'Nothing is lost yet' - Remco Evenepoel upbeat about recovery despite fading late at Stage 3 of Tour de Suisse

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) insists ‘nothing is lost yet’ after he tried and failed to push to the top of the general classification standings at Stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse. The world champion is bidding for glory in Switzerland and went on the attack with 6km to go on the climb up Villars-sur-Ollon. Ad However, a sluggish finish saw the Belgian come fourth, with Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) taking a victory that leaves him 17 seconds ahead of Evenepoel in the GC.

Giro d'Italia'Stop flirting with Remco', Lefevere tells Ineos31/05/2023 AT 07:23 “We have to be content, we tried,” Evenepoel said. “Nothing is lost yet, so no drama. I haven’t lost the general classification here.

Now it’s onto tomorrow, it’s another chance.” Felix Gall (AG2R Citroen) and Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) also finished ahead of Evenepoel, but the Soudal-QuickStep rider did succeed in distancing previous race leader Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ). Highlights: Skjelmose clinches Stage 3 victory to take overall lead at Tour de Suisse The inside story on Mads Pedersen's quest for the Pederslam 'Sensational' Girmay soars past Van Aert to win Stage 2 at Tour of Switzerland The Swiss finished in 31st position, more than three minutes off Skjelmose’s pace, to drop to 27th overall. “I had to try something to get rid of Kung, which I did,” Evenepoel said.