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Second stage victory for Viviani at Tour de Suisse

Viviani timed his sprint for the line to perfection at the end of the 177km stage from Munchenstein to Einsiedeln
Viviani timed his sprint for the line to perfection at the end of the 177km stage from Munchenstein to Einsiedeln

Italy's Elia Viviani secured his second successive stage win on day five of the Tour de Suisse, while Ireland's Nicolas Roche is in 15th position overall following the bunched finish.

Viviani timed his sprint for the line to perfection at the end of the 177km stage from Munchenstein to Einsiedeln to edge home ahead of second-placed Peter Sagan.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step rider Viviani had won stage four in similar fashion, but Slovakia's Sagan, who finished third on Tuesday, extended his overall race lead to 14 seconds.

Roche began the day 42 seconds down on Sagan and finished the afternoon a further six seconds adrift, with a minute separating the top 24 riders.

Belgium's Jasper Stuyben (Trek-Segafredo), Italian Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) and Australia's Michael Matthews (Sunweb) finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Bora-Hansgrohe rider Sagan leads the general classification ahead of Matthews, who holds a seven-second advantage over Denmark's Kasper Asgreen.

Another Australian, Rohan Dennis, is in fourth place overall and American Lawson Craddock is fifth, 27 seconds behind the leader.

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