{"id":745120,"date":"2026-06-18T19:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/745120\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:41:09","slug":"tour-de-suisse-2026-classifications-update-stage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/745120\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de Suisse 2026 Classifications Update Stage 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Tour de Suisse<\/a> classifications are set to move quickly in a new five-day format where there is little room to recover from an early setback. From the punchy opening stage around Sondrio to the individual time trial in Aarburg and the final mountain stage in Villars-sur-Ollon, the fight for the overall lead can change sharply from one day to the next.This live classifications hub will be updated after each stage of the Tour de Suisse<\/a> with the latest General Classification, Points Classification, Mountains Classification and Best Young Rider standings. It will track the main time gaps, jersey changes and classification movements as the race develops across its shortened 2026 edition.<\/p>\n

With steep Italian roads to open the race, a time trial before the final weekend and a climbing finale still to come, this page will follow how each stage reshapes the Tour de Suisse standings.<\/p>\n


\nGeneral Classification Standings after Stage 2After stage 2, Pogacar remains in command of the general classification, and even slightly extended his lead to 2:50. The UAE Team Emirates rider attacked late with Mathias Vacek<\/a> also able to follow – with the Czech rider also standing to gain as he moved to fourth overall.<\/p>\n

Finlay Pickering is into fifth place thanks to his day in the breakaway, while Brandon McNulty, Ilan van Wilder and Wilco Kelderman drop slightly in the rankings. Pogacar’s teammate Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez has now moved inside the top ten.<\/p>\n

1-\u00a0Poga\u010dar\u00a0TadejUAE Team Emirates – XRG6:55:062-\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education – EasyPost2:503-\u00a0Bagioli\u00a0AndreaLidl – Trek3:074\u25b21\u00a0Vacek\u00a0MathiasLidl – Trek4:165\u25b210\u00a0Pickering\u00a0FinlayTeam Jayco AlUla4:416\u25bc2\u00a0McNulty\u00a0BrandonSoudal Quick-Step4:447\u25bc1\u00a0Van Wilder\u00a0IlanUAE Team Emirates – XRG,,8\u25bc1\u00a0Kelderman\u00a0WilcoTeam Visma | Lease a Bike,,9-\u00a0Riccitello\u00a0MatthewDecathlon CMA CGM Team5:1110\u25b21\u00a0Narv\u00e1ez\u00a0JhonatanUAE Team Emirates – XRG5:12Points Classification Standings after Stage 2<\/p>\n

Romain Gr\u00e9goire will wear the points classification jersey on Friday’s third stage after his victory sees him tie level with Pogacar. Richard Carapaz has taken a slight drop to third place.<\/p>\n

Other movers in the classification include Marcel Camprub\u00ed to fourth, while Andrea Bagioli drops down to fifth. Bart Lemmen and Filippo Zana also find themselves in prominent positions.<\/p>\n

1-\u00a0Poga\u010dar\u00a0TadejUAE Team Emirates – XRG182\u00a0Gr\u00e9goire\u00a0RomainGroupama – FDJ United183\u25bc1\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education – EasyPost124\u00a0Camprub\u00ed\u00a0MarcelPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team125\u25bc2\u00a0Bagioli\u00a0AndreaLidl – Trek86\u00a0Van Wilder\u00a0IlanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike67\u25bc3\u00a0Lemmen\u00a0BartSoudal Quick-Step48\u00a0Zana\u00a0FilippoSoudal Quick-Step49\u25bc4\u00a0Vacek\u00a0MathiasLidl – Trek210\u00a0Pickering\u00a0FinlayTeam Jayco AlUla2King of the Mountains Standings after Stage 2Tadej Pogacar<\/a> remains in control of the King of the Mountains classification at 14 points. Although the leaderboard has changed quite a bit with Louis Vervaeke and Bart Lemmen both taking six points and landing in second and fourth respectively.<\/p>\n

Richard Carapaz, Brandon McNulty, Andrea Bagioli and Fredrik Dversnes Lavik all remain among the top ten after their opening stage exploits.<\/p>\n

11-\u00a0Poga\u010dar\u00a0TadejUAE Team Emirates – XRG142\u00a0Vervaeke\u00a0LouisSoudal Quick-Step632\u25bc1\u00a0Dversnes Lavik\u00a0FredrikUno-X Mobility64\u00a0Lemmen\u00a0BartTeam Visma | Lease a Bike653\u25bc2\u00a0Bagioli\u00a0AndreaLidl – Trek664\u25bc2\u00a0McNulty\u00a0BrandonUAE Team Emirates – XRG575\u25bc2\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education – EasyPost486\u25bc2\u00a0Wellens\u00a0TimUAE Team Emirates – XRG49\u00a0Rochas\u00a0R\u00e9myGroupama – FDJ United4Youth Classification\u00a0Standings after Stage 2<\/p>\n

Mathias Vacek was the big winner in the Youth classification on stage 2, taking command thanks to a late attack with Tadej Pogacar. Finlay Pickering also moves up to second on 0:25 thanks to his breakaway exploits.<\/p>\n

It’s sure to be an intriguing classification for the upcoming days as Matthew Riccitello trails by 0:55 in third while Andrew August currently lies fourth at 2:27 behind the Lidl-Trek rider.<\/p>\n

1-\u00a0Vacek\u00a0MathiasLidl – Trek6:59:222\u25b22\u00a0Pickering\u00a0FinlayTeam Jayco AlUla0:253\u25bc1\u00a0Riccitello\u00a0MatthewDecathlon CMA CGM Team0:554\u25bc1\u00a0August\u00a0AndrewNetcompany INEOS2:275-\u00a0Dalby\u00a0SimonUno-X Mobility3:096-\u00a0Germani\u00a0LorenzoGroupama – FDJ United3:357\u25b22\u00a0Gr\u00e9goire\u00a0RomainGroupama – FDJ United9:068\u25bc1\u00a0Costiou\u00a0EwenTeam Picnic PostNL10:169\u25bc1\u00a0Koerdt\u00a0BjornGroupama – FDJ United,,10\u25b21\u00a0Labrosse\u00a0JordanDecathlon CMA CGM Team11:19Teams\u00a0Classification Standings after Stage 2<\/p>\n

UAE Team Emirates – XRG and Decathlon CMA CGM still hold the first two spots in the team classification, but behind some teams moved up and down – with the composition of the top ten in the rankings.<\/p>\n

Soudal Quick-Step are sure to be happy as they leapfrog Team Jayco AlUla while Lidl-Trek have also moved to fifth at Netcompany Ineos’ expense.<\/p>\n

1-\u00a0UAE Team Emirates – XRG20:55:032-\u00a0Decathlon CMA CGM Team9:263\u25b21\u00a0Soudal Quick-Step13:434\u25bc1\u00a0Team Jayco AlUla14:265\u25b21\u00a0Lidl – Trek21:066\u25bc1\u00a0Netcompany INEOS22:097\u25b21\u00a0Groupama – FDJ United26:108\u25bc1\u00a0Team Visma | Lease a Bike27:109-\u00a0Movistar Team28:0510-\u00a0Team Picnic PostNL33:28You can check the full standings of each of the classifications at the 2026 Tour de Suisse right here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Tour de Suisse classifications are set to move quickly in a new five-day format where there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,49603,63662,85,6494,203798],"class_list":["post-745120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-mathias-vacek","tag-primoz-roglic","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-tour-de-suisse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}