Adam Yates wins Tour de Suisse, UAE Team Emirates teammate João Almeida victorious in stage 8 time trial

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The battle for the overall victory at the 2024 Tour de Suisse would come down to the final climb of the eight-day race, with UAE Team Emirates teammates Adam Yates and João Almeida battling on the stage 8 time trial, run on a largely uphill 15.7km course to Villars-sur-Ollon.

In the end, Yates would win out, the Briton defying even his own expectations to hold off his teammate’s challenge. He had predicted after stage 7 that Almeida would take “almost a minute” on him and wrest the yellow jersey from his shoulders at the last.