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As 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Rohan Dennis (BMC) was celebrating winning the opening time trial at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, his ☂time trial rivals and the overall contenders could only try to console themselves and find the good points oꦍf their performances.

Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep), second at 00:05

“I came here to win. Second place is still a good result but it is not the result I came here for. It’s a big disappointment,” the former 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:world time trial champion told Eurosport.

“I didn’t imagine that the heat would play such a big role but at half distance I was cooking. I couldn’t do my usual power, so I knew I the sec𝓡ond half that I wouldn’t take 🥂the victory because I knew that Rohan Dennis had done a good second half. It’s a big disappointment.

“He (Dennis) was always on my mind. Everyone was talking about Dumoulin but I always had Dennis💞 on my mind. For 40km there are a lot of guys who can do a good job if t♔hey have a good day but Rohan is for sure one of these guys.”

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), 22nd at 00:43

"It was a hard time trial because 14 kilometres isn’t a real time trial like we’ve done in the past but not a prologue either. An effort like that is sort of half-way between the two. It was quite an ex♈plosive time trial and you could feel the effects of that effort in the end. Of the GC guys, the only one who did better than me was Thibaut Pinot, who put in a wonderful time trial. But we knew he was in good condition.

“I didn’t know what to say straight after the finish but now that I’ve seen the times I can say that I’m happy with my performance. But the Tour is still ♉long, so we’ll go on with our feet firmly on the ground.”

Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing), 14th at 00:37

“It was amazing out there with the crowds,&🐟rdquo; he said of the huge 💟partisan Dutch crowds who cheered during his ride.

“My teammaꦯtes told me it was really hard on the second part with the headwind, so I started carefully and then gave it everything in the last six kilometres. I felt good and I think I did a good time.

“This is just the start of the Tour de France, eve🍨n if there are gaps of 10 or 20 seconds. It’s good to do a good time trial but I think we’ll see some big differences later in the race.”

Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), 12th at 00:33

Alex Dowsett (Movistar), 13th at 00:36

“I got wrapped up in h🎃ow exciting the whole thing was and cooked myself early on, so I faded badly at the end,” Dowsett told ITV4.

“I was looking down at my power metre because I knew Dennis had 55.5km/h and I knew the out leg was the easier leg. I wanted to save myself on the out leg and aim for a fas༒ter time. But when I looked down I was over 500 watts and I knew that I couldn’t ho🐽ld it, holding 56km/h is really hard.

“I’m disappointed but not overly surprised. This was a little short for me and too flat. I need more corners or climbs to catch a rest on the descents. I struggle on power courses c💯ompared🔯 to the big guys.”