Renewi Tour: Alec Segaert powers to stage 2 time trial victory

Alec Segaert (Lotto Dstny) stormed to the most important win of his profession on stage 2 of the Renewi Tour, confirming his potential as a high time trial prospect at WorldTour degree within the race towards the clock in Tessenderlo.

The 21-year-old Belgian took the lead with a blistering common velocity of 54.4kph and the one time underneath 17 minutes from ITT specialist Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost), who set the early benchmark time of 17:09 as solely the 18th rider of the beginning ramp.

Segaert punched the air after setting a time of 16:59 and did the identical within the scorching seat when Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) crossed the road seven seconds slower than him to take second forward of Bissegger and former time trial world champion Tobias Foss (Ineos Grenadiers).

Race chief Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) tried his greatest to carry onto his 10-second race lead however what was a six-second deficit to the Belgian Segaert on the first time examine rapidly grew to a 24-second deficit on the second intermediate level.

Milan ultimately crossed the road 43 seconds behind the two-time underneath 23 European ITT champion, additionally ceding the race chief’s jersey to him heading into the ultimate three levels.

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