Team Giant-Alpecin finished in 5th place at the World Championships team time trial in Richmond, USA. With an average speed of 53,6km/h the team completed the 38.8km course in 43’11”, 1’04“ behind the winning BMC Racing Team.

The UCI world championships started today in Richmond, Virginia, with the team time trial for elite men. The course for the team time trial could be described as flat and fast and covered 38.8km with just 240m of elevation gain.

The team clocked a time of 43’11”, which was good for an amazing 5th place. BMC Racing Team extended their title to win the world championships team time trial for the second time in a row.

Coach Aike Visbeek proudly explained: “Great teamwork and very proud of a great race and incredible result. Good preparation by the experts and staff paid off. We analyzed our team time trials so far and learned a lot from last year. We made a good plan on the turns, which we applied very well.

“Of course our aim was to stay together as long as possible, which worked out well because of good communication and organization. The guys were evenly matched and just before the final uphill section to the finish we were still together with five guys. Ramon [Sinkeldam] did a great turn just before that moment and the climbers finished it. Very good performance by everybody.”