Overall leader, Robert Gesink (Jumbo-Visma): “I can’t really believe it. Gesink was the first to cross the line to take the red leaders jersey in his ninth Vuelta.
Then Jumbo-Visma smash the best time in 24:40.
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl were only 0.77 of a second slower on the line. INEOS Grenadiers were the first team to go under 25 minutes, with a time of 24:53. INEOS Grenadiers (Richard Carapaz), Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl (Remco Evenepoel & Julian Alaphilippe), Movistar (Alejandro Valverde & Enric Mas) and Jumbo-Visma, led by the defending champion Primoz Roglič and the TT expert Rohan Dennis were still to ride. At the intermediate point (11km), they were 2 seconds ahead of BikeExchange-Jayco, but they trailed by 10 seconds when they crossed the line. The situation settled until BORA-hansgrohe set off with Giro d’Italia winner, Jai Hindley. Not enough to hold off Groupama-FDJ, whose time of 25:18 was then beaten by Simon Yates’ BikeExchange-Jayco, flying over the 23.3km at 55.5km/h to set a new top time of 25:11. Michael Woods and Chris Froome’s Israel Premier Tech were the third team to finish, with a strong time of 25:44. Unfortunately, they could only start with 7 riders as Manuel Peñalver returned a late positive test to Covid-19. The Spanish squad naturally set the first reference time of 26:38. He will enjoy it in-front of his home fans in the Netherlands on stage 2 which runs from ‘s-Hertogenbosch back to Utrecht.īurgos-BH were the first riders to set off with clouds covering the sky of Utrecht, with a few wet spots on the road. Robert Gesink took La Roja leaders jersey in his 9th participation. On home soil, the Dutch squad was 13 seconds faster than INEOS Grenadiers and 14 seconds faster than Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, to put Primoz Roglič in prime position in his bid for a historic fourth consecutive victory in the Spanish Grand Tour. Robert Gesink is the first leader of the 2022 Vuelta as Jumbo-Visma dominated the opening team time-trial Stage 1, a 23.3km challenge covered in 24.40 on the streets of Utrecht. Then it is the real Vuelta that starts.”ġ4 seconds down on Jumbo-Visma for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl:
Now it’s focusing on stage wins, although I have to get through the next two days first. Then 14 seconds is not extremely much, other teams are in a worse position. In the case of not winning, it was to take time on the competition. “It’s not about the red, but about the stage win I wanted with the team. The fact that he has missed the leader’s jersey does not mean much to him. But we had no reason to think because we could hardly finish next to each other.” “We had come up with something if I had to have red to hand it over to a teammate tomorrow in the sprint. That was necessary to keep the speed really high,” he explained. I have done very long turns, usually of a kilometre. “We said last minute that if I was the strongest, then I had to keep driving full for the last half kilometre. That was different to have lost to INEOS by a small difference.”Įvenepoel dragged his team through in the opening stage of this Vuelta. Let’s say it’s better that Jumbo-Visma got over it with 14 seconds. “That is an advantage, although we would have loved to win. We lost a little too much time there compared to INEOS Grenadiers, but third at 14 seconds is very good,” said Evenepoel, who can now act from behind. We divided it up well and had a weak moment after the intermediate point. “Jumbo-Visma’s weight is on average ten kilos higher, so I think I can be proud of all the boys. “We can just be happy,” he said on a WielerFlits video. With his team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, Evenepoel finished third in the team time trial in Utrecht. TOP STORY: Remco Evenepoel Talks Vuelta Stage 1 TTTĪfter the first stage of the Vuelta a España, Remco Evenepoel is 14 seconds behind Primož Roglič, the leader of Jumbo-Visma. And Movistar show off their special Valverde kit. Team news: Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl to Druivenkoers Overijse and AG2R Citroën to the Deutschland Tour and the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine. Race news: Vuelta’23 to start in Barcelona. Rider news: Daniel Bigham breaks World Hour Record, Nairo Quintana didn’t start la Vuelta, Richard Carapaz signs with EF Education-EasyPost, Larry Warbasse extends, Dylan van Baarle and Wilco Kelderman join Jumbo-Visma and Riccardo Lucca turns pro with Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè. Remco Evenepoel talks Vuelta team time trial – TOP STORY. Three days of la Vuelta a España in Holland, plus the European women’s road race, BEMER Cyclassics Hamburg and round up the PostNord Danmark Rundt – Tour of Denmark and the Tour du Limousin – Nouvelle Aquitaine.
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