Almeida goes solo to claim stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse
João Almeida stormed to a stage victory and made some big GC gains too on Wednesday's stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse. The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider powered away from a much-reduced field on the Cat. 1 Splügenpass climb and soloed all the way to the line to win 40 seconds ahead of Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL) with Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla) taking third on the day, 42 seconds back.
Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) remains atop the GC standings in Switzerland, though Almeida climbed up to seventh overall with his impressive ride, and the Portuguese all-rounder could be in for more time gains in the challenging days to come.
[race_result id=16 stage_id=87952 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=16 stage_id=87952 count=5 gc=5 year=2025]
