Red Bull Žalgiris will do everything they can to get their home NC and have the top favorite in Siskevicius, but they could be challenged by the likes of Navardauskas or Dzervus.
Startlist
Spoiler
Videika
Airidas
Aker - MOT
Navardauskas
Ramunas
Evonik - ELKO
Beniusis
Justas
King Power
Rojus
Adomaitis
McCormick Pro Cycling
Januskevicius
Mantas
McCormick Pro Cycling
Siskevicius
Evaldas
Red Bull Zalgiris
Juodvalkis
Egidijus
Red Bull Zalgiris
Lasinis
Venantas
Red Bull Zalgiris
Dzervus
Darijus
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
Still a full peloton on the final flat stretch, so Videika attacks to force the issue. He’s a good rouleur.
Lasinis does his best to catch him, but Videika still has a gap of 25 seconds heading into the climb to the finish. The other pro riders come to the front, they will have to move fast to catch the Aker rider.
Siskevicius and Dzervus come to the front. Videika is struggling, but he has just 600 meters left to go.
Siskevicius and Navardauskas lead the pursuit, it’s going to be close …
Final 100 meters, they’ve almost drawn level!
But Videika hangs on! Great win for Aker!
Result
1
Airidas Videika
Aker - MOT
1h21'25
2
Evaldas Siskevicius
Red Bull Zalgiris
s.t.
3
Ramunas Navardauskas
Evonik - ELKO
s.t.
4
Adomaitis Rojus
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
5
Egidijus Juodvalkis
Red Bull Zalgiris
s.t.
6
Darijus Dzervus
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
s.t.
7
Mantas Januskevicius
McCormick Pro Cycling
+ 18
8
Justas Beniusis
King Power
s.t.
9
Venantas Lasinis
Red Bull Zalgiris
s.t.
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Lithuanian Championships - ITT
Beniusis is the top favorite, but Navardauskas could present a challenge if he has a great day.
The fight for bronze is pretty open. Januskevicius sets the first decent time at 1h06’48.
It’s broken by just 24 seconds by Lasinis …
… who in turn gets beat by Dzervus. Third place secured for him.
Navardauskas obviously has no trouble to take the hot seat for the moment.
But he’s no match for Beniusis today. He takes the win by over a minute.