This Tuesday, during the 3rd stage of the Tour of Switzerland, Quinn Simmons won solo after was part of a breakaway which tried its luck from the start. In the general classification, Romain Grégoire remains in the lead.
Sacred blow made by Quinn Simmons. Indeed, this Tuesday, the American won solo the 3rd stage of the Tour of Switzerland after a sacred number. Because, at first, the runner of the Lidl-Trek formation was part of the morning escape which tried its luck from the start in Aarau, in which we found in particular Nans Peters.
Subsequently, 20 kilometers from the finish, Simmons finally attacked to spin alone towards victory and then had to resist the return of the peloton which tried to return to him. By retaining about twenty seconds on his pursuers, the runner from Colorado therefore signed a great victory, while the first in the general classification were competed in the sprint. In this little game, it was Joao Almeida (Uae Team Emirates) who managed to recover six seconds, he who was trapped from the 1st stage on Sunday.
Simmons dedicates his victory to Mäder
In the general classification, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) therefore remains in the lead, in front of Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels), while Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) is now 4th. “When we were still six, I said to myself:” We’re going to try “. We still had a big motivation. I already wanted to do something yesterday (Monday) because it was the anniversary of the death of Gino Mäder. It was hard for me today (Tuesday), but it is a victory for him. There had been a little frustration yesterday (Monday), then recognized Simmons, at the microphone of Eurosport, after his great success during the 3rd stage of the Tour de Switzerland. The celebration? The eagle is for me with this champion jersey of the United States. The first time I had, I had made a very, very bad season. It was also a way to dedicate my victory to Gino. »»
World Tour / Tour de Switzerland
Classification of the 3rd stage (Aarau – Heiden, 191 km) – Tuesday June 17, 2025
1- Quinn Simmons (USA / Lidl-Trek) in 4h39’42 ”
2- Joao Almeida (By / Uae Team Emirates) at 18 ” ‘
3- Oscar onley (GBR / Picnic Postnl) Mt
4- Romain Grégoire (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) Mt
5- Kévin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkéa-B & B Hotels) Mt
6- Jan Christen (SUI / UAE team emirates) Mt
7- Fabio Christen (Sul / Q36.5) Mt
8- Pello Bilbao (ESP / Bahrain Victorious) Mt
9- Felix Gall (AUT / Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale)
10- Clément Champousin (FRA / XDS Astana) Mt
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General classification (after 3 stages out of 8)
1- Romain Grégoire (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) in 11:26’01 ”
2- Kévin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkéa-B & B Hotels) at 25”
3- Bart Lemmen (PBS / Visma Lead a Beok) at 27 ”
4- Julian Alaphilippe (de / tudor) Mt
5- Ben O’Connor (Aus / Jayco alula) at 1’18 ”
6- Felix Grosschartner (AUT / UAE Team Emirates) Mt
7- Lennard Kämna (All / Lidl – Trek) Mt
8- Pablo Castrillo (ESP / Movistar) Mt
9- William Barta (United States / Movistar) at 1’37 ”
10- Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita / XDS Astana) Mt
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