Every second counts in UAE Tour team time trial - Preview

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EF Education in TTT formation (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

“After today’s team time trial, tomorrow we have another one,” was Pello Bilbao’s wry comment after he and 12 other echelon breakaway riders had laid down the law in Monday’s opening stage of the UAE Tour.

But if the stage 1 move was a spur-of-the-moment attack, Tuesday’s TTT has been on the cards since the route publication weeks beforehand, giving teams ample time to prepare for it and meditate its consequences.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.