While the Dauphiné came to an end today, it was only the second stage of the Tour de Suisse. Jürgen Roelandts was part of an early breakaway of four. He was accompanied by Valerio Agnoli, Cameron Meyer and Luka Pibernik. Like in France the escapees didn’t stand a chance. The stage was won by Kristijan Durasek, Tom Dumoulin keeps the leader’s jersey. Jurgen Van den Broeck was the first Lotto Soudal rider to cross the finish, he was thirtieth at 1’01”. Maxime Monfort lost more than seven minutes today.

“My attack wasn’t really planned," Roelandts said. "At a certain moment I was riding at the front of the peloton and accelerated. Cameron Meyer continued the move and that’s how we got away. I wanted to get in front with a big group, but it was limited to four.

"We cooperated well together, but the peloton didn’t give us much space; three minutes max. I wasn’t the best uphill and was distanced on the climb of the first category. It was too steep and I had to let go of the others. I saved some energy when I realized the stage win wouldn’t be possible, I want to focus on other stages, the one of Tuesday for example. I had a good feeling today, so that’s promising.”