Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) gained stage 1 of the Tour de Suisse Women, a brief however difficult 58.6km stage beginning and ending in Villars-sur-Ollon.
The Dutch champion dropped her final companion Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek) simply earlier than the flamme rouge and took 23 seconds on the Italian on the end. Élise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM) completed third at 45 seconds.
Chabbey had attacked simply earlier than the highest of the primary climb of the day, the second-category Col de la Croix, and elevated her benefit to virtually three minutes.