BinckBank Tour 2020 – Stage 1 Highlights | Cycling | Eurosport

Watch highlights from Day 1 of the BinckBank Tour 2020.

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the bank bank tour not the best weather conditions despite some brightness at the beginning of the day yes it was turned to turn out to be rather glum in fact uh in more ways than one black and blue for some i could tell you the golden kilometer something that defines this race and something to look forward to as well as three laps of a circuit that was getting increasingly damp as the day wore on some real pinch points out there as well and two riders in the break ludwig and timor villains they were soon however to be wound in by a pelican that were determined to have some of the spoils on the day ludwig robit it was that took the first of the two checkpoint sprints and as the pack started to wind them in real estate was at a premium road space there was none and plenty of riders took themselves more than a bump and a bruise it was to get a little bit worse than that later on 23 kilometers from home and set van mark an eternal bridesmaid decided that he was going to go long he might have some fun looking for bonus seconds three sprints compressed into a golden kilometer offering up nine seconds to the lucky or indeed the brave didn’t quite work out as the sprints started to ring in the bonus seconds started to stack up mandev matthew van der pol taking three at the first time of asking threes to bond the new belgian champion taking over but pipped by jumbo christmas mike turnerson and eve lampere it was then who would decide to help himself from the kernig quickstep pulling through for the third sprint incidentally mark cavendish as well picking up bonus seconds good to see the manxman with a feisty regard for what might be any seconds gained in that golden kilometer were to prove to be extremely useful almond granddaughter and adrian petit clipped off the front at the bell with one lap remaining he’s three laps indeed of the circuit at 15.6 kilometers each and it was to turn out to be rather significant not their move but the fact that the peloton was still locked together and touches of wheels were always something that may well happen milan mentioned of sport vladimir and bel wars went off for the second of the super eights and in so doing broke the hearts of the two breaker a man who’d done much of the work he it was that would lead that competition and find himself on the podium at the end of the day sean to be out to sting he can do on occasion but in this company would he have any luck bad fortune it was for guillermo of israel startup nation sitting in the middle of the road and collecting a whole raft of favorites for the race 4.3 kilometers from home meant that as the race was already on you can see the ticker was ticking down for those who’d made it through the block everybody who was caught behind it would pick up big time on the day time penalties you might say well it left a very select route to go for the final sprint favorite had to be ackerman and with a lead out man looking very very confident would it be him well we had to wait to the last hundred meters before the day’s winner made his move and it was a very clever move by jesper philpson now they were still sorting themselves out uh danny van popple of uh circus want he thought that he might have an option he went first marked out by ackermann but then this yes befiltsman showed his nose and when he needed to and stole the day matt’s pedestal getting up for second place and pascal ackerman the out now favorite had to be content with third what a dramatic day and what a winner jasper phillipson timing it to perfection and taking the day and the lead of the race well those that were caught out in the crash really have an awful lot to account for bit of bad luck you might say but the brave and the sensible were out front jasper phil said was that man a modest margin but a handsome one and when you factor in the bonus seconds then he is a leader well bad news for those who are hoping to not only get something out of this race but uh deep into the classics as they come and ollie nathan perhaps the biggest casualty on the day jasper felton leads the big bank tour with the time trial to come tomorrow a great leader indeed gets himself a tricycle as well to play with that’s his winning margin mark cavendish with a bonus seconds picked up out on the road in the golden kilometer finds himself in the top 10. [Music] you