A day of mixed fortunes for IPT at the tourdesuisse_official 🇨🇭 joeblackmore03 🇬🇧 finished seventh on stage 7️⃣, which culminated at the top of a short but steep climb up to Emmetten. This was the 22-year-old’s second best result to date in WorldTour races, and he goes into Sunday’s ITT sitting 20th on GC. hugohoule 🇨🇦 came 18th having been part of the day’s seven-rider breakaway group, and georgenbennett 🇳🇿 moved up to 13th overall after crossing the line in 22nd. Unfortunately, matthewriccitello 🇺🇸 had to abandon the race after crashing in opening kilometers. The American started the day ninth overall; an update on his condition will follow in due course. Blackmore says: “Losing Matthew today after a crash was a real shame. We just had to make the most out of the stage after this. Hugo got himself in the breakaway, and I got a good run in to the bottom of the penultimate climb. Unfortunately George got held up there. I felt better as the climb went on, and then I wa...