The 28-year-old clocked a time of 14:03 on the 11.9km out-and-back course in San Juan, raced on road bikes, with Bauke Mollema finishing second at three seconds and his Trek-Segafredo teammate Matthias Brandle world hour record holder finished third at seven seconds, a fraction of a second quicker than French neo-pro Remi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors).
Navardauskas leads the race overall by the same margins and could now become Bahrain-Merida’s de facto leader as Vincenzo Nibali finished 35 seconds down.
The time trial was one of two crucial days from a general classification perspective, and it remains to be seen how they play things on the stage 5 summit finish which, although over 2,500 metres of altitude, is said to be not very selective.
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