner this year both swiss top level stage

Races now on his palmares that’s looking richer by the year thomas in some of the best form of his life are looking great with a one-minute 12 win heading into the tour de france so third place going to jakob fulson he’s promised to come back and have

Another crack at the tour de suisse second to ikito with borah looking good thomas on the top adigita taking the white jersey as the best young glider quinn simmons was the king of the mountains and michael matthews the points jersey winner a very comfortable margin of victory for

The man from canberra in australia it’s been quite the dramatic tour de swiss wonderful backdrops tremendous weather for the explosion of covered positives sending a worry in a shock wave through the peloton garrett thomas with a 25th career victory on the road one of the best ever for him

Winner of the tour de swedes at 36 years of age the second oldest ever the first brit to win