Ex-Tour champion Geraint Thomas is about to win the for the first time Tour de Suisse – but Sergio Higuita still has the yellow jersey.
The Brit had to cede the yellow jersey to the Colombian Sergio Higuita from the German Bora-hansgrohe team on the mountain stage over 194.6 kilometers from Ambri to Malbun, but as a strong time trialist he should be two seconds behind in the final fight against the clock on Sunday make up easily.
Pinot wins the stage
Meanwhile, the seventh stage was won by Frenchman Thibaut Pinot ahead of Spaniard Oscar Rodriguez and Kazakh Alexej Luzenko.
In fourth, Higuita gained eleven seconds on Thomas, while Jakob Fuglsang, who was first overall, lost important seconds and the jersey in seventh. The Dane is now 19 seconds back overall third. On Sunday there will be an individual time trial over 25.6 kilometers in Vaduz.
Marco Haller has to get out
The Bora team meanwhile lost the third driver because of a positive corona test. For the Austrian Marco Haller, the tour was over after the Russian Alexander Wlassow and the German Anton Palzer had previously been caught. In total, more than 40 riders have already had to end the Tour de Suisse due to the Corona summer wave.