Yates retains Tour de Suisse lead with second place

British rider Adam Yates has kept his lead successful nan Tour de Suisse pinch a second-place decorativeness down Portugal's Joao Almeida successful a shortened shape six.

The shape was primitively planned to tally 151.1km from Locarno, but snowpack made Nufenen Pass impassable and besides ruled retired an alternate way complete nan Furka Pass, resulting successful a 42.5km race.

Yates saw his 35-second lead trim to 27 seconds by UAE Team Emirates team-mate Almeida, pinch chap Britons Tom Pidcock and Oscar Onley sitting seventh and eighth successful nan wide classification standings.

It resulted successful a 7km climb to decorativeness wherever Yates attacked pinch 3km to go, but Almeida caught his team-mate a kilometre retired to clinch nan stage, pinch Mattias Skjelmose third.

"I deliberation we were some really strong," Almeida said.

"He [Yates] attacked rather acold from nan decorativeness and I was conscionable connected nan instrumentality of Skjelmose, truthful it was cleanable for me. In nan end, I could drawback him without bringing nan different riders back.

"Of people I want to triumph each nan time, but I would besides respect my team-mates arsenic good truthful I'm happy for him also."

Saturday's penultimate shape is simply a reliable 118.1km circuit, which includes 3 large climbs.

Both Yates and Almeida will soon move their attraction to nan Tour de France, wherever they are apt to beryllium support riders for UAE team-mate Tadej Pogacar erstwhile it originates connected 29 June.

1. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) 55 minutes

2. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +4 secs

3. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +9 secs

4. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +15 secs

5. Lenny Martinez (Fra/Groupama–FDJ +35 secs

6. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +40 secs

7. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +47 secs

8. Matthew Riccitello (US/Israel-Premier Tech) +47 secs

9. Pelayo Sanchez (ESP/Movistar) +54 secs

10. Felix Gall (Aus/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) +54 secs

1. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) 16hrs 39mins 46secs

2. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +27secs

3. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 28secs

4. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +2min 24secs

5. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +2min 38secs

6. Matthew Riccitello (US/Israel-Premier Tech) +2mins 42secs

7. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 28secs

8. Oscar Onley (GB/Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +3mins 37secs

9. Felix Gall (Aus/Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) +4 mins 1sec

10. Pelayo Sanchez (Esp/Movistar) +4mins 28secs