Stage 1: Frauenfeld → Frauenfeld, 18.3 km Full Results and Report
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BMC Racing on route to winning the Stage 1 TTT | 
BMC Racing wins the 18 km Stage 1 TTT in 20:18 | 
2nd Team Sunweb + 20s | 
3rd Quick-Step Floors + 27s | 
4th Peter Sagan and the rest of Bora - Hansgrohe + 27s | 
Stage 1 TTT winners, BMC Racing (photo credit: @tds) | 
First across the line for BMC Racing and first race leader, Switzerland's own Stefan KUNG |
Stage 2: Frauenfeld → Frauenfeld, 155 km Full Results and Report
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The rollout for circuits around Frauenfeld | 
Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) coming around Fernando Gaviria (COL - QuickStep - Floors) in the sprint finish | 
Finish scene in Frauenfeld | 
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photo credit: @tds | 
Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) wins Stage 2 in 3:50:09 ahead of 2nd Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and 3rd Nathan HAAS (AUS/KATUSHA ALPECIN) | 
16th career win at Tour de Suisse | 
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Your Stage 2 winner, Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | 
Peter Sagan said, "I’m very happy about this, and have to thank all my BORA-hansgrohe teammates for their support today. They trust me enough to work so hard through the day and it means I can go for the win. I was thinking about the team’s tactics and in the end it worked out exactly as we’d planned. I’m very happy to have won the stage. All my preparation has been good and I’m feeling a bit more relaxed about the rest of the race now. There’s a lot of hard work that goes into these wins behind the scenes. My legs aren’t at their best yet and I still have some work to do before the Tour de France, but I’m looking forward to the rest of the race." | 
Stefan KÜNG (SUI/BMC RACING) enjoying his podium kisses as race leader: "It was great today. I think I knew half of the public on the side of the road. It was really cool beforehand because a lot of people told me that they were going to be there. It was a pretty easy start and I had time to look around and say hello to the people so that was really nice. Once the racing started, I felt good immediately so I took the chance to take the bonus seconds in the sprint because everything came back together. Then, we just wanted to be up there and attempted to cover the moves. Richie said 'I think I should attack' and I said 'why not' so, he gave it a go. It is always better to be on the offence than on the defence so I think we did a good job. In the end, it came down to a sprint but I think Greg was up there so overall it was a good day for us." |
Stage 3: Oberstammheim → Gansingen, 182 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 3 start scene in Oberstammheim | 
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Off and on rain throughout the stage | 
A hilly stage that came back together for the finish | 
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Overhead shot of the sprint finish in Gansingen | 
It is down to Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA), Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | 
Colbrelli drifts across the road and shuts the door on Sagan | 
Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2nd Fernando GAVIRIA RENDON (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and 3rd Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | 
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Your Stage 3 winner, Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA): “It’s a fantastic day. It’s a very important victory for me and for the team. Thanks to my teammates, that did an amazing work in the final. Padun Gasparotto, the Izagirre brothers, everybody” comments Sonny who launched his sprint with 250 m to go “I went from a long way out in the sprint, a long, long way out so that I could anticipate strong sprinters like Gaviria and Sagan. As I did at Paris-Nice last year”. It is his second victory of the season and his first here at the Tour de Suisse: “Yesterday I had a bad day and today I wanted to bounce back and I succeeded thanks to my teammates’ help too. I’m really happy”. | 
Stefan KÜNG (SUI/BMC RACING) maintains his race lead |
Stage 4: Gansingen → Gstaad, 189 km Full Results and Report
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Andre GREIPEL (GER/Lotto Soudal) getting ready for more rain at the Stage 4 start in Gansingen | 
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Stefan KUNG (SUI/BMC Racing) held onto the race lead | 
Yesterday's winner, Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) | 
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Chris Juul-Jensen (Mitchelton-Scott) leading Nans Peters (AG2R La Mondiale), the two break survivors from the original break | 
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Christopher JUUL JENSEN (DEN/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) hangs to win Stage 4 in Gstaad for the biggest win of his domestique career | 
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The sprint finish for second | 
2nd Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/SUNWEB) + 8s, 3rd Yves LAMPAERT (BEL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 4th Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE), 5th Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) | 
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Your Stage 4 winner, Christopher JUUL JENSEN (DEN/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) | 
Sprint points leader, Peter Sagan (Bora - Hansgrohe) | 
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Here's a good interview with Christopher JUUL JENSEN (DEN/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) |
Stage 5: Gstaad → Leukerbad, 156 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 5, 155 km from Gstaad to Leukerbad, the first mountain stage | 
The peloton on the flats between two mountains | 
The sprinters (Peter Sagan) and the race leader (Stefan Kung) where dropped | 
Winner of a stage last year, Captain America Lawrence WARBASSE (USA/Aqua Blue Sport) put in an attack today | 
Attack on the final climb by Hugh CARTHY (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) and Francois BIDARD (AG2R La Mondiale) | 
Mikel LANDA (ESP/Movistar) bridge and then attempted a solo win | 
Mikel LANDA was caught in the final 200m before Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE Team Emirates) launched an uphill sprint to victory | 
Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) wins Stage 5 in Leukerbad 3:37:31 ahead of 2nd Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 3rd Tom-Jelte SLAGTER (NED/DIMENSION DATA) and 4th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB) | 
5th Bauke MOLLEMA (NED/TREK - SEGAFREDO), 6th Simon ŠPILAK (SLO/KATUSHA ALPECIN), 7th Nairo QUINTANA (COL/MOVISTAR) and 8th Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) | 
18th Hugh John CARTHY (GBR/EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC) + 12s, 19th Mikel LANDA MEANA (ESP/MOVISTAR) + 14s, 20th Tanel KANGERT (EST/ASTANA), 21st Andrey AMADOR (CRC/MOVISTAR) | 
Your Stage 5 winner, Diego ULISSI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES): Today’s win carries much weight, the Tour de Suisse is a prestigious race and it makes me proud to win here” Ulissi said. “I was able to come out of the Giro d’Italia with good condition, I remained concentrated knowing that in Switzerland I’d have stages suited to my characteristics. The stage today was one of those, and I pulled it off. The race was hard, in the end, I was worried about not catching Mikel Landa, who shot out quite early, but luckily, I closed in on him and kept my speed. I’m going to try to keep fighting all the way through the end of the Tour de Suisse given that on the climbs I feel good and in the time trial I can defend myself”. | 
8th today and your new race leader by 20s, Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING): "The team was absolutely superb. They were fantastic all day. It was a hectic start and we covered the first 100km super quick and I don't think it was an easy day for anyone. It may not have looked really hard in the final there but we went hard. All of the guys did their part today and I am so happy to have the jersey and keep it in the team. I think when you have such a hard start it's not easy to get going and it wasn't an easy day. So, let's see what the peloton has in store for us tomorrow.""I didn't expect it to be as hard at the start. We knew it would be difficult but we got to the top and guys were still attacking. Then, we were then going absolutely full gas down into the valley. I think full credit to our team. They controlled it well." "I think I have pretty good form and I think the proper mountain stages will suit me better than today and maybe even tomorrow but I am just happy to be back racing and to have good form. It wasn't a simple day but this jersey is all credit to my team today. It's our DS Fabio Baldato's 50th birthday today so delivering another jersey was the big plan today." |
Stage 6: Fiesch → Gommiswald, 186 km Full Results and Report
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Ascending the Furkapass at the start of Stage 6 | 
The break ascending the Furkapass | 
Ascending the Furkapass | 
Higher and higher on the Furkapass | 
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Race leader, Richie Porte | 
Near the top of the Furkapass | 
Furkapass | 
Furkapass | 
Descending the Furkapass | 
Descending the Furkapass | 
Descending the Furkapass | 
The remnants of the break on the short climb to the finish led by Cyril GAUTIER (FRA/AG2R La Mondiale), Maxime MONFORT (BEL/Lotto Soudal), Soren Kragh ANDERSEN (DEN/Sunweb) at the front | 
Soren KRAGH ANDERSEN (DEN/ SUNWEB) reeling in an attack by Michael GOGL (AUT/TREK - SEGAFREDO) | 
Soren KRAGH ANDERSEN (DEN/ SUNWEB) digs for the line | 
Soren KRAGH ANDERSEN (DEN/ SUNWEB) wins Stage 6 from the break | 
Top GC rider, 6th Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) + 27s passing 7th Michael GOGL (AUT/TREK - SEGAFREDO) | 
Your Stage 6 winner, Soren KRAGH ANDERSEN (DEN/ SUNWEB): "Today was a really special day and I'm super happy with the win. To pay back my team for giving me the chance is a really nice feeling. Our coach from the car told me to do my thing and trust my instinct and when the last attack went I decided to go for it. This win is a relief, it was a really long sprint for me and I managed to stay in front. I've had a lot of opportunities in the past but it never really worked out so I'm super happy that I've finally taken a WorldTour win here." | 
Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) now leads the race by 32s: "I think that after the amount of work that the team did for me today, I had to do something. I didn't really expect to take time like that. I wasn't feeling great yesterday but today I had a better day and the team was incredible for me. Each and every one of the guys was really good especially Michi Schär. He rode most of the stage for me. It's good coming into the Tour.The guys put me in a great position and they looked after me so I am happy with how the day went. This is a dress rehearsal for the Tour de France and it really showed today that we are there. It was good to take a little bit more time on some strong time trialists today. Tomorrow on paper is maybe better for me and I am super motivated. Allan Peiper said on the radio 'Richie if you have any gas, you gotta go,' and I actually thought I had hit out a bit too early but when I heard that they were cracking, I dug in a little bit more. It really hurt but it is nice to take some extra time." |
Stage 7: Eschenbach/Atzmännig → Arosa, 171 km Full Results and Report
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Taking selfies with riders at the Stage 7 start in Eschenbach/Atzmännig | 
Large, early break from the gun | 
The break climbing out of Eschenbach/Atzmännig | 
The peloton led by BMC Racing | 
The break on the finishing climb led by Joe DOMBROWSKI (USA/EF Education First-Drapac) | 
Joe DOMBROWSKI (USA/EF Education First-Drapac) attacks | 
Further back, Nairo QUINTANA (COL/Movistar) attacks out of the GC group | 
Nairo QUINTANA (COL/Movistar) caught and passed everyone from the break | 
Greg AVERMAET (BEL/BMC Racing) keeping the gap close on the less steep section of the finishing climb | 
Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC Racing) starts off in pursuit of Nario Quintana | 
Nairo QUINTANA (COL/Movistar) was almost caught by Porte but then extended his lead in the final 2 km | 
Nairo QUINTANA (COL/Movistar) wins the mountain finish at Arosa | 
Nairo QUINTANA (COL/Movistar) wins Stage 7 | 
2nd Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA) + 22s and 3rd Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) | 
4th Gregor MÜHLBERGER (AUT/BORA - HANSGROHE) + 38s, 5th Wilco KELDERMAN (NED/SUNWEB), 6th Enric MAS NICOLAU (ESP/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 7th Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ (ESP/DIMENSION DATA) | 
The race leader and stage winner congratulate each other on their pre-Tour de France showdown | 
Your Stage 7 winner, Nairo QUINTANA (COL/Movistar) | 
Your race leader by 17s, Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) | 
Most aggressive rider, Joe DOMBROWSKI (USA/EF Education First-Drapac) |
Stage 8: Bellinzona → Bellinzona, 124 km Full Results and Report
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Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/Quick - Step Floors) rolling with friend to the Stage 8 start in Bellinzona | 
The entire Swiss airforce? | 
Four men break from the gun | 
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BORA - hansgrohe keeping the break in check | 
The break was caught with 5 km to go | 
Sprint finish in Bellinzona among the usual suspects | 
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Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) wins the Stage 8 sprint in Bellinzona ahead of 2nd Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 3rd Alexander KRISTOFF (NOR/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) and 4th Peter SAGAN (SVK/BORA - HANSGROHE) | 
Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) beats Fernando GAVIRIA (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) | 
Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | 
Your Stage 8 winner, Arnaud DEMARE (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | 
Race leader, Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) heading into the final day TT | 
Peter Sagan leads the points competition |
Stage 9: Bellinzona → Bellinzona, 34 km Full Results and Report
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Stefan KÜNG (SUI/BMC RACING) wins the Stage 9 34 km ITT in Bellinzona in 39:44 | 
Local boy Stefan KÜNG (SUI/BMC RACING) bookends the Tour de Suisse with prologue and Stage 9 wins | 
2nd Søren KRAGH ANDERSEN (DEN/SUNWEB) + 19s | 
Race leader, Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) out on course | 
Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) wraps up the overall win by finishing 14th 1:04 | 
Your Stage 9 ITT winner, Stefan KÜNG (SUI/BMC RACING) | 
Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) wins the overall by 1:02. Is this the biggest win of your career? "I'd say so. I've won at races like Paris-Nice, Volta Catalunya and Tour de Romandie but this race is so special and to come here after the passing of Andy Rihs earlier in the season and win his home Tour is a massive satisfaction. I dedicate this win to Andy." | 
Your 2018 Tour de Suisse podium: 2nd Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA) + 1:02, 1st Richie PORTE (AUS/BMC RACING) in 29:28:05, 3rd Nairo QUINTANA (COL/MOVISTAR) + 1:12 | 
Sprint/points winner, Peter Sagan (Bora - Hansgrohe) |
Stage 10: Carcassonne → Bagnères-de-Luchon, 218 km Full Results and Report
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