Jonathan impressive as Suisse gets tough

Jonathan impressed greatly to climb to ninth overall on today's hilly third stage in the Tour de Suisse. The stage included a first category climb and some undulating terrain towards the end of the stage, meaning the pack split up into several pieces. Schleck senior eventually beat Urán to the win, three seconds ahead of a select group of eight riders. Jonathan came in four seconds after that one, in a small group containing names like Lance, Leipheimer, Cancellara, Devolder, Spilak and Rodríguez. Great stuff, climbing with those names is no mean feat at his tender age. JJ was also right up there, coming in alongside Klöden, Schleck Jr. and a few others at 19 seconds. He's where he needs to be for the Tour, looking good. As for the others, Amets and Pablo came in 1:07 down, Javier 2:04, Daniel 6:14 and Koldo and Aitor H 17:59. Sadly Aitor had to let go of his climbers jersey as the four points he scored on today's stage was one single point too few. But he's still in with a good chance of grabbing it back though.