The Belgian Lampaert won the time trial and was the first leader of the Tour of Switzerland

He Belgian Yves Lampaert (Soudal Quick Step) He was the first leader of Back to Switzerland by winning the inaugural individual time trial in the town ofand Vaduz (Liechtenstein)with a route of 4.77 kilometers.

Lampaert (Izegem, 33 years old) won the short but explosive course with a time of 5.05 minutes, at an average of 56.195 km/hour, beating two specialists like the Swiss by 3 and 4 seconds respectively.or Stefan Bisseger (EF Education) and the british Ethan Hayter (Ineos)while among the favorites the first is Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE), until 6.

Related to the Portuguese cyclist, the British Adam Yates (UAE) give up 9 seconds, Tom Pidcock Eleven, Enric Mas in 51st place he left 13, the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz 17 and the Colombian Nairo Quintana twenty.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1st stage

1. Yves Lampaert (BEL) Soudal – Quick Step 5:05
2. Stefan Bissegger (SUI) EF Education – EasyPost +3
3. Ethan Hayter (GBR) INEOS Grenadiers +4
4. João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates +7
5. Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) UAE Team Emirates”
6. Sam Watson (GBR) Groupama – FDJ +9
7. Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education – EasyPost “
8. Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama – FDJ +11
9. Mauro Schmid (SUI) Team Jayco – AlUla”
10. Søren Kragh (DIN) Alpecin – Deceuninck “

Lampaert soon set his record and stayed on the hot seat until the end, only to get up to go to the podium to celebrate his 16th professional victory as the Belgian took victory in the first time trial Tour 2022 in Copenhagen and in the Vuelta he won Gruissan (France) the year the Spanish round came out Nimesin 2017.

The Belgian cyclist will defend the yellow jersey with 3 seconds ahead of Bisseger and 4 seconds ahead of Hayter. His victory against the clock was twentieth of Soudal at the present time.

This Monday the second stage will unite the towns of Vaduz and Regensdorf at 177.3 km