2024 Tour de Suisse: Yves Lampaert wins stage 1 time trial

Yves Lampaert (Soudal-QuickStep) blasted to the opening victory within the Tour de Suisse, a brief, ultra-fast particular person time trial via the streets of Vaduz.
Second was Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Easy Post), three seconds again, with Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) in third.

Averaging a velocity of over 56kmh, the flying Lampaert established an early greatest time of 5:05 for the technical, flat 4.77 km course, held over a combination of motorbike paths, rural lanes and metropolis streets.

The former Belgian National TT champion held on all through the afternoon of variable climate circumstances to take his first win for the reason that 2022 Tour de France opening TT on the streets of Denmark.

Lampaert will now lead the Tour de Suisse into its second rolling stage from Vaduz to Regensdorf, prone to finish in a decreased bunch dash.

“I didn’t count on to beat the Swiss specialists like Bissegger and [Stefan] Kung,” Lampaert mentioned afterwards. “I’m actually proud to do it, I do know this distance fits me effectively.”

With his earlier win now almost two years distant, Lampaert mentioned that he was delighted to have the ability to add a second stage victory in Suisse to the time trial triumph he captured again within the 2019 version of the race.

“Yes, completely, these days the extent is so excessive in biking, at one second I began to doubt myself. But I by no means gave up believing and saved coaching in addition to potential. So it offers me a variety of satisfaction that I may take the victory immediately.”

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