Maximilian Schachmann riding the time trial of the 2019 Tour of the Basque Country (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Stringer)
Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) won the opening time trial of the 2019 Tour of the Basque Country to take the leaders jersey and open up a nine second lead on second place Daniel Martínez (EF Education First).
Other GC contenders followed, with Michał Kwiatkowksi (Team Sky) finishing third, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) in fourth and Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) rounding out the top-five, 16 seconds off the race lead.
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