Urška Žigart (Team Jayco-AlUla) was so close to winning stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse Women on Monday. She attacked with 12.8km to go, but in the end, the Slovenian climber was passed by the peloton only 90 metres from the finish line at Ebnat-Kappel.
The 26-year-old climber was on the hunt for her first victory in two seasons, the last coming on a stage at Setmana Ciclista Valenciana in 2021 where she launched a solo attack and rode across three categorised climbs for her first international victory. The third stage at Tour de Suisse also had a trio of categorised climbs, and this time she saved her attack for the final climb and 12.5km from an uphill finish.
