Schurter almost achieves an exploit at the Tour de Suisse

Nino Schurter makes his mark on the third stage of the Tour de Suisse. In the final phase of the race, he makes his escape and is able to break away with three others. Just before the finish, however, he is caught by the fast train of sprint specialists and has to concede victory to another ex-mountain biker.

It could almost have been Schurter's day. In the final phase, the mountain bike world champion attacked and was able to break away together with Laurent Didier, Björn Thurau and Danilo Wyss. In the end, Wyss has to give in, Didier crashes on a descent and the two of them are ultimately powerless against the field. 10 kilometers before the finish, Schurter's first solo outing in the peleton is over.

In the end, however, it was another ex-mountain biker who managed to prevail. Peter Sagan, junior world champion in Val di Sole in 2008, is once again the strongest sprinter and is ahead at the finish in Heiden, with Michael Albasini in second place. In the end, however, Schurter still achieves podium honors: He is named the most combative rider of the stage.

The Tour de Suisse continues until next Sunday, and Nino Schurter can be trusted to mount an attack or two. Within the Orica-Greenedge team, he enjoys the freedom of being a guest and is not primarily obliged to help out.

Report on SRF:
http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/sport-clip/video/rad-tour-de-suisse-zusammenfassung-3--etappe?id=f996ab8e-edfc-4c15-96f5-c1810fa8ffa8

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Schurter almost achieves an exploit at the Tour de Suisse