At the foot of the Santa Maria Cathedral, in the heart the Spanish city of Burgos, were thousands of cycling pilgrims on the second Wednesday in September witnessed the resurrection of a grand tour rider. After an individual time trial in the book waits Tom Dumoulin the remaining four days of the Tour of Spain the hellish chore to get the leader’s jersey Sunday crossed the finish line in Madrid
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Tom Dumoulin on the start podium Photo:. Raymond Kerckhoffs
With the strength sample time trial over 38.7 kilometers was this time the 24 year old Dutchman who clearly interfered in the game seconds Vuelta a España hot. With an average speed of 50.5 kilometers per hour, he relegated the recognized classification riders Joaquin Rodriguez, Fabio Aru and Rafael Majka, the numbers one, two and three of the ranking, for a moment to extras. For example: the number two of the day, the Pole Maciej Bodnar, came to an average of 49.3 km / h and had to admit 1:04 minutes
wiped Rodriguez
The tawny. Dumoulin, 69 kilogram clean on the hook with a length of 1.86 meters, was with a gap of 1:51 minutes on the red jersey from Joaquin Rodriguez started the job. This difference was for the Spaniard, a self-confessed hater of time trials, not nearly enough to keep the Wednesday captured red sweater. He had to admit 3:06 minutes on the Dutchman. When preparing the mid-term he found his name back in third place of the ranking, at 1:15 minutes of Dumoulin.
Aru most dangerous
Also in Castile Aru licked his wounds. The Italian in the service of Astana had to fight it relentlessly ticking clock 1:50 minutes ahead of the Dutchman. Which was turned into a delay of three seconds, which Aru climbed to second place. Victim number three answered to the name Majka. Pool Tinkoff-Saxo looks after today against a deficit of 2:22 minutes to Dumoulin.
Although the trail through the organization level was considered, bleaching 38.7 kilometers from Burgos to rolling for the riders which is not a specialist in driving may call against the clock. The Cardeñajimeno the Carcedo de Burgos and the Cardeñijo, the obstacles that gave the trajectory shape, bleaching executioners for the lightweights of the peloton take their chances when it goes uphill. For the number three World Championships time trial in Ponferrada, however, were the obstacles little more than bumps in the road.
Just one hellish ride
The question that arises now is how long Dumoulin red to wear the slender shoulders. Saturday awaits the peloton after all, the day before the closing evening tour through the streets of Madrid, a hellish ride. Between San Lorenzo de El Escoral Cercedilla and guard the pack, at a distance of 175.8 kilometers, four climbs of the first category. On the Puerto de Navacerrada, the Puerto de la Morcuera (climbed twice) and the concluding Puerto de Cotos the overall ranking will fall definitively in the fold.
Read the live report the trial again.
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Check out the rituitslag and intermediate positions in the standings of the Vuelta a España.
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