Quick-Step Floor's wins UCI TTT

Quick-Step Floor's wins UCI Road World Championship team time trial after rounding off day one in Innsbruck by taking victory in the men’s team time trial.

Kasper Asgreen, Laurens De Plus, Bob Jungels, Yves Lampaert, Max Schachmann and Niki Terpstra destroyed the 62.8km course with a time of 1:07:26, beating
Team Sunweb by 18 seconds while BMC Racing finished third, 20 seconds down.

How it unfolded

Like to the women’s course, the men’s ran from the Area 47 waterpark in Ötztal to Innsbruck, but there was one rather large difference – the men had to deviate to tackle a 62.8km course that including a climb two-thirds of the way in.

The 4.6km Axams climb averages 5.7%, with sections of 10% on the lower slopes, and would prove to be the vital part of the route. Checkpoints came after the initial flat 22.8km, and at the top of the climb, 44.9km in.

Results

1, Quick - Step Floors 1:07:25,
2, Team Sunweb0:00:19,
3, BMC Racing Team0:00:20,
4, Team Sky 0:00:45,
5, Mitchelton - Scott0:00:57,
6, Movistar Team0:01:32,
7, Trek-Segafredo0:02:04,
8, Bora-Hansgrohe0:02:08,
9, CCC Sprandi Polkowice0:02:38,
10, Astana Pro Team0:02:54,
11,Team Katusha Alpecin0:02:56,
12, Elkov- Author0:03:18, 13,Team LottoNL - Jumbo0:03:28,
14, Team Vorarlberg Santic0:04:47,
15, AG2R La Mondiale0:05:19,
16, Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels0:05:40,
17, Tirol Cycling Team0:06:25, 18, Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang0:07:03,
19, Sangemini - Mg. K Vis - Vega0:07:06,
20, Team Lotto - Kern Haus0:07:34,
21, Dukla Banska Bystrica0:08:10 11WSA Pushbikers