Richie Porte wins Tour de Suisse (Sport24)

Swiss rider Stefan Kung won the time trial that ended the Tour de Suisse on Sunday as his BMC team-mate, Australian Richie Porte did enough to retain first place overall.

Kung beat the Dane Soren Kragh Andersen (Sunweb) by 19 seconds after a 34.1km circuit around Bellinzona, with another BMC rider American Tejay van Garderen 23 seconds back.

Porte, an all-rounder comfortable in time trials, finished one minute behind Kung but still won the Tour de Suisse at the first attempt, finishing ahead of two men who will be Tour de France contenders the Dane Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar). Read more

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