The Queen Stage! The ITT today is long enough to be the decisive factor in this race. Let's see who comes out on top.
Favourites
FL
HI
TT
ST
RS
AC
Viennet
71
66
79
74
74
63
Sterbini
68
66
78
74
73
67
O'Loughlin
73
68
78
69
74
64
Nareklishvili
74
69
78
70
74
67
Verona
71
62
77
72
75
63
Oram
73
64
77
72
72
70
Cardona
73
63
77
72
74
67
Nyoni
69
62
77
67
72
68
Campenaerts
70
68
77
69
71
63
Marryatt
71
68
77
67
74
58
Predatsch
69
55
77
73
77
65
Dumoulin
69
66
76
72
73
64
Hennis
70
70
76
71
72
76
Hamza
74
63
76
74
73
68
Quaade is the first rider we pick up today. He posts time of 12'16" at the first intermediate and 23'5" at the finish.
Jussaume is just a second off at the split. He loses a couple more seconds to end up 3 seconds slower.
Bevin betters the best time at the check by a second. He does exactly the same at the finish and is the new leader.
Dumoulin takes the lead with the first significant decrease in times - five seconds at the intermediate and a total of nine seconds at the finish. His time to beat is 22'55".
Predatsch betters it though, with a new best time of 22'50".
Hamza loss a second in the first sector and another two in the second.
Campenaerts ties the best time at the time check. He improves the best time at the finish by a second to 22'49.
Hennis loses 6 seconds.
Verona ties the best time at both the split and the finish!
Nyoni does exactly the same.
And so does Maryatt...
...and Cardona is no different! That's five riders sharing the top spot at the moment!!
Make it six, with Oram also joining the party.
Viennet doesn't want to party though. He sets a new best time at the intermediate check - 12'1". He also takes the lead with a final time of 22'37".
O'Loughlin loses 6 seconds.
Sterbini loses 5.
Nareklishvili loses 6 seconds as well.
Overnight GC leader Koretzky is not good against the clock, and relinquishes her jersey.
Today's winner - Emilien Viennet.
No surprises that the stage positions are also the positions after this stage, barring some countbacks. Jussaume is the new leader of the U25s and SEE Turtles lead the Teams classification.
