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Saturday, June 20: Stage 8, Bern - Bern, 152.5 km

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Alexey Lutsenko wins Swiss Tour stage 8

The Race: About a third of the way through the stage, nineteen riders went clear from a peloton that did not feel like working too hard today with tomorrow's final stage an individual time trial.

From this group three riders, Alexey Lutsenko, Jan Bakelants and Warren Barguil broke away on the day's final big ascent with about 20 kilometers left to race.

Close to the finish Barguil was dropped and Bakelants and Lutsenko zoomed for the finish. The sprint wasn't even close. Lutsenko (2012 under-23 world road champion) easily took the stage.

GC leader Thibaut Pinot finished 27th, safely preserving his lead for another day.

Stage 8 final minutes

Complete Results:

Stage 8 photos

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

GC after Stage 8:

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

Stage 8 map and profile:

Tour of Switzerland stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

Stage 8 photos:

World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski waits for the stage to start.

Peter Sagan (left) and Steve Morabito

Race leader Thibaut Pinot takes a pull.

It's a sport where crashes are expected.

Michael Albasini leads.

The peloton riding into Bern.

Alexey Lutsenko leads Jan Bakelants in their successful break.

Alexey Lutsenko wins the stage.

Alexey Lutsenko enjoys his stage win.

Thibaut Pinot remains the GC leader.

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