Elise Chaby (Canyon-SRAM) returned to the Tour de Suisse women's race after an injury layoff, giving her all from the start in search of mountain points and riding alone for most of the 56km stage.

"You have to try. It's a shame it didn't work out, but I tried anyway. My goal today was to make it hard on myself," he said after the stage.

In the final stage of the Vuelta Femenina in early May, Chaby broke the navicular bone in one hand. She completed the stage, but the injury required surgery and kept her out of the race for over a month.

Shabby attacked on the Burgstrasse climb, but no one could follow her move and she was left alone.

She made the most of it, winning all three mountain sprints and taking an early lead in the QOM class with 9 points, 6 more than second place Demi Vollering (Team SD Walks).

"I wanted to attack. I wanted someone to come with me and make a bigger breakaway, but in the end it was just me...I'm happy to be on the podium in the QOM jersey," said Shabby. [She won the QOM class in the 2021 and 2022 Women's Tour and the 2022 Itzria Women's, and was runner-up in the 2022 Giro Donne mountain class.

After scoring points in the first stage, Chavy will start the second stage of the ITT in the red mountain jersey, but has other main goals for the rest of the race. The legs were good," he said. I'm not good at time trials, but I want to win a stage and I'll go for it every day," said Chavy, who promised to keep attacking.