Result
General classification
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse.
Today's stage brings three third-category climbs along the route, though it's likely to be one for the fastmen in Nottwil.
We're just over half an hour from the stage start.
A 1.1km neutral zone to start the day. The stage proper will start at 13:09 local time.
A look back at yesterday's opening stage as Stefan Küng won the time trial
Just over five minutes before the riders roll out.
Küng leads the GC and points classification after the time trial. Evenepoel leads the youth classification.
The riders now about to roll out to start stage 2.
The peloton starts the day with a 1km neutral zone.
174km to go
Attacks from Q36.5 and AG2R here.
Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5) and Michael Schär (AG2R Citroën) are on the move.
169km to go
The Canadian and Swiss already have a minute on the peloton.
Now a short downhill after the early rise to start stage 2.
1:20 for the two leaders.
The riders lined up at the start.
155km to go
They're over three minutes up on the peloton now.
Groupama-FDJ lead the peloton at this early stage.
Zukowsky led Schär over the top of the first climb. He's in the virtual climber's jersey now.
140km to go
An average speed of just over 45kph so far.
The leaders now approaching the next third-category climb of Schwarzenbach (3.2km at 6.4%).
127km to go
Zukowsky led the breakaway over the top of the climb. He now has six points to Schär's four points. Groupama-FDJ man Quentin Pacher has two points having led the peloton over the top both times.
100km to go
Zukowsky and Schär out on the road today.
Alpecin-Deceuninck and Soudal-Quickstep are also working at the head of the peloton along with Groupama-FDJ.
The riders are tackling a flatter section of road in the middle of the stage now.
Three sprints and another third-category climb left to go on today's stage.
86km to go
Still around 3:25 between the break and peloton currently.
The riders have taken on 1150 metres of climbing now and they have 710 metres left to race across.
Race leader Stefan Küng in the peloton.
75km to go
Groupama-FDJ continue at the head of the peloton.
62km to go
Belgian champion Tim Merlier in the peloton. He'll be among the favourites for the win later today.
Up over an unclassified hill and down the other side. The riders are speeding towards the intermediate sprint now.
Zukowsky and Schär still working well together out front.
51km to go
The second sprint is also uncontested as Schär leads Zukowsky across the line.
Some movement in the peloton as the riders approach the sprint points.
Evenepoel is giving it a go for the bonus second available.
He takes that second at the second of the two sprints.
Evenepoel is now five seconds down on Küng in the overall.
Meanwhile, the breakaway pass through the finish line. A loop around now and then back here later on.
1:35 for the break after that burst of speed in the peloton.
Evenepoel now back in the peloton after his jump off the front.
The peloton strung out during today's stage.
It's still Alpecin-Deceuninck, Groupama-FDJ, and Soudal-QuickStep working at the head of the peloton.
40km to go
The gap to the break is only going down now. Just over a minute left for the two leaders.
Various other teams at the head of the peloton now as it spreads across the road. EF and Ineos are among them.
34km to go
Big crash in the peloton!
It looks like around 50 riders held up near the rear of the group.
31km to go
50 seconds up to the break.
Seemingly no big GC or sprint names involved in the crash.
Now the breakaway begin the final climb of the day, the third-category Oberarig. It's 3km long at an average of 6.1%.
26km to go
Sam Oomen takes to the front of the peloton for Jumbo-Visma.
30 seconds for the break now.
Oomen really pushing the pace.
Jumbo-Visma and Trek-Segafredo are both prominent at the head of the peloton.
25km to go
The peloton strung out under the high pace at the front.
Not long left for the breakaway now.
And now Zukowsky pushes on at the front.
Schär is caught.
Zukowsky is still hanging on as he approaches the top of the climb.
The Canadian rider leads the race across the top before he's caught.
Zukowsky with another three mountain points there. He's on nine for the day and will wear the KOM jersey later today.
Oomen leading the peloton on the way up.