Tour de Suisse 2017 – Stage 9 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

June 18, 2017

Tour de Suisse 2017 – Stage 9 – Schaffhausen – Schaffhausen (ITT) : 28,6 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.

Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin) took the overall victory at the Tour de Suisse as Rohan Dennis book-ended his race with time trial victories. Spilak put in a solid effort on the 28.6km stage 9 time trial to maintain a comfortable lead at the top of the standings.

First race leader Dennis lived up to his moniker of pre-stage favourite by putting in a superb effort to win the stage by 29 seconds over his teammate Stefan Küng. Damiano Caruso gained time on Spilak and gave BMC a podium lock-out but was unable to erase the 52-second gap to take back the yellow jersey from the Slovenian.

“I can’t really pick between the two [victories] I came here with the goal to win both the time trials and get back into the swing of racing. For us, it was a good day with the top three places and second overall for Damiano Caruso. It has been a really good week,” Dennis said after the stage.

“I just switch my brain off and go hard. Obviously, it’s really calculated with what I do on the flats, the climb and the downhills with the power at the same time you just have to not think about the pain and try to go as fast as possible.”

The Tour de Suisse concluded with its longest time trial since 2011 at 28.6 kilometres. Jon Dibben (Team Sky) started proceedings but it was Ryan Mullen that laid down the first true benchmark with his time of 38:29 but the organisers had predicted a much quicker time to be the winning one of the day and so it was.

Dennis blasted through all of the checkpoints in the fastest position and would beat Mullen’s time by almost two minutes, exceeding even the fastest predictions of the organisers. Dennis’ time of 36:30 looked like one that would stand for a long time, if not right to the end.

Dennis had plenty of time to watch his rivals try to match his time but only his teammate Kung could even come close. Yellow jersey wearer Spilak was surprisingly close when he went through the first check at just seven seconds back, but he would fade in the latter stages of his effort.

Spilak went into the stage with a 52-second cushion over Caruso in the overall classification and had to avoid any problems and he was fairly assured of the overall win. Caruso could not overtake Spilak but did more than enough to ensure he kept third-placed Steven Kruijswijk at bay.

Further down the standings, Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) managed to move from eight in the standings to sixth while Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale) won the Swiss rider classification but slipped down after a disappointing showing over the course.

Both Lasse Norman Hansen (Aqua Blue Sport) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished the stage to claim victory in the mountains and points classifications respectively.

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

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