At first, it looked set to be another Remco Evenepoel exhibition. When the world champion attacked with 6km of the climb to Villars-sur-Ollon remaining, he seemed destined to put his stamp on the Tour de Suisse.
By the summit, however, Evenepoel would find himself in damage limitation mode after he surprisingly struggled on the upper reaches of the summit finish to stage 3. He would recover slightly in the final kilometre to place fourth on the stage, 21 seconds behind winner Mattias Skjelmose (Trek-Segafredo).
