Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) used a surprise attack from a group of five riders with just under three kilometres to the finish and won Friday's GP Gippingen, formerly known as GP des Kantons Aargau, in Switzerland.
It was the second victory of the season for the American, who had a solid spring with a victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen followed by top 10s at De Brabantse Pijl and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. After missing the podium by one spot at Eschborn-Frankfurt in early May, he took a break with his family and then spent three weeks at an altitude camp in Sierra Nevada.
