Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) wins the Al Hudayriyat Island individual time trial, covering the 12.1 km course in 13'27", at an average of 53.9 km/h.

The American specialty champion was among the first to start and immediately took the lead in the rankings. The riders who come closest to his performance are teammates Vine (+2") and Bjerg (+4").

Among the men in the rankings, Foss +14", Bilbao +17", Van Wilder +19" and O'Connor +22" defend themselves. Instead, Adam Yates loses a little more than expected and pays 28" from McNulty.

Tomorrow the first uphill finish of the race with the finish line at 1475 meters in Jabel Jais .

ORDER OF ARRIVAL

1 MCNULTY Brandon 13.27 53,978 km/h

2 VINE Jay 13.29 +0.02 53.844 Km/h

3 BJERG Mikkel 13.31 +0.04 53.711 Km/h

4 FOSS Tobias 13.41 +0.14 53.057 Km/h

5 KEPPLINGER Rainer 13.43 +0.16 52.928 Km/h

6 VAN WILDER Ilan 13.44 +0.17 52.864 Km/h

7 BILBAO Pello 13.46 +0.19 52.736 Km/h

8 PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan 13.46 +0.19 52.736 Km/h

9 ARMIRAIL Bruno 13.47 +0.20 52.672 Km/h

10 ROMEO Iván 13.48 +0.21 52.609 Km/h

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency