As the Critérium du Dauphiné reaches its climax, the Tour de Suisse gets underway on the other side of the Alps with a different cast of riders but many of the same pre-Tour de France aspirations.
The bill in Switzerland is headed, mind, by a rider who won’t ride the Tour de France at all, at least according to his Soudal-QuickStep team. But Remco Evenepoel’s return to competition is the storyline of the week all the same. The Tour de Suisse is always something more than a mere preparation race.
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