Maximilian Schachmann wins Tour of the Basque Country 2019 opening time trial

The German takes the overall lead after stage one

Maximilian Schachmann riding the time trial of the 2019 Tour of the Basque Country (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Stringer)

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Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the opening time trial of the 2019 Tour of the Basque Country to take the leaders jersey and open up a nine second lead on second place Daniel Martínez (EF Education First).

Other GC contenders followed, with Michał Kwiatkowksi (Team Sky) finishing third, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) in fourth and Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) rounding out the top-five, 16 seconds off the race lead.

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