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It’ll be a couple of hours earlier than Christen units off, at 17.20 GMT. However the time trial has now formally began, with lanterne rouge Pedro Andrade off the beginning ramp and onto the course.
Then once more, if he’s improved sufficient in street levels to be main the GC, we will solely assume he’ll be higher towards the clock too. Plus, he’ll have an incentive to experience laborious that was lacking in these rides final yr. For somebody as younger as 20-years-old, we don’t actually have a lot of an thought what he’s able to.
What are his probabilities? His performances in time trials final yr suggests he’ll lose time at the moment — third place on the Swiss nationwide championships behind famend specialists Stefan Küng and Stefan Bissegger, and ninth on the Tour of Poland time trial, had been the standout outcomes. Other than that, he tended to complete someplace between thirteenth and thirty third.
So, onto the Volta ao Algarve, for what should be the largest day of Jan Christen’s fledgling profession to this point. He’s made it to the ultimate stage of the race within the yellow jersey, and now faces the duty of defending his slender lead on the ultimate day’s climatic time trial.
Earlier than we look forward to this stage, make sure to compensate for the motion on the UAE Tour, which got here to a detailed this morning with the standard mountain high end at Jebel Hafeet.
One rider lacking from that 159 is Arnaud De Lie. The Belgian, who completed 4th yesterday and third the day earlier than, dropped out of the race in a single day.
In 20 minutes, the primary of 159 riders will set off from Salir to start this closing time trial stage of the 2025 Volta Ao Algarve.
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