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Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) blitzed the closing time trial at the Tour de Suisse to win stage 8 in Abtwil. His winning time of 32:25 wasn’t enough to take the overall title, however, as Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo) held on to finish third on the day, nine seconds down, to win his first WorldTour stage race.
The 22-year-old Dane looked to be out of it at the first checkpoint on the 25.7km course, falling out of virtual yellow with a second’s deficit to Ayuso. He rallied to mount a comeback on the hilly mid-section of the stage to claw back precious seconds and take a big victory.
20-year-old Ayuso ends up in second overall, nine seconds down on Skjelmose, after his second stage win of the week. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) jumped up onto the podium with a time of 32:33 to finish 45 seconds down, as Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën) fell from second to eighth with a slow time of 35:51.
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