Stage 1: Frauenfeld → Frauenfeld, 10.9 km Full Results and Report
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Stefan KÜNG (SUI/GROUPAMA-FDJ) wins the Stage 1 10.9 km ITT in 12:00 | 
2nd Stefan BISSEGGER (SUI/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) + 4s | 
5th Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP) + 19s | 
10th Rohan DENNIS (AUS/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 23s | 
After a hiatus from cycling, 16th Tom DUMOULIN (NED/JUMBO-VISMA) + 32s | 
Stage 1 winner and first race leader, Stefan KÜNG (SUI/GROUPAMA-FDJ) |
Stage 2: Neuhausen A.R. → Lachen, 173 km Full Results and Report
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The Stage 2 rollout from Neuhausen am Rheinfall before a hilly 173 km | 
Early four break with Tom Bohli (Cofidis), Nicolas Zukowsky (Rally Cycling), Claudio Imhof (Swiss national team) and Matteo Dal-Cin (Rally Cycling) | 
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Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/BORA-HANSGROHE) before finishing 2nd | 
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Aftering attacking several times over the final kms, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) easily sprinted one last time to victory in Lachen ahead of 2nd Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/BORA-HANSGROHE) + 1s, 3rd Wout POELS (NED/BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) + 4s, 4th Ivan GARCIA (ESP/MOVISTAR TEAM), 5th Marc HIRSCHI (SUI/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | 
Another boss victory pose from Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX): “It was a super fun stage, especially with the rainy conditions at the end. It looked a bit like a classics parcours, something that suits me very well. The team did an amazing, job making the race hard like I asked. I’m really happy to finish it off!” | 
Rounding out the top 9 riders in the same time as 3rd +4s, 6 Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS), 7 Michael WOODS (CAN/ISRAEL START-UP NATION), 8 Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP), 9 Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) | 
Your Stage 2 winner, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) in his first Tour de Suisse road stage | 
Race leader by just 1s now, Stefan KÜNG (SUI/GROUPAMA-FDJ) |
Stage 3: Lachen → Pfaffnau, 185 km Full Results and Report
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Start scene in Lachen where we finished yesterday | 
Groupama FDJ leading the peloton up an early climb with Lake Zurich in the background | 
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Today's break Remy ROCHAS (FRA/COFIDIS), Claudio IMHOF (Switzerland), Benjamin KING (USA/RALLY CYCLING), Mathias FRANK (SUI/AG2R CITROEN) | 
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20 km to go: Julian Alaphilippe (France / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) attacks | 
Julian Alaphilippe (France / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) off the front | 
10 km to go: Ivan García Cortina (Spain / Movistar) attacks before being caught with 1 km to go | 
Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) moves to the front | 
Sprint finish in Pfaffnau | 
The winning margin | 
Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2 Christophe LAPORTE (FRA/COFIDIS), 3 Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP), 4 Michael MATTHEWS (AUS/TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE), 5 Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/BORA-HANSGROHE), 6 Alexander KAMP (DEN/TREK-SEGAFREDO), 7 Tiesj BENOOT (BEL/TEAM DSM), 8 Omar FRAILE (ESP/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH), 9 Anthony TURGIS (FRA/TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE), 10 Michael WOODS (CAN/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) | 
Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX): "I had a good day, but it was really difficult. We had to do a big effort with the whole team. Again, they were impressive today. I’m proud of them!" | 
Stage 3 winner and new race leader by 1s over Alaphilippe, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) |
Stage 4: St. Urban → Gstaad, 171 km Full Results and Report
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Race leader Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) had an easy day but no stage win today finishing 5+ minutes back | 
Three riders left from the original break: Joey ROSSKOPF (USA/RALLY CYCLING), Benjamin THOMAS (FRA/GROUPAMA-FDJ) and Stefan BISSEGGER (SUI/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) | 
The peloton 5 minutes back | 
Joey ROSSKOPF (USA/RALLY CYCLING), Benjamin THOMAS (FRA/GROUPAMA-FDJ) and Stefan BISSEGGER (SUI/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) | 
Stefan BISSEGGER (SUI/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) wins Stage 4 in 3:46:21 ahead of 2nd Benjamin THOMAS (FRA/GROUPAMA-FDJ) and 3rd Joey ROSSKOPF (USA/RALLY CYCLING). “I am never too confident, but we all know Stefan is very fast. He did the sprint perfectly,” said sport director Matti Breschel | 
Your Stage 4 and home country winner, Stefan BISSEGGER (SUI/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO): “I finally got a stage win at the Tour de Suisse. And I’m really, really happy with that.“ |
Stage 5: Gstaad → Leukerbad, 172 km Full Results and Report
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Start scene in Gstaad with Neilson Powless (USA / Team EF Education - Nippo), Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) and Stefan Kung (Swiss / Team Groupama - FDJ) | 
172 km from Gstaad to Leukerbad starting and ending with mountains | 
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Race leader Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) was in the break with Sergio Samitier (Spain / Team Movistar), Hermann Pernsteiner (Austria / Team Bahrain - Victorious) and Claudio Imhof (SUI) | 
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Richard Carapaz (ECU - Ineos Grenadiers) and Maximilian Schachmann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe) | 
3 km to go: Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) catches Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) | 
Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) attacks but Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) follows | 
Earlier on the finishing climb, 3rd Michael WOODS (CAN/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) + 39s, 4 Lucas HAMILTON (AUS/TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE), 5 Rigoberto URAN (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO), 6 Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/BORA-HANSGROHE), 7 Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP), 8 Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA/TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS) | 
Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) sprints again past Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) for the Stage 5 summit finish win at Leukerbad | 
New race leader by 26s, Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS): "We wanted to think about the GC but of course the possibility of winning a stage was there. I managed to do both, so I’m very happy." |
Stage 6: Fiesch → Disentis – Sedrun, 162 km Full Results and Report
Stage 7: Disentis – Sedrun → Andermatt, 23.2 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 7 TT winner Rigoberto URAN (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) on the Oberalppass (9 km at 6.5 km) at the mid point of the 23 km ITT from Disentis – Sedrun to Andermatt | 
Rigoberto URAN (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) wins Stage 7 in 36:02 by an impressive 40s and now 2nd overall by 17s | 
2nd Julian ALAPHILIPPE (FRA/DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP) + 40s to move up to 3rd overall before withdrawing to return home for the birth of his first child | 
3rd Gino MÄDER (SUI/BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) + 54s. “Finally, I was able to show what I wanted to show in my home race. It was nice to have legs again. I missed them after stage 3; luckily, they’re back for these final days. I think it’s so good to take a podium position. I really enjoyed the race. It was super hard with the climb at the beginning and then a fast and furious downhill. I’m glad we could deliver a solid performance again today, which makes us hungry for tomorrow. Maybe the legs won’t be so fresh, but obviously, the mind will be so and also motivated. We hope for an excellent finish in this race.” | 
4th race leader Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) + 54s | 
Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) descending the Oberalppass on his way to 4th on the stage | 
5th Tom DUMOULIN (NED/JUMBO-VISMA) + 56s | 
13th Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/BORA-HANSGROHE) + 1:23 and with the withdrawal of Julian ALAPHILIPPE moves up to 3rd overall. "It was not an easy time trial because we faced headwind today. Nevertheless, I managed it well and tried not to lose too much time. There are several good time trialists in participation at the race, and I think I netted a solid result in the end, and I can be quite happy with it. Tomorrow we're going to tackle a hard stage and I’m hoping to also do well there." | 
Your Stage 7 ITT winner, Rigoberto URAN (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) and now 2nd overall + 17s. “This race is hard and my first win in this race was in 2007, many years ago. Today’s time trial was special because there was the climb and then the downhill. It was a special day for me and the team.” “This year also so special for me (became a father in March]. I haven’t raced much because of a small problem, but I had good preparation for the Tour de France and done some hard racing here at the Tour de Suisse.” | 
Race leader Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) by 17s setting up for an exciting Queen stage finale on Sunday. "I'm really happy to be able to keep the yellow jersey, we've put up a good defence, and the TT was pretty tough like we were expecting, but I'm really happy to continue wearing the yellow jersey, which is really important for the team. "I think the lead to Rigo is still in my favour, we know it's going to be another hard day tomorrow, but we have a strong team to be able to defend our position. It's going to be a beautiful battle between us tomorrow, I'm sure, they'll play their game, we'll play ours, and that's what it'll all come down to. But I think we have a great team to defend." |
Stage 8: Andermatt → Andermatt, 118 km Full Results and Report
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Rollout from Andermatt for the short but sweet 118 km Queen Stage | 
The peloton starts climbing immediately out of Andermatt | 
Leaving Andermatt but soon to return | 
Early break Hermann Pernsteiner (Austria / Team Bahrain - Victorious) - Tiesj Benoot (Belgium / Team DSM) - Nans Peters (France / Team AG2R Citroen) | 
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The GC group starts the cobbled Gotthardpass (13 km at 6.8%), the final climb | 
Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Team INEOS Grenadiers) - Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Team EF Education - Nippo) - Michael Woods (Canada / Team Israel Start-Up Nation) | 
2nd Michael Woods (Canada / Team Israel Start-Up Nation), 9th Jakob Fuglsang (Danmark / Team Astana - Premier Tech) and 8th Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / Team Qhubeka ASSOS) | 
17 km to go: Michael Woods (Canada / Team Israel Start-Up Nation) attacks | 
Gino Mader (Swiss / Team Bahrain - Victorious) bridging up to Michael Woods (Canada / Team Israel Start-Up Nation) | 
7th Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Team EF Education - Nippo) unsuccessfully attempted to drop race leader 5th Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Team INEOS Grenadiers) | 
10th Maximilian Schachmann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe) + 21s dropping him from 3rd to 4th | 
Maximilian Schachmann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe): "The stage was really tough, right from the start with that climb coming so soon. Of course, I rode hard and it was frustrating that I had to let go over the last metres. I fought hard, but I'm still a bit disappointed that I ultimately didn't make it onto the podium." | 
The GC group crests the Gotthardpass | 
After the descent back into Andermatt, Gino Mader (Swiss / Team Bahrain - Victorious) wins ahead of Michael Woods (Canada / Team Israel Start-Up Nation) and by 9s over the GC group | 
Gino Mader (Swiss / Team Bahrain - Victorious) post-race: “I was looking forward to this stage. I wanted to finish off my home race with a win, and I achieved it. The team worked well from the beginning, with Wout Poels in the breakaway, then Hermann Pernsteiner jumping across to him and having two riders in the front was perfect. All the other teammates were helping me behind, bringing food and water and mental support as well. They positioned me perfectly into the last climb. It was incredible teamwork from everybody”. | 
Marcus Burghardt (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe), Marc Hirschi (SUI - UAE Team Emirates) and a scenic view of the Gotthardpass | 
5th Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Team INEOS Grenadiers) + 9s... your overall winner. "In the end it’s a really beautiful victory, we’ve worked really hard for it, we’ve been in great form, we’ve been testing ourselves to see where we’re all at, and to win here in Switzerland it gives me a lot of confidence and the team as well. It’s a beautiful race, and to win it makes it all the better, and to have this title on my palmares is something really special, I’m really happy. " | 
Your Stage 8 winner, second of the week, Gino Mader (Swiss / Team Bahrain - Victorious) | 
Your 2021 Tour de Suisse overall podium: 2nd Rigoberto URAN (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) + 17s, 1st Richard CARAPAZ (ECU/INEOS GRENADIERS) 24:44:01, 3rd Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) + 1:15 |
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