Races Road Tour de Suisse: Pinot wins on Rettenbachgletscher By Stephen Farrand published 17 June 2015 Dumoulin cedes race lead to Frenchman Comments Race Home Stages Stage 1 5.1km | Risch-Rotkreuz - Risch-Rotkreuz (Prologue) Stage 2 161.1km | Risch-Rotkreuz - Risch-Rotkreuz Stage 3 117.3km | Quinto - Olivone Stage 4 193.2km | Flims Laax Falera - Schwarzenbach SG Stage 5 237.3km | Unterterzen/Flumserberg - Sölden/Rettenbachgletscher Stage 6 193.1km | Wil SG - Biel/Bienne Stage 7 152.5km | Biel/Bienne - Düdingen Stage 8 164.6km | Bern - Bern Stage 9 38.4km | Bern - Bern (ITT) View all Stages Contenders Race history Start list Image 1 of 98Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Manuel Senni (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Kisses for Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) celebrates his stage win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Simon Spilak (Katusha) briefly kept Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) company on the limb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) climbing to the victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Geraint Thomas sitting in the middle of the front group as the ride onwards and upwards(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Sergio Henao (Team Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Miguel Lopez (Astana) climbing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin lost the race lead today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Dani Moreno (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) in his first WorldTour leader's jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) pulling on the jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) in the breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin finished in tenth place today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) riding to 16th(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Simon Spilak (Katusha) sprinting to the line(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) drags Simon Spilak up the climb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) changes gear(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Domenico Pozzovivo (IAG2R La Mondiale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) finished second(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Simon Spilak (Katusha) crosses the line(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) gets into the yellow jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The GC group lined across the road(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bob Jungels (Trek)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) leading the GC group(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Igor Anton (Movistar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Steve Morabito (FDJ) in the best Swiss rider jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Fabian Cancellara (Trek)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Fabian Cancellara (Trek) having a laugh(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Zdeněk Štybar with Peter Sagan during the stage(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) with Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Swiss champion Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Fabian Cancellara (Trek)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) sitting second wheel(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Jacopo Guarnieri on bidon duty for Katusha(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Miguel Angel Lopez and Geraint Thomas cross the line together(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Ben King and Stefan Denifl at 1460m altitude(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin and Robert Gesink making their up to Rettenbachgletscher(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin riding alongside Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Steve Morabito (FDJ) with Laurens ten Dam (LottoNL-Jumbo)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin lost the race lead today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The first GC group approaches the 5km to go banner(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bob Jungels (Trek)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Kristijan Durasek (Lampre-Merida)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Fränk Schleck (Trek)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Danilo Wyss (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A scenic shot of the stage(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The day's breakaway is lead by Stefan Schumacher (CCC Sprandi Polkowice)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Damien Gaudin getting Ag2r-La Mondiale's bidons(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) is the new race leader(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Johannes Fröhlinger (Giant-Alpecin) with Didi the Devil(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Johannes Fröhlinger having fun with Didi the Devil on the climb(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Didi the Devil gets more than he bargained for from Johannes Fröhlinger (Giant-Alpecin)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Geraint Thomas (Sky) on the final climb(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Simon Spilak (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Simon Spilak (Katusha)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Best Swiss rider Steve Morabito (FDJ)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) pushes the pace(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The climb up the Rettenbach glacier(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The group of favorites on the climb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) tries to limit his losses(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) on his way to winning stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) wins on Rettenbachgletscher(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) soloes to the stage 5 win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) takes the stage 5 win on Rettenbachgletscher at the Tour de Suisse(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) wins stage 5 on the Rettenbachgletscher(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) wins solo on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
