Wilco Kelderman moved to seventh place in the overall standings of the Tour of Switzerland today. The leader of LottoNL-Jumbo placed 15th after another rainy day to Rheinfelden. World Champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) won, just like yesterday, ahead of Michael Albasini (Orica) and Silvan Dillier (BMC Racing).

After a breakaway of eight men took just over five minutes, the peloton reacted with teams Tinkoff and Lotto-Soudal at the head. In the last 50 kilometres, the peloton broke into groups and Kelderman managed to stay in front.

"I was put perfect into place thanks to Bram Tankink on the first climb of the last lap,” he said. In the final, Albasini jumped free and Kelderman saw him do so. "The peloton wasn’t controlled anymore when Albasini made the jump. On the last climb, Sagan went too, but unfortunately, I was trapped,” he added. He finished just three seconds back in the group. “This is very nice.”

The stage today covered 192.6 kilometres. "From the start, they went full gas,” explained Kelderman. “The whole day was pretty dry, and in the end, it began raining hard, but then you're already racing hard so you notice it less.”

“We had a lot of bad weather, which makes it hectic,” Sports Director Jan Boven said. “Especially in the last circuits, the team was attentive. The last lap of 27 kilometres was narrow and the climbs were steep. We previewed this stage and knew that we had to put Wilco in the front.  It broke into pieces and fortunately, we were able to put Wilco in the right place.

“He was trapped when Sagan went, unfortunately, but he went second or third over the final climb. Wilco rode the last kilometres relatively easily because there were teams with bigger interests."

One day for the sprinters or a good breakaway

Tomorrow the riders will start in Rheinfelden and finish in Champagne after 193 km. The sprinters or a good breakaway have another chance tomorrow. Boven added, "Tomorrow is more or less the same as today, but tomorrow we're really in the mountains."