It was a second overall victory for the BMC team rider after his previous success in 2006, and he admitted to feeling comfortable on Swiss soil.

"It's a race I like, I'm alway happy to win here," said Evans. "It's important for us to make a good impression on home ground but also in terms of looking towards the Tour de France and other races of the year.

"Any stage victory on the World Tour is hard, so certainly this is a big win," Evans continued. "It's a bit strange to have won the overall and not to have won a stage.

"But I got a bit unlucky at the finish in Romont, and in the time trial when the wind conditions were a bit unfavorable to the later starters. But certainly, in a couple days when I have time to look back, I'll be very, very satisfied with the season so far.

"Now I keep working towards the Dauphine but really my first objective is the Tour de France." Evans finished 18sec ahead of German HTC-Columbia rider Tony Martin, on the general classification with Kazakh Alexandr Vinokourov of the Astana team in third.

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