Tour of the Basque Country 2019: Schachmann powers to ITT win and GC lead

Maximilian Schachmann powers to victory in a tough ITT on the Tour of the Basque Country's first day of action. On a route with a 2.3 kilometres climb at 9.7%, which kicks up to 16% in the last 800 metres, the German outguns Daniel Felipe Martínez and Michal Kwiatkowski. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 1st stage Tour of the Basque Country 2019

1. Maximilian Schachmann (ger) 17.10
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (col) + 0.09
3. Michal Kwiatkowski (pol) + 0.10
4. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) + 0.12
5. Adam Yates (gbr) + 0.16
6. Patrick Konrad (aut) + 0.19
7. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 0.22
8. Enric Mas (spa) + 0.24
9. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 0.30
10. Hugh Carthy (gbr) + 0.31

GC after stage 1
1. Maximilian Schachmann (ger) 17.10
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (col) + 0.09
3. Michal Kwiatkowski (pol) + 0.10
4. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) + 0.12
5. Adam Yates (gbr) + 0.16
6. Patrick Konrad (aut) + 0.19
7. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 0.22
8. Enric Mas (spa) + 0.24
9. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 0.30
10. Hugh Carthy (gbr) + 0.31

11. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 0.32
12. Dylan Teuns (bel) s.t.
14. Daniel Martin (irl) + 0.35
16. Jakob Fuglsang (den) + 0.38
18. Tadej Pogacar (slo) + 0.43
21. Alexey Lutsenko (kaz) + 0.47
22. Rohan Dennis (aus) s.t.
24. Gorka Izagirre (spa) + 0.49
29. Mikel Landa (spa) + 0.54

Another interesting read: route ITT Tour of the Basque Country 2019.