Yates and teammate Joao Almeida were 14 seconds clear of their closest rival when they crossed the finish line together, with the British athlete judged to have been marginally ahead of the Portuguese.
Yates, a 31-year-old rider for Team Emirates, leads Almeida by 31 seconds overall after completing the 118-kilometer course that began and ends in Villars-sur-Ollon.
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