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Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan started his performance at the Round of Switzerland race on Sunday with the 76th place in the opening stage, which was a 12.7 km time trial in the vicinity of the town of Einsiedeln. The driver of the TotalEnergies team lost 59 seconds to the home Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), who completed the course in 13:31 min.
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Küng confirmed his time trial qualities, two Belgians reached the podium together with him. Remco Evenepoel from the Soudal Quick-Step stable finished second with a six-second deficit, Wout van Aert from the Jumbo-Visma team (+10) took the third position.
“In the morning, I thought to myself how many more times I will finish in the Top 5 without winning. It was very close, but I finally managed to win, even in front of my family and fans here in Switzerland. I will try to go all out in the hills and try to keep the jersey as as long as possible,” the specialized portal cycling-info.sk quoted Küng as saying.
On Monday, there is a 174 km long undulating 2nd stage from Beromünster to Nottwil at the Tour of Switzerland, the general before the TdF.
Results of the 1st stage (Einsiedeln – Einsiedeln, 12.7 km time trial)
1. Stefan Küng (Switzerland/Groupama-FDJ) 13:31 min
2. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium/Soudal Quick-Step) +6
3. Wout van Aert (Belg./Jumbo-Visma) +10
4. Magnus Sheffield (USA/Ineos Grenadiers) +11
5. Johan Price-Pejtersen (Den./Bahrain Victorious) +17
6. Mattias Skjelmose (Dan./Trek – Segafredo) +19
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76. Peter SAGAN (SR/TotalEnergies) +59
2023-06-11 15:58:54
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