The first time I ever watched a time trial my best friend Henry sat me down and said “This is the best bit of bike racing: All the teams using all the coolest gear”. At the time I didn’t really get it, but then I’d only had a road bike for about three weeks. Roll on many years and I’m at the opening of the Vuelta a España on a searingly hot day just outside Lisbon, Portugal, and I very much get it now.
The stage 1 time trial, a short 12km affair that sits somewhere between an old-fashioned prologue and a ‘proper’ TT, was won by Brandon McNulty. A block headwind blowing off the coast meant aerodynamics were even more of a factor, though the strength of the gusts put Wout van Aert off using his infamous double disc setup here.
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