We're in Maurepas to start off the 2021 Tour de l'Avenir with a short Prologue. It's a chance for those good against the clock to take the first leader's jersey of this race.
Favourites
FLA
TT
RES
PRL
Van Moer
72
74
73
74
Hayter
74
73
75
74
Munton
66
74
71
73
Bjerg
72
73
73
73
Brunel
72
73
73
73
Stavrakakis
72
71
67
73
Herregodts
72
70
73
73
Pogacar
68
73
76
72
Bissegger
71
73
73
72
Vermeersch
71
70
71
72
McNulty
70
73
73
71
Leknessund
72
71
76
71
Forssell
64
71
69
71
Perez
68
71
68
71
Mayer
67
70
70
71
Ocampo set the fastest time among the early starters. That stands at 4'18" currently.
Our cameras pick up Weemaes who considerably improves the best time, considering it is such a short stage, to 4'11".
Stavrakakis is 9 seconds slower.
Wirtgen is 8 seconds down.
Matsuda is 6 seconds down.
Potocki is a second faster but still 5 seconds off.
Norbert is a further second faster, but still challenging the top time.
Herregodts loses 9 seconds.
Leknessund has a bad ride and loses 18 seconds down.
Vermeersch is down by 10 seconds.
Munton is 7 seconds down.
Kelly is 5 seconds slower.
Garrison posts the same time as Kelly.
Knotten can't challenge at the top and loses 6 seconds.
Christakos is slower by 8 seconds.
Pidcock is better but still 4 seconds down.
Stewart loses 7 seconds.
Brunel is 5 seconds down.
Idar Andersen ties the previous best time set by Weemaes. Apologies for missing his run!
Aleotti misses out by 3 seconds.
Alexander has the same time as his predecessor.
Bjerg goes close, but ends up just a second slower.
Agrotis is 5 seconds down.
Bissegger has a bad day and loses 10 seconds.
Perez is 6 seconds off the pace.
Forssell loses 11 seconds.
Mayer does better but is still 6 seconds off.
McNulty will be disappointed with that. He's 16 seconds off the pace.
Van Moer can't live up to his top favourite billing and loses 6 seconds.
Hayter also loses 6 seconds.
Almeida loses a further 2 seconds.
GC favourite Pogacar can't quite make it to the top. He ends up 2 seconds down.
Today's winner - Sasha Weemaes.
Unexpected winner on this short stage. Let's see if this is an omen for the whole race!
