Belgian Yves Lampaert won a pancake-flat opening-day time trial of the 2024 Tour de Suisse on Sunday, before the race moves into the mountains.

The Soudal rider is a past Belgian champion and won the Tour de France opener in Denmark in 2022.

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He completed the almost totally flat 4.8-kilometer course with only three corners to negotiate in 5 minutes, 5 seconds, with the stage raced mainly along the Rhine River in Liechtenstein.

The race is the final warm-up stage race before the Tour de France, and of the riders present are several who have placed in the top 3 at the Grande Boucle.

Adam Yates was the fastest of those at 15 seconds, with 2019 Tour de France winner Egan Bernal at 18 seconds and Richard Carapaz at 23 seconds.

There is only one flat stage, one hilly one and four mountain slogs before a final-day individual time trial.

French tyro Lenny Martinez is at 19 seconds, and last year's champion, Mattias Skjelmose sits 11 seconds down.

In the 2023 edition, Swiss rider Gino Maeder lost his life after a freak fall coming downhill.

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