South Africa\u2019s Jacques Janse van Rensburg got the Giro del Trentino off to a good start for MTN-Qhubeka on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He was in the break group of the day in the first half-stage and finished it in seventh place. After the team time-trial on the second half-stage, he moved up to fourth overall.<\/p>\n
\u201cFantastic start to Giro del Trentino for our team with Jacques being in the breakaway all day after only arriving in Europe a few days ago,\u201d said team principal Doug Ryder.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe, along with most of the team, have just arrived from South Africa and only rode together once before heading to the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey rode an exceptional TTT too to bring Jacques up to fourth overall which will give them some confidence for the rest of the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the morning\u2019s half-stage, Janse van Rensburg was part of an eight-man group which got away early and stayed away so well that winner Maxime Bouet (AG2R) crossed the finish line nearly seven minutes ahead of the peloton.<\/p>\n
The afternoon saw a 14.1km team time-trial, won by Team Sky in a time of 15:20. MTN-Qhubeka crossed the line in 16:11, putting the team in 11th place.<\/p>\n
However, Janse van Rensburg had built up such a lead in the earlier stage that he not only retained a top ranking in the GC, but moved up to be only 44 seconds off first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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