Marlen Reusser wins third Tour de Suisse Women title

Swiss rider Marlen Reusser completed a remarkable comeback to win the Tour de Suisse Women for the third time on Sunday, securing the overall title with a powerful victory on the final mountain stage. The Movistar rider, who had fractured a vertebra in a crash at the Tour of Flanders in early April, overcame a significant early deficit and a recent return from injury to triumph on home roads.

Reusser entered the final stage on Sunday, June 21, with a slender 10-second lead over Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), having seized the yellow jersey the previous day by winning the stage 4 individual time trial in Aarburg. The 101.1-kilometer concluding stage from Villars-sur-Ollon featured over 3,000 meters of climbing in intense heat, setting the scene for a decisive battle.

Longo Borghini, who had led the race after winning stage two, struggled with the conditions early on the second major climb. As the Italian champion faltered, Reusser surged ahead with a select group of contenders. In a final, brutal uphill sprint inside the last kilometer, Reusser dropped her remaining rivals to win the stage by seven seconds ahead of Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) and Kasia...