Matthias Brändle had to wait until the end of May to take his first victory for new team Trek-Segafredo, but the 27-year-old Austrain did it with panache on Friday at the Belgium Tour, taking out world champion Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) on his way to winning the stage 3 time trial by 14 seconds.
"I waited so long for this victory," Brändle said. "In January, I thought I could win, it didn't happen, and then the same in Andalusia and Tirreno. Now it finally happens. With my legs of today, I feel I can beat everybody."
Trek-Segafredo Director Dirk Demol put an even finer point on the result.
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"Matthias was outstanding today," Demol said. "He beat Tony Martin, four-time world champion, by 13-14 seconds and that is quite a lot. He didn't beat just a regular guy."
Brändle, a time trial specialist who briefly held the UCI world hour record in 2014 and 2015, moved from the now-defunct IAM Cycling team to the Trek outfit in the offseason and has been looking to score his first win with the team since starting his season in January at the Tour de San Juan.
The Austrian time trial and road race champion had been targeting a top GC result at the five-day 2.HC Belgium Tour, but those hopes fell by the wayside when he missed the crucial move on the Kemmelberg during Thursday’s second stage.
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