The 32-year-old Olympic champion Roglič is attacking his third victory in the Basque Country. The time trial at this WorldTour stage race was won by the leader of the Jumbo-Visma team even during the triumph in 2018, when the fourth day took place.
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The 69th annual Around the Basque Country race will run until Saturday. Favorite Roglič attacks this year’s second victory in the stage race after March Paris-Nice.
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| Cycling stage race Around the Basque Country (WorldTour): |
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| Stage 1 (time 7.5 km): |
| 1. Roglič (Slovin./Jumbo-Visma) 9:48 |
| 2. Evenepoel (Belg./Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl) -5 |
| 3. Cavagna (Fr./Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl) -16 |
| 4. Thomas |
| 5. A. Yates (oba Brit./Ineos Grenadiers) |
| 6. Vlasov (Rus./Bora-hansgrohe) all -18. |
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