Colombia's Lopez wins Tour of Switzerland

Colombian cyclist Miguel Angel Lopez has won the Tour of Switzerland after a shortened final stage.

Colombian cyclist Miguel Angel Lopez wears the leaders jersey

Colombian cyclist Miguel Angel Lopez has won the Tour of Switzerland after a shortened final stage. (AAP)

Claiming a career-best title, 22-year-old Miguel Angel Lopez won the nine-day Tour of Switzerland on Sunday by placing fourth in a shortened final stage.

Lopez got the same time as his fellow Colombian, Jarlinson Pantano, who won a 57-kilometre stage to the Alpine resort of Davos that avoided a mountain pass due to severe weather.

Pantano, riding for Swiss team IAM Cycling, out-sprinted Sergei Chernetckii of Russia and third-placed Jon Izaguirre of Spain.

Lopez was the first Colombian rider to win the Swiss race, 12 seconds overall ahead of Izagirre and 18 clear of Frenchman Warren Barguil in third.

Earlier in the race, Lopez was named alongside Nairo Quintana, the two-time Tour de France runner-up, in Colombia's team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games road race in August.


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