McNulty signs up for the time trial and puts on the leader’s red jersey
The American Brandon McNulty (UAE Emirates) has won the second stage of the UAE Toura 12.1 km individual time trial starting and finishing in Al Hudayriyat Island, in which he also donned the leader’s red jersey.
McNulty (Phoenix, Arizona, 25 years old), recent winner of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Valencia, was powerful on the bike and beat the big favorites with a time of 13:27 minutes, an average of 53.9 km/hour.
The American cyclist surpassed his Australian teammate from the UAE by 2 seconds Jay Vine and in 3 to the Danish Mikkel Bjerg, closing the treble for the Emirati team.
For its part, Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) qualified eighth, 19 seconds behind the winner.
In the general classification McNulty takes command on the eve of a mountain stage that could be transcendent ending in Jebel Jais. It follows Came to 2 seconds and Bjerg to 4. Pello Bilbao He is seventh to 18 with intact options to compete for the leader’s red jersey.
The third day, this Wednesday, will be played between Al Marjan Island and the summit of Jebel Jais, 176 km, one of the key stages of this edition with the final ascent of 19 km at a 5.5 percent gradient. The favorites on stage.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1 – MCNULTY Brandon (UAE) 0:13:27
2 – VINE Jay (UAE) +0:02
3 – BJERG Mikkel (UAE) +0:04
4 – FOSS Tobias (INEOS) +0:14
5 – KEPPLINGER Rainer (Bahrain) +0:16
6 – VAN WILDER Ilan (Soudal) +0:17
7 – PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan (Bahrain) +0:19
8 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) mt
9 – ARMIRAIL Bruno (Decathlon AG2R) +0:20
10 – ROMEO Iván (Movistar) +0:21
GENERAL RANKING
1 – MCNULTY Brandon (UAE) 3:23:22
2 – VINE Jay (UAE) +0:02
3 – BJERG Mikkel (UAE) +0:04
4 – FOSS Tobias (INEOS) +0:14
5 – KEPPLINGER Rainer (Bahrain) +0:16
6 – VAN WILDER Ilan (Soudal) +0:17
7 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +0:18
8 – PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan (Bahrain) +0:19
9 – ARMIRAIL Bruno (Decathlon AG2R) +0:20
10 – ROMEO Iván (Movistar) +0:21
Source: Eitb
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