Tour de Suisse 2021 news - Rigoberto Uran takes Stage 7 time trial to eat into Richard Carapaz lead

ByPete Sharland

Published 12/06/2021 at 16:21 GMT

Over 1,000 days, that's how long it had been since Rigoberto Uran had last won a race but he did that today with a victory on Stage 7 in Switzerland. He's also put real pressure on the race leader Richard Carapaz whose lead now stands at 17 seconds having been over a minute before the day's racing started.

34-year-old Rigoberto Uran put in a sensational time trial on Stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse to drastically reduce the lead of Richard Carapaz.

Ineos Grenadiers rider Carapaz came into the stage with a lead of 1:11 but a blistering time trial from the Colombian cut the deficit to just 17 seconds.

It is Uran’s first win in over 1,000 days, remarkably it’s also 14 years since his last stage win at this race.

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Ecuadorian Carapaz finished fourth in the stage but he was 54 seconds off Uran, former Giro winner Tom Dumoulin was fifth as he continues to build up his form having started racing again.

He also saw world champion Julian Alaphilippe gain time as the Frenchman finished second and now sits third in the general classification, 39 seconds off Carapaz.

ANDERMATT, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 12: Rigoberto Uran Uran of Colombia and Team EF Education - Nippo during the 84th Tour de Suisse 2021, Stage 7 a 23,2km Individual Time Trial stage from Disentis-Sedrun to Andermatt / ITT / Mountains / Snow / Landscape / #UCI

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