Tour de Suisse, Pogacar wins the time trial

Tadej Pogacar won the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse , the 23.7km time trial starting and finishing in Aarburg. The Slovenian, who was increasingly leading the general classification , beat Mathieu Van der Poel by just four hundredths of a second , who was savoring his first individual time trial victory but ultimately fell short.

Pogacar won with a time of 26.37.99 at an average speed of 53.392 kilometres per hour .

Third place went to Tobias Foss , 6” behind, while fourth place went to Mathias Vacek , who dropped back towards the end after a very strong start.

Tadej Pogacar leads the overall standings with a 4:22 lead over Richard Carapaz and a 4:27 lead over Vacek. Andrea Bagioli , forty-fourth in the time trial, is holding his own, but is fourth overall at 4:46, while Brandon McNulty is fifth at 5:16.

Foss made a significant step forward in the standings, now in sixth place, 5'19" behind Pogacar.  

ORDER OF ARRIVAL:  

1 Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates - XRG

2 Van der Poel Mathieu Alpecin - Premier Tech 0.00,31

3 Foss Tobias Netcompany INEOS 0.06,68

4 Vacek Mathias Lidl - Trek 0.10,79

5 Wellens Tim UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0.12,2

6 De Pestel Sander UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0.27,26

7 Grossschartner Felix Decathlon CMA CGM Team 0.27,31

8 Schmid Mauro Team Jayco AlUla 0.29,45

9 McNulty Brandon UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0.31,19

10 Fisher-Black Finn Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0.36,53

GENERAL RANKING:

1 Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates - XRG

2 Carapaz Richard EF Education - EasyPost 4:22

3 Vacek Mathias Lidl - Trek 4:27

4 Bagioli Andrea Lidl - Trek 4:46

5 McNulty Brandon UAE Team Emirates - XRG 5:16

6 Van Wilder Ilan Netcompany INEOS 5:19

7 Foss Tobias Soudal Quick-Step 5:34

8 Kelderman Wilco Team Visma | Lease a Bike 5:51

9 Roglič Primož Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 6:04

10 Riccitello Matthew Decathlon CMA CGM Team 6:43

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency