As it happened: Less than half a second splits the top two riders in Tour de Suisse stage 4 time trial
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Hello and welcome to live updates of stage 4 at the men's Tour de Suisse where the task of the day is a tricky but largely flat individual time trial.
Before looking ahead to today's stage, let's look back at yesterday's stage and yet more success for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, this time not from Tadej Pogačar but from Jhonatan Narváez...
Today's 23.7km long course is the exact same route used by the women's race earlier in the day. If you don't want any spoilers then don't read on...
The stage was won by ITT world champion, Marlen Reusser (Movistar). And to add a bonus to the day, the defending champion at the race also took yellow from Elisa Longo-Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) after the Italian put in a valiant effort but still lost over a minute.
It all comes down to the massive mountain stage tomorrow.
Aside from Pogačar, riders expected to make good gains today are Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Tobias Foss (Netcompany-Ineos) and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).
Pogačar refocussed after visiting partner Urška Žigart in hospital as he looks towards two key stages on Tour de Suisse finale...
Here are the start times for the day...
>>> Tour de Suisse: Stage 4 women's and men's time trial start times
There is an intermediate time check at roughly the halfway point of the day on the brilliantly named Wolfwilerstrasse. That will be the first showing of how riders are doing, but a negative split is definitely a possibility on this sort of course.
Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Lotto-Intermarche) is the next man to set off on his ride followed by Kamil Gradek (Bahrain Victorious), Marco Haller (Tudor), Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost) and they are coming thick and fast with just one minute between start times.
Early riders to possibly watch for a good time are Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek), Oscar Chamberlain (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Callum Scotson (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) among others.
The first major ITT name on the list is Giro stage winner, Alec Segaert (Bahrain Victorious), who sets off in half an hour from now.
Brenner goes through the time split in 13'19". The first benchmark of the day.
Ørn-Kristoff, Gradek and Haller all well down on Brenner at the split with the latter of the three being the closest.
One of the riders I've mentioned, Chamberlain, has set off.
No-one is close to Brenner's time at the split on Wolfwilerstrasse for the moment.
Sebastian Grignard (Lotto-Intermarche) is the closest to Brenner's split time of 13'19", he is just under 8" down.
Ben Swift (Netcompany-Ineos) equals the time of Grignard at the split.
Sjoerd Bax (Pinarello-Q36.5) is setting off soon, he finished 4th on stage 10 in the Giro d'Italia in a superb ITT where he held the top spot for a very long time. Can he perform to a similar level today?
New best split time
Artur Kluckers (Tudor) with a 12'52", that is 26" faster than his teammate, Brenner.
Gradek, who is normally a very solid time trialer, must have had an issue as he is almost two minutes down at the first split.
Bax and Scotson have both set off on their rides.
Chamberlain goes second at the split by just 4" behind Kluckers.
Ørn-Kristoff finishes with a time of 30'07" with Haller finishing in 29'11", both well off Brenner.
New best time at split
Sjoerd Bax (Pinarello-Q36.5) with a 12'52" and Emil Herzog (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) just behind him at +3".
Segaert has set off on his ride.
Chamberlain slots into 2nd place at the finish at +18" back from Kluckers.
To see the current and most up to date top 5 in the race, make sure to regularly refresh the page and look under 'race situation' tab.
Herzog comes to the finish and takes 3rd but is immediately pushed down to 4th by Bax who slots into 2nd place in Aarburg at 10".
New best time at finish
Nils Politt (UAD) sets a time of 27'21" which is 8" faster than Azparren.
Some riders to watch who have just set off are Magnus Cort (UXM) and Mauro Schmid (JAY).
It is a very hot and sunny day for the riders today.
Segaert misses out on the best time by 0.07 of a second!
Schmid is now +3" down at the split in second place.
New best time at finish
Tim Wellens (UAD) 26'50", that is a brilliant ride by the former Belgian TT champion.
Finn Fisher-Black (RBH) is about to set off on his ride. The New Zealand national champion is a name to watch for.
Mathieu van der Poel (APT) passes Louis Vervaeke (SOQ) out on course.
New fastest time at split
Mathieu van der Poel (APT) with a 12'16", that is 11" faster than Wellens. He is motoring out there.
Swiss champion Schmid goes under the flamme rouge and is on track for a decent finishing time.
Schmid goes into 2nd at the finish by 17".
Bahrain Victorious duo of Lenny Martinez and Antonio Tiberi are both in the top 10 at the split point.
Fred Wright (PQT) and Aleksandr Vlasov (RBH) go 5th and 6th at the split at 21" and 24" down.
Flamme rouge for Van der Poel. This is going to be close for the best time between him and Wellens.
New best time at finish
Mathieu van der Poel (APT) with a rapid 26'38", that is 12" faster than Wellens.
Tiberi finishes 6th at 47" down on Van der Poel.
Wright finishes 4th at 37" down on Van der Poel. A very strong ride by the Brit.
Just over 15 riders left to start. Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is one of them as he sets off on his ride.
Very good time by Sander De Pestel (DCT) at just 15" down at the split with Michael Matthews (JAY) at 23" down both at the split.
Former world and current Norwegian ITT champion, Tobias Foss (Netcompany-Ineos) sets off on his ride.
Fisher-Black finished +36" down on Van der Poel in 4th for now.
Felix Großschartner (UAD) is out on course and goes 2nd at the split just 8" behind Van der Poel.
Mathias Vacek (LTK) sets off on his ride. Just three riders left to go.
Andrea Bagioli (LTK) and Richard Carapaz (EFE) have set off on their rides. Just one to go...
Roglič goes 10th at the split at 23" down.
Here comes Tadej Pogačar (UAD). He sets off and is likely going to be the only one who can really challenge Van der Poel now, we shall see how Großschartner performs as well.
De Pestel with a very impressive ride to finish 3rd for now, 27" down on Van der Poel.
7th best time from Matthews at +39" down.
At the time check, Foss goes 4th at 11" down. Going well so far.
Vacek flies by his minute man Finlay Pickering (JAY).
Ilan Van Wilder (SOQ) goes 8th at the split at +19" but immediately drops to 9th as Brandon McNulty (UAD) comes through in 5th at +14".
Großschartner finished 3rd at 27" from Van der Poel.
Roglič finishes in provisional 8th at 38".
Carapaz was 49" down at the split. Bagioli was 57" down.
Foss coming to the line and he finishes with a very good time of 6" down in 2nd place.
It is 34 degrees Celsius out on course. Absolutely baking hot out there.
Into the finish for McNulty and he goes into 7th at 31".
500 metres to go for Vacek.
Vacek finishes just 10" down in 3rd place.
Flamme rouge for Pogačar, he has just over a minute to finish a very technical final kilometre. I think he's finishing 2nd today.
500 metres to go for the yellow jersey wearer.
Bagioli finishes 1'39" down.
New fastest time!
Tadej Pogačar (UAD) wins stage four of the Tour de Suisse 2026 by 0.3 of a second over Mathieu van der Poel (APT). I do not know how he did that.
Carapaz finishes 1'32" down on Pogačar.
Pogačar now leads by 4'22" over Carapaz now in the GC. Absolute dominance.
Top 10:
1. Pogačar (UAD) 26'37"
2. Van der Poel (APT) +1"
3. Foss (NCI) +7"
4. Vacek (LTK) +11"
5. Wellens (UAD) +13"
6. Großschartner (UAD) +28"
7. De Pestel (DCT) S.T.
8. Schmid (JAY) +30"
9. McNulty (UAD) +32"
10. Fisher-Black (RBH) +37"
GC podium:
1. Pogačar (UAD) 10:56'29"
2. Carapaz (EFE) +4'22"
3. Vacek (LTK) +4'27"
