BMC Racing's Tom Bohli won the prologue time trial at Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen on Friday and will wear the race leader's jersey heading into Saturday's first stage. The 22-year-old Swiss rider finished six seconds ahead of runner-up Martjin Keizer (LottoNL-Jumbo) and 10 seconds ahead of Lukasz Wisniowski (Etixx-Quick Step).
The opening 7km time trial in Middelkerke set the pecking order for stage 1 from Brugge to Harelbeke. The 176.3km route includes four short climbs and a section of cobbles.
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Friday's win is Bohli's first with BMC since moving to the WorldTour from the BMC's development team for the 2016 season.
"It's a really amazing feeling to get my first win as a pro," he said. "I really didn't know if I could make it but to get it, it's a really good feeling."
Bohli said the win gives him confidence early in the season.
"I didn't get the chance to test my time trial form in Qatar due to my crash, so I'm so happy to come out now and do well," he said. "We have a really strong team here and different cards to play for the next two stages."
BMC director Jackson Stewart said the team will focus on keeping Bohli in the leader's jersey through Sunday's finale.
"It was a great ride from Tom, who was always going in with a good shot," Stewart said. "We arrived early this morning as well to give the guys a good chance to recon the course. Our focus going into tomorrow and Sunday's stages will be to defend the jersey and limit any time bonuses."
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