Kévin Vauquelin: ‘A great day’

Race reportJun 20, 2025

World Team TeamTour de Suisse

Kévin Vauquelin a conservé son maillot jaune de leader du Tour de Suisse à l’issue de la sixième étape de cette épreuve d’une semaine World Tour.

Kévin Vauquelin

It was a great day, but it wasn't as easy as all that. You can see that we're in the Tour de Suisse, and that the Tour de France is just around the corner. A lot of riders came up to me to congratulate me during the stage. I also looked at myself in the peloton from time to time, and to see that I had the yellow jersey, and that was really nice (laughs!). In any case, the day didn't go too badly because we had some allies in the sprinters' teams who were interested in winning the stage. I'd like to thank Ewen, Mathis, Alessandro and Martin who supported me so well, protected me and put me in the race. I didn't lose any juice with that. A counter-attack then came out behind the breakaway and I told Ewen to go along with Bilbao and Mohoric. After that, the final was very tense, and I was careful not to take any breaks.

Mickaël Leveau

Sports Director

Team ARKEA-B&B HOTELS controlled the first part of the stage along with a number of sprinters. Things changed on the day's two climbs, with Ewen going off on a counter-attack. After that, with the sprinters in the final, the teams that had one set out to control the end of the race and allow it to end in a bunch sprint. Our mission was to protect Kévin during this stage. This was accomplished insofar as he retained his leader's jersey for this Tour of Switzerland.

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