Spilak parlays team effort into Tour de Suisse lead

Simon Spilak (Katusha-Alpecin) spent the first six stages at the Tour de Suisse laying in wait and keeping his powder dry, creeping ever closer to the podium's top step as the week progressed. On Friday he pounced, finishing off his team's all-day effort with a solo stage win on the Tiefenbach Glacier above Sölden and seizing the overall lead.

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