{"id":123457,"date":"2026-06-21T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/pogacar-claims-third-2026-tour-de-suisse-stage-on-way-to-title\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:01:35","slug":"pogacar-claims-third-2026-tour-de-suisse-stage-on-way-to-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/pogacar-claims-third-2026-tour-de-suisse-stage-on-way-to-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Poga\u010dar claims third 2026 Tour de Suisse stage on way to title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday\u2019s conclusion of the 89th Tour de Suisse<\/a> was also a hideously mountainous queen stage that Tadej Poga\u010dar won on his way to the title. UAE-Emirates has earned six out of ten 2026 WorldTour stage races and Poga\u010dar has both Switzerland-based competitions, Romandie and Suisse, in his pocket.

How the GC stacked up<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barring abject disaster, leader Poga\u010dar had little to fear on the last day, but second place Richard Carapaz had Mathias Vacek five seconds behind him. Vacek\u2019s teammate Andrea Bagioli was crowding them both.<\/p>\n

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Keeping the runner-up spot would be Carapaz\u2019s best result of the season. Photo: Sirotti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Final Stage <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday was essentially three climbs of HC-rated Col de la Croix over 150 km. Starting midway up the climb, the riders would go on to do two 19-km, 7 percent ascents before a final clamber that ended, again, midway up Col de la Croix. It was a hot day for clambering up HC mountains.<\/p>\n

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The finale was also the queen stage. Image by La FlammeRouge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eleven chaps got clear on the opening slopes which acted as a Cat. 2, Louis Vervaeke underscoring his KOM lead by tipping over first. At the foot of the first proper Col de la Croix, the break\u2019s lead was 1:30. Meanwhile, several riders called it a day. Vervaeke practically wrapped up the mountains classification at the crest.<\/p>\n

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Vervaeke wrapped up the green mountains jersey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next full climb of de la Croix saw the fugitives 1:45 ahead of the UAE-Emirates-driven yellow jersey. The peloton simply didn\u2019t do enough to pull back the escapees. When Decathlon-CMA-CGM took over the pace making, Bagioli lost contact.<\/p>\n

The Final Climb<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bart Lemmen, Nairo Quintana and Lenny Martinez cracked off the front of the breakaway when the road tilted towards the sky. The world champion attacked and started picking off riders between him and a now-solo Martinez. Martinez put up a heck of a resistance, 20 seconds up on the yellow jersey with 2 km to go.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s right behind me, isn\u2019t he?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Poga\u010dar snatched Martinez just before the red kite and then dispatched the Frenchman.<\/p>\n

The Tour de France begins on Tuesday, July 4.<\/p>\n

89th Tour de Suisse Stage 5<\/strong>
1) Tadej Poga\u010dar (Slovenia\/UAE-Emirates) 4:12:24
2) Lenny Martinez (France\/Bahrain-Victorious) +0:07
3) Bart Lemmen (The Netherlands\/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1:33

89th Tour de Suisse Final GC<\/strong>
1) Tadej Poga\u010dar (Slovenia\/UAE-Emirates) 15:08:44
2) Richard Carapaz (Ecuador\/EF Education-Easypost) +6:32
3) Mathias Vacek (Czech Republic\/Lidl-Trek) +6:53<\/p>\n

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