2023 Tour de Suisse Stage 7 Results & Recap
Stage 7 of the 2023 Tour de Suisse is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Evenepoel wins stage 7
In a stage that mostly was ridden as an unofficial second procession in honor of Gino Mader, Remco Evenepoel (SOQ) ended up taking top honors after attacking in the final 17km. The Belgian champion posted up - kissing his hands and pointing at the sky, dedicating his win to the Swiss 26-year-old, who died on Friday due to injuries sustained after crashing.
"It was clear for all of you as well that the race was kind of neutralised until 25km to go," Evenepoel told CyclingPro after his win. "Then everybody was free to race, and we had the plan for Tim Merlier to get over the climb and try to sprint. But the climb was very hard. Wout and his team went super hard on the climb.
"First, I wanted to help Tim and Bert over the climb, but they quickly screamed at me that I had to go myself, that they saw I was looking very good. I'm not the kind of guy that just quits the race even though the situation is very, very hard for everybody.
"In my opinion, this was the best way to honour Gino."
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