DSM-Firmenich PostNL received the opening staff time trial on the Tour of Denmark by the narrowest of margins, edging out UAE Team Emirates by lower than half a second on the 13.7km course in Holstebro.
The Dutch squad have been the primary staff down the beginning ramp on Wednesday afternoon, setting a time of 14:30.50 on the end line as Tobias Lund Andresen led them dwelling. They’d sit within the sizzling seat for an hour earlier than UAE began their effort.
At the mid-stage checkpoint, 7km in, UAE posted a time six seconds off the tempo, however the group sped up within the second half, driving to the road nearly neck-and-neck with DSM.
Ivo Oliveira led UAE throughout the road, however his effort fell fractions of a second in need of taking the stage win. As a end result, Lund takes the primary chief’s jersey of the race after a TTT that handed all riders separate ending occasions. That means his DSM teammates Johan Dorussen and Frank van den Broeck lie second and fourth total, whereas Oliveira fills third place. Finn Fisher-Black is in fifth total.
Lotto-Dstny – that includes Arnaud De Lie and Florian Vermeersch – have been the third-quickest staff on the day, recording a time of 14:33.10, lower than three seconds off the winners. Meanwhile, the Danish nationwide squad took fourth with a time of 14:35.40 and Danish Continental staff ColoQuick took fifth with a time of 14:36.60.
With six groups – Magnus Cort led Uno-X Mobility dwelling at seven seconds down – ending inside 10 seconds of the winners, the highest of the overall classification may be very shut heading into the sprinter-friendly 231km second stage to Vejle.
18 riders lie inside 10 seconds of Lund Andresen, with De Lie and Cort amongst them. Both are threats to take over the race lead on Thursday.
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