Dane Mattias Skjelmose won the third stage of the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday after 144 km between Tafers and Villars-sur-Ollon, the most important victory of his career, dethroning the Swiss Stefan Küng from the top of the general classification.
On a wet road, the 22-year-old puncher (Trek-Segafredo) was able to counter the attack of Belgian world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) in the final ascent in the Vaudois Alps, 6 km from the line. , before distancing in the last lengths the Austrian Felix Gall (AG2R), second at 3 seconds, and the Spaniard Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), at 12 sec.
In the general classification, the winner of the Tour du Luxembourg 2022, who signs the 5th victory of his career, seizes the yellow jersey with 17 seconds ahead of Evenepoel, who has not yet found his most sparkling form a month after having had to give up in the Giro, contaminated with Covid-19 while wearing the leader’s pink jersey. On the French side, Romain Bardet (DSM), 10th in the stage 45 seconds from Skjelmose, climbs from 25th to 10th place in the general classification, before a new arrival at the top on Wednesday in Loèche-les-Bains, then the queen stage of mountain Thursday.
