Off the heels of winning a stage at the Tour of Denmark, Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) secured the prologue victory and pulled on the first leader’s jersey at the five-day Deutschland Tour.
The Norwegian rider posted the fastest time of 3:31 minutes across the 3.1km course in Essan, winning the race against the clock by a fraction of a second ahead of runner-up Samuel Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) and just over one second faster than third-placed Marco Haller (Tudor Pro Cycling).
“Maybe a little bit,” Wærenskjold said when asked if he was surprised by his prologue victory. “The last time I did a prologue it was at l’Avenir, so at least a few years ago. I was a bit excited for this race and a little bit nervous. I tried to go full-gas and it worked out.”
Wærenskjold now leads the overall classification by one second ahead of Watson and two seconds ahead of Haller as the race heads into stage 1 from Essen to Herford on Thursday.
Wærenskjold said that a good warm-up was the key to his success in the flat 3.1km time trial, and that he was able to gradually increase his power as he raced back into Essen.
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