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Friday, June 19: Stage 7, Biel/Bienne - Düdingen, 164.6 km

Stage 7 map and profile | Stage 7 photos

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 7

The Race: After the last of the day's breakaway riders were caught, with less than a kilometer to go, it was time for the fast men to duke it out.

A sprinting duel between Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan saw Kristoff take the win today. Katusha works like dogs to get Kristoff in position for the sprint, and he did not waste their work. He was helped by Sagan's starting from too far back and having a lot of ground to make up. You can see it in the YouTube Video below.

Before 2015, Kristoff had never won a Tour de Suisse stage, but this year he's taken two stages.

Thibaut Pinot remains the overall leader, but he lost another five seconds to Geraint Thomas, who is now 37 seconds behind Pinot.

The final moments of Tour de Suisse stage 7

Complete Results:

Stage 7 photos

1	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	3hr 38min 7sec
2	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
3	Davide CIMOLAI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
4	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
5	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	s.t.
6	Jurgen ROELANDTS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
7	Sep VANMARCKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
8	Michael ALBASINI	ORICA GreenEDGE	s.t.
9	Marco MARCATO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
10	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
11	Paul MARTENS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
12	Alexey LUTSENKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
13	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
14	Geraint THOMAS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
15	Martin ELMIGER	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
16	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
17	Domenico POZZOVIVO	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	Jakob FUGLSANG	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 5sec
19	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
20	Kristijan DURASEK	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
21	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
22	Sergio Luis HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
23	Jan BAKELANTS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
24	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
25	Sébastien REICHENBACH	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
26	Thibaut PINOT	FDJ	s.t.
27	Simon SPILAK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
28	Mark CAVENDISH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
29	Jhoan Esteban CHAVES	ORICA GreenEDGE	s.t.
30	Tom VAN ASBROECK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
31	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
32	Matej MOHORIC	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
33	Warren BARGUIL	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
34	Stefan SCHUMACHER	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
35	Daniel MORENO	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
36	Bob JUNGELS	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
37	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
38	Alex HOWES	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
39	Lawrence WARBASSE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
40	Adrian HONKISZ	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
41	John DEGENKOLB	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
42	Kanstantsin SIUTSOU	TEAM SKY	s.t.
43	Rafal MAJKA	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
44	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
45	Marco MINNAARD	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
46	Francis DE GREEF	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
47	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GreenEDGE	s.t.
49	Davide REBELLIN	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:00:14
50	Luka PIBERNIK	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
51	Grégory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:17
52	Andre Fernando CARDOSO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
53	Francisco José VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
54	Zdenek STYBAR	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:00:21
55	Dries DEVENYNS	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
56	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:28
57	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:32
58	Frank SCHLECK	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
59	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
60	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:00:37
61	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
62	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
63	Winner ANACONA	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
64	Benjamin KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
65	Sébastien TURGOT	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
66	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	s.t.
67	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
68	Jan HIRT	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
69	Jonathan FUMEAUX	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
70	Darwin ATAPUMA	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
71	Koen DE KORT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
72	Sébastien MINARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
73	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
74	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
75	Guillaume BONNAFOND	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
76	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
77	Michal GOLAS	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	s.t.
78	Thomas DANIELSON	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
79	Valerio AGNOLI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
80	Eros CAPECCHI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
81	Mark RENSHAW	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	@ 1min 0sec
82	Silvan DILLIER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:01:04
83	Jerome COPPEL	IAM CYCLING	0:01:05
84	Svein TUFT	ORICA GreenEDGE	s.t.
85	Damien GAUDIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:12
86	Cameron MEYER	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:01:15
87	Thomas LEEZER	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:01:30
88	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:01:35
89	Daryl IMPEY	ORICA GreenEDGE	s.t.
90	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:01:35
91	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:41
92	Vegard BREEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:01:43
93	Niccolo BONIFAZIO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:01:45
94	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	s.t.
95	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	0:02:21
96	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:25
97	Bert LINDEMAN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:02:27
98	Sergey LAGUTIN	TEAM KATUSHA	0:02:27
99	Simon CLARKE	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:02:41
100	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	0:02:51
101	Mirko SELVAGGI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	0:03:07
102	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	0:04:29
103	Dmitrii KOZONCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
104	Julian David ARREDONDO	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
105	Stefan DENIFL	IAM CYCLING	0:05:58
106	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:09:39
107	Michael VALGREN	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
108	Axel DOMONT	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:09:46
109	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:12:33
110	Thomas DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
111	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
112	Jérôme BAUGNIES	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	0:17:09
113	Frederik BACKAERT	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
114	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
115	Carter JONES	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
116	Blel KADRI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
117	William BONNET	FDJ	s.t.
118	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
119	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	s.t.
120	Sébastien CHAVANEL	FDJ	s.t.
121	Bernhard EISEL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
122	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
123	Mario Jorge FARIA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
124	Jasper DE BUYST	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
125	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
126	Marek RUTKIEWICZ	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
127	Sylwester SZMYD	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
128	Grega BOLE	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
129	Moreno MOSER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
130	Manuel SENNI	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
131	Adriano MALORI	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
132	Igor ANTON	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
133	Alberto BETTIOL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
134	Simone ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
135	Valerio CONTI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
136	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
137	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	s.t.
138	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
139	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
140	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
141	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF - SAXO	s.t.
142	Kenny DE HAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
143	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	TEAM SKY	s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1	Thibaut PINOT	FDJ	25hr 55min 3sec
2	Geraint THOMAS	TEAM SKY	@ 37sec
3	Domenico POZZOVIVO	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:00:50
4	Simon SPILAK	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
5	Miguel Angel LOPEZ	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 7sec
6	Jakob FUGLSANG	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:22
7	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:01:27
8	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	0:02:29
9	Sébastien REICHENBACH	IAM CYCLING	0:02:43
10	Sergio Luis HENAO	TEAM SKY	0:02:46
11	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:02:52
12	Rafal MAJKA	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:02:59
13	Jhoan Esteban CHAVES	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:03:12
14	Kristijan DURASEK	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:03:21
15	Bob JUNGELS	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:03:22
16	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:03:49
17	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:27
18	Daniel MORENO	TEAM KATUSHA	0:04:33
19	Warren BARGUIL	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:04:52
20	Kanstantsin SIUTSOU	TEAM SKY	0:05:35
21	Jan BAKELANTS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:06:15
22	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:07:00
23	Francis DE GREEF	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	0:08:02
24	Winner ANACONA	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:08:14
25	Frank SCHLECK	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:08:55
26	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:11:03
27	Davide REBELLIN	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:13:31
28	Marco MINNAARD	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	0:15:55
29	Alexey LUTSENKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:16:41
30	Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:17:13
31	Lawrence WARBASSE	IAM CYCLING	0:17:16
32	Darwin ATAPUMA	BMC RACING TEAM	0:18:40
33	Julian David ARREDONDO	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:19:02
34	Jan HIRT	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:20:00
35	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:21:06
36	Andre Fernando CARDOSO	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:21:42
37	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:22:23
38	Thomas DANIELSON	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:22:47
39	Peter SAGAN	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:23:18
40	Jerome COPPEL	IAM CYCLING	0:23:31
41	Greg VAN AVERMAET	BMC RACING TEAM	0:24:18
42	Luka PIBERNIK	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:25:34
43	Christian KNEES	TEAM SKY	0:27:25
44	Jonathan FUMEAUX	IAM CYCLING	0:27:37
45	Michael ALBASINI	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:29:05
46	Daryl IMPEY	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:30:44
47	Silvan DILLIER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:32:48
48	Guillaume BONNAFOND	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:32:54
49	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:33:39
50	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:33:46
51	Martin ELMIGER	IAM CYCLING	0:33:51
52	Benjamin KING	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:35:30
53	Michal GOLAS	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:37:13
54	Jérémy ROY	FDJ	0:37:42
55	Stefan DENIFL	IAM CYCLING	0:40:15
56	Stefan SCHUMACHER	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:40:39
57	Sylwester SZMYD	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:41:56
58	Paul MARTENS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:42:34
59	Eros CAPECCHI	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:43:50
60	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:44:11
61	Simon CLARKE	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:44:33
62	Valerio CONTI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:45:12
63	Francisco José VENTOSO	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:45:23
64	Matthieu LADAGNOUS	FDJ	0:45:51
65	Marco MARCATO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	0:46:54
66	Axel DOMONT	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:47:01
67	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:47:11
68	Vegard BREEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:47:20
69	Valerio AGNOLI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:48:17
70	Cameron MEYER	ORICA GreenEDGE	0:48:48
71	Manuel SENNI	BMC RACING TEAM	0:48:49
72	Adrian HONKISZ	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	0:48:53
73	Matteo TRENTIN	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	0:50:22
74	Thomas DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:50:32
75	Bakhtiyar KOZHATAYEV	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:52:35
76	Matej MOHORIC	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:52:57
77	John DEGENKOLB	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	0:53:09
78	Michael VALGREN	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:53:43
79	Mirko SELVAGGI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	0:54:49
80	Sébastien MINARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:55:45
81	Igor ANTON	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:56:18
82	Michael MORKOV	TINKOFF - SAXO	0:59:15
83	Damien GAUDIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:59:54
84	Dmitrii KOZONCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 1hr 0min 18sec
85	Sep VANMARCKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	1:00:25
86	Daniele BENNATI	TINKOFF - SAXO	1:00:59
87	Grégory RAST	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:01:35
88	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	1:02:07
89	Bert LINDEMAN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	1:02:42
90	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	TEAM KATUSHA	1:03:11
91	Sébastien TURGOT	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:03:25
92	Mathew HAYMAN	ORICA GreenEDGE	1:03:43
93	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	1:04:14
94	Marco HALLER	TEAM KATUSHA	1:04:54
95	Koen DE KORT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	1:05:08
96	Jurgen ROELANDTS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1:05:16
97	Zdenek STYBAR	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	1:05:41
98	Sergey LAGUTIN	TEAM KATUSHA	1:06:09
99	Thomas LEEZER	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	1:06:21
100	Adriano MALORI	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:06:26
101	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	1:07:08
102	Jasper STUYVEN	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:07:26
103	Borut BOZIC	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:07:32
104	Alex HOWES	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:08:24
105	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	1:09:27
106	Grega BOLE	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	1:10:24
107	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	1:11:11
108	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	1:12:03
109	Dries DEVENYNS	IAM CYCLING	1:12:44
110	Svein TUFT	ORICA GreenEDGE	1:12:45
111	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	BMC RACING TEAM	1:13:25
112	Matti BRESCHEL	TINKOFF - SAXO	1:15:48
113	Moreno MOSER	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:15:59
114	Tom VAN ASBROECK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	1:17:03
115	Mark CAVENDISH	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	1:18:32
116	Stijn DEVOLDER	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:18:50
117	Marek RUTKIEWICZ	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	1:19:06
118	Mark RENSHAW	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	1:19:39
119	Alberto BETTIOL	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:20:00
120	Jasper DE BUYST	LOTTO SOUDAL	1:20:22
121	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	TEAM SKY	1:21:59
122	Alexander KRISTOFF	TEAM KATUSHA	1:22:00
123	Jacopo GUARNIERI	TEAM KATUSHA	1:23:03
124	Carter JONES	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	1:23:41
125	Frederik BACKAERT	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	1:23:41
126	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:23:59
127	Davide CIMOLAI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:25:15
128	Niccolo BONIFAZIO	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:25:28
129	Arnaud DEMARE	FDJ	1:25:49
130	Matthias BRANDLE	IAM CYCLING	1:26:20
131	Mario Jorge FARIA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:27:18
132	Fabian CANCELLARA	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:29:01
133	Danny PATE	TEAM SKY	1:30:33
134	Pavel BRUTT	TINKOFF - SAXO	1:31:16
135	Simone ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	1:31:36
136	Kenny DE HAES	LOTTO SOUDAL	1:32:54
137	Blel KADRI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:33:54
138	Jérôme BAUGNIES	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	1:34:00
139	Nikolay TRUSOV	TINKOFF - SAXO	1:35:26
140	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	1:35:30
141	Bernhard EISEL	TEAM SKY	1:35:47
142	William BONNET	FDJ	1:37:26
143	Sébastien CHAVANEL	FDJ	1:41:16

Stage 7 map and profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Stage 7 photos:

A break with Silvain Dillier, Michal Kwiatkowski and Daryl Impey

Alexander beats Peter Sagan to win stage 7

Stage winner Alexander Kristoff

GC leader Thibaut Pinot

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