The lowlands of the Netherlands greet us on a bright and sunny day as the riders have made their way to another edition of the Olympia's Tour. Today is the Prologue., which is the fist of six stages to be raced to determine the winners. Let's get going now!
Favourites
Rider
FL
TT
PR
RS
ST
Van Moer
76
79
79
78
76
Knotten
72
79
74
71
71
Viennet
71
79
79
74
74
Sterbini
68
78
78
73
74
O'Loughlin
73
78
75
74
69
Nareklishvili
74
78
76
74
70
The first rider we catch up with is Perez. He sets the benchmark of 9'3" and takes the lead at the first intermediate.
Knotten improves the best to 8'57".
Sterbini is a second slower.
Verona is a further second slower.
Predatsch goes fastest at 8'56".
O'Loughlin further improves the top time to 8'53".
Nyoni is 3 seconds down.
Frison is just a second off the pace at the checkpoint.
Viennet goes fastest with a time of 8'50".
Cardona is four seconds slower.
Campanaerts is also 4 seconds slower.
Akhmaevi is 4 seconds slower as well!
Nareklishvili is 2 seconds off the pace.
Van Moer is also 2 seconds slower.
We catch up with Perez again as he crosses the line with a time of 19'3".
Knotten posts a new best time of 18'50".
Sterbini loses a further second in the second sector and is 2 seconds down.
Verona is 3 seconds off the pace.
Predatsch loses just a bit in the second sector and ends up 1 second slower than the best time.
O'Loughlin keeps his form going and posts a new time to beat - 18'47".
Nyoni can't quite match it and loses 4 seconds.
Frison loses 2 seconds at the finish.
Viennet comfortably goes into the lead with a time of 18'39".
Cardona ends up 9 seconds slower.
Campanaerts posts the exact same time as his predecessor.
Akhmaevi loses a bit more in the second sector to be 11 seconds slower.
Nareklishvili loses 5 seconds at the finish.
Van Moer loses just 3 seconds to secure 2nd place.
Today's winner - Emilien Viennet.
Viennet demonstrates that old can still be gold as he takes the win and the Yellow Jersey. Younger opponents Van Moer and Nareklishvili make up the podium. Viennet off course leads the Points, with Perez leading the U25s. SEE Turtles lead the Teams classification.
