Jumbo-Visma power to Vuelta a España stage one team time trial victory

Robert Gesink into first red jersey of the race

Jumbo-Visma
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Jumbo-Visma powered to team time trial victory on stage one of the Vuelta a España, comprehensively beating the 22 other squads to take the first red jersey of the race.

The Dutch squad, racing on home roads in Utrecht, put 13 seconds into Ineos Grenadiers in second, and 14 seconds into Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl. Their time of 24-40.29 meant they raced the route at an average speed of 56.665km/h

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Adam Becket
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Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing, speaking to people as varied as Demi Vollering to Philippe Gilbert. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.