In the rain and at the end of a long breakaway, Romain Gregoire won the first stage of the Tour de Suisse, the Küssnacht - Küssnacht of 129.4 km. The young French rider, representing Groupama FDJ, animated the race and in the finale managed to drop all his breakaway companions.

A truly strange stage with numerous breakaway attempts that eventually formed a substantial group of 28 riders: Grossschartner from UAE, Costiou, Le Berre and Vauquelin from Arkea, Maisonobe from Cofidis, Mohoric and Kepplinger from Bahrain, Cornefroy from Decathlon, Gregoire from Groupama, Swift from Ineos, Zimmermann from Intermarché, Kamna and Simmons from Lidl, Castrillo and Barta from Movistar, Durbridgem, Engelhardt and O'Connor from Jayco, Barguil from Picnic, Graat and Lemmen from Visma, Conci and Fortunato from XdS, Bennett and Houle from Israel, Badilatti and Bax from Q36.5 and Alaphilippe from Tudor.

As the race progressed, the breakaway group began to thin out until in the finale Gregoire managed to drop everyone and go on to claim his second seasonal victory after the Faun Ardèche Classic, his eighth in the top category.

Behind him, 20 seconds back, were Vauquelin, Lemmen and Alaphilippe, while the main group suffered a significant time gap of 3'12".

FINAL STANDINGS

1 *GREGOIRE Romain GROUPAMA-FDJ 2h50'15"
2 *VAUQUELIN Kevin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 20"
3 LEMMEN Bart TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE ' '
4 ALAPHILIPPE Julian TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM ' '
5 O'CONNOR Ben Alexander TEAM JAYCO ALULA 01'07"
6 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG ' '
7 *CASTRILLO ZAPATER Pablo MOVISTAR TEAM ' '
8 KAMNA Lennard LIDL-TREK ' '
9 KEPPLINGER Rainer BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS ' '
10 CONCI Nicola XDS ASTANA TEAM 01'26"
11 SWIFT Ben INEOS GRENADIERS ' '
12 BALLERINI Davide XDS ASTANA TEAM ' '
13 ZIMMERMANN Georg INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY ' '
14 BAX Sjoerd Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM ' '
15 *MAISONOBE Sam COFIDIS ' '
16 *COSTIOU Ewen ARKEA-B&B HOTELS ' '
17 *GRAAT Tijmen TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE ' '
18 BENNETT George ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH ' '
19 BARTA William MOVISTAR TEAM ' '
20 BARGUIL Warren TEAM PICNIC POSTNL ' '
21 BADILATTI Matteo Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM ' '
22 HOULE Hugo ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH ' '
23 HIRSCHI Marc TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM 03'12"
24 WOODS Michael Russell ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH ' '
25 GONCALVES ALMEIDA Joao Pedro UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG ' '
26 BENOOT Tiesj TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE ' '
27 CHAMPOUSSIN Clement XDS ASTANA TEAM ' '
28 *VAN WILDER Ilan SOUDAL QUICK-STEP ' '
29 *ONLEY Edgar Oscar TEAM PICNIC POSTNL ' '
30 LANGELLOTTI Victor INEOS GRENADIERS ' '
31 *RICCITELLO Matthew ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH ' '
32 ROMO OLIVER Javier MOVISTAR TEAM ' '
33 *AUGUST Andrew INEOS GRENADIERS ' '
34 BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS ' '
35 LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro LIDL-TREK ' '
36 *CHRISTEN Jan UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG ' '
37 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao LIDL-TREK ' '
38 GALL Felix DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM ' '
39 *DEBRUYNE Ramses ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 03'28"
40 THOMAS Geraint INEOS GRENADIERS ' '
41 *VERSTRYNGE Emiel ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK ' '
42 *BLACKMORE Peter Joseph ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH ' '
43 VLASOV Aleksandr RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE ' '
44 BAGIOLI Andrea LIDL-TREK ' '
45 SOBRERO Matteo RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE 03'40"
46 SCOTSON Callum DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 04'06"
47 BRAMBILLA Gianluca Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM 04'38"
48 LIVYNS Arjen LOTTO ' '
49 *BISIAUX Leo DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM ' '
50 MONIQUET Sylvain COFIDIS ' '
51 VANSEVENANT Mauri SOUDAL QUICK-STEP ' '
52 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion COFIDIS ' '
53 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM ' '
54 *PICKERING Xavier Finlay Xavier BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS ' '
55 SEPULVEDA Eduardo LOTTO ' '
56 DE PLUS Laurens INEOS GRENADIERS ' '
57 ADRIA OLIVERAS Roger RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE ' '
58 POWLESS Neilson EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST ' '
59 OLDANI Stefano COFIDIS 05'51"
60 *KUYPERS Gerben INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY ' '
61 RUTSCH Jonas INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY ' '
62 *CHRISTEN Fabio Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM ' '
63 CHARMIG Anthon XDS ASTANA TEAM ' '
64 MADOUAS Valentin GROUPAMA-FDJ ' '
65 PETILLI Simone INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY ' '
66 *LE BERRE Mathis ARKEA-B&B HOTELS ' '
67 *SIMMONS Quinn LIDL-TREK 06'26"