Start times – Tour de Suisse stage 8 time trial

The Tour de Suisse comes down to a final 25. 6km time trial around the Liechtenstein capital of Vaduz, where yellow jersey Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe) will set out defending a slender two-second lead over Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). Thomas will be favoured to overhaul Higuita, while Jakob Fuglsang (Israel Premier Tech) is not out of the hunt either, starting Sunday’s stage 8 time trial in third overall, 19 seconds off yellow.

Higuita is the last man down the start ramp at 15. 50 CET, with Thomas setting out two minutes before him at 15. 48.

After a cluster of COVID-19 cases triggered a spate of abandons and saw four teams leave the race en masse, just 81 riders are still in the Tour de Suisse for this final time trial, which makes for a compressed start order. Lorrenzo Manzin (TotalEnergies) is the first starter at 14. 10.

Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), who sets out at 15. 26, will be looking to put a different slant on his Tour de Suisse with a stage win here. Home attention will be focused on Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), who has delivered the best climbing display of his career to lie 7th overall ahead of this final test.

The Swiss rider sets out at 15. 38 with designs on stage victory and a high overall finish. The stage will also double as preparation for the opening time trial of the Tour de France in Copenhagen, now under two weeks away.

Tour de Suisse stage 8 start times Order numberRider (team)Time (CET)1Lorrenzo Manzin (TotalEnergies) 14:10:002Adrien Petit (Intermarche – Wanty – Gobert Mat�riaux) 14:11:003Tom Bohli (Cofidis) 14:12:004James Knox (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 14:13:005Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) 14:14:006Lewis Askey (Groupama – FDJ) 14:15:007Alexander Kristoff (Intermarche – Wanty – Gobert Materiaux) 14:16:008Robin Froidevaux (Switzerland) 14:17:009Omar Fraile (Ineos Grenadiers) 14:18:0010Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies) 14:19:0011Chad Haga (Human Powered Health) 14:20:0012Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) 14:21:0013Baptiste Planckaert (Intermarche – Wanty – Gobert Materiaux) 14:22:0014Johan Jacobs (Movistar Team) 14:23:0015 Mathias Reutimann (Switzerland) 14:24:0016Alexander Kamp (Trek – Segafredo) 14:25:0017Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroen Team) 14:26:0018Albert Torres (Movistar Team) 14:27:0019Gianni Moscon (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 14:28:0020Antonio Nibali (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 14:29:0021Simon Vitzthum (Switzerland) 14:30:0022Markus Hoelgaard (Trek – Segafredo) 14:31:0023Dylan Van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) 14:32:0024Tim Declercq (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 14:33:0025Kristian Aasvold (Human Powered Health) 14:34:0026Jack Bauer (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) 14:35:0027Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) 14:36:0028Patrick Bevin (Israel – Premier Tech) 14:37:0029Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 14:38:0030Daryl Impey (Israel – Premier Tech) 14:39:0031Nico Denz (Team DSM) 14:40:0032Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal) 14:41:0033Keegan Swirbul (Human Powered Health) 14:42:0034Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies) 14:43:0035Simon Pellaud (Trek – Segafredo) 14:44:0036Quinn Simmons (Trek – Segafredo) 14:45:0037Antoine Duchesne (Groupama – FDJ) 14:46:0038Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) 14:47:0039Matteo Badilatti (Groupama – FDJ) 14:48:0040Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-EasyPost) 14:49:0041Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal) 14:50:0042Dion Smith (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) 14:51:0043Krists Neilands (Israel – Premier Tech) 14:52:0044Nicolas Prodhomme (AG2R Citroen Team) 14:53:0045Yannis Voisard (Switzerland) 14:54:0046Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) 14:55:0047Michael Schar (AG2R Citroen Team) 14:56:0048Gavin Mannion (Human Powered Health) 14:57:0049Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarche – Wanty – Gobert Materiaux) 14:58:0050Sylvain Moniquet (Lotto Soudal) 14:59:0051Nikias Arndt (Team DSM) 15:00:0052Ilan Van Wilder (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 15:01:0053Oscar Rodriguez (Movistar Team) 15:02:0054Clement Champoussin (AG2R Citroen Team) 15:03:0055Remy Rochas (Cofidis) 15:04:0056Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team) 15:05:0057Roland Thalmann (Switzerland) 15:06:0058Larry Warbasse (AG2R Citroen Team) 15:07:0059Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange – Jayco) 15:08:0060Clement Berthet (AG2R Citroen Team) 15:09:0061Jose Herrada (Cofidis) 15:10:0062Fausto Masnada (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 15:12:0063Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 15:14:0064Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team) 15:16:0065Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) 15:18:0066Hugo Houle (Israel – Premier Tech) 15:20:0067Thibaut Pinot (Groupama – FDJ) 15:22:0068Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) 15:24:0069Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 15:26:0070Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) 15:28:0071Maximilian Schachmann (Bora – Hansgrohe) 15:30:0072Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) 15:32:0073Felix Grossschartner (Bora – Hansgrohe) 15:34:0074Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroen Team) 15:36:0075Stefan Kung (Groupama – FDJ) 15:38:0076Sebastien Reichenbach (Groupama – FDJ) 15:40:0077Domenico Pozzovivo (Intermarche – Wanty – Gobert Materiaux) 15:42:0078Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) 15:44:0079Jakob Fuglsang (Israel – Premier Tech) 15:46:0080Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) 15:48:0081Sergio Higuita (Bora – Hansgrohe) 15:50:00.