There are clouds hanging over Luxembourg but rain should stay out so all teams will have the same conditions.
Ekspla - Cision are out first. Joeaar and Hutchings are looking to place themselves in the top 10. They are the first to cross the finish line so no time to compare to yet.
1h09'45
Next up are Metinvest. Ma and Popkov could finish top 5 on a very strong day. That looks impossible today as their time is not much faster as Ekspla's.
1h09'36
Mobil - Castrol are next in line. Mojica and Criel are good timetrialers on the C2 level but lack strength in the higher division. Their main goal here should be to beat the time of the other C2 team Ekspla. They don't succeed in doing so as they lose 20 seconds to the current best time.
1h09'56
The UPC duo of Reus and Elijzen look determined to finish on the podium. Reus knows exactly how to reach the maximum in these duo rides against the clock as he won last year. As expected, they are much faster as the other teams that have already finished.
1h09'05
Next up are the impressive tighs of Stoltz and Eisel. Incredibly powerfull on the flat, they seem to have problems translating that power into speed with the timetrial bike. Amex gamble clearly doesn't pay off. Atleast Stoltz had a race in his homecountry to enjoy.
1h11'05
Everybody seemed to agree that the Oz Cycling Project duo Rogers - Ford are the topfavourites for today. Wearing his beatifull World Championship jersey, Rogers does most of the work and they almost catch the duo that started 3 minutes in front of them. Ofcouse they set the best time with quite a big lead on UPC.
1h08'09
Tinkoff won the TTT in Trentino and both Kiryienka and Ovechkin were part of that line up. They can ride together again today and set a good time. They only lose just over a minute on Oz which is only 5 seconds slower as UPC. Certainly a decent ride.
1h09'10
If one team is going to better the current best time, it has to be ING. With David Zabriskie wearing his Captain America outfit and Van Winden having a lot of experience from his Jack Wolfskin days, they give everything they have but fall short. 12 seconds slower as Oz so probably a second place for them.
1h08'21
Tennant and Britisch champion Stannard defend the colours of Jaguar. They finished 3rd last year but getting a step higher on the podium looks very hard, they can already be happy if they reach it again. Their time is good for current third as they beat UPC with 2 seconds. There clearly is a gap between the top 2 and the rest of the field.
1h09'03
Rothaus have had a succesfull season so far and look to continue that today. Boom and Van Aelbroeck are their riders who are looking to finish somewhere between 5th and 7th. They ride a very strong time which is exactly the same as UPC. Too bad for them the jury places them as current 5th.
1h09'05
Bouygues Telecom is the last team out on the course. They are looking to do better as the British Jaguar duo to go home with the last podium spot. They go all out and set a good time which slots them in between the two top teams and the rest of the pack. They were much faster as both Jaguar and UPC and deservedly take the 3rd place.
1h08'46
So the win is for Oz Cycling Project. They are quickly becoming the top timetrial team in the mangame after Ford took the victory in the individiual timetrial win in Windhoek.
