Brent Bookwalter and his team BMC teamates took to the 14km Team Time Trial course last today to defend the Golden jersey that he secured in yesterday’s opening stage in Qatar. An impressive team performance saw BMC take the stage win five seconds clear of Team Sky in 16minutes and seven seconds.
Team Sky, the penultimate team to ride the course had taken the lead from the Team Trial World Champions, Omega Pharma-QuickStep who’s time was 10 seconds back on BMC. The table was rounded off by team Japan who came in one minute 48 seconds behind BMC.
Today’s result puts BMC in the top five positions in the general classification and extends Taylor Phinney’s lead in the Youth jersey. Phinney lies second and GB’s Adam Blythe takes third. Team Sky take the next five, led by fourth place finisher in stage 1, Bernhard Eisel. Mark Cavendish currently sits 11th, 20 seconds back.
Tomorrow’s stage will test BMC’s control of the race. A 143km flat stage will be one for the sprinters, but with crosswinds likely to effect the peloton, BMC will have to work hard to keep Bookwalter up with the lead group. Will a breakaway succeed again, or will OPQS ensure their man Cavendish is there in contention for the sprint?
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