Tour de Suisse 2017 – Stage 8 [FULL STAGE]

June 17, 2017

Tour de Suisse 2017 – Stage 8 – Schaffhausen – Schaffhausen : 100 km

The 2017 Tour de Suisse is a road cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place between 10 and 18 June. It will be the 81st edition of the Tour de Suisse and will be the twenty-fourth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) added to his record tally of victories at the Tour de Suisse. The world champion was untouchable as he stormed to his second win of the 2017 race and the 15th of his career on stage 8.

Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) was the only rider who could get anywhere near him to finish second while Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors) took another third place.

“It was a good day and I’m very happy. My team did a great job trying to control the stage and I’m really happy with my second win at the race.” Sagan said after the stage.

Simon Spilak (Katusha) had an untroubled day and maintained his lead at the top of the overall classification.

Sagan and his Bora-Hansgrohe team were given no favours and they had to work hard to keep the peloton together in a frenetic and technical finish to what was a fast stage overall. Multiple riders tried to dispatch of the world champion, including Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) and Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb). They could not get away with a brutal pace set by the German team.

Sagan kept his cool and kept his nose out of the wind, keeping the faith in his teammates and saving his legs for the final. Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) led the bunch into the final kilometre and reduced it to little more than 20 riders but, unfortunately for the Belgian team, Sagan held firm.

As soon as Sagan launched his move from fifth in the pack there was little doubt about who would take the stage win. The Slovakian appeared to ease past the peloton in the final 300 metres and pulled out a gap. He dove for the line, but there was no need as he’d all but secured the win by then.

How it happened

The final weekend of the Tour de Suisse began with a short but challenging 100km stage around Schaffhausen. Under sunny skies, the riders set off at a quick pace that would hardly relent before the finish.

With a large offering of points for the mountains classification up for grabs, Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport) and Nick van der Lijke (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) made sure that they were in the day’s move. They were joined by Jaco Venter (Dimension Data) and Jelle Wallays (Lotto-Soudal), who were mere spectators to the battle for the blue jersey.

The peloton kept the four at close quarters, only ever giving them a maximum of two minutes, but it was enough for Hansen and Van der Lijke to duke it out. In the end, it turned out to be no contest as Hansen outkicked Van der Lijke on all of the climbs they contested. In the end, Van der Lijke chose to save himself for a possible attempt at a stage win knowing that Hansen was just too strong for him.

At times it looked like they might just be able to hold onto a slim advantage and get one over on the peloton, but that idea soon disappeared as the GC and sprinters’ teams began a concerted effort to chase. The technical course forced several splits in the bunch and the organisers decided to neutralise the final lap so that the general classification contenders didn’t get caught up in the hectic sprint finale.

There were a number of attacks, but by the penultimate lap, it appeared this stage was only going one way. The four attackers chose not to fight the inevitable and were eventually brought back as they approached the line to begin the final lap.

Yet more moves tried to go clear with Matthews trying to initiate one on several occasions. He took a select group with him but even with that power they were unable to snap the elastic.

Quick-Step Floors brought the peloton through the final kilometres, but Sagan was able to repay the efforts of his team with a commanding sprint victory.

The riders will stay in Schaffhausen for the final stage time trial on Sunday.

Results :
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:57:34
2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
4 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott
5 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
7 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
8 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ
10 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
11 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
12 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
13 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
14 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
15 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
17 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
18 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
19 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
20 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
21 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
22 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
23 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
24 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
25 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida
26 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott
27 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
28 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
29 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors
30 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
31 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
32 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
34 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
35 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac
36 Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott
37 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
38 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
39 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
40 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
42 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
44 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal
45 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
46 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
47 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
48 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo
49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin
50 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
51 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
52 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
53 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
54 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
55 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin
56 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
57 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
58 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
59 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
60 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
61 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
62 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
63 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
64 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
65 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
66 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie
67 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
68 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
69 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
70 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
71 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
72 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
73 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott
74 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott
75 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
76 Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
77 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
78 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team
79 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
80 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
81 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
82 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
83 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
84 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
85 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
86 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
87 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
88 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
89 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
90 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac
91 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
92 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
93 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
94 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
95 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky
96 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
97 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
98 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
99 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
100 Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
101 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
102 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
103 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
104 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
105 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
106 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
107 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
108 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
109 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
110 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
111 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
112 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
113 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
114 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
115 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
116 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
117 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
118 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
119 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida
120 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
121 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
122 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
123 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
124 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
125 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
126 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
127 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
128 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
129 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:46
130 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:41
131 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
132 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky
133 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
134 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:48
135 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
136 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:01
137 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb
138 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale
139 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
140 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport
141 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:43
142 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
143 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
144 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
DNF David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
DNF Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky

General Classification after Stage 8 :
1 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:59
2 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
3 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:05
4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:28
5 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:35
6 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:51
7 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:02:54
8 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:51
9 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:07
10 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:04:10
11 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:35
12 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:07
13 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:07:35
14 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:08:47
15 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 0:09:19
16 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott 0:11:42
17 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:55
18 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:14:14
19 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 0:15:42
20 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
21 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 0:17:30
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:18:47
23 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:19:29
24 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:19:56
25 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 0:22:04
26 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 0:22:45
27 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:24:31
28 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 0:27:35
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:30:48
30 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:33:05
31 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:34:26
32 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:35:24
33 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:35:30
34 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 0:35:41
35 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:35
36 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 0:37:59
37 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:39:26
38 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:40:58
39 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:41:10
40 Larry Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 0:41:58
41 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 0:42:08
42 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:43:22
43 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:43:44
44 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:44:57
45 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:12
46 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:46:28
47 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:46:33
48 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:47:51
49 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:48:41
50 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:49:00
51 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:49:24
52 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac 0:52:45
53 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:53:09
54 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:53:38
55 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:54:18
56 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 0:54:28
57 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:54:59
58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 0:55:22
59 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:55:43
60 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:56:21
61 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 1:00:15
62 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 1:01:20
63 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:01:46
64 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 1:02:16
65 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:03:51
66 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 1:04:12
67 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:04:18
68 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 1:04:25
69 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 1:05:31
70 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 1:06:30
71 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:07:40
72 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 1:07:57
73 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:08:01
74 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 1:09:41
75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:11:13
76 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 1:11:49
77 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 1:12:59
78 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 1:13:08
79 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 1:13:36
80 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:14:26
81 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 1:14:39
82 Lars Boom (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
83 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 1:14:49
84 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 1:16:18
85 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 1:17:20
86 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin 1:18:33
87 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:20:05
88 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 1:20:22
89 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 1:20:28
90 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 1:21:17
91 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:21:29
92 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:22:10
93 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ 1:22:48
94 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 1:23:07
95 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 1:23:44
96 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:23:56
97 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 1:25:09
98 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott 1:26:26
99 Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott 1:26:37
100 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1:26:48
101 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 1:28:02
102 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:28:34
103 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:29:18
104 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1:29:50
105 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:29:59
106 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 1:30:43
107 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 1:31:36
108 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 1:32:05
109 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport 1:33:01
110 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:33:25
111 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:33:35
112 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 1:34:33
113 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 1:35:03
114 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 1:35:45
115 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:36:26
116 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:36:40
117 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale 1:36:47
118 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:37:04
119 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:37:11
120 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1:37:57
121 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb 1:38:23
122 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:38:42
123 Ryan Anderson (Can) Direct Energie 1:39:56
124 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1:42:35
125 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 1:43:12
126 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:43:28
127 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 1:43:30
128 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 1:44:50
129 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 1:45:29
130 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:46:27
131 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 1:47:11
132 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 1:48:15
133 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 1:49:40
134 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 1:49:44
135 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott 1:51:13
136 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac 1:52:16
137 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 1:52:40
138 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 1:54:03
139 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 1:54:12
140 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:57:16
141 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 1:59:25
142 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:01:29
143 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:01:43
144 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 2:30:09