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Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo) was a very convincing winner of today's TT stage and he is now 2nd overall, just 17 seconds down on Richard Carapaz of Ineos Grenadiers. The race concludes with the queen stage tomorrow and it is likely to prove a busy day for Eddie Dunbar

Eddie Dunbar has held his own in the general classification after the Tour de Suisse stage 7 TT into Andermatt. After the hilly 23.2km race against the clock Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers) was 26th.

His time of 38:23 was 2:21 down on the very impressive winner Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo). That result saw Dunbar fall just one place overall to 17th as Wout Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) leapfrogged him.

Dunbar will not be overly concerned about his final placing, though his progress in the young rider classification will be of more interest as he is still in with a great chance of winning that.

He went into today's test in 2nd place in that competition, just nine seconds down on Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM). And while the young Norwegian rider beat Dunbar in the TT, the Irishman is still 2nd in the classification and is now 38 seconds down.

With the queen stage to come tomorrow, Dunbar's primary job will be to help his team mate Richard Carapaz retain the yellow jersey and win the race outright.

Hopefully that will mean Dunbar is at the very front of the race and he can gain enough time on Leknessund to take what would be his first classification win as a pro.

However, while Carapaz is still in yellow after today's test, his lead has been trimmed back. He started the day with 26 seconds over his nearest challenger, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Premier Tech).

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But Urán has now gained three places overall and is in 2nd place, just 17 seconds down on Caparaz. Urán put in a blistering TT to win it by 40 seconds from Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep).

*Richard Carapaz still has the yellow jersey with just one day of racing remaining. But with the queen stage to come last, the race is far from over*

To put that winning margin in perspective, 40 seconds covered all the riders who placed between 2nd and 12th. Carapaz was 4th today, equal on time the rapidly emerging Gino Mäder (Bahrain-Victorious), but he still lost 54 seconds to Urán.

While Alaphilippe was 2nd today and was 3rd overall after the stage, at 39 seconds, he has since withdrawn from the race to return to France so he can be at the birth of his first child.

And that development means going into tomorrow's tough final day, Carapaz leads overall by 17 seconds from Urán, with Max Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) in 3rd at 1:07. Then comes Fuglsang in 4th at 1:15.

*There was no major change in the overall after the TT, up and down a climb, but Uran is now much closer to yellow*

Realistically, unless there is major drama tomorrow, only the men in the top four overall can win as Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) is in 5th place but he is 3:10 down.

But with three quality riders within striking distance of Carapaz, and Urán clearly in flying form, it could be a very hard day for Dunbar, especially if those closest to Carapaz really take the fight to him.

However, if the race did not explode until the final climb, before the descent into the finish, Dunbar could emerge from this race with a coveted classification win, which would be thoroughly deserved after the way he has ridden.