Welcome to the anual ITT show for the CT division in Namibia. This year the MGUCI is testing a new format for this kind of ITT events. Instead of just one stage that decides the winner, now it’ll be two stages in sucessive days, with the sum of times in both days deciding the winner of the race.

For this event we have two 40 kms TTs, with the first one being slightly bumpy towards the one, so it could benefit riders will better climbing skills than other pure timetrialists

The first stage wasn’t showed live, but here’s a recap of it before the second stage report.

Rasmus Sterobo set the fastest time, with a 54’32, so he’ll be the final rider to start later today



He wasn’t the fastest rider in all sectors, as the rider that finished in second, Dion Beukeboom, was first in the first intermediate point, but ended up losing 10 seconds to the Dane



In third place, 15 seconds behind Sterobo, we see one of the big favourites for the win, in Hughes Mottin



Mark Christian was fourth, with a time 17 seconds slower than the best time, in a great effort for the Campari rider



The rest of the Top10 was basically filled by Swisslion and Sauber riders, as each team had 3 riders in the Top10, with Sauber having Zoidl (5th +22), Olman (7th +35) and Ahmad Zamri (8th +37) while Swisslion had Kovalev (6th +26), Martin (9th +42) and Reus (10th +43). Surely disappointing performance from Swisslion three-headed line-up, but luckily for them they have another attempt today



So here we have the full results from yesterday, and now it’s time to move on with the final and decisive stage

1	Rasmus Sterobo	Compal-Merida	54'32
2	Dion Beukeboom	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 10
3	Hugues Mottin	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 15
4	Mark Christian	Campari - Super Dry	+ 17
5	Riccardo Zoidl	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 22
6	Ivan Kovalev	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 26
7	Miles Olman	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 35
8	Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 37
9	Tony Martin	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 42
10	Vojtech Hacecký	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 43

The first rider to put a decent time was Raimondas Rumsas, with a time of 54’02. Not that he should be relevant to the GC battle, but he could have a shot at Top25



Grabovski would be 10 seconds slower than Rumsas, but that time would put in the provisional lead, which obviously he won’t stay long on it



Actually it only last for a few seconds, the time that was left until Maciej Bodnar set the fastest time of the today, with a time 30 seconds better than Rumsas’s. He would also take the “GC lead� with 45 seconds over Grabovski



Cheyne would do a time 9 seconds slower than Bodnar, losing a spot in GC to the Polish champion by just 4 seconds



Amazing time for Freddy Johansson! 52’41 for him, so that’s 51 seconds better than Bodnar. This time could make him rise a lot in the final results, after a bad day yesterday



Good time for Hussein, but that was 33 seconds slower than Johansson



Abreu’s time was decent, just 1 minute behind Johansson’s



Reijnen would be one second slower than Abreu, but it was enough to hold him behind in the final GC



His team-mate Bouet would be a few seconds faster, but nothing spectacular



Bookwalter’s time wouldn’t be much better, 58 seconds slower than Johansson, but probably good enough to secure a GC Top20



Bad time for Rowsell, or maybe it was a good time yesterday, because the two-minute loss with Johansson looks fair given his actual skil



Ratiy’s day wouldn’t be good either, as he would lose 1’29 to Johansson, which would send him to the 9th provisional place in GC, with 18 riders yet to finish



Not a good day for Roe, as the Aussie loses 1’44 to Johansson, which could see him out of the Top25 in GC at the end of the race



Marchewka with the White jersey as the best U25 rider, does a time that puts him only behind Johansson and Hussein in the provisional GC



Craddock loses 1’30 to Johansson



Third best time of the day for Burke, which puts him just 17 seconds behind Johansson in GC



Pökälä does a time 17 seconds slower than Johansson, but it’s good enough to put him in the provisional GC lead, 19 seconds ahead of Johansson



Downey is 46 seconds slower than Johansson, so 28 seconds behind Pokala in GC



Terrible time for Kluge, who will fall outside of the scoring places, after losing over 2 minutes to Johansson



That was really close for Hacecký! Only 3 seconds slower than Johansson today, but the important thing is that the Czech rider is taking the GC lead from Pokala now. Just 10 riders left to finish the race, so this is the provisional GC with those riders that have already finished

1	Samuel Pökälä	Leader
2	Freddy Johansson	+ 19
3	Sean Downey	+ 28
4	Steven Burke	+ 36
5	Mujtaba Hussein	+ 50
6	Krzysztof Marchewka	+ 1'04
7	Brent Bookwalter	+ 1'07
8	Kai Reus	+ 1'09
9	Maxime Bouet	+ 1'11
10	Kiel Reijnen	+ 1'16
11	Maciej Bodnar	+ 1'17
12	Jorge Abreu	+ 1'18
13	Lawson Craddock	+ 1'19
14	Jordan Cheyne	+ 1'20
15	Vadim Ratiy	+ 1'34

Very disappointing effort from Kai Reus, as he loses 1’32 to Johansson. Only 9th in GC with 9 riders to go



Decent time for Martin, but nothing outstanding to compensate the bad performance of his team-mate. It’s good enough to put him third in GC, 25 seconds behind Hacecky



Ahmad Zamri is a few seconds slower than Martin, which will cost him that spot in GC



Another top favourite with a bad performance, as Miles Olman loses over a minute to Johansson, and at best will finish 7th in the race



And neither Kovalev can bring Swisslion a great result out of this race, as he loses 1’20 to Johansson, and drops behind Burke in GC for a provisional ninth

Just five riders left, so this is the provisional GC

1	Vojtech Hacecký	Leader
2	Samuel Pökälä	+ 20
3	Tony Martin	+ 25
4	Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri	+ 32
5	Freddy Johansson	+ 39
6	Sean Downey	+ 48
7	Miles Olman	+ 53
8	Steven Burke	+ 56
9	Ivan Kovalev	+ 1'00
10	Mujtaba Hussein	+ 1'10
11	Krzysztof Marchewka	+ 1'24
12	Brent Bookwalter	+ 1'27
13	Kai Reus	+ 1'29
14	Maxime Bouet	+ 1'31
15	Kiel Reijnen	+ 1'36

Great time for Riccardo Zoidl, just 6 seconds slower than Johansson. He obviously takes the provisional lead, but will this time be enough for a surprise win?



Mark Christian isn’t beating that time, as he can’t match his team-mate pace, losing 1’21 to him and dropping to 8th place in GC with 3 riders to go



And Hughes Mottin delivers as the top favourite given how yesterday’s stage panned out. He didn’t st the best time, but his time was good enough to put him ahead of Zoidl in GC by just 2 seconds!



Beukeboom is back to a more normal level, losing 1’22 to Johansson, which sees him dropped to 8th place in GC



And Rasmus Sterobo chokes a golden chance to win the Windhoek ITT, making the same time as Beukeboom, so the “winner� of yesterday will only finish 7th in the overall result



So Hughes Mottin wins the 2018 Windhoek ITT for Andorra Project - InGamba! He was a top favourite, and actually it was his regularity what has given him the win.

Riccardo Zoidl falls short of a shocking win here by only 2 seconds, but nontheless it’s a fantastic result for him

And Vojtech Hacecky completes the podium of this race.

In the rest of Top10 we have Samuel Pokala, Tony Martin, Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri, Rasmus Sterobo, Freddy Johansson, Dion Beukeboom and Sean Downey

1	Hugues Mottin	Andorra Project - InGamba	1h47'39
2	Riccardo Zoidl	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 2
3	Vojtech Hacecký	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 20
4	Samuel Pökälä	Valio - DeLaval	+ 40
5	Tony Martin	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 45
6	Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 52
7	Rasmus Sterobo	Compal-Merida	+ 56
8	Freddy Johansson	Campari - Super Dry	+ 59
9	Dion Beukeboom	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 1'06
10	Sean Downey	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 1'08
11	Mark Christian	Campari - Super Dry	+ 1'12
12	Miles Olman	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 1'13
13	Steven Burke	GCN ProTeam	+ 1'16
14	Ivan Kovalev	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 1'20
15	Mujtaba Hussein	GCN ProTeam	+ 1'30
16	Krzysztof Marchewka	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 1'44
17	Brent Bookwalter	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 1'47
18	Kai Reus	Swisslion Cycling Team	+ 1'49
19	Maxime Bouet	Telia-Brussels Airlines	+ 1'51
20	Kiel Reijnen	Telia-Brussels Airlines	+ 1'56
21	Maciej Bodnar	Rothaus - Aegon	+ 1'57
22	Jorge Abreu	Banco de Bogota	+ 1'58
23	Lawson Craddock	Banco de Bogota	+ 1'59
24	Jordan Cheyne	Banco de Bogota	+ 2'01
25	Vadim Ratiy	Oberfranken	+ 2'15
26	Kristof Vandewalle	Telia-Brussels Airlines	+ 2'19
27	Timothy Roe	BNZ Cycling Team	+ 2'27
28	Roman Kreuziger	DK Zalgiris	+ 2'35
29	Roger Kluge	Team Cerveceria Costa Rica	+ 2'40
30	Dmitri Grabovski	Adastra - Argon 18	+ 2'42
31	Karol Andrzej Domagalski	Compal-Merida	+ 2'45
32	Lukas Talacka	DK Zalgiris	+ 2'47
33	Erick Rowsell	Eddie Stobart	+ 2'48
34	Tom Thill	Compal-Merida	+ 3'10
35	Raimondas Rumsas	DK Zalgiris	+ 3'12
36	Gert Joeaar	Eddie Stobart	+ 3'20
37	Carlos Quintero	Oberfranken	+ 3'33
38	Joonas Henttala	Valio - DeLaval	+ 3'35
39	Masaki Yamamoto	Campari - Super Dry	+ 3'41
40	Geoffroy Ngandamba	GCN ProTeam	+ 3'46
41	Miguel Afonso	Andorra Project - InGamba	s.t.
42	Daniel Ricardo Diaz	Oberfranken	+ 4'01
43	Taylor Gunman	BNZ Cycling Team	+ 4'24
44	Neil Van der Ploeg	Eddie Stobart	+ 4'37
45	Miles Scotson	BNZ Cycling Team	+ 4'41
46	Suleiman Kangangi	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 6'34
47	Gasper Katrasnik	Equinor Pro Cycling	+ 6'35
48	Jonas Gregaard	ENI-MOL	+ 6'37
49	Omer Goldstein	Andorra Project - InGamba	+ 6'45
50	Sabelo Mngometulu	Control Team	+ 7'25
51	Aleksi Hänninen	Valio - DeLaval	+ 7'48
52	Husain Al Basri	Control Team	+ 8'00
53	Pedro Pablo Pereyra	ENI-MOL	+ 8'42
54	Dragan Jasovic	Control Team	+ 8'48
55	Daniel Ruiz	ENI-MOL	+ 9'56