Oscar Freire easily won the bunch sprint. The Spaniard had announced yesterday already that everything would work out if there was a sprint. "But Oscar did not know if he was good enough uphill," said a happy Rabobank sports director Frans Maassen shortly after the stage.

 

The three time UCI Road World Champion worried about the Chuderhüsi, a not-too-long climb with an especially treacherous ending, but Freire's sorrows were unjustified. In fact, the Rabobank rider was the only top sprinter who survived. When the descent was over, Dmitriy Kozontchuk, Bram Tankink, and Laurens Ten Dam were put to work to catch up with the three escapees. Not a simple task, because the threesome had a lead of more than a minute, with only ten kilometers to go.

"But they did a superb job. I am very glad with Dmitriy's performance, because he had not been very good earlier this year. It all worked out, barely. Because Kozontchuk, Tankink, and Ten Dam had to work that hard, Oscar had to do the sprint by himself. But you can trust him with that." Freire accelerated on about two hundred meters from the finish, jumping out of Greg van Avermaet's wheel. No one threatened him on his way to victory.

Maassen: "We did not want to have a bunch sprint at all costs; we wanted to see what the others would do. It was obviously a getaway attempt with good riders and the response came late. We just had to wait and see how it would go on the Chuderhüsi, whether the favourites would spring into action. When that went well it was clear: work. Oscar has shown once again that that is rewarding work."

The Tour de Suisse will continue with the 197 kilometres long second stage from Langnau to the first uphill finish at the Flumserberg. The overall favourites will start their battle for the overall win. Before the final climb of the Flumserberg, the riders will have to climb two third category mountains. Click here to see the profile of stage 2.

 

1 101 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar RAB ESP B:10" 00"

2 71 ELMIGER Martin ALM SUI B:06" ' '

3 174 KIRCHEN Kim THR LUX B:04" ' '

4 37 *VAN AVERMAET Greg SIL BEL ' '

5 112 GILBERT Philippe FDJ BEL ' '

6 91 IGLINSKY Maxim AST KAZ ' '

7 144 *CAPECCHI Eros SDV ITA ' '

8 138 ZBERG Markus GST SUI ' '

9 54 KNEES Christian MRM GER ' '

10 11 ALBASINI Michael LIQ SUI ' '

11 22 BOTCHAROV Alexandre C.A RUS ' '

12 2 GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José IvanGCE ESP ' '

13 153 FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier BTL ESP ' '

14 87 VISCONTI Giovanni QST ITA ' '

15 73 DEIGNAN Philip ALM IRL ' '

16 155 *JEROME Vincent BTL FRA ' '

17 4 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo GCE ESP ' '

18 175 *LÖVKVIST Thomas THR SWE ' '

19 82 DEVOLDER Stijn QST BEL ' '

20 191 DIETZIKER Andreas VBG SUI ' '

21 143 DEL NERO MONTES Jesus SDV ESP ' '

22 8 MORENO Daniel GCE ESP ' '

23 92 IVANOV Serguei AST RUS ' '

24 118 VAUGRENARD Benoît FDJ FRA ' '

25 125 VOIGT Jens CSC GER ' '

26 122 SCHLECK Frank CSC LUX ' '

27 141 BERTOGLIATI Rubens SDV SUI ' '

28 181 MOOS Alexandre BMC SUI ' '

29 165 VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka EUS ESP ' '

30 161 ANTON Igor EUS ESP ' '

31 197 STALDER Florian VBG SUI ' '

32 23 CAUCCHIOLI Pietro C.A ITA ' '

33 128 *SCHLECK Andy CSC LUX ' '

34 36 VAN SUMMEREN Johan SIL BEL ' '

35 61 CUNEGO Damiano LAM ITA ' '

36 15 *KREUZIGER Roman LIQ CZE ' '

37 114 *MEERSMAN Gianni FDJ BEL ' '

38 108 TEN DAM Laurens RAB NED ' '

39 121 GUSTOV Volodimir CSC UKR ' '

40 75 *KANGERT Tanel ALM EST ' '

41 93 KLÖDEN Andreas AST GER ' '

42 107 TANKINK Bram RAB NED ' '

43 136 SCHUMACHER Stefan GST GER ' '

44 167 LANDALUZE INTXAURRAGA InigoEUS ESP B:03" ' '

45 115 MOUREY Francis FDJ FRA ' '

46 133 *FRANK Mathias GST SUI ' '

47 137 ZAUGG Oliver GST SUI ' '

48 64 LOOSLI David LAM SUI B:06" ' '

49 104 *KOZONTCHUK Dmitry RAB RUS ' '

50 48 ZAMPIERI Steve COF SUI B:03" ' '

51 132 FOTHEN Markus GST GER ' '

52 156 PINEAU Jérôme BTL FRA 22"

53 3 *PERGET Mathieu GCE FRA 23"

54 51 ZABEL Erik MRM GER ' '

55 28 TALABARDON Yannick C.A FRA ' '

56 157 SPRICK Matthieu BTL FRA ' '

57 18 VANOTTI Alessandro LIQ ITA ' '

58 43 DUQUE Leonardo COF COL ' '

59 124 CANCELLARA Fabian CSC SUI ' '

60 68 TIRALONGO Paolo LAM ITA ' '

61 134 SCHOLZ Ronny GST GER ' '

62 95 MORABITO Steve AST SUI ' '

63 198 WEISSINGER René VBG GER ' '

64 96 MURAVYEV Dmitriy AST KAZ ' '

65 46 CHAVANEL Sylvain COF FRA ' '

66 158 TSCHOPP Johann BTL SUI ' '

67 98 YAKOVLEV Serguei AST KAZ ' '

68 6 RUJANO GUILLEN José GCE VEN ' '

69 5 *ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin GCE ESP 01'35"

70 47 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf COF BEL ' '

71 185 LOUDER Jeffry BMC USA ' '

72 25 RASCH Gabriel C.A NOR ' '

73 35 TJALLINGII Maarten SIL NED ' '

74 74 DION Renaud ALM FRA ' '

75 13 FISCHER Murilo Antonio LIQ BRA ' '

76 184 *BOVAY Steve BMC SUI ' '

77 106 *DE MAAR Marc RAB NED ' '

78 27 BERTHOU Eric C.A FRA ' '

79 162 AZANZA SOTO Jorge EUS ESP ' '

80 88 SCHWAB Hubert QST SUI ' '

81 1 PEREZ SANCHEZ Francisco GCE ESP ' '

82 21 BODROGI Laszlo C.A HUN 03'21"

83 126 JULICH Bobby CSC USA ' '

84 55 MÜLLER Martin MRM GER ' '

85 111 GUESDON Frédéric FDJ FRA ' '

86 146 GOMEZ GOMEZ Angel SDV ESP ' '

87 163 HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Aitor EUS ESP ' '

88 113 MENGIN Christophe FDJ FRA 05'31"

89 154 GESLIN Anthony BTL FRA ' '

90 187 LILL Darren BMC RSA ' '

91 183 *KOHLER Martin BMC SUI ' '

92 24 HINAULT Sébastien C.A FRA ' '

93 52 GRABSCH Ralf MRM GER ' '

94 14 FRANZOI Enrico LIQ ITA ' '

95 152 BONNAIRE Olivier BTL FRA ' '

96 97 RAST Grégory AST SUI ' '

97 31 *ROELANDTS Jurgen SIL BEL ' '

98 182 *WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ' '

99 58 VELO Marco MRM ITA ' '

100 86 TOSATTO Matteo QST ITA ' '

101 38 VANSEVENANT Wim SIL BEL ' '

102 7 ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier GCE ESP ' '

103 33 HOSTE Leif SIL BEL ' '

104 63 BONO Matteo LAM ITA ' '

105 176 *POSSONI Morris THR ITA ' '

106 123 O'GRADY Stuart CSC AUS 06'59"

107 44 PORTAL Sébastien COF FRA 08'36"

108 16 POZZATO Filippo LIQ ITA 09'52"

109 62 BALLAN Alessandro LAM ITA ' '

110 188 CRUZ Antonio BMC USA ' '

111 171 *BOASSON HAGEN Edvald THR NOR ' '

112 76 MONDORY Lloyd ALM FRA ' '

113 67 MORI Massimiliano LAM ITA ' '

114 103 ELTINK Theo RAB NED ' '

115 117 *DELAGE Mickael FDJ FRA ' '

116 194 MUSIOL Daniel VBG GER ' '

117 42 DUCLOS-LASSALLE Hervé COF FRA ' '

118 32 *JACOBS Pieter SIL BEL ' '

119 66 NAPOLITANO Danilo LAM ITA ' '

120 77 *SONNERY Blaise ALM FRA ' '

121 168 GALPARSORO MARTINEZ DionisiEoUS ESP ' '

122 135 SCHRECK Stephan GST GER ' '

123 84 SCARSELLI Leonardo QST ITA ' '

124 12 CORIONI Claudio LIQ ITA ' '

125 78 USOV Alexandre ALM BLR ' '

126 105 *LANGEVELD Sebastian RAB NED ' '

127 65 MARZANO Marco LAM ITA ' '

128 17 *SANTAROMITA Ivan LIQ ITA ' '

129 193 MORSCHER Harald VBG AUT ' '

130 72 CALZATI Sylvain ALM FRA ' '

131 116 *ROUX Anthony FDJ FRA ' '

132 166 FERNANDEZ Koldo EUS ESP 14'52"

133 81 DE JONGH Steven QST NED ' '

134 186 GARCIA Jonathan BMC USA ' '

135 26 RENSHAW Mark C.A AUS ' '

136 177 REYNES MIMO Vicente THR ESP ' '

137 45 HOJ Frank COF DEN ' '

138 147 *GONZALEZ BAEZA Hector SDV ESP ' '

139 172 BURGHARDT Marcus THR GER ' '

140 145 *ALARCON GARCIA Raul SDV ESP ' '

141 41 BLAIN Alexandre COF FRA ' '

142 173 *CIOLEK Gerald THR GER ' '

143 192 KORFF André VBG GER ' '

144 178 SIEBERG Marcel THR GER ' '

145 127 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle CSC NOR ' '

146 195 POLLACK Olaf VBG GER ' '

147 164 *LAFUENTE Andoni EUS ESP ' '

148 196 *SCHMAEH Elias VBG SUI ' '

149 56 POITSCHKE Enrico MRM GER ' '

150 131 FÖRSTER Robert GST GER ' '

151 34 MCEWEN Robbie SIL AUS ' '

152 53 *JURCO Matej MRM SVK ' '

153 148 *INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat SDV ESP ' '

154 151 BELGY Julien BTL FRA ' '

155 83 ROSSELER Sébastien QST BEL ' '

156 85 STEEGMANS Gert QST BEL ' '

157 57 *TERPSTRA Niki MRM NED ' '

158 94 MIZUROV Andrey AST KAZ ' '

159 102 *DEKKER Thomas RAB NED ' '

160 142 CANADA GRACIA David SDV ESP ' '

1 101 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar RAB ESP 3h42'25" 00"

2 71 ELMIGER Martin ALM SUI 3h42'29" 04"

3 64 LOOSLI David LAM SUI ' ' ' '

4 174 KIRCHEN Kim THR LUX 3h42'31" 06"

5 167 LANDALUZE INTXAURRAGA InEigUoS ESP 3h42'32" 07"

6 48 ZAMPIERI Steve COF SUI ' ' ' '

7 37 *VAN AVERMAET Greg SIL BEL 3h42'35" 10"

8 112 GILBERT Philippe FDJ BEL ' ' ' '

9 91 IGLINSKY Maxim AST KAZ ' ' ' '

10 144 *CAPECCHI Eros SDV ITA ' ' ' '

11 138 ZBERG Markus GST SUI ' ' ' '

12 54 KNEES Christian MRM GER ' ' ' '

13 11 ALBASINI Michael LIQ SUI ' ' ' '

14 22 BOTCHAROV Alexandre C.A RUS ' ' ' '

15 2 GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José IvGaCnE ESP ' ' ' '

16 153 FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier BTL ESP ' ' ' '

17 87 VISCONTI Giovanni QST ITA ' ' ' '

18 73 DEIGNAN Philip ALM IRL ' ' ' '

19 155 *JEROME Vincent BTL FRA ' ' ' '

20 4 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo GCE ESP ' ' ' '

21 175 *LÖVKVIST Thomas THR SWE ' ' ' '

22 82 DEVOLDER Stijn QST BEL ' ' ' '

23 191 DIETZIKER Andreas VBG SUI ' ' ' '

24 143 DEL NERO MONTES Jesus SDV ESP ' ' ' '

25 8 MORENO Daniel GCE ESP ' ' ' '

26 92 IVANOV Serguei AST RUS ' ' ' '

27 118 VAUGRENARD Benoît FDJ FRA ' ' ' '

28 125 VOIGT Jens CSC GER ' ' ' '

29 122 SCHLECK Frank CSC LUX ' ' ' '

30 141 BERTOGLIATI Rubens SDV SUI ' ' ' '

31 181 MOOS Alexandre BMC SUI ' ' ' '

32 165 VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI GorkEaUS ESP ' ' ' '

33 161 ANTON Igor EUS ESP ' ' ' '

34 197 STALDER Florian VBG SUI ' ' ' '

35 23 CAUCCHIOLI Pietro C.A ITA ' ' ' '

36 128 *SCHLECK Andy CSC LUX ' ' ' '

37 36 VAN SUMMEREN Johan SIL BEL ' ' ' '

38 61 CUNEGO Damiano LAM ITA ' ' ' '

39 15 *KREUZIGER Roman LIQ CZE ' ' ' '

40 114 *MEERSMAN Gianni FDJ BEL ' ' ' '

41 108 TEN DAM Laurens RAB NED ' ' ' '

42 121 GUSTOV Volodimir CSC UKR ' ' ' '

43 75 *KANGERT Tanel ALM EST ' ' ' '

44 93 KLÖDEN Andreas AST GER ' ' ' '

45 107 TANKINK Bram RAB NED ' ' ' '

46 136 SCHUMACHER Stefan GST GER ' ' ' '

47 115 MOUREY Francis FDJ FRA ' ' ' '

48 133 *FRANK Mathias GST SUI ' ' ' '

49 137 ZAUGG Oliver GST SUI ' ' ' '

50 104 *KOZONTCHUK Dmitry RAB RUS ' ' ' '

51 132 FOTHEN Markus GST GER ' ' ' '

52 156 PINEAU Jérôme BTL FRA 3h42'57" 32"

53 3 *PERGET Mathieu GCE FRA 3h42'58" 33"

54 51 ZABEL Erik MRM GER ' ' ' '

55 28 TALABARDON Yannick C.A FRA ' ' ' '

56 157 SPRICK Matthieu BTL FRA ' ' ' '

57 18 VANOTTI Alessandro LIQ ITA ' ' ' '

58 43 DUQUE Leonardo COF COL ' ' ' '

59 124 CANCELLARA Fabian CSC SUI ' ' ' '

60 68 TIRALONGO Paolo LAM ITA ' ' ' '

61 134 SCHOLZ Ronny GST GER ' ' ' '

62 95 MORABITO Steve AST SUI ' ' ' '

63 198 WEISSINGER René VBG GER ' ' ' '

64 96 MURAVYEV Dmitriy AST KAZ ' ' ' '

65 46 CHAVANEL Sylvain COF FRA ' ' ' '

66 158 TSCHOPP Johann BTL SUI ' ' ' '

67 98 YAKOVLEV Serguei AST KAZ ' ' ' '

68 6 RUJANO GUILLEN José GCE VEN ' ' ' '

69 5 *ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin GCE ESP 3h44'10" 01'45"

70 47 SCHEIRLINCKX Staf COF BEL ' ' ' '

71 185 LOUDER Jeffry BMC USA ' ' ' '

72 25 RASCH Gabriel C.A NOR ' ' ' '

73 35 TJALLINGII Maarten SIL NED ' ' ' '

74 74 DION Renaud ALM FRA ' ' ' '

75 13 FISCHER Murilo Antonio LIQ BRA ' ' ' '

76 184 *BOVAY Steve BMC SUI ' ' ' '

77 106 *DE MAAR Marc RAB NED ' ' ' '

78 27 BERTHOU Eric C.A FRA ' ' ' '

79 162 AZANZA SOTO Jorge EUS ESP ' ' ' '

80 88 SCHWAB Hubert QST SUI ' ' ' '

81 1 PEREZ SANCHEZ Francisco GCE ESP ' ' ' '

82 21 BODROGI Laszlo C.A HUN 3h45'56" 03'31"

83 126 JULICH Bobby CSC USA ' ' ' '

84 55 MÜLLER Martin MRM GER ' ' ' '

85 111 GUESDON Frédéric FDJ FRA ' ' ' '

86 146 GOMEZ GOMEZ Angel SDV ESP ' ' ' '

87 163 HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ AitorEUS ESP ' ' ' '

88 113 MENGIN Christophe FDJ FRA 3h48'06" 05'41"

89 154 GESLIN Anthony BTL FRA ' ' ' '

90 187 LILL Darren BMC RSA ' ' ' '

91 183 *KOHLER Martin BMC SUI ' ' ' '

92 24 HINAULT Sébastien C.A FRA ' ' ' '

93 52 GRABSCH Ralf MRM GER ' ' ' '

94 14 FRANZOI Enrico LIQ ITA ' ' ' '

95 152 BONNAIRE Olivier BTL FRA ' ' ' '

96 97 RAST Grégory AST SUI ' ' ' '

97 31 *ROELANDTS Jurgen SIL BEL ' ' ' '

98 182 *WYSS Danilo BMC SUI ' ' ' '

99 58 VELO Marco MRM ITA ' ' ' '

100 86 TOSATTO Matteo QST ITA ' ' ' '

101 38 VANSEVENANT Wim SIL BEL ' ' ' '

102 7 ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier GCE ESP ' ' ' '

103 33 HOSTE Leif SIL BEL ' ' ' '

104 63 BONO Matteo LAM ITA ' ' ' '

105 176 *POSSONI Morris THR ITA ' ' ' '

106 123 O'GRADY Stuart CSC AUS 3h49'34" 07'09"

107 44 PORTAL Sébastien COF FRA 3h51'11" 08'46"

108 16 POZZATO Filippo LIQ ITA 3h52'27" 10'02"

109 62 BALLAN Alessandro LAM ITA ' ' ' '

110 188 CRUZ Antonio BMC USA ' ' ' '

111 171 *BOASSON HAGEN Edvald THR NOR ' ' ' '

112 76 MONDORY Lloyd ALM FRA ' ' ' '

113 67 MORI Massimiliano LAM ITA ' ' ' '

114 103 ELTINK Theo RAB NED ' ' ' '

115 117 *DELAGE Mickael FDJ FRA ' ' ' '

116 194 MUSIOL Daniel VBG GER ' ' ' '

117 42 DUCLOS-LASSALLE Hervé COF FRA ' ' ' '

118 32 *JACOBS Pieter SIL BEL ' ' ' '

119 66 NAPOLITANO Danilo LAM ITA ' ' ' '

120 77 *SONNERY Blaise ALM FRA ' ' ' '

121 168 GALPARSORO MARTINEZ DionEiUsiSo ESP ' ' ' '

122 135 SCHRECK Stephan GST GER ' ' ' '

123 84 SCARSELLI Leonardo QST ITA ' ' ' '

124 12 CORIONI Claudio LIQ ITA ' ' ' '

125 78 USOV Alexandre ALM BLR ' ' ' '

126 105 *LANGEVELD Sebastian RAB NED ' ' ' '

127 65 MARZANO Marco LAM ITA ' ' ' '

128 17 *SANTAROMITA Ivan LIQ ITA ' ' ' '

129 193 MORSCHER Harald VBG AUT ' ' ' '

130 72 CALZATI Sylvain ALM FRA ' ' ' '

131 116 *ROUX Anthony FDJ FRA ' ' ' '

132 166 FERNANDEZ Koldo EUS ESP 3h57'27" 15'02"

133 81 DE JONGH Steven QST NED ' ' ' '

134 186 GARCIA Jonathan BMC USA ' ' ' '

135 26 RENSHAW Mark C.A AUS ' ' ' '

136 177 REYNES MIMO Vicente THR ESP ' ' ' '

137 45 HOJ Frank COF DEN ' ' ' '

138 147 *GONZALEZ BAEZA Hector SDV ESP ' ' ' '

139 172 BURGHARDT Marcus THR GER ' ' ' '

140 145 *ALARCON GARCIA Raul SDV ESP ' ' ' '

141 41 BLAIN Alexandre COF FRA ' ' ' '

142 173 *CIOLEK Gerald THR GER ' ' ' '

143 192 KORFF André VBG GER ' ' ' '

144 178 SIEBERG Marcel THR GER ' ' ' '

145 127 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle CSC NOR ' ' ' '

146 195 POLLACK Olaf VBG GER ' ' ' '

147 164 *LAFUENTE Andoni EUS ESP ' ' ' '

148 196 *SCHMAEH Elias VBG SUI ' ' ' '

149 56 POITSCHKE Enrico MRM GER ' ' ' '

150 131 FÖRSTER Robert GST GER ' ' ' '

151 34 MCEWEN Robbie SIL AUS ' ' ' '

152 53 *JURCO Matej MRM SVK ' ' ' '

153 148 *INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA BenaSt DV ESP ' ' ' '

154 151 BELGY Julien BTL FRA ' ' ' '

155 83 ROSSELER Sébastien QST BEL ' ' ' '

156 85 STEEGMANS Gert QST BEL ' ' ' '

157 57 *TERPSTRA Niki MRM NED ' ' ' '

158 94 MIZUROV Andrey AST KAZ ' ' ' '

159 102 *DEKKER Thomas RAB NED ' ' ' '

160 142 CANADA GRACIA David SDV ESP ' ' ' '