For the first time this year an American has won a stage on the UCI World Tour. Tejay Van Garderen was 16 seconds clear of the field on the tough 139.4 mile mountain stage Friday to earn his first stage win, or even top three finish so far this season. Van Garderen’s win topped Joe Dombrowski’s third place finish in the 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia as the best finish by an American in 2016. The win was nice for Van Garderen but didn’t help him make up too much ground as new leader Warren Barguil of France was 16 seconds back in third. Andrew Talansky remained the top American overall by finishing 33 seconds back in fifth, his best stage finish of the season, and is still third overall but now just 24 seconds back.

Peter Stetina was 26th, 5:22 back, and moved up six spots to 24th, now trailing the leader by 18:42. Dombrowski finished 42nd, 11:50 back, and swapped spots 31 and 32 overall with Ian Boswell, who finished 54th. Dombrowski is now 25:53 back with Boswell 26:47 back.

The race continues with a 10 mile time trial on Saturday and then wraps up with a 73.1 mile mountain stage on Sunday.

Previous Tour de Suisse Coverage:
Preview
Stage One Recap
Stage Two Recap
Stage Three Recap
Stage Four Recap
Stage Five Recap
Stage Six Recap