2025 Tour de Suisse Stage 5 Results & Recap
Stage 5 of the 2025 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
Onley outpaces Almeida in Queen Stage, Vauquelin claims overall lead.
João Almeida and Oscar Onley emerged prominently during the exceedingly steep final ascent of the Queen Stage. In the sprint at the summit, the Scot outpaced the Portuguese Almeida, while Kévin Vauquelin finished slightly under a minute behind, seizing the overall race lead.
As the riders approached the Julier Pass, the first breakaway of the day materialized, comprising Ion Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Marco Haller, Neilson Powless, Ben Swift, Sjoerd Bax, Nicolò Buratti, Léo Bisiaux, Lewis Askey, Javier Romo, and Alberto Bettiol.
At the summit of the pass, only Bilbao, Powless, and Romo remained at the forefront of the race, with Aleksandr Vlasov and Lorenzo Fortunato replacing the others. The peloton was still closely trailing; however, the gap widened during the descent, and by the time the attackers reached the valley, the difference was two minutes.
Upon arriving at the base of the San Bernardino Pass, the leaders had extended their advantage by one and a half minutes. Nevertheless, the peloton responded, and by the summit, the gap was reduced to two minutes, and as the leaders approached the penultimate climb, their lead diminished to merely one minute.
During the climb, Fortunato and Romo lost contact with the remaining leaders, while the yellow jersey holder, Romain Grégoire, was dropped from the peloton.
Bilbao and Vlasov crested the climb in first place, ten seconds ahead of Powless and twenty seconds clear of the diminished favorites group, which now included Kévin Vauquelin, Julian Alaphilippe, João Almeida, Oscar Onley, Felix Gall, Ilan Van Wilder, and Matthew Riccitello.
In the valley, Powless reestablished contact with his former breakaway companions, while Ben O’Connor, Lennard Kämna, and Pablo Castrillo joined the general classification group. Prior to the final climb, the chasers successfully reeled in the breakaway.
Alaphilippe surged ahead four kilometers from the summit, but Onley managed to rejoin him. The Brit then advanced solo, with Almeida in pursuit. The Portuguese rider made the catch with two kilometers remaining.
The duo collaborated to distance themselves from the rest before Onley outpaced Almeida at the finish line. Vauquelin crossed the line fifty-seven seconds later, claiming the yellow jersey from Grégoire, who conceded nearly seven minutes to the stage winner and fell to thirteenth place in the general classification.
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