The British Joshua Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers) was imposed this Thursday in the first phase of O Great Roada 14.8 kilometer individual time trial that does not count in the general classification, which the Dane took advantage of Jonas Vingegaarddouble winner of Tour de France and top favorite, to reserve himself and finish in 45th place, 2’26” behind the winner.
After the organization agreed on the opening times due to the danger of the course, Tarling was the fastest at To Coruña after covering almost 15 kilometers of the time trial in 18 minutes and 21 seconds, starting and ending at La Torre de Hércules.
the Irish Darren Rafferty (EF Education – EasyPost), 42 seconds behind the winner, and in Spanish Pablo Castrillo (Kern Pharma Team), in 48″, completed the podium of the first stage, with Michał Kwiatkowski, Rigoberto Urán, Carlos Rodríguez, Vingegaard and Carapaz far from the first places.
The second phase will move the platoon to the province of lugo. Starting from Taboada and arriving at Chantada, it will be 151.1 kilometers and 3,000 meters of elevation gain. It will pass through the 9 municipalities of the Camiño de Inverno through the Ribeira Sacra.
Source: La Verdad
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