The 5th stage, that of all the dangers for the French? While Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels) and Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) occupy the first three places in the general classification, the Habs could lose everything this Thursday. Indeed, this 5th step between the Punt and Santa Maria in Calanca is considered to be the queen stage of this 88th edition of the Switzerland Tour. The final will be strewn by three very difficult ascents, with the Passo San Bernardino (7.5km to 6%) whose summit is more than 2,000 meters above sea level and the double ascent of the Castaneda (4.5km at 9.8%and 6.3km at 9.5%), whose arrival will be at the top of the second pass. The perfect opportunity for runners like JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates XRG) or other Ben O’Connor (Jayco alula) to try to put the trio of French in difficulty, more considered as skeinchers than climbers.
VIDEO – The summary of the 4th stage of the Tour de Switzerland
The 5th stage profile
Thursday June 19 – Step 5 : The Point – Santa Maria in Calanca / 183.5 km (early at 12:05
The starting list
UAE TEAM EMIRATES-XRG
1 Christian Jan
2 Mountain Mikkel
3 ALMEIDA JOÃO
4 Grosschartner Felix
5 Laengen Vegard Stake
6 Johansen Julius
7 Morgado António
Alpecin-DECEUNINCK
11 Dillier Silvan
12 Debruyne Ramses
13 Glivar Gal
14 janssens jimmy
15 Uhlig Henri
16 Spirynge Emiel
17 Van den Bossche Fabio
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
21 costiou ewen
22 Federt Elery
23 Huys Laurens
24 LE BERRE Mathis
25 Tjøtta Martin
26 Vauquelin Kévin
27 Verre Alessandro
Cofidis
31 Izagirre Ion
32 MAHOUDO Nolann
33 Maisonobe Sam
34 Moniquet Sylvain
35 Oldani Stefano
36 Maas Jan
37 Samitier Sergio
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
41 Mohoric Matthew
42 Bilbao Pello
43 KEPPLINGER Rainer
45 Buratti Nicolò
46 PICKERING Finlay
47 Easterchens Mathijs
48 Van der Meulen Max
Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
51 GALL Felix
52 BISIAUX Léo
53 Bissegger Stefan
54 Cosnefroy Benoît
55 SCOTSON Callum
56 LAPEIRA PAUL
57 PETERS Nans
EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
61 Costa Rui
62 Albanese Vincenzo
63 Battistella Samuele
64 Mihkels Madis
65 POWLESS Neilson
66 SWEENY Harry
67 WALKER Max
GROUPAMA-FDJ
71 Küng Stefan
72 ASKEY Lewis
73 Grégoire Romain
74 JACOBS Johan
75 The GAC Olivier
76 LE HUITOUZE Eddy
77 MADOUAS Valentin
INEOS GRENADIERS
81 THOMAS Geraint
82 de Plus Laurens
83 HAMILTON Lucas
84 Jungls Bob
85 SWIFT Ben
86 August
87 LANGELLOTTI Victor
Intermarché-Wanty
91 Zimmermann Georg
92 Colleones Kevin
93 match Alexander
94 Kuypers Gerben
95 Petilli Simone
96 New Yonas
97 Van Sintmaartensdijk Roel
Lidl-Trek
101 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
102 BAGIOLI Andrea
103 LOPEZ JUAN PEDRO
104 Vergaerde Otto
105 Keep Lennard
106 Oomen Sam
107 SIMMONS Quinn
MOVISTAR TEAM
111 Quintana Nairo
112 Castrillo Pablo
113 BARTA William
114 TORRES Albert
115 OLIVEIRA NELSON
116 Romo Javier
117 Sanchez Pelayo
RED BULL-BORA-HANSGROHE
121 vlasov aleksandr
122 Adrià Roger
123 PALZER Anton
124 Koch Jonas
125 Meeus Jordi
126 Sobrero Matteo
127 Van Poppel Danny
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
131 Bastiaens Ayco
132 KNOX James
133 mushrooms Antoine
134 Lecerf Junior
135 SERRY Pieter
136 Van Wilder Ilan
137 Vansevenant Mauri
TEAM JAYCO-ALULA
141 Schmid Mauro
142 DURBRIDGE Luke
143 GAMPER Patrick
144 ENGELHARDT Felix
145 O’CONNOR Ben
146 SÜTTERLIN Jasha
147 Draw the Failippo
TEAM PICNIC POSTNL
151 Barguil Warren
152 BITTNER Pavel
153 FLYNN Sean
154 Onley Oscar
155 EDMONDSON Alex
156 Van den Broek Frank
157 Naberman Team
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
161 Home Menno
162 Vermote Julien
163 Benoot Tiesj
164 GLOAG Thomas
165 Bone Tijmen
166 Kruijswijk Steven
167 Lemmen Bart
XDS Astana Team
171 Davide dancers
172 Charming Anthon
173 Councils Nicola
174 Champoussin Clément
175 Bettiol Alberto
176 Masnada Fausto
177 Fortunato Lorenzo
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
181 FROOME Chris
182 BLACKMORE Joe
183 BENNETT George
184 Houle Hugo
185 CLARKE Simon
186 RICCITELLO Matthew
187 WOODS Michael
LOTTO
191 from LIE Arnaud
192 De Buyst Jasper
193 Grignard Sébastien
194 SEPULVEDA Eduardo
195 Livinses everyday
196 Van Moer Brent
197 Gregaard Jonas
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
201 Christian Fabio
202 Badilatti Matteo
203 Brambilla Gianluca
204 Bax Sjoerd
205 De la Cruz David
206 Camprubí Marcel
207 Gonzalez David
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
211 HIRSCHI Marc
212 Alaphilippe Julian
213 Haller Marco
214 Clement Petr
215 MAYRHOFER Marius
216 WARBASSE Lawrence
217 Wirteen Luc
