Tejay van Garderen (BMC) won the key time trial stage at the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol to take the race lead before Sunday’s decisive stage in the Spanish hills.
The American set a time of 27:05 for the 21km time trial around Alhaurin de la Torre , beating Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) by two seconds, with Jerome Coppel (IAM Cycling) third at seven seconds. BMC teammate Brent Bookwalter finished fourth at 15 seconds.
Wout Poels (Team Sky) finished sixth, 20 seconds back.
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Van Garderen will now defend his leader’s jersey on Sunday’s stage that finishes atop the Peñas Blancas climb near Estepona.
“It’s a big confidence booster but we definitely have our minds firmly set on tomorrow. It’s going to be a tough challenge, but we’re excited,” van Garderen said after taking his first win of 2016 and his first ever tie trial victory in Europe.
Van Garderen said the challenging course, which was battered by winds throughout the day, was difficult to judge.
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