Arnaud Démare (Groupama–FDJ) zwyciężył po finiszu z peletonu w ósmym dniu wyścigu Tour de Suisse.
Mistrz Francji na końcowych metrach pokonał Fernando Gavirię (Quick-Step Floors) i Alexandra Kristoffa (UAE Team Emirates).
W klasyfikacji generalnej bez zmian, na prowadzeniu pozostał Australijczyk Richie Porte (BMC Racing).
Przedostatni odcinek wiódł po lekko pagórkowatej trasie, na pokonywanej 6 razy rundzie przez Bellinzone. Tuż po starcie odskoczyli Eddie Dunbar (Aqua Blue Sport), Willie Smit (Katusha-Alpecin), Nathan Brown (EF-Drapac) i Paul Ourselin (Direct Energie), zyskując 2 minuty przewagi (38 km).
Peleton prowadzony przez ekipy sprinterów na więcej nie pozwolił. Uciekinierów to nie zniechęciło, walczyli ze wszystkich sił, a najbardziej waleczni, Dunbar i Smit, zostali wchłonięci dopiero 6 kilometrów przed metą.
Na finiszu świetnie odnalazł się Démare, który na szerokiej prostej nieznacznie wyprzedził rozprowadzonego Gavirię.
Arnaud Demare wint de massasprint in achtste etappe van de Ronde van Zwitserland #TDS pic.twitter.com/y8ZDSQJ072
— Eurosport Nederland (@Eurosport_NL) June 16, 2018
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 2:41:07 2 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 7 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 8 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 9 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 10 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 11 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 12 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 13 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 14 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 15 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 16 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 17 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 18 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini 19 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 20 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 21 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 23 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 24 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 26 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 27 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 28 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 29 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 30 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 31 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 32 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 33 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 34 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 35 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 36 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 37 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 38 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 39 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 41 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 42 Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 43 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 45 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 46 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 47 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 48 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini 49 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 50 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 51 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 53 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 54 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Team Sky 56 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 57 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 58 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac 59 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 60 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 61 Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 62 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 63 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 64 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 65 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data 00:23 66 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 67 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 68 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 69 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 72 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 73 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 74 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 75 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:28 76 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 77 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 78 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 79 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 80 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 81 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 82 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 00:39 83 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:42 84 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 00:55 85 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 86 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 87 Willie Smit (RSA) Katusha-Alpecin 88 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 89 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 90 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:02 91 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 92 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 93 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 01:04 94 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 95 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott 96 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 97 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 01:15 98 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 01:20 99 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 100 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 01:32 101 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 102 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 01:36 103 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 01:40 104 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 105 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac 106 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 01:42 107 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:46 108 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 109 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 01:57 110 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 02:33 111 Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott 02:45 112 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini 04:52 113 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 114 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 115 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 116 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 117 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 118 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini 119 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 120 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini 121 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac 122 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 123 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 124 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky 125 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 04:57 126 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 127 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie 128 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 129 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 130 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 131 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 132 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 133 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 134 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini 135 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida 136 Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First-Drapac 137 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 09:23 138 Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 139 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 140 Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac
1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 28:47:17 2 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 00:17 3 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:52 4 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 00:53 5 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 01:13 6 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 01:28 7 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 01:31 8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:37 9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 01:48 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 02:26 11 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 02:32 12 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 02:42 13 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 02:56 14 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 03:02 15 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 03:03 16 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 03:09 17 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 03:15 18 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 03:19 19 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 03:54 20 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 04:14 21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 04:39 22 Koen Bouwmam (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 06:57 23 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 07:58 24 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 09:05 25 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 09:30 26 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 09:48 27 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 10:01 28 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 10:23 29 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 11:25 30 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 12:50 31 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 13:05 32 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 13:35 33 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 13:50 34 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini 14:23 35 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 14:24 36 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16:38 37 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida 19:22 38 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 19:53 39 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 22:18 40 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 22:19 41 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 22:21 42 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 23:44 43 José Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 23:47 44 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 24:25 45 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25:08 46 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 28:11 47 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 28:49 48 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 30:26 49 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 31:13 50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 32:00