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The riders will take on a 24km time trial in stage four on Saturday and Backstead, a five-time trial winner so far in his short career, will be among the favorites for back-to-back wins.
“Tomorrow will be brutal with the heat,” he said.
“Every day was very difficult with the heat and the climb, but tomorrow it should be a good day for me again.”
The five-stage Tour de Suisse Femmes concludes on Sunday with a mountain loop start and finish in Villars-sur-Ollon.
In the men’s race, Ecuadorian rider Ghonatan Narvaez took a sprint finish to win stage three from Belgium’s Xandro Meurisse.
Tadez Pogachar, whose fiancé Urska ziggart broke her jaw In a heavy accident on Thursday, retained the yellow jersey.
The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider sat in the peloton after two days of attacking and held a two minute and 50 second lead over Richard Karapaz.
There are two stages left before the race finishes in Villars-sur-Ollon on Sunday.
