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Vauquelin is through the first time check 5th, five seconds slower than Seixas.
Felix Großschartner, setting the second fastest time.
Another big name now is poised at the start – Kévin Vauquelin. The Itzulia Basque Country as a whole is a stage race that should really suit him.
Seixas at the finish, setting what remains the best time.
McNulty is looking good, but will have to speed up if he’s to challenge for the stage win. He’s fourth at the second time check, a second slower than his UAE teammate Großschartner.
That ride from August would certainly suggest that the wind may well indeed have changed.
The good times at the finish keep coming – AJ August is the latest, posting the sixth best.
If it has, then Brandon McNulty could be about to benefit. The American has just started his ride.
Van Wilder is a very good time trialist, but that’s still another surprise, albeit not quite so much as Großschartner’s time. Could it be that the wind has changed to a more favourable direction?
Another big time, this time by Ilan Van Wilder. He’s fourth fastest, 29 seconds down!
This climb at the finish is taking its toll on riders who don’t pace themselves up it. A Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe had to lie down for some time upon reaching the top, while a team helper sprayed water on him.
To put that into perspective, Großschartner has just become only the second man in the history of Itzulia Basque Country to defeat Primož Roglič in a time trial.
Second best time for Großschartner. What a ride! Few would have predicted this.
Here comes Felix Großschartner towards the finish, and he hasn’t slowed down! This is going to be a very good time.
Demi Vollering was a less predictable winner of the women’s race, and her tears upon sealing what was a first ever Tour of Flanders title spoke volumes about what it meant to her.
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