As it happened: A sprint showdown on stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse

De Lie wasn't up in the top 10 in the end.

Meeus beat Davide Ballerini, Lewis Askey, and Madis Mihkels to the line.

Finish

Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) wins stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse!

It's not the widest finishing straight and Meeus heads to the finish first.

He had the prime spot there and it doesn't look like anyone can come around.

Meeus launches the sprint from Van Poppel's wheel!

De Lie is in a good position up front.

There's a brief counter-attack from the peloton but it comes to nothing. It's all lined up for the sprint now.

Küng gets the combativity award today.

1km to go

The peloton makes the catch, led by Tudor, just as the riders head under the flamme rouge.

2km to go

It's almost over...

The trio are clinging on to a five-second lead heading to the final 2km now.

3km to go

Coming into the finish town it's down to eight seconds.

They're closing in now as the finish line looms.

4km to go

12 seconds now for the breakaway.

It isn't a straightforward final today, with a ramp heading into the final kilometre before it flattens out for the final 600 metres or so.

5km to go

The breakaway men are hanging on here. 16 seconds for them still.

Crash for Tiesj Benoot in the peloton.

Still Picnic and Lotto lead the chase.

The riders are all on a straight piece of road, so the peloton can see the break just up ahead.

8km to go

20 seconds.

They're hanging on but it will be very tough, almost impossible, to keep the peloton behind them here.

10km to go

18 seconds for the leading trio.

Picnic and Lotto are leading the work at the moment.

KOM leader Aleksandr Vlasov puting in work at the head of the peloton.

12km to go

22 seconds...

This race doesn't boast the highest quality sprinter's field around but Arnaud De Lie, Jordi Meeus, Danny van Poppel, Madis Mihkels, Pavel Bittner, and Lewis Askey will all be hoping for a shot at the finish today.

16km to go

26 seconds for the break now.

The sprinters want their shot at a win today.

It's a matter of when, not if, the catch will be made.

20km to go

40 seconds for the three.

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Down to 43 seconds for the break now as they head towards the last 20km of the day.

The trio are still battling on hard.

23km to go

It looks like it won't be possible for Küng and co. to last to the finish.

The gap is shifting under 50 seconds now...

It's largely flat ground from here on out.

Gregoire back with the peloton after his efforts out front.

52 seconds and counting now...

They flew through the two Tissot sprints, sharing the bonus seconds among themselves.

30km to go

Küng, Sweeny, and Schmid plough onwards, but their gap is falling under a minute now.

We're closing in on the 30km to go marker.

1:03 for the leaders now.

The peloton is only bringing the gap down now. It's slow but steady progress.

Red Bull, Lotto, Picnic, Alpecin all present at the front of the peloton currently.

1:35 up to the break from the main group.

Gregoire almost back with the peloton now.

45km to go

Romain Gregoire drops away from the leaders having worked hard for teammate Stefan Küng in the move today.

The breakaway quartet racing under the high mountains of Switzerland today.

Riding on rolling roads now and the gap to the break is down to 1:25.

Küng led the breakaway through the sprint point at Lommis. Gregoire and Schmid behind him.

128km done for the riders.

An average speed of 42.2kph so far today.

The pace is upping again in the peloton as they take the gap under 1:30 with 63km to go.

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Just under 10km to go until the intermediate sprint in Lommis. That's followed by two Tissot sprints for bonus seconds.

66km to go

Three intermediate sprints to go before the big one at the finish.

The break's advantage is coming down ever so slightly. 1:42 now.

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Küng, Sweeny, Schmid, and Gregoire still working well together out front with a long way left to run.

1:55 for the breakaway currently.

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81km to go

....and now they've given up the ghost. Just the four men out front now.

The trio in the chase aren't making much progress, to be honest. Like Gloag, they're stuck between break and peloton.

A look at the three men in the chase group, 1:45 back from the break.

We're past the halfway point of the day as the break hits the 93km gone marker.

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At 100km to go, the leading quartet have 1:20 over the chasing trio and 2:20 over the peloton.

105km to go

With the two major climbs of the day over and done with, it's largely flat and rolling roads to the finish.

Race leader Kevin Vauquelin in the peloton today.

Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has abandoned the race.

Schmid led the way over the top of the climb ahead of Sweeny, Gregoire, and Küng.

114km to go

Ewen Costiou of Arkéa and the Bahrain duo of Mohorič and Pello Bilbao are on the move.

And now more riders attack from the peloton on the way up.

Two minutes back to the peloton now as the riders take on the Hemberg climb.

121km to go

One major climb left to come and it's the Hemberg (6.2km at 5.7%) coming up shortly.

Vlasov leads the mountain classification with 39 points. João Almeida is in second place on 24 points.

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Schmid led the break over the top. KOM leader Aleksandr Vlasov nipped out of the peloton to add a point to his tally.

130km to go

Meanwhile, the breakaway quartet lead the race over the top of the climb with 2:20 on the peloton.

Nolann Mahoud (Cofidis) and Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Intermarché-Wanty) have abandoned the race in the past few kilometres.

The break now coming to the top of the climb, the longest of the two on today's stage.

A look at the four-man break of the stage.

2:35 between the four breakaway men and the main group.

Gloag has given up the chase now and he has dropped back to the peloton.

140km to go

The riders have covered 47km of racing so far in around 70 minutes.

Gloag on the attack from the peloton earlier.

It's 3:15 for the leaders on the way up. Gloag is stuck in between at 1:45 down.

The breakaway is now on the Wildhaus climb.

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152km to go

Gloag is 1:30 down on the break, while the peloton is a further minute down.

The riders are on a flat section between the opening small hill and the Wildhaus, the 9km, 6.8% second-category climb coming after 50km of racing.

Thomas Gloag (Visma-Lease A Bike) attacks from the peloton.

It's still Sweeny, Küng, Gregoire, and Schmid out front at the moment.

169km to go

Over an early hill and the peloton has closed in on the attacking group. More riders are trying to jump away.

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Visma-Lease A Bike are leading the peloton currently.

The peloton lies at 1:20 down on the attackers at the moment.

Harry Sweeny, Stefan Küng, former race leader Romain Grégoire, and Mauro Schmid are on the move.

Matej Mohorič is chasing.

179km to go

The riders are off for the start and there are attacks from the off.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse!