News – Win for Dowsett in Germany

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Hour record holder Alex Dowsett beat Tiago Machado by a single second to win the Bayern Rundfahrt time trial and leads overall

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News – Win for Dowsett in Germany

Hour record holder Alex Dowsett beat Tiago Machado by a single second to win the Bayern Rundfahrt time trial and leads overall.

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Dowset won the 26 kilometre time trial in a time of 31.33 with Jack Bauer of New Zealand in 8th place. Dowsett has a two second lead and has asked Machado to go ‘easy’ on him as they both ride Canyon bikes!

Alex Dowsett: “I’m happy to have won this one because I wasn’t sure I could even make it – it was my first real, proper time trial since last year. Obviously, everything was about training for the Hour Record since the start of the season, and the longest TT I did on the road was a 10km one in the Circuit de la Sarthe in April. Plus, I wasn’t comfortable on the bike, and that made it not the best TT I could – the saddle wasn’t on the ‘right’ place, because it’s different to ride on a time trial on the road than on the track”.

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“My power wasn’t the best, so I had to ride a clever TT: focusing on when to put the power down and to take some rest was the key. I was really pedalling more with my head than my legs today. After the Hour Record I had some rest, didn’t do a lot of training up towards this and wasn’t sure how I’d feel – that’s why I’m so happy with this yellow jersey”. “Bonus seconds might possibly become crucial tomorrow – we just need to make sure that the right breakaway goes, and hopefully I can sprint a bit stronger than Machado. As long as he doesn’t get many seconds and we can control the breaks, I feel we can keep it tomorrow.”

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