The Tour de Suisse peloton paid tribute to the late Gino Mäder by riding together along the final 20km of the route of stage 6, which was cancelled following the announcement of the Swiss rider’s death on Friday morning
Word had filtered through to the peloton just as it was assembling in Chur for the planned start of the stage. Even before that tragic confirmation had reached them, his fellow riders had understandably little appetite for a bike race as they waited for news of their fallen comrade.
