Belgian Lampaert wins the time trial and dresses in yellow
Euskaraz irakurri: Lampaert belgikarra da Suitzako Itzuliko lehen leaderra, erlojuaren kontrako saioa irabazita
The Belgian Yves Lampaert (Soudal Quick Step) is the first leader of the Tour of Switzerland by winning the individual time trial inaugural in the town of Vaduz (Liechtenstein), with a route of 4.77 kilometers.
Lampaert (Izegem, 33 years old) won the short but explosive course with a time of 5.05 minutes, at an average of 56.195 km/hour, beating two specialists by 3 and 4 seconds respectively like the swiss Stefan Bisseger (EF Education) and the British Ethan Hayter (Ineos), while among the favorites the first was the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE), at 6.
In relation to the Portuguese cyclist, the British Adam Yates (UAE) gave up 9 seconds, Tom Pidcock eleven, Enric Mas in 51st place he left 13, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz 17 and the Colombian Nairo Quintana 20.
Lampaert soon marked his record and remained in the hot seat until the end, only getting up to go to the podium to celebrate his 16th professional victory. The Belgian achieved victory in the initial time trial of the 2022 Tour in Copenhagen and in the Vuelta He won in Gruissan (France) in the year that the Spanish round left Nîmes, in 2017.
The Belgian cyclist will defend the yellow jersey with 3 seconds ahead of Bisseger and 4 seconds ahead of Hayter. His time trial victory was Soudal’s twentieth this season.
This Monday the second stage It will link the towns of Vaduz and Regensdorf through 177.3 km.
Stage classification
1 – LAMPAERT Yves (Soudal) 5:05
2 – BISSEGGER Stefan (EF Education) + 0:03
3 – HAYTER Ethan (INEOS) + 0:03
4 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) + 0:06
5 – FISHER-BLACK Finn (UAE) + 0:07
6 – WATSON Samuel (Groupama) + 0:08
7 – BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education) + 0:09
8 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama) + 0:10
9 – SCHMID Mauro (Team) + 0:10
10 – KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Alpecin) + 0:10
General ranking
1 – LAMPAERT Yves (Soudal) 0:05:05
2 – BISSEGGER Stefan (EF Education) + 0:03
3 – HAYTER Ethan (INEOS) + 0:04
4 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) + 0:07
5 – FISHER-BLACK Finn (UAE) mt
6 – WATSON Samuel (Groupama) + 0:09
7 – BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education) mt
8 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama) + 0:11
9 – SCHMID Mauro (Team Jayco) mt
10 – KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Alpecin) mt
Source: Eitb

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