2021 Tour de Suisse
The 2021 Tour de Suisse was a road cycling stage race that took place between 6 and 13 June 2021 in Switzerland. It was the 84th edition of the Tour de Suisse and the 20th event of the 2021 UCI World Tour. Teams. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams are joined by three UCI ProTeams and the Swiss national team to make up the twenty-three teams that are participating in the race. Each team entered a squad of seven riders, for a total of 161 riders who started the race. Before Stage 4, pulled out of the  race after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. 124 riders finished the race. UCI WorldTeams UCI ProTeams National Teams Route. The 2021 route largely replicates that which was initially planned for the 2020 edition, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stages. Stage 4. Before the stage, pulled out of the race after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Stage 5. After the stage, race commissaires handed Julian Alaphilippe a 20-second penalty and a 200CHF fine for taking an illegal feed inside the last of the stage. Stage 6. Originally, Rui Costa narrowly beat Andreas Kron  in a two-up sprint. However, after the stage, race commissaires relegated Costa for having deviated from his sprinting line and thus impeding Kron's sprint.