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Tour de Suisse 2026 - Stage 1

Sondrio > Sondrio, 144.0km

17.06-21.06

Tadej Pogačar won the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de Suisse after launching a devastating solo attack with 69 kilometres remaining. The world champion finished more than two minutes ahead of Richard Carapaz, while the next group of overall contenders lost over four minutes. The dominant display gave Pogačar a commanding race lead and underlined his form ahead of the Tour de France.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates-XRG 3:28:51
2 Richard Carapaz EF Education-EasyPost + 02.14
3 Andrea Bagioli Lidl-Trek + 02.29
4 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 04.02
5 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 04.02
6 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.02
7 Wilco Kelderman Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 04.02
8 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.05
9 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 04.30
10 Jhonatan Narvaez UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.30
11 Tobias Foss Netcompany INEOS + 04.30
12 Sergio Higuita XDS Astana Team + 04.30
13 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.30
14 Mikel Landa Soudal Quick-Step + 04.30
15 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco-AlUla + 04.30
16 Paul Double Team Jayco-AlUla + 04.30
17 Tiesj Benoot Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.30
18 Primoz Roglic Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 04.44
19 Simon Dalby Uno-X Mobility + 05.12
20 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 05.34
21 Bart Lemmen Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 05.36
22 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 05.38
23 Mattia Gaffuri Team Picnic PostNL + 05.38
24 Marc Hirschi Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 05.38
25 Enric Mas Movistar Team + 06.34
26 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 06.34
27 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 06.44
28 Michael Matthews Team Jayco-AlUla + 06.48
29 Bjoern Koerdt Team Picnic PostNL + 13.22
30 Javier Romo Movistar Team + 13.22
31 Corbin Strong NSN Cycling Team + 13.22
32 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 13.22
33 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 13.22
34 Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Premier Tech + 13.22
35 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 13.22
36 Mauro Schmid Team Jayco-AlUla + 13.22
37 Romain Grégoire Groupama-FDJ United + 13.22
38 Louis Vervaeke Soudal Quick-Step + 13.22
39 Lenny Martinez Bahrain Victorious + 13.22
40 Brandon Rivera Netcompany INEOS + 13.22
41 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 13.22
42 Fred Wright Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 19.12
43 Louis Barré Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 19.48
44 Jacopo Mosca Lidl-Trek + 21.11
45 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost + 21.11
46 Asbjørn Hellemose Team Jayco-AlUla + 21.11
47 Colby Simmons EF Education-EasyPost + 21.11
48 Sam Oomen Lidl-Trek + 21.11
49 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ United + 21.11
50 Attila Valter Bahrain Victorious + 21.11
51 Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ United + 21.11
52 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
53 Patrick Gamper Team Jayco-AlUla + 21.11
54 Moritz Kretschy NSN Cycling Team + 21.11
55 Pier-André Côté NSN Cycling Team + 21.11
56 Axel Laurance Netcompany INEOS + 21.11
57 Michal Kwiatkowski Netcompany INEOS + 21.11
58 Jonas Rutsch Lotto-Intermarché + 21.11
59 Lucas Hamilton Netcompany INEOS + 21.11
60 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
61 Max Schachmann Soudal Quick-Step + 21.11
62 Matthew Brennan Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.11
63 Alexander Hajek Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.11
64 Menno Huising Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.11
65 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 21.11
66 Patrick Konrad Lidl-Trek + 21.11
67 Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.11
68 Frederik Wandahl Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.11
69 Martin Tjøtta Uno-X Mobility + 21.11
70 Markel Beloki EF Education-EasyPost + 21.11
71 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 21.11
72 Pelayo Sanchez Movistar Team + 21.11
73 Marco Schrettl XDS Astana Team + 21.11
74 Chris Hamilton Team Picnic PostNL + 21.11
75 Milan Vader Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
76 Roger Adrià Movistar Team + 21.11
77 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.11
78 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
79 Finn Fisher-Black Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.11
80 Steven Kruijswijk Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.11
81 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ United + 21.11
82 Jan Hirt NSN Cycling Team + 21.11
83 Darren van Bekkum XDS Astana Team + 21.11
84 Alexander Kamp Uno-X Mobility + 21.11
85 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 21.11
86 Filippo Zana Soudal Quick-Step + 21.11
87 Davide De Pretto Team Jayco-AlUla + 21.11
88 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
89 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team + 21.11
90 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 21.11
91 Pau Miquel Delgado Bahrain Victorious + 21.11
92 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek + 21.11
93 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 21.11
94 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
95 Thibau Nys Lidl-Trek + 21.11
96 Alexey Lutsenko NSN Cycling Team + 21.11
97 Silvan Dillier Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.11
98 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 21.11
99 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 21.11
100 Vincenzo Albanese EF Education-EasyPost + 21.11
101 Emiel Verstrynge Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.11
102 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 21.11
103 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uno-X Mobility + 21.11
104 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility + 21.11
105 Casper van Uden Team Picnic PostNL + 21.11
106 Marcel Camprubí Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
107 Felix Ørn-Kristoff Lotto-Intermarché + 21.11
108 Marius Mayrhofer Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 21.11
109 Orluis Aular Movistar Team + 21.11
110 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.11
111 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.11
112 Alec Segaert Bahrain Victorious + 21.25
113 Callum Scotson Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.25
114 Oscar Riesebeek Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.25
115 Alberto Dainese Soudal Quick-Step + 21.25
116 Sjoerd Bax Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
117 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Team + 21.25
118 Jarno Widar Lotto-Intermarché + 21.25
119 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Premier Tech + 22.08
120 Alberto Bettiol XDS Astana Team + 22.08
121 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ United + 22.08
122 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 22.08
123 Cédric Beullens Lotto-Intermarché + 22.49
124 Afonso Eulalio Bahrain Victorious + 24.06
125 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 24.25
126 Julian Alaphilippe Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 24.25
127 Kaden Groves Alpecin-Premier Tech + 25.13
128 Yevgeniy Fedorov XDS Astana Team + 25.13
129 Tim Naberman Team Picnic PostNL + 26.26
130 Nicolas Vinokurov XDS Astana Team + 26.27
131 Luke Lamperti EF Education-EasyPost + 26.27
132 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step + 26.27
133 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 26.27
134 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 26.27
135 Marco Haller Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 27.15
136 Kamil Gradek Bahrain Victorious + 28.19
- Oliver Peace Team Picnic PostNL OOT
- Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team DNS
- Matthew Dinham Team Picnic PostNL DNF
- Owain Doull Team Visma | Lease a Bike DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates-XRG 3:28:37
2 Richard Carapaz EF Education-EasyPost + 02.22
3 Andrea Bagioli Lidl-Trek + 02.39
4 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step + 04.16
5 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek + 04.16
6 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.16
7 Wilco Kelderman Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 04.16
8 Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.18
9 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.43
10 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 04.44
11 Jhonatan Narvaez UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 04.44
12 Tobias Foss Netcompany INEOS + 04.44
13 Sergio Higuita XDS Astana Team + 04.44
14 Mikel Landa Soudal Quick-Step + 04.44
15 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco-AlUla + 04.44
16 Paul Double Team Jayco-AlUla + 04.44
17 Tiesj Benoot Decathlon CMA CGM + 04.44
18 Primoz Roglic Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 04.58
19 Simon Dalby Uno-X Mobility + 05.26
20 Liam Slock Lotto-Intermarché + 05.48
21 Bart Lemmen Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 05.50
22 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 05.52
23 Mattia Gaffuri Team Picnic PostNL + 05.52
24 Marc Hirschi Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 05.52
25 Enric Mas Movistar Team + 06.48
26 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM + 06.48
27 Paul Lapeira Decathlon CMA CGM + 06.58
28 Michael Matthews Team Jayco-AlUla + 07.02
29 Bjoern Koerdt Team Picnic PostNL + 13.36
30 Javier Romo Movistar Team + 13.36
31 Corbin Strong NSN Cycling Team + 13.36
32 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 13.36
33 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 13.36
34 Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Premier Tech + 13.36
35 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 13.36
36 Mauro Schmid Team Jayco-AlUla + 13.36
37 Romain Grégoire Groupama-FDJ United + 13.36
38 Louis Vervaeke Soudal Quick-Step + 13.36
39 Lenny Martinez Bahrain Victorious + 13.36
40 Brandon Rivera Netcompany INEOS + 13.36
41 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 13.36
42 Fred Wright Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 19.26
43 Louis Barré Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 20.02
44 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility + 21.19
45 Jacopo Mosca Lidl-Trek + 21.25
46 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost + 21.25
47 Asbjørn Hellemose Team Jayco-AlUla + 21.25
48 Colby Simmons EF Education-EasyPost + 21.25
49 Sam Oomen Lidl-Trek + 21.25
50 Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ United + 21.25
51 Attila Valter Bahrain Victorious + 21.25
52 Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ United + 21.25
53 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
54 Patrick Gamper Team Jayco-AlUla + 21.25
55 Moritz Kretschy NSN Cycling Team + 21.25
56 Pier-André Côté NSN Cycling Team + 21.25
57 Axel Laurance Netcompany INEOS + 21.25
58 Michal Kwiatkowski Netcompany INEOS + 21.25
59 Jonas Rutsch Lotto-Intermarché + 21.25
60 Lucas Hamilton Netcompany INEOS + 21.25
61 Xandro Meurisse Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
62 Max Schachmann Soudal Quick-Step + 21.25
63 Matthew Brennan Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.25
64 Alexander Hajek Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.25
65 Menno Huising Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.25
66 Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 21.25
67 Patrick Konrad Lidl-Trek + 21.25
68 Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.25
69 Frederik Wandahl Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.25
70 Martin Tjøtta Uno-X Mobility + 21.25
71 Markel Beloki EF Education-EasyPost + 21.25
72 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 21.25
73 Pelayo Sanchez Movistar Team + 21.25
74 Marco Schrettl XDS Astana Team + 21.25
75 Chris Hamilton Team Picnic PostNL + 21.25
76 Milan Vader Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
77 Roger Adrià Movistar Team + 21.25
78 Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.25
79 Xabier Azparren Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
80 Finn Fisher-Black Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 21.25
81 Steven Kruijswijk Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.25
82 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ United + 21.25
83 Jan Hirt NSN Cycling Team + 21.25
84 Darren van Bekkum XDS Astana Team + 21.25
85 Alexander Kamp Uno-X Mobility + 21.25
86 Markus Hoelgaard Uno-X Mobility + 21.25
87 Filippo Zana Soudal Quick-Step + 21.25
88 Davide De Pretto Team Jayco-AlUla + 21.25
89 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
90 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team + 21.25
91 Lorenzo Rota Lotto-Intermarché + 21.25
92 Pau Miquel Delgado Bahrain Victorious + 21.25
93 Bauke Mollema Lidl-Trek + 21.25
94 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 21.25
95 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
96 Thibau Nys Lidl-Trek + 21.25
97 Alexey Lutsenko NSN Cycling Team + 21.25
98 Silvan Dillier Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.25
99 Ben Swift Netcompany INEOS + 21.25
100 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 21.25
101 Vincenzo Albanese EF Education-EasyPost + 21.25
102 Emiel Verstrynge Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.25
103 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility + 21.25
104 Sven Erik Bystrøm Uno-X Mobility + 21.25
105 Casper van Uden Team Picnic PostNL + 21.25
106 Marcel Camprubí Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
107 Felix Ørn-Kristoff Lotto-Intermarché + 21.25
108 Marius Mayrhofer Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 21.25
109 Orluis Aular Movistar Team + 21.25
110 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.25
111 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.25
112 Alec Segaert Bahrain Victorious + 21.39
113 Callum Scotson Decathlon CMA CGM + 21.39
114 Oscar Riesebeek Alpecin-Premier Tech + 21.39
115 Alberto Dainese Soudal Quick-Step + 21.39
116 Sjoerd Bax Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 21.39
117 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Team + 21.39
118 Jarno Widar Lotto-Intermarché + 21.39
119 Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Premier Tech + 22.22
120 Alberto Bettiol XDS Astana Team + 22.22
121 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ United + 22.22
122 Dion Smith NSN Cycling Team + 22.22
123 Cédric Beullens Lotto-Intermarché + 23.03
124 Afonso Eulalio Bahrain Victorious + 24.20
125 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 24.39
126 Julian Alaphilippe Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 24.39
127 Kaden Groves Alpecin-Premier Tech + 25.27
128 Yevgeniy Fedorov XDS Astana Team + 25.27
129 Tim Naberman Team Picnic PostNL + 26.40
130 Nicolas Vinokurov XDS Astana Team + 26.41
131 Luke Lamperti EF Education-EasyPost + 26.41
132 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step + 26.41
133 Sébastien Grignard Lotto-Intermarché + 26.41
134 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 26.41
135 Marco Haller Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 27.29
136 Kamil Gradek Bahrain Victorious + 28.33
- Oliver Peace Team Picnic PostNL OOT
- Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team DNS
- Matthew Dinham Team Picnic PostNL DNF
- Owain Doull Team Visma | Lease a Bike DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek 3:32:53
2 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM + 00.27
3 AJ August Netcompany INEOS + 00.28
4 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco-AlUla + 00.28
5 Simon Dalby Uno-X Mobility + 01.10
6 Lorenzo Germani Groupama-FDJ United + 01.36
7 Bjoern Koerdt Team Picnic PostNL + 09.20
8 Ewen Costiou Groupama-FDJ United + 09.20
9 Romain Grégoire Groupama-FDJ United + 09.20
10 Lenny Martinez Bahrain Victorious + 09.20
11 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM + 09.20
12 Colby Simmons EF Education-EasyPost + 17.09
13 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 17.09
14 Moritz Kretschy NSN Cycling Team + 17.09
15 Axel Laurance Netcompany INEOS + 17.09
16 Matthew Brennan Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 17.09
17 Alexander Hajek Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 17.09
18 Menno Huising Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 17.09
19 Frederik Wandahl Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 17.09
20 Martin Tjøtta Uno-X Mobility + 17.09
21 Markel Beloki EF Education-EasyPost + 17.09
22 Darren Rafferty EF Education-EasyPost + 17.09
23 Marco Schrettl XDS Astana Team + 17.09
24 Finn Fisher-Black Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 17.09
25 Darren van Bekkum XDS Astana Team + 17.09
26 Davide De Pretto Team Jayco-AlUla + 17.09
27 Walter Calzoni Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 17.09
28 Thibau Nys Lidl-Trek + 17.09
29 Antonio Tiberi Bahrain Victorious + 17.09
30 Emiel Verstrynge Alpecin-Premier Tech + 17.09
31 Casper van Uden Team Picnic PostNL + 17.09
32 Marcel Camprubí Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 17.09
33 Felix Ørn-Kristoff Lotto-Intermarché + 17.09
34 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon CMA CGM + 17.09
35 Alec Segaert Bahrain Victorious + 17.23
36 Jarno Widar Lotto-Intermarché + 17.23
37 Afonso Eulalio Bahrain Victorious + 20.04
38 Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 20.23
39 Nicolas Vinokurov XDS Astana Team + 22.25
40 Luke Lamperti EF Education-EasyPost + 22.25
41 Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step + 22.25
42 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 22.25

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates-XRG 18
2 Richard Carapaz EF Education-EasyPost 12
3 Andrea Bagioli Lidl-Trek 8
4 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step 4
5 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek 2

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates-XRG 14
2 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility 6
3 Andrea Bagioli Lidl-Trek 6
4 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG 5
5 Richard Carapaz EF Education-EasyPost 4
6 Tim Wellens UAE Team Emirates-XRG 4
7 Mathias Vacek Lidl-Trek 3
8 Jhonatan Narvaez UAE Team Emirates-XRG 2

Team

PosTeamTime
1 UAE Team Emirates-XRG 10:34:40
2 Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 07.27
3 Team Jayco-AlUla + 07.41
4 Soudal Quick-Step + 13.47
5 Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team + 14.15
6 Lidl-Trek + 19.35
7 Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 21.19
8 Groupama-FDJ United + 24.15
9 Movistar Team + 25.11
10 Team Picnic PostNL + 32.04
11 EF Education-EasyPost + 36.29
12 XDS Astana Team + 38.45
13 Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 38.59
14 Uno-X Mobility + 39.27
15 Lotto-Intermarché + 39.49
16 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 39.53
17 NSN Cycling Team + 47.37
18 Bahrain Victorious + 47.37
19 Alpecin-Premier Tech + 47.37
20 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 53.27

Race profile

Race
Tour de Suisse
Start date
17.06.2026
End date
21.06.2026
Total distance
144.0 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.UWT
Country
Switzerland
Discipline
Road
First edition
1933

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