Yves Lampaert wins the opening time trial on the Tour de Suisse in Vaduz

This yr’s version of the Tour de Suisse acquired underway with a brief opening time trial round Liechtenstein’s capital metropolis of Vaduz on a technical 5km-long course. With a time of simply over 5 minutes, Yves Lampaert flew across the course at a median pace of round 56km/h to take the victory in addition to the general lead of the race.

 The Soudal Fast-Step rider set the benchmark time, with no one capable of higher it all through the day, regardless of many proficient time trial specialists being in attendance. This marks Lampaert’s first win since his time trial victory on the opening stage of the Tour de France in 2022 and reveals that he’s in good kind forward of this yr’s race, which begins later this month.