Tour de Suisse 2023: Stage win and leader’s jersey for Skjelmose

Results 3rd stage 2023 Tour de Suisse

1. Mattias Skjelmose (den)
2. Felix Gall (aut) + 0.03
3. Juan Ayuso (spa) + 0.12
4. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 0.21
5. Cian Uijtdebroeks (bel) s.t.
6. Pello Bilbao (spa) s.t.
7. Wilco Kelderman (nld) s.t.
8. Rigoberto Uran (col) s.t.
9. Magnus Sheffield (usa) + 0.37
10. Romain Bardet (fra) + 0.45
11. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 0.47

GC after stage 3
1. Mattias Skjelmose (den)
2. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 0.17
3. Juan Ayuso (spa) + 0.24
4. Magnus Sheffield (usa) + 0.39
5. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 0.49
6. Rigoberto Uran (col) + 0.56
7. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 1.04
8. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 1.05
9. Felix Gall (aut) + 1.07
10. Romain Bardet (fra) + 1.15
11. Cian Uijtdebroeks (bel) + 1.18

Race report
Alexander Kamp attacks in the early kilometres and Nickolas Zukowsky, Paul Ourselin and Lilian Calmejane join him. The four open up a lead of over 3 minutes.

The lead group is history with 28 kilometres remaining.

Fuglsang loses contact before the finish climb, while Higuita and Lutsenko can’t follow the pace early in the climb.

Yellow jersey Küng is distanced when Evenepoel strikes at the front. The World Champion opens a gap with Skjelmose and Gall in his wheel. Kelderman, Ayuso, Bilbao, Uran and Uijtdebroeks are the first chasers.

Gall attacks from the lead group with 2.5 kilometres to go. While Skjelmose goes after him, the chasers track down Evenepoel. Moments later Ayuso attacks.

Skjelmose surges away from Gall with a powerful sprint to take the win. The young Dane also moves into the overall race lead, 17 second ahead of Evenepoel with Ayuso 7 seconds furter down in third.

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