環瑞士首站個人計時 丹尼斯飆出全場最速

環瑞士首站個人計時 丹尼斯飆出全場最速

環法前狀態回歸 彩虹衫的年度首勝來得正是時候

「這是艱難的一站，對我來說，心理層面的考驗更加嚴峻，因為近幾個月以來，我的表現和預期有很大的落差，終於今天的我做到了！」受訪時的丹尼斯(Rohan Dennis)，同樣對自己單站冠軍的表現相當振奮。
距離去年9月底世錦賽的那一勝，確實已經隔了一段時間，雖然讓人有久違的感覺，但趕在環法大賽前，調整到理想的狀態，也讓人感覺這一勝來得正是時候。對於巴林美利達而言，首勝的意義相當重大。
「拿下冠軍是非常棒的感覺，明天我將身著黃衫出征，我也將盡全力守護這件領騎衫。此外，倒數第二站同樣是個人計時賽的安排，我有信心能複製今天的好表現，自己也對眼前的環法大賽充滿期待！」
「我們跑出很好的開始，在所有狀態都到位的情況下，很高興丹尼斯有這樣的好成績，同時，我也要恭喜巴林美利達的隊友和隊職員們，他們的付出在今天收到回報。」帶隊總監霍夫曼(Tristan Hoffman)肯定團隊的表現，環瑞士還有8個賽段，我們也將帶著這份榮耀同行！

環瑞士第1站成績：

 羅恩·丹尼斯(Rohan Dennis) 第1名

伊萬·加西亞·科爾蒂納(Ivan Garcia Cortina) 第42名

多米尼克·波索維沃(Domenico Pozzovivo) 第87名

馬泰·莫霍里奇(Matej Mohorič) 第89名

瓦萊里奧·阿尼奧利(Valerio Agnoli) 第108名

安東尼奧·尼巴利(Antonio Nibali) 第118名

安德烈·加洛西歐(Andrea Garosio) 第135名

原文：
This year’s edition of the Tour de Suisse features not one but two individual time trials. In the opening stage, Rohan Dennis managed to get a monkey off his back by winning his first individual time trial since his victory at the World Championships. Meanwhile at the Critérium du Dauphin: Dylan Teuns stubbornly defends his top10 position in the overall standings.

With tow mountaintop finishes, a very tough final stage in the mountains, one short and one medium-length individual time trial and some hilly stages, the 83rd edition of the Tour de Suisse offers a well-balanced mix. As for the overall standings, the BAHRAIN MERIDA PRO CYCLING TEAM focusses on Italian climber Domenico Pozzovivo who has shown strong performances in Switzerland in the past. Rohan Dennis is expected to show his class in the two individual time trials, and Ivan Cortina and Matej Mohoric are free to chase a stage win. The ever-so-important supporting roles at the Tour de Suisse are taken by the likes of Valerio Agnoli, Andrea Garosio and Antonio Nibali. The hot topic before the opening individual time trial around the town of Langnau in Emmental was the weather forecast, however. It expected a storm front to move in in the afternoon, but nobody could say when it would hit the race.

Due to this weather forecast, the sports directors of the BAHRAIN MERIDA PRO CYCLING TEAM decided to send Rohan Dennis on course as early as a quarter past three in the afternoon - as the second rider of the team. At that time the roads in the Emmental were still dry, the sun was shining and riders faced a headwind on the way to the turning point and got to enjoy a tailwind on their way back to the finish. At first Rohan Dennis set a new best intermediate time, but that was beaten by Stefan Küng by almost five seconds. On his way back to the finish Rohan Dennis gave it his all and managed to turn the tables. While he managed to distance the Swiss rider, the fight for the stage win was a narrow one as Maciej Bodnar only conceded a scant 0,15 seconds to Dennis’ time. The latter had to wait in the hot seat for a long time before his first win in an individual time trial wearing the rainbow jersey and riding MERIDA BIKES’ TIME-WARP TT was a certainty.

At the Critérium du Dauphiné Dylan Teuns the yellow leader’s jersey on the fourth day in the individual time trial. But the Belgian rider punched way above his weight category, only losing one place and slotting into 2nd in the overall standings after the time trial. But there were still three tough stages to go. On Friday the early attackers got to fight for the stage win while the overall contenders were marking each other closely. On Saturday another large attack group formed early on, but this group never got a larger advantage than four minutes. For most of the stage and far into the final ascent Dylan Teuns could rely on the support of his BAHRAIN MERIDA PRO CYCLING TEAM mate Hermann Pernsteiner. On the final ascent, the weather conditions were abysmal, but Teuns managed to stay with the other overall contenders until the three-kilometres-to-go banner. A series of attacks made him lose contact, but he only conceded 30 seconds to the stage winner and is still positioned in 6th in the overall standings before tomorrow’s conclusive stage.

83RD TOUR DE SUISSE, STAGE 1: LANGNAU - LANGNAU, 9.5KM
1. Rohan Dennis, AUS/BAHRAIN MERIDA PRO CYCLING TEAM, in 10.50 minutes
2. Maciej Bodnar, POL, + 0.00,15
3. Michael Matthews, AUS, + 0.01