First uphill finish in the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland , starting in Tafers and finishing in Villars-sur-Ollon. The peloton is compact as they approach the final 10.7km long ascent at 7.8% average gradient. On the climb, Remco Evenepoel 's Soudal-Quick Step sets the pace; just the world champion breaks the delay by attacking 6.5 km from the conclusion: only Gall and Skjelmose manage to follow his acceleration. At -2.5 km Gall sets off and, immediately after, also Skjelmose, while behind, a quintet made up of Ayuso, Bilbao, Uijtdebroeks, Uran and Kelderman, catches Evenepoel who even risks breaking away in the last kilometre. The decisive action is by Mattias Skjelmose who attacks without even waiting for the sprint and scores one-two with stage victory and yellow jersey. Gall takes second place, while Ayuso closes the podium of the day thanks to a good second part of the climb.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 SKJELMOSE Mattias Trek - Segafredo 3:29:14

2 GALL Felix AG2R Citroën Team 0:03

3 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 0:12

4 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal - Quick Step 0:21

5 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian BORA - hansgrohe ,,

6 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious,,

7 KELDERMAN Wilco Jumbo-Visma ,,

8 URÁN Rigoberto EF Education-EasyPost ,,

9 SHEFFIELD Magnus INEOS Grenadiers 0:37

10 BARDET Romain Team DSM 0:45

GENERAL RANKING:

1 SKJELMOSE Mattias Trek - Segafredo 7:36:31

2 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal - Quick Step 0:17

3 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 0:24

4 SHEFFIELD Magnus INEOS Grenadiers 0:39

5 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 0:49

6 URÁN Rigoberto EF Education-EasyPost 0:56

7 KELDERMAN Wilco Jumbo-Visma 1:04

8 IZAGIRRE Ion Cofidis 1:05

9 GALL Felix AG2R Citroën Team 1:07

10 BARDET Romain Team DSM 1:15

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency