Tour de Suisse Men stage 5 LIVE: A group of 11 riders go clear after first ascent

Peloton +1’40”

2026-06-21T12:15:41.737Z

It looks like Bart Lemmen (TVL) is also in this lead group…

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The gap expands to 1’25” between the break and the peloton with Schmid, Double, Vervaeke, Mollema and Martinez the only confirmed riders in the group of 11 riders.

2026-06-21T12:04:21.527Z

The group comes back together as 11 riders again with 55″ on the peloton. They are on a plateau around halfway down the descent at the moment.

2026-06-21T12:01:48.995Z

There are two other riders with Schmid now as they look to push on clear of the rest.

2026-06-21T11:59:27.672Z

Mauro Schmid (JAY) is out front and has just pushed clear of the rest of the break on the descent.

1. Vervaeke (SOQ) 6pts
2. Mollema (LTK) 4pts
3. Martinez (TBV) 3pts
4. Schmid (JAY) 2pts
5. Double (JAY) 1pt

2026-06-21T11:57:57.447Z

How early is too early for Pogačar to go on the attack?

2026-06-21T11:57:36.988Z

The gap does seem to be coming down again. UAE Team Emirates-XRG don’t seem to want to let this go.

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The first climb of the day is done and dusted with 11 riders clear of the peloton.

2026-06-21T11:55:36.874Z

The green KOM jersey of Louis Vervaeke (SOQ) has made it into the group that slimmed down to 11 riders as they went over the top with just 15″ on the peloton.

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2026-06-21T11:54:53.601Z

Multiple moves now coming out of the peloton with this quickly becoming difficult to control. There is now a lead group of around 15 riders as they are about to peak the climb.

2026-06-21T11:51:28.276Z

The seven leaders have just 10″ on the peloton.

2026-06-21T11:50:55.323Z

Seven riders are clear as the top of the first ascent of the Col de la Croix.

There are around 6 riders trying to break off the front of the peloton.

2026-06-21T11:45:37.578Z

Abandon

Alexander Kamp (UXM)

Sad to see. The Danish rider didn’t last very long.

2026-06-21T11:45:04.170Z

Mechanical

Attila Valter (TBV)

This happened at the same time as Haller’s crash and may be related.

2026-06-21T11:44:24.921Z

Make sure to read the report of the last stage of the women’s Tour de Suisse, it was quite the finale to a superb race…

2026-06-21T11:42:50.399Z

Crash

Marco Haller (TUD)

Not sure how that happened. Hopefully he is okay to continue.

2026-06-21T11:42:16.711Z

UAE Team Emirates-XRG have taken up the pacing with no moves going away just yet as they take on the steepest part of the climb.

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2026-06-21T11:40:28.339Z

Non-starters

Matthew Brennan (TVL)
Julian Alaphilippe (TUD)
Alec Segaert (TBV)
Lucas Hamilton (NCI)
Sjoerd Bax (PQT)

Racing is underway and it is all together for the moment.

2026-06-21T11:27:36.528Z

The neutralised start is in just a couple of minutes.

2026-06-21T11:26:10.510Z

The riders have yet another very sunny day to race in with temperatures expected at a max of 29°c in Villars-sur-Ollon, it will be hotter in the valley bottom.

2026-06-21T11:24:35.800Z

Here is what the riders have on the menu today. Over 4000 metres of climbing on just one climb that is taken on three times, twice in full with the third being split. The riders start in Villars-sur-Ollon and ride the second half of the Col de la Croix and then at the finish they ride the first half, finishing in Villars-sur-Ollon.

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2026-06-21T11:22:00.161Z

It is fair to say that, with his lead of 4’22” over Richard Carapaz (EFE) in 2nd place, Pogačar looks like he has won this year’s race, ticking off yet another WorldTour race off the list. That said, anything can still happen!

2026-06-21T11:21:05.608Z

It was a dramatic ending to the time trial yesterday with Tadej Pogačar (UAD) taking the stage by less than a second from Mathieu van der Poel (APT).

Hello and welcome to the final stage of the 2026 men’s Tour de Suisse. We have already had the women’s race come to a dramatic end on the course around Villars-sur-Ollon. Now it is the turn of the men.