Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) received the opening time trial on the Baloise Belgium Tour, and secured the occasion’s first chief’s jersey in Beringen.
The Norwegian time trial champion lined the 12km course in a profitable time of 13:24, beating runner-up Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) by two seconds and third-placed Rune Herregodts (Intermarché-Wanty) by 10 seconds.
Wærenskjold now leads the general classification forward of Vacek and Herregodts because the race heads into stage 2’s 184km race from Merelbeke to Knokke-Heist on Thursday.
Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) set the quickest early time with a 13:42 on the 12km particular person time trial in Beringen. His time lasted till Alex Aranburu (Movistar) put in a shocking journey to go a second faster.
He, too, was eclipsed when Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) got here by a lot quicker in 13:26.48.
The race was neutralised as a result of a medical emergency on the course, delaying the beginning of the remainder of the sphere.
When racing resumed, Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X) powered to the quickest time two seconds quicker, a profitable time that noticed him take the stage and the general race lead.
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