The race starts in the rural municipality Rucphen, about 20 km vest of Breda in southern Netherlands. We are in for a short ITT on a pancake flat route.
As mentioned in the preview the outright favorite is 2015 Olympia's Tour winner Cornu, but the competition is tough and we have at least 6-8 riders able to take it on a good day.
The first rider to set an acceptable full time is the fifth rider to cross the line Van Zandbeek, but just as he is about the finish his intermediate time was beaten by Sterbini with 2”
This is the leaderboard at this point.
No.
Rider
Check
Rider
Full
1
Sterbini
10'20
Van Zandbeek
22'54
2
Van Zandbeek
2"
Van Aert
44"
3
Würtz
5"
Vega
1'04
4
Vilela
8"
Naesen
1'12
5
Van Aert
23"
Schwarmes
2'20
6
Vega
32"
7
Turgot
33"
8
Naesen
36"
9
Sobota
37"
10
Wang
41"
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Sterbini comes in 5” faster than Van Zandbeek taking the Hot-Seat.
Würtz full time 3rd, 11” behind Sterbini
Soon after Viennet crosses the time check in exactly the same time as Sterbini, disappointing unless Sterbini’s time is very good. Viennet beat Sterbini at full time with 1”, taking the Hot-Seat.
In the meantime Tennant new best intermediate time, 3 seconds faster than Sterbini, soon after Mullen with another new best intermediate time 2” faster than Tennant.
Leaderboard
No.
Rider
Check
Rider
Full
1
Mullen
10'15
Viennet
22'46
2
Tennant
2"
Sterbini
1"
3
Sterbini
5"
Van Zandbeek
7"
4
Viennet
6"
Würtz
12"
5
Van Zandbeek
8"
Vilela
18"
6
Vassdål
10"
Samoilev
22"
7
Würtz
10"
Stepniak
25"
8
Van Emden
11"
Vermote
31"
9
Sakellaridis
13"
Zemlyakov
39"
10
Vilela
13"
Van Aert
52"
Emilien Viennet
Van Emden 5th at full time, 12” behind Viennet, rather good result from him.
Sakellaridis full time 7th at 16”
Tennant new best full time 8” faster than Viennet but his time in the Hot-Seat is short, beaten by Mullen soon after with another new best full time 22’33, 5” faster than Tennant
Vassdål full time 6th at 22”
At the intermediate time we have seen Sagan 5th at 8” and Pökälä 10th at 12”
Leaderboard
No.
Rider
Check
Rider
Full
1
Mullen
10'15
Mullen
22'33
2
Tennant
2"
Tennant
5"
3
Sterbini
5"
Viennet
13"
4
Viennet
6"
Sterbini
14"
5
Sagan
8"
Van Zandbeek
20"
6
Van Zandbeek
8"
Vassdål
22"
7
Vassdål
10"
Van Emden
25"
8
Würtz
10"
Würtz
25"
9
Van Emden
11"
Sakellaridis
29"
10
Pökälä
12"
Vilela
31"
Ryan Mullen
Reckweg at full time +42” not what he was hoping for.
Then two new top 10 times, Sagan full time 5th at 17”, Pökälä 8th at 12” Velits at full time +35”
A new intermediate 7th from Rolland 7” behind Mullen.
Then a new best intermediate Stannard with 10’11”, 4” faster than Mullen.
Rolland with a good 2nd sector to make full time 4th,14” behind Mullen
And then new best from Stannard 22’22, impressive 10 seconds faster than Mullen, now cycleYorkshire with two riders in top three.
Sterobo with intermediate 6th, 11” behind Stannard and Paillot with intermediate 8th also at 11”, he will need to get a fast 2nd sector not to disappoint his fans.
Leaderboard
No.
Rider
Check
Rider
Full
1
Stannard
10'11"
Stannard
22'22
2
Mullen
4"
Mullen
10"
3
Tennant
6"
Tennant
15"
4
Sterbini
9"
Viennet
23"
5
Viennet
10"
Rolland
24"
6
Sterobo
11"
Sterbini
25"
7
Rolland
11"
Sagan
27"
8
Paillot
11"
Van Zandbeek
31"
9
Sagan
12"
Vassdål
32"
10
Van Zandbeek
12"
Pökälä
35"
Ian Stannard
Sterobo full time 5th, 23” behind Stannard
Paillot full time 7th, 24” behind Stannard
Now we get a period where we don’t get new top 10 times, but like to mention the full times from some riders with TT potential. Richardson +49” Pszczolarski +49” Geniez +46” Ovechkin +53”
And then we get new best intermediate times cycleYorkshire again, with Robert at 10’03 7” faster that teammate Stannard
Stelly Robert
Robert also with a great 2nd sector cutting a total of 16” from the best time, taking over the Hot-Seat in 22’06”
At the intermediate time Omarsson 7th at 17” unbelievable great time from him, and his race continues to impress with a full time 6th, 39”, behind Robert.
Another great intermediate time Grabovski 3rd at 7”, he also keeps up the good pace to make a full time 3rd 20” behind Robert.
In the meantime more good intermediate time, Ghyselinck 5th at 11”, and Dempster 7th in 13”
Leaderboard
No.
Rider
Check
Rider
Full
1
Robert
10'03"
Robert
22'06
2
Stannard
7"
Stannard
16"
3
Grabovski
7"
Grabovski
20"
4
Mullen
11"
Mullen
26"
5
Ghyselinck
11"
Tennant
31"
6
Tennant
13"
Viennet
39"
7
Dempster
13"
Omarsson
39"
8
Sterbini
17"
Sterobo
40"
9
Viennet
17"
Rolland
40"
10
Sterobo
17"
Paillot
41"
Dmitri Grabovski
Ghyselinck full time 5th at 27”,
Hacecký quite disappointing full time losing 1’04 to Robert
Dempster full time 7th at 31”
A good intermediate time from Li 4th at 10”, and soon after another good intermediate time from Boaro 4th at 9”.
Dennis intermediate time 5th at 10”, Fominykh intermediate time 8th at 11” and then Andersen intermediate time 4th at 9”
Bauer full time 54” behind Robert
Li full time 4th at 23” and Boaro full time 4th at 21”
Manuele Boaro
It is getting more and more clouded, may start to rain at any time now.
Dennis full time 6th at 25” not the best 2nd sector from him. Atkins 37” behind Robert
At full time D. Ignatiev loses 53” to Robert
Fominykh full time 6th at 25”
Balloni a bit disappointing loses 34” well outside top 10
Andersen full time 4th at 21” a very fine time from him. Now youth leader in front of Ryan Mullen.
Leaderboard
No.
Rider
Check
Rider
Full
1
Robert
10'03"
Robert
22'06
2
Stannard
7"
Stannard
16"
3
Grabovski
7"
Grabovski
20"
4
Andersen
9"
Andersen
21"
5
Boaro
9"
Boaro
21"
6
Dennis
10"
Li
23"
7
Li
10"
Fominykh
25"
8
Mullen
11"
Dennis
25"
9
Fominykh
11"
Mullen
26"
10
Ghyselinck
11"
Ghyselinck
27"
Michael Valgren Andersen
M. Ford full time 14th 33” behind Stelly Robert, not a good day for him.
It has started to rain and Viviani has rain after his intermediate check 4th at 10”.
Cornu new best intermediate time 10’00” 2 seconds faster than Robert
Wisniowski intermediate time 8th at 13”
M. Ignatiev intermediate time 3rd at 3”
Elia Viviani
Viviani full time 6th at 22”
Cornu new best full time 22’00
Dominique Cornu
Wisniowski full time 9th at 31”
M. Ignatiev full time 3rd at 8”
Ignatiev was the last rider to cross the line, we got a close podium but the three riders at the top have a clear advantages over the riders below them.
Mikhail Ignatiev
Final (in race) Leaderboard, official times may be adjusted slightly
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