(Procycling.no): Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) found themselves in their own classes during Wednesday’s third stage of the Tour of Qatar, one 11.4 kilometers long time trial just outside Lusail Motorsports track north of Doha.
The 28-year-old was kept a furious pace to beat the clock and took the victory in a very convincing manner. Both winning time of 13.26 and the average speed of 50 861 km / h was hors catégorie . Boasson Hagen was the ensete that broke a 50 km border and clocked finally into a full 25 seconds faster than any other man, Jos van Emden (LottoNL-Jumbo). Manuel Quinziato (BMC) into third, 29 seconds behind.
This was Boasson Hagen 43. professional victory and his first triumph pace since Eneco Tour 2009. Rudsbygd No started the day fifth man standings, 18 seconds behind teammate Mark Cavendish. Now Boasson Hagen the new leader with 26 seconds on the Briton, while Italian Quinziato occupies third place, 34 seconds behind.
winner 2.etappe Alexander Kristoff started the day in second place overall. Katusha rider (15th place) lost, however, one scant minutes to Boasson Hagen, dropped three places and is now fifth in the aggregate. It was certainly an undesirable déjà vu for classic rider, also in last year’s edition fell out of the overall fight for time trial.
Kristoff showed great progress in the fight against the clock on the final time trial in last year’s De Panne, where he recorded a third place, only 18 seconds behind himself Bradley Wiggins. The wide and wind-exposed roads in Qatar favored however the specialized riders.
Two seats farther down the overall list is Kristoffer teammate Sven Erik Bystrøm, who despite an approved pace (16th place + 59 seconds) lost the lead in youth competition back to Soren Kragh Andersen (Giant- Alpecin). Viacheslav Kuznetsov ninth means, however, that Katusha has three men’s top ten in the overall list before the last two stages.
Vegard Breen (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) took 32nd place and ended 1:12 behind stage winner Boasson Hagen.
Tour of Qatar, Stage 3:
1 Boasson Hagen
2 Van Emden +25
3 Quinziato + 29
4 Van Avermaet 32
5 Gruzdev + 40
Total
1 Boasson Hagen
2 Cavendish + 26
3 Quinziato + 32
4 Van Avermaet + 34
5 Kristoff + 45
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