Andrew Talansky is in position to notch the top finish by an American so far this year on the UCI World Tour, and maybe even win, as he moved into second place of the Tour de Suisse after a fifth place finish in the 10 mile time trial on Saturday. Talansky was 23 seconds back of the winner but only dropped five seconds to the new leader, Miguel Angel Lopez of Colombia. Talansky now trails Lopez by eight seconds in the overall standings with only a 73.1 mile mountain stage between them and the finish.

Tejay Van Garderen, who had won stage seven, finished 34 seconds back in 10th. Van Garderen kept his seventh place spot in the overall standings but is now 1:26 back. For the first time since stage four there wasn’t a third American in the top 30 as the next American to finish was Peter Stetina who ended up 65th, 1:59 back. Stetina stayed in 24th and is 20:02 back overall. No other Americans were in the top 100 but Joe Dombrowski and Ian Boswell are in 32nd and 33rd overall while trailing by 28:20 and 28:52 respectively.

The race wraps up with a 73.1 mile mountain stage on Sunday.

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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.

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Andrew Talansky became the lead American in the Tour de Suisse on Thursday as a sixth place finish allowed him to move into third place, just 19 seconds behind the new leader, Wilco Kelderman of the Netherlands. Talansky, along with Kelderman, was 4:31 behind the winner of the stage and finished sixth. Joe Dombrowski, who had not had a finisher higher than 39 until this stage, was 4:42 back in 11th and jumped up 18 spots to 32nd, 14:31 back.

Tejay Van Garderen slipped out of the top five and fell to 13th overall, 2:09 back, after a 28th place finish 6:22 back. Peter Stetina was the fourth American in the top 50, 10:18 back in 42nd, and improved his standing by five spots to 30th, 13:48 back overall. Stetina in 30th and Dombrowski in 32nd are separated by a 3rd American, Ian Boswell, who is 14:22 back after finishing 51st on Thursday.

The race continues with the longest stage, a 139.4 mile mountain stage, on Friday and continues through Sunday with only mountain stages and a 10 mile time trial on Saturday to come.

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Tejay Van Garderen and Andrew Talansky continue to rise as they both stepped up in the most difficult stage of the Tour de Suisse so far. Van Garderen was fourth, nine seconds behind winner John Darwin Atapuma of Colombia while Talansky was seventh and 12 seconds back. The two Americans moved into the six overall with Van Garderen in fifth, 18 seconds back, and Talansky in sixth, 19 seconds back.

The good finishes didn’t stop there with Peter Stetina 2:17 back in 24th and Ian Boswell three minutes back in 27th. Those finishes really helped them in the overall with standings with each moving up at least 45 spots, Boswell to 33rd and 7:38 back and Stetina to 35th and 8:01 back. Joe Dombrowski was 58th and moved back to 50th overall but is now 14:20 behind the leader.

The race continues with a 101.2 mile mountain stage on Thursday and continues through Sunday with only mountain stages and a 10 mile time trial on Saturday to come. Van Garderen and Talansky look to be real contenders.

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Tejay Van Garderen and Andrew Talansky finished 40th and 49th in the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse but only were two seconds behind the stage winner as they continue to be in the top 20 overall and both gained a spot. Talansky is now 16th, 39 seconds back, while Van Garderen is 41 seconds back in 18th. For the first time in the event the US had six in the top 100 with Kiel Reijnen in 75th, Joe Dombrowski in 79th, Tyler Farrar in 94th and Peter Stetina in 99th. Dombrowski is now 39th overall, 1:35 back, with Boswell 78th and Stetina 95th.

The race continues with a 78.5 mile mountain stage on Wednesday and continues through Sunday with only mountain stages and a 10 mile time trial on Saturday to come. Lots of potential for movement as the stages to come challenge the riders.

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