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Rune Herregodts (Intermarché-Wanty) received the stage 1 time trial and took the primary chief’s jersey of the ZLM Tour. He posted the time to beat from among the many early starters, posting 17:16 on the 14.7km ITT, and by no means relinquished the new seat.
Tim Van Dijke (Visma-Lease a Bike) was the ultimate rider on the course and was the one rider to come back shut, ending 12 seconds again as runner-up. Astana Qazaqstan teammates Gleb Syritsa and Max Walker have been 17 and 19 seconds again, respectively, with Syritsa securing the ultimate podium spot.
“I had a variety of ambition at first of this time trial and I am proud to realize this victory, the primary in a world time trial within the historical past of the staff. It is a reward for the investments made by our construction on this self-discipline lately,” Herregodts mentioned in a staff assertion.
“Earlier than this time trial, Adriaan [Helmanteland, team trainer] and I mentioned at size the very best beginning time based mostly on the wind forecasts. He additionally promised me to swim within the sea if a rider from our staff received. It was the additional motivating issue over the last kilometers alongside the coast…”
The five-day stage race commenced from Westkapelle for the 14.7km particular person time trial, set on the sting of the North Sea beneath blue skies within the late afternoon sunshine. The slender roads twisted and turned on a flat however technical course in a counter-clockwise path by way of the Dutch metropolis.
From among the many early starters of the 130 riders, Fabio van den Bossche (Alpecin-Deceuninck) set the early benchmark beneath 18 minutes at 17:59. It was not till one other 17 rides crossed the road that Eddy Patrick (Staff dsm-firmenich PostNL), the Australian junior time trial champion in 2019, took the new seat with 17:54.
Herregodts then blasted throughout the road to drop the quickest time by 38 seconds. Walker additionally went beneath Patrick’s time by 20 seconds to place him in provisional second place, however then he was bumped down to 3rd by Astana teammate Gleb Syritsa by two seconds, however neither however threatened Herregodts.
Throughout the 60-plus minutes Herregodts rested within the scorching seat, race organisers transformed his stint within the chair right into a pop-up barber store and had somebody give him a fast hair trim.
Mike Teunissen (Intermarché-Wanty) was the one earlier winner of the ZLM Tour on the beginning Wednesday, the Dutch rider taking the GC title in 2019, however he completed 45 seconds off the very best time, with 42 riders to go.
Because the setting solar forged shadows throughout the small descent to the end, Tim Van Dijke (Visma-Lease a Bike) took the course as the ultimate rider within the area. He was seventh within the prologue final 12 months, however that was simply 6.6km and this 12 months’s time trial was greater than double the gap, and he completed second total, 12 seconds down on Herrogodts.
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