Filippo Ganna is the first leader of this year’s Germany tour. The time trial world champion won the prologue in Weimar.
After 2.6 kilometers, the Italian was two seconds faster than Bauke Mollema from the Netherlands. Third was defending champion Nils Politt, who needed three seconds more than Ganna.
This year’s tour takes five days and 710 kilometers from Weimar to Stuttgart. The king’s stage starts on Saturday in Freiburg and ends on the 1200 meter high Schauinsland.
The first stage on Thursday runs within Thuringia over 171.7 kilometers from Weimar to Meiningen.