American triumphs alone from breakaway
Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) wins the third stage of the Tour de Suisse, from Aarau to Heiden of 195.6 km.
Quinn Simmons breaks away from an initial 6-man breakaway on the Knolhusen climb. The American also held on to the next GPM with an advantage of more than 30".
At 7 km Powless counterattacks and launches himself in pursuit of Simmons. There is a lot of indecision in the group and no team takes command of the operations.
Simmons took advantage of this and flew to the finish line to take the win alone. A few seconds later, the yellow jersey group arrived, regulated in the sprint by Almeida on Onley .
ORDER OF ARRIVAL
1 SIMMONS Quinn Lidl - Trek 4:39:42
2 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:18
3 ONLEY Oscar Team Picnic PostNL,,
4 GRÉGOIRE Romain Groupama - FDJ ,,
5 VAUQUELIN Kévin Arkéa - B&B Hotels ,,
6 CHRISTEN Jan UAE Team Emirates - XRG ,,
7 CHRISTEN Fabio Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team ,,
8 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious,,
9 GALL Felix Decathlon AG2R The World Team ,,
10 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément XDS Astana Team ,,