Joao Almeida turns everything upside down, wins the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland - the Beckenried - Stockhütte mountain time trial of 10 km - and conquers the overall victory in the Swiss race. The UAE Emirates XRG Portuguese rider pedaled in 27'23" at an average of 22.03 kmh and snatched the leader's jersey from Kevin Vauquelin. The Arkea B&B Hotels French rider tried to defend himself, finished fourth, but paid a very significant price of 1'40".

Second place of the day goes to Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2r) who was somehow the only one to come close to Almeida, placing himself 25 seconds behind, while the third, British rider Oscar Onley of Picnic PostNL, was 1'12" back.

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STAGE RESULTS

1. Almeida João (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 00:27:33
2. Gall Felix (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) + 25
3. Onley Oscar (Team Picnic PostNL) + 01:12
4. Vauquelin Kévin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) + 01:40
5. Sweeny Harry (EF Education-EasyPost) + 01:54
6. Vlasov Aleksandr (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 02:04
7. O'Connor Ben (Team Jayco-AlUla) + 02:07
8. Barta William (Movistar Team) + 02:13
9. Pickering Finlay (Bahrain Victorious) + 02:14
10. Van Wilder Ilan (Soudal Quick-Step) + 02:19

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Almeida João (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 29:29:01
2. Vauquelin Kévin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) + 01:07
3. Onley Oscar (Team Picnic PostNL) + 01:58
4. Gall Felix (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) + 02:20
5. Alaphilippe Julian (Tuidor Pro Cycling) + 03:57
6. Kämna Lennard (Lidl Trek) + 04:52
7. O'Connor Ben (Team Jayco-AlUla) + 05:08
8. Van Wilder Ilan (Soudal Quick-Step) + 06:16
9. Castrillo Pedro (Movistar Team) + 06:41
10. Champoussin Clement (Xds Astana)) + 08:30