Van Aert third, Roglic first of the big names
Brandon McNulty won the individual time trial that opened the Vuelta a España 2024, from Lisbon to Oeiras of 12 km. He is the first leader of the general classification.
The Uae Emirates rider finished with a time of 12'35" at an average speed of 57.197 km/h. Second, surprisingly, was Matias Vacek of Lidl Trek at 2 seconds, third Wout Van Aert (Visma Lease a Bike) at 3 seconds. Fifth was Edoardo Affini while Primoz Roglic finished in eighth place with Joao Almeida tenth.
Order of arrival:
1 MCNULTY Brandon UAE Team Emirates 12.35,28
2 VACEK Mathias Lidl - Trek 0.02,17
3 VAN AERT Wout Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0.02,80
4 KÜNG Stefan Groupama - FDJ 0.06,57
5 AFFINI Edoardo Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0.07,92
6 TARLING Joshua INEOS Grenadiers 0.08,20
7 SCHMID Mauro Team Jayco AlUla 0.16,51
8 ROGLIČ Primož Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0.16,93
9 ARMIRAIL Bruno Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0.18,44
10 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 0.19,66
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