Andrew Talansky wasn’t able to maintain his second place position at the Tour de Suisse during the final stage as he couldn’t stay with the leading pack of seven riders and finished in eighth, 56 seconds back. Those 56 seconds were enough to drop him from second to fifth overall, 1;04 back, still a great result for him. Talansky finished in the top eight of the last five stages of the race.

Finishing 22 seconds behind Talansky overall was Tejay Van Garderen who moved up one spot on the day after finishing fifth in the same time as the race winner. Van Garderen has now been in the top 10 of the last three races he entered on the UCI World Tour. Joe Dombrowski also finished the race on a good note with a 10th place finish Sunday, finishing with the same time as Talansky. Dombrowski ended up 26th, 29:16 back, a season best finish for him as well.

Peter Stetina was the fourth American in the top 30 as he was 3:54 back in 28th. He finished a season best 22nd overall, 23:56 back, and became only the fifth American to finish in the top 25 of a race this season. Kiel Reijnen finished 66th, his best stage of the race and only his second top 100 finish, while Ian Boswell rounded out the six top 100 American finishers with a 90th place finish. Boswell was 37th overall, 39:53 back.

The next race on the UCI World Tour is the big one, the Tour de France, starting July 2nd and running through the 24th.

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