Porte snatches yellow off Kung at the Tour de Suisse
BMC's Australian rider Richie Porte took the race leader's yellow jersey off teammate Stefan Kung's back as Italian Diego Ulissi won Wednesday's fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse
In his final race before July's Tour de France, Porte, a two-time Paris-Nice winner, now sits atop the overall standings 20sec ahead of Sunweb's two Dutch riders Wilco Kelderman and Sam Oomen.
"The team was absolutely superb. They were fantastic all day. It was a hectic start and we covered the first 100km super quick and I don't think it was an easy day for anyone.
"I didn't expect to be wearing the yellow jersey coming into this stage so I wasn't as prepared as you are when you are going for the GC (general classification) and things like punctures you can't afford if you are not a pure climber," the Swiss rider said.
Thursday's stage throws up the chance for the climbers in the field to make up some valuable time as the 186km ride features two feared climbs, to the top of Furka and Klausen.
VIDEO: 2018 Tour de Suisse Stage 5 Highlights
2018 Tour de Suisse Stage 5 Top 10
1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:37:31
2 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
3 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
8 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
9 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
10 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal
2018 Tour de Suisse GC after Stage 5
1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 17:03:53
2 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:20
3 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
4 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:21
5 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:29
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:33
7 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:36
8 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:40
9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:46
10 Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:47