{"id":123206,"date":"2026-06-18T10:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/missed-turning-costs-marlen-reusser-and-kasia-niewiadoma-phinney-valuable-time-in-tour-de-suisse-gc-battle-as-they-go-the-wrong-way-in-full-gas-chase\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:50:58","slug":"missed-turning-costs-marlen-reusser-and-kasia-niewiadoma-phinney-valuable-time-in-tour-de-suisse-gc-battle-as-they-go-the-wrong-way-in-full-gas-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/missed-turning-costs-marlen-reusser-and-kasia-niewiadoma-phinney-valuable-time-in-tour-de-suisse-gc-battle-as-they-go-the-wrong-way-in-full-gas-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed turning costs Marlen Reusser and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney valuable time in Tour de Suisse GC battle as they go the wrong way in full-gas chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-6d3fabd8-ae70-4cc1-a373-dce767cbe135\">Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM) lost any slim chance they had at chasing down <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/tour-de-suisse-women-elisa-longo-borghini-wins-hilly-stage-2-and-takes-gc-lead-with-attack-on-final-climb-in-locarno\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/tour-de-suisse-women-elisa-longo-borghini-wins-hilly-stage-2-and-takes-gc-lead-with-attack-on-final-climb-in-locarno\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/tour-de-suisse-women-elisa-longo-borghini-wins-hilly-stage-2-and-takes-gc-lead-with-attack-on-final-climb-in-locarno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solo stage-winner Elisa Longo Borghini<\/a> (UAE ADQ) on stage 2 of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-suisse-women\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-suisse-women\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-suisse-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour de Suisse Women<\/a> by missing a turn and riding the wrong way in the final 4km.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You go full gas, so it&#8217;s not like you have time to be like &#8216;Oh what&#8217;s happening now?&#8217;, it&#8217;s just like you go full,&#8221; 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But the race wasn&#8217;t over, with the engine of Reusser and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/katarzyna-niewiadoma-phinney\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/katarzyna-niewiadoma-phinney\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/katarzyna-niewiadoma-phinney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niewiadoma-Phinney<\/a> working well to limit their losses in a group with Sarah Van Dam (Visma-Lease a Bike).<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Van Dam, a teammate of Femke de Vries, who started the day as race leader and was dropped, was not contributing in the effort, as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/marlen-reusser\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/marlen-reusser\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/marlen-reusser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reusser<\/a> and Niewiadoma-Phinney gave everything to try and bring back a 20-second deficit.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Despite the presence of two marshals on the road, they missed the left-hand turn and went straight on, being forced to turn around and lose valuable time as a result. Longo Borghini won the stage and took the yellow jersey, with the pair crossing the line 47 seconds later in a group alongside Steffi H\u00e4berlin (SD Worx-Protime).<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Van Dam spotted the marshals in time and took the turning, allowing her to finish second on the day solo, 30 seconds down, moving her up to third overall.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-WNozeWtZWESV5DnPepsJXc\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-WNozeWtZWESV5DnPepsJXc slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;When I saw Marlen and Kasia going straight, and I saw on the map really last minute, I grabbed my brakes, took left, and just went as hard as I possibly could to the finish line,&#8221; said the Canadian.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;I have my map on my Garmin, I was looking at it; I knew the final had a few twists and turns, and I looked at it last minute and thankfully saw, but I&#8217;m a bit sorry for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">After their mistake on Thursday&#8217;s finale, Reusser and Niewiadoma-Phinney will have three stages to try and make up the 57-second deficit they now have to Longo Borghini.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><strong>Subscribe to Cyclingnews and gear up for the Tour de France Femmes with unlimited access to our coverage of the Tour de Suisse Women &#8211; including breaking news, analysis and more from every stage as it happens. <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/sub24\/?utm_source=Referral+link&amp;utm_medium=Website&amp;utm_campaign=TdSW25\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/sub24\/?utm_source=Referral+link&amp;utm_medium=Website&amp;utm_campaign=TdSW25\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/sub24\/?utm_source=Referral+link&amp;utm_medium=Website&amp;utm_campaign=TdSW25\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/missed-turning-costs-marlen-reusser-and-kasia-niewiadoma-phinney-valuable-time-in-tour-de-suisse-gc-battle-as-they-go-the-wrong-way-in-full-gas-chase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM) lost any slim chance they had at chasing down solo stage-winner Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE ADQ) on stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse Women by missing a turn and riding the wrong way in the final 4km. &#8220;You go full gas, so it&#8217;s not like you have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}