Schachmann wins Basque time-trial
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Germany’s Maximilian Schachmann of the Bora-Hansgrohe team won the 11.2km Tour of the Basque Country opening-day individual time-trial.
Fresh from a stage win at the Tour of Catalonia, Schachmann timed 17 minutes and 10 seconds on Monday to edge Dani Martinez of Education First and Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski on rain slick roads with several short sharp ascents around Zumarraga.
Milan-San Remo winner Julian Alaphilippe was fourth while Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas and fellow Briton Adam Yates were also in the top 10 on this first of six stages.
“I have no idea how I managed to win this ahead of Alaphilippe and Kwiatkowski,” he said.
The race continues with three hilly stages and two mountainous ones culminating with a short steep 118.2-kilometer ride around Eibar on Saturday. UAE’s Dan Martin, Sky’s Thomas and Kwiatkowski, Yates, Jakob Fuglsang and Movistar’s Spanish hope Mikel Landa are among the favorites.
“I’m fine, maybe just lacking a bit of rhythm,” said Landa, who broke a collarbone racing in Mallorca in January.
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