Another Russian win for William Tell

The 35th GP Tell ended on Sunday with the overall win of Timofey Kritskiy. The 21 year-old athlete of the Continental team Katyusha is the third Russian to take the stage race win since 2003. In that year, Vladimir Gusev won, while last year Anton Reshetnikov prevailed. The final stage led the riders criss-cross through the Swiss Canton of Lucerne. It was won by the Dutch rider Coen Vermeltfoort from the U23-squad of Rabobank in a bunch sprint. Volksbank's pro rider Elias Schmäh was the best Swiss rider in the overall.

It was already Vermeltfoort's seventh victory this season. His most important result this year was the win in the U23-race of Paris – Roubaix.

For the organisers of the GP Tell the future of the race is unclear. The unpleasant experiences of last year, where Anton Reshetnikov won the race, though he had been tested positively on carphedone in July, are still not forgotten. The UCI never took a stand on the case, which prompted the Swiss organisers to refuse to hold the event this year as a part of the UCI nation's cup.